As the early morning sun entered through the broken window, Eren sat upright, stretching his aching body. He was exhausted both emotionally and physically, but knew that he had to wake. Now that the sun was up, the bruises and cuts from the battle were fully visible, revealing blackened patches of skin. For some reason, the morning was dead silent. No birds were chirping, no titans could be heard, only the sound of the wind blowing. Something was wrong. Perplexed by the silence, Eren looked over to Levi, still lying down, not moving a muscle, in a pool of blood.

"LEVI!" Eren screamed, lunging towards the captain. Panicked, Eren placed his head over Levi's chest, desperately trying to find his heartbeat. Nothing. How long had he been in this state? Tears began to well in the soldiers eyes as he felt the cold chest of the captain on his cheek. So, so cold.

"NO! NO YOU CAN'T! YOU CAN'T DIE!" Darting upright once again, Eren clasped his hands together and began pumping Levi's chest, repeatedly beating down on him, not caring about the pool of blood he now kneeled in.

I won't let him go. I won't let him die!

Eren grasped Levi's head, opening his mouth and breathing into it. Even with the deep breaths of the soldier, there was still no response. He returned to pumping the heart, tears flooding his eyes, blurring his vision. He is still so cold. So pale and so cold.

"PLEASE, PLEASE LEVI, BREATH!" He stopped. The room still silent except for the panting breath of Eren.

"Please." Eren whispered. It felt as though the world was standing still. Everything became meaningless. Eren fell onto the motionless commander, head on his chest once again. Silently, his tears fell. Quietly, he started humming. The low buzz of his voice resonated through both him and the body. Even with his choked up throat, he just kept on humming, in a way that a mother would calm a crying child. After a minute of the humming, he started to sing.

"Where ever you go,

Whatever you do,

I will be right here, waiting for you.

Whatever it takes,

Or how my heart breaks,

I will be right here waiting for you."

His voice was slow and interrupted by deep inhales, but echoed with loneliness and pain.

"I took for granted, all the times

That I thought would last somehow.

I hear the laughter, I taste the tears,

But I can't get near you now"

"Where ever you go,

Whatever you do,

I will be right here, waiting for you.

Whatever it takes,

Or how my heart breaks,

I will be right here waiting for you."

Once again, there was silence. Deafening silence. Eren's heart felt like it was ripping in two, like someone had cut out a chunk of his very being. He shut his eyes, hoping that it was all just a nightmare that he could wake from, waiting for these horrible occurrences to end.

Ba Bum

Eren's eyes widened in shock.

It couldn't be...

Gently, he moved his head closer to the chest.

Ba Bum- Ba Bum- Ba Bum

Eren quickly sat up, moving his head towards Levi's.

"Levi?" No reply. He put his fingers over the cold lips, hoping for a sign of breathing. Nothing. It couldn't be that he was just imaging things. "Levi... please..." Eren moved towards Levi, locking his lips with his own and offering his breath.

Suddenly, Levi moved, gasping for air underneath Eren. Immediately, Eren fell backwards, completely in disbelief. There, before his eyes, was Levi, alive.

Levi's breathing was fast and short, his body unable to retrieve the oxygen needed. More blood began to pour out of the wound, adding to the pool lying under him.

"L-Levi?" Eren became paralysed. Nothing seemed real. He couldn't tell what was reality and what was fake. Was he still dreaming? Or had he gone crazy with no hope of finding his sanity?

"E-E-Eren..." Levi's voice was deep and riddled with agony. With his right, usable hand, he lifted it towards Eren's face for comfort. His hand is still cold, shaking and weak, but without a doubt real.

"Levi..." Eren returned the touch with his own hand, warming it instantly.

"Eren... your singing... it was beautiful." A small but powerful smile appeared on the captain's face, brightened even more by the sun.

"L-LEVI!" Yelling at the top of his voice, tears began streaming down his face once more, only this time they were tears of joy. Flopping on top of the commander, he wrapped his arms around his slender neck tightly, showing no signs of releasing his grasp anytime soon. "I thought I would never see you again... I thought you had left me! I'm so glad you're alive!" Rivaille's lit up, surprised by soldier's words. Never before had Levi been loved. Never before had he felt needed for simply being alive. Lying there in Eren's arms filled him with that irreplaceable warmth that he felt the previous night. With this feeling running through his very core, he shed a single tear of happiness and grasped onto Eren's hair once again.

Levi let out a small cry of pain "Urgh"

"Sorry, I'll try and be more gentle" Changing the blood soaked blanket around Levi's arm was not going to be an easy task, but keeping it on was out of the question. No one could of been prepared for what laid under the make shift bandage. The bite wound over night had become a sickening black colour, smelling of puss and infection. It was unbearable to be around even for a few seconds, let alone having the smell be on your person the whole time. No wonder it hurt to remove the blanket. The blood had acted as a sticky adhesive against the blanket, making the wound even worse. Eren couldn't help but take blame for everything that happened, he was the one that pushed Levi to his limit yesterday and was the reason he got bitten in the first place.

"Eren, it's not your fault. Don't beat yourself up about it."

"Ha- you've always been able to read me just like a book. I promise, I will bring you home." Using the blankets from the previous night as the new bandages, Eren began to finish up. Quickly, Eren glanced over at Levi's eyes. They were squinted and red, showing his pain clearly. They didn't look like his eyes. "All done."

"Thank you Eren. We need to get moving now." Before Eren could do anything, Levi began to lift himself up, preparing to stand.

"Levi! You can't do this by yourself, let me carry you!" Taking the captain's arm are slinging it around his own neck, Eren stood up and began to open the door.

"Wait Eren! Promise me one thing."

"Anything"

"Promise me that if anything was to endanger your own life, that you will drop me and run. You must run away and not look back. Forget me and get to safety."

"I won't leave you! I would rather die then leave you behind!"

"EREN! LISTEN TO ME! YOU MUST LEAVE ME BEHIND, PROMISE ME! PROMISE ME THAT YOU WILL FORGET!"

Looking into the captain's eyes now, Eren could no longer see agony, but pleading eyes that longed to be accepted. Eyes that showed his concern and love. Eyes that could do nothing but watch at the sidelines. Lost eyes.

"I promise, captain."