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Betrayal?

"The scouts didn't seem surprised about our retirement announcement."

Levi shoots me a look, "they've watched us moon over him his entire stay at the manor. They probably even had bets on how long it would take us to step down"

I nod in understanding.

"I suppose we didn't hid our attraction very well. What with the nice foods, bedding... Holding his hands at the doctor..."

"Well,"
Levi starts as we enter erens apartment complex, "they all seem happy for us at least. Excited even"

I nod, "most of them have been there since the beginning. Long enough to see our on and offs, they are probably relieved we've found our happy ending"

We pause as we get closer to erens door. Barely audible grunts meet our ears.

"... "

"You don't think... "

"Maybe he found someone at that pet place of his... "

"Nekos don't just have one night stands"

"Eren is more than just a species label."

......

" Maybe he found someone better than us. Without horrible pasts that follow and chase"

"I can't bear to see him with a random stranger... Do you suppose hanji had some last minute things she needs help with?"

A choppy scream of pain, vaguely sounding like the word help cuts the air.
Levi and I break for the door and bust in to find a man kneeling over eren, weakly blocking his face as the man deals him multiple blows.
I grab him by the hair and toss him backwards.

"Levi!"

I kneel and cradle eren as Levi latches on to his prey.

Eren's face is covered in blood, his good eye is notably swollen and his nose is adding more blood to his face and clothes.

"Eren, can you hear me?" Erens hand shakily moves to touch my face, I quickly grab it and hold onto it like a life line.

"Levi that's enough," I call out as Levi starts stomping on Eren's father.

"Help me clean him up and make sure he's not vitally hurt"

Levi looks from me back to Erens father with a sneer.

"We can deal with him later, Eren is our priority"

He huffs and leaves eren's father who quickly crawls and scrambles out of the apartment. Levi calls hanji as I carry Eren to the bathroom.
I cradle Eren in my lap as I sit on the cold floor.
I bite my lip as I wipe away the blood with a wet washcloth, I almost wish I hadn't told Levi to stop, if only to satisfy my anger at what that man did.
I press a light kiss to Erens forehead in a plea for forgiveness. Eren should never have been CLOSE to any danger, yet his father seemed to have slipped right under our noses.
I smile as Eren makes a little chirping sound as if he can hear my self deprecating thoughts.

I bury my face in his hair and breathe in his scent, "you're gonna be ok Eren, hanji will be here and she's gonna fix you right up"

Levi walks in as he puts away his phone, "hanji will be here in a few minutes"

He crouches next to us and grips Erens limp hand.

"Eren?" He visibly relaxes as his hand is squeezed in response.
"That man won't get away with this"

I raise my head from erens hair, we meet eyes and silently create a plan to make sure Erens, father, experiences the world's worst torture, hell will seem like a vacation by the time we're done with him.
We both look to eren as he squirms and makes a disgruntled sound.

"Get him some water Levi"

Levi is barely gone before he's back with a glass of cool water. Most of it flows down erens cheeks but I easily wipe it away. He weakly pushes at Levi's hand when he's had his fill and seems to settle for sleep against my chest.

"Do you think he's ok," Levi asks worriedly "sleep wise I mean, does he have a concussion?"

I shake my head, "there's no bumps or wounds on his head, seems mostly his face" I frown.

That man is walking with a death warrant, the devil himself won't be able to save him.

Mark my words.