Levi's POV
People ask me if I'm scared of Eren. I always tell them no. I always tell them that I'm not scared of the fifteen year old boy that could kill us all if he decided to. I tell them that I have no fear for the boy who laughs in the face of danger, the boy who stares death in the eye and smiles, the boy who is completely innocent and filled with so much hate. The boy who has looked into hell, and is pinning to go back. I say I'm not afraid, but of course I am. Maybe it's not even his power or hatred or anything like that, but I fear losing him. Losing him to the titan, the demon inside him. Sometimes I fear that he's losing his mind. I've always had this fear, but every time I tell myself that it's Eren, that there is nothing wrong with him, my mind wanders back to a memory.
"Eren! Eren!" I ran around the battleground, searching for him. We had been separated from the rest of our already small group during a mission. We hadn't ventured far, it was just a small mission for training. But when Eren and I had been separated, well, everything went to hell.
"Where is that damned brat," I muttered, looking around the battlefield. As I continued forward, my eyes landed on a familiar form amongst piles of titan bodies.
"EREN!" I shouted, running forward. As I got a better look at him, I slowed to a halt. He was covered in blood. It dripped from his hands and soaked his clothing. His usually bright turquoise eyes were dulled, and he stared at the ground, seemingly devoid of any emotion.
"E-Eren?" Curse my stutter, Damnit.
He sat there, without moving, making me think he hadn't heard him. As Levi watched, more than a little scared, a smile broke out across his face.
"Haha...AHAHAHAHAAHA!" He threw his head back, laughing like a maniac.
"Eren..." I said, moving forward cautiously.
"Look how bright this is. Pretty~ pretty~ red. AHAHAHAHA!" He laughed again.
I came forward slowly, "Eren you need to calm down."
"Calm down? CALM DOWN!? Ha! WHO'S CALMER THAN ME?!" His eyes were unfocused and dull.
He laughed maniacally again. I ran up to him and wrapped my arms around him. "Eren you have to calm down! Please Eren!"
He seemed to relax slowly, before his body went limp in my arms.
"What happened to you Eren..."
I shook myself out of the memory. I could still hear his maniacal laughter ringing in my ears, and his eyes. They were...insane. It was like the Eren I knew was gone. And yet, he still smiled brightly, spoke to me calmly, laughed with his friends, like nothing was wrong. But, somewhere, beneath the happy and calm exterior, there was the part of Eren that I saw that day. The part covered in blood, the part with devil eyes. The part that was slowly, but surely, destroying the boy I loved.