Bratty thief stole my heart

Chapter 31: Forever

Eren's Pov:

"Levi?"

I slowly took the knife away from the throat of the person I was holding in a tight grip, retracting my hand from their mouth and letting them go. The man immediatly spun around, staring at me with a mixture of gladness and disbelieve and then I was embraced by strong arms, a face burried into my shoulder.

"Eren"

My eyes watered at the sound of his voice, there was so much relieve in it and I wrapped my own arms around, hugging him tightly.

"Levi"

I breathed against his neck, taking in the familiar scent of pinewood and lavender, a smile spreading over my features. I hadn't really realized how much I had missed the king until I was now holding him again, it hadn't been more than a day, but the time without him has been horrible. I had been constantly worrying about Levi because I knew that he was worrying about me, I had asked myself if he was okay, how he was handling the situation, if he was trying to get me out of here... But of course he was, Levi would always come for me. And in the meantime I had used the hours I was stuck alone in the dark cell to get rid of the uncomfortable chains.

Turned out lucky for me I did, otherwise I probably wouldn't have been able to dodge the blade an infuriated commander Dock had tried to stab me with. It had been close though, I wasn't expecting the attack when he came bursting into the cell, at least not a murder attempt. Good thing he wasn't expecting me to have freed myself of the shakles either, so with the moment of surprise on my side I had been able to knock the commander out and drag him into the darkest corner of the cell, but before I could escape out of the open door I had heard another pair of footsteps. Assuming it was one of the guards I hid myself in the shaddows, sweeping up from behind the person that came in, ready to send them to the dreamland, too, when I realized who had come for me.

"Levi", I breathed his name out again, nuzzeling his shoulder. He squeezed me tightly, then pulled away a little and took my face in his hands. His smile was matching mine when the looked at me, his silver eyes captivating me once again.

"Is this how you usally greet your lovers that comes to your rescue? By ambrushing them with a knife at the throat?", the raven asked jokingly and I snorted, shaking my head while my smile morphed into a huge grin.

"I thought you were another soldier, but since you are not I can now greet you properly", I replied, pressing my lips against his.

The familiar warmth in my chest settled in as we kissed, the incredible feeling never lessened, no matter how often we had already done it. I pulled Levi closer, my hand on the back of his neck while his were still cupping my cheeks. We kissed until we ran out of breath, separating to get some air, our foreheads resting against each other's. Levi caressed my face, his eyes soft and loving.

"I'm so glad you're okay, I was worried sick about you! I should've never let Nile take you down here when I knew exactly what he could do to you"

"None of this is your fault", I interrupted him, looking at him with an reassuring smile. "Dock had everything arranged so you could do nothing, but he didn't do anything severe, well apart from trying to kill me with that knife", I made a gesture to where I had dropped the weapon.

"Speaking of him, where is this bastard? I'll be having his head for this!", Levi growled and I threw a glance over my shoulder.

"I knocked him out when he came here and hid him in the darkest corner so he wouldn't be seen immediatly."

The king let go of me, walking over to the unconcious commander and kneeling down aside him.

"I'll make you regret ever having laid a finger on my Eren, be sure of that", he told the man in a threatening growl before standing up again, coming back to me to take my hand.