A.N: Just a little something I thought of after reading the new chapter…
WARNING: Big spoilers for chapter 132!
Dedicate Your Heart
"Hey, Shitty Glasses" Hanji was coming towards him, and that's all Levi managed to say.
Don't go.
"You know Levi" she says as she reaches him "It feels like my time has come."
Don't go.
She's sweating, and that face she makes… she's terrified, Levi can tell.
Don't go.
"I want to act as cool as possible" cool, her? He doubted that'd ever happen "So let me go out like this."
Don't go.
He couldn't let her go; he couldn't lose her too. Someone else could go in her place, someone else could hold off the rumbling in her place. He would do it if he wasn't so goddamn crippled! He hated that monkey more than ever now.
Don't go.
But if she didn't go, who would? If they gave an order, any of his subordinates would certainly go. But would that be okay? Sending one of their brats to a certain death while they escaped with their tails between their legs?
Don't go!
…They couldn't do that, he knew. As much as he didn't want to lose Hanji, he didn't want to lose any of their brats, either. It was an impossible choice… but Hanji was the commander.
Dedicate your heart.
He puts his fist over her heart, knowing full well what parting words she deserves.
"Dedicate your heart."
She's shocked, he can tell. She forces on a smile. She laughs.
"I've never heard you say that before" she tells him as she prepares for takeoff. He doesn't look back as he hears her leave. Maybe he should've seen her off, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He didn't want to risk losing control of his emotions.
He only turned to look when he reached the others, having gotten his emotions under control for sure.
She was doing well; the titans were falling. Of course, they were; she was a veteran, the commander. She couldn't be more reliable than this.
…
They had to move.
The others ushered him on to the flying boat. He boarded first, knowing that he wouldn't be of any help in getting it to move in the condition he was in. It was frustrating to be so useless, especially when his oldest still living friend was dying out there, but such was life. That's how it always went, and all he could do was sit back and watch, this time literally.
They made it. Hanji had bought them enough time.
"Later, Hanji" he said, closing his eyes "Watch us from there."