Ok so this story is kind of a continuation of Corporal (which is smut), you guys can go ahead and read that if you want. This is not smut and you don't actually have to read Corporal to understand this.

Enjoy!

Eren woke up and immediately felt strange. He wasn't in the cell, instead he felt warm and comfortable. He opened his eyes and was met with Levi's sleeping face. This was new, he never woke up in Levi's room. Sure, after they would have sex, Levi would allow Eren to rest in his room, but Eren would always leave, and if he did end up falling asleep, he always woke up back in his cell. He wasn't sure how he got there, if Levi would carry him down or he would just stumble his way there. Either way, he never had a morning in Levi's room, let alone his bed.

Eren thought back to the previous day. After him and Levi had finished, Levi let him rest in his office until he had to go back, so as to not raise any questions from the others. When he did get back yo his cell, he had fallen asleep almost immediately, tired from their mid-afternoon activities and helping Hange with her experiments. He faintly remembered Levi going to his cell and waking him up. Did he carry me up here?Eren couldn't really remember any details. Did we have sex? Eren raised the blanket, they were both wearing clothes, Levi's arm was thrown over Eren's stomach, over his shirt. He knew the Corporal wouldn't take advantage of him while he was unconscious. Did we just sleep? It seemed like it.

Eren turned to face Levi, he looked so peaceful. His face was relaxed, no scowl. His breathing came in soft, short, steady, breaths. Eren resisted the urge to touch the Corporal's cheek, choosing instead to put his hand over the hand that was already on his body, holding it.

Levi moved at the touch, making Eren freeze, he was afraid he was going to get punched or something, but instead, the Corporal squeezed his hand and move closer to him, intertwining one of his legs with Eren's. Eren could feel his breath on his neck, it was warm and nice.

He's never laid like this with Levi before, somehow this felt more intimate than when they had sex. He couldn't stop looking at Levi's face. Eren always felt that the Corporal was the most beautiful being he had ever met, but looking at him in this calm state, so close, just made him justify that thought so much more. Eren found himself staring at Levi's lips. They looked so soft, Eren wondered if they were as soft as he remembered. Eren had only kissed Levi once. Sometimes the thought embarrassed him, but not right now, right now he was happy that happened.

Eren had found a vacant closet in the castle one day while he was cleaning, he had been so tired and decided he would hide in there for a while, hoping no one would go looking for him. But he ended up crying, he let his thoughts get to him and he grew scared that he wouldn't be able to control himself and kill his friends, or that he wouldn't be able to save them. He didn't know how long he had been crying, but he was sobbing by the time the Corporal found him.

Instead of scolding him like Eren expected, Levi ended up walking into the small space, closing the door behind him and sitting next to Eren. Eren has been surprised when he felt the Corporal wrap an arm around him and pull him close, allowing Eren to freely cry against his chest.

Once Eren had cried all the tears out, he still had the feeling of crying, but he had no more tears to cry. He felt pressure on his chest that made the breaths he inhaled to be short and he felt as though he wasn't getting enough air, his heart was beating fast and he was becoming scared, which made everything worse.

He looked at Levi, with wide eyes and a face full of fear, that's when Levi kissed him. Eren's heart began to quicken, but he gradually began to feel it slow down, his breathing was going back to normal and he no longer was afraid.

That was the only time Levi ever kissed him on the lips. Eren had marks all across his torso and neck from Levi's lips, but he never felt them against his own again. He could though, right now. Levi wasn't waking up, maybe Eren could just lean in, ever so slowly and...

Levi groaned and his eyes fluttered open, a bit surprised, but then they closed again, "good morning, Eren," his voice still had traces of sleep laced through it.

"I'm so sorry Heichou!" Eren began to sit up, "I'll go back to my cell now an-,"

"No," Levi growled, he grabbed Eren's arm and pulled him back down, "stay here,"

"But what if someone comes looking?"

"They know better than to come in here, besides, I told Erwin last night I was taking you out to train individually early in the morning because you're horrible," Levi spoke into Eren's neck. He had resumed his previous position, except now his head was resting on Eren's shoulder.

"Are we going to train?"

"Eventually," he felt Levi kiss his shoulder, "for now, stay here. Rest. You must still be sore,"

He was right, Eren was still sore, both from their previous activities and actually training.

They lay there in silence, neither of them sleeping nor talking. For the longest time, Eren just stared at the ceiling, thinking about everything that was going on, he didn't know how his relationship with Levi would change after this was all over, when they won. If they won. If it ever ended. Eren sighed.

"What's wrong?" Levi asked him.

Eren shook his head, "it's nothing,"

"Its obviously something, brat. You look like you're about to burst into tears again," Eren blushed at the thought, "tell me,"

"I was just thinking if we really will be able to defeat the Titans," Eren confessed.

"Of course we will, you have your shifting abilities and I'm 'humanities greatest soldier,'" Eren could hear the tone of sarcasm as Levi spoke his nickname, "we'll be fine,"

"But so many people have died already, what if we just keep losing soldiers until there's no one left to defend?" Eren's voice got soft as he spoke, thinking about everyone they could lose.

"There will always be someone to defend, Eren. And wouldn't you rather fight and have hope that we will win instead of sitting back and doing nothing as everyone dies?"

Eren sighed, "I guess you're right. I'm still afraid though, of losing my friends, of dying. I was close to death, if it weren't for my abilities, I'd be dead right now," he felt Levi stiffen next to him and he almost regretted speaking.

"Well, you're not dead. And I'm not going to let you die now. That's why I'm giving you an order now," Eren turned to Levi, their faces a couple inches away from the others, "you'll always stay by my side in battle, or where I can quickly get to you. Is that understood?"

Eren responded by nodding his head. Levi seemed relieved at his answer he leaned forward, his eyes slowly closing. Eren jolted back, making Levi opened his eyes, "Eren?"

"I-I-," why had he stopped? Didn't he want to kiss Levi?

"What's wrong?" Levi was frowning.

"I just, I know that this," he pointed to himself, then Levi, "is just purely physical. And I," he took a deep breath and closed his eyes, 'I have feelings for you, like romantic feelings, and if you kiss me the-," Eren stopped speaking when he felt pressure against his lips, he opened his eyes wide and saw that Levi was kissing him, his eyes closed.

He tried to pull back, but Levi's lips were so much softer than Eren remembered, he just wanted to continue feeling them against his own.

When Levi pulled back, Eren almost wanted to whine, he wanted to feel his lips again. And again. And again.

"I know it's tough," Levi whispered, as though he was afraid of scaring Eren away, "but I don't want this to be just a physical thing. I didn't kiss you before because that just seems so much more personal, and I didn't know how you felt about it. I'm sorry for kissing you now,"

Eren shook his head, leaning into Levi and kissing him this time. This kiss lasted longer, Eren tried to forget everything that had been happening, all the friends they had lost, not wanting to think of all the friends he could lose. Instead, he thought about Levi, and how he wanted the same thing Eren did, at least he wanted more than what they had now. He thought about how happy he was to be laying with Levi like this, he felt safe, and he felt protected, things he never thought he could truly feel.

As least for now he could lay here in his embrace and kiss Levi and hope they could defeat the Titans so that this, this moment with Levi, could be a daily thing.