You and I LevixEren

Chapter 6

Eren woke in the middle of the night drenched in sweat and sadness. He sprung up and felt the tight familiar leather stapes on his legs. I must have fallen asleep before changing again. He sighed, he had been doing that quite a bit. He laid back down and rolled around for what seemed like hours until finally deciding to get up and see if anyone important was around. Maybe he could get some counseling on week days or something. He didn't think he could take many more of these nights.

Pulling on the shoes laying closest to his bed, he looked out the window. He figured it was about three in the morning. Sighing again he headed out the door, knowing no one would be awake. Everyone was taking advantage of a well deserved early bed time while Eren was wide awake wondering around the castle. 

His feet lightly echoed off the stone steps as he walked down to the kitchen. Even if no one was up to chat he would be able to find some medicine to help the raging headache that seemed to have no chance of subsiding anytime soon. Quietly he slipped past Mikasa's room trying his hardest not to wake her and the others. Lately everyone had been working so hard, they seemed to hardly have time for eating and sleep. Nights like these were rare, and Eren was wasting it. He thought about how awful it feels to keep these things inside of him. How much it kills him to have to face Corporeal everyday and smile like nothing has happened. As he runs his hands along the Stoney, cold, walls he thinks.  Those thoughts, though corralled tightly of his duties as programmed, manage to focus clearly back on one person.

As he entered the kitchen he spotted a small hunched over figure sitting in one of the small tables for two in the corner of the room. Levi. Green cape hanging loosely over his slender frame. Eren trembled in his boots while deciding weather he should go back or stay. After today he wasn't much sure of anything involving Captain anymore.

Before he could decide a slurred voice called out to him. "Oi, Brat,"

"Y-yes Corporal Sir?" His voice finally found its way out of his mouth, much weaker and milder than he wanted.

"What are you doing up so late? Shouldn't you be sleeping or hooking up with that girl your always with."

Eren slowly sucked in a breath and made his way over to the table filled with cups of wine and beer. Mikasa and Levi did not get along, as everyone knew and every opportunity they got to pull a fast one, or insult one another, they took. Eren hated being caught in the cross fire. "She's a Friend, and she's asleep like everyone else." He made sure to emphasize friend.

"I see, so what is a shitty brat like you doing up so late." Levi reached down for another glass but instead Eren caught his hand. Levi was already shitfaced and Eren did not want to see what tomorrow morning would look like at training if he kept drinking. That and the fact he didn't want him to potentially injure himself more.

"Making sure you don't make my morning a living Hell." Levi rolled his eyes and Eren stood up motioning for his to do the same. Instead Levi wobbly fell and sprawled out on the floor. With that something that had never seemed to have been possible before, happened. Levi laughed.

Eren stood stunned for a moment, stunned at what had just happened as the giggling for Corporal died down. He wasn't going to remember any of this.

"Come on lets get you to bed." He knelt down and helped humanities strongest fighter off the floor. Flinging one arm over his shoulder Eren helped Levi up the stares.

They climbed what seemed like an eternity of stairs. All the while Levi making no sense and Eren trying to understand. When they reached the older mans room Eren gladly flung open the door and helped Levi onto the bed. "You know, instead of drinking you problems away you could have talked to me." Eren said over his shoulder as he stood in the doorway.

Levi curled into a ball and turned to the side facing the wall, "Don't let the door hit you on the way out kid."

With that Eren shut the door and slumped down right there and cried the hardest he had cried in a long while until he dragged himself up and laid back down in his bed till first light. Only then did he mutter one word for the rest of the day. "Levi."

This is shit, and I'm sorry. I'm weak at writing rn. People are being so mean idk what to do besides play with my cat and cry. Sorry I've been gone so long lovelies. Just trying to stay alive. Stay cute and healthy.

Love always - <3 Kitty <3