The Wall Breaks Down

He fought alongside the new girl, a promising half-Asian girl by the name of Mikasa. She was quiet like Levi, and desperate to get Eren back.

Levi tried to forget everything that had happened that horrible day. The comrades that died trying to protect them, the seasoned veterans who had seen more than enough fights for a lifetime, and even the new recruits… they all were dying around him. What were they fighting for? Levi didn't care anymore. His best reason… no, his only reason to want to survive was gone now…

After the fight was over, and had things calmed down, Levi turned into a human statue. Barely responsive, he wandered the edges of the temporary camp. "I wonder how the brat is doing," he thought in passing.

Emotions that were alien to him filled his being. "What is this… I'm not used to this feeling… What is it?"

Thinking that he wanted to be alone Levi, the antisocial person he is, went to a small grove of trees, a fair distance away from the rest of the camp, and leaned up against one of the trees. He must have been out of it because a while later, while he was staring dazedly into the trees, a young man with bright eyes and dark brown hair walked up to him.

"What's wrong," Eren asked quietly, "is it... Her?"

Levi was silent, back turned, and had an expression that would turn the bravest of men to stone.

Eren kept talking despite the probable personal risk, "You should talk about it. Why won't you? You are a person, and people need to grieve! Please talk about it." He paused, expecting the captain to respond, with anything, but still Levi was quiet.

"You never let anyone in," he stopped then, and shakily continued, "only her… You don't even let me help."

Levi turned angrily, the first bit of emotion he had showed anyone in hours, and said icily to the Eren, "And why should I? You're just a… a…" his voice broke then, and shocked them both, and for the first time since her death, the first time ever, Levi cried. Just one tear first, quietly, and he lost control, and started to fall to his knees. Even covering his mouth, he couldn't stop the soul-wrenching sobs.

Eren was shocked. Never before had he seen his Captain show so much emotion. The silence was interrupted only by Levi's muffled crying, and Eren hesitantly approached his Captain.

Falling to his knees in front of Levi, Eren quietly reached across the small space to touch the man's shoulder. That light touch broke whatever he had held back all day and he reached back with one hand to grasp Eren's shirt with a vise-like grip. The two were quiet for a moment before Levi said, "she's go-…dead… And I didn't get to tell her…" Eren listened quietly and his voice was sympathetic as he answered, "What do you need?"

Silence then- "Just let me… stay like this… for a minute."

"Yeah. Sure. If that's what you need."

Once Levi had calmed down and dried his face with a clean kerchief (borrowed from Eren), Levi had resumed his usual cold demeanor. Levi's eyes where hard and icy once again.

Eren smiled ruefully at the quick change and the shorter man glared at him, "You dare say anything to the others… and I'll see that you… get in an accident." Eyes softening for a moment, before becoming as cold as ever, Levi pushed past the younger men.

"Yes, Captain," he said quietly, and followed.

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-Pixie