Eren's heart thumped violently in his chest, his hair streaming out behind him as he ran as fast as he could. Even though he was sprinting at the fastest speed his body would go, the world seemed to be in slow motion; even the snowflakes were taking their time to fall. No, no, no, please say Levi was planning on leaving on a train and wasn't planning on jumping on the tracks. Eren couldn't predict Levi's actions anymore, the man was in such a bad state. Eren threw open the doors and skidded into the ticket office. He saw Levi running out onto the platform and in his fist that was raw from cold, was a ticket. Eren could have fainted in relief. This was far better than the other idea – but this was also terrible. He had no idea where Levi was going or whether he'd come back! What if Levi took the train and then jumped onto the tracks at another station just to make sure Eren didn't see? That idea was horrible. Levi had used the ticket machines but there was no way of seeing what ticket he'd got... So Eren ran to the man behind glass that was sitting at a computer printing people tickets and he looked up in shock as an incredibly flustered looking, snow covered teen pushed two people out of his way to get to the front.
"Oi! Get back in the line!"
"P-please sir, can you trace the machines? I need to know where that man was going, the one dressed in black, he's my fri-"
"I don't know what you're up to boy but I cannot give you information on other people. I don't know what you are planning on or whether you really know him and I would be breaking the rules to give you it! No, get back in line and go to the other queue, get out!" He glared at Eren and Eren's eyes flashed with anger. This man was holding him up, he needed to get to Levi! He ran from the line and onto the platform. The man behind the glass hurriedly pulled a phone down from the wall and contacted security to watch him as he wasn't sure what the teen would do.
Eren ran over to Levi and gripped him by the shoulders, his eyes wide with panic. "What do you think you're doing, you can't go! I-I won't know where you are, what you're doing, whether you'll come back, wh-"
"Eren get off!" Levi shoved Eren off of him.
"Where is your ticket for? Give it to me, you're not going! Why are you going?"
"To get away from people like you, now piss off!" Eren's chest ached painfully and he felt a lump form in his throat as Levi walked away from him. He felt tears well in his eyes. He fumbled through his pockets, desperate for money and he fell to his knees when he found none. He couldn't even get a ticket just to get on the train and follow Levi... He knelt there in the snow with his head hung in defeat before snapping his head back up again. No. He wasn't done! He would not let this happen! He scrambled to his feet, his knees wet from the freezing snow. He hoped the trains would be cancelled because of ice on the tracks or whatever, but he doubted that they would. He looked up at the train time board, but the times were all completely messed up and there was a notice on it saying that the times were not correct because the snow had slowed certain trains – So Eren couldn't tell which train Levi was getting. He ran up to an old couple. The elderly man pulled his wife behind him protectively and they edged away from Eren. Everyone had seen him grab Levi.
"P-Please help me! My friend is leaving and I need money! Please!" Eren begged but the man pulled his wife away without a word. Eren growled and ran through the snow towards a woman sitting on a bench with shoulder length blonde hair and blue eyes. She looked up from her phone as the teen skidded to a halt beside her. "Please Miss, I need money!"
"Why? Why did you grab that man over there?"
"I know him, he's my friend and he just got a ticket to leave and I have no idea where he's going, h-he might go and do something stupid or dangerous and get himself killed, please!" But no matter how hard Eren tried, no one on the platform would give him money. He looked around helplessly, and his heart stopped in his chest when he saw the next train coming. He ran over to Levi as the train slowed to a halt and grabbed him, not willing to let him go. They wrestled on the platform, kicking up great clouds of snow in their wake. They very nearly fell off onto the tracks, but a security guard came over and grabbed Eren, hauling the pair more safely onto the platform.
"Get off me!" He cried out as Levi dashed onto the train. "NO! LEVI GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW YOU BASTARD!" He screamed, his voice cracking halfway through his sentence in complete distress, but Levi disappeared inside the train.
"Shut it boy! Why were you assaulting him?" Everyone left on the platform was staring as Eren struggled in the strong security guard's grip, tears streaming from his eyes as he kicked out, trying to get free. The train started to leave with Levi on it.
"He's m-my friend!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. The whole platform was silent as the sound of the train got further away and Eren's pained voice rang out in the station. "A-and he is suicidal! I can't lose him, he just left to go somewhere and I have no idea what he'll do! Even if I get the next train he could have caught another and be halfway across the country! If ANY of you lot," Eren addressed the whole platform, glaring at them all with fire in his eyes as tears streamed down his cheeks,"See his face on the news following a suicide, you can hold yourselves personally responsible! All of you! No one would listen and was willing to help me! Everyone on this platform can hold themselves responsible in one way or another! That includes you and me!" Eren yelled at the guard who had wide eyes and was still holding him tightly. "I only needed a couple of pounds to get on that train and at least follow him to the next station and maybe I could get more money there, but no one helped me! Why? I-I love that man... And now I've lost him... This is all my fault..." He broke down into sobs and stopped struggling. The guard hesitantly let go of him and Eren fell to his knees, crying. There were whispers all around the platform. The guard that had held him was talking to the other guards, wondering what to do and Eren just lay, feeling numb in the snow - But it wasn't the snow that was making him numb, it was the fact that he'd lost Levi. His tears trickled down his bright red cheeks and froze in the snow as he stared at the now empty tracks, not knowing what on Earth to do...
After about 5 minutes, he saw a pair of boots stop in front of his face. They were a woman's boots. He looked up to see the woman with blonde hair and she bent down on one knee.
"Here..." She whispered, offering Eren a few pounds. "I'm so sorry I didn't help earlier..." Her blue eyes were sad and pitiful.
"B-but there's no point now, I-I don't know which station he's gone to, I-If I'd had money sooner I c-could have f-followed him but n-now I can't..." His voice was barely a whisper as tears burned his eyes.
"Listen lad..." The lady pulled him gently by the shoulders and sat him up. Eren's head was hung and his shoulders shook as he fell apart. The woman opened her purse and pulled out an entire £50. Eren watched through his hair in absolute shock. "Take this. You can go to each platform and ask at the ticket office or ask the public if they've seen him."
"B-but I can't take all of that!" He breathed in shock, looking up at her.
"Think of it as a sorry. As you said, this is my fault too, if I'd given you money earlier this wouldn't have happened, but I didn't. I ignored you. I deeply regret that now and I am SO sorry..." She picked up Eren's hand and put five £10 notes into it before curling his fingers around them. "Don't lose it boy and good luck finding your friend." She gave him a sad smile and Eren watched her in stunned silence. He couldn't speak so he threw his arms around her neck and cried into her shoulder.
"Th...Tha...nk...y...ou..." He whispered and she hugged him back before pulling him to his feet. She pulled a tissue from her pocket and handed it to him also.
"Looks like you need that too... Off you go, you'd better get a ticket fast before the next train going in that direction arrives." Eren sniffed and wiped his eyes and nose on the tissue, nodding.
"Th-ank you... S-so much..." He whispered before rushing off to look at the messed up train times so he knew what ticket to get. There was one going North that was on time, whether it was detouring through the same station that Lei went to, Eren didn't know, but he had to try... He ran off to go to the ticket machine and the man behind the glass watched him, feeling incredibly guilty. Everyone on that platform that day felt the same guilt... but they learned an important lesson. They learned to listen. Eren got his ticket and clutched it tightly, rushing back onto the platform just as his train screeched to a halt. "I'm coming Levi Ackerman, whether you like it or not... I will find you."
(A/N:) Hey guys! I know this chapter has been heavily anticipated, I got lots of reviews from people desperate for me to update which made me feel really happy because you seem to like the story! I want to thank you all for those reviews, they really do make me feel happy... :). This is not the end of the story, there's lots more to come, I know a few of you thought it was the end but don't worry, it's not yet ;). I deliberately didn't update too soon because I wanted to give people time to read the previous chapter before this one came out to get as many people to feel anxious if that makes sense, I wanted to put people on edge :). Thanks for being patient and I hope you'll stick with me through the rest of the fic! Thanks for reading, love you all, byee!