A/N: Hello! I'm back with chapter four! Just to clear something up, the zombies in this story will be referred to as the 'Infected'

I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 4

"If Tomorrow Never Comes"

Two weeks had passed since Risa and Eren joined Levi's group. Even though they had been with them for that long, neither of them still weren't sure where Levi's goal was to end up at. Of course, not that they had expected to find out anyway. Levi was still as icy as ever towards Risa, even though she thought she had made some sort of progress when she gave him her food that one day. Even so, something told her that that wasn't going to be enough to get Levi to open up to her. But what else could she do?

"Hey, are you just going to stand there all day, or what?" Risa heard a gruff voice next to her. The unexpected question caused her to immediately snap out of her thoughts, bringing her back to reality.

Risa turned her head to see Levi staring at her with an unpleasant expression. "Uh, no, sorry," she muttered nervously, smiling uneasily towards the ground.

He nodded his head curtly before walking off again, leaving her standing alone. Not even bothering to look behind towards her, he told her to hurry up. She willingly did so, not wanting to make him any more angry than he already was.

Each day Risa spent with them made her feel agitated. There was always that overwhelming feeling like she didn't belong, like she didn't deserve to be a part of their group. It was clear to Risa that he wanted nothing to do with her at all. To be honest, it was one of the most loneliest feelings in the world to her. Not that Levi was her favorite person in the entire world, but she hated feeling like a burden all the time. Levi never wanted her to join them in the first place, so why was he letting her stick around?

That was a question for another time, as Levi made it very clear that the group had to get on their way. Risa followed close behind him, watching his back very closely. When he looked back over his shoulder, she turned her head away quickly acting as if she was looking around and not checking out the way the muscles in his back shifted with each step he took...

Wait, what? What was she thinking? She couldn't stare at Levi like that, especially not when he would probably kill her if he caught her. Besides, Levi was the most undesirable person she had ever met. She had to snap out of it right away, so she shook her head to rid her thoughts of Levi.

Levi noticed that Risa had been staring at him. He kept glancing back at her, but she didn't even notice because her head was in the clouds. Honestly, Levi wasn't quite sure what was up with that girl. When she finally snapped out of it, he rolled his eyes and turned back around while she started making conversation with Isabel.

Hours later, everyone arrived at an abandoned grocery store in the middle of small town. After walking in the doors, the five of them split up after Levi commanded them to take whatever was necessary. Levi stalked off by himself while Isabel followed after Farlan, and Risa and Eren went off on their own. They decided to meet back up with each other after twenty minutes.

Risa went off in her own direction. She scanned the shelves, walking on the floor that was smeared with dried blood and sprinkled with shards of glass. Something must have happened here long ago, and she didn't particularly care to know what. The entire situation was beyond creepy to her, and the fact that she was alone didn't calm her nerves.

As she reached the end of the store, she crinkled her nose after coming across a foul stench. There was something on the ground, peaking out from behind one of the shelves. She squinted her eyes to examine it through the darkness of the store, the moonlight being the only source of light.

She crept up closer to the object then kneeled on the ground so she could get a closer look. She took out the flashlight from her bag and shined the light on the object in front of her.

"Oh…" she muttered.

It was a hand.

Risa sat back, feeling pale from discovering the severed hand. She wondered where the rest of the body was. But then again, maybe she would be fine with not knowing at all. But her curiosity got the best of her. She turned her head to the left, pointing the flashlight to reveal a body of a middle aged man. She got up and walked over to the corpse, noticing that the body was still in the process of decaying, which meant that whoever that person was had only been dead for a few days. She noticed a piece of paper lying next to the corpse and picked it up. She read the note out loud quietly to herself.

They're here. Whatever you do, don't open the door.

As if on cue, a loud banging come from a door that Risa presumed led to the back of the store. The door was only boarded up with a few planks of wood. If Risa had to guess, she'd think that the man had managed to fight off the Infected for only a little bit of time and managed to get bitten in the process. Maybe he had cut his hand off to stop the infection and ended up bleeding out. Now all that was left was a rotting corpse and a room full of Infected. How many were enclosed in that room was beyond Risa, but she didn't want to risk the chances of finding out.

Deciding that it would be best to find the others, she made her way back to the front of the store. However, the market was so big, she got lost trying to navigate her way through the aisles.

She stopped dead in her tracks once she heard groaning coming from the aisle she was in front of. She held her breath as she peered over into the aisle. There was an Infected walking in the direction she was facing, so it couldn't see her. She took a step backwards so she could leave without being detected, but she accidentally stepped on a piece of broken glass. Her eyes widened as the crunch of the glass breaking under her foot rang out through the area, bringing the Infected's attention to her.

Once it had noticed her, it broke off into a sprint towards her. Knowing that she had to be quick if she wanted to get away, she turned around sharply and ran off. As she passed one of the aisles, she felt a hand grab onto her arm, pulling her into the aisle. The next thing she knew, she was pressed up against someone's chest. This threw the Infected off, confusing it for a moment.

Turning her head, she saw that Levi was holding onto her with one arm. He raised his other arm, aiming his gun at the Infected's chest. Once it charged at them, Levi sent two bullets into it's heart. With a loud squeal, it went limp and fell to the ground.

Levi immediately let go of Risa. "What the hell were you doing?"

Risa looked at him in disbelief at his sudden outburst. "Shouldn't you ask if I'm okay? I could have died, you know."

"Yeah, because that was incredibly stupid of you," he snarled.

"Can't you say one nice thing for once?" She rolled her eyes.

"Can't you shut up for once?" he shot back.

Levi pushed her too far that time. She was angry at him for treating her like that. But at the same time, she couldn't blame him because she was a burden to him yet again. Thinking about how she couldn't protect herself and had to be rescued by him, she suddenly became depressed.

"You know, you didn't have to save me. You could have just let me die," she said, casting her eyes down. "Why didn't you? I'm sure everything would be better for you if I wasn't around, considering how much you hate me." She couldn't bear to look him in the eyes.

Levi didn't react to her self-deprecation. Instead, he just walked off. "We need to get back to everyone. Don't leave my sight," he ordered, not looking at her.

Sighing, she followed him back to the front of the store.

"Shit. That's a problem," Farlan muttered.

Once everyone met back up with each other, Eren discovered that there was a horde of the Infected stalking around outside. There were far too many for them to fight, let alone escape from. It was too dangerous to go outside.

"What are we gonna do?" Isabel asked, standing behind Farlan and peering over his shoulder to get a look outside.

Levi let out a frustrated sigh. His night was just getting better and better. "Let's just wait it out here for the night. See if they go away by morning."

"What if they come in here?" Risa worriedly asked.

Farlan came up with the plan to barricade the doors. Eren offered to help, so Risa decided to walk around the store for a little while longer with Isabel. It probably wasn't a good idea for her to be by herself, considering what just happened. After walking around, they stopped at an empty shelf to rest. Risa cleared some of the glass away with her foot before she sat down next to Isabel.

"Does Levi always have to be so rude?" Risa grumbled, crossing her arms. All he did was bark orders and yell at her. Quite frankly, it was starting to get on her last nerves. She was sick of it.

Isabel laughed and looked over at Risa. "Levi's not all bad." She looked down at her hands resting in her lap and continued on, "If it weren't for Levi, I wouldn't be here. He saved me, you know."

"Is that how you met?"

Isabel nodded in reply.

"Well, what happened?"

Isabel closed her eyes and hummed. "I'll tell you another day. I'm tired right now."

Risa gasped at her. She was really looking forward to hearing the story. "Come on, Isabel. You can't leave me hanging like that!"

"Shhh. Just rest."

Risa pouted for a moment but smiled to herself after she heard Isabel start to snore softly. Gazing at her sleeping figure, Risa thought there was no way something bad could happen to her. It was a shame that someone like her had to be wrapped up in all of this. She honestly wished for a better world for all of them.

"Rest well, Isabel," Risa said softly to her.

Risa sat next to her in silence for what seemed like hours as she looked out at the night sky, but it was only minutes until the boys joined her.

"Alright. We'll sleep in shifts just in case. I'll stay awake first," Levi said.

Everyone agreed with the plan and made themselves as comfortable as they could. Eren and Farlan both fell asleep quickly, but Risa could barely sleep a wink.

Since everyone else was asleep and Levi wasn't, it felt like they were alone together. It was a bit awkward, but since they weren't talking to each other, she was okay with it. Well, sort of.

She felt herself tense up when she noticed that Levi was staring at her.

When she caught his gaze, he didn't look away. "What?" she asked in annoyance, looking away.

He tilted his head slightly. "What? You're not mad at me, are you?"

"Why would I be mad at you?" Risa asked sarcastically. "Everything you have to say to me is so hateful, so no, there's nothing that I would be mad at you for."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings." He didn't sound sorry at all.

"You didn't hurt my feelings," she snapped.

"Would it make you happy if I told you that I don't hate you?" he asked her.

"Don't say things that you don't mean." Risa sighed as she turned away from him. "I'm going to sleep."

She shut her eyes as tightly as she could, trying to forget about everything that happened that night. Next time, she would show Levi that she was a capable companion and that she wouldn't need him to save her. Thinking about her redemption, she drifted off to sleep.

Eventually the sun came up. The Infected had migrated elsewhere and it was safe for them to journey out into the world again.

Well, it seemed that way for now.

A/N: This chapter is so...meh...to me. I spent a lot of time on this chapter rewrote a majority of it. To be honest, I'm still not completely happy with it, but it'll do.

But look forward to the next chapter because something big is going to happen.