Chapter 30

                                    

                                          


                          
-The Next Morning-
                          
Eren walked into school, his eyes darting around the hallway in a desperate search for Levi. "Come on, where is he....." He mumbled to himself.
                          
"Eren!" A voice called out to him, a voice that he recognized instantly.
                          
Eren stopped walking. "Erwin....." He said slowly, turning around." Erwin was smiling big as he reached the brunette.
                          
"How are you doing?" He asked him.
                          
Eren bit his bottom lip, not sure if he should tell him that he knew the truth of just stay quiet. He decided to just say it.
                          
"Not well. Erwin, I know that Levi was telling the truth yesterday." Eren admitted, slowly looking up at him.
                          
Erwins eyes widened and he felt his stomach drop and the panic set in. "What are you talking about? Levi was lying to you."
                          
Eren shook his head. "No, he wasn't. Mikasa made that pretty clear yesterday to my friend."
                          
Erwins mouth hung open, not sure on how to respond. After a moment, he finally closed his mouth and swallowed. "Eren, I'm really sorry. I swear, this wasn't my idea."
                          
Eren shook his head and pushed his way by Erwin.
                          
Out of panic, mostly because Erwin knew that Eren was going to go tell Levi who would kick his ass, Erwin grabbed Erens wrist in a tight grip and yanked him back. Eren gasped in pain and looked at him with wide eyes.
                          
"What the heck?!"
                          
"You can't tell Levi!" Erwin said.
                          
"Levi already knows! What's there to hide?!" Said Eren.
                          
"If he knows that you know that it's the truth, he'll take that as an oppurtunity to slaughter me!" Erwin exclaimed.
                          
"He wouldn't do that! Now let go!" Eren said, tugging frantically at his arm to try and get it free.
                          
Erwin ignored the struggling and tightened his grip. He was about to open his mouth when he was suddenly punched hard in the cheek, the very same spot that he had been decked in just the day before.
                          
Erwin gasped and let go of Erens arm, stumbling back. "Ow!" He said. Levi was now standing between Erwin and Eren, glaring down at Erwin with a chilling look.
                          
"He said to fucking let go." Levi snarled at him. "I'll give you five fucking seconds to run and just stay the fuck away from everyone."
                          
Erwin just closed his mouth and turned, hurrying away. Both Levi and Eren stood there, watching the male leave. Once he was out of eye sight, Levi turned around and focused his attention onto the taller male. He crossed his aarms over his chest and watched him.
                          
Eren bit his bottom lip and looked at Levi. "Um.... hey...." He said slowly. "I'm really sorry about yesterday... I should have believed you, not him."
                          
"Yeah, you should have." Levi grunted.
                          
Eren let out a small sigh. "I know that there's no use in apologizing because you won't except it, but still....."
                          
Levi stared at him for a moment before rolling his eyes. "You trully are a brat."
                          
Eren frowned and tilted his head to the side. "What?"
                          
"I wasn't serious about that. Look, I was mad and just started to say shit, I didn't mean any of it." Levi told him.
                          
Erens face softened at that and he smiled softly, nodding his head. "Right... So, um... does that mean you forgive me?"
                          
Levi grunted and nodded his head. "Yeah, I guess so, brat, but if you do it again-"
                          
Eren quickly cut Levi off by hugging him tightly. "Thank you!" He said, holding onto him tightly.
                          
Levi grunted and put his hands against his forehead, pushing him away.
                          
"Sorry, sorry, I'm just so happy!" Eren laughed softly.
                          
Levi shook his head. "Whatever. I have to get to class, meet me at lunch." He said, getting a nod from Eren. He nodded back and turned, walking away.
                          
With excitement, Eren quickly went to his locker. He came to a stop when he saw Mikasa standing beside it. He knew that he was going to have to talk to her about this right now.
                          
So, taking in a deep breath, Eren slowly approached her. Mikasa saw Eren walking up to her and grinned.
                          
"Hey Eren, how are you feeling today?" She asked him.
                          
"I'm fine... me and Levi are back together again." He said. Instantly, these words made the smile on her face fall and disappear.
                          
"What???"
                          
Eren sighed softly. "Look, I know what you and Erwin have been up to, OK? And I'm not happy."
                          
Knowing that she had been caught, Mikasa huffed and stood up straight. "Fine, It's true, but I did it for you. Levi's no good for you, Eren."
                          
Eren crossed his arms. "That is not your decision to make! I'm the one who decides this, not you! You don't get the right to just decide to destroy my life just because you don't think it will work!"
                          
Mikasa stood there, clearly unhappy. "You're making a mistake, Eren."
                          
Eren bit his bottom lip and shook his head. "No, I'm not.... the mistake was thinking that you were my friend." He said before turning and walking away from her. Mikasa's mouth fell open at that as she watched his retreating back.
                          
The day went on and at lunch time Eren met Levi outside the caferteria. He walked up to him and smiled softly.
                          
"Hey...." Eren said quietly.
                          
Levi nodded his head and pushed himself off the wall so he was standing up straight. "Brat." He said. He looked up at the taller male. "Have you talked to Mikasa?"
                          
Eren nodded his head. "Yeah, I did.... I told her how I knew the truth now and how I didn't appreciate it. I ended our friendship."
                          
Levi was a little surprised at the second part, but didn't show it. Instead, he nodded his head. "I see."
                          
Eren nodded and looked at the ground, tears slowly coming to his eyes. He knew that he had done the right thing, but that didn't make this any easier. Him and Mikasa had been friends for years and it wasn't easy for him to realize thaat she would actually do something like this to him.
                          
Levi noticed the change of mood and rose an eyebrow. "Are you ok?" He asked.
                          
Eren sniffled and wiped his eyes. "I just.... I knew her for years and she did this to me. How am I supposed to know who I can trust?"
                          
Even Levi was a little surprised by the question, but he shrugged as he answered it. "Well, some times you just can't know and you're going to get hurt. It could happen once, it could happen more than once. However, sooner or later these mistakes aare going to lead you to the right place and that pain that you're feeling now will be nothing to the love that you will feel then."
                          
Eren could feel a smile tugging on his lips as he listened to him talk. "Yeah.... you're right, thank you, Levi."
                          
Levi grunted. "Whatever, brat. You're making me soft and shit. Lets go inside and get some food."
                          
Giggling softly, Eren nodded his head. "OK."
                          
Levi extended his hand out for Eren to take. "Come on, brat." He said. Smiling big, Eren took his hand in his and curled their fingers together as the two entered the cafeteria with each other.