When Levi came back to his and Eren's room, he didn't look at the younger boy. He just went straight to his bed and sat on it, pulling out his phone. It had been damaged by the water and had not turned on for a couple of days but had miraculously turned on a few days after the incident after it had had a chance to dry out properly. It was just slower and had a few water bubbles under the screen. The sound also sounded a bit dodgy but Levi didn't really care, he was grateful for what he had. Eren was still in bed but had been too embarrassed to go back to sleep. Levi got back at 5.30 and Eren was still awake and blushing brightly. He watched the dark haired male sitting on his bed from under the covers, trying not to be seen. Levi was covering his arms with his hoodie again. Eren wondered how many cuts were there now, and what made him do the recent ones... Was it remembering about his friends? No, he had done more before he'd told Eren about that because when that stupid man had grabbed his arm, he'd bled and cried out... Eren sighed quietly in his nest of duvet. Levi could feel Eren's eyes on him and shifted uncomfortably. He didn't speak to Eren until 7am. Eren hadn't slept, he had just watched his crush on his phone and working. He wondered why Levi had got up so early, he hadn't done much. Eren heaved himself out of bed, his eyes tired. Shivering in the cool air of the bedroom, Eren reached for his clothes before heading out to get showered. Just before he left, he cast a glance at Levi round the door but the ravenette ignored him. Eren hung his head in defeat and closed the door. When the door closed, Levi let out a quiet groan and flopped backwards on his bed (he had been sitting on the edge on his phone for a short while) and put his face in his hands. That was so awkward... Why had Eren said that, now Levi was thinking about him even more and they were both too embarrassed to talk to one another. A couple more slices of a blade met Levi's wrist that morning.

While in one of Eren's lectures that day, a piece of screwed up paper landed on his textbook and he looked up behind him at the row above him to where Armin was. The blonde pointed at the paper and Eren turned back round and took it off his book, holding it in his lap. He opened it up and read Armin's neat handwriting.

Have you got Mikasa a present yet?

Eren's heart stopped. Mikasa was joining the college today, wasn't she? Mikasa was his sister (well, he was adopted into her family) and she was the same age as him. She had been doing a course elsewhere so was starting late. Fuck. He'd forgotten. Eren quickly scrawled Armin a reply and tossed it over his shoulder. If he had done it a split second later, the lecturer would have seen. He huffed. That was close. Armin waited until their maths lecturer turned around again before quietly undoing the ball of paper. Eren's messy handwriting read:

I forgot that it was today, what time is she getting here?

The two kept passing notes back an forth whenever they got the chance. It turned out that Mikasa was turning up in about an hour and Eren had not got her anything to greet her. Connie, Armin and Sasha all had, but Eren, Mikasa's brother... Had not. Shit. He would have to rush to town after this lecture and grab her something fast. As soon as the bell rang, Eren was out of his seat in a flash and out of the room. He ran up to his bedroom and opened the door, he knew that Levi was still in there as he hadn't had a lecture yet. Eren was still puzzled at why Levi had got up so early, he didn't even go to the canteen all that often, he would go out into the town if he wanted food so there would be less people, the only reason Eren saw for him getting up early when he didn't have a lecture was for him to go to the gym – But there was no time to think about that now. He caught Levi by surprise and he looked up from his wrist when Eren entered, hurriedly, pulling his sleeve down and hissed as his fresh, bleeding cuts stung. Eren was too flustered to notice and chucked his bag on his bed, hurriedly grabbing his suitcase from under it, searching every pocket for money. "Dammit!" He growled in anger and ran a hand through his already messy hair, pushing the suitcase back where it had come from.

"What?" Levi mumbled his question, not looking at the boy.
"My sister is joining the college today and I haven't got anything!"

"Sister? I didn't know you had a sister..."

"She's the same age as me, she's not my real sister, I was adopted by her parents." Eren rushed to his drawers and checked through them all for any spare change. His parents would always send him an amount of money a month to pay for food and all of that but it seemed that he'd run out of his allowance for that month.

"What are you looking for?"

"Some money, change or anything, I need to buy her something! She's arriving in about... Now." Eren said hurriedly as he glanced at the clock. "She'll be here in about 10 minutes, I haven't got time for this!"

"Here..." Levi sighed, reaching into his pocket. His parents always did the same, but Levi only rarely bought food or anything and they knew this so he received a lot less than Eren every month... And Eren barely got any. He pulled out a fiver and held it out between two fingers, still not looking at him.

"A-are you sure?"

"Yeah, I don't need it." Levi grumbled. "...Take it then!" He prompted as Eren stood there not doing anything.

"Thanks Levi!" He reached out and took the money. "I'll pay you back, I promise! I'll see you later!" Eren waved as he rushed out of the door and then skidded to a halt. He could see a small drop of blood on the money. He poked his head back round the door with a frown. "Levi...? What are you doing...?" He asked quietly, watching him closely.

"Nothing, go on Eren, or you'll be too late to get her anything..." Levi said, pulling a folder of work from his bag.

"Are you sure you're doing nothing? Because there's blood on this..." Eren gestured to the £5 note.

"Yeah, that's old, don't worry..." Eren wasn't stupid, it was still red which meant it was fresh... But he knew better than to confront Levi about his cutting, he knew he didn't like to talk about it. He didn't want to upset him and it was technically none of his business.

"Ok..." He whispered and looked at Levi sadly before turning to go. Levi wasn't stupid either, he knew Eren knew. "See you later, I'll pay you back..." And with that, Eren closed the door. He sighed, leaning on the door for a couple of moments. He wished that Levi would stop hurting himself... He would make him happy, he would. Just wait and see. He would stop him cutting if it was the last thing he did.

Eren hurried off down the stairs and rushed into the town. Mikasa was meant to arrive in roughly 4 minutes and she was rarely late. He dived into the nearest charity shop because he only had a fiver and he hurriedly looked around it. He didn't know quite what girls liked, he didn't know what to get. In the end he scowled and grabbed a necklace he thought she'd probably like and hurried to the counter.

"For your lady friend is it?" The old woman at the counter said softly with a wrinkled smile.

"Sister..." Eren had sighed and she nodded.

"I'm sure she'll love it. Bye bye now!"

"Bye..." Eren rushed out of the shop, the tinkle of the bell on the door ringing in his ears as he left. £4.99. He needed to pay Levi back as soon as he could, he felt really bad. Levi had bought him food before, he'd given his earphones away for him, had his phone ruined and now he'd paid for Mikasa's present. He owed him. Big time. He rushed back into college. He was 10 minutes late. He rushed out to the willow where Armin had said they'd meet Mikasa because she hadn't got a room key yet and he vaulted over a bench and a wall on his way. He spotted his 3 friends and Mikasa sitting on the grass, a suitcase beside his dark haired sister.

"Mikasa!" He called out as he sprinted towards them, his face red with exhaustion. She turned around when she heard his voice and her eyes lit up. She had really missed her angry and annoying brother.

"Eren!" She got to her feet as Eren skidded to a halt in front of the four. She threw her arms around Eren's neck in greeting and Eren hugged her back, trying to get his breath back but she was squeezing him, making it nearly impossible. He gasped for air when she released him and he pulled the necklace from his pocket and thrust it in her face, too tired to speak. Mikasa blinked as he shoved something in her face and she took a step back to see what he was holding.

"Is that for me?" She asked in shock and Eren nodded, wheezing.

"Take... it." He urged, shaking his hand impatiently. She obediently took it and Eren doubled over, his hands on his knees as he took in gulps of air.

"Wow, thanks... You didn't have to get me anything, Eren! None of you did, but for some reason you all did... And... how far did you run Eren...?"

"From... town..." Eren pointed a thumb behind him over his shoulder. "Sorry... I was... late."

"It's fine! Thank you so much Eren!" She hugged him more gently this time and ruffled his hair. He had been at this college for about 7 weeks now and she'd missed him. "I swear you've got taller and your hair's longer." She smiled and ruffled it affectionately. "I've really missed you!"

"You too..." Eren sighed.

(A/N:) Hey! Sorry I haven't uploaded in a while, I've been tired and busy blah blah... But hopefully I'll be able to upload more frequently. Wow 12 followers on this story already and it's only been up a short while, thanks guys! Hope you are enjoying it, Mikasa has been added to the mix now... ;) Feel free to leave a review, I love reading them they are amazing! Thanks again, bye!