Ereri one shots.

Late nights and Nightmares.

((Eren's POV))
Sleeping in the same house as Levi was odd. I guess I'd really grown fond of him. Fond of him was probably an understatement. I'd had countless, restless nights wondering about the future. Wondering if I'd be able to be held by him at night. It's been a couple weeks since I properly even had a conversation with him, besides when we were training or battling. The night after he suddenly kissed me seemed like it had messed everything up. It was late now and I'd been cleaning up the kitchen while Levi slept in a room nearest to the kitchen, a few doors down from mine which was the last room in that hall. His door was cracked, but I thought nothing of it. I knew it was late because the moon was high and shining light through the cracks in the curtains. I was tired and needed rest, but I was sure it'd be another restless, sleepless night. I got a glass of water and gingerly drank it before cleaning the cup and putting it up. Noises reached my ears and at first I didn't know what they were. But they were coming from Levi's room. Curiosity killed the cat I supposed, but I went towards the door and they got louder. My assumptions were correct, it was from Levi's room. I slowly slid my hand across the door and it slowly creaked open with the more force I gave it. Levi was tossing and turning and mumbled things that I couldn't understand. The look on his face looked so distressed, normally when he slept he looked peaceful. This time around I could tell it was a nightmare. I went over and reached out. "corporal?" I whispered gently and his face hardened, eyebrows furrowed. His eyes opened and I could see he was sweating. "Why are you in my room?" He asked roughly, clearly not happy to be woken. "Did you have a nightmare? I heard you whimpering from the kitchen." I asked innocently. He looked away for a moment before turning away and pulling the cover up to his shoulders. "What's the matter with you?! You haven't talked to me since the night y-you kissed me...did I do something wrong?" I asked rather tearfully, it tore me up inside to think I did something wrong. I stood up and turned away. "Well...goodnight." I said and could hear scuffling. Footsteps approached me and before I could react I felt arms around my torso. At first I thought he was trying to ambush me like he did when we trained, but when his face hid in my shoulder I knew it was affection. "Corporal..." I mumbled softly and put my hands over his. "I'm terrible at this...I'm bad at explaining things." He mumbled into my shirt. I stayed quiet as I removed his arms from my torso. In return, I put my arms around him and hugged him close, leaning up and pecking his cheek softly. "I could've figured that out by myself." I said with a small sigh. "I don't hate you if that's what you think...I just kissed you that night and I have no clue what to do now." Levi claimed and I looked at him carefully. He didn't need to explain it to me. He was scared, but Levi being the guy he was, wasn't going to admit fear. He didn't want to seem weak, because all in all he was still humanity's strongest. But I looked at it as, every strong creature has a weakness. Titans for example, they were strong until you got a good slice out of the back of their neck. For Levi, his weakness was showing proper emotions and explaining feelings. "How about we try and sleep? I saw you were having a nightmare...if it makes you feel better I'll lay with you. At least until you fall asleep." I offered gently and Levi looked like he was contemplating it, eventually nodding slowly. Levi dragged himself back to bed and moved far enough over so I could get into the bed with him. I crawled in and got under the blanket with him. My first reaction was to curl into the warmth of his chest and with my forehead to his chest I could feel a soft thump of his heart beating. It was soothing, honestly. His arms slipped around me after he pulled the blanket up to his shoulders, which was covering most my head. I kept telling myself not to fall asleep, that if I did someone would see us in the morning and we'd be questioned. But with the warmth and soft beating of his heart, sleep was taking over. Before I could even think about not falling asleep, my eyes slipped closed and sleep engulfed me. This was going to be an awkward next morning.