Eren awoke once again from a strange dream. A quick look around his cell made him see Levi, Erwin, and Hanji all talking. Eren rolled his eyes at seeing Levi.
"no! absolutely not!" Levi argued with whatever Hanji and Erwin were suggesting. Eren pretened to be asleep while listening to their arguement.
"Levi, come on! It will be fun!" Hanji jumped up and down happily. "It gives you bonding time, just Corporal and Soilder!" Hanji fixed their glasses from falling off.
"shut up shitty eyes! I fucking said no! so unless you fucking knock me out and put me in the middle of no where with that shit! I am not going!" Levi glared at them both while sitting down.
"Levi, It is just to scout the area you will only be gone for 3 days a week at most" Erwin sighed leaning back in his chair.
"fine, but I get a years supply of Tea and Bleach!" Levi shoved Hanji out of the way and basically stabbed Erwin with his finger. "Brat! get up!" Levi unlocked the cell and stepped in. "you need to get ready and pack at least a weeks worth of supplies!" Levi threw the blanket off Eren's shivering body. Eren ignored him still pretending to sleep "Oi! Jeager!" Levi rest a hand on the hard mattress leaning on it for support. "Brat! you can't be that hard to wake up!" Levi was about to slap him but his hand slipped (the one supporting him) and he fell on top of Eren.
Levi was to flushered to move and Eren was to shocked to do anything. Hanji was rolling on the floor giggiling while Erwin tried to hide his laughs behind his hand.
"S-Sir?" Eren asked trying to sit up.
"Don't fucking move! Erwin get me off this smelly shit, now!" Erwin didn't move instead he left the room pretending to be to burried in his reading he couldn't hear. "shit face!" before Levi could finish they used their gear and whipped away with the wind out of the open window. "fine, fuck you all!" Levi got off Eren and dusted himself off. Eren surely was fully awake now. Levi slapped Eren and left from the cell leaving it unlocked, since he couldn't trust Eren not to freak out and go titan the corporal stayed in the room out of sight from Eren but still could see the teen from an angle.
Eren got dressed and opened his cell completely ignoring his captain going straight to the top floor to clean.
Levi felt his heart sting that Eren didn't even say 'morning' or asked how he slept like he usually does. Levi grabbed Eren's arm stopping him. "go eat, I can finish up here" Levi tried to sound soft and easy with the boy but it turned out more like an order since his voice didn't do easy. Eren didn't give a response just shrugged his hand off and put the bucket down. The titan shifter turned to Leave, he took a glance at Levi he was grabbing the broom. Eren left the room but let himself spy on the captain.
Levi Put on his regular cleaning attire and swept the floor. Eren felt chills as he had seen this before. Of course he saw it on a daily basis, Levi cleaning was nothing new. The clothes he was wearing and the way the room looked, that's what sent chills. Eren shook his head "no, it was just a dream not reality" Eren took a deep breath "guess I should pack" Eren grabbed 2 sleeping bags along with other supplies they would need.
Levi finished cleaning and put on his cloak that made Eren even more uneasy since it looked like the cloak from his dream. Levi scoffed when Eren turned pale. Levi got on his horse and ushered it on. Eren followed the same movements close behind his captain.
The ride was long and boring since it was only the two of them, Humanity's last hope and Humanity's strongest on a trip together. Eren normally would have been talking about anything and everything that crossed his mind while Levi gave quick answers. Now Eren didn't even look at the captain as he watched the sky or anything else. Eren started to play a game by himself counting how many trees he could see before Levi would throw an order at him. Eren was almost to 200 when Levi tried to start a conversation.
"why have you ignored me this morning?" Levi calmly asked turning his horse around to face Eren. The cadet didn't answer only made his attention face elsewhere. "Jeager! My eyes are here!" Levi clearly was hurt by Eren's actions of choosing not to talk or even look at him.
"Because, I don't feel well" Eren urged his horse forward making Levi do the same. Levi walked a little behind Eren until he caught up and was side-by-side with him.
"Bull fucking shit! You are never sick!" Levi hated Lies and Erwin lied to him on a daily bases about missions and if they understood Eren's abilities. "Tell me what is bothering you, and be fucking honest or I will leave you out here!" Levi was short tempered that was for sure he only had a longer patience with Eren and it was running out fast.
"something is bothering me, it happened recently" Eren was surprisingly calm about this while the corporal was about to blow a fuse. "yesterday to be exact" Eren kept his eyes forward "and this morning along with last night, It's just been weird" Levi gave a sincere worried look.
"do you need to... talk about it?" Levi asked awkwardly.
"only if you believe in magic and true love" Eren responded not trusting the captain to keep it a seceret but he neeeded to tell someone, he would wait till he could talk to Mikasa and Armin but he needed to talk like, now.
"Try me, I have seen so much shit it is hard to not believe in that stuff anymore" Levi looked at the map, "this is the place, unpack and set up camp with me and we can talk" Levi got off his horse and took the bags and supplies.
Levi and Eren set everything up by the time nightfall came. "alright brat, talk" Levi lay down on the grass and watched the stars.
"well I have been having dreams lately that haven't really made any sense" Eren joined his captain laying in the grass. "Today I saw something that happened in my dream"
Levi hummed, "well what are these dreams about?" Levi closed his eyes making a wish as a shooting star flew passed.
"umm, about you, you and me" Eren mumbled. Levi smirked, luckily it was dark enough where Eren couldn't see.
"what were we doing?" Levi asked being a cheeky shit.
"well, I remeber in one you had ice abilities" Levi's smirk left and his stoic exspression showed. "in the one last night," Eren paused thinking. "sir? Levi opened one eye and grunted. "have you ever read a story called Cinderella?" Levi nodded "well it was like that, you were cinderella and I was," Eren stopped turning bright red.
"continue cadet" Levi shivered as the wind blew past
"I was the prince and-"
"and we got married?" Levi interupted rembering the story his uncle gave him long ago. Eren nodded.
No words were shared as they stared at the sky Levi was tired of the silence. "Jeager" Eren turned his head to see Levi looking at him. "do you, despise me?" Eren felt his heart quicken. Levi never cared if anyone hated him or liked his company, some girls had a crush on him Levi didn't even bat a Lash at that. Eren didn't know if he knew the answer to that either.
"why does it matter?" Eren asked.
Levi scoffed "answering a question with a question? well to tell the truth Jeager I would like to know" Levi shifted a little.
Eren bit his top lip. "if I tell you how I feel will you tell me how you feel about me?" Eren looked back at the sky.
"alright"
Eren took a deep breath " Corporal, I used to have a crush on you."
Levi raised a brow. "used to?"
Eren nodded "when I was younger but I grew up and began to just admire you, but after yesterday..."
"you hate me"Levi finished. Eren nodded. "I see, is there a way to, nevermind" Levi clentched his fist.
"but, after those dreams, I'm not really sure anymore" Eren thought. Without realizing it Eren gave Levi some hope.
"so, you don't hate me?" Eren shook his head.
"it's confusing sir, I hate you, admire you, and at the same time don't" Eren sighed as Levi gave a puzzled look.
"you really are a teenager" Levi remebered when he was a teen he was robbing, killing, and surviving to live the next shitty day. "as I was going to say before, Is there a way to change that opinion?" Levi asked simply turning towards Eren.
"maybe sir, I don't quite know" Eren stood up and held his hand out to the corporal. "It's getting late, I'll keep first watch you head to sleep" Levi grabbed Eren's hand and stood. The titan shifter did as he said he would, after eating Levi went to his tent to rest while Eren lay on the grass again watching the stars.