Remembering You

Epilogue

"Fucking heavy brat..." Eren found himself rudely awakened by the sensation of Levi complaining and pushing him off his body. "... the hell did you eat to get so big?"

"Levi..." Blinking blearily, the brunet fluttered his eyes open as his body was unceremoniously shoved to the side where it was cooler, rather than lying on Levi's warm chest. Annoyed grey eyes glared back at him and he smiled tiredly, yawning a little. "What time is it?"

"Time to get up, lazy brat." Judging from the amount of light that streamed in through the window and the street noises filtering in from afar it was later than he normally woke up.

"Ugh... Whose fault is it that I'm tired and ache all over?" Even though Levi did not respond, Eren could almost see the familiar smirk mocking him for being out of shape. "Shut up, pervert."

His hips and lower back were sore and all he wanted to do was sleep for another few hours. In the past, his healing abilities might have helped the aches and pains, but those abilities were now suppressed and would only flare up in cases of serious injury. Those accumulated between the sheets did not count. Eren also was not sure whether to be glad or be embarrassed now that any love bites and hickeys took their normal time to heal. It had never been a problem back when they were both members of the Scouting Legion since his skin would heal in no time, but now he frequently had to find ways to disguise the reddish-purplish marks Levi seemed to enjoy making.

It had been nearly two months since he had regained his memories and they were now married. Levi had not forgotten, and the golden ring which had symbolized their promises to one another, had found its way onto his finger once more. Although it had taken some time for them to get used to one another's new lives and personalities, Eren could not bear to be apart from Levi and Eirian any longer. If he had never forgotten, they would have already been living together for years.

Eren had spent much of his time apologizing to his former Captain that night he had gotten his memories back, until Levi had been fed up with his talking and threatened to give him the boot if he did not shut up. Neither of them wanted to be apart, though, so in the end they had gone to bed together. There was no sex; they simply curled together seeing comfort, healing, and the chance to be together once again. Eren spent much of the time asking Levi questions about the last few years, some of which the man only replied to with simple yes's and no's. Eventually they had fallen asleep sometime late at night, still curled up in one another, and for the first time since Eren could recall, he had the same dream, except everything from Levi's face to the promises they had exchanged was crystal clear. In some sense, he knew it was his mind saying farewell to the dream. In retrospect, maybe the dream had manifested as his subconscious' attempt to try and jog him free of the memory block he had put on himself. Having regained what he had lost those years ago, Eren's mind and heart were finally at peace with the knowledge of what the dream meant.

Most of the people around him were happy for him, although many like Armin were concerned and slightly skeptical given how he seemed to be rushing into things. In his heart, however, Eren knew it was the right decision. Mikasa was happy that he was reunited with his son once more and Eirian was ecstatic that he could now call Eren 'daddy.'

No one knew whether he still had titan-shifting abilities or whether Eirian had inherited them from him, but they were not in any rush to find out. Eren had no doubt he had retained those shifting abilities, but whether they were readily accessible or if he could control them would need experimentation and practice, and neither he nor Levi were particularly keen on that. It was fortuitous that he had avoided serious injury in the last five years; there was no telling what might have happened if others had seen his abnormal healing. The last thing Eren wanted was to stir the military dogs into a frenzy and lose Levi again.