You, but not you - a EruRi Lovestory

7 - Nile

His blonde hair swipes a bit as he shakes his head no to answer Levi's question to the wine.
    "I just don't like it right now." It could be that he didn't liked it all or that this taste had changed. A standstill of the heart can cause really great changes he thinks. And he remains thinking as Levi leaves the room. The silence starts to really get to him and he mumbles to himself.
    "I wonder what else changed to my former self. Seems like I had a taste for wine, but I can't see how right now. This is starting to get really troublesome. Poor Levi, I still wonder why he is like this. Why he helps me so much." He has to smile when he thinks about the fact that they used to eat together and that he should rest and let Levi do the hard work. "What a kind man."
    His attention goes to the door as he hears the talking outside of it and only a moment later a stranger, no two strangers, walking in. The man had a rather ugly beard in his face, but a very broad smile and a loud voice, The woman was good looking indeed and they don't really fit to one another. The man strides towards Erwin gesturing wildly around with his arms.
    "Man Erwin you gave me a real fright. I didn't expected you to be awake and most of all alive. What limb did you lost now? Hahaha."
    "Nile, please, that is not funny." The woman scolds the man frowning at his face, but she turns to Erwin now. "Erwin I am glad you are still with us. We were so worried about you." Erwins brown furrow wildly as he tries to put together what they are saying and who in the world they are.
    "Woah look at this, you got yourself a really fancy meal here. Risking your life does come with some comfort eh? Oh a nice wine you got here."
    "Nile! Stop you can't drink his wine. Erwin I am so sorry. I don't know what has gotten into him." She seemed very nice, but not familiar at all.
    "Please you need to excuse me, but I can't remember who you two are."
    "What? Are you serious. It's me Nile Dokumentation your friend!"
    "And Marie, his wife." Erwin shakes his head and tells them again, that he can't remember a thing.
    "You have to be kidding me. We went to training together and wanted to join the survey corps together. You loved this woman as much as I do. Or no I loved her more haha." He pulls his wife to him and gives her a smooch on her cheek making her giggle. However, Erwin still looks very confused unable to decipher what he means by training and survey corps. From he looks he must be from the army as well, but the emblem doesn't trigger any memory to come up.
    "I don't know what you are talking about. I believe it would be better to talk when I am fully recovered. Levi said, that only he is allowed to see me, so I need to ask you to leave."
    "What? That rat? Are you serious? We know each other far longer than you know him. What's that little shit up to?"
     "Would you mind not talking like that about him? He takes care of me while I can't. I ask again of you to leave me." This man causes a huge headache and a slight panic rising up again inside of him. He doesn't feel like that when Levi is there, but right now he is stressed out and just wants them to leave.
    "I am sorry Erwin. Get better soon. I will talk to him." She tries to drag Nile out, who was still going on about their friendship and the years they have known each other. Just when they reached the door it opens with Levi standing there.

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While Levi was walking down the hall, he could hear a very familiar voice that made his blood boil. He knew that voice could only come from one man, a man he didn't get along with very well. They would always get into arguments and Levi prepared himself for another. When Marie opened the door, his eyes locked on the MP's Commander. His eyes burnt a bright gray with hate and fury and his upper lip lifted into a snarl. His body became tense and his grip on the glass of water looked like he was about to shatter the glass into tiny pieces. But his attentions wasn't just on Nile, but the blonde woman that was his wife. It was the first time he saw the woman in person, he heard stories from Mike about the woman.

Nile and Erwin had both fallen in love with her, but due to Erwin going into the Survey Corps. The woman seemed to go for the sloppy second. Face to face with the woman that used to be the core for Erwin's affections made Levi extremely uncomfortable. She was elegant, feminine, beautiful and had class. She was everything Levi was not.

"What are you even doing here?"
His eyes were on Marie, as if to direct the question to her. Nile's eyes became hard when he saw what Levi was doing. Nile grabbed Levi's cravat and pulled on it, making Levi stand on his toes.
"You rat! Who made you decide who comes and who goes." Nile growled.
"Nile Dear, please calm down, it was Erwin's decision too." She proclaimed as she put her hand on his arm.
"If you did what you promised, Erwin wouldn't be here in this situation. You said you would protect him, now he can't ev-"
The glass of water fell to the ground and broke just before Nile was silenced with a hard punch to the jaw.
Marie screamed when Nile fell back on his ass. He looked up at Levi as his hands made a fist on the ground.
"You filthy street rat!"
Nile jumped to his feet about to throw a punch before Marie stopped him.
"Please stop, let's just go. We'll see him later."
She seemed to calm Nile down enough to stop.
"Get out, now"
His eyes became dark and his voice became low with a hint that his order could turn into a deadly threat fast.

Marie nodded and pulled Nile away before Levi closed the door on them.
"I am sorry about that. He made me drop the glass."
His eyes were still filled with anger as it too him a moment to calm down.
"I'll tell the nurse to get you a glass instead."
His voice still was low, showing there was still a small sign of anger over Nile getting into the room. He turned on his heels and walked to the door, poking his head out to call for one of the nurses to bring a fresh glass of water.

He closed the door and walked back to his post, crossing his leg over the other and leaning back on the chair.
"I hope they didn't bother you."
He looked over at the blond male.