Set Me Free... I Just Want To Fly {Ereri}

Chapter 22

"Ill be back in a bit!" He yelled to his parents. "Ok, call us when you get there!" His mom called back, popping her head out of the living room to smile at Eren before vanishing again. "Hey, Eren-" A knock on the door alerted the two that Annie was here, and Mikasa smiled at the blond. The girls had gotten over their differences and became friends. Sure, they had their moments, but every friend had them. 

Eren waved, slipping past Annie and out of the house. "Have fun, guys!" He called, walking down the road. He didn't even pay attention to where he was walking, enjoying the warmth. 

========> See Levi <==========

Levi glared at the ground before looking up at Bart, who was clearly pissed. "You little, shit." The man snapped, shoving Levi into the counter. "I take you in, i give you a place to live," The shoves got more aggressive. "I give you food to eat, a place to sleep." The shoves turned into slaps before Bart dragged his foster kid into the living room, pushing him to the ground. 

"You worthless little piece of crap. I'm done with your shit," Bart was slurring his words even worse now.  "You never do anything to help around here!" He brought his foot back, kicking Levi in the gut and making him curl into a ball, attempting to protect himself. "Your not gonna be a problem to me anymore."

========> Time skip to later that afternoon <=======

========> See Eren <=========

He smiled, texting him mom that he was on his way home. He'd spent the day with Armin, Jean, and Marco. They'd just hung around, and few fights started between him and Jean. Overall, it was a good day.

He put his phone away , smiling to himself before it went off a few minutes later. He picked up the call. It was from Levi. The boys had traded numbers so they could stay in contact.

"Hey, Levi!" Eren said cheerfully.

"......" He could hear strained breathing.

"Levi?" Eren started to get worried. "Hey, you alright?!"

"Eren?" He heard Levi respond. 

"Hey! What's going on?" He said, worried, and Levi coughed again, sounding in pain.

"You know where my house is, right?" Levi asked.

"Yea...?"

"I need your help."

".....I'm on my way."

Levi coughed again. "Please-" wheeze "-please hurry."

The phone disconnected, and Eren ran, texting him mom quickly to say something came up and he was going to be late. He ran up the street, going up to the grey house and walking right in. A man was laying passed out on the couch, bottles everywhere, as Eren looked around frantically. He ran into the next room, panicked when he heard nothing. "Levi!" He hissed, not wanting to wake the man on the couch. "Levs, where are you?!"

"Eren?" he heard a soft voice call, and he ran upstairs and into a dark room. He almost tripped over something laying on the ground, and when Eren turned on the light he wanted to cry at the sight. Levi was on the ground, curled into a ball with a phone laying a few feet away. His face was covered in blood and bruises. By the way he was laying, Eren knew there was more damage to his torso, but he didn't want to look. 

"Shit, hang on," Eren sat on the ground next to his friend, gently pulling the smaller male's head onto his lap while he called an ambulance. They would be here soon. "Hey, Eren?" Levi's words were drowsy, and Eren looked down at him, worried. "Yea?" "I'm sorry for bothering you like this.." Levi mumbled, wincing slightly. "Hey, it's fine. Shhh... help 'll be here soon." Eren gently dabbed at the blood on Levi's face before seeing something on his side.

Something was making the black fabric darker. "Levi, i'm gonna look at your side, ok? Don't freak out." Levi said something in agreement, trying to stay awake before hissing in pain as Eren lifted up the bottom of his shirt.

There was a deep wound, blood dripping and staining his shirt, the carpet, seemingly everything. "Did he stab you!?" Eren didn't get a reply when Levi slumped against him, face paler then usual and eyes closed. "Shit shit shIT SHTI SHTI! Levi! Wake up!" Eren started panicking, applying pressure to the wound with his hands, praying for help to get here soon.

His pleas were apparently heard when the sirens came, lights flashing as they stopped in front of the house and people rushing in. Some pulled Eren away as Levi was put on a strecher and quickly taken outside; being driven to the hospital. A cop, after arresting the man who'd been sleeping on the couch, offered to give him a ride to the hospital. His parents were called, and Eren waited at the hospital, pacing. 

Grisha, Carla, Mikasa, Hanji, Armin, and Petra showed up, worry clear on their faces as they tried to calm down Eren. He was pale, covered in blood, and ranting about how everything was gone. "He's gonna die, isn't he!?" He panted, eyes wide.

Everyone jumped, Eren momentarily silenced, when the doors were thrown open. Erwin rushed in, eyes wide as he rushed up to the nurses desk. "I'm here to see Levi Ackerman! Now!" The man at the desk was startled, but shook his head. "I'm sorry, sir. You can't see him." "But-" Erwin's words were cut off by Hanji snapping at him. "Your not the only person here to see him, idiot." The taller teen whipped around, glaring. "What are you  all doing here?"

His glare was full of worry and anger, much like Eren's, bit his didn't reach nearly the same degree of emotion. "Eren got Levi here," Annie said, looking bored as usual, but Mikasa could tell that the blond girl was worried about Levi too. Sure, the three hadn't been close, but they still cared about each other. Erwin glared a bit longer at Eren while the boy tried to calm down.

Hours passed. It was around midnight when they heard any news. A doctor (his nametag said 'Dr. Stein') (cough cough more references) walked in, Eren jumping to his feet.  His glasses reflected the lights, looking scary for a moment much like Hanji before he spoke. "Mr. Jaeger, your very lucky you found him. If you'd called for help any later..." He didn't have to finish the sentence. Everyone knew what would've happened. Erwin got to his feet, face hopeful. "Can we see him?" "Dr. Stein? He keeps calling for someone named 'Eren'," a girl walked in. She had blond hair tied into pigtails, and green eyes. "Oh, hey, guys."

"Hey, Maka," Armin said, waving slightly. Maka was a girl from school; smart, pretty, nice- and would whack you upside the head with a book if you made her mad. Ask Soul. Or Black Star. They had the marks to prove it.

Eren, simply looked excited and slightly panicked. "Can I see him!?" Stein nodded, and was going to say something, but the boy was already running to Levi's room. It would occurred to him at a later time that he hadn't even  known the room number; instead just following him instincts. he silently entered the room, closing the door behind him before sitting next to the bed.

Levi was pale, dark circles under his eyes; face gaunt. He was hooked up to several machines; a heart monitor being the loudest. His eyelids clearly showed the veins, and his eyes twitching as Eren stared at his now sleeping friend. Cautiously, the brunet moved a piece of Levi's hair off his face, and the raven-haired male's hand twitched towards Eren's.

Smiling softly, Eren held Levi's hand, rubbing the smaller male's knuckles as he silently  sat there. The beeping of the monitor and Levi's breathing soon lulled his tired body to sleep, still holding his injured friend's hand.

It was one of the most peaceful naps of both Eren and Levi's lives.

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Run me over with a car, I'm so sorry! I haven't  updated in so long, and honestly, I had half of  this finished and sitting in my drafts for who knows how long. So here, have this piece of shit. Sorry this note is so short, I'm trying to power-write all of my stories rn. I may try to connect all of the stories into one, so I won't have to update like 13 at once, and can just update one. What do you guys think? Please tell meh!!