Breaking down walls (Ereri / Riren) fanfic 💖

Chapter "42"

Eren had told Isabel and Farlan of his plans. Isabel was actually quite excited to go. Farlan; less, but he didn't want to his mate to go without him. Eren felt a little left out with Levi. He understood his reasoning, but it still hurt. It was like Levi was afraid.

The Great Levi Ackerman - now Jäeger-Ackerman - was afraid to return home! Well, Eren understood that the Slums would never be home in Levi's eyes.

Levi had an uneasy expression on his face since Eren had made the plans and set the date. It had been about a week since Eren had told and they were due to go the next day. There was no council meeting tomorrow, and even if there was an emergency one, having their future Queen and one council member missing wouldn't be too bad.

Eren packed a few things for the trip. The Slums wasn't too far, so they would be walking. Levi had made sure that Roxas would be inaccessible to him until the cub was born. Eren couldn't agree more.

Levi watched his husband and mate from the bed. His legs were crossed and he had his usual dark look painted on his face.

"You make me feel guilty, shitty brat," Levi muttered. Eren froze as he was packing and turn to his mate.

"What have I done now? I'm just packing my bag and suddenly you say you feel guilty," Eren said confused. Levi hissed.

"You're going to that place without me. Farlan said that he refused to allow Isabel to go without him and here I am refusing to tag along and still allowing you to go," Levi explained, rubbing his eyes with the palms of his hands.

Eren half smiling, stopped packing, and waddled over to his mate.

"I'm not forcing you, Levi, you know that. You can tag along if you want, but I don't want you to feel like you're coming just because of me. We'll be fine. Come on, where is my usual scary husband that could kick me in a blink of an eye?" Eren encouraged Levi to smile. It didn't work.

"I have a bad feeling about this..." Levi muttered. Eren huffed and went back to packing the last couple of items.

"You always say that," Eren said.

"Yes, and usually I'm right. Eren, people may still live there. It's abandoned and I'm guessing that bandits maybe there or other creatures," Levi said. Eren forcefully zipped up his bag.

"Well, what are you planning to do?" he turned to his mate, his voice a little aggressive. "Shall I have Erwin and Mike come along? Or do you not want the to see the place their King was born?"

"Brat..." Levi threatened, seeing that Eren was crossing the line. Eren walked up to Levi.

"Talk to me, please. You don't tell me anything anymore. I wonder if you ever told me anything," Eren muttered. Levi rolled his eyes and caressed his mate's left ear.

"I have told you things. This subject is just a little to much. You know why I don't want to go back there. You know. Even for me, it's just too much," Levi said, kissing Eren on the forehead.

Eren realised that once Levi's lips left his forehead, the conversation was over. Eren huffed and slipped into bed. He stared at Levi's back for the rest of the night. He could easily say that it probably wasn't the best sleep he ever had.

. . .

Eren woke up before Levi the next morning, which was rare. Levi was an early riser and would wake up with the sun when it was summer - that was early.

Eren sat up slowly, listening to the bird song outside his window - he could easily say that it was the most annoying thing ever. He turned to Levi, who's back was still to him, and sighed quietly, before getting out of bed and getting changed.