Sorry for taking so long.. School is being quite a burden lately.. I'll make sure to update sooner next time though!
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Levi decided to take a shower. The feeling of warm water running down his skin made him feel relaxed. He loved taking long showers. More than bathing and it was also cleaner. Actually.. he didn't like bathing at all..

It's literally soaking in your own filth mixed with water and soap. He trembled at the idea. 'Why.. did I offer him to bathe together..' He thought to himself. He pushed his forehead against the wall. 'I've been saying things lately..'

'It's like I don't have control over it..' He really wondered why he said certain things at certain times. Sometimes feeling very embarrassed, having regrets… That was normal, he is human too after all. But it didn't happen very often that he doubted or regretted something he had said..

He wasn't the person to talk without thinking. That was one of the reasons why he was always calm and silenced. He really thought well about the things he said.. Normally..

Why was it different now? 'puberty' The word crossed his mind. Could that be true? Was he experiencing puberty all over again? 'Impossible..'

Levi sighed. He decided that starting tomorrow he'd act like his age never changed. And he would act normal around Eren. Especially the second one. He used to be good at it. So he could be now. Once he finished showering he got back to his room and tried to sleep.

…

Eren shifted around in his uncomfortable dungeon bed. Not that he'd complain of course. He was grateful that these people wanted to take care of him. And he had to respect that. He rolled on his back and stared at the ceiling.

It had been almost three hours and he still couldn't get a wink of sleep. Everything was weird though.. after all, the corporal changed into a seventeen years old teenager. They.. cuddled behind a tree.. He kicked the shit out of him while practicing and failing a new gas method.. Hanji had scared the shit out of both of them.. Jup a lot of stuff had happened.

'Was that offer for taking a bath..?' Eren turned to stare at his door. 'Nope.. never' he thought. It was obvious that it was a joke! Corporal would never ask something like that. Especially not Eren. This was all weird..

The things he felt when embracing Levi.. He already knew he had feelings for him.. But right at that moment he knew for sure.. 'I think I like him.. maybe..' Eren covered his face in embarrassment. 'Oh my god! Why?!' He thought to himself.

He peeked through his fingers and saw his door. It gave him an idea. Eren stood up and walked over to the door. Maybe a little stroll would do the trick! He opened the door..

…

Pictures of Eren kept on flashing in his mind. 'Why.. the fuck..' After two hours of trying to go to sleep Levi shot up. 'This brat..' He walked over to the door. When Levi couldn't sleep, felt pissed, couldn't concentrate or needed something to calm his thoughts he'd pace around the building. And right now he was bearing with all of the above..

He really liked taking walks, especially when it was dark. He took his cloak with him in case he decided to go and take a walk outside. He closed the door behind him with a solid click and started pacing around the building making sure not to wake anyone.

His thoughts kept on trailing back to Eren and before he knew it he found himself standing in front of the door to Eren's dungeon. He raised his hand to grab the doorknob. It was like his body was on autopilot or something.. Before he could tough the knob..

Eren twisted the know and opened the door just to see Levi standing there. He blinked twice just to make sure this wasn't a dream or something. When Levi gave him a questioning look he was sure.

''What where you planning on, brat?'' The word brat triggered something in Eren. It always did. But coming from small teenage Levi it was even worse. ''I could ask you the same, sir.''

Eren said the word 'sir' in a teasing way. He knew since a short time ago that Levi didn't really appreciate the word for some reason. To be completely honest Eren had no clue why. Levi just 'tch'd' and turned around.

''Come, where taking a walk outside.'' Eren looked at him weird. He pointed at Levi and then at himself. ''Like this?'' He said this to remind Levi about the fact that they both where completely unarmed. ''It's not like where going to walk for days shitty brat.'' Levi's sarcastic comment didn't seem to impress Eren in any way.. He just gave Levi a blank stare waiting for an insult or something like that.

Much to Eren's surprise Levi just stared back, sighed and turned around. He walked off. Eren strolled behind him unconsciously keeping distance and making sure he wouldn't end up walking next to him. For some odd reason Eren had the idea he wasn't allowed to walk next to his corporal.

Levi wasn't very font of this. He abruptly stopped and turned around.

Eren wasn't looking and bumped into Levi's chest. ''Uwa!'' He dashed back. ''S-sorry, sir!'' Levi looked at him with his usual expression. ''Why so distant?'' He asked bluntly. Eren looked at his feet. ''Because.. I don't know..''

''Come walk next to me then.. don't be such a dipshit, Eren.'' Eren awkwardly started walking next to Levi. He kept quiet all the time and Levi didn't like it one bit. After a little while Eren started walking behind Levi again.. The situation was just getting more awkward every second.. When they left the castle and finally were alone Levi decided to break the silence.

''Good..'' He started when he abruptly stopped walking and turned around again to face Eren, who was prepared this time and stood still. ''First of all, didn't I tell you to fucking walk next to me like a normal fucking person?'' He said. ''So-'' Before Eren could finish his apology Levi continued. ''Second, What's with you being so fucking quiet all the time? Are you just messing with me or something? Cause I don't like this shit, Eren.''

Levi shot Eren an angry glare while waiting for his response. ''Sorry..'' Eren stared at the floor. ''It's just.. like.. you know..'' Levi gave him a blank stare. Eren who fumbled with words softened his features. Levi himself didn't understand his own feelings either. Even when he was older he didn't. They were only two years apart now. The age gap was closed.. So that made Levi's feelings even worse.

''Let's go back..'' Eren's eyes widened. Not at the words of his corporal. The way he said it startled Eren. His voice as if he was defeated, as if he gave up on something. How strange.. ''I'm sorry..'' Eren said even though he didn't know what he was apologizing for. He just felt so guilty for some odd reason.. Like the whole ordeal with Hanji and Levi turning into a teenager was his fault.

Eren felt tears whelming up in the corners of his eyes. ''Oi.. What is going on?'' Levi asked. He watched as Eren wiped away his tears and forced a smile. ''I'm so sorry corporal..'' Levi was stunned. What the hell just happened? ''Oi.. What are you apologizing for?'' Every time Eren wiped away a tear a new one formed till they were uncontrollably streaming down his cheeks. ''If I.. had warned back then you.. This.. I'm so sorry!'' Eren ran away and left Levi alone standing in the cold.

'It's cold..' He thought while he wrapped his cloak tightly around him. ''Tch.. brat..''

All on his own Levi walked over to his own room. He laid down on his cold bed and wrapped the covers around him as a cocoon. He turned on his back and stared at the ceiling. He was used to being lonely but.. This feeling was different. The feeling of losing someone close to you.. It was that same feeling he'd been dealing with not very long ago. 'Love.. can ruin a friendship, can't it..?' Levi thought to himself.

''Let's be friends!''

Levi's eyes widened but then quickly turned back into his usual glare. ''Shit..'' If he were to show his feelings.. And Eren would reject him.. How could he look at him, talk to him, train with him or even be with him normally? 'So that's what it means then..' He thought.

'It's better if I don't tell him.. or show it.. I don't wanna ruin this new ''friendship'' thing for him..' he thought. Maybe it would eventually get him closer. He.. would just wait for now. 'Tch.. If I can' He smirked at himself. 'I really am the worst..'

But aside from Eren there was also a lot of other shit to worry about. Not that Levi could get his mind on it. He now had titan powers.. at about regeneration he could be sure. Hanji.. indeed had a good reason to cut him.. She'd better not be doing it for fun though, crazy woman.

''Oooohohohoo.. Wouldn't that be great..'' The crazy woman spoke over the table as she fumbled with some paperwork. ''I don't know.. Hanji..'' The blonde on the other side of the table looked concerned. ''I's very risky indeed.. I know that! But.. All the possibilities.. And I just wonder..'' The blonde nodded. ''Hm.. I understand.. But, not now.'' He stated.

''Aaah! But Erwin!'' Erwin stood up from the table. ''Be patient Hanji.. Just wait a little more.'' Hanji sighed deep and nodded. ''Yes, yes.. First he has to settle some other things himself.. I know, I know.'' Erwin turned around and looked Hanji over. The expressions she'd been showing lately had been odd..

Her normal expressions where odd too, though. But the faces she'd been showing where weird.. It concerned Erwin.. Whenever she talked about her experiment on Levi she.. seemed to turn into another woman.. ''Hanji..'' Hanji turned around and gave Erwin, who had walked over to the door behind her, a wide grin. ''What is it?'' Erwin shrugged. ''Nothing.. Never mind..'' He left the room. ''Haaah? Weirdo..'' Hanji thought.

Hanji went back to her lab to study some more, She still had the blood samples she got herself and was eager to know more. ''hehehe.. You are very Handy..'' A dark aura clouded around Hanji as she spoke to herself. ''Levi..'' Her voice sounded dark and low.

She carefully grabbed one of the cylinders filled up with some of Levi's blood. She held it in front of her face and stirred it a little bit by moving the cylinder in a circular motion. ''Such a dark colour..'' She murmured. ''Looks like wine..'' She smiled wildly. 'I've always been interested in the dark colour of your blood.. Matches your personality..''

She stared up at the ceiling. ''Mistakes.. shall be gotten rid of..'' She murmured. She threw the cylinder at the wall, It broke with a lot of noise but it didn't seem to startle her in any way. She watched as the dark red liquid drooled down the wall.

As the blood dried it turned.. black?

'I knew you were a weirdo.. And I made that mistake..' Hanji trailed her finger over the dried black blood. ''How.. fascinating..'' Eren's blood would immediately start to create a fog and then disappear just like that from a titan.

Levi's though.. It had been like this before.. before she turned him into a bratty teenager.. She saw it once.. No wonder he didn't want to get hurt.. And if he did he wanted no one to help him. He coughed up blood and obviously he had stared at his hand in confusion and disgust. Only Hanji saw it..

It was black..

After a whole night of studying, Hanji finally went to sleep..

Next morning..

Levi opened his eyes as the morning light broke into his room. The second he woke up he was reminded of all the events that had been taking place recently. They were quite a burden on his shoulders.. He decided to skip breakfast, even though that really isn't him, and stay in his warm futon cocoon of safety.

He sighed and closed his eyes again.. He had a weird dream too.. About Eren.. but most outstanding Hanji. She was already acting a little weird.. In his dream she was a witch. She fumbled and turned Eren in some kind of uncontrollable monster. In the end.. he had no choice but to kill him. ''Ah.. That's true..'' Levi lifted his hand as he spoke.

He touched his cheek.

It was wet.

Also his pillow and a part of his 'safety cocoon' was soaked with.. ''Tears..'' 'yeah.. I am not very font of killing Eren I suppose..' He huffed in his pillow. 'What now..?' He wondered. He tried to remember other parts of his dream. Hanji kept mumbeling the same sentence over and over again..

''If you make a mistake..''

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''You get rid of them..''

Hanji smashed her desk violently. She had gone completely insane in mere seconds. ''He's.. like a bug..'' She laughed. ''I can't.. get rid of him.. I.. just can't..'' She turned around peeking at the door to make sure no one was watching her.

''The walls have ears..'' She hesitated for a bit. ''Then walls.. I'll tell you..'' She grabbed the sides of her desk and dug her nails into the wood. ''I'll make sure.. I'll clean it up.. my mess..'' Her voice became darker with every word she spoke. She took a deep breath.

''I'll..''

She smirked at the her desk.

''I'll kill him.''

SORRY! For making Hanji a creep.. Don't worry about it though, that's all I can say about it for now.
I saw the OVA and was like: ''Must.. make.. Hanji.. scary like there!'' Hehehe.. Sorry peopleys!

C YA!