Eren passed Petra.

"Outside!" She shouted behind Eren. Eren ran outside and caught his breath for a moment, then he looked.

Nothing.

Eren ran further past the trees. He head overflowing with thoughts.

Thoughts the boy never thought he would have.

About twenty minutes ago, Hanji had told the boy about the news. Eren had never though it would turn out like this. He never thought he would ever come to the point to think like this. And he wondered if it was his fault.

Levi was leaving.

Levi rode on his horse, not daring to look back. He decided to do something stupid, but he knew he couldn't stay.

He left Hanji in charge of his squad for the moment, he didn't know if his leave would be temporary or permanent. He had told Erwin that he needed a "break" and explained why. The man understood Levi's situation and agreed to his temporary leave.

Eren kept running. Why hadn't he noticed before? It was his fault Levi was leaving. It's because he said something like that.

Levi couldn't stay. If he stayed any longer, he would screw up the teen's life. Levi was wrong for confessing to Eren in the first place.

Eren tripped over a rock, falling to the ground and getting covered in dirt. He got up and kept running forward.

Wait. Eren had just noticed. There were... tears in his eyes? He was crying? The boy felt pathetic.

The Corporal headed for the town. He swore he would forget about Eren and what happened. And once he did, he would go back.

But can you honestly forget someone that meant the whole world to you?

Eren had been running for fifteen minutes. He finally stopped when he reached a figure. It was Levi. He had his back turned to him, not noticing him there.

Levi stopped to drink some water. Well, that was his original intention until he heard a voice behind him.

"Heichou!"

Eren. That brat.

The boy ran up to Levi and his horse with tears trickling down his cheeks. He stood next to the Corporal and looked up at him.

"I don't want to see your face, you shi-."

"I love you."

Levi paused for a moment.

"I don't want to hear your shit. I'm leaving."

"I love you."

"I heard you the first time. Now if you excuse me-"

"I love you, Levi."

That one really went to him. Levi got off his horse and faced the boy. Eren was about to seriously cry. Levi couldn't resist such a face.

Eren looked deeply into the Corporal's eyes before throwing his arms around the man's waist. He cried on Levi's chest, wetting his shirt. The man slowly wrapped his arms around Eren's waist, bringing him closer. Eren looked up to see Levi's face, wet with hot tears.

They took one moment to look at each other before they kissed each other roughly. Levi held Eren's head and forced Eren's mouth to open. He inserted his tongue into his mouth, their saliva mixing.

Eren wasn't used to this kind of feeling. Another man was violating his mouth. The boy let a few moans out, causing Levi to become more intense.

When they finally pulled away, Eren panted hard, his face red with blush.

"Don't leave…"

"I'm not going anywhere."

"I love you, Corporal."

"You told me that four times. And your clothes are filthy."

Eren remembered tripping and falling back before.

"W-Well sorry….I tripped and fell in the dirt…"

"We need to take you back and get you cleaned up."

A/N: Did I give you the ultimate punishment by making you wait more than a week? (Okay, probably not)

I was busy. Very busy. And I planned to post this on Friday, but, OH LOOK, it's Sunday.