…Pink Camellia...

Author's note/Warning: This is a Yaoi story, male x male. The pairing is Seme Eren x Uke Levi. If it offends you, you might want to turn back now. For those that don't mind that, I hope you enjoy the story. All reviews are appreciated.

Disclaimer: I will only say this once. I don't own anything and make no profit off this story.

Chapter 1.

Eren remembered when he was young, he remembered how it was painful for him and his mother, to always live in the poorest place in their city with his sick mother. He remembered everything and that what made him wish for nothing more than to escape this life with his mother. After all living in a one room apartment that had nothing but a toilet, sink and bed that was used for everything wasn't a life.

Eren had never met his father, and he will never wants to meet him face to face after what he had done to his mother. Eren may be young, but living in the bad side of the city of Shingashina made him grow up fast, not only for himself, but to protect his sick mother too.

Long before he was born, his mother had fallen in love when she was in high school. She had told him that she had met his father there, but he had died before he was born. Eren knew that was a lie, after all why would his mother be awake in the middle of night when she thought he was sleeping, crying and begging for 'Grisha' to return to them. But Eren was able to put two and two together after he had read a newspaper talking about the successful doctor 'Grisha Yeager'. His mother had fallen pregnant with him causing his piece of shit father to dump her and go marring a rich bitch that his rich parents had arranged a marriage between them. Eren later discovered that his mother's parents disowned her because she didn't want to get rid of him. After that she met a person named Hannes who took pity on her and let her work in his bar.

Eren would sometimes see his mother cough and hack so hard that she had a hard time breathing, and when she pulled her hand away from her mouth, he would see flower petals that his mother would try and hide them desperately from his eyes. Eren knew that his mother wouldn't tell him a thing if he had asked her and would always try to hide everything from him, so he had done the only thing a six year old would think of doing, he had asked Hannes. And the answer he got was not the one he had hoped for, because it only shattered what was left of his little heart. His mother was sick, sick with a rare disease that was called 'Hanahaki Disease'. A disease that happened because his mother was in love with a bastard that had left them both to die and suffer.

After that Eren had stopped asking his mother for anything, hoping that his mother would be able to use the left over money to go to the doctor. Doctors heal people, right? If they are able to heal people then it means they are able to heal his mother, they only needed money, and if Eren didn't ask for food, clothes for winter, or anything, they will be able to save enough money for a doctor.

But then his mother had to sign him up for school, even if Eren didn't want it, even when he told his mother he can read and write. His mother refused and said he had to go. That day Eren had cried hard, because all of the money he had been saving for the doctor that will heal his mother, was used to buy him clothes, books, and everything that he will need for the school that would start in a month.

Though one day Hannes had told him that if he was able to achieve straight 'A's in school, he could become a doctor himself. He remember how hope had start blooming in his heart, If he was able to be a doctor then he would be able to heal his mother, and they will have enough money to get out of here!

After that Eren had start working hard, reading every book his little hand was able to grab a hold of. He read and read and tried hard to understand everything before school came, if he was the best in everything, then he would be able to become doctor. As simple as that.

When school had start, Eren didn't care about making friends, he didn't care about the children that would try and talk to him. he only cared about having an 'A' on all of his tests. Eren was proud to say that he was able to skip two grades and now he was in the fifth grade because of that and he was happy about it, because he could see the pride in his mother's eyes every time she looked at him. but what made him try even harder was his mother condition, she had become worst over time. And this time when she coughed the petals are drenched in blood. The first time he had saw that he shrieked and start crying, begging his mother to stay with him and not to die.

Eren couldn't help but hate that bastard father who put his mother in this position, by the end of the year. his mother's condition had become so bad that not even a doctor could help.

At the age of ten his mother died.

He saw her corpse surrounded by her own blood as a floating pink petals of a camellia danced around her.

That day Eren had promised himself that he will never fall in love.

EXL

For Eren. living in an orphanage was hard, not only because he had lost his mother, but because of the orphanage itself. Kids that cry all night and won't shut up and face reality, teens that fight left and right entering the gangs only to leave the orphanage as corpses and not with a family, adults that are either drug addicted or alcoholic that didn't care about the children, but the check they will get from them. Eren was ok with that, he didn't care about that shit anymore. He didn't want to be a fucking doctor anymore, the reason of that wish had already died leaving him alone. But even then Eren continued studying and having full marks in school, after all his mother's only wish in life was getting him out of here, and he will try to get himself out to achieve his mother's last wish.

What had made Eren cold and spiteful to everything, was how many times he was thrown away from foster home to foster home like a rag doll. In only two years, Eren had been in ten foster homes. Some of them were abusive, some of them didn't even care about him other then the money he will bring, and some had treated him like he was invisible half of the times, which was really OK by Eren. it made him focus on his studies even more.

It was after his return to the orphanage by a week, a strange family had came to adopt him. the Zoë family, they were strange family of doctors that made Eren feel bitter every time he looked at them, they could have helped his mother if they had appear two years earlier, even if Mrs. Zoë had stopped being a doctor after having Hanji.

Their only daughter Hanji was older than him by two years but they were in the same classes and next year they both will be in their first year of high school. At first he had done nothing but glaring and ignoring them all together, only caring about his studies. Even when Mrs. Zoë will try and cheer him up by baking him something, or Mr. Zoë who will try and take him out to the park, he would only glare at them and head to his room to read a book. Even when Hanji would sit and chat next to him for hours and hours without stopping. He just give her a cold look and left the room.

He never got why Hanji didn't go out with her friends and have the time of her life like he had seen the kids in the orphanage do. But one day he saw her getting bullied and how other students treat her. he didn't know why, but the second he saw her cry silently as someone broke her glasses, he snapped. He remembered breaking that kid's arm and bruising half of his gang, he and Hanji get suspension for two weeks because of that. but that day he and Hanji had become friends. Even the Zoë's became his family.

Eren had told Hanji about his mother and how she had died from sickness, Hanji understood. She understood why he didn't want to be attached to anyone after what happened, and for that he was grateful.

After the two of them had graduated junior high, they moved from Shingashina to Sina, miles and miles away from that miserable city. The two of them had entered the Survey Corps high school, at that time Eren had chose what he wanted to be when he grow up, he wanted to be a professor in college, he didn't know why, but he wanted to share his knowledge with other people, though he will study Marine biology his love for the Ocean seems to have won his heart after he saw the Ocean for the first time. Strangely enough Hanji wanted to be a professor too, but a biology one, that somehow made his heart warm up at that.

Unknowing to him, he had broken the promise that he had promised himself the day he saw him.

EXL

"AREN'T YOU EXCITED!" Hanji's shrill yelled made Eren wince, but he gave Hanji a small smile and hummed. "We are going to start high school in half an hour! WE ARE GOING TO BE ADULTS! I CAN'T WAIT TO DO SOME EXPERIMENTS!" She cackled at that making Eren snort and continue with his breakfast.

"Now, now Hanji. You are still too young to be classified as an adult, that and Eren is only 13." Jenny, Hanji's mother had said as she look at Eren and wink at that, making Eren smirk at Hanji's crestfallen face.

Han, their father hid snort at that and looked at Eren. "Keep her out of trouble, little one. God know what she will do this time." He said making Eren laugh softly at Hanji's loud 'HEY!'

Eren gazed at his watch and smirked. "If you wanted to reach the school in time we better leave now or we will be late on our first day." he said as he stood up. Hanji shrieked in horror and jumped up from her seat. Han just shook his head and stood up, kissing his wife's cheek and headed out the door to his car, with Eren and Hanji behind him.

Once they were in the car, Han brought his car to life and started driving them to school. Eren turn to Hanji only to see her shifting in her seat, and fidgeting with her hair. Eren frowned. "What is wrong Hanji?" he murmured making her turn his head to him and give a nervous smile.

"W-well you know, we only share few classes this time, so I am kind of nervous at what will happen." She muttered making Eren sigh and hug her gently.

He and Hanji had shared all of their classes together last year. and after that day when he saved her, he had become like a guard to her, always protecting her from bullies. Thankfully after they had seen what he was capable off they stopped with their pointless bullying. "Don't worry about that OK? If they try to do something just tell me, and I will kick their butts." Eren said making Hanji grin.

"I will!" she said happily as her fear vanished. "I will meet you at lunch, try not to run to the library this time, or I will hunt you down! …Again." She grumbled at that making Eren snicker.

"We are here!" Han said as he parked near the school, making Hanji look at it and squeal at how big it was. Eren just shook his head and opened the door, getting out of the car, Hanji climbing out after. "Be safe!" Han said making Eren and Hanji look at him.

"We will uncle." Eren said dragging a waving Hanji to school. No matter how hard Eren tried, he couldn't call Mrs. And Mr. Zoë by the titles of 'Mother' and 'Father'. The first because he only had one loving mom, and the second was because he hate his bastard of a father with every vibe in his being. So he settled on calling them uncle and aunt.

Once the two of them entered the school they made their way to principle Pixis's office to get their schedule and stuff. Once they did that, they had to meet vice-principle Rico who gave them their a map, Eren really couldn't believe that she had given them a map for the school instead of taking them on a tour. Eren just shrugged and he and Hanji stood outside studying the map that they were given.

Hanji hummed as she looked at the schedules in her hands. "So we have biology, chemistry, and physics together." She murmured then peered at Eren's schedule. "How in the name of God did they accept for you to learn Germany and French at the same time?" she asked him looking at Eren with surprise.

Eren hummed and grinned. "I already know how to speak German and French, but it was either that, or drama class. And you know how much I hate drama." Eren said making Hanji laugh.

"You know, you should be a translator." Hanji said with a grin as she looked at him. "You know how to speak six language fluently! German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, and Latin! And by the way the last is a dead one." She cackled as she looked at Eren who was humming.

"Maybe I will be one, who knows? I am still thirteen." He said then they two walked to their first classes French for Eren, and Math for Hanji.

Hanji grinned and hummed softly. "Yeah, you are still thirteen." She said as she grin and looked at him, making Eren raise his brow at the crazy look in her eyes. "Maybe we could even blow the chemistry lab like we did last year!" she said making Eren grin at that.

They are going to have so much fun in here.

ExL

Eren sighed in relief as he heard the bell for the lunch break ring, history was always a boring subject to him. who wanted to know about how Maria had been attacked 2000 years ago? I mean HELL! We are in Sina! Not Maria! Eren just gruntrd and stood, he could feel everyone's eyes on him and he rolled his eyes.

The other students are either in awe at how he had answered every question correctly or laughing at his height which was 5 foot, again! He was 13! He still had five years before he would reach his final height. Eren hummed softly as he headed to the dining hall and looked around, he was sure Hanji was here somewhere.

"Eren!"

Speak of the devil, he turned around to see Hanji waving to him with both hands while sitting with strange people. Eren narrow his eyes and headed over to where Hanji was sitting. "Hanji." He murmured as he sat in the chair next to her and looked at the people at the table. "Who are you?" Eren asked as he look at them with a frown. Did they forced Hanji to sit with them?

The raven haired boy looked at him and raise his eyebrow making Eren look at him. 'Pretty'. Eren thought. then looked at Hanji. She grinned slyly, looking between the two. Eren sighed and shook his head. "They are my new friends!" she said with a happy grin that made Eren's lips twitch. "The blond with the buschige Augenbrauen (Bushy Eyebrows) is Erwin smith!" Eren smirked and nodded at Erwin trying to suppress his laugh at that command. "And the other blond who is sitting next to him is Mike, and this little Munchkin like you is Levi! And those guys are his squad! Petra, Oluo, Erd, and Gunther!." She rambled making Eren hum and nod. Hanji turned to the group who was looking at them with a grin. "Guys! This is my little brother! Eren!" Hanji said happily. The group smiled at Eren.

Erwin then shot a playful smirk towards Levi. "Look Levi, it seems like you are not the only short one anymore." He said making Levi growl and flip him off, he then looked at Eren with a huff.

Eren raise his eyebrow at that and cleared his throat, making Erwin look at him with a smirk. "I am 13 years old, eyebrows! So the next time you want to make fun of someone height ask for their age first." Eren said making the teens blink at that and look at him with shock.

Levi blinked at Eren, he had saw him in his French class. Eren had took the seat in the back away from students, but he really didn't know anything about that kid, until Hanji had start talking about him. "How…?" Levi mutter making Hanji grin and Eren to roll his eyes.

"Skipped two grades." Was the only thing he said making the rest 'oh'-ed at him with wonder. The rest of the lunch break spend with Hanji talking with the others and Eren humming every now and then.

ExL

"MOM! WE'RE HOME!" Hanji yelled as soon as they arrived home. Eren saw Jenny coming out of the kitchen with a smile and looked at the two.

"How was your day?" she asked them as she waves for them to come to the kitchen to eat some cookies she had baked.

Eren sat on one of the chairs around the dining table and sighed softly. "Hanji made some friends today, and she practically forced me to be their friend." He says as he point at Hanji who was eating the cookies like no tomorrow.

That made Jenny smile happily and laughed at Hanji's grin. "So I take it. you two had fun." She asked as she stood up and hummed. "Who knows? Maybe moving here was the only thing we had needed." She said happily making Eren smiled at that. Hanji just grin and took the cookie that was in Eren's hand making Eren scowl at her and took another one.

Yes. It was what they had needed.

So what do you think?

I really wanted to make a fic with Hanahaki Disease in it :D

Pink Camellia mean: Longing for you.

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Nazaki-Sama.

Beta'd By: NarutoUzumaki2005