Bratty thief stole my heart

Chapter 29: The next morning

Eren's Pov:

The first thing I noticed upon waking up was the warmth of a body right next to me that I was curled up to. My arm was draped over his chest and my head was resting on the shoulder of the raven haired king sleeping at my side, holding me close with one arm wrapped around my torso and nose tucked into my messy hair.

I didn't want to open my eyes just yet, instead I let my other senses investigate my surroundings. I could hear Levi's soft snores and calm breathing and the sound of birds outside the windows. It seemed to be a warm day because I could feel the rays of sunlight falling through them onto my skin, tickeling my nose. It was pretty warm under the covers, but I didn't mind, I was enjoying the feeling of being so close to Levi. I let my hand ghost over his skin, sensing his steady heart beat beneath my fingers. He was warmer than usual, which was not really a surprise considering that I was practically a human heater, I had an unusual high body tempetature. Sighing happily I inhaled the soft scent surrounding the man next to me, he still smelled of the lavender parfume from yesterday, mixed with sweat from our late night activities. A smile crept onto my face at the thought of what we had done, remembering the mindblowing feeling. I still could hardly believe that I had really slept with Levi, it appeared to me like a wonderful dream I would awake from any second. Knowing that I really was the one this beautiful, amazing man, who was by the way the king of humanity, wanted to have at his side just seemed to good to good to be true.

But the sting of pain I felt in my lower back when I shifted closer to Levi showed me in a pretty nasty way that last nights events were very real and I grimaced at the searing ache.

"I told you'd regret it in the morning."

I opened my eyes and was met with the sight of a sleepy Levi looking at me with sly smirk playing around the corners of his mouth. I shot him a short glare, but my own lips were forming into a smile, taking away the threatening effect.

"Ah, good morning to you, too, Levi. And who said that I'm having regrets?", I gave him cheeky grin, my gaze fixated on the raven's porcelain features framed by tousled strands of black hair. "Because last night definetly was the best night ever and it was definetly worth that my ass is feeling like I'm sitting on a pile of bees."

"And how do you know how that feels? Do you have another attractive story for me?", Levi asked with his eyebrows raised, his hands sneaking down my back.

"Levi!", I protested giggeling and he chuckled, pulling me in for a sweet kiss.

"I love you Eren. I love you so much it almost hurts", Levi murmured against my lips, kissing me again.

"That's funny, because a few hours ago you loved me so much that I can't move now because it actually hurts", I retorted and the raven rolled his eyes.

"Great way to ruin the moment, you brat", he huffed and flickered my forehead, making me yelp and bat his hand away, but instead of a glare I shot him a wide smile.

"Aww, you know I love you, just as much as I just love to tease you."

"No matter what happens, you'll always stay a little brat", Levi sighed, but I could see the amusement and happiness sparkling in his icy grey eyes. "But seriously, how are you feeling? Are you in a lot of pain?"

The concern in the king's voice was unmistakable and it made me smile to know how much he cared about me.

"I'm feeling great actually, sure my back hurts, but it's not like I'm gonna die from it and even if that was the case I wouldn't regret it the slightest bit more. I've never been this happy before, you are making me happy ."

Levi looked less worried after my reply, a small smile appearing on his face and he gently caressed my cheek with his smooth fingers.

"I've found my happiness in you, in that contagious smile of yours, in every word spoken by your perfect cherry lips, in every moment and every laugher we share. Forever I will hold onto you, never letting go, our fates laced like our hands and my love for you is written in the stars reflekting in the eternal skies your eyes are, your image carved into my heart to never be reversed, these three words forever playing in my mind: I love you."