"Levi!" I heard through my sleep.
"Mmm," I groaned and turned over.
"Leviiii…" they said again.
"What." I still didn't open my eyes.
"Please. Wake up."
I didn't want to get up. But whoever it was obviously wasn't going away.
I opened my eyes and blinked. Armin was standing near my bed, a bit hesitantly. He looked a little miserable; like he was afraid I was going to be mad.
"Armin. Are you ok?' I asked. He seemed a little surprised by my question. He shook his head.
"Nightmare?" I asked.
Being a part of the survey corps, nightmares were expected. But they were particularly horrible for Armin and the first time I woke him up from a nightmare, I convinced him to come to me whenever he had one. I didn't know he was actually going to do that.
"Yes," Armin finally answered my question.
"Here." I lifted my cover up to let Armin crawl in.
"Just for a moment," I responded to Armin's hesitant expression.
"Are you ok now?" I asked.
"Yes. I-I'm fine." Armin promised.
"Like hell you are," I muttered.
"Levi. Are you ok?" Armin asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You're being nice, and caring, and….it's not like you," Armin explained.
"Don't get used to it. I only act like that toward people I love." I said.
"What? Do you mean... That's not true is it?"
"It is."
I realized we were inches apart and I could feel Armin's breath.
"Are you letting me stay the night?" Armin whispered.
"No, just for a moment." I muttered, as we fell asleep.
I rewrote this! The new(er) version of this story is A Second, A Minute and is on my profile because i can't embed a link here, apparently.
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