Dare to say 'I love you'... in E - Egyptian

Eren woke up with a slight headache.

By rubbing his nose bridge with his thumb and forefinger, he adjusted his eyes to the darkness. The sudden feeling of dryness in his throat irritated him and immediately, he reached out for the glass of water on the table beside him.

'Huh... ?'

That's strange... The glass seems to be out of reach. Normally, Eren could have overcome that distance without effort. And here he was, trying his hardest just to grab the damn thing.

He tried once again but to no avail.

Suddenly, Eren realised that something was wrong with his hand. He looked at it with wonder. Apart from it being slightly chubby, it was too small than what he thought to be for a normal size.

Like a child's...

Eren, out of panic, quickly lifted the sheet covering him to see if his eyes were deceiving him of his child-like fingers. But, to his horror, it wasn't an illusion.

His shirt was now too loose for him, same for his trousers, which had covered his entire form. His legs looking like lumps from his point of view and both of his hands were barely seen from the edge of the sleeve.

The dryness in his throat was completely forgotten. And his eyes started to sting and water from confusion and panic.

Despite the knowledge of how hoarse his voice might sound, he did the best he could to scream until maybe his voice box would explode. However, Eren knew that overdoing it would make things worse.

And so, he shouted as loud as he could but keeping in mind the consequence. But that didn't really matter that much as long as someone was kind enough to hear him cry in desperation.

It's 7 o'clock in the shitty morning.

To say that Levi is pissed is a complete understatement. Hanji had kept him up for too long and barely got any sleep due to her constant, and unstoppable, ranting.

And now there was that screeching noise coming from somewhere which had woke him up from his precious slumber.

... Wait, 'screeching'... Levi forced his eyes to open and immediately sprinted towards the door - running to the source. Along the way, his team came out of their rooms obviously startled by the sound.

'Shit! Did the brat...?' His thoughts came to a halt as he opened the door leading to the dungeon. It seems like his cell wasn't broken and the hoarse cry was the only thing audible. What happened? Levi was about to take a step forward until Petra grabbed his arm.

"Heichou!" Petra cried, "... you shouldn't go - It's dangerous! We don't even have our gear!" The others agreeing of what their team mate said and also trying to stop him.

However, Levi ignored her advice. Sure, he knew the consequences of going alone without the maneuver gear. But, something told him that there is no need for it - that everything is going to be fine.

So he raised his hand to them. And everything turned dead silent. Including the screeching.

"H-Heichou...?"

"Let's go."

"B-but..."

"Trust me." And the look of fear in their faces instantly vanished into thin air. If their Corporal says so, then so be it. After all, his words are law in this place.

All of them moved carefully towards Eren's cell and opened it. They then saw a lump of cloth in the middle of the bed. Confusion was clearly plastered in their faces.

The slight trembling of the lump didn't go unnoticed by Levi's eyes. Immediately, he snatched the covers and there they saw the most adorable thing ever.

Eren, as a child, in big clothing complete with the unbelievably round, sparkling eyes and it's apparent that his tears were threatening to fall any moment.

The view was indescribable.

Petra barely kept herself up, Auruo bit his tongue out of the cuteness whilst Erd and Gunter put both of their hands on their noses to prevent the massive nosebleed overflow.

Levi was stoned in his position. He couldn't move - not that he wanted to though. Despite being 'Humanity's most powerful soldier', it's clear that he's susceptible to this, dare he say it, 'cute' display.

"Petra!"

All of them snapped out of the situation, no matter how adorable it was to see.

"Yes, sir!"

"Eren is your responsibility from now on until he goes back to normal." Without waiting for her to reply, Levi stormed off the room, going to the destination set in mind. That shitty glasses' got something to do with this.

"Hahaha! Seems like the cat is out of the bag, huh?" Hanji exclaimed delightfully.

"Um... Hanji-san." The squad leader turned around to Petra, "Your glasses." Hanji consequently touched the said object and simply looked at it.

"Oh! About that, Levi knocked on my door and punched me straight in the face when I opened it. Man, he hits hard!"

Petra could only sigh whilst the others already expected the eccentric woman's response and didn't say anything to avoid her extremely long speech. "Still, I didn't think that he'd find out so easily!"

Eren was sitting idly beside Petra, being obedient and calm just like what Levi told him to do. Right in front of Eren was paper with tiny scribbles in it.

The writings piqued Petra's interest and gently lifted it. "It seems like the bet is still going on, Hanji-san."

Hanji looked at her in wonder. The paper was handed to her and then a smirk appeared. Ana Bahhebak, huh? She skipped to the door and was ready to find her target.

"Oi! Levi, Eren's got something for you!

A/N: Blah. Another chapter...

Clover letter - I can't really answer that question because I just write what I have in mind... But, I suppose so. I think it will be clear later on but it all depends on how lazy I am at that time. Really sorry I can't give a definite answer.