I missed a day.. Oh well haha. Good thing I prepared these stories beforehand. Honestly, I like that there are weeks honoring a shipping, so they could give me prompts and ideas haha. This one however, got me stuck. But then, this became one of my favorites because this forced me to write in a different style than the other stories. Also warning, this is slightly in AU. One of the characters disappears, and that totally changed of what happened.. you'll see why.

Levihan Week Prompt 4

Pledge

Waves of memories started to play in Levi's head. He took a deep breathe, and let it all in. He still remembered their first meeting.

Flashback

"Hey! I'm Hange Zoe! Remember me? Haha of course you do, everyone always remember me for some reason!" the crazy one called out to Levi

"How can anyone forget someone as obnoxious as you?" Levi responded bluntly.

Instead of being offended, Hange laughed out loud. "You're right! I don't mind that at all in all honesty! Let's be great friends, Levi!"

"I'm good."

"Aw don't be shy! I know I will irresistible to you someday!"

She was not wrong.. In fact, she was certainly right.

Another flashback

"And so, that's how all these theories, research, books, and experiments I piled up for 5 years came down to this conclusion! What do you think?" Hange asked gleefully.

"I lost it from the very first explanation." answered Levi.

"Leviii! I am serious this time! If we gather all these information about the titans, we might have a chance!"

"Sure we will."

"Levi, all humanity needs is knowledge. Not just brute strength, that comes later, but knowledge can wipe out a race."

"I know that. But I have the strength, and look where I am now."

"Gee, you may survive due to your incredible abilities, but I'm not sure if humanity will with just your abilities."

"Tch, whatever. Just continue."

"I knew you were paying attention! Now where was I?"

He loved the way she babbles about all these titan stuff. Her curiosity and cleverness definitely helped humanity to step up from the titans. Without her, they wouldn't be where they are now, finally having victories against these unknown creatures. Most of all, he loved the way her cleverness helped her to expose him..

"Levi.."

"Now it isn't the time Hange."

"I know… I know… But you know, I just want to tell you. I'm still here. Erwin is still here. Humanity hasn't lost yet. I know it isn't fair that your loved ones already met their end.. They did their best. You did your best. But, in order to fulfill their will, we must move on and strike back at the enemy." Hange wraps her arms around Levi's head. Levi lets her, and closes his eyes at her comfort.

"Thank you." he wanted to say.

Levi thought he would never felt these emotions such as hope, relief, and especially love. That four eyes introduced those feelings to him.

"I'm barging in your room again."

"I just cleaned, four eyes."

"Well too bad, you're going to clean again anyway right. I know you will."

"What do you want now."

"Come on, I come here regularly now."

"Do I have to listen to your ramblings again?"

"Maybe.. ugh I am so jealous that you get to keep that Eren boy!"

"Of course you are."

"Can I keep him for one day?"

"No, you might kill him."

"Pretty please?!"

"No, I would probably have to restrain you now."

"Gee, you know me so well, Levi."

"You made sure of that."

There was a moment of silence. Hange casually changed to her night clothes, while Levi was finishing his paperworks. For some reason, he had been getting these thoughts, thoughts like if Hange also does these things with him with other men. Does she change casually in front of Erwin or Mike too? Annoyingly, thinking about it bothered him.

"I always love sleeping in your bed. You always have it neat and soft. Why don't you sleep on beds?" asked Hange.

"I thought I already told you, I am not used to them."

"Why don't you start trying?"

"I rather not. If I get attacked, I could easily defend if I was sleeping on a chair."

"Why am I not surprised to hear that answer."

Levi stacked his papers, and sat on his "bed".

"More importantly, do you ever do this kind of thing with anyone else?" Levi asked.

Hange looked at him weirdly. "What thing?"

"Sleeping in their beds. Changing in front of them. Spending nights with them?"

"Oh my, someone is curious."

"Shut up and answer the damn question."

"Hahaha alright alright. Nah I don't ever do that with anyone. I can't imagine myself sleeping on Erwin's bed, that gives me the chills! If you're wanting to hear that you're special, then you got it."

"Good. You better not do these kinds of things with other men."

"Huh?"

Levi stared at Hange. Without thinking, Levi walked to his actual bed, and pinned Hange down.

"Levi?! What are you doing?!" Hange squeaked.

Without saying a word, Levi gently pressed his lips against Hange. Hange's eyes widened, and then closed her eyes. She slowly wrapped her arms around him. After a while, Levi broke the kiss, and both started to pant slightly.

"I-" Levi started to say.

"You don't have to say anything Levi. You were going to say something like, "You are that one special woman in my life. I better be special person in yours." but to put it simply, "I love you.", right?"" Hange said. Levi gave a rare , small smile.

"Yes." he said, kissing her once more.

That felt like yesterday. But in reality, that was a month ago. Their relationship had been like this for a month.. and now, this happened.

Flashback from yesterday

"Soldiers! The titans are getting closer and closer to Wall Rose! We must not let them infiltrate the second wall! The survey corps and the garrisons will be working together on this mission! Teams will be divided into 4 groups! I, Erwin Smith and Pixis will stand at the gate of Wall Rose, preventing any titan from going in the wall! Captain Levi along with Eren Yeager will be at the front lines. With their incredible power, they can hopefully wipe out the waves of titans before coming near the wall! Squad Leader Hange Zoe and Rico Bzenska will be at the rear ends, just in case the waves of titans decide to be at the edges. And finally, Squad Leader Mike and Nanaba would be swarming around, giving supplies supporting any group that needs help. Got it? " Erwin ordered. The soldiers roared, going into their positions.

Levi looked at his squad's faces. "Ready kill some titans?" he asked.

Erd, Gunther, Petra, Oluo, Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Sasha, Connie, and Jean looked back at him, nodding.

"Let's go."

Levi and his squad did a pretty good job attack the titans, but a handful of titans managed to slip away. The lucky titans tried their best to even come a mile close to the walls, but the defending squads did not allow that to happen. After the waves of titans started to decrease, Levi noticed that swarms of titans aren't appearing anymore. He shot a green flare, signaling everyone that the front lines survived and succeeded in killing off most of the titans. He looked back to see if the defense teams were still fighting. Most of them were cleaning up the scraps, so it was basically their victory.

Of course there were many casualties. Levi returned, with only one of his squad dead, Erd. His exhausted squad all collapsed when they arrived at the top of Wall Rose. By that time, Erwin declared victory over their battle. However, Levi noticed that Hange and Rico's team were not back yet.

"Erwin, where are Hange and the others?" Levi asked.

"I do not know. They should be returning soon. Mike scouted the whole area, and he doesn't smell any live titans."

Just after he said this, they spotted Moblit and Rico limping towards them. Levi's eyes widened, and Erwin's expression darkened. Moblit and Rico could barely stand on their own, using each other as support.

"Commander.. Captain.." Moblit moaned.

"Moblit, Rico. Where are the others?" Erwin asked solemnly.

"Only half of us survived. They are either critically injured or in shock." Rico groaned.

"I see. Please rest, and patch yourselves up. But what happened to Hange?"

"She is critically injured sir, we don't know if she will survive.…" Moblit whimpered.

When Moblit said those words, Levi's world shattered. Even though he faced pain and despair before in his life, nothing was compared to this suffering.

"What did you say?!" Levi snapped. Erwin put a hand in front of Levi.

Moblit looked down. "In order to save our squad, Squad Leader Hange used the last bit of her gas to climb up a 13 meter titan's neck, and stabbed it hard. She didn't have enough gas to run away after, so she fell down with the titan.. On that crushed building. We couldn't help her. After the titan fell, more titans started to swarm in. But thanks to Squad Leader's quick thinking, we weren't cornered by that 13 meter titan, and started defend ourselves." Moblit explained.

Without saying a word, Levi ran to find Hange.

And there he is now, sitting in front of an unconscious Hange. She looked rather innocent, peaceful even. Levi noticed that her peachy skin color started to show up now. Yesterday, her skin was pale white due to blood loss. Levi continued to stare at her.

"I know you will wake up. You just have to. Hange…" Levi whispered, facing down and holding her hand. He heard footsteps coming near the patient's room. Levi looked back, and saw his squad at the door. His squad became flustered, embarrassed.

"Um.. I'm sorry, did we interrupt something?" Armin squeaked.

"No, it's fine, come on in." Levi told them, turning back to the sleeping Hange.

His squad quietly walked in, and stood around Hange's bed.

"What did the doctors say about her condition?" Eren asked.

"Will squad leader be okay?" Petra added.

Levi sighed. "The doctors told us that… Hange is in a coma. When she fell off from the titan, she landed on her head pretty hard, and also was stabbed by a chipped rooftop in the abdomen."

Everyone looked at their captain sadly.

"But she's still alive right? She can survive this right? Jean questioned.

"I don't know.. The doctors told Erwin and I that there is a chance that she may never wake up… Right now, she's just in a coma, but they don't know how long." Levi murmured. His eyes turned deadpanned as he spat out those words.

Sasha started to tear up, while Mikasa was hugging her sadly.

"I'm so sorry, Captain.." Oluo said.

"No. She is going to wake up." Levi told them. His squad didn't say anything, also hoping for the same thing.

"Let's give Captain some time alone.. I think he needs some peace and quiet." Gunther said, beckoning the others to follow him. Sasha sniffed, and stood up first, followed by Mikasa, Eren, Armin, Jean, Oluo, Connie, and lastly Petra. She stopped and glanced at her captain and Hange. She watched Levi holding onto Hange's hand, muttering something softly. Her eyes stared at the scene sadly, and closed the door.

"Hange.. No matter what, I will always wait for you. I will never believe that you are dead, and I will forever wait for you. No matter how long you stay in this state, I will not stop loving you." Levi whispered. For a moment, Hange's hand turned slightly warm. His heart pounded, and looked at her sleeping face.

"I know you are fighting hard… Don't give up. Humanity needs you… I need you. With this hope, I will pledge myself to you Hange. " murmured Levi. He stood up, and gently kissed her forehead.

"I will be waiting."