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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Graphic_Depictions_Of_Violence, Major_Character_Death, Underage
  Category:
      M/M
  Fandom:
      Shingeki_no_Kyojin_|_Attack_on_Titan
  Relationship:
      Levi/Eren_Yeager
  Character:
      Eren_Yeager, Armin_Arlert, Levi_(Shingeki_no_Kyojin), Mikasa_Ackerman,
      Erwin_Smith, Jean_Kirstein, Marco_Bott, Hange_Zoë
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      Aliens, Cute, Fluff, Fluff_and_Angst, Smut, Eventual_Smut, Eventual_Happy
      Ending, Crying, Angst, Consensual_Underage_Sex, Underage_Sex, Hypnotism,
      Consensual_Somnophilia, Somnophilia, This_is_chalk_full_of_problematic
      shit, Don't_Like_Don't_Read, Not_What_It_Looks_Like, Attempted_Rape/Non-
      Con, Erwin_is_a_dickwad, Just_read
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      Published: 2018-01-18 Chapters: 1/31 Words: 2683
****** The Trouble With Hearts (Revised Version) ******
by Wheres_my_cravat
Summary
     The date is June 17, 2017.
     Eren Jaeger is just a normal high school student with no life. In
     fact, it had become kind of boring. Eren didn't do much other than go
     to school and play video games with his best friend Armin. Little
     does he know that his whole world is going to change right in front
     of his eyes.
     A couple days after summer starts, Eren sees an unusual shaped object
     fall from the sky. When he goes to investigate, he finds it to be a
     strange metallic sphere. On closer inspection, it reveals itself to
     be a ship, and on the inside is a beautiful creature unknown to Eren.
     Eren now has two choices.
     Will he give him to the authorities that continue to bother him at
     his door?
     Or
     Will he protect the strange creature from the humans who wish him
     harm?
     When everything goes down Eren will find himself strangely attached
     to him. This creature is so far from home, and Eren knows he will
     eventually wish to return. What if he can't let him go?
Notes
     Hey! I hope you all aren't too excited, this is just the edited
     rewritten version of the Trouble With Hearts. There won't be very
     much new content, but I might add in some new stuff here and there.
     Basically it is the revamped version of the original. It will be SO
     much better.
See the end of the work for more notes
The cold morning air bit at my cheeks softtly. My eyes were sagging with
exhaustion. It didn't make much sense for it to be this cold, considering it
was mid-June and summer was suppose to be starting, but this was Oregon, and
Oregon weather was unpredictable. It was also 2:00 in the morning, so I guess
that didn't help.
I was out on an early walk, at 2:00 in the morning. This was because I often
had troubles sleeping. When I woke up in the wee hours of the morning I usually
decided to just simply take a walk and take advantage of the last cold dews
before summer really took hold. It seemed like a better use of time than just
laying around in bed for the next couple hours.
I knew it was probably dangerous to wander about in the cold and dark mornings,
when I was only 16, but I really couldn’t care. Besides, the city, more like
town, where I lived, was fairly safe in relation to the cities around it. I
lived in good old Newberg, Oregon, and as any long time citizen of Newberg
would tell you, it was a city where nothing ever happened.
During the summers it was especially boring because there was no school to
distract you. The highlight of a Newberg summer was the Old Fashioned festival.
For two whole weeks all of Newberg’s citizens gathered for an enormous parade
and took part in festivities and dancing and music. They even had a mini
carnival with rides and shopping booths. Not one Newberg citizen could wait for
the Old Fashioned Days. I knew I was looking forward to it.
Even with that said, and the fact still remaining, that nothing new ever
happened in Newberg, that morning I felt distinctly aware that something was
different. I could sense a change was coming, and I felt a little anxious about
it. So there I was, unable to sleep and walking around in the dark of the early
spring morning. Nothing strange could happen right?
I walked down a couple blocks and up to a park near my house that I was
familiar with. It wasn't very large but it sported a lot of grass and some
good-sized trees. There was also a cute little covered area with flowers and it
looked very much like a nice place to read, although I had never tried. I sat
down underneath one of the larger trees and took a deep breath.
I pulled my knees close to my chest to conserve warmth. The air was still
pretty cold. I sat there for some time just relaxing and taking in the scenery.
It was quite beautiful in the dark, with all the dew on the grass and the
street lights sending shimmers across the darkness. The trees swayed slightly
with the wind, and I knew any normal person would have left by now. The water
from the ground was starting to soak through my pants, and the cold was
beginning to become uncomfortable.
I was just about to get up when my phone startled me with it's ring. I stood up
slowly and answered my phone.
"Hello?" I answered in a hushed voice.
"Eren, are you out walking again?" Ugh, it was Mikasa. She was going to be
angry with me again.
"Mikasa, I've not been able to sleep, what was I supposed to do?" I heard her
instantly sigh.
"I know that you haven't been able to sleep lately, but you can't go out into
the dark of the morning where you could get injured or worse!"
"What is it with you? You always think as if it's Purge night and I have to get
inside or I'll be murdered where I stand." I scoff I her and almost put my
phone away, but then she spoke again.
"You could be." She said it really softly, in the same way people usually do in
a last ditch attempt to convince someone of something.
"Mikasa, I will be home soon, ok? That's all I am promising. I don't entirely
have a death wish."
"Thank you, Eren. You know I worry about you." After that I hung up on her and
sat back down at the foot of the tree.
It took another 20 minutes before I decided I should get up and return home.
When I checked the time on my phone it was 3:45 and I decided it would be in my
best interest to hurry up, if I didn't want to be yelled at by my
overprotective sister.
I stood to my feet and was about to brush off my backside, when I noticed the
sky. All kinds of lights and colors seemed to fall from above the park. There
was a huge noise that burst through the air and a bright object was falling
from the clouds. It was very noticeable against the darkened sky, and it seemed
as though it was falling toward the general direction of the park.
The ball was large and bright and quite honestly terrifying. I stumbled
backward a couple steps and stared, my eyes the size of golfballs. This was the
kind of thing you saw in horror films or thrillers about the end of the world.
I wasn't ready. I remembered that my best friend Armin lived nearby, and I
hurriedly took out my phone and punched in his number.
"Armin! Are you awake man?! Look out the window, I am running toward your
house. Please let me in!"
"What the hell Eren?! What's going on?" He sounded tired and very much not
awake. Irritation stained his voice.
"Just look out your window man! Please." I was running toward his house at this
point, not even looking both ways while crossing the street. I didn't care if I
got run over, there were more important things I needed to focus on. Like
breathing, for example. With one foot in front of the other I finally made it
the one block to Armin's house.
"Oh my God Eren. What is that?" I guess he finally rolled over to look out his
window.
"I...Don't...Know...Armin." I was panting between words. "I am...at your
front...Door.
"OK I'll be right down!" He hung up the phone and I heard him run down the
stairs and come up to the front door.
When Armin opened up the front door, I could see he was still rather tired
looking, and he was shirtless, with long unicorn PJ pants and a blanket thrown
over his shoulders. Armin's blond hair was a mess. His blue eyes were wide open
and he looked pretty spooked. As he invited me quickly inside, we both sat on
the couch and I gave him a hug.
"What's going on Eren?" he looked really worried, and I finally caught my
breath.
"I don't know. I was out on a walk because I couldn't sleep, you know how it
is, and I sat around in the park for a while. In fact I was there so long that
Mikasa called me to check where I was, and after I hung up I heard something
really loud, like a shock-wave, and saw a flash of light!"
"Oh my God." Armin mumbled again. He looked pretty pale. I realized this was
affecting him more than me.
Don't get me wrong. I was terrified, but for some reason I was also...excited?
Nothing like this had ever happened in Newberg. No alien sightings, no bright
shiny lights, no crop circles, no meteorites. Long story short, this could be
history in the making for Newberg. If they all survived it, that is. I took
another look at Armin and sighed.
"I am scared too bro. But we don't even know what it is. Maybe we should turn
the news on?"
"Yeah, I guess that's a good idea." He took a really shaky, really deep breath
and handed me the TV remote.
I spent a couple minutes finding a respectable news channel and with both got
more comfortable on the couch. I turned around to look out the window again,
and it looked much bigger and much closer. Instead of it being a spark of
light, it was actually easy to see a small circular shape. I turned back around
and turned up the TV volume.
Unfortunately, there was nothing odd or outstanding for news in our area. They
just spoke a little bit about how there should be meteor showers in the early
morning and that they make look like they are really close but they are
definitely not. We both shared a glance and turned around backward on the
couch. We both watched the sky in an attempt to convince ourselves it was just
a meteor.
The good news was that it was apparently not doomsday worthy, otherwise they
would have told us right? That didn't really make me feel any better. Still, it
didn't seem to be big enough to cause much damage from here, but then again,
what do I know about space? Nothing at all. Astronomy is not a class I have
taken yet. Maybe next year.
That's when the ball got bigger in size and seemed to go faster. I was almost
positive at this point that it was going to fall in the park. I turned back
around and kept my eyes on Armin. We were holding hands now. Armin and I had
been friends for long enough that it wasn't awkward and we knew it was simply
to comfort each other. I mean sure, we were both gay as hell, but there was
nothing more than brotherly love between us. Still, Armin was shaking and
squeezing the life out of my hand.
We tuned back into the news and listened to the forecast of the next days
weather, which was suppose to be sunny, but we didn't even feel like moving
from the couch to do anything. We just sat there and waited for anything to
happen. Scarily enough, that's when we heard something crash into the park
behind us.
All the blood drained from our faces. We were truly terrified. When we turned
around to look out the window, it was foggy and dark. It took several minutes
for the fog to clear. We clutched at the couch back tightly. We held our
breaths for every second as the minutes went by and finally we could see into
the park.
I could tell there was a metallic sphere in the middle of the small park, and
there was faint light emanating from it.
"Armin." He was still shaking.
"W-what!?" He couldn't remove his eyes from the sphere.
"That does not look like a meteorite to me." He stopped shaking for a second.
Then he brought out his phone and started to type 9-1-1.
"NO, ARMIN STOP!" He stopped and stared at me as if I were a madman.
"What a-are you g-gonna do?!" He looked like he was about to cry.
"I'm gonna go check it out. It looks like no one has the nerve to go out yet,
or...could it be possible we’re the only ones who noticed it?!
"What!? N-no man! That's s-so dangerous!"
"Well too bad I'm gonna do it." I started to get up, and I was almost to the
door when Armin grabbed my arm. I spun around.
"Armin, you ca-" I got cut off by Armin's confident voice.
"I am g-going with you! Mikasa would n-never let you go alone, a-and I know
that y-you would never let me do s-s-something stupid a-alone. So I am g-
going." He looked very determined and scared but he still held his head high,
even if he was still shaking.
"Okay..." I said hesitantly, and we both walked out the door together.
At this point it was very clear that we were in some kind of crash-site. There
were chunks of scrap metal all over the place and smoky-fog still lingered in
the air. The sun was starting to rise up ever so slowly on the horizon, and I
felt as if I were in a horror movie. Every step we took toward the oval-esk
sphere, the more every sound made us jump. We finally got close enough to see
the basic size and shape of it.
It didn't look like anything that could have been made in space. The surface of
the metal looked so smooth and silver like gunmetal. The sphere shined as if it
had been polished on one side. The other side was blackened by the impact.
We moved a bit closer and I could see Armin shaking so badly. I grabbed his
hand and he looked toward me. I nodded toward him in encouragement, and then we
made it close enough that we could reach out and touch it. I of course did
reach out and touch it. When my fingers made contact with the surface of the
sphere, Armin squeaked, and the sphere purred. When the purring stopped, it
made a scanning sound and I felt my hand heat up slightly.
I took my hand away from the sphere and backed up a couple steps. I wondered
what exactly it just did, but I didn't have time to finish that thought,
because in that moment the upper half of the sphere popped, split, then ejected
only to land several feet away from the sphere. When I stepped forward
cautiously to peer into it and see what was inside, I saw a humanoid creature.
The creature was definitely not human. However, it did have skin, hair,
clothing, two eyes, two ears, two arms, two legs, and two feet. The thing that
was different was that it's skin was white, hair was deep black, and it's ears
were narrow and came to a point.
For quite a few moments I was awestruck. Not only was I seeing a creature I
have never encountered before, ever, but it was beyond beautiful. All Armin and
I could do was stand and stare in awe. It was insane to believe a creature like
this could exist. And yet, it fell from the sky during a "meteor shower" and
landed in the very park I had been in.
Armin and I were knocked out of our awe when we heard police sirens in the
distance. It seemed someone had called the cops after all. Armin looked at me
in disbelief. What should we do next? Surely, if the police found this creature
they would experiment with it and take advantage of the strange thing.
"Armin. Could we hide him, do you think?" Armin's eyes widened.
"Eren?!"
"We can't just leave him here Armin!" Armin looked desperate for a few vital
seconds before he swallowed, and nodded. Armin walked up to the unconscious
creature and together we lifted it up and into my arms. I carried it to Armin's
house bridal style as quickly as we could while being careful not to wake it
up.
When we entered Armin's home, we went up to Armin's room and lied it in his
bed.
"Eren. What are we gonna do when it wakes up?" I looked down at my feet.
"I don't know Armin. What can we do?" My stomach growled and for some reason
there was such silence after it that I just burst out laughing. I couldn't help
myself. So much crazy shit had happened and I was just so emotionally
constipated that I couldn't hold any emotion back anymore and it all poured out
via heavy laughter. Armin soon joined in and we tried our very best to keep as
quiet as possible as to not wake up the creature or Armin's grandpa.
Finally when we stopped quaking with laughter we both went downstairs to get
some food. I grabbed a bowl of cereal and a glass of water. Armin opted for hot
chocolate and a granola bar. I also grabbed some water for the creature.
I sure hoped that this was going to be a huge mistake.
End Notes
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