It's late afternoon by the time we finished gathering all the fluff. I chuckle at Levi, he is so embarrassed by the amount he has shed, as if to say that he doesn't usually release this much of it. Hmmm, I wonder why?

My stomach starts grumbling and we make our way down to the café. I actively try to avoid all gazes so I walk with my head down. We are about to enter when Petra spots us and calls for us to wait.

"Oh my heavens, Levi! What happened to your face?"

"Eren punched me," he deadpans. I pout as his bored expression slips back into place.

"Petra, I already told you what happened,"

"I know, I just wanted to make Eren feel bad for hitting our captain. Hey, Eld, you better pay up,"

"Pay what up?"

"By the way, Eren, I love the new hair colour. It looks just like Levi's now," Oluo grins as he pats my head and some fluff comes off on his hand.

Petra and Eld give each other a knowing look before he hands her some money. Eld turns to me and pats me on my shoulder.

"Congratulations, you have finally graduated and you are now a part of the team. Just a little more training, combat of course, and you will probably be on par with us,"

I look at Levi in horror; did everyone have to sleep with him to be able to join his team?

"Don't look at me like that, brat. Eld, stop spewing nonsense before I beat the shit out of you," Levi tries, and fails, to whack him over the head for good measure before we head into the café, not that it bothers either male.

"How's Gunther doing?"

Petra looks up at me, she frowns slightly. "Gunther? You've seen him?"

"Well, yes, he was in the infirmary with Hanji this morning,"

"The infirmary? Why didn't you tell me?" She punches me on the shoulder so hard that I take two steps sideways.

"I thought you knew-"

Petra turns to Eld, her glare almost as murderous as Levi's was when I punched him. "Why didn't you tell me? I thought he was resting in his room. I didn't know he was hurt!" She turns around and stomps away from us.

"Did you have to tell her?"

I lift my hands, to show I surrender, but I glare right back at Oluo. "I didn't know I wasn't supposed to ask her-"

"Enough, shit heads. What's done is done, let's just fucking eat,"

We sit (painfully, but that's just me) and eat in silence, though I sit opposite Levi and avoid his gaze. Yes, we just had sex. Does that mean we are close? No, it doesn't. Levi knows more about me than I know about myself. He proved that fact when he told me Hanji did a lot of blood work and that he had access to that information.

All I know about Levi is what he has told me, or what his team are at liberty to tell me.

I suddenly feel sick to my stomach. What if I'm just Levi's toy? Something for him to screw around with and then throw away, because I'm just a human. In a few years' time, I will look older than Levi and I will lose my physical appeal. Because that's why he chose me right? Because I remind him of the human who changed his life.

Because I am human.

There will never be anything substantial. I'm such an idiot-

"Aren't you hungry, brat?"

My head snaps up involuntarily. Levi looks bored, but his eyes betray him. He searches my face for something, but I'm not sure what he is looking for or even if he finds it.

"How are angels made?"

Eld chokes on his drink while Oluo almost swallows his spoon.

"Well, that was random," Eld says when he has finally cleared his throat.

Oluo looks at me suspiciously. "Why the sudden interest?"

"Just curious. I mean, I see a lot of homosexual couples but it isn't as though the angel population decreases,"

"You will have to talk to Hanji about the exact details, but the reproductive organs of angels differ from humans. Male angels can fall pregnant, just like female angels can cause a pregnancy. But that only occurs in homosexual couples. If it's a heterosexual couple, then the female falls pregnant. But those are just the born angels. There are a few angels who are made too. Hanji is actually one of them,"

What the actual fuck? My mind races as I try to keep up with the near constant flow of information. "Really?"

"Yes, commander Erwin saved her life. He believed that she would be an invaluable addition to our side of the war,"

"How was she made an angel?"

"You need an angel to make an angel. To turn a human into an angel, an angel has to die. Erwin killed a Creator and fed Hanji his heart. She says it's the most disgusting thing she has ever had the misfortune of having in her mouth and she refuses to do a procedure that involves the transformation unless it is absolutely necessary,"

"You have to eat an angel's heart? That's disgusting,"

"Well, no, you need to get it into your blood stream. Digesting it is the easiest way to do it,"

My mouth forms an 'o' and I nod. "I suppose that makes sense,"

I take a couple more bites of my smoked salmon salad; all the while avoiding Levi's questioning glances. And deep down I just know that Levi wouldn't want me to be an angel. He doesn't seem to be the type of person who goes into serious relationships. For all I know, what we just had is a onetime thing and he will want nothing more to do with me tomorrow.

Now I really wish that everything is just a fucking dream, because it hurts too much to be real. Before I even realise it, cool tears wash over my shamefully warm face and my heart is beating far too quickly to be healthy. Please be a dream, please! I lift my right hand to my mouth and sink my teeth into the fleshy part of my thumb in panic, it should wake me from this nightmare.

The taste of blood fills my mouth and all the air is knocked out of my lungs. Levi had leapt across the table and knocked me flat on my back. My gasp for air left my mouth open enough to release my hand, which Levi draws away.

"Eren! What the fuck has gotten into you? Why did you bite yourself?"

Levi's voice fills my ears and it makes everything worse. I lift my left hand to my face, Levi grabs it and pins it above my head. I just want to hide from the angels, the world, from him. I turn my face away, gulping down air until my soft sobs stop completely.

I zone out as Levi guides me to the infirmary. For some reason I notice that Levi isn't wearing a shirt, which should bother me because other angels are ogling him and I don't like it, but I'm strangely detached from everything.

We reach the infirmary in no time at all, where we find Petra and Gunther talking to Hanji. Petra gasps when she sees me and Hanji is all over me in three seconds flat.

"Eren, honey, if you want to see me you can just come see me. There is no need to take such drastic measures just for a visit,"

I smile at that, slowly coming back from planet Eren. Levi slaps me over the head, crosses his arms and huffs something about fucking brat doing shitty things.

Hanji patches me up and makes me laugh, Gunther pulls funny faces and Petra giggles at silly things. Levi watches me, as if waiting for me to do something. Like what? Grow a second head?

Everyone looks up when the infirmary doors open and Erwin walks in. He nods at Hanji, then glances at me with a bushy eyebrow crawling up his forehead. I try not to laugh. Try being the operative word.

"Levi, Petra, you need to come with me. Some solid Intel has come to my attention and we need to act on it, tonight,"

Levi looks at me; I blush and duck my head.

"Don't worry, Captain. The Commander and I will look after him while you're gone," Gunther throws his arm across my shoulders and rubs his knuckles against my scalp.

Levi's death glare goes unnoticed by an overly cheerful Gunther.

"Come on, Captain. We need to go," Petra takes hold of Levi's elbow and guides him from the infirmary, but not before shooting me a few warning looks over his shoulder.

So mood swings, IthinkIwashavingoneatthetimeIwrotethis… nothing feels shittier than when you second guess yourself about someone's affection for you. (0_0) And plot, don't forget the plot…