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Days and nights passed, countless ones at that. People brought me food and drinks that I would barely touch, I’d sometimes get up to go to the toilet just down the hall, but I’d immediately after go back and sit with Eren, hoping one day soon he’d wake up from his drugged-induced sleep.
Every day I’d talk to him, tell him how I loved him, how I’d never be violent again, how he was all I needed.
I vaguely remember Erwin coming in one day with Armin and a bunch of flowers, Armin sat beside me and talked softly to Eren about something I didn’t register. After a little while, they left me with him again.
Most of the time I’d sit with soft music playing from my phone into my earphones, sometimes sharing with Eren if I felt it was a particularly good song to share with him.
It was one day when I had put on a song and was just placing the earphones in Eren’s ears when a tall man holding a take away box from a dessert shop in the city walked in.
“Hi Levi.” Grisha said, taking occupance of the chair on the other side of Eren’s bed.
I felt my mouth I had not used for days open, sad and gravelly words pouring out “Mr yeager, I know how this happened… I’m so sorry but my uncle-”
“Your friend...Erwin? He explained everything to me.” He put the box onto the table next to Eren’s bed and sat back in his chair. “I know you could never have done anything to hurt my son, Levi. I’ve seen how you look at him, I saw on the internet how you sing to him, the way he looks at YOU even. It’s blatantly clear to me that you couldn’t be responsible for this.” He said, reassuring me instantly.
I nodded my head once in acknowledgement of his words, “Thank you.”
He smiled at me and patted my hand that was holding onto Eren’s, “He’ll be up in a few hours, I think. Do you want another coffee, I’m going to get one myself.”
I nodded again and took a sip of the now cold coffee by my chair before binning it. I watched the man briskly walking away, thinking of his kind words he had offered me over time and smiling a small smile to myself. For a man who apparently wasn’t particularly accepting of gay people, he had done a stellar job of accepting us.
A slight rustle sounded from the bed, followed by a raspy cough and further movement.
I whipped my head around to see Eren pushing himself to sit upright, a grimace plastered on his face.
“Fuck- Eren I was so worried about you oh my god.” I blurted out, rushing to sit beside him on the bed and place my hands on either side of his face, pushing my forehead against his head.
“Hi.” He croaked, smiling softly. His hands came up to lace into my hair, and he breathed out a small breath; almost of relief.
“Do you want-”
“Did you mean it?” He asked suddenly, moving his head away to look directly into my eyes with his.
“Did I mean what?” I tilted my head to the side slightly.
“I heard you.”
“You...what?”
“Levi, I love you too.”
Heat rose to my cheeks as the realisation dawned on me. He had heard it all; and I was fucking speechless.
“The thing with Kenny, the King Raven thing, everything. I can get over it. I know what I want and it's to be with you. You said it before, but I didn’t say it back, and I really should’ve.” He cleared his throat, giving me a minute to speak...but I didn’t. “I want it all. I want everything that comes with you.”
I prepared to speak, but Eren moved a hand over my mouth to stop me speaking. “I don’t give a fuck, Levi. It’s all part of the deal. I love you.”
He tentatively moved his hand away from my mouth to see my reaction, a shy expression I hadn’t seen on his face for a long time. I smiled one of the biggest smiles to have ever reached my face, my cheeks warm still with embarrassment but my whole body feeling a different kind of warmth from hearing everything Eren had said to me. And, for the first time in what felt like my whole life, I was completely content.
“I love you too.”