A/N:Again I'm a day late, but this time the chapter is a bit longer so I hope you'll forgive me. anway IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL READERS: since you have shown interest, from this chapter i'm going to start posting additional information on the fic on my blog , more specifically i guess, it'll all be under this tag tagged/vampfic, i will start releasing the information tomorrow (i think I'll start with Hanji's backstory) and updates on my progress and estimated release dates will also go there as well, i'll try to update the tag at least every few days.

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"You know this is the last time right?" Levi asked attempting to sound sympathetic. "We're already risking it as it is, but I get it. You just have to remember you can't ever see them again."

"I know that!" Jean snapped at him and turned back to the small window of the funeral home. It was fogged up and hidden from the side with a vase, so it was almost impossible to see who was looking through it. Though, Jean could see his family standing over his closed casket perfectly. Jean clenched his fists tightly, Levi could hear his muscles tense up and the little blood he had in him pumping faster. He glanced through the window and saw that Jean's mother was back to kneeling near the casket and crying her eyes out while his father hadn't moved from his seat at the corner of the small hall for the last few hours. Levi took a few steps back, allowing Jean to have his moment of closure.

They were already behind schedule, but Levi really did get it. He would've killed to have a moment like this when he turned. Even if it were to see his family grieving, he'd still see them. Now he could barely remember what his mom looked like, at least his sister's image was easier to recreate.

Jean pushed himself away from the window with force and marched over Levi.

"All done?" he made sure. Jean merely nodded not lifting up his eyes from the ground.

"I don't get what's the big deal if I check up on them like this every now and again." Jean muttered under his breath after they had left the area. Meanwhile Levi was texting Hanji so that she would start to head to the gym. Erwin had booked the entire floor for them tonight.

"You gotta learn to let it go. Your human life. The faster you do that, the quicker you'll fit in with your undead life. It seems innocent enough I know, but you'll start thinking about them more and more. How maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing if you helped them out somehow, make sure they're happy. Pretty soon you'll start thinking it might not be a bad idea to come back into their life." Levi stopped walking, turning to Jean with an urgent look. "You'll start thinking you're a live human being. From now on, you're neither alive, nor human."

"Geez okay, did anyone ever tell you you're a drama queen?" Jean scoffed, going back to his usual self bit by bit.

"Geez, did anyone ever tell you to shut up?" Levi replied sarcastically. By this point it would've been easier if Eren's dog had somehow become a vampire rather than Jean. The newborn frowned, but didn't retort back until after the gym came into their view.

"So, are you guys going to teach me some sort of secret vampire kung-fu shit?" Levi took a deep breath of the fresh air after sundown to calm down.

"It's just basic self-defense, so we won't have to save your ass every time you get in trouble."

"Hey, I already became a vampire, what other kind of trouble could I get into?" Jean asked with and incredulous look on his face. "Does this mean…I'm sort of with your group now or whatever you call it?" he added a bit shyly.

"For now. Until you get the hang of this." From now on Levi was babysitting two little kids.

"And then what?" Jean asked quietly, pushing the glass door and stepping into the large building. "You're gonna kick me out?" he added a laugh to hide the fact that he was genuinely worried about that.

"Then you're free to do whatever the fuck you want." Levi chose his words carefully.

The vampire scanned the empty locker room with a bored look. Erwin and Hanji were already in the gym. Levi took out his usual tight black tank top and comfortably loose shorts. This was his small chance to slightly beat up the newborn and blame it on his inexperience and lack of fighting skills. Levi had been itching for some kind of release for weeks now.

However, upon walking inside the gym Levi saw that Eren and Armin were there as well, already in their sporty clothes and doing stretches.

"I decided it would be a good idea to include Eren and Armin in this as well." Erwin explained noting Levi's confused look. "Everyone should know their basic self-defense skills."

"Fine." Levi shrugged. He guessed Erwin was right. He was still reluctant to admit this stuff, but he'd feel safer knowing Eren had some skills to protect himself.

"Since there's three of us, and three unofficial students, we should pair up." Erwin clapped his hands together. "I can pair up with Armin." The blond gulped quietly. "Eren- uh, you could-" Hanji attempted to subtly nudge Erwin on his side, but Levi noticed the small movement nonetheless. "Yes with Levi, which leaves Jean and Hanji."

"Really? The girl?" Jean asked, frowning disappointedly. Levi caught the small flash in her eyes. Oh boy Jean was in for a big surprise then.

"Don't worry." Hanji said cheerfully, seemingly ignoring his slightly offensive comment. She swung her arm over his shoulders. "We're gonna have fun." She smiled, while squeezing her arm around his neck just enough to get Jean alarmed at the sudden pressure. Hanji's eyes were gleaming that of a maniac.

All of them went into different smaller rooms on the floor, to not get distracted by one another. Erwin and Armin took the main room with all the workout equipment, Hanji and Jean went into the aerobics room nearby, while his and Eren's was a smaller extension of the main room, with a few old benches and a bunch of weights. They pushed all the main weights and other equipment to the sides of the room, so they'd have to space to train.

Levi had a hunch why Hanji pushed that he'd be teamed up with Eren, he thought as he saw the kid walk into the room, avoiding looking at him. For the last three days Eren had been doing a great job at ignoring Levi's presence while discussing various things with Erwin and Hanji. Every single meeting. He had gotten so good at it, he managed to not even make eye contact. Levi was irritated as hell because of this, that was why he was hoping for a good fight with Jean. Eren seemed to have forgiven Erwin and Hanji almost the next day, and even if he hadn't forgiven them, he had at least decided to overlook it for the sake of cooperating. Why couldn't he do the same to him?

"You know I'm going to be teaching you to fight, it would be helpful if you would at least look at me." Levi remarked sort of ironically. Eren didn't say anything in return, but he lifted his eyes at him. They seemed indifferent, like he was staring at a complete stranger. Levi sighed, somehow that just made him even more annoyed.

"Okay let's start with what I already know about your fighting." He started, taking a few steps closer to him. "You're fast, you've got above average reflexes and determined passion behind your hits." Eren raised his chin barely visibly at the praise. "However, you're too reckless, the same passion that drives you becomes your weak point because you lose focus of your opponent. You lack coordination and your moves are often predictable." Levi caught the flash of anger behind Eren's eyes, yet he still remained silent. "Obviously, I can't teach you everything, but what I'm going to show you is at least where to aim and how to block. If you're facing a guy, the obvious choice is to go for the groin, but of course it's not always a convenient place to hit, and your opponent might be a woman."

Levi took a few steps closer, slightly invading Eren's personal space. He took Eren's hand and brought his finger to his own stomach.

"In that case, you can go for the solar plexus. Feel that? It's the little hole right below my ribcage. Although it's quite difficult, but one good and most importantly direct hit to this spot can leave your opponent gasping for air or even suffocating." Levi smelt Eren's blood slightly rushing and moments later saw his cheeks turn a bit pinkish. "Although it may seem tempting to go for the eyes or nose, stay clear of the face if you're facing a vampire. They'll bite your hand off before you can blink. Instead go for the knees. Human or not, we'll still lose coordination." Levi explained by giving a moderate nudge from his leg to the side of Eren's knee, making him stumble to the side slightly. "Same goes for the shin or instep. If you're facing a vampire, your best chance is to trip them, make them temporarily fall, maybe serve an elbow to the back and then run for your life." Eren frowned. Levi knew by now that giving up on something or doing something half-assed was going against everything Eren believed in.

"So what, there's no way to actually injure you?" Eren finally spoke with a hint of annoyance, which Levi didn't understand.

"Vampires are different, we have much higher pain tolerance and prolonged stam-"

"I don't want to know the details." Eren cut him off. It seemed he didn't want to accept this was real, which Levi found strange. It's been 3 days, surely that was enough time, wasn't it?

"It's possible for us to be killed, but it's not easy." Levi finished nonetheless. Eren looked down at the ground once again, but kept his mouth stubbornly shut. "Okay that was brief theory, now the practice. Try and attack me." Levi took a few steps back, while Eren lifted his head with an unsure expression. This time there was going to be nothing playful about their little fight, it was training.

Eren threw a few punches to Levi's stomach as he had showed, but Levi simply blocked them. Then instead he tried to go for the legs, however, Levi saw what he was going to do seconds before he did it and dodged the hits.

"You're going to try harder than that." Levi remarked. His attacks lacked energy and passion, with every blocked hit he seemed to pause and contemplate more instead of going determinedly after him like last time. Eren tried the same attacks again with slightly more speed, but it wasn't enough. Afterwards he tried to mix it up, try to give more force to his hits and some other tactics but it still didn't come close to how he fought with him before.

Levi was starting to get agitated. He tripped Eren, making him fall on his ass. Finally, he saw some sort of reaction. It was slight, but it was still there. Levi adjusted his shorts and motioned for Eren to attack again. This time, with every missed or blocked hit, Levi would serve one back and pretty soon Eren fell to the ground for the third time already.

"Is that seriously all you can do? If it came down to a real fight, you'd be a bloodless corpse by now. Stand up. Again." Levi provoked him. Eren merely frowned, but it didn't have much effect on his attacks as he ended up on the ground again. It seemed that Levi was getting more fired up than Eren. He couldn't fucking explain it, but with every unsure hit from Eren he felt angrier.

Eren went for an aimless hit to the chest and Levi caught his wrist right before it hit him, soon his left hand followed, but Levi caught it as well.

"Weren't you angry about all this? About how fucked up the world is?" Levi teased up and close to Eren's face. Eren clenched his jaw. "Weren't you angry at me? Cause I don't see it." The vampire sneered. "All I see is a wimpy kid, who can't make a hit." Eren was struggling to break free from Levi's grasp, his muscles tensing up more and more.

"So you are angry? Then why don't you show it? You have the perfect chance to show just how fucking angry you are and let me have it." Levi let his wrists go, pushing the kid away from him with force so he almost fell to the ground again. He took a few steps back and extended his hands to the sides as if to show that he was defenseless.

Eren's face became stern and finally, fucking finally, he was starting to see Eren's mask slipping off. The kid went after him with a few reckless hits that Levi was able to block easily yet again, but at least he felt the force of them. Eren was starting to work up a sweat, while Levi was merely warming up.

"That's still not enough, you're forgetting what I told you at the beginning." Levi instructed. "You're not giving me all you got." He pushed. "Do you really think it's a coincidence that everyone you write about ends up dead?" He asked suddenly and saw Eren frown from the sudden change of topic. "Didn't you notice the pattern? Every single one of the attacks, different in style but had one thing in common." Levi explained coming to stand closer to him. "They all had an immense amount of blood loss. Who do you think killed them?" he asked almost in a whisper. That was it. He used his trick card and now definitely everything was out in the open. Eren was staring at him with wide eyes and Levi's side of the brain began doubting whether it was a good idea to say that. It was going to bring them apart even further. For some reason that thought scared him.

Eren went after him with new force, aiming a few hits to his chest and stomach which Levi blocked again, and then an unexpected kick he didn't foresee landed on the side of his knee making him stumble to the side. This time he didn't even have to pretend he lost his balance. Eren didn't waste time and went after him while he was disoriented, but Levi was able to avoid a punch to his solar plexus by a mere second by moving out of the way. Eren didn't stop there though, he kept coming after him with one hit and kick after another until Levi had to actually start moving backwards from his attacks. He was fired up, releasing every punch and kick with a muffled sound and grunting when they got blocked.

"Not quick enough, don't lose your balance, I said don't throw your punches recklessly." Levi kept correcting him after every another attack. "You can do better. C'mon, there's a reason why you're mad at me the most and I'm not seeing it!" The words were leaving his mouth without thinking as he was actually putting effort to block this kid. "You're treating Erwin and Hanji like before, but you couldn't even look at me while we were in the same room, how am I different?!" Levi heard himself almost yell. That was when Eren suddenly kneed him directly in his solar plexus. While Levi was finding the air to breathe Eren took hold of Levi's shoulders and slammed him against the nearby wall with a loud thud.

"How can you even ask that?!" he screamed out using his forearm to press on his neck, holding Levi in place.

"Is it because I'm a monster?" Levi gritted through his teeth, because that was the truth behind him. It didn't matter if he ran away, killed people or lived off blood bags, nothing changed the fact that he was something even hell wouldn't want to take. However, Eren merely frowned confused.

"You think I'm mad at you because you're a vampire?" Eren asked with an outrageous face. This time Levi was confused as well. Wasn't…wasn't that the whole point of his silence treatment? While trying to order his thoughts in his head, a fresh smell hit all of his senses at once like a wave, drowning any other thought he had in his head.

"You're bleeding." Levi immediately stated. Eren frowned and looked down where he saw his sock getting stained with fresh flood, slowly flowing from a wound in his ankle. The kid's eyes widened, he took a few quick steps back and raised his head immediately to Levi. His gaze wasn't scared though, more like shocked. The angry tension between them faded.

"I'm not going to eat you, kid." Levi calmed him down, trying to regain his posture and control of himself. Though he was still wheezing from the hit to his stomach.

"I know." Eren quickly answered. Levi didn't buy it though.

"When you walk into a shop, even if you're really really hungry, you don't just start devouring everything you can get your hands on, do you? Being a vampire isn't much different. Just because we're hungry doesn't mean we lose all self control."

"But it's still awful standing close to uhm let's say fresh baked goods when you're hungry." Eren excused himself.

"Well luckily, I had a big lunch, so I'm fine." The vampire took the first aid kit from the little cabinet in the corner. "Sit down." He instructed him, coming to sit on the bench by the wall as well. Eren extended the leg on his bench, while Levi searched for the disinfectant in the first aid kit.

"I can do it myself." Eren said reaching for the disinfectant and the cotton ball, but as he leaned forward, more blood gushed out of the wound.

"No, lean back. You're straining the muscles in your leg, which is making the bleeding worse." Levi instructed, pushing him back by his shoulder. The smell was tickling his nose and teasing his throat by imagining how it would feel if the blood ran down it. Yet he didn't feel his fangs prodding at his gums or his eyes changing color. Despite the delicious smell, he had no desire to actually taste it.

As he had calmed down, Levi had to admit he pushed too far with Eren. Somehow by trying to extract more passion and anger from him, he started feeling the same things as well.

Levi expertly cleansed the wound, feeling Eren's eyes on him. It was a relatively small cut, but a deep one. Eren must've brushed against a nail which was sticking out from the bench, but due to the thick skin on the ankle, he didn't feel a thing. However, now that he was aware of it and felt the burn of the disinfectant, he frowned from the discomfort.

"It doesn't hurt much, I can still train." Eren broke the silence first, while Levi was bandaging up the wound.

"It's fine, we can practice blocking another time." Levi stared at the white bandage getting slightly pinkish from the blood and he wrapped around another layer. "Do you hate me, Eren?" he asked quite casually. He hated the fact that his heartbeat had slightly accelerated as the silence after the question dragged on.

"No." Eren finally answered, but it sounded like he was sure. "In a way, I think I get why you had to keep your secret away from me and the others, and I guess I do believe you were trying to protect me." He went on not looking at the vampire, while Levi sighed in relief. "But just because I understand the reasoning, doesn't make everything alright. I'm not mad at you because you're a vampire, some part of me thinks you didn't really have a say in that, nor do I think you're a monster." Eren frowned like the whole idea sounded ridiculous. "I'm mad that Jean had to get hurt for the truth to come out, I'm mad that fucking Armin figured it out before me, while I was the one living with you." Eren let out a short laugh at the irony. "But mostly I'm mad that you didn't trust me enough to tell me sooner." Both of them continued sitting on the bench after Levi had finished bandaging up the cut to stop the bleeding.

"Wouldn't you have reacted the same way though?" Levi prodded. He knew that telling Eren the truth was going to be ugly either way, of course this just happened to be the ugliest way of all.

"I don't think so." He frowned, not sure of himself. "I know for a fact I wouldn't have said all those things to you at the hospital." He added quietly. "I'm sorry about that. Despite everything, my actions there were still not very cool. It's just that when the anger took over I couldn't-"

"You don't have to explain yourself to me." Levi cut him off. He didn't get why he was apologizing either, everything he said on that night was true.

"Did you really kill those people?" Eren asked almost in a whisper after a while, looking at him with wide eyes.

"Yes."

"Why?" Eren asked almost innocently.

"I believe we already had this conversation a while back." Levi smiled slightly.

"You thought they deserved to die because of their crimes." Eren answered his own question. "Are you going to keep killing them?"

"I've got enough blood saved up to last at least a few weeks-"

"That's not what I meant." Eren interrupted looking at him. Levi thought it over in his head. With Eren's blog gone, he'd have to find a new source, but even then he didn't particularly felt the enthusiasm for it.

"I don't know. Probably." Levi shrugged even though he really had no idea.

"I wish that you wouldn't." Eren barely whispered, but Levi still turned his head toward him. "I know that it's just my word against yours. God knows you've been alive long enough to figure out the meaning of life and stuff." Eren laughed darkly. "But they're still people. Unlike you they've got only one short life, they've got to figure out their mistakes and have a chance at fixing them." Levi scoffed with an ironic smile.

"And what about 'mistakes' on a scale as large as mine? Are you saying that if I repent or some shit, I'll be saved?"

"You're making it sound like it's a religious thing." Eren frowned and looked at him thoughtfully. "I stand by what I said before, everyone deserves a second chance." He stated confidently, and Levi felt a shortness of breath, which he didn't believe had anything to do with the kick in his stomach. "But see, that's why I can't trust you, I still don't know so much about you or the whole vampire world. I have no idea what other things lie in your past."

"Hey! Is the- whoa, Eren are you bleeding?" Hanji suddenly burst into the room and immediately took a step back from the strength of the smell. By now, Levi had almost gotten used to it. Levi could see the main room as well, where Armin was panting while sitting on a bench, while Erwin had also suddenly lifted up his head to their direction. Levi slightly shook his head, and Erwin nodded, going back to Armin.

"Oh yeah I was, it's fine, I'm all patched up now." Eren replied, turning his ankle to show where the wound should be.

"Whoa, it got pretty rough in here huh?" She asked suggestively winking at Levi, while the vampire wished he could set her on fire just by looking at her. "That reminds me, the first aid kit is here right?" she asked pointing to the small box beside Levi.

"Yeah, why do you need it? How's it going with horseface?" Levi asked seemingly conversationally, but when he brought the box to her, he made sure to step on her foot extra hard. "Oops, sorry." He remarked as Hanji slightly gasped in pain.

"Ah, that's sort of why I need this." Hanji scratched the back of her head and looked to the side guiltily. "I kind of knocked him out, it was on accident though!" she was quick to explain herself. Meanwhile Eren started to laugh lightly. Levi looked at him surprised, he didn't expect Eren to be laughing at a time like this.

"What? Vampire or not, Jean had it coming." Eren shrugged, and Levi had to agree.

"I guess I don't know my own strength sometimes." Hanji shrugged smiling as well, glad that Eren hadn't freaked out.

"You really don't." Levi agreed.

About ten years ago when he had only recently met Hanji there was a small uprising of the vampires living near them. Erwin made it his duty to stop it, or at least control it a bit so that innocent people wouldn't get hurt. Naturally Levi went as well and Hanji had come as well. She wasn't living with him permanently then, she just wanted to help out. The uprising had gotten uglier than they thought, since one of the vampires had a silver dagger. In the end though, he got stabbed by it himself. Their task was to mainly injure the ones causing the most damage and neutralize the threat for now. Levi was at that time unsure of Erwin's decision to take Hanji along, since she didn't seem to know how to fight. But what he saw on the battlefield made him remember not to get on the bad side of Hanji Zoe, because he wasn't sure that even he could take her. She roamed the battlefield like it was her playground, facing her opponents with a big smile like it was her next exciting ride. While Levi went for breaking their necks and spines to make them unable to move for the time being, Hanji went on to ripping out arms, legs and any other body parts she could find. She may have not had any technical training, but she was a natural savage.

"I think we're gonna wrap up for the night." Levi announced standing up. "In any case, Eren should get out of here before Jean wakes up." While he, Hanji and Erwin were perfectly able of controlling themselves, they couldn't guarantee the same for Jean.

"Yeah that's a good idea." Hanji nodded approvingly. "And uhm-" she fidgeted uncomfortably. "I'm sorry, but I overheard Eren's last sentences about not understanding anything about us, and I was just thinking, that maybe it would help if I could explain those things? Just so you could understand how vampires work in general." She asked shyly, but Eren seemed to have perked up.

"Yeah, I think that would be helpful." He nodded enthusiastically. Oh god maybe Levi should have stopped him, or at least warned him about what he signed up for. Fuck it, let him learn the lesson himself.

"Oh okay that's great! You can come by tomorrow after the funeral! Or… I don't know, maybe it's not appropriate right after a funeral? But it's a fake one after all." She was back to talking to herself.

"Tomorrow is fine." Eren merely smiled.

"Awesome! Okay I'll have to get my notes from the closet." She said to herself walking away towards the aerobics room. Levi was however barely holding in his laughter.

"What is it?" Eren asked frowning.

"You'll see tomorrow." Levi stated all-knowingly, walking out with him back to the locker rooms.