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===Eren POV. Eren and Levi are chasing the same 30meter Titan.===
"Move brat, I’ve got him"
"No! I got him, stop following me"
He annoys me so much. Why does he always have to take his role so seriously. I can and will take down that 30meter by myself.
"Levi move, I am not a child I can handle him!"
"Don’t you dare call me by my name Brat, all you will do is get us killed."
The sound of the 3D maneuver gear’s wires whistles in the air as Levi shifts his weight to change direction. No way, he won’t get to him before me. I switch my weight to my left leg and one of my wire rips up the bark of a tree. Suddenly I’m freefalling, which was not part of the plan. As I do, my wires get tangled with the ones that are holding Levi. I twirl as I fall and all I can see is the trees and wires that keep turning around me. I abruptly stop and wince when the shock hits my hips. Not only am I suspended in the air, but Levi is now stuck in my wires, facing me. His gear will not be able to handle both of us for too long and the titan, who is now further away, will certainly come back for us. I try moving and untangling myself.
"Stop moving. Idiot." Levi says as he moves slowly and carefully to try and get himself out of the spider web I just pulled all around him.
"I’m sorry Heichou."
I mean it. I really mean it, because of my actions we are probably going to die here. We’re going to become titan food. The strength I previously had seems to evaporate suddenly. Levi notices.
"Hey, I thought you said you weren’t a child." He says while bringing my chin up with his free hand.
I blush instantly. Why? I wouldn’t know, but it’s happening.
"It’s okay brat, I’ll get us out of here."
I nod while he cuts one of the wires with his blade. Wrong move Levi. Because we are now both falling down and are stuck to each other completely powerless. Then, another abrupt stop and we are tied even tighter and closer. Our heads bang against each other and I hear something ring in my ears. Is it a real noise? Or is it related to the little black dots I see?
"Eren! Relax…we wouldn’t want you to turn just now."
As he speaks, I feel his breath onto my cheek. That’s how close we are. I’m uncomfortable. After all, this man hates me with all he’s got and I keep getting in trouble. He keeps saving my ass. I remain silent until he finally speaks.
"I guess we are, indeed, stuck here. Guess I’m not humanity’s strongest after all and you are certainly not humanity’s last hope."
I’d look down if I could, to try and avoid his gaze but that would make me lay my head down on his shoulder and I’m pretty sure that would lend me a direct ticket to the other world.
"So…What should we do?" I ask.
"I don’t know, you’re the genius who got us here, find a way."
"Okay. How about we fire a flare. I think Armin is close to us."
"What about the titans?"
"Yeah, plus, I just noticed I lost the gun."
As he tries to look down, he rubs his cheek on my shoulder involuntarily. He quickly goes back to his previous posture and glares at me. I am probably injured from the fall, because I seem to notice a little touch of pink travelling up his cheeks and this certainly can’t be true.
"Stop staring!" He says.
"Heichou, I wish I could, but we are kind of stuck that way."
He stares at me blankly for a while but his cheeks are definitely red. After a point, I see a tear at the corner of his eye. Before I even have time to say anything, he shouts:
"FUCK IT!"
Then, he moves forward and in a split second, kisses me. At first, I have to admit that I’m surprised and pretty much certain that I don’t want that. And then his lips become more and more soft as he presses them harder against mine. It’s like I’ve been unconsciously longing for it. Mine start moving and joining his, not because I’m forced to, because I want to. I didn’t know I felt that way, I didn’t know I could. I didn’t know I could for Levi. His tongue parts my lips open and the kiss becomes a totally different one. I wish it had never stopped. I wish it would have continued forever. I wish I died while it was happening, cause that would have made me happy. Unfortunately, he slowly pulled his face away, leaving me panting. His eyes were looking anywhere but into mine. I could see he was shy but he was trying not to let it show.
"Levi." I whisper. "Why didn’t you tell me before?"
"You know why." He says angrily.
"Is it because of our age difference?"
"No. It's because you wouldn’t have known that you could feel that way if I just plainly said it to you. Also, I was denying it myself… How the fuck did I get there? Wanting an idiot like you..."
He was right. If he would have told me, I would have probably just shut this whole thing down before I even tried to see what it was. I wouldn’t have listened.
"Were you planning on telling me or was it just something that was in the back of your head?"
"I never planned on doing or saying anything… but since we are going to die here… He says as his chin points out at a titan who approaches."
"Kiss me." I order.
He quickly turns his head to look at me.
"Eren, no. What?"
His eyes widen and for the first time, I see the tiny touches of white that seem to sparkle in the sun as his eyes search mine.
"Kiss me again. If I have to die, I hope you’re the last thing I see."
He sighs.
"All you need to do is shift into your titan form, you will kill me in the process, but then you won’t have to die." Levi says.
"Heichou, I won’t let you die here alone, if you die, I die."
"Tch. Stop it, Idiot!"
"No you stop it!" I yell.
I pull one of my arms free and pull the back of his head forward. Our lips join in one last kiss, the last one of not enough. Time is suspended and nothing else exists. We open our eyes and gaze into each other’s souls. It says it all without words.
I think I love you, I wish I said it before.
I love you too, I wish we had more time.
The corner of our eyes seems to be smiling as teardrops overflow on our faces. We are soldiers, we are willing to give our lives for humanity. We are going to die in vain, but we are going to die in the most beautiful way, in each other’s arms. Fear isn’t something to be ashamed of as long as you have something to hold on to. As far as I’m concerned, I never knew I could feel that way. He had always been my hero, the man I looked up to. Now I know I secretly wanted him to myself.
Suddenly we hear a sharp noise but our lips do not part. And then, something falls to the ground. A tree? We wouldn’t know but we close our eyes in one last breath. That’s when we start falling again. I was expecting to die eaten, not squished on the ground. I grab Levi’s hand and he holds tight. He smiles, expecting the landing to be deadly. He smiles at me for the first and last time. Right before we hit the ground something hits us so hard that we both roll on the grass even more tangled than before. Even though the dizziness is intense, we manage to sit, still prepared to die but ready to fight together. Then, I look at Levi’s jaw, dropping. I follow his gaze and see Mikasa standing on top of the titan’s head. She makes her blade twirl as her face darkens by the second. She jumps down and walks up to Levi.
"You! She exclaims while pointing at him with her blade. Care to explain?"
He had gone back to his previous neutral face, not caring at all what she would say or do. He even sighs as she glares at him angrily. That's when I notice that he is still holding my hand. Unfortunately, she notices too.