These Notes We Play (Ereri)

Oxygen and revelations (14)

Levi's POV:

My eyes slowly fluttered open and I looked around the room, Eren was led in his hospital bed sprawled out across the bed breathing heavily. I must have fallen asleep on the chair, unlocking my phone I noticed the time it was barely six in the evening, I stretched my arms and heard a satisfying click come from in-between my shoulder blades.

Eren stirred slightly in his bed before rolling over onto his side and coughing a little before drifting back off to sleep, he was incredibly breathless and seemed to be struggling a little bit. I walked over to him and gently moved his hair from his forehead. He leaned into the touch and I felt his boiling skin against my fingers, he felt hotter than before he went to sleep. Almost as if someone heard me thinking he needed to be checked Marco quietly walked in.

He looked to me and nodded with a small smile.

"Hi, here to check on him again?" I asked as I pulled the blanket further up onto Eren's shoulder.

"Yeah, I'm gonna have to wake him though, he looks so sweet when he sleeps. He used to fall asleep in school a lot mainly during lunch and study periods and he would always fall asleep with his hand stuffed up his shirt," Marco replied chuckling slightly at the memory.

"Yeah he still does, you two were at school together then?" I asked cocking a brow.

"We were I was a year above him though, I was moved up a year because I was excelling in all my classes that's why I'm working here before Armin, we were all in a massive group and we would have study classes together and would spend lunch out on the field or in the library. I actually tutored Eren for his English lit exam. " Marco explained as he set up what he needed to carry out Eren's checks.

"Oh cool, when did Eren join secondary school, I know he ran away from his dad when he was sixteen," I asked now fully invested in the conversation.

"Um towards the end of year 10 I think, Armin's grandad managed to stuff the papers up to say he was home schooled in the basic stuff but needed GCSE's to get a job. When he joined Armin and Mikasa's tutor group they introduced him to our group. We all knew he had never been to school since primary school from the offset it was obvious he had no idea what algebra was and had no clue who Shakespeare was. We never questioned it though we just helped him get through it so he could pass his exams which he did with flying colours I might add. " Marco smiled and as if on cue Eren stirred even more coughing a little as his eyes slowly opened.

"Hey baby," I spoke quickly kissing his cheek, he smiled and coughed a little before I passed him some water he drank it and gave me a grateful look. He looked towards Marco and smiled, Marco smiled back and went to speak but was beaten by Eren.

"What were.... you guys...talking about?" He asked breathing heavily throughout the sentence, I smiled.

"You and stuff from secondary school, " I replied holding his hand. His face lit up a little remembering it.

"Sorry we woke you Eren we've just got some more checks to go through and I wanted to talk to you about the blood tests, " Marco spoke pulling out his clipboard setting it on the bed.

"Its Okay.... I don't think.... I was sleeping very well.... anyway," Eren smiled as he coughed a little wincing at his sore throat. He gestured his arm towards Marco and he pressed his fingers against Eren's skin while looking at his fob watch.

"Okay your pulse is a little to quick for my liking, I'm pretty sure its the fever causing it." Marco spoke as he jotted down on the clipboard. He quickly took a blood pressure cuff from the table and wrapped it around Eren's arm, he pressed the button to turn the machine on and waited for the reading to pop up on the screen. It read 100/ 60 he looked at it a little concerned before writing it down on the paper.