Importance of My Love (Shingeki No Kyojin) *Completed*

Nightmare

Jordan's eyes widened. He can't believe what his father had just said. He knows his mother had him when she was 24. But 10 years earlier she had... Another kid? Before she even met his father?! Then, who was the father? Where was the child she had?

"I know what you are thinking but... There is more to the story obviously... I'm not sure i should be the one telling you this but I think it is necessary. You asked a question and I would answer it... Please don't feel ashamed of asking either."

Jordan's mind was read by his father. He did feel bad for asking something so personal but he can't help but wonder about it more. He does have the whole day with his parents. That would be a good time. Maybe it would bring back bad memories...

Jordan's thoughts were interrupted by a small screech heard from his parents room. Levi slams his tea cup down and bolts into the room. Jordan following closely behind.

Levi bends down on one knee and grabs his wife's hand. She is crying with her eyes slammed shut. She looks like she is having some type of spasm while sleeping. "Please... Don't hurt me!" she screams. Levi takes action and tries to wake her up. "Sora! Sora!! Sora!!!"

Her teary eyes snap open and she squeezes Levi's and continues to sob. Levi comforts her by holding her head up close to his beating heart. She is cold... He strokes the back of her hair.

"It's alright Sora... I'm here..." Levi says. Her coldness seems to increase. She begins to shiver in his arms. Lately, she has gotten sicker... So sick..

"Jordan, go grab your mother's medicine in the bathroom please." Levi seemingly pleads without turning to face him. Jordan slowly nods and runs into the bathroom. He opens the medicine cabinet and inside reveals a few bottles of meds. Like prescribed painkillers, sleeping pills, and some others. The one he grabs is a type of medicine that you have to inject. It is no drug that can only do harm, but it helps your immune system. Side affects he has seen, would be dizziness, and possible lightheadedness until the point you have to hurl your food. He hates seeing his mother like that. She had attempted many times to smile, but, Jordan knows she isn't okay. These nightmares, what ever they are about, is hurting his mother.

He grabs the bottle and the syringe. He then fills it up with the correct dosage, and quickly dashes back into his parent's room. She is still crying... Jordan hands his father the syringe. Levi lifts up Sora's wrist and slowly, inserts the medication into her vein. Jordan is sure that it causes her pain... He just wants his mother to be better...

Within a few minutes, she is slowly falling back to sleep. Her eyes are getting droopy and they are fluttering shut. At that moment, Levi slowly covers her back up, and even grabs another one that was on the end of the bed, and covers her up. Levi waits a few minutes before letting go of Sora's hand.

He slowly exits the room with Jordan behind. "This is the first time.... I have ever saw Ma like that..." Jordan murmurs. He is on the verge of tears but he forces them back. Levi leans against the wall in the hallway, across from Jordan's room.

"I don't need you to see that... You mother doesn't even want you to. We don't want to worry you, son. That's Sora's wish. She doesn't want to see you sad. She wants you to live up to your expectations and do what you want to do, with a smile on you face. But I'm sure after seeing that, you want to cry..." Levi himself was in the verge of tears. But the expression on his sons face was looking scared, and terrified...

Jordan slowly walks over to the slightly shorter man, and begins to cry, as he grabs him to hug him. "I... just want Ma to be okay..." he sniffs. Levi tries his best not to cry along with his son. He will save it for later... Levi realizes what may happen, if all of this continues. Sora... could... Levi shakes his head sightly, trying to forget the thought.

Once Jordan let's go, he slowly walks into his room, and closes the door, completely forgetting about the papers, and his tea. Levi decides to go into his room to change out of his teary robe, and maybe even get Sora into something warmer.

Once he enters the room, he noticed Sora's eyes are open. He walks over to her and pets her head like a cat. "Hey. I was just about to change. And then get you into something warmer." Levi smiles. Sora nods.

"I... I'm sorry..."

"Please don't apologize. It isn't your fault." Levi reassures. He then takes off his robe, revealing his bare chest, and quickly finds a dark shirt to put on. Once he does, he grabs a comfortable, thick shirt and sits on the bed. Sora slowly sits up. She feels a pain in her back and stomach, making her breathing slightly quick. Levi has her lift up her arms and he slips the shirt in her. As he did, he saw a few scars, on her arms and the back of her neck. It is a painful reminder to Levi, that she was in so much pain back then.

Sora turns her body over to face Levi. She gazes into his metallic like eyes. Then, she hugs him. Levi embraces her gently. He can feel her begin to cry again. "I just want that man gone... I know he is out there somewhere... And I want to find him... And kill him... I just... don't have the strength."

"Shhh... You don't have to do anything Sora... I'm here. Don't forget that." Levi whispers. Sora's muffled sniffs and her fast breathing slows down... He can feel something in her stomach pop. Oh no... Levi instantly gets a garbage can that is next to his bedside, and brings it over to Sora. She slams it on the ground by her bedside and then she throws up... She can't ever keep much down. Her stomach was empty, so what was in the garbage, was stomach acid. Levi slowly rubs her back and notices how much her body temperature had changed in that 10 seconds. She is now, beyond freezing. She shivers uncontrollably. Levi holds her from behind. She is panting and wheezing. She can't breathe? Levi panics as her shivering gets much worse. Her breathing quickens.

He hugs her a little harder to attempt to force oxygen in, but no... It doesn't work. He gets slightly petrified as she hunches over the garage can, and throws up again. Levi screams to Jordan, "Jordan!! Get the doctor down the street! Now!!" He can hear Jordan running down the street. Sora continues to throw up and shiver. Levi is still holding on to her and slowly beginning to sob. He can't believe this is happening. He doesn't know what is wrong with her... This is slowly turning into a nightmare himself. The medicine is supposed to have worked! He has a small feeling it is the medicine...

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The doctor examined her very carefully. This doctor wasn't the one who prescribed the medicine to her. Levi still has questions though.

"Well... Dehydration and hypothermia. Those are the two problems. A lot of fluids would do the trick. But, hypothermia will have to be healed by extreme warm environments. I suggest heavy clothing and maybe sleeping in front of a fire place. On the other hand, I wonder about the medication she is on... May I see it please?".

Jordan quickly grabs the medicine and hands it to the doctor. Sora has fallen asleep after giving her sleeping pills... She looks like she is in pain still...

"Who gave this to you?!" The man screams. Levi gets nervous. "The one who prescribed this to her was a local doctor named Matsuda Hanafuda. A Japanese man. The doctor gasps.

"That man, not too long ago, was arrested for impersonating a doctor, but shortly he broke free and he was wearing a disguise because a wig and mask laid on the ground... Anyway, this isn't medicine. It is a drug. It wears down you immune system, and gives you fevers, uncontrollable dizzy spells, and even makes you throw up anything you have ate. This drug brings any person to a slow and painful death!"

Levi's heart stops. "Well... " the man takes off his glasses. "I'm not sure how long she will live. You said she was in this for a year now, so there is a very little chance that she might survive after this much. The best you can do, is hope for her recovery... Maybe a year or so is the amount of time she would normally have... Please take care of her gently..." The man stands and exits the house, leaving Levi and Jordan there speechless. Jordan is crying and Levi is picking her up into his arms.

"Dad... What are you going to do?"

Levi exits the room and brings Sora's almost limp body into the living room and lit the fireplace, all while covering her up in a warm blanket. Levi lays down next to her and holds her close to him, letting his body heat seep into her own.

'We have to take care you you mother... So I will start with this...'