Author's Note: It's finally Friday! Hallelujah! Sorry, but this week's chapter is kinda short, especially compared to the last few chapters, but this was the natural ending point, so I kept it short. You'll see what I mean when you finish the chapter. 700 more reads this week, so now I am at 8,450 reads. I wonder if you guys can make my counter reach 10,000 before I post chapter 29... I hope so! Thanks again to everyone who reads, reviews, follows and favorites! I'll shut up now, so enjoy the chapter!

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I'm so glad that work is finally over… All that's left now is to go home and wait for Eren. It's currently 4:33, and it takes me ten minutes to get home, so that means I have about 20 minutes after that to get ready for him to arrive.

Levi locks up his office and takes his stuff out to his car, a small bag containing his laptop and a few folders containing patient data that he needs to write his reports. Levi moves with purpose as he crosses around to the driver's side and gets behind the wheel.

The drive home takes longer than expected; a car crash creates traffic on the way back home, leaving Levi with only ten minutes before Eren's arrival. Upon parking in the underground garage, Levi quickly grabs his bag and quickly walks upstairs to his apartment. As he walks down the hall toward his apartment, he notices a figure at his door, frantically knocking. Warily, Levi calls out to the man.

"Looking for me?"

The man whirls around to face Levi, his blonde hair messy and his blue eyes red and puffy from crying.

"Erwin?"

"I'm so glad you're here, Levi. I… I need a shoulder to cry on right now."

Levi is taken aback by how pitiful his previous commander looks, and takes pity on his old friend.

"Of course. Come on in." Levi says, pulling out his key and unlocking his apartment.

He ushers Erwin in and seats him on the couch before heading into the kitchen.

"Would you like some tea?"

"Yes, please." Erwin replies quietly, and Levi quickly boils water and makes two cups of tea, leaving some leftover water boiling on the stove for later.

Levi hands Erwin a cup and sits down beside him, sipping his tea before setting it down on the table.

"What happened?"

"M-M-Mike broke up with me. He left me for Nanaba."

"And he told you that to your face?"

"Yeah. I thought… I thought he was enamored with me as I was with him, but turns out he didn't feel the same way I did. It seems like it came out of nowhere. He showed up at my house today and said that he wanted to talk. I invited him in and tried to give him a kiss but he just pushed me away and told me that he wanted to date Nanaba instead and left. I don't know what to do; I feel so lost right now!"

Erwin begins crying again, and Levi quietly just rubs his back as he lets out his tears.

"It's okay, Erwin. I know you'll find your way again. You're strong, so I have no doubts that you'll be able to get over him. Plus, you're pretty handsome, so I'm sure you'll have no trouble seducing someone new once you set your sights on them."

"You really think so, Levi?"

"Yeah. You've always-"

Levi is cut off by a pair of lips attacking his. Levi is frozen as hands circle around the back of his waist and pull him to Erwin. After a moment, the initial shock fades away and Levi tries to push away from Erwin, but Erwin is stronger and keeps him in place. Levi opens his mouth to try to say something, but Erwin just uses it as an opportunity to stick his tongue in Levi's mouth, effectively silencing Levi. Levi pushes harder against Erwin, and Erwin falls back onto the couch, pulling Levi down on top of him. Levi braces his hands on either side of Erwin's head to try to push himself up into sitting position, but Erwin grips his shirt with one hand and the back of Levi's head with the other and pulls him down into another kiss. This is how Eren finds Levi, on top of a different man, kissing him, while appearing to be undressed by said man. Eren is speechless for a moment in the doorway of Levi's apartment, key in hand, but when he finally does speak, his voice is hard and resolute.

"I see how it is. Just because I can't have sex with you, you go behind my back and do it with someone else, with Erwin no less. And to think I loved you."

The sudden arrival of Eren snaps Erwin out of his trance, giving Levi the opportunity to push away from Erwin. Eren turns to leave, but Levi calls out to him.

"No, Eren, wait! This isn't what this looks like. Erwin-"

Eren whirls back around to face Levi, his fiery green eyes full of rage and pain.

"This isn't what this looks like? What a load of bullshit. I don't know how else to read the situation aside from my boyfriend fucking someone else behind my back. Did you do it with Erwin in the last life too?" Eren yells.

"I'm not cheating on you Eren! I never had sex with Erwin, in the last life or in this one. Erwin needed someone to comfort him because Mike left him, and then-"

"I walked in and interrupted you comforting him. I get it. Maybe I can get Armin to suck my dick when I tell him about how you fucking stabbed me in the back!" Eren shouts, leaving and slamming the door behind him.

"Eren, wait! Let me explain, dammit!" Levi calls, pushing off of Erwin and running towards the door.

Levi sees Eren run into the stairwell at the end of the hall from his doorway, and he quickly slips on shoes to follow him. He takes the stairs two at a time, the sound of the door slamming shut at the bottom prompting him to move faster still. By the time that Levi flies out of the stairwell, Eren has already left the building and gone back out into the bustling streets. Levi looks left and right, but cannot find his green-eyed beauty anywhere. Levi curses loudly and storms back inside, flying back up the stairs and into his apartment, where Erwin still sits on the couch in shock. Levi crosses the apartment to Erwin in the blink of an eye and socks him in the face. He hits Erwin again and again, making Erwin's head snap to the side and his face bleed, yelling at him the whole time.

"You fucking bastard! Now look what you've done! Are you happy now that you've spread your damn troubles to me? You couldn't get a fucking hold of yourself and keep your fucking hands off me and now Eren hates me! You utter piece of shit!"

Levi winds up to punch Erwin again, but he comes back to himself when he realizes that Erwin isn't even trying to defend himself, taking each of Levi's hits dead on. Levi drops his hand, and Erwin hesitantly turns back to face Levi.

"I'm sorry-"

"Save it. What's done is done. You better hope that I'm able to talk to him and get this all straightened out, because if he says he never wants to see me again, I'm killing you then killing myself. Now get out of my damn sight." Levi commands with a quiet and deadly resolution.

Erwin nods silently and gets up and heads to the door, turning back briefly before exiting.

"If I can, I will apologize and explain this mess to him myself. I owe that much to him and you."

"Hurry up and go, you fucking bastard."

Erwin nods again and closes the door silently behind him, leaving Levi alone in his quiet apartment. Once Erwin leaves, Levi pulls out his phone, dials Eren's number, and puts the phone to his ear. The phone rings and rings, but Eren never picks up. Levi leaves a message and then tries again and again, leaving message after message, trying to get Eren to talk to him. Each message is more desperate than the last, and after an hour of trying and failing to get in contact with Eren, Levi finally gives up. He pulls up the video that Hanji sent him forever ago of him kissing Eren, and the pent up tears finally begin to flow in earnest.

"Eren… Don't leave me…"

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Author's Note: Yes, I did write that. Sorry, not sorry. Feel free to leave reactions and death threats to Erwin in the comments. Next week is going to seem a hell of a lot longer, huh? :)