Protection *Ereri*

Chapter 15

Awkward. 

That was the only way that Eren knew how to describe this whole moment. The guy that he had met at the bar was now the same guy who was his doctor for now. He chewed on his bottom lip as he sat on the bed, looking downward.

Levi was standing against the wall, arms  crossed over his chest and eyeing the two. He didn't know how the two knew each other, just that they did.

Eren wasn't too keen on him knowing how they knew each other. When he had just mentioned how he had met a guy at the bar, Levi had just short of interrogated him. Imagine what would happen if he had found out that Erwin was the guy. Eren had a feeling that it wouldn't end well.

"So, Eren, you're here because of a back injury, correct?" Erwin said as he sat down in his chair and looked at the paperwork that the nurses had given to him.

"Uh... yes, that is correct..." Eren said as he nodded his head.

"Alright, I'm going to need to check it out. Do you mind lifting your shirt up and turning your back to me?" Erwin questioned as he set his clipboard down on the table. He turned around to face Eren. 

Eren shook his head as he climbed down from the bed and turned his back to Erwin, grabbing the bottom of his shirt and lifting it up.

"Oof, that is a pretty bad I jury you got there." Erwin said as he inspected it. He rolled his chair closer to where Eren was standing so he could see it better. "Luckily for you, it doesn't look like it's infected. There are some deep cuts around it, but being you came here early enough, I don't think that they're is gonna be any truly serious damage." Erwin reassured him.

Eren sighed in relief and nodded his head.

"So what are you going to do to help him?" Levi asked.

"Well, I'm going to rinse out the injuries and make sure that it's cleaned or else it could still get infected. After that, I'll wash it out with some antibacterial soap and once it's dry rub some cream on it. You'll have to wear a bandage on for a little bit until it heals. Make sure to change it daily and apply the cream every time. Try to keep pressure off of it by sleeping on your stomach and if it starts to hurt, take some Ibuprofen. However, if the pain continues, come back and we'll check you out."

Eren listened quietly to what Erwin was saying, occasionally giving a nod of the head. 

"Great. I'm going to go get the supplies and I'll be back in a couple minutes." Erwin said as he stood up from his seat.

"Alright." Eren said softly. He watched as Erwin turned and left the room before turning his attention over to where Levi was at. The males eyes were already focused on him. 

"How do you know him?" Levi asked, arms over his chest and leaning back against the wall. 

Sighing a little, Eren took his seat on the bed again and looked down at his lap. "Erwin is the guy that I had met at the club." He mumbled.

"You have to got to be kidding me." 

Eren shook his head. "No. He's not a bad guy, though, I swear. I'm the one that started the conversation with him that night and I'm the one that showed up to where he works. Though I didn't exactly know that he was a doctor that worked here.... just don't be mad, though, alright?"

Levi grunted. "I'm not mad. There's nothing to be mad about. I don't trust him, though."

"Why? What exactly is there not to trust? He's a doctor!" Eren exclaimed, though not too loudly.

"Doesn't mean anything. There have been plenty of doctors who've scammed trusting people."

Eren shook his head and rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Don't trust him. It's not like we'll see him again anyways." He leaned back, using his hands to keep him up.

When Erwin came back into the room, he got up and took his shirt off, laying flat on his stomach so Erwin could take care of what he needed to. The feeling wasn't the best feeling and at some parts he wanted to just kick Erwin away from him. However, he knew that it needed to be done or else the pain that he would be feeling if it got infected would be 10x's worse.

He was thankful when they finally finished up and he was allowed to get up and put his shirt back on again. He had wanted to stretch his arms out due to instinct, but quickly refrained from it for obvious reasons.

He turned around to face Erwin and smiled, holding his hand out for a shake. "Thank you so much." He gracefully said.

Erwin chuckled and took the males hand, shaking it as well. "No problem, Eren. It is my job after all. Remember what I said about taking care of it, though, alright?"

Eren pulled his hand back and nodded his head. "I will."

"Great. Now, I've scheduled an appointment as kind of a check up to see how it was healing. It's exactly a month from now."

Eren nodded, smiling. "Sounds great. I'll see you later." He looked over to Levi who paid no attention to him and was instead glaring directly at Erwin. Rolling his eyes, Eren walked over to Erwin and grabbed his arm. "Come on." He said, tugging him towards the door.

Reluctantly, Levi allowed Eren to pull him along, right out of the room. The two headed down the hallway, stopping at the front desk to get all the paper work that they needed. Once they had it, they left the hospital and headed out to the car and got inside of it.

They didn't leave right away, instead just sitting their in the car.

Eren looked ahead, not sure what to say right now. He wasn't exactly sure on what Levi was waiting for, but he knew that if the male wanted to talk, he wouldn't be shy on starting a conversation. 

Levi looked over to Eren, staring at him a little and not saying anything for a good moment or so. It was almost as if he was trying to figure out whatever it was that he was going to say, which was something very unusual for Levi. Levi was a man who said what he wanted, when he wanted, how he wanted. He seemed to rarely think about it, just always knowing how to word it. So Eren could only imagine what Levi was about to say that would make him think about it.

"So, uh.... do you want to go on a date?" The words finally came out, and Eren's eyes widened to the size of saucers.

"A... date? You want to go on.... a date?"

"Uh... yeah?" Levi rose an eyebrow.

"Like... a date where it's just us? A romantic date?"

"Pretty sure that's what a date is...?" Levi said slowly.

"Yes! Shit, yes, Levi! I'll go on a date with you!" Eren said, nodding his head quickly as he refrained from bouncing up and down on his seat.

A small chuckle came from Levi, and Eren's face somehow managed to brighten up even more than it already was. Levi actually chuckled! He showed emotion besides anger! Today was a success in life!

"Let's go home and get ready, yeah?" Levi asked as he started the car up. Eren nodded with enthusiasm.

He couldn't wait for tonight to come.