Friends... Or more?

Chapter 12

I woke up from my dead sleep when a large hand started shaking me. I jolted up and stared sleepily at the tall man in the room. He had dark black hair and tons of freckles. He jumped back surprised when I sat up so quickly. He gives me an apologetic smile before standing up at his full height again and straightened his suit uncomfortably. "Hi, my names Marco. I'm from the adoption agency." Marco says looking discreetly at my bandaged arms. I curled in on myself and my mind sharpens at the words "adoption agency". I give him a skeptical look and sit up straight.
"Adoption agency? Why would they be interested in me?" I ask in as even of a voice as I can muster. He looks almost shocked at my words before suddenly understanding.
"Ah, I'm sorry for the delay, but since your mother has passed and your father is nowhere to be found, plus you have no other family that we can find, you and your sister Mikasa will be going into adoption until you either reach the age of 18 or get adopted." He states with a clap of his hands and an excited expression. My heart stops and I process the information just given to me.
"With all due respect Marco, I think that I have a wonderful family already. Levi and his mother are wonderful people!" I say nervously.
"Well, about that..." Marco says with an expression just as nervous as mine. "Levi's family is a good one, but, the law requires you to go into adoption. We can't simply leave you with any family, no matter how good that family happens to be." My breathing picks up and I can't stop the lingering feeling of panic.
"Please, you have to let me stay with them!! Please!!" I started begging. I painstakingly pulled myself onto my knees on the bed and clasped my hands together. "Please Marco, if I can only ask for one thing in life this is it!! Plea-" my begging is cut off by the door opening.
"Babe, they had chocolate pudding in the cafeteria. You want an- oh" Levi said freezing in the door way with two pudding cups in his hand. "Am I... Interrupting something?" He asks with a defensive look at Marco.
"No, in fact it's better that you're here" Marco replies with a look of his own. Levi sits down in the chair next to my bedside and took my hand. His thumb rubbed gentle circles into the back of my hand and I relaxed immediately. Marco's eyes widened slightly and then I saw him forcing back a small smile. "Levi, Eren is going to be put in an adoption center for the time being" Marco states bluntly and flinches when Levi stands up quickly, knocking over the chair he was sitting in and making me yelp as he drags my hand up and pain laces through my arm. He gasps and sits down again, holding my arm gently in his hands. I gave him a small smile at his apologetic look and he said what he was gonna say before in a more calm manner.
"An adoption center?! You mean an orphanage?!?!" Levi asks with an appalled look. Marco takes one look at our position and his face twists up into a sorrowful expression.
"That's not exactly how I like to put it but yes, I suppose that's what it is..." Marco says uncomfortably. "Look, this is completely out of line for me to say but if you two really wanna stay together than you either have to convince your mother to adopt Eren or convince one of your friends mothers to" Marco says in a low and rushed voice. Levi'a face shows evident surprise but then he nods in understanding. "The hospital is releasing you tomorrow at 9:00 pm. They have to run more tests and check on your, ahem, mental stability. After that you will spend the night at Levi's and the next morning the clock starts ticking. You will have 24 hours to say your goodbyes and gather up all your belongings. I suggest you make the most of it" Marco says as he stands up and walks out of the room. Levi intertwines our fingers and holds on tightly to my hand. I lay my head on his shoulder and we stay like that until Levi is ushered out by a nurse. I didn't sleep much that night because thoughts of not seeing Levi again plagued my thoughts. Finally I take out a pillow from under my head and clutch it close to my body, imagining that it isn't a cold pillow ad is instead Levi. Soon my exhaustion gets the better of me and I fall asleep.