Hellooo! Can I just say I love life most of the time, but oh my god I hate it at the current moment. I have a writing class and my teacher is making us write a short story that's due Thursday, AND WE JUST STARTED IT. Short stories can be as long as 30,000 words! I'm not even that far in this story and I've been working on it for weeks! So anyway, this is the last chapter I'm posting for a while. I need to get that story done and well, I can't just use this story for it because of the sex scene. Plus my teacher doesn't watch anime, she's a freaking old lady. So yeah. I hope you guys enjoy! I'll be posting a new chapter on one of my stories by next week! Bye!

Eren didn't want to talk to Levi when he woke up, so he went to go eat breakfast before the older male woke up. He snuck out of the room and went to Armin's dorm room. Armin was shocked to see his friend there. It was Saturday, so they didn't have any classes.

"Why are you up so early?" the blonde asked him rubbing the sleepiness out of his eyes.

"I didn't want to see Levi, so I got up before him and came here to get you," the blonde groaned at his friend's stubbornness.

"You should really talk to him, he cares about you, you know?" he stepped aside to let the brunette inside. A deep sigh escaped the brunette's lips. He didn't want to ignore Levi, but that's just what had to be done. He felt used, torn in two, broken. Levi didn't make him feel wanted the way he treated him, only giving him real attention when he was hurt, or they were fighting.

"I don't even want to look at him right now," Eren confessed. Armin was visibly getting frustrated.

"Promise me on thing, then," Armin said facing his dear friend. Eren didn't really want to promise him anything, but reluctantly nodded. "Promise me you'll talk to him tonight, I mean really talk to him. Work things out," Eren turned away from the blonde and sat on his bed.

"I don't think we'll be working things out if I decide to talk to him."

"Well, you should at least hear him out. Stop being so stubborn," Armin pressed him.

"Why are you defending him? He's the one who's hurting me. He doesn't even love me," Eren's eyes grew sad. He wished that what he had said wasn't true, but it was. At least, in his mind.

"I just have a feeling he's more into you than you think," Armin said nonchalantly while shrugging his shoulders. Eren was confused at what his blonde friend meant.

*Time pass*

Of course, Eren refused to see Levi the whole weekend. He ended up sleeping in Armin's dorm room with him, luckily, Armin didn't have a roommate. Eren took up the empty bed that was there. On Sunday night, Armin practically forced Eren into agreeing to talk to Levi after training the following day. Just after agreeing, they heard a knock on the door. Armin stood up from his bed that he was sitting on. He walked over to the wooden door and opened it up, revealing a familiar face.

"Erwin?" Armin looked confused. Eren was also confused as he stood up from his bed.

"Hey, Armin. I gotta talk to you about something," he said walking in. He failed to notice the brunette's presence until he had already stepped inside. "U-uhh.." Erwin seemed startled that he was there.

"What's up, Erwin?" Eren said giving him a friendly smile. Erwin gave him a slight smile back, still a bit shocked.

"H-hey Eren," he definitely seemed nervous for some reason. When the brunette saw this, he tilted his head.

"Something wrong?" Armin asked looking up at he tall blonde.

"N-no, it's nothing," he said looking away from the brunette.

"Well what did you want to ask me about?" he asked. Erwin looked even more nervous now.

"U-um, well... I-I was wondering how you're doing? Haha, yeah. How are you?" he scratched the back of his head nervously.

"Oh, I'm.. good?" Armin was completely confused at the man's actions. Erwin had never acted this way before with him. Eren though this, too.

"O-okay! That's all, see you guys!" the tall blonde left as quickly as he came. It left the other two completely dumbfounded and confused.

*Time pass*

Training started out normally. Everyone stood in a long line, waiting for the instructors to get on with the lesson. It was the day the teachers tested their skills again. Everyone had to fight against one another, while using their maneuvering gear to weave through the thick woods to get to the finish line. The instructors were to all wait at the finish line for the students to arrive. All but one went.

"I'm here to watch you brats," Levi said glaring annoyedly at the students. They all went to the starting line, Levi along with them. "Let's see if any of you can catch up. On your marks, go!" everyone took off into the heavily wooded area. Eren, Mikasa, Armin and Levi were all in the front. Eren and Levi went way ahead of everyone. Eren was clearly angry, trying his best to get ahead of the corporal. Levi easily caught up to him as they sped ahead of everyone with lightning speed. Eren glared at the man. "Eren, I need to talk to you."

"No! FUCK YOU!" Eren shouted dodging a tree.

"Too late," the older male said smirking like an asshole.

"I fucking hate you!" Eren shouted back at him. Levi looked at him for a second before dodging a few trees.

"Eren, you know that's not true. Hear me out."

"No! I don't want to hear your bullshit!" Eren dodged a tree, moving closer to Levi accidentally.

"Eren.." the older male swiftly moved closer to the brunette, spinning upside down while doing it. He twirled around Eren, whispering something to him when he was close enough. He kept his balance as he kept moving along with his gear. The brunette's eyes widened and he almost hit a tree, moving just before it was too late. He looked at the older male with sad eyes before looking back ahead of him to keep himself from crashing and getting seriously hurt.

"You're lying.." he said choking back tears that threatened to flow out of his sad eyes.

"I'm not. I never say that shit to anyone, it hurts my pride."

"So I'm hurting your pride now?"

"Shut up, brat. You know I said that because I want to be with you," Eren stayed quiet. He didn't want to say anything else. He felt drained, but it wasn't from all the exercise. It was because emotions he never knew he could have welt up within him. He didn't know whether to be happy, sad, or pissed off. So he felt it all, right at that moment. He saw light up ahead and knew that it was the end of the race. He rushed as fast as he could to beat everyone else, not realizing how far ahead he was. Levi fell back to everyone else, leaving the brunette alone. Eren rushed to the finish line, leaving a big gap between him and everyone else. He turned to the side, hitting the ground at the right angle to roll across the ground without hurting himself. He looked up to see astonished instructors staring down at him.

"W-what? Did I do something wrong?" he asked them.

"My god, is that a record or something?!" one of the instructors asked. Levi finally arrived with everyone else. One by one they all flew out of the woods. Everyone gathered around me.

"I think it's a record," Levi said walking up to him. Eren stepped backwards, not letting the older male touch him. Levi gave him a sad look. After celebrating being the first to the finish line, Eren walked around the academy for a while. He didn't want to face Levi just yet, he didn't know exactly what he was going to say to him.

"This is so hard," he said to himself.

"What is?" a voice asked. He turned around to see a tall blonde smiling at him.

"Erwin, why are you here?" the brunette asked. Erwin shrugged his shoulders.

"I felt like walking," Eren smiled at him.

"Do you want to join me?" the blonde nodded his head.

"So, what's up?" the blonde asked.

"Ah, I've been having trouble with.. things," Eren admitted. They took a turn down a hallway, walking side by side.

"What kind of things?" the brunette grit his teeth.

"A fucking asshole," he said through his teeth. Erwin tilted his head at the brunette.

"Mind explaining?" the blonde asked him.

"Not really.." Eren lost his footing and fell over. He braced himself for the fall, shutting his eyes, but it never came. He opened his eyes again to see that he was being held by two long arms. He turned his head to see that it was Erwin who had caught him, and his face was very close.

"You okay?" the blonde asked him. Eren nodded and quickly tried to get his balance.

(He's too close for comfort.)

As soon as Eren put pressure on his right foot he collapsed to the ground. A dull pain shot up his leg.

"Ughh!" Eren groaned out. Erwin kneeled down next to the brunette and pulled up his pant leg just enough to see his ankle.

"Can you move your foot for me?" he asked as he raised his foot slightly into the air. Eren nodded and rolled his foot around in a circle. It brought pain to do it, but he still did it. Erwin set his foot back onto the ground, making sure to be gentle. "You just twisted it, it'll be fine by morning," he said.

"Thanks," Eren said looking up at the blonde. Erwin looked down at him, inching closer to his face. "E-Erwin? What are you doing?" he asked, stopping the blonde in his tracks.

"Nothing," he said leaning back to put more distance between them. Eren let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"Eren," a deep voice said. They both looked over to see Levi there staring down at them.

"Hello, corporal. It's good to see you again," Erwin said trying to be nice.

"Shut up, brat. What the fuck are you guys doing on the floor, making out?" Levi spat out this question as if he were speaking to trash. Eren grew sad.

"Does it concern you? No, it doesn't, deuche canoe," Eren spat back. His angry glare made Levi angrier than he already was.

"Fine then, be gay all you want with each other. But don't take it to our dorm," he said. Erwin interrupted them.

"Captain, that's not what happened," the blonde stood up, then helped the brunette up as well. He held onto the brunette by swinging one of Eren's arms over his shoulder. "Eren fell and twisted his ankle," Levi's angry expression disappeared and was replaced with a look of concern.

"Is he okay?" Erwin nodded at the corporal. Levi walked closer to them and took over the role of balance supporter for Eren as he took the brunette's arm that was wrapped around the blonde's shoulder and put it over his own. "I'll take him back to the dorm so he can rest."

"Alright, Captain. Goodnight, Eren," Erwin said waving goodbye.

"See you," Eren said watching as his friend walked away. Levi spoke up when the blonde was out of sight.

"I don't like that kid," he said bluntly. Eren looked over at him. "I feel like he's gonna try to steal you from me," Levi's expression was one of worry. The brunette could tell that he really did care about him just from his expression, and that made his heart race.

(But..)

'be gay all you want with each other'

Those words played in his head over and over again. His face darkened as they walked down the hallway back to their dorm room. When they got back, Levi set Eren gently on his bed and looked at his ankle to make sure what Erwin had said was the truth.

"It doesn't look broken. Does it hurt?" Eren nodded his head slightly, letting his hair fall in front of his face to hide his expression. "Eren, are you okay?"

(Stop acting so nice after what you said to me..)

"Eren?" Levi moved closer to him to get a look at his face.

(Stop acting like you care.)

The older male saw the sad expression.

"Eren, what's wrong?"

(Stop saying my name!)

The brunette couldn't fight back the tears.

"Liar.." he choked out. He sobbed as Levi watched him.

"Liar? How am I a liar?"

"What you said.. at training. You lied..." Eren's voice was barely audible. "You don't love me," he couldn't even look at Levi as he spoke.

"Eren, yes I do," the older male said.

"No.. you lied. You don't even remotely care.." Levi didn't want to hear anymore about him lying, so he pulled him into his arms.

"I do care, Eren. You may be a brat sometimes, but I care a lot about you. I want to be with you," his voice was calm and soft. It was soothing to Eren. "You may not feel the same way about me, but know how I feel and accept it. I don't lie to people."

"But Levi, what you said in the hallway.."

('be gay all you want with each other')

"The hallway? I was pissed, and I only said what I did so the guy didn't suspect us."

"But-"

"No more buts," Levi interrupted. Eren held onto him tighter.

"You really love tearing my heart up, don't you?" Eren said, crying into the crook of the older male's neck.

"That's just how love works, I guess."

"Levi?" the brunette looked up at his lover and he looked right back down at him.

"Yeah?"

"I love you, too."