Forever and Always? (Erwin x Levi) [ eRuri]

The old '104th Training Corps'

**THIRD-PERSON VIEW**

All of the old 104th Training corps met up together, as Levi had ordered them. They all had to clean the Survey Corps HQ.

Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Christa,Ymir, Jean, Reiner, Bertholdt, Connie, and Sasha.

Sasha was sitting off to the side, nibbling on her bread with Connie beside her, telling her a joke. They only had to dust the carpets, which they had already finished. When your hungry, you get stuff done! As Sasha and Connie says.

Ymir was wiping the windows in the main room with Christa, lifting Christa up due to her being shorter than //most\\ people.  Even shorter than Levi, possibly?

Reiner was dusting the top of the wooden stairs connected to the main room with Bertholdt dusting the bottom part of the stairs.

Eren was moving around the books on the shelf against the wall in the main room aswell, with Mikasa at the bottom of the shelf, putting each paper in the right files, with a list beside her of which paper went in what folder.

And then Jean and Armin were mopping the other room, the kitchen.

"Damnnit, what kind of order did Levi want this stuff to go anyways?" Said a frustrated Eren, moving around the fragile glass encaved in the red/brown shelf. Mikasa gave a short sigh and turned over, probably for the 3rd time, checking the list.

"Shortest to tallest, then you have to put the sculptures from largest to smallest on the middle shelf." She explained again.

"Oh. Right. I knew that...." He mumbled, grabbing a vase and moving it over.

"Are you ok?" Mikasa blurted out.

Eren stopped, looking down at his adoptive-sister. She was looking up at him, her eyes glimmering with interest, a part of her bang hanging over her face. It was a few seconds of wait, and she spoke again.

"Are you ok, Eren?"

"Yes, i'm fine..." he went back to ordering. "Why?"

"You've seemed out of focus recently, and not concentrating on anything. Last meeting we had, you fell asleep."

"So did Jean!" He protested.

"Yes, I know. I'm saying. Are you getting enough sleep?" Mikasa questioned, closing the drawer of files, rolling up the list.

"You do remember I did have to rest for awhile to recover. After.. you know. All of that happened." His eyes flashed a hint of grief and anger.

"Yes, don't think about i-"

"But that's the thing, Mikasa! It's hard to keep it in! I just..." He snapped at her, his eyes seemed to twitch slightly, and they watered up. He put down the vase on the shelf, getting off the stool and falling to his knees, sobbing in his hands. "Why.. why..?!" His screams were muffled. 

Mikasa got closer to him, holding him. She looked ahead. Eren was screaming in his shoulder. "I"m so stupid i'm sorry, i'm sorry i'm sorry!!" Mikasa grabbed his chin, and pulled him so that they were face to face. "It's not your fault." Mikasa whispered. Eren stopped, mouth slightly gaped open, tears drying on his face.

Armin ran into the room, with Jean following behind him, in a slower pace. Bertoldht had stopped dusting the stairs when Eren started crying with curiosity and respect of his grief. Christa ran in from the dining room, looking around nervously. Ymir stood behind her, eyeing with confusion.

Eren turned to the people who came in, and he wiped his eyes. "S..sorry for the noise." Mikasa grabbed his hand and pulled him up. She went back on the stool and finished organizing the vases very quickly. She grabbed the list, and came back to where Eren was. He was sitting on the floor with Connie and Sasha, and Ymir w/ Christa had joined. Bertholdt and Reiner finished dusting and eventually came to the big circle aswell. Armin and Jean had came with him when Eren was walking over to sit. 

Everyone was together, in a giant circle, quietly speaking to eachother. Until, everyone looked at eachother. 

"We're... together again." Armin whispered, giving a slight smile.

Reiner and Bertholdt nodded, with Eren replying,

"Yea..." He looked off.

Jean looked at the middle of the circle. "But it doesn't.... feel the same." He raised his hand toward the middle, and gave it a light clench. He looked down to have his hair cover his eyes and darken his face.

Christa hugged Ymir, tears falling down her face, whimpering in her chest. Ymir rubbed her back, and closed her eyes, resting her own head on Christa's golden hair.

Reiner looked at Bertholdt with grieving eyes. "It won't be the same.. never.." Jean said.

"That isn't true." Sasha said to him, placing a hand onto Jean's. "Even if... he is gone.. they will always watch over us as angels. You know that?"

Jean looked up at her. "Yea.." the dark from his face faded. "Thank you, Sasha.. I guess a potato girl can really do allot."

Sasha looked at him with a funny face. "Hey!" 

Everyone laughed, sitting together in the circle. They all made it as a Survey Corps member, used to train together in the 104th Training Corps. 

Some had to spread their wings, unfortunately..

As they laughed and talked about how all there chores went, there was an invisible figure in the middle of the circle, laughing with them, and listening to them. Watching them, a pair of wings sprouted in their back with a halo above their black hair and freckled face.

"I will always be here, Jean." he gave a smile.