Eren let tears of joy fill his green in eyes as commander Erwin stood on top of the wall with Corporal Levi at his side, he was about to make the big announcement, what humanity had been waiting to hear for cenuties. They both had a beautiful happy smile on their faces, it was so rare to see captain Levi smile and it was honstly heart warming.

All the citezens were gathered around, looking up and waiting for him to say those words, the greatest day of every one's life was about to begin, Eren's eyes tingled with anticipation, he could wait another second for it.

Erwin brought his closed hand to his heart, doing the military salute, offering up his heart, not for the king but for mankind. Eren imitated him as did all of the members of the Scouting Legion.

"Today we celebrate our victory against the greatest threat umanity ever faced!" He stopped for a second, giving everybody time to process what he said, even his eyes were watery from emotion. "All the titans have been slayed!" Shouted Erwin.

A loud cry lifted from the crowd, some people started crying, some were smiling, he saw a girl faint, kids were jumping around with happiness written all over their faces.

Eren couldn't help it but smile like an idiot, after all they had been trough: they lost so many comrades, friends and family, so many had been torn to shreds, crushed, killed without mercy. He remembered his mother's warm smile, so much time had passed since he lost her, he almost forgot what she actually looked like. His thoughts then went to Marco, his kind words and positive attitude, followed by Petra's big brown eyes, Oluo biting his tongue as he tried to immitate Levi, the thought of it almost made Eren laugh...

But after so many years all the sacrifices had been repayed, the lives that they lost were in the past in this moment of pure happiness.

Eren looked around, he saw Mikasa with Armin and Jean, she was reluctantly hugging a little girl who thanked her and begged for a hug, kids were always her weak spot.

Jean and Armin were next to each other while chatting to different people who were thanking them for risking their lives to eliminate the titans. They looked so happy, Jean had a cocky smile on his face as he took the compliments people were giving him and told exagerated stories about facing the titans, to make people admire him, Eren thought it was stupid but he couldn't take that away from him… he did deserve respect for fighting so bravely, as did all of his comrades.

Armin was being rather modest, unlike Jean, to every compliment he would answer something like "I wouldn't have done it without the help of my comrades" and excuses like that, the truth was that without Armin they would all have died in the Trost Battle, but Armin had never been sure of himself, Eren smiled at him but he didn't see him, he was too busy turning down compliments.

Eren kept watching from a distance, he was touched that people were so greatful to the Scouting Legion, every single one of his comrades deserved all the admiration in the world.

Eren watched with a smile, his friends were nearby, hugging crying women and kids, even Mikasa had a smile on her face now.

Eren looked away and his smile faded, what was going on? This was supposed to be the happiest day of his life yet something wasn't feeling quite right to him.

"Are you a member of the Survey Corps?" Asked a high pitched voice coming from behind him, he turned around to see a cute little girl with a big smile.

He smiled back and nodded.

"You are my heroes!" She said happily, opening her arms, as Eren was about to hug her he saw a hand pulling the girl away from him.

"Hannah! Not him! He's a monster." Eren's heart broke at those words, he assumed that she was her mother.

"He's one of them." She explained, pulling her in the crowd until Eren couldn't see her anymore.

He fell on his knees with his eyes wide open, he couldn't believe people saw him as a monster after all he had done.

He had never seen it that way but it was the truth, he was the only titan left. He put his hands on his head, he was a monster, a threat.

He shook his head, he couldn't truly think that of himself, not after all he had been through, he knew in his heart that he was good. Or was he?

"Eren are you okay?" The person behind him put a hand on his shoulder with concern.

Eren got up, he had to leave, he couln't stay in a crowded place in that moment.

"I'm fine Sasha, it's just a headache." He answered, brushing her hand away and looking around to find a place he could go to stay alone.

Sasha didn't say anything in response but she was worried about his strange behavior, she was about to tell Mikasa but she got distracted when Connie told her all reasturants were giving away free food and drinks to celebrate.

Eren started running through the narrow streets, trying to find somewhere isolated but the city was filled with happy people who were cheering and crying of happiness. So he ran to the Surver Corps HQ, the only place where he could find some privacy, the only place that was now empty since everyone was outside celebrating. Eren locked himself in one of the barthrooms, he needed to take a moment to think straight.

He rested his back on the bathroom wall and let himself slide down, putting his hands in his hair as that voice echoed in his mind. "Not him! He's a monster!" It kept repeating, making him want to crush his head into a wall to stop it.

His beautiful eyes were now filled with salty tears.

"I'm not a monster… I killed them… I helped humanity!" He shouted, slowly losing his sanity.

Then he got a quick flashback, his mother in the hands of that titan, the one with a huge smiling face, Eren felt all of his hate and anger emerge. He thought he would never have to deal with that feeling again.

He couldn't take it anymore.

"E-Every last one of them…" He whispered, then his eyes widened in realization, he wasn't crying anymore. "Every last one of them." He repeated.

He got up, seeing his immage reflected in the mirror, all he could see was a titan, a monster, a threat.

He had to keep everybody safe from himself and he knew there was only one possible way to do it.

There was no esitation in his movments as he took one of the blades from his manouvre gear, he was still wearing it, Erwin told him and the others to wear their uniform and gear for the last time today.

He brought it to his arm, his hand didn't even shake or hesitate, he was sure about what he was doing… he had to do it, for his friends… Armin, Mikasa, Sasha, Connie, Historia and even Jean, he hoped they wouldn't be sad about it, he hoped they would understand. Then he told himself he was doing it for the common people, the people who feared him and for his superiors, commander Erwin, he hoped this ould make him proud.

Then a image of Levi flashed in his mind, if he was there he would have probably told him he was a stupid brat and that he could solve this in another way… but he wasn't and Eren wasn't sure if he was sad or glad about it.

He looked at the mirror one last time, his expression was as serious as ever, no regrets.

He made a deep cut going from the posterior region of his elbow to his wrist, he moaned at the pain as he let his blade fall to the ground.

"Every last one of them." He layed on ground, waiting for the end, he stared at the blood around him, the room was filled with the red liquid as he waited for the darkness to take over.

Minutes passed and Eren was about to lose his conciousnes.

"Eren? Are you in there? Is everything ok?" He jolted at the sound of the familiar voice. How in the world did she find him?

"Mikasa… I'm fine." He answered weakly.

"Open the door." She begged, she knew something wrong with him, she always knew. The bond they shared was so strong that she could sence his pain.

"Please… leave." He whispered, he didn't know if she heard it but he knew she wasn't going to leave, no matter how much he begged.

Eren felt a wave of sadness filling his heart, he had to leave Mikasa and Armin, he would never see the outside world… the sea.

But he didn't regret his decision, he was a monster, he didn't deserve to live anymore, humanity would never be truly free until he was also gone from the world.

"I'm knocking the door down!" She shouted with worry.

"Mikasa… don't…" He said, tring to talk loudly. She stopped.

"Eren, seriously, what's going on?" She asked.

"You wouldn't understand…" He answered. "I did it for all of you." He said, as his voice cracked, he couldn't talk anymore, he lost way too much blood.

"Eren, what do you mean?!" She shouted.

"I'm sorry… Mikasa, try to understand my decision." He said as he felt his eyelids getting eavier.

"Eren, you are scaring me." She said and he heard her voice crack, was she crying? Did she understand what was happening?

He also heard a crash, she knocked down the door.

Silence followed for a couple of minutes, he assumed she was standing there with tears in her eyes, he wanted to talk and comfort her but he didn't even have the force to turn his body toward the door.

The thought of hurting her made his heart break but he knew he did the right thing, he knew it.

He heard a long, hurt shout, followed by unstoppable sobs.

"I'm sorry…" He said with all the air he had left in his lungs. Everything fades as he closed his eyes, this was it.