It was electrifying, a total shock when Eren found himself kissing Levi, not even knowing what he himself was doing. But when they pulled away and Eren got to see that slight flush on Levi's face made him feel much more confident.

"You brat. Of course I love you too." Those words were more than Eren could have hoped for. More than anything he could have wished for. But here he was, with those words being spoken to him. He almost couldn't believe it. With a yawn he felt himself leaning against Levi, the amount of excitement for the day having finally caught up with him. He could feel his eyes drooping, and part of him didn't want to fall asleep on Levi, but part of him did, and that part won as Eren let his eyes close, lightly resting.

Levi stared at the boy resting on his shoulder in a bit of surprise before his face broke out in a smile. That was cute. Falling asleep on his shoulder. He watched the boy for a bit before slowly inching himself out from under him, picking him up carefully. Levi carried Eren bridal style into his room, planning to just carefully tuck the boy in and leave. But just as he put him down he felt a hand grab the front of his shirt.

"Stay." Eren muttered, pulling a surprised Levi down beside him. He wasn't sure what he was even thinking or if he was thinking at all, but even if he was tired and he knew he'd be out like a light any second, he knew he wanted Levi to stay with him.

He smiled to himself when he felt Levi relax beside him, glad that the man had decided to stay as he rolled over, placing an arm over Levi as he quickly faded into sleep.

Mikasa POV

Here she was for what seemed like the millionth time she stood in front of the police station, once again considering telling them exactly where Eren was. But something held her back. Eren didn't seem hurt. He didn't seem scared. But that wasn't enough not to go in right?

With a sigh she stepped inside, she had to do this. She had to give Eren's location to the police. She didn't even pause at the front desk, having been here before enough times already. She immediately demanded to see the head of her case. Walking quickly when she was let inside. She had a feeling that the secretary was tired of seeing her but she didn't care, because she wouldn't have to come back once they had rescued Eren.

"You again, I thought we told you that we would take care of the case. These things take time, we will find your brother." The officer looked tired sitting behind his desk, Mikasa could sense a bit of annoyance in his voice. At this point he had practically given up on trying to keep the asian girl in front of him out of the way, given how often she just barged in.

"Too late. I already found him." Mikasa crossed her arms across her chest as smug smile spread across her face. Quickly grabbing a piece of paper and a pen she wrote down the address of Levi's apartment, leaving it on the officer's desk before turning to leave. Before she found herself regretting it.

Levi POV

Levi watched Eren sleep for a bit before falling into a light sleep, the boys arm still around him. Only a fehours later was when he woke up, woke up to find bright green eyes staring at him. Eren was already awake.

"Morning." Eren said, giving Levi a slight smile before rolling away and sitting up. "You were sleeping for awhile." He commented, standing up and stretching.

"You fell asleep first." Levi protested, sitting up as well. He glanced at the clock, a slight smile on his face when he saw that it was morning. He had slept through the night with Eren beside him. He almost thought he was still dreaming. But he wasn't, and that made it even better. But Eren looked like he had something more serious on his mind.

"Levi. We still need to talk." He started to say, but was cut off by Levi holding a hand up.

"There's nothing to talk about Eren. Didn't we say we loved each other? Isn't that enough?" The last thing Levi wanted was to talk. Couldn't they fall back into their regular routine? With maybe a bit more kissing? But that clearly wasn't Eren's plan.

"Yes there is Levi! Whether I love you or not doesn't change the fact that you kidnapped me! It doesn't change the fact that you're controlling me! You have issues Levi. I want to work through them with you. I want to help you." Eren knew that this talk had to happen, and he would damn well make it happen. Make it happen now.

"Eren, I'm protecting you from this world! I'm protecting you from things that are going to hurt you! I'm protecting you from the side of me that the world forced out. A side you will never meet. Stop trying! Just. Stay, and let me love you. That's all I need from you. Not your fucking help. Can't you understand that?" Levi stood quickly. He wasn't going to sit there and let Eren try and force out that side of him. He wasn't going to sit there and let Eren try to help him. Levi was positive. He didn't need help. Not as long as Eren was there. If only Eren could understand that.

But as far as Eren was concerned Levi was being an idiot. A person can't just heal you by being near! A person can't help you if you insist that they stay away from it! Who would help Levi if not Eren? Eren couldn't think of anyone who would come to mind. It frustrated him. How could he help if Levi kept refusing to talk?!

"I'm 22 Levi! You're a bit too late to be protecting me from the world! You don't need to protect me from you." Eren tried to reach out to Levi. Tried to comfort him, but the man looked hurt as he pulled away, turning from Eren.

"Stop. Eren don't push me. I'm not letting you see that side of me." Levi took one last glance at Eren over his shoulder before heading for the door. He needed air. He needed to compose himself before he snapped. But he never got the chance. Opening the door Levi was struck by déjà vu as he found himself face first with the police.

"Levi Ackerman? You're coming with us for kidnapping and holding someone captive against their will."

Levi quickly glanced back just for a second, the last glance he got of Eren being one of the boy looking terrified. Levi unable to reach him as he was handcuffed and dragged away. Those police officers moving into his home. Talking to his Eren. Levi unable to do anything as his green eyed beauty was exposed to the world he had worked so hard to protect him from.

This had to be a nightmare.

(AN: ahhh school has been so hectic and writers block has made me pretty down and I may or may have not been listening to sad angsty music while writing this. Hehe. Uhh. So this chapter marks the last arc of this story. Expect between 3-5 more chapters until the end.)