Aspiring Author

Chapter 8: Stressed Out

~Levi's POV~

I rolleed over when I awoke, seeing Eren asleep with his head on my bed and his right arm draped over my stomach. I giggled and played with his chocolate brown locks. The triplets kicked at Eren's hand as they shifted, also giving me a kick to the ribs. I hissed in pain and closed my eyes.

"Good morning to you too little one." I say softly, a smile on my face. I look at my sleeping fiance and smiled, running my hand down his bony back.

"Oh Eren..." I whisper to myself, a worried crease forming in my browline. Eren stirred, his teal eyes blinking open slowly.

"Good morning." I whisper to him, smiling. He smiled back and brushed my hair out of my face, rubbing between my brows.

"What are you doing?"

"Your creases are coming back, stop worrying sweetie, it stresses you out." He whisper, kissing my forehead. I smiled.

"Thanks Eren."

"No problem baby." He whispers, then turning and kissing my stomach.

"Hey you three. Go easy on your mother. He's going through some hard times too. Calm down and go back to sleep." He whispers soothingly to my stomach, tracing small, imaginary hearts into the firm skin there. I smiled softly as I watched. Eren then turned his focus back to my face, noticing the darkened bags under my eyes.

"Looks like my other baby needs some sleep as well." He teases light heartedly. I giggled and rubbed my tummy.

"Only if you nap with me."

"I'll be right here baby."

"No. Get up here. There's plenty of room." I say, scooting over so Eren could join me. He pulled me onto his chest, letting me curl up on my side before we both fell back asleep.

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It's been a few days since Eren and I were reunited and I have to admit that I've never felt better. The doctors were finally able to take me off of the meds which made me drowsy and so I've been able to spend more time with Eren. He talks to my tummy a lot but I don't mind. In fact I think it's kinda cute how attached he is to the babies even though they aren't born yet.

Right now Eren was out getting us some good food so I was left alone in my hospital room. I tried to sit up but failed so I opted to lay on my side as I read a book.

"Knock knock." Sounds Hanji's annoying voice. I cringe and look at her.

"What is it shitty glasses?"

"Such language around the children Levi." She scolds.

"Shut up. What're you doing here?"

"Visiting my friend." She says, hugging me. I smiled softly and hug her back.

"Alright I give, what's the real reason you're here?"

"Well... y'know Erwin from highschool?" She asks cautiously.

"Of course I know him. Why wouldn't I know the bastard who raped me and took pictures which were spread throughout the school?" I snap, glaring at her.

"We-well... I couldn't stop him... he's here." She says softly. I gasp and look up. Sure enough, who else other than old bushy brows walks in, a confident smirk on his face. I fought my instinct to hide and mentally thanked Hanji as she helped me to sit up. Erwin strolled forward, eyeing my bulging stomach.

"So the neighborhood slut finally got knocked up." He purrs.

"Erwin, please don't go getting him upset. He's going through enough already." warns Hanji. Erwin waved her off, rolling his eyes.

"So why're you here? Couldn't carry the children on your own?" He growls tauntingly.

"No. For your information they are very healthy. I am here because of my cancer."

"Oh, right, the slut is on the death list." He says smoothly. I whimpered and flinched at his words.

"I'm not a slut! I am actually engaged to the man of my dreams."

"Engaged you say? So you're getting married because he knocked you up? Huh you slut? Answer me!" Erwin shouts, grabbing my hospital gown and pulling me off the bed. Hanji tried to stop him only to get knocked out. I whimpered softly, watching him with fear clear in my eyes. erwin brought his fist back and punched me in the face he then dropped me onto the cold hospital floor and brought his foot back. My eyes widened and I curled around my stomach to protect it, thus getting kicked in my bare back. I cried out softly as he kicked me more and more until I fell unconscious.

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~Eren's POV~

I walked back to Levi's hospital room with a couple bags of food from Taco Bell in hand. I opened the door and found that he wasn't in bed. Proceeding with caution, I walked in, looking around. I furrowed my brow before I found Hanji on the floo, unconscious.

"Oh no. where is he?!" I ask myself, panicked. I placed the food down in my chair and ran to the other side of the bed, finding Levi on the ground, curled around his stomach with dark bruises forming on the pale skin of his back.

"Levi! Levi, sweetie, I'm here don't worry. I'll get you some help." I say, running to get a doctor.

"Help, please, someone visted my Fiance with his friend and they're both unconscious and my fiance has taken a beating." The doctor in charge of Levi ran to the room, checking his vital signs before calling for a stretcher. He carefully rolled Levi onto it and then onto the bed, laying him carefully on his side.

"I'll go get some pain medicine and some ice but other than that, I can't help you."

"Just do what you can doc." I whisper, holding Levi's cold hand in my warm ones to warm him up.

After a couple hours, Levi came to, blinking and looking around. When he saw me, relief spread across his face.

"Y-you're back." He whispers. I nod, holding back my tears.

"Yeah baby, I'm sorry I didn't get here sooner. C-can you tell me what happened?"

"H-Hanji came in to visit me and sh-she c-couldn't st-stop E-Erwin... he came to visit me..."

"Did Erwin beat you baby?" I ask softly. Levi nods, a sob escaping his lips. I carefully hugged him.

"It's okay, I'm here now and I won't let anyone hurt you anymore." I whisper, stroking his soft black hair. Levi nods, crying into my chest.

"Levi, why did Erwin beat you?"

"B-because... I told him I'm not a slut and th-that I'm engaged... he then asked if w-we were getting m-married j-just b-because y-you got me pregnant a-and I didn't answer. H-he then knocked Hanji out and punched me in the fa-face a-and dropped me on the ground a-and started to k-kick me." I hugged him tighter, being careful of his back.

"Oh baby, I'm so sorry I didn't come sooner. I'm so very sorry sweetheart." I whisper, holding him in my arms as I climbed onto the bed, rocking Levi to sleep.

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Another chapter with 1000+ words! Go me! I'm on a roll!

Luv Y'all,
Erin Jaeger