Behind Bars

Chapter 3

Edited by grayed-ace

Now Eren finally had a good excuse to stay longer in jail. He was currently in a public hospital and it would be a real pain to get rid of his records on the said hospital. After the doctor confirmed that his skin and eyes were not damaged, Eren was ready to go back to jail. 

It was an accident, Eren didn't care for the bleach, his eyes and skin stung during the incident, but now he was more focused on how close the jail guard was. 

Levi immediately went to action, almost bathing Eren with water, aided his hands, checking his skin and eyes before he called for an ambulance. It was like the raven knew what he was doing, like he'd experienced this accident before. Levi worked fast but gently at the same time.

Eren sat up on his bed with a goofy smile on his face. He kept repeating the scene in his mind, how Levi touched him and how their faces were inches apart as Levi checked his eyes.

"You're dead." Mikasa said. She was so worried when the news reached her, but seeing Eren smiling like an idiot washed all of her worries down the drain. 

"Mikasa, he touched me~" Eren sang, still dazed on his fantasy.

"Oh my god." She sighed. "Was he the reason why you got bleach all over you?"

"Mikasa, it was an accident!"

"Accident! You could get burns or worse! Blinded!"

"It was not Levi's fault!" Eren defended, anger roused from his voice. "You can check the surveillance cameras if you want. It. Was. An. Accident."

Signing in defeat, Mikasa sat on the edge of his bed. "I'm sorry, I was just so worried."

Eren let out an exhausted sigh, he couldn’t bring himself to hate Mikasa forever. "I'm sorry for getting angry at you. It really was an accident, Kasa. And look! I'm fine." 

Eren raised his hands and Mikasa took them and examined them with a frown. "The painkillers must have taken effect already because I can't feel the pain anymore."

"That's good to hear." When Mikasa didn't say anything else after that, Eren took the cue and once again filled the raven girl's ears with praises about the jail guard.

When visiting hours were over, Eren found himself alone in his tiny hospital room. If he was sane he could easily escape or even beat up the two guards behind his door if he wanted to. But Eren was not sane at the moment, he was insanely in love with the head prison guard.

A knock came at his door; without waiting for an invitation Levi stormed inside with his usual pissed expression. The drugs must have messed with Eren's eyes because what he saw was a very worried looking Levi.

"What the fuck are you smiling at brat?!" Levi booms angrily. 

"Levi! You saved me! Thank you!" Eren cheered like a child.

"The fuck Yeager?! Is that how you talk to your superior?!"

"But-but! Your first name is soooo cute! It's like you own the clothing brand Levi's!"

Once again, the jail guard was speechless but he managed to mumble out a quiet “brat" as a reply. Eren wasn’t sure if it was the drug’s doing not, but he liked this blushing Levi. His pale skin made the blush on his cheeks pop beautifully.

"Listen brat, I'll let this slide for now, mainly because the drugs are currently messing with your sorry ass brain." Levi waved his hand in a form of distraction.