"Well, what is it?"
Hanji stood there looking at Eren with question and curiosity, but yet she couldn't help but show some excitement. If Eren was actually going to tell her something that might help with her difficult time of trying to find or cure, or really anything, about the whole "zombie" situation, she couldn't wait to hear it. Although she only met the boy earlier in the day, she still felt like she had to put a little trust in him.
Eren sighed, glanced away, then looked down at his arm. Hanji followed his gaze. His right arm was covered by a white sleeve, so she was confused as to why he was looking at it with worry. But suddenly, Eren took his left hand and grabbed onto the edge of the sleeve. He paused for a moment, thinking of all the possibilities that could come out of revealing his secret to someone he just met that day, even if she was a scientist.
Might as well just do it and get it over with Eren thought, even if they decide to kill me for it.
Closing his eye tightly, Eren slowly lifted his sleeve up, revealing the bruise color bit that faded into his skin. At first it was silent, Eren with his eyes closed and Hanji staring at his arm with her mouth ajar. Then that silence was broken.
"You're bitten?!"
Eren's eyes shot open and his quickly removed his left arm from his rolled up sleeve to put it up in front of him for defense. "It's not what it looks like," Eren tried explaining, but either way he knew Hanji wouldn't understand it right away. She was going to think it was a recent bite and that he was going to turn.
"What do you mean "it's not what it looks like" Eren?! It's a bite. How is that not what it looks like?" Hanji asked, her hands flailing around in the air as she spoke. Eren blinked and held up his bitten arm once again.
"I got this about three months ago," Eren said lowly. Hanji stared at him.
"You mean three days?" She asked it like he was stupid and didn't understand it himself how the biting process works. Eren shook his head and sighed.
"No, three months. I got it before I even met the others, besides Armin and Mikasa. Most people have changed from an hour to a few days, but I've had this for three months. It hasn't affected me in any way yet, only that it won't exactly heal." Eren lowered his arm but Hanji's eyes stayed glued to it.
"I don't believe you."
Eren sighed once more. Of course it'd be hard to believe, even his closest friends had their questions about it. Eren didn't need to be told about this, he just knew because if it were Armin or Mikasa that got bitten, he'd be skeptical about it also. "I didn't expect you to. But it's true. Ask Mikasa and Armin, I showed it to them before we got captured by the MP."
Hanji closed her eyes and brought her fingers to her temple, shaking her head. When she opened her eyes, she no longer seemed flustered over the situation. Instead, she spoke slowly and reasonable. "Tell me how you got it. Don't leave out any details either."
Eren nodded. "It was when the outbreak first started, in Washington. I was at my college at the time, so were Mikasa and Armin. Then it happened, the zombies broke in and started eating everyone in sight. My friend, Thomas, and I got stuck, we were surrounded by them. Thomas got bit, and so did I, but the thing was is that he turned in less than four days and I didn't. I still haven't, and it actually scares me in all honesty. So I've basically kept it hidden except for Mikasa, Armin, and now you. I haven't noticed any symptoms like Thomas or Petra, a girl we met about a month ago, had before they turned. No one has noticed anything either."
Hanji stayed silent for awhile taking in the information, trying to decide whether or not to believe his story. It didn't sound made up, but Hanji has learned over the past three months that people lie really good when they are on the brink of death. Finally, she came to a conclusion.
"If what you're saying is really true, then you shouldn't turn within a week. Everyone turns in less than a week. I want to put you in a cell, very similar to the one Gunther is in. In fact, it'll be in the very exact room. One week. I will study you and ask you questions. You won't be fed very much because if you really are lying and are going to turn, I don't want to have to waste food," Hanji said boldly, her voice full of seriousness.
Eren thought about it for awhile, realizing that it'd be the best way to prove his honesty and also that he didn't have a say in the matter. He at Hanji and nodded, agreeing with the plan. A faint smile played over Hanji's mouth, "Great. Now follow me."
"What the hell is this?!" Mikasa yelled angrily. Hanji blinked but said nothing while Erwin took a breath before he explained the situation to them. After Eren told Hanji about the bite and agreed to her plan, Hanji woke Erwin and informed him about the situation. At first he was bewildered and not very convinced, but in the end he went along with it.
[Name] stood there confused with a frown on her face. When they all woke up, Eren wasn't in bed. They searched for him all over the building, but there was no sign of him. Finally, getting worried and angry, Mikasa stormed into both Erwin and Hanji's rooms and woke them up demanding an explanation as to why Eren was gone.
"He is bitten," Erwin said, his eyes staring directly into Mikasa's, "but his story doesn't seem right."
[Name] was shocked. Eren, bitten? When did that happen? Was it during their escape? If it was, [Name] obviously didn't notice it, and by the looks of it no one else did either. Connie, Sasha, and Jean were also shocked. Levi's face remained neutral, like usual, but anyone could tell that he was pissed off about it. Mikasa was just angry, and Armin stared blankly looking sad.
"What do you mean his story doesn't seem right?" Connie asked, confused.
"He said he got it three months ago," Hanji answered then turned to Mikasa and Armin, "and he said you two knew about it." All eyes were on the duo now, questioning and confused eyes. Armin looked slightly nervous, and Mikasa's anger went down and her voice lowered to where it was almost a whisper.
"Yeah, we knew about it."
"So is it true?" Erwin questioned.
"That it was from three months ago? Yeah."
Levi's face stayed in it's "pissed off" expression as the conversation continued. Erwin and Hanji asking Mikasa and Armin questions to fill in the gaps of Eren's story. The others didn't know what to say about it. Overall, they were all surprised and shocked. Levi and Jean were more mad about it than shocked.
"So did any of you notice anything strange about him? And symptoms?" Hanji asked. Everyone shook their heads, answers like "no" and "nothing" chorused through the group. Hanji and Erwin nodded.
"That'll be all. You guys will be able to see him soon, we just want to do a few tests on him first," Erwin explained, him and Hanji turning to walk away towards Hanji's lab.
"Wait, tests? What kind of tests?" [Name] asked worriedly. Hanji glanced back.
"Don't worry. It's nothing that can kill him, or hurt him." Then they walked off, their footsteps echoing in the silent building until they were completely unheard. Everyone just stood there silent, not really knowing what to do or say.
"That idiot," Levi grunted, rolling his eyes and turning towards the direction the kitchen was in and walking away from the group. [Name] stared after him as he strolled down the hallway, but she didn't say or do anything about it. She just let him go. As if it wasn't noticeable, her and Levi were already drifting. The whole MP business made it difficult, and now the Eren thing could only make things worse.
Sometimes [Name] just wished she and Levi could sit on a couch and watch a movie. Like everything was normal. No zombies, no anything. Just her and him, together. But for some reason, she felt that he didn't feel the same. She couldn't exactly say why, she just felt it. From his attitude and body language.
"I can't believe he's bitten," Sasha whispered staring down at the floor. If he were to die and turn, it'd be like watching Marco die all over again.
"I can't believe he would get himself killed like that," Jean retorted, earning a glare from Mikasa, but in her head three months ago, she was thinking the exact same thing. [Name] sighed and pulled her [h/c] hair into a ponytail.
"Let's just leave it to them to deal with right now. There's nothing we can really do about it anyways," she said, looking at every person seriously. None of them moved or said anything, but they all agreed with it in their heads. Silently, they all walked down to the kitchen to get something to eat, and to hopefully take their minds off of Eren for the time being.
"So you told them?" Eren asked as Hanji shut the lab door and locked it. Erwin nodded.
"Yeah. They took it pretty well, I would say anyways." Eren sighed of relief, but he couldn't help but feel bad about not telling the others. They were probably mad and upset with him right now. But that wasn't something he could control, it was just something he'd have to deal with later when he got to talk to them. Ignoring the awkward and quiet groans and moans from zombie Gunther on the other side of the lab, Hanji walked over to Eren's cage, holding a clipboard to her chest.
When Eren looked at her confusingly, she couldn't help but grin from ear to ear. "Time for Test One: Bite Examination."
[Name] sat down on a bar stool at the end of the counter, away from everyone else. Connie was attempting to lift up the mood, but was failing miserably when everyone ignored him, glared at him, and when Jean got up and walked to the table on the other side of the room, right next to the glass windows.
[Name] stared silently at her plate, scrambled eggs just laying their begging to be eating but she just wasn't hungry. Or maybe she was, but either way her mind was to full of thoughts that she didn't even feel hungry.
"You should really eat something."
[Name] looked over to her left and saw Levi taking the seat next to hers, setting his own place of eggs down before pulling out the stool then sitting on it and grabbing his fork. He quickly stuck his fork into a piece of egg and brought it up to his mouth, chewed, then swallowed. When he felt someone staring at him he glanced over at [Name] and made eye contact.
"What?" He asked. [Name] shrugged.
"Nothing," she said then looked back down at her untouched food. Levi watched her stare blankly at her food. "It's going to get cold," he pointed out. She shrugged.
"You can have it if you want."
Levi blinked and shook his head. "No, you need to eat. You're nothing but skin and bone now, don't think I haven't noticed." [Name]'s eyes slightly widened, it was true. She had lost a lot of weight over the past three months. It was mainly because the MP's barely fed them anything, if anything at all. And due to that, her stomach shrunk making her lose most of her previous appetite.
"I'm not hungry," [Name] sighed, pushing the plate away. Levi frowned and reached out, shoving the plate back towards her. "Eat."
"I'm not hungry," [Name] repeated.
"I don't care," Levi shot back. [Name] glared at him.
"No."
"Just do it."
"I'm not hungry."
Levi sighed, closed his eye then spoke. "Eat or I will forcefully shove the eggs down your throat and make you swallow them." [Name]'s face dropped and she looked back down at her still untouched eggs. When Levi opened his eyes, [Name] already had a forkful of egg put in her mouth. Suddenly she yanked the fork out and quickly swallowed the eggs. Levi looked at her questionable.
Slowly, [Name] turned to face him with an upset face. "They're cold." Levi rolled his eyes, taking her plate then walking to the microwave, yet he couldn't help but smile inwardly.
"Bite.. Examination?" Eren asked, his voice was unsure and nervous. Hanji's grin didn't fade, but she nodded.
"Yes, that's what I said. Now stick your arm out," Hanji ordered sitting on a chair and rolling over to a high-tech computer. Eren looked around the glass cage confusingly, trying to figure out where she wanted him to stick his arm out, but there wasn't any holes except for the small ones on the top of the cell to let oxygen in.
"Where do I--" Eren was cut off when Hanji typed away on the computer and a part of the glass shifted, creating a small hole that was just right for his arm, "--never mind." Eren put his arm through the hole as far as he could. He wasn't wearing a long sleeve anymore, just a regular black T-shirt and old basketball shorts.
Hanji rolled back over to the glass cage on her chair and took hold of his right arm. She had already put her gloves on just in case. "Does this hurt?" She asked pressing her fingers to the bite.
"Not really. Just a little bit," Eren answered. Hanji nodded and removed one of her hands to grab and scalpel. Eren's eyes widened when he saw the silver medical tool.
"W-What are you going to do with that?"
Hanji grinned, almost evilly, at him and held up the scalpel. "You'll see."
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Surviving | Attack on Titan | Levi
Fanfiction| Reader x Levi | Attack on Titan AU | Modern | "A thanks would be appreciated, after all I'm the reason both of us are still living," said the cocky man. [Name] looked out the bloodstained window and watched the walking corpses, "Not living; survi...
