Eren sat up on his cot, waiting for Corporal Levi to come to his room. Today he would be released to go back out on the field. She had informed him that Levi would be coming to the room to give him his uniform.
"I'm glad to get out of this room. It feels like I've been in here for ages, instead of just days."
The door swung open at the other side of the room, revealing Levi's small form. He strode over to the side of Eren's bed, setting the small bundle of clothes on the bed. Eren threw his legs over the side of the bed, and stood. For a few seconds, he wobbled on his feet, and nearly fell. Levi quickly stuck his arm out to catch the staggering teen.
"S-Sorry. Laying down for two days in a row makes your limbs like jelly I guess." Eren said, his cheeks heating up with embarrassment.
"It may have been the cause of that."
Eren nodded his head and took the bundle of clothes off the bed.
"I'll be waiting out side the door for you. Dress quickly."
Eren nodded and watched as Levi left the room. Once he was gone, Eren threw off his shirt and pants he had been wearing and pulled on his uniform. He put on his straps as fast as he could, fumbling with the buckles. Once he pulled on his boots and jacket, he opened the door. As he had said, Levi stood outside the door, leaning up against the wall.
"I kind of thought Mikasa or Armin would have come along with you."
"They decided to go ahead to training, they said they couldn't miss it since it was field training."
"Wait, did I miss the beginning of training, if I did, hat will I be doing today, I would rather not be sitting around doing nothing all day."
"You'll be helping me clean the library."
"O-Oh, okay."
Eren followed his superior officer down the hallway to the Survey Corps. Library.
"Are you disappointed that you don't get to go out today?" Levi asked out of the blue.
"Kind of, I thought it would be nice to get out of the building, but at least if I'm cleaning the library, I'm not laying around doing nothing."
"You shouldn't be abashed for having to miss training and work for two days, you where lucky you even survived. When that titan snapped you back, there was a fracture in you lower back, and the main break, was up by your shoulder blades. That titan could have every well broke your back up at your titan weak spot."
Eren shuddered at the thought of being killed.
He followed Levi to the library, and listening to the list of things he had to do. Organize and put away any books that where out of their place, dust the tops and insides of the shelves, and sweep the floor. It didn't seem like such a long list, but both Eren and Levi knew that the job would take them hours.
As he put away a couple books he had found lying on the ground, Eren stopped and looked out the window that showed out to the back lawn.
"Brat, why are you just standing there day dreaming?"
Eren jumped, nearly throwing the books he had in his hands back onto the floor. He sighed and sat them on the table under the window.
"I just stopped, there wasn't really any specific reason."
Levi looked at him as if thinking, "Yeah fucking right." Levi sat his broom down against the wall and walked over to him.
"You where looking out the window."
Everything fell silent for a few seconds.
"Lets take a break cleaning this library, and go on the roof and wash the sheets."
Eren nodded and wiped his forehead.
Once they where up on the roof, and had all the sheets from the beds in the building where washed, Eren sprawled on the floor by the edge of the roof. The sun warmed his face, making him smile and close his eyes against the sharp light. It felt good.
"Your like a fucking plant. It's like you need to be outside to not be agitated and inattentive."
Eren's eyes snapped open, and his gaze landed on the man standing above him. His eyes where as frigid as ever, but the side of his mouth was lifted in a small smirk. Eren rolled over and sat up, hanging his legs over the side of the building.
"It wasn't fun being stuck inside when I'm used to being outdoors every day. It drives me nuts just to sit around and do nothing." He mumbled.
Levi surprised him by sitting down next to him.
"Every one was really worried that you were going to die. A couple of the front guards that where in front of us blamed them selves for what happened because they didn't realize a titan was coming back out way."
Eren stared down at the ground below.
"We're lucky that no one was killed, since it was a surprise attack. But they front guards should have been more attentive, how could you miss a titan coming toward the squad?"
Eren could feel Levi staring holes into his side, so he turned to face him. He stared at him with an odd expression.
"What?"
"We're all lucky it didn't have much time to attack before we were all over it. Only you where injured."
Eren nodded.
"Stand up."
Levi got to his feet, looking down on his subordinate.
"Corporal, what?"
"I said stand."
Eren awkwardly got to his feet, brushing off the back of his pants. Levi walked forward and grabbed Eren roughly by the chin. A noise of shock escaped from the back of the younger mans throat as he was pulled forward.
Eren's mind nearly shut down when he felt Levi press his lips roughly against his.
"W-WHAT THE HELL! What is going on!"? Eren screamed in his head.
The kiss only lasted a few seconds before Levi pulled a way. He stared at Eren for a few seconds before he turned, and walked back towards the steps that led back down into the building.
"I'm glad you didn't die brat."
Eren stood by himself on the roof, his mind swimming shock and embarrassment.
"What in the hell just happened?" He thought blushed a bright crimson.
