Covered Eyes (No Name Levi X Eren)

Chapter 6 ~ Deja Vu

Eren slowly stops as we continue to the next town, removing himself and moving back to his spot when he does. Mike grabs the tissues and throws it to me so I can offer them to Eren.

"We're currently in town," Sawney calls back, unaware of what just happened, "we'll need to stop by a truck stop and gas up."

"That's fine," Hanji responds, "Mike and I will head in and get Eren some snacks. Everyone else is fine on theirs, right?"

"Yeah," the brothers say in unison. Mike and I nod to answer, we all had enough to last us until we hit our next stop. That's where we were going to fill up on food and other items we may need.

The bus pulls into the nearest truck stop and everyone but Eren and I leave. I stand up and turn on the radio, just to break the silence. I have to readjust it to one of the stations that is playing music. The one I stumble upon plays some older rock, specifically Manowar's song Courage, so I stop searching and begin to walk back to Eren. He looks at me, red eyed, with tear stained cheeks. He looks like he wants to say something but before he can the music stops and the host comes back on to tell the listener some things.

"That was Manowar's Courage," the female host says. "Before we start our next hour of music, we have an important news builtin from a couple towns over. Police are looking for Eren Jaeger," Eren suddenly tenses, fear radiating off him, "the child of Carla and Grisha Jaeger, who were murdered in their home just yesterday. Eren is suspected to be the culprit of this crime, due to his fingerprints on the murder weapon. Eren is a twenty year-old Caucasian male with brown hair and green eyes. He's about 5' 7". Please contact the police if you see someone that matched this description. There is a picture on our website . . ."

My expression doesn't change as I look at him. It explains a lot, minus the killer part. It explains why he didn't want to go to the hospital, why he was crying, maybe why he was shot. He seems to be calming down from his worried state.

Sawney and Bean suddenly rush in, guns drawn and aimed at Eren. I turn around and block them from getting a lethal angle on him. They look to be scared, but the intent to kill is burning in their eyes. Eren tenses again, his anxiety flooding my system once more.

"Dammit, why now?" he whispers, his voice shaking as violently as his body.

"Calm down," I command, "the situation is complicated. Now calm down." Sawney and Bean ignore me.

"Eren!" Sawney yells. "what the hell was your plan?"

"Please I didn't-" Eren tries to say.

"Kill us in our sleep?" Sawney interrupts.

"I said calm down." I raise my voice a little to try and get their attention.

"Answer the question Eren. What were you going to do?" Bean jumps in.

"Never mind, explanations can come later," Sawney inches forward."Instead you should persuade us that you're not hostile like your life depends on it." Eren tries to speak again, but Sawney doesn't allow it. "Prove it or we turn you in with another bullet wound."

"Move and a bullet will go through your head, I can end you in a heartbeat." Bean threatens. They both strain to see him but their threats still scare Eren. It all seems familiar to me, but I can't focus on that now.

"Bean, how many times do I have to say it?" I say sternly.

"Levi, I need you to step away. You're too close." Bean yells at me.

"Right now I believe you're the ones that need to step away. Do it." I stare sternly at the both of them. I don't want to do anything to hurt them, but with their emotions clouding their judgment, I worry that I might not have a choice.

"Why on earth-"

"A gut feeling."

"Eren, better say something!" Sawney yells again, still ignoring me. "Don't try anything cute and prove you're not hostile!"

"Seriously," Eren tries again, fear still rampant in his voice, "It wasn't-"

"This is serious! We will do it!"

"Do you wanna die?" Bean starts in again.

"I'll do it, I swear to god!" Sawney threatens.

"Are you listening to us or not?"

"Be quiet!" Eren yells, catching me off guard for a moment. "All of you just be quiet!" It works as no one speaks again.

"Eren!" Hanji's voice interrupts the silence. I turn to the window, keeping my peripherals trained on Sawney and Bean. The moment Hanji gets on the bus they push Sawney and Bean out of the way. "We saw you on the news!"

Mike enters a moment later, carrying the snacks they had chosen for Eren. He nods at Hanji's statement, then sets the snacks down in the cupboard. He turns to Sawney and Bean, who had fallen to the floor and moves their guns further from them. I turn back to Eren, who's still shaking but not as bad as before.

"So you feeling okay or what?" I ask. He shakes his head.

"Not exactly," he says. I sit by him and look at him. He takes a shaky breath in before speaking again. "I guess I owe you all an explanation." Sawney and Bean glare at him, Mike nudges both of them.

Hanji, Mike and I expect an answer as well, but it's not important to us at the moment. We don't believe everything we hear or see over the media, a trait that is smart to have in this age.

"I didn't kill my parents," Eren starts, looking a the floor. "But I know who did."

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Boy, don't you just hate cliff hangers? The Agony of waiting?
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