LLL- New chappie is all I gotta say.

Hange- I think you forgot something

LLL- And what might that be?

Hange - You don't own SNK/AOT

LLL- Oh.. right. Thanks for reminding me.

The sun is just starting to lower itself in the air as Levi walks through the district. The very feeling of Eren's lips on his still lingers warmly. The humidity outside doesn't help how hot he still is, but luckily the hardening mass in his pants has began to calm itself. Random people walk past him without acknowledgement. Then two kids run in front of him. He stops walking and looks down at their glittering eyes. The smiles on their faces are hopeful and he raises his eyebrows. "What."

"Hi Sir, you're from the scouting regiment, right?" One of the younger kids asks.

"Yes."

"W...we think that's so cool! One day we're going to become soldiers too. We're going to fight!"

"Yeah!" The other kid jumps. "We're going to find so hard that the titans are going to turn on their heels and run."

Levi nods carelessly, waiting for the little boys to run away. "Hey mister, what's you name?"

He huffs in annoyance. "Levi."

They both gasp, eyes wide and excited. "No way! You're like the strongest person alive!"

Levi's breath catches in his throat at this. He's never liked being described as strong. "Thanks." He mumbles. The kids exchange anxious, giddy glances and then salute to him, putting their fist over their hearts. He simply stares at the young ones not wanting to become emotionally moved. It always brings pain in the end. He bends down on one knee and looks them in the eyes. "You want to be a part of the scouting regiment, lower your hopes to nothing and let go of everything you hold dearly."

Their expressions change immediately, showing nothing but shock and a hint of fear. With that, he stands and walks past them. Their eyes follow him, sad and confused. He holds no remorse over his words being they are true. The scouting regiment doesn't bring happiness. It does nothing but provide false hope and death. He walks along, passing the house. Soon he finds himself in the Titan holding area. He walks in while Hange is looking at Annie. She turns around when hearing his entrance and smiles brightly. He continues toword her.

"Hiya Boss! I've finally got it! The crystal bre..." Her sentence is halted when Levi slaps her across the face. She steps back with surprised eyes. "W..wha..?"

"You injured Eren today. That cut in his hand was from your blade. There was no mistaking it."

She h. "I uffs a weak smile. "That's all? You had me worried for a second."

"Do you know how much danger you put him in?"

"Frankly, no. To a titan, something like that is merely a scratch."

"It could turn a human into a titan." His voice is heavy and angry.

"Oh," she laughs.

"Don't let this happen again!" He shouts, not letting her speak.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean any harm. I think it's just that I haven't slept lately. I was irritable. I forgot how much you cared for..."

"I don't.. I don't care about him." He turns around sharply, black hair flipping.

"Tell that to the hand print on my face," she giggles.

"Why did you even do it?" He asks, trying to change the subject.

"The answer is titan blood. The crystal breaks only if Titan blood is applied. Normal human blood won't work."

"How can you be so sure?"

"When Eren's blood gets on it, it breaks off. When my blood is on it there is no reaction."

"Are you sure its not just a working of different blood types..."

"NO!" She steps forward, closer to him. "Stop going around it! It's clear as day. We need Eren's blood."

"OK. We'll see. But you are never to lay a hand on him with out me around. Without anyone around." Levi takes his eyes from her when saying this.

"What happened with Eren today?"

"He visited Erwin."

"Why?"

"I don't know." He releases a long sigh. "I only saw him just as he was going into the building but Erwin asked him to kill Reiner."

"Reiner? He's one of the newbies."

"Yeah... when Eren refused Erwin grab his hand and tried to force him to change."

"Oh!' Hange says, finally seeing the weight of her actions. Levi doesn't speak and turns his back to her, starting to walk. "I'm sorry. I'll make sure he stays safe."

"I told you. I don't care." Those words being said, he walks out of the stone prison with a lump in his throat and emotions torn to shreds. Despite his feelings his face his expressionless. He gets to the house where he sees Mikasa, Eren, Jean, Sasha and Armin together. He looks at them for a few brief seconds. His eyes travel to Eren and he remembers that whisper. Suddenly the room feels as if it has burst into flames. Eren looks away quickly and takes a bite of bread.

"Hey!" Sasha whines. "That was mine!"

Levi walks past the group and goes up stairs.

"I wonder what Levi's mind is like," Armin says. "He never really talks."

"And when he does, none of it makes since," Mikasa grunts.

"Or he's trying to kill a titan with a witty pun that isn't meant to be funny," Jean adds. Everyone shoots Jean a curious look. Except of Eren, who still hold the bread with his lips. Stuck in a boiling daze. Sasha snatches it out of his mouth and takes a bite off of it. After sitting in Eren's mouth for so long that it got soggy. Armin's face contorts in disgust.

"Eren, are you OK? You're really red..." Mikasa has a somewhat concerned look on her face.

"Maybe it was Levi," Jean states, leaning back in his chair. "He makes everyone nervous.

Mikasa shoots a curious look at him as he straightens his thoughts. "I'm fine. Hand is just bothering me a bit." He holds his bandaged hand up.

"I still can't believe Hange did that," Armin comments.

"She had to have had her reasons," Eren says, finally returning his cool. Heavy footsteps are heard trudging down the steps and Levi appears in his cleaning attire that everyone is so accustomed to seeing him in. He holds a broom in one hand and a feather duster in the other. His eyes glare angrily at Sasha.

"Potato girl, your room has crumbs everywhere. Is disgusting. Go fix it. Now."

She puts her eyes down, annoyed like a teenager who's mom has just told her to do her chores. "Why do you still call me that..."

"Because when you walk you leave a damn trail of potato crumbs. Get sweeping." He hands her a broom and she slugs up the stairs. "Mikasa, there is so much dust we are breathing like chimneys. Take care of it." He hands her the feather duster and she takes it with the usual neutral face, then leaves. "The rest of you, I don't care what you do, but whatever it is it better be contributing to the cleanliness of your existence. I better not see anyone sitting until I can see my face in the brick."

Jean grunts. "I understand you're the boss in battle but who are you to order us around like this now?"

Levi's stare turns into a death glare. "I can have you working the fields everyday faster than a titan can swallow you. Would you like to test the difference?"

Jean grabs a mop from nowhere and clears the space. Armin has also disappeared leaving Eren sitting at the table alone. He tries to smile but Levi turns away from him, not even speaking. Mikasa sees the brief exchange. Until sunset they clean until there is literally nothing else to be done within the house. Sash has long since fallen asleep and Connie and Reiner returned to the house late after their share of wall and clearing duty. Levi said nothing to them so they sit, quietly chatting, at the table. Jean and Armin stand at the window, gazing in amazement at Levi.

"Is...is he...?" Armin gulps fearfully.

"Yeah," Jean whispers. "He's mopping the sidewalk."

"I'm scared."

"I say we go in our rooms and pretend we're sleeping."

"What? That's the worst idea you've ever had... I don't want to think of the ways he'll wake us up."

"Will you two please stop worrying so much?"

Jean turns around to Connie. "Easy for you to say, he didn't threaten to feed you to a titan."

"He didn't say that," Armin grumbles, with a side glance.

"It was implied," Jean whispers, fearful. He looks back out of the window but sees nothing. "He's gone!" The two scream and run up the stairs.

"Wimps."

Levi walks around the side of the building with the mop only to see Mikasa casually leaning against the side. He raises an eyebrow at her expectant expression. "I assume you're done?"

"Yeah," she grunts sarcastically. "I dusted the oxygen. But that's not why I'm here."

"Then could you get to it, I'm busy." He pulls the mop out of the bucket and before it can hit the ground, she grabs a hold of it He tilts his head at her, narrow eyes not changing. She takes it and breaks it across her knee. He raises his eyebrows and then rolls his eyes with a sigh. "I'm listening."

"What happened with Eren today?"

The name brings a pinch to his stomach but he shows no sign of it as usual. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"His hand was nearly cut in half today."

"Hange did it."

"And how do you know?"

"She told me. Are we done now?"

"No. He has stitches. What doctor did he go to?"

"How the hell should I know? Did you ask him?"

"He said it was someone you referred him to."

Levi doesn't budge. "He's lying to you. He didn't even speak to me today."

Mikasa's face becomes stern as she notices that Levi has seen straight through her trap. He knows that Eren wouldn't have dared tell her anything about him after what happened. "Why did you apologize before leaving yesterday?" Suddenly her tone changes from furious to desperate. Levi looks off into the dirt without replying. "Listen, I don't care about your feelings but you better not get him killed. Like Petra." Her words stab at Levi like hot knives. "Your carelessness for others lives when we are out there is too risky."

"And you're any better?!" He retorts. This is the first time Mikasa has ever seen the leader show any type of emotion and she smirks.

"Yes. Because to me Eren's life comes before mine. He comes before humanity. I'd never let him die."

Levi turns away from her, making sure not to show her anything. He walks away from her. "You owe me a new mop." Then he turns the corner.

Everyone sleeps through the house with a snore

The sun is down and the outside is dark. Eren sits on his bed, unwilling to fall asleep, only thinking about his day. Some events confuse him, others he wants to forget while some he wishes he could relive. The feeling of Levi's hands caressing his face when he kissed him. Eren's hand travels to his cheek. Frantically he shakes his head. "No. We're both men," he whispers to himself in distress. "That's not right." He looks out of the window at the alley below. Suddenly he hears a squeak and turns around. His door has cracked open and he sees an eye peek in. Quickly the door shuts and he runs to it, swinging it open and chasing the person down the steps. They run out of the door and he continues pursuit.

When he is outside he sees a shadow run around the building. Knowing the area well, he knows that side only runs into one alley. He turns the other way at full speed. On his third turn he collides with the person. The impact causes them both to fall to the ground and Eren looks up angrily to see Hange sitting in front of him.

"What are you doing?!"

She laughs strangely. "I kinda need some more blood. Would you care to donate?"

"Really?! You snuck into my room hoping I'd be asleep didn't you?"

"Well..."

"That's enough!" Levi appears on a nearby roof and Hange face palms. She looks at Eren with a sly grin. "Well this was a nice talk. Bye." At that, she bolts down the alley, the way she'd came. Levi drops to the ground and looks at Eren's green eyes. They kind of sparkle in the moon light. Levi shakes his head of the unnecessary thought."Are you alright?"

"Yeah," Eren mumbles awkwardly. "I'm fine. She didn't do anything." Levi starts walking and Eren follows in silence. "So.. how did you know I was here."

"I heard the two of you run down the steps. I wouldn't be surprised if you two woke the entire house."

"Oh," he looks at the ground. "Sorry. Didn't mean to wake you."

"I wasn't asleep."

Eren huffs. "Yeah. Good thing I wasn't asleep either. Hange probably would've taken a slice out of my arm." He notices that Levi has stopped walking. "You alright."

He hears Levi let out a lengthy sigh. "I'm fine." He then starts walking again but now Eren can't seem to move his feet.

"About today..."

Levi halts again. "Don't..."

"No." Eren steps up so that he is only inches away from Levi's back. " I don't know what it is. I don't know why but I can't stop thinking about it." He grabs his hair through clawed fingers. "I can't stop thinking about you."

"Well figure out how to stop." Levi's voice cracks with these words. "I told you. In a world of war, feelings come last be..because you never know when you're going to lose the one person you care for."

Eren can't tell if Levi is referring to him or Petra but at the moment it doens't even matter. He walks in front of Levi. "Better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all, right?"

Levi's eyes widen in surprise from the intensity in Eren's face before returning to normal after hearing his words. "I don't think that applies here." Eren steps up and grabs both sides of Levi's face, holding him close and closing his eyes.

"I'll make it." he whispers. "What are you so afraid of? Is it because we are both guys?"

"Fuck that." Levi grabs Eren's back in a tight clinch filled with disparity and need. "Losing you. Being the reason I lost you. I can't love. Never again. It's not better to love because once they're gone... they don't come back." Levi can feel Eren's lips on his forehead and he nearly collapses from what is either longing or pure dispair.

"Despite Petra, has it ever occurred to you that maybe you've never truly been in love. Never actually been loved." Eren moves his feet and the two stumble against a nearby wall. Levi's back is against the wall and Eren kisses down his face and to his neck. Levi exhales deeply at this gesture, unable to even speak. Eren kisses down Levi's face to his neck and he welcomingly tilts his head back. Eren's hands wander to up, undoing only the first button of his tan night clothes. Levi finds his hands wandering all over Eren's body. They eventually find their way to the front and Eren's shirt is pulled up, just over his head.

Levi wraps his arms around his neck and join their lips. It starts as gentle contact until Eren parts his lips. Their tongues intertwine and they devour one another, decorated with pleasurable groans. Eren thirstily hoists him closer. He pulls out of the kiss only a little and rubs Leiv's hair. He chuckles with a proud smile as he feels the lump in Levi's pants rub against his leg. He breaths hard. " I really think I love you."

Suddenly Levi's eyes widen when he realizes just what he is doing. Forcefully he pushes Eren off of him and runs down the dark alley way. Eren stands in confusion and fully aroused, pushing his hair back. "Can you make up your mind," he sighs.

LLL- This is a longer chapter... IDK how this is going to tell the truth, but review and let me know.