Rewind

Chapter 4

"Levi!" Erwin shouted.

The others heard the gunshot from the window, and they all looked at each other. Each face held fear. Even though they didn’t know the answer, they were all asking the same silent question. The all were wondering who had been shot. Next thing they knew, Eren was out the door running towards the origin of the sound.

"Eren!" Mikasa shouted. "Come back here!"

Eren ignored Mikasa's shouts and continued running. He had a goal. He needed to see levi.

Erwin reached Levi and the man and let out a sigh of relief.

"What happened?" Erwin asked, trying to get a better look at Levi. Erwin dropped to his knees and Tried to examine Levi. Levi pushed Erwins’s hands away and glared at him.

"I’m fine, Erwin. He didn’t shoot me," Levi said. He felt the warm stickiness that was on his face. Levi made a disgusted look, knowing what was on his face. He brought a hand up and wiped away some of the blood. He got some of it off, but just smeared the rest. “He realized he told us what we needed and then shot himself."

"Levi!" Eren yelled frantically. When he saw all the blood he stopped.

Levi looked over and saw Eren as he stopped running. His face had lost all color due to the sight of the blood. Levi quickly climbed off the dead man and went over to him. He reached down and picked up the queasy child.

"Don't look," Levi said, turning Eren away from the sight.

"You didn't do that, did you Heichou?" Connie asked, running with the rest of the squad to the scene.

"No, I didn’t," Levi said. "Jean, Connie, clean it up." Levi turned, keeping Eren’s eyes covered and walked inside.

Hours passed quickly and silently. The squad had multiple questions, but they could tell by Levi’s face that he wouldn’t answer them. Levi had pulled Erwin and Hanji aside and told them what the man had said. They discussed the possibilities of what his words could have meant. Eren stayed as close to levi as he possibly could, never leaving his side unless he had to. After a while, Eren eyes started to droop, sleep trying to overcome him. A few more minutes and everyone started going to bed.

"Come on, Eren," Levi said standing up. "Let's get you in bed." Levi held out his hand and Eren took it. He and Eren started then started walking back to Eren's room.

"Levi?" Eren asked quietly.

"What?"

"Can I sleep in your room?" Eren asked in a small voice. "I'm scared."

Levi thought for a moment and sighed. "Just this once," he said. Eren smiled and grabbed Levi's hand, holding it. Levi knew that it wasn’t a good idea to leave Eren alone right now. He would be too scared to sleep, and would probably wind up in Levi’s room anyways. Plus, he wasn’t going to risk someone hurting Eren.

Levi led Eren to his room and opened the door. Eren let go of levi’s hand and walked to the bed. He climbed into it, sat down, and waited for Levi. Levi grabbed some clothes that would be the most comfortable to sleep in. He looked over to the child that was watching him from the bed.

“Turn around,” Levi commanded. He figured he shouldn’t change while he was being watched by a five year old.

“Okay,” Eren said. He turned his body to where his back was to Levi, wrinkling the sheets in the process. Levi quickly changed and put his clothes in the basket.

“Okay,” Levi said to Eren. “You can turn around.” Eren turned and watched as Levi walked to his side of the bed. He laid down and Eren snuggled up to him.