Stuck | By : white_youkai Category: +. to F > Attack on Titan /Shingeki No Kyojin Views: 4338 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 3 |
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Shingeki no Kyojin manga/anime. Hajime Isayama is the one who owns them. I do not own the fandom either. This fan fiction is not a commercial project, and I am not making any money from writing it. |
Warnings: M/M – Levi/Eren
Summary: What if Eren decided not to turn back when he put his trust in his companions? What if he flew off in that chosen direction and disappeared from sight? What then?
A/N 1: Spoilers for episode 21.
A/N 2: Title might change.
A/N 3: Chapters will be ~1.000 words long.
A/N 4: Probably, there will be a lot of digressions as I have not read the manga and the anime is not finished yet.
A/N 5: Pardon my mistakes as I am not a native speaker. Any beta-reader volunteers? ^_^
Chapter 1: Beyond the Walls – Flee
Eren did not turn back. His eyebrows were set into a frowning fashion but his eyes burned with determination. He shot his 3D Maneuver Gear into motion and confidently rounded the trees – his comrades disappearing from sight. A boom here, a thump there, a groan and a ground shattering thud then clangs of blades – bit by bit the sounds were being muffled and finally died down all together. Eren moved forward with a heavy heart.
“I trust them, they will be fine,” he voiced his hopes and then chanted it over and over in his mind. He weaved between the trees with ease and tried not to think. He tried not to feel… It was impossible though. He cast a quick glance over his right shoulder. The forest was eerily quiet now. His heart was thudding in his chest and the more time passed the more he was becoming agitated.
He was alone. He quickly looked around but there was no-one: no comrades, no Armin, no Mikasa, no birds, no animals, no titans, no L-…
He was suddenly grabbed and whisked in the other direction. Eren’s breath was knocked out of him and it seemed that all thoughts had ceased for a second. Then he found his side pressed against something firm. Eren panicked. He started struggling – his mind still not comprehending what was going on.
“Cease it.”
A few seconds passed and Eren stilled. He knew this monotonous yet calm voice. He flipped the green cape off of his face as it found its way over his head, when the impact took him by surprise. He turned his head slightly to his right and saw the corporal’s back. Eren frowned. At the moment he was being carried in a quite an undignified position: his right hip was pressed into the corporal’s right side against the equipment resting on his thigh and Levi’s hand was circling his torso. Eren’s backside was facing the front while his face was turned towards the back. His eyes widened when the situation caught up with him. He snapped his head away from the corporal’s back and concentrated at the receding branches of trees, fully expecting to see the female titan charging straight at them. A minute or so he held his breath as his eyes frantically scanned the rear – it was quiet.
“Corporal Levi,” he hesitantly started speaking, “why did you… we need to go back. Your squad! They ar-”
“They are dead.”
Eren stilled. “No. They can’t be! They… Hey, let me go!” Eren started struggling anew.
“What will you do brat? Go back and face the titan? Have you not noticed it is after you?”
“Yes, I know, that is why they did not have to die! If I have turned into a titan…”
“They might have lived,” Corporal Levi intoned dryly, “or maybe not, we can only guess now. At the moment, getting you away from the danger takes priority.” He readjusted his hold on Eren’s torso so as not to drop him and added, “Don’t you even think about changing now,” he pointedly clutched him tighter and felt his maneuver gear bite into his right side sharper, “because if you do, I will not hesitate to kill you.”
“Lovely,” Eren snapped at his superior. “Could I perhaps continue traveling with my own gear now?” Eren still couldn’t understand why Levi manhandled him like that.
Just as Levi was about to let him go, a shallow boom was heard. A few seconds later a second boom and a third and a fourth and they were picking up in sound and speed. A moment later the titan woman emerged from the trees and started after them. Levi let out a short curse word and took a sharp turn to the left then to the right, weaving into a denser part of the forest.
“Corporal!” Eren doubled his attempts to free himself.
Levi cursed as his grip slackened on Eren. “Stop struggling.”
“Let me go, it will be faster with us both moving with our own gear.”
“Your gas is almost depleted.”
“It will be enough to…” Eren felt how Levi released him without warning and only his good reflexes saved him from plummeting to the ground. He fired the grapple hooks and activated the gas mechanism which left him gliding after his superior. “You could have warned me!”
“Proceed, Yeager. I will delay the titan.”
“Corporal, I am not leaving!” Eren shouted with fire in his eyes. “I will not…”
“Yeager, it is an order.”
Eren pressed his lips into a thin line and his eyebrows dipped down. He did not want to leave his superior fighting the titan alone. He had done it once, placed trust in his team members and now they were dead. He made his decision once and it proved to be the wrong one.
Levi turned around and went to face the female titan. Eren stopped for a second and watched the receding back of the corporal. The ‘Wings of Freedom’ on his green cape rippled and fluttered in the wind as if screaming: ‘I have made my decision and I am free to do what I think is right’. Eren felt torn. He trusted Levi and understood his reasoning, he really did but he could not flee like a scared puppy with his tail between his legs. He squared his shoulders as he made up his mind. Eren put more weight on his right leg and propelled his 3D Maneuver Gear into motion. One swing was all it took for him to land on a thick branch, where he squatted down. He would watch the fight from afar and will not interfere. He took a calming breath and lifted his eyes to follow Levi’s movements. The corporal was moving flawlessly and without any effort it seemed, but he knew better than to assume. The 3D Maneuver Gear was not easy to master – it took a lot of practice and in Levi’s case a lot of experience for him to move like he did. Eren could only marvel at his agility and hope to learn a move or two by carefully watching him. This time, Eren decided, no-one will die.
TBC
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