Breaking down walls (Ereri / Riren) fanfic 💖

Chapter "8"

Two days passed since Eren's heat had finished. Levi and Eren had continued their friendship and met up every morning like they usually did. Eren hadn't spoken to his mother much. She had explained that it was for the best, and Eren said that he wasn't mad, but their was something inside of him that told him otherwise.

Even though Eren had learned about Levi and the fact that he was his destined mate, they still got on and Eren didn't mind. He had taken back the wrist cuff and even showed Levi the key from his birthday.

"I'm still pissed, you know," Levi said. They were both in the clearing and the atmosphere was calm.

"Why? About my birthday? Levi, I don't really care for birthdays, including mine," Eren replied. Levi huffed.

"Well, I don't give a fuck either, but it was yours, so..." Eren sighed.

"Levi, if you don't like birthdays, then don't celebrate them. When we see each other, we are not a rare male Omega and a King, we're just Eren and Levi and I want you to be honest," Eren said.

"Yeah."

"Speaking of which, is it really alright for you to be here? You're King now and probably have a lot of work," Eren asked. Levi smirked.

"What was that about us being Eren and Levi when we're together? I don't want to be Rivaille at the moment," Levi said laying back.

The Elder had said that no one knew why Levi called himself Rivaille around the public.

"Levi, why do you call yourself Rivaille?" Eren asked out of curiosity. Levi looked at Eren and sighed.

"I want something that is mine." Eren looked puzzled. "When you are next in line to a throne when no one believed you would be when you were born, everything changes. I may have only been four at the time, but I knew what I wanted, and that was for people not to know the real me. As long as I do my job properly, no one cares. My name is all I have from when I had my mother, it keeps me sane."

"Is being King that bad?" Eren asked. Levi thought for a moment.

"Not really, but I'd rather have things that are for me and the people that I care about, like you. How would you feel, Eren, if your name was suddenly let out to the Kingdom when you never expected it? That name would no longer be yours. I rarely showed myself when I was Prince because I was sick of being stared at, but now I have to be. If people are going to see my face, I want to keep my name," he said.

Eren understood what he meant; that life was difficult.

"What did you and the Elder talk about on that day?" Eren asked. Levi smiled softly.

"What? Are we playing 20 questions now?" he replied. Eren smiled.

"We could. I ask you questions, then you ask me some." Levi sighed.

"He was talking to me about you," Levi said. Eren rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, I already knew that," he said. Levi lightly pushed Eren.

"Will you let me finish, you brat?" Eren sealed his mouth shut. "He was telling me about your fear of the royals, or as I should say, me. He was questioning whether is would be such a good idea to continue on whatever we have. I told him that I was going to tell you eventually, but I couldn't just yet."

Eren nodded his head. "I know that," he muttered, "but it's still a shock."

Levi smiled, "right, my turn to ask," he said.

"Go ahead, you pretty much know enough about me."

"Why are you scared of me?" Levi asked. Eren was shocked at the question and didn't expected it. He bit his lip. He couldn't tell him.