Not The One Who Dies ⇀ Attack on Titan *Original*

Part 17: The Reunion

Logan sat with his back against the moving wagon as Eren laid down on the bench next to him, his head laying in Logan's lap while he slept. Since their near death experience, they refused to let the other out of their sight. Logan let his hand tangle into Erens hair, twisting and twirling around in the surprisingly soft hair.

"Hmph, I don't know how I didn't see that coming," Erwin said as he sat up in his seat, now awake as the group rode through the night.

"I didn't either..." Logan mumbled, still having his eyes on the boys sleeping face. Eren always had looked so peaceful while he slept, it was Logan's favorite sight.

"I'm proud of you, kid. You really showed up over the past few days even after everything you've gone through." Erwin said with a slight smile.

"It was him. I don't know if I would've made it out of that forest if it wasn't for him." Logan said causing Erwin to slightly chuckle. Erwin sat and watched as the boy who he had seen grow into a warrior.

"Levi is going to have quite a few things to react to," Erwin stated with a slight chuckle. Logan looked up to his uncle before his eyes traveled to his missing arm. Logan slightly smiled as he realized what he was talking about.

"What do you think he's gonna show more emotion too? Me or your arm?" Logan asked as he looked back down to Eren, his hand still tangled in his hair.

"Probably you being with Eren," Erwin said causing Logan to smile and shake his head.
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Logan tiredly smiled as he looked up at the wall, everyone else in the wagon asleep. Erwin had been given a pillow and blanket, even the commander of the scouts having to sleep at some time.

Eren was still asleep in the boy's lap, his face towards the boy's stomach. Logan slightly shook the boy to try to wake him.

"Eren, wake up. We're home." Logan stated as he saw Erens eyes flutter open and travel up the boy's stomach to his face. With a slight smile, he looked up to the boy.

Logan ran his hand through the boy's hair one last time before letting him sit up. Eren sat up on the wooden bench, seeing the sleeping Erwin across from them.

"Hey... I have a question." Eren asked, causing Logan's eyebrows to furrow, turning to the boy.

"The Uhm, when you kissed me earlier. Was that because you thought we were going to die?" Eren asked causing Logan's eyes to widen as he shook his head.

"Eren... I like you. I don't regret it at all." Logan stated causing Eren to slightly nod and smile.

"I like you too, I don't regret it either. Could Uhm, could we do it again?" Eren awkwardly asked causing Logan to slightly laugh and nod, pulling the boy into a kiss. This one lasting a bit longer than the last one before being interrupted by someone clearing their throats.

The boys pulled away at the speed of sound, their eyes snapping open. Logan looked around to find Erwin looking at the two with tired but knowing eyes.

"Come on, we should ride in on horseback instead of in a wagon," Erwin said as he stood from his spot and jumped from the back of the still wagon. Logan followed the man as he held his hand up behind him to help the boy off of the wagon.

"I got it, Corporal," Eren mumbled as he hopped from the wagon onto the ground. Logan corked an eyebrow at the boy before he let a smile take over his face.

"Okay. Go get on horseback, brat." Logan said.

Logan smiled as he saw a familiar black and white horse eating grass.

"Sasha, I can't thank you enough for grabbing him," Logan said to Sasha who slightly blushed and looked away from the Corporal.

"He came to me as we were running, I didn't do anything," Sasha admitted causing Logan to shrug. He patted the horse's neck before climbing atop the horse.

"Hey boy, how you feeling hmm?" Logan asked as the horse jumped onto his back legs and neighing as he was in the air, almost showing off to the boy.

"Okay okay, I get it." Logan chuckled as he rode the horse up to Erwin, taking his position next to the commander of the scouts before the group made their way into Trost, riding horses down the street past the citizens.

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Logan could almost feel his heart pounding out of his chest as he made his way into the scout barracks. He knew that there was one last person who he needed to reunite with was in the building.

Logan quickly walked through the area he had called home for the past few years, not daring to look in the rooms his family had lived in, he needed to reunite with his guardian first.

Logan arrived at the door for the captain's quarters, opening it without a second thought. He spotted Levi laying on his bed, a book in his hand and surprisingly, Jango laying on his stomach asleep. Logan smiled widely at the sight.

"How many times do I need to tell you? I'm not hungry." Levi sighed, not bothering to look at the door, he had a tired face, almost as if the man hadn't slept in days. Logan took a breath before responding quietly.

"Hey... Old man." Logan said, his eyes still watering from just seeing the man again. Levi didn't look up, his eyes squeezed shut as he took a shaky breath, seemingly trying to ignore the boy.

"You're not real... Just leave me be." Levi muttered before opening his eyes once again to his book. Logan furrowed his eyebrows before he heard a familiar sound that made him grin ear to ear. Jango meowed loudly as he sniffed the dirty clothes that had blood stains and tears everywhere.

Levi looked up from his book at the sound, if Jango had heard him then it had to be real. Levi reluctantly looked up at the boy, his eyes about as wide as they could be.

"I-I don't understand," Levi mumbled out as he stared at the boy who had picked Jango up and began petting him.

"Yeah, Yeah I don't either," Logan muttered out as he made his way to the bed in front of him, sitting in it as Levi backed away from the boy. Logan furrowed his eyebrows at the man who just stared at him.

"L-Logan I saw you hanging from that branch. You had a hole in your chest..." Levi stated causing Logan to slightly nod before unbuttoning his shirt enough to show Levi the scar that he had now. It had slightly healed but the scar was still there. Levi looked to the sky before up at the boy, fully believing that the boy in front of him was real now. Levi swiftly moved his body in front of the boy, surprising even Logan.

Levi wrapped his arms around the boy's body and tried his best to replicate the feeling of when other people had hugged him. Logan's smile grew as he wrapped his arms around the shorter man squeezing him as tight as he could.

"I'm sorry. I couldn't save them, I really did try." Logan mumbled out causing Levi to pull away from the boy and look at him with a confused look on his face. Logan had survived injuries more than any other person Levi had ever seen and he's apologizing?

"It was on me kid, I wasn't there. But that doesn't matter right now, all that matters is you're here. You are alive." Levi said, still in disbelief of the whole thing.

"I'm sorry I couldn't tell you sooner when I woke up, I was told that you all left to see the breach in the wall so I went after you. Then Reiner and Burtholdt became shifters and I had to fix that." Logan said as he sighed, rubbing his tired face with his hand, he hadn't slept since he had woken up in that hospital bed.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there. I feel so useless with this damn leg." Levi sighed as he rubbed his leg causing Logan to shake his head.

"You're not useless, you idiot," Logan mumbled as he walked back over to the bed and sat down, knowing that it was time to tell him what he had gone through.

"L-Levi I need to tell you what happened..."

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Hehe cliffhanger 😌