Marry Me

Chapter Three

Bertholdt
I was scared. I didn't know who he was. Why was he so close? Once I made it known I was awake, I let him know I didn't know him. He instantly backed away and looked at me in the eyes. He was muscular, blond hair with golden eyes. And a very confused look on his face, which made no sense to me. He was leaning all close to me, a random stranger he didn't know. Or did he? I don't even know who I am... maybe he does know me?
"Bertholdt? It's me Reiner" he said
Bertholdt? That's me. And he's Reiner, the name sounds familiar. But is he lying? I don't know! I don't know what to believe.
"Who am I? Where am I? Are you telling the truth, what is-"
I have some kind of tube I'm my nose, it's hard to talk...
"Wait. You don't remember anything?" He said
I shook my head. He put his hands over his face and walked out of the room. He's leaving? Then just as I thought that he came back in with a doctor and a nurse
"He says he doesn't remember anything. What's going on? I thought he was going to be okay once he woke up?" Reiner said with a angry tone.
"Wait one minute..."
The nurse took out all the tubes and got me situated, the doctor walked over to me with a small smile on his face. He was an older man about 50 or 60, and he looked nice. Wait doctor? I'm in a hospital...? Why? Does it have something to do why I don't remember anything...
"Hello, I'm Doctor Pxis, do you know where you are?"
"Um.. I guess a hospital"
"Okay good, so you know the basics, you just don't know you're life" he turned back over to Reiner. "I never said he would be perfectly fine Mr. Braun, I said 'If he were to wake up he should be okay' but with injuries to head like he has had... It was almost impossible he would come out of this unscathed... He's suffering from amnesia"
Amnesia? Head injury? Renier looked like he was really upset, in fact it looked like he had tears in eyes... what am I to him?
"Is... is it permanent?" Reiner asked
"Well no, he has what we call Hysterical Amnesia, and a rare case of it when you forget everything about yourself... it's usually easy for the memory to return, but his injury... it was very severe. It might worsen the amnesia. There is no cure or really anything we can do, all you can do is be there for him, try to do things to jog his memory. Other than that there's nothing else you can do..."
Reiner seemed to understand and his face seemed to get brighter by the fact that the amnesia should gone quickly. But there was the fact that my injury was bad enough for the doctor to mention it. Will I get better anytime soon?
"There will be some headaches, and some times where he will forget somethings... Other than that just keep an eye on him and if he acts weird, bring him back in" the doctor said with a smile which Reiner replied with a nod
He looked over at me and said "You take it easy"
I nodded also, and tried to smile.
"You should stay for one more day here, see how you're feeling, and we'll send you home tomorrow"
The doctor left the room, leaving me and Reiner alone. He sat down on one of the chairs and pushed it closer to my bed.
"Who are you? You look familiar but I don't remember..." I say while looking down at the floor
"I'm your boyfriend"
I look up at him instantly when said that. Boyfriend? No way...
"We've been together for two years, three years in about a month"
"Three years!?"
"Yeah... I've been by your side ever since this first happened. I have been so worried about you..." Reiner said wrapping his hand around mine.
I jumped a bit when he did that, it felt weird like we have held hands before. This whole situation is weird. I fell something towards Reiner, but it feels like I don't know him. My memories of him were washed away, my family, friends, everything. But, even now I feel attracted to him. He's really handsome that's good right there, but what most is making me attracted to Reiner is how sweet he is. He really shows he loves me, which is something i have never had... or maybe I did... I don't know, but I trust him.
"So we have kissed and everything?" I asked, which came out sounded I was a 4 year old.
He chuckled a bit before answering
"Yeah, we have"
"Sorry, if I sound stupid... just this whole thing is so weird and it's like so much is happening at once"
His grip tighten around my hand, but soon it softened back to its original state, his fingers rubbing against my knuckles.
"No Bert it's fine! I understand, well I don't but I can see why you're asking questions... it's scary, I know, and its weird having some guy say he's your 3 year boyfriend. But I do love you more than anything, I will do anything to make this feel a little normal"
His words sound so sweet, he really does care about me. I look down at our intertwined hands, and slowly move mine out of his grasp. He flinched slightly, I guess thinking I was gonna run away or turn him down, but I was doing the exact opposite. I slowly moved my now shaking hand up to his face, and caressed his cheek, feeling his soft skin with my fingers. I was still shaking, not even knowing what I was doing. He closed his eyes and smiled slightly at my gesture.
"You don't have to push yourself, even the doctor said so. If you aren't ready to act like a couple I understand"
"No! I want to do this, we are together so I'm not acting like we are a couple, I'm showing you I care about you"
His smile got bigger and he opened up his eyes and took my hand in his. He leaned foward and his lips started to get inches away from my face. He was about to kiss me! I wanted this did I? I want be his boyfriend I mean I feel attracted to him why not? But... then again, I'm scared. The same feeling I had when I first woke up. I want him I do, but maybe he's right. Maybe I need to take it slow... He stopped before reaching my lips and he pulled back.
"W- why did you stop?"
"Because I know you aren't ready... I love you Bertholdt, but you need to take things step by step. The first was believing me, and showing that you had feelings for me..." He said while reconnecting our hands.
"I do, and I wanna be with you. But you are right, I wanna take things slow, but that doesn't mean I don't wanna kiss you! I do... just maybe later" I said which made him smile slightly.
"Sounds good Bert... I will wait for however long it takes"
Whatever happened between us before, I'm happy it happened. Because he is the best boyfriend I could ever ask for...
......................
I woke up, light from the shade poured in the room blinding me for a second. I looked over and saw Reiner asleep in the chair his head on the bed  beside me. His hand was right beside mine also. I smiled slightly when I saw, my heart beat quickening. Did this always happen when I was around him? I yawned, stretching my arms out, I wanted to get up, I need to pee really bad. But I looked down and saw a small cut on my arm, actually I saw a few. Is this from the injury? Wait? What happened yesterday? All I remember was after Reiner tried to kiss me...
"Aah!"
I let out a scream of pain holding my head. It felt like it was going to explode. Reiner jolted awake, instantly rushing to my side.
"I'm getting the doctor right now!"
I grabbed his arm before he left, and pulled him on the bed with me.
"Don't go... I'm fine, just a headache it's normal remember"
He looked at me in the eye, trying to get a feel if I was telling the truth.
"I'm fine Reiner. It was just a sharp pain... it's gone now"
He wrapped his arms around me, burying his face in my neck. He mumbled something which I thought was 'I was so worried' I put my hand on the back of his head, running my fingers through his soft hair.
"Bertholdt.... I can't lose you"
"You won't Reiner..."
He squeezed me a little harder when I said that, and he rubbed my back softly. This was amazing... I really liked being this close to Reiner, which feels like the first time even though I knew it wasn't... actually I felt like we were closer recently... was it yesterday?
"Do you know what caused it?"
"I was just trying to remember yesterday, I mean I know I'm gonna have bad memory for a while... But but I don't remember anything after we..." I blushed slightly and luckily he couldn't see since he was still hugging me. "Well almost kissed..."
He pulled away and looked at me with a puzzled expression.
"Nothing after that?"
"No, last thing was when we were talking about taking things slow"
"Hmmm" he said while rubbing his chin.
A man walked in the room suddenly causing me to jump, then another walked in with him. I started to move to the back of the bed holding on to Reiner in fear.
"No no Bert, it's Jean and Marco. They are our friends" Reiner said while rubbing my head
My grip loosened around Reiner once he said that... Jean and Marco?
"I thought we already met each other again?" The boy with the double colored hair said.
"He forgot everything that happened yesterday Jean... the doctor said he would have bad memory, hopefully this will be the last time he forgets hours of a day..."
Reiner kept rubbing my head, with his other hand wrapping around mine...
"Oh... I'm sorry Bertholdt, well I'm Marco and this is Jean we are your best friends and neighbors..." the boy with the freckles said.
Wait... just then memories of yesterday started to flash back in my brain...
Yesterday around 4:24pm...
Right after our talk, two guys walked in with a bunch of food on plates, instantly I jumped and was about to try to run away when Reiner looked at me and said "Bert it's fine, these are our friends Marco and Jean" He also said this while pointing out which one was which.
The two seemed in shock, my Marco seemed to be able to speak first.
"Reiner.... when did he wake up, and why doesn't he know us"
Reiner explained everything to them, from when I first woke up to now. Jean and Marco still seemed a bit puzzled, but looked like they understood a bit.
"Oh, well nice to meet you Bertholdt.." Jean said sticking his hand out.
I shook it and smiled a bit, realizing they didn't seem that bad. Marco did the same and I shook his also. After all that, we put on some tv and ate the food they brought. Reiner sat on the bed with me and Marco and Jean sat in the two chairs, and pulled them closer to the bed and stared up at the screen. They seemed like they were a couple, and it was confirmed when Marco had sauce on his chin and Jean licked it off, and gave him a big kiss on the lips. I smiled and looked over at Reiner who wolfing down his food. I wonder if we were that cute? Knowing him we probably did, he's too cute. Like right now, he's just... urestisble. I lean over and wipe food off his chin with a finger, which he replied with a jump. I moved my finger back instantly.
"Oh I- I'm sorry"
"No, it's fine. It just surprised me, I didn't expect you to do that..." Reiner said.
Jean and Marco were to focus on the movie and themselves to pay attention to us. Luckily. I wanted us to talk without anyone noticing.
"I know we agreed on taking things slow, but I want to act like your boyfriend, not just some guy..." I say.
He puts down his plate and looks me in the eye.
"Of course, I'm not gonna treat you like some guy... I love you, I just didn't want us rushing, but if you want... we can be like we used to" he said while grabbing my hand
He loves me? He wants to be how we used to be? I didn't want to seem like I was going to fast, but if he wants this too, I mean why not? I'm the one who lost my memory, and I don't want to do all this waiting to be how we used to be.
"O- okay. I want to be with you, I want to the things we used to do"
I squeezed his hand slightly and smiled at him, and he smiled back in reply. We stayed like that for a while, until the movie was over and Jean and Marco said their goodbyes left to go home. Reiner got off the bed and started to put the leftover stuff and plates on the table. It was about 10 pm and I haven't gone to the bathroom once and needed to go really bad.
"Hey Reiner, could you maybe help me get to the bathroom?" I say feeling very embarrassed
"Sure babe"
I blushed madly when he said that... babe, it sounded so weird hearing him call me that, but it felt nice... He reached his hand out which I took and stood up off the bed while holding onto him. We took each step together towards the bathroom, and once we reached it he opened the door and walked in with me.
"I'll let you go and come back in once you're done," he said
I blush a bit and nodded. He left the room and closed the door, leaving me to do my business. I'm happy we are gonna try to act like our old selves, I mean it's hard to get my memory back if we are acting different then what we used to be. After I finished and we got back to bed, I felt really tired and decided to tell Reiner.
"I'm exhausted Reiner, I'm sorry, I didn't want to leave you up by yourself"
"It's fine Bert, actually I was tired too. Do you mind if I lay beside you?"
I smiled a bit and nodded. I laid down and him curling up behind me, his breath on my neck, his arms wrapped around me... it was perfect.
"I love you..."
Reiner said it again... But before I answered I passed out. Hopefully, he knew, even in the few hours I known him, I love him too...
Now.
I held my head as a bunch of things flashed back in my head... Jean and Marco walked closer to me, not knowing what to do but put their hands on my shoulder, and Reiner again held my hand and said my name in worry. But I smiled at him.
"No, I'm okay! I mean my head hurts a bit, but I remember everything from yesterday! This means there is a chance I'll get my whole memory back just like I remembered yesterday!"
Reiner smiled and kissed my forehead
"Of course you will..."
I smiled even bigger, There is still hope...
(A/N) I never knew there were different kinds of amnesia?!?! Also, I still want to make their relationship reform again, but also Bertholdt is falling in love with Reiner faster than he thought :3 Thanks for reading and voting❤)