Gwen/Verity wakes some time later, not knowing where she is, with her eyes closed. She opens her eyes and sees Eren above her, sitting in her desk chair, asleep. She smiles briefly and turns her head to see Levi standing with her back to her, obviously thinking. She mumbles their names and both men instantly look at her. Eren moves closer to her and takes her sweaty hand. "Are you okay, Verity? Do you remember anything? Did you-" Levi shushes him and looks down at her. "How are you feeling?" Levi asks her and she looks around, then up at Eren. "I-I don't know how I'm feeling. I don't know anything. I don't even remember. I just know your names, that you're both special to me, and I'm naked under these ill-fitting robes and covers," Gwen/Verity looks down into her covers and blushes. Eren stands and pushes the chair away, then moves closer to her bed. She looks at him reproachfully and pulls the robes around her tighter. Levi just looks at her and nods slightly, then goes to Eren and whispers to him. Eren gives her an anguished look, then goes outside.
Levi sits on the edge of the bed and looks down at her wide, blue eyes. The last year she had become something special for him, a friend he could rely on. Her Titan power had been a valuable weapon to his squad and her emotions were used to be with Eren. She had the best of both worlds up until the last month, when her emotions had turned her into a wreck. Now, she looked so at peace that Levi was sure that whatever her blood and the knife had done to the Titans and Eren had destroyed her power as well. He cautiously stepped to her bed and sat down on the edge, still looking at her. Gwen's mouth opens, but no sound comes out, and Levi just nods. "I understand if you're not sure where to begin. You might have your memory, you might have fragmented memories, you might not even have any memories, but you're a heroine. Just know that, Gwen. You're special in so many ways. Eren saw that and I did too, after a while, and-" She interrupts him at that very moment, blue eyes as wide as moons, "If you thought I was special, then why did you order your soldiers to hurt me one year ago?"
Levi reels back and stares at her for a long time, not sure how to reply. Gwen nods, realizing that she has struck a nerve, and settles back into her covers. "Please send for Eren and leave me alone. Your questions mean nothing to me," the pile under the covers says, then pulls her pillow over her head. Levi doesn't move for two minutes, then finally whispers, "I didn't know who you were before. You were just a girl who fell in love with my best soldier. After I got to know you, after you joined my squad, you became my best friend. I could never repay you for the number of times you saved my life. I never even said thank you when you died, I was too astonished. I'm so sorry, and I thank you for everything," then stands up, going to the door, when she says muffledly, "I'm not mad at you. I have always thought of you as a best friend as well. And you are welcome. I promised to protect my two favorite men and I did in the end," Levi smiles as he walks out, scaring Eren, who pulls out the knife that Gwen used to kill herself. "Is she dead again?! Why are you smirking? Oh, no, you didn't make her clean her room again did you?" and Levi just laughs, freaking out Eren even more.
Gwen- now decided to remain Verity- walks out of in the most ordinary clothes ever, hair pulled up into a ponytail, eyes behind spectacles, and regular, citizen shoes. She walks forward, ignoring both men, and walks down to the Center. Both Eren and Levi watch her with open mouthed silence and she starts to run, normally, and it is some time after she has left that either soldier moves. Eren follows her and Levi goes to her room, looks inside, then follows Eren. They finally catch up to her at the Center, resigning from her spot in the military. Verity walks back to her room, ignoring the many stares and whispers behind her back. Eren steps forward, so that she is behind him, and glares at all of them, silently threatening them to hurt one hair on her head. Verity turns back to look at him and taps him on the back. Eren turns quickly and hugs her close, despite the snickers and whispers of "Erwen," but he ignores it. They had long ago agreed that Erwen was a cute name for their relationship and he had no longer thought badly about it.
Verity wasn't sure what happened earlier with Levi, when she was in bed, but it made her heart hurt more than before. She knew that Levi would never replace Eren in her heart, that she just wanted to stay with Eren after everything she'd done. Verity loved him more then anything and that love made her decide to be herself again. The girl she was before had died and she had been reborn from those ashes. She could still move faster, fight better, and her emotions had retreated into herself, but she was also just a girl. And it was time for her life to begin. Possibly also with Eren with her. She couldn't help singing the lyrics to another song she enjoyed, but this song was the song they danced to together. "I know, I know, I know we're gonna make it, 'cause no one else can make me feel the way that you do, I promise you," She begins and Eren looks down at her. He whispers the next lyrics and takes her hand, pulling her close.
They start singing together, dancing in the middle of everyone, just fluidly moving with each other. Verity smiles up at him and slowly pulls out her ponytail, then her spectacles, putting them in her pocket, barely able to see anything except Eren's face. Her hair flies around her and they move as one. Everyone stops what they're doing and joins the rest of the crowd, watching a girl sing with her boyfriend about love and dance. They finish the song in harmony and move closer, so that their noses are touching. One guy from near the back screams, "Kiss already!" and the crowd laughs, and Eren looks toward the where the voice was heard and says in a clear voice, "If you insist," and kisses her full on the lips. After their kiss, Verity looks up into his eyes, and says "Could we, perhaps, start our life together finally?" and he nods. "I would love to. First we better get your contacts in, though," Eren says and she smiles. "I think that is a wonderful idea," Verity says and they walk off to cheers and screams of "Erwen! Erwen!" to her room, holding hands, grinning at each other. "If you fight, you win. If you fight, but lose anyway, then you're not fighting hard enough," Verity says and Eren nods once. "Now, it is time to start our life together," He says and they kiss with the sunset around them, looking at a bright new future.
