Breaking down walls (Ereri / Riren) fanfic 💖

Chapter "22"

Darkness. A void that was never ending. The sound of water dripping; echoing in the darkness.

What had happened? Where was he? Who was he?

Strange voices that lingered on saying sweet nothings that he could never understand. He felt afraid. Why?

So many questions that could never be answered, but he felt as if they could be answered...somehow.

He just lay there, wrapped in the darkness like it was his home. Like he was hiding. His body felt tired and weak, but his soul felt as strong as ever. His eyes only half open, staring into the darkness before him like it was staring down at him.

Silence. Drip. Drip. Drip. Silence.

A pattern formed in his head and he used it to help him remember. What was the dripping? What did it symbolise? His life energy or his soul?

"Eren!" shouted a voice through the darkness.

Eren? Who was Eren? Who were they? He couldn't even move to sit up or shout out to ask them who they were.

Fear. He was afraid. The outside world that was haunting and could hunt him until there was nothing left. The true feeling of what was inside: a scared little boy.

"Why are you lying down?" said a voice that sounded like it was right next him. It was child like. He turned his head slightly, amazed he could even do that, and stared upon a small boy. He looked familiar with his emerald eyes that burned with fire.

"Huh?" he answered back, before realising he could speak. The boy sat down, crossing his legs.

"Why are you lying down? Why are you here? Have you finally given up?" the boy asked.

He was most confused as to what the boy meant.

"Given up on what?" he asked. The boy sighed.

"Your fight. Are you going to just lie here and keep people waiting? You are not who you once were. You are not me, who has to stay here," the boy said.

He frowned.

"Who are you?" he asked. The boy smiled.

"I am you, and you are me. You are Eren, but it seems that your fear has finally caught up with you. So many years have past and your feelings have caught up with you."

Eren stared on his younger self

"Eren?" he questioned. The boy nodded, before standing up.

"Come on, get up. If you don't get up those people will have to wait even longer for you," he explained, grabbing on to Eren's arm and heaving him up, though he was weak.

Eren's body began to obey him and he was able to stand up. The void was so dark and he felt like he and his younger self were in a single spot light.

"What is this place?" Eren asked. The boy walked around a bit in the light.

"Your mind. Don't you remember what happened, or must I fill you in?" he asked.

His mind? But how? Eren placed his hand on his head and thought for a moment. What was he missing? The boy just stared up at his future self, before sighing.

"Why are you so afraid, Eren? You're a powerful Omega who fears nothing," the boy question, before realising. "But maybe that is it. When fear is held inside, it can backfire when you least expect it. I should know, I've been stuck here for the past seven years."

It was that moment when everything came back to Eren like a huge flash back that gave his a headache.

He remembered Shiganshina. He remembered the day he killed Alex and Michael. He remembered the ball. He remembered a King that pulled a trick on him to gain his heart.