"Corporal..I have your tea..I'm coming in."
Eren knocks a few times before walking into Levi's room to give him his tea. When he walks in, he finds the older man curled up in a ball. Eren gets closer to him, hearing him muttering things he can't understand. Levi begins to shiver and sweat begins to appear his face, thinking he is having a nightmare Eren becomes worried. Eren shakes him until he woke up."What the fuck do you think you're doing?"
"Ummm.. you...you where shaking... and you looked like... you where having a nightmare." Eren's face became red, as he tried to calm himself down, taking deep breaths. "If you want I could...never mind", Eren turned to leave the room when Levi's voice stooped him, "What where you about to say, Yaeger."
Eren turned not meeting the Corporal's eyes, "My mom, she used to sing to me, every time I had a bad dream. Or when I would have a bad day...she would just know and she would sing." Eren began to remember his mother's sweet voice. He remembered his mother's gentle features, how bright the day would turn when she smiled at him. Eren then heard his mother's piercing scream, then he sees her being torn apart, he snaps out of his daze. Eren can feel tears forming, but quickly brushes them away remembering he was still in the Corporal's room.
"It was a stupid idea, I'll leave you alone, sir." Levi kept his eyes on the boy as he left the room leaving him alone with his nightmares. Levi tossed and turned, his nightmares where getting worse and had no signs of stopping. Since the last expedition, he has been getting the same nightmare each time. Every time he closes his eyes, he sees his friends' lifeless bodies, broken, being tossed out of the cart. After they had returned he went to his room and cried.
It didn't matter what Levi did he couldn't get the images out f his head. He sat up right, sitting still in the darkness for a moment, then he remembered what Eren had said. He thought about it for a moment, then he stood up and began to walk.
Since Eren slept in the dungeon he would have a tough time sleeping, so he would stay up late every night. The dungeon wasn't the only thing that kept him up night, most of the time his mother's death would roam his mind along with his team mates deaths. Remember he couldn't save his mother. How his team mates death laid on his shoulders, it didn't matter what they said, he knew the truth. Sometimes his thoughts would get to him and his mind would wander to dark places. He would calm himself down by humming to himself his mother's song. He was deep in thought not noticing Levi walking in.
"Hey, brat." Eren jumped at bit, bringing him out of his mind.
"Yes..sir?"
"Could you..."Levi turned, not wanting to meet Eren's eyes,"sing to me...the song."
Eren was confused for a moment, but then he remembered what he had said."Yes, sir." Levi walked to the corner of Eren's bed and sat down. Eren looked at him for a moment then began to sing his mother's old song, You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy, when skies are gray, you'll never know dear, how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away. Eren closed his eyes and sang the soothing melody. They both slowly drifted to a deep sleep.
Levi slowly woke up from his deep sleep, noticing that he wasn't in his room. He sat up looking around, then it hit him, he was in Eren's room. He tried to remember what had happened yesterday, when Eren walked in. "Morning Corporal, did you sleep well."
Levi then remembered Eren's voice before he had fallen to a nightmare free sleep."Yeah...I actually did." Eren was surprised to see a smile forming on Levi's face.
"Anytime time you need help to sleep or just so you could calm down, all you need to do is ask." Eren smiled, then left to eat breakfast, leaving Levi alone. When Levi reached the dinning hall, he was back to his former self. For a while Levi was okay, and his nightmares seemed to have vanished, but his mind would make him think of horrible things. He would think that he would make the same mistakes and time would repeat itself in the upcoming expedition.
When Eren brought him his tea one night, Levi looked at the boy and decided he had enough, "Could you sing to me again."
"Yes, sir."
"Eren, when we're alone just call me Levi."
"Okay...Levi." Eren gave a small smile, and sang his mother's song. After that night, Eren sang to him almost every day. Each time Eren would sing, Levi would became less and less stressed and more calm. As the time passed they became closer and closer. Levi loved Eren's soothing voice, he felt at peace when he heard the young boy sing. One day while Eren was singing, he was able to hear his mother scream, her cry for him to live. He stopped and became filled with tears, Levi looked at the boy and was surprised on what he did next.