By Your Side - EreRi (ErenxLevi)

Chapter 4 - Nightmare

(Author's Note) -- Before you read I want to inform you because I didn't in the last chapter. This chapter will be similar to the last one except this time it will be all Eren's POV. I'm sorry if this sudden single person POV's seem boring but I'll return to normal more-than-one person POV's and 3rd person after this chapter. I just wanted to write at least two chapters where one was just Eren and one Levi. Well here you go chapter 4 already, enjoy.

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Eren's POV

"I love you brat." The words kept repeating in my head as I tried to comprehend what Levi had just said. He loved me, I had never felt this way before but I was more than positive that I loved him too. But could someone like me even come to understand such a thing as love? No. Not me a worthless monster.

I stared at the Corporal with wide eyes and worry. I feared love it scared me I didn't want to become close to anyone anymore out of fear of hurting them. That's the reason for completely abandoning my two closest friends Mikasa and Armin, I wonder if they would even speak to me now.

Without a mere warning the tears had already begun to streak my face. I hung my head and cried for what was to be both happiness and terror. "L-Levi" I stuttered "you can't." His monotone expression disappeared in an instant and the look on his face showed all forms of rejection, but that's not what I had done. "No don't look at me like that I'm scared of what I could do. I love you so much Levi I want you to be safe from me. An arrogant brat like me could never deserve someone as you and I-I....I" I choked on my words as more tears dripped from my face. "I'm so in love with you Corporal please don't give yourself to someone like me....a monster."

In the next instant I found myself pinned on the bed, having a hand swipe harshly across my face to the point where I couldn't even feel it. He looked at me with a fire in his stern eyes. "Don't ever call yourself that again you piece of shit brat! Did I not just tell you how I feel? So stop being arrogant for once and just..." He paused at his last words for what seemed to be hesitation and I assumed that he had come to his senses about loving some...thing like me. "Just let me love you" Were the words I heard instead. The tears quit coming and I just stared at him, his face slightly contorted into a more serious form. He unpinned me and pulled me into a tight embrace, leaving me with my arms just hanging. "Now just fucking accept it" he said in my ear.

As he set me down from his embrace I could feel my eyes getting heavier, head getting lighter. I felt like something was wrong with my body...though there already was. This was different it was a sleepy feeling like all my mind wanted to do was sleep, forever. I struggled to lift myself from the bed and over to the desk where Levi had also gotten me a glass of water. Stumbling, I gripped the brim of the desk and looked to see Levi at my side giving me a concerned look. "Eren are you alright?" I heard him say faintly his words dissipating at the end.