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Mikasa - why do you update so late at night

LLL- AOT comes on at 11:30PM duh. Better inspiration.

Mikasa - Whatever, you don't own SNK

LLL - If I did, the show would come on more than just saturday in Japanese AND English.

The weather outside is much better than it had been the day before. The sun shines and birds decorate the sky. Eren grabs Levi's arm. "Hey, what's up?"

"We've been slacking," he pulls his arm away. "Someone is trying to free her."

"Shouldn't we let them? That's what we want too, right?"

"Are you an idiot?" He grunts. "Who ever this is, they're an enemy. Their intentions are different from ours."

"Who do you think it is?"

"I don't know," he sighs in defeat. He rubs his face with one hand. "I've been too distracted. Maybe if I'd kept my eyes open..."

"Are you really blaming yourself right now?" Eren interrupts, furrowing his eyebrows.

"I should've been more focused."

"You're not blaming yourself. You're blaming me.."

"No, I'm not saying..."

"Yes, it is my fault," Eren steps back, looking at the ground. His thoughts are now running off of rage and that is never good. "You're right. Distractions. No more." With that being said he walks past Levi. The leader face palms and turns around. Before being able to walk he is face to face with Mikasa.

"I'm not in the mood right now."

"I don't care," she says with a straight face. He walks past her. "Are you sure?" He comes to a halt. "Are you sure there is another human titan, other than Eren, among us?"

"How sure do you expect me to be? I haven't personally seen one."

She walks in front of him and looks into his eyes. "Your word is enough to convince me."

"What? You don't hate me anymore?"

"Hating you doesn't make things easier and with all the stuff involving the close extension of mankind, I really don't feel like worrying about it."

"So Eren...?"

"I trust you with him." Mikasa admits. Levi raises an eyebrow at this until her mouth curves into a smile. "Besides, I'm sure it won't last. You saw how he held Annie's hand. You can't deny he still feels something for her."

"That doesn't make it any easier on you."

"Like you said, I never had him to begin with. Levi, you've fallen in lo..."

"No I haven't!" He hisses through his teeth.

His reaction to the thought of the word makes the devilish smile on her face widen. "Now you've got something to lose. Again." She steps closer to him awaiting a response but all she can really hear is the panicked beating of his heart. "Calm down, I hate you less then her." She walks away, leaving him in a furious sadness.

She's wrong. Levi can't help but mentally recall every moment he has had with Eren since the trapping of Annie. He shakes his head and starts walking with a new purpose, sweeping Eren from his mind as much as he can possibly manage. The sadness in his heart cannot completely disappear since he knows that Mikasa was right, he saw how Eren held her hand. Dammit, I need to clean something. No... I need to kill something.

Before he can even process his next thoughts, he has equipped himself with 3DMG. He finds himself heading out with a squad that he doesn't know. Each of them knows him and salutes graciously.

"Hey," a male whispers to a female, "isn't that Commander Levi? Isn't he like the strongest soldier ever."

"Yeah," she hums back, "we might not die today."

"Yes! Another day."

As usual Levi ignores them. He can't get lost in his own thoughts, nor can he listen to others. His being is reduced to nothing. Only the focus of one titan to the next.

The day passes too quickly for him. He kills a new "record" of titans in one run and saves the lives of 4 of his fellow soldiers. One of them 3 times.

As they are walking back within the gate he runs up to Levi. "Sir, thank you for saving me."

Levi says nothing, he simply gives the male a side glance.

"I'll do better next time."

"Don't"

His face falls. "What?"

"I won't be with you tomorrow. Just don't even bother going outside of this gate. If you want to go, no one is stopping you, but as a soldier you should know we don't have funerals."

The man freezes at the words and Levi says nothing more. Being back inside of the light mood that is the walls all of Levi's personal thoughts begin to return. I wonder where Eren is. Is he upset still?

Eventually Levi is back at the house. Jean and Mikasa are sitting next to each other. Hange stands behind them and so does Sasha. But why... Why is Connie standing on the table...where they eat... with his boots on. For three seconds Levi's eyes are wide and then, he walks forward. Connie doesn't move. He knows that if he runs, Levi will find him and punish him. The shorter male grabs Connie's ankle and yanks with brute force. The hyperactive soldier falls, his back hitting the table with a painful sounding thud. Levi drags him until he slides off and falls to the floor.

"No feet on the damn table." His voice doesn't sound the slightest bit angry and that is scarier then when he yells.

"Mikasa," he addresses, "where is Eren."

The half asian shrugs her shoulders. Hange steps up. "Ah! That little work of art. He's in the underground prison. I was hungry so he volunteered to stay down there."

"Why didn't he just offer to bring you food?"

She shrugs her shoulders. Levi walks out of the house in a march. The sky has become a dark indigo by now and the air is thin and cool. Levi trudges down the steps of the cave only to be caught with a stomach wrenching sight. Eren sits on the floor, holding two bloodied hands to his chest. Annie is encased in a, now, sparkling red crystal. Levi runs to him. "Eren! Did Hange do this to you?"

"No," he groans. His skin is pale from an extensive loss of blood. "We've got to stop playing around."

"No, when I said that I didn't mean it." Levi tries to explain. Eren's voice holds that sick determination in it. Levi knows he gets this way after he has been thinking about his past. It's a dangerous state for him to be in. He can't control himself. Levi looks at his mangled hands. They are cut deeply several times. "What the hell did you do to yourself?

"The damn things kept healing. I will stop the titans but first...we need her. I need her." Levi says nothing to this, but his grip loosens. Mikasa was right. Seconds later Eren loses consciousness. This snaps Levi out of any sorrow that he was feeling.

"Eren!" He shakes the brown hair boy, hoping to see those green eyes open again. He hears footsteps coming down the stairs. He looks over to see Hange approaching. When she sees the gruesome scene she runs to them, sliding to her knees.

"What happened?" Her eyes are full of panic as she checks his pulse.

"He used a lot of blood trying to free more of Annie. I don't know why he isn't healing..."

"He must have exhausted himself trying not to change. It probably takes a lot of mental and physical concentration. We should be glad he is unconscious and not bursting through the ceiling."

Levi silently agrees with her as she gets up and runs to get first aid. Three minutes later, Hange quickly returns. Levi doesn't even want to know how she got it so quickly. Frankly he doesn't care. She starts treating the worst of the cuts in Eren's hand and Levi holds Eren close to him. "I don't care," he whispers. "I don't care if you have feelings for her, I'm not going to let you slip away from me that easily. Even if I have to tie you up to keep you away from her." Hange inconspicuously studies this part of her leader that she has never seen before. His eyes look the same but his words hold a compassion that are a different part of him. Emotion is in every syllable.

"Idiot," Eren moans. Levi's eyes widen and he grabs the half titans hand. "Ouch."

"Sorry."

"I don't feel anything for her. I just want to know why she did it. Why she killed our friends and caused us so much pain. What were her reasons. Just that before I pay her back."

"Eren..."

"I don't have feelings for anyone but you and I don't ever want you thinking otherwise." Levi doesn't speak. His lungs won't catch enough oxygen to let him. "Oh," Eren smiles playfully, "and if you're going to tie me up, be gentle."

Levi leans in and pecks a kiss on his lips. "No promises."

"Ouch!" Eren flinches from the sudden shock of pain in his hand.

"Sorry!" Hange yells after pulling the bandages too tight from the surprise of the two men affection. It touched her, but surprised her more. She had theorized that the two admired one another but she would have never imagined it was to this extent.

When she has completely bandaged Eren he stands up with the support of Levi. "Thanks Hange."

"No problem but you owe me a titan now."

"I'll think about it." At that last exchange the two make their way back to the house.

"So what did you do today?"

"Nothing out of the ordinary. Killed a few titans."

"So you went without me. How many is a few?"

"19."

Eren's eyes widen in disbelief. "You killed 19 titans in one day. You must have really been bothered."

He looks at the ground, thinking about how much he couldn't focus. "I didn't mean to upset you. I wasn't saying that you were the reason my thinking is off, I just..."

"Stop apologizing. It isn't your style. Besides, whether you said it or not, I have been distracting you. I'll be sure to be more self conscious now. It..."

Levi steps in front of him and grabs his shirt. "You don't even know how torn apart I was today. If I wasn't slicing a titan, I was thinking about you. Worried about you. I'm more distracted if you aren't around. Just... just...dammit." He looks off to the side when he feels tears forming.

Eren smiles sincerely and simply hugs Levi into a tight embrace. "I love you," Eren whispers. He feels Levi relax a bit and put his face more into his shoulder.

"Wow," a voice says in the shadows. "I wasn't expecting to see that." Both of them release one another and are immediately put on the defensive, swiveling to where they heard the voice. Erwin steps into the light with an expectant grin. "Have I been locked away for that long, Levi?"

LLL- Sorry for the spelling errors and things of that sort. You know how these things go. I just don't edit. I couldn't think of that nickname, or extra name Levi is given in the anime... It's really bothering me. t Its not Rivelle, not Ackerman. The other one!

Levi- a disgrace.

LLL- then tell me what it is!

Levi- if you don't already know it you don't deserve to know!

LLL- OK. Review please.