Bratty thief stole my heart

Chapter 20: Assassination attempt

Eren's Pov:

To say I was a little disappointed was an understatement. After yesterday morning I had thought that the relationship between me and Levi had changed and that he was finally opening up to me a little, too. I mean, he had been genuinly concerened about me when I had fallen to the floor and he had told me more about his nightmares, hell, he had even given me a kiss on the head!

But after his servant had brought my breakfast he had left me alone in his room and hadn't bothered to show up ever since. At first I had thought that he just needed a break to sort his thoughts out, just like I had to, there had been a bigger chaos in my mind than in Sasha's room.

Hours had passed, but Levi hadn't shown up again, not even during night time. I had been sure he would come to sleep here with me again, oh dear, was I wrong. I had waited for hours for him to join me under the covers, spending the time reading another of his books, when sometime around midnight Petra had sneaked into the room to tell me that the king had 'work to do', so he would be staying in his office overnight.

I didn't believe a single word she said, I knew that Levi was avoiding me. I just wasn't sure why. Maybe he figured that he didn't like me anymore after everything I had told him about me or he thought he had been nice enough to me and now that I was recovering he could just ignore me again. All these depressing thoughts had started to appear in my head and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't chase them away.

Eventually I had fallen asleep, only to wake up sweating and crying from another horrible nightmare. Just this time there had been no strong arms to pull me into a hug and no deep, smooth voice that could calm my trembling body and soothe my restless mind. No broad chest to cry on and no small yet steady figure to cling onto. But I kept my mouth shut tightly, not daring to call for Levi, knowing that disturbing him from whatever he was doing in the middle of the night would probably only make him even more angry at me. So I curled myself up into a ball again, missing the warmth of the raven's small body next to me and praying that there wouldn't be any more nightmares. 

I woke up this morning to the sound of someone knocking on the bedroom door. I was wide awake within a second, hoping it was Levi finally coming back to see me, only to remember that the king wouldn't knock on his own bedroom door, he would just stride in, not caring if somebody was still sleeping peacefully.

And really, it was only one of his servants who wanted to check if I was already up. I just let myself sink back into the pillows, a desperate sigh escaping my mouth. So obviously Levi still didn't wanted to see me. Did he still care at all? He had been acting so affectionate and almost soft to me and now he was just leaving me behind like a toy he didn't want anyone longer? I felt fucking miserable. So, yes, I was really damn disappointed.

Not having anything else to do I grabbed a random book from the shelf colsest to the bed and flipped it open. It was called 'The captain's captive' and was about the son of a governour who got kidnapped by the most feared pirate crew on the seven seas, but soon starts to develope feelings for the captain. Once again I found myself reminded of my own position and I wondered if Levi had put these books right next to me on purpose.

I was already half through the book, where both captain and captive had eventually found out about each other's true feelings, when I again heard footsteps approaching the room. A soft knock and a "Come in" from me later a petite ginger haired woman entered. She had a bundle of clothes in her arms and was balacing a tray of food with one hand.

"Petra", I sat up and smiled at her. She had already brought me something for dinner yesterday, but we didn't have the chance to talk much, so I was happy to see her.

"Good morning Eren. Or should I rather say good afternoon?"

"What? How late is it?", I asked wide eyed.