8 Comfort and Change

Emily's POV

I ran into Levi. He saw me in my crying state. His eyes turned into a soft glare, it has a concerned look...

       "Emily? Are you okay?" Levi asked, there's concerned lacing his voice.

       "Y-Yeah... I'm sorry for bumping into you." I said.

        He just held his hand out to help me up. I took his hand gladly. Once I got up, I turned around to left for my room but was stopped by a strong grip around my wrist. It was Levi.

         "Emily... I know you're not okay... You keep on having this nightmare and you didn't get to sleep right?" He asked.

         I didn't say anything, instead I just cried out all this feelings that I had been carrying around. I felt a strong arms around me. It's warm and really comforting. I buried my face into his chest. I thought that he was going to get mad at me or something. But he just had his grip tighten around me. We stand there for a long minute when he decided to spoke, "Come, let's go to my room, we can talk there." I just nodded as he held me close and bring me to his room.

        He sat me down on his bed. I was still crying, but my tears finally had come to a stop. I calmed myself down and continued to look at the floor.

        "So tell me. What's going on? What was the dream about?" He asked me.

         After a few moments of silence, I took a few deep breathes and starts to tell him about all the dreams. I told him how I got that dream, I started to feel tears welling up again. But I forced myself not to cry. "I understand." He said. I just stared at him looking confused. How did he understand this if he hadn't gone through it yet?

          "I actually came from the Underground along with my two friends. They're like a family to me. They died. On our first expedition. It was hard for me. That's when I decided to keep myself away from others. Because I don't want to have those feelings again. It would hurt me even more." He said.

           I just listened and almost cry to his story. "I'm sorry. I'm really weak." I said.

           "You're not weak, you're strong because you tell me your story. Only weak people would keep their problems." He said.

            I hugged him. He was tensed for a moment but then he relaxed. I didn't know that I was holding up my tears because I started to cry hard. I tried to make it stop but I can't. I fell asleep in his arm comfortably. The warmth... It made me relax.

Levi's POV

            It hurts seeing her like this. I know that I shouldn't care. If I care then it means I'll get hurt later. I'll be more worried about her. I should've kept my distance from her. This is bad...

             She stopped crying and her tight grip suddenly become loose. Is she asleep?

             I laid her on my bed. I was about to go to the kitchen when I saw her sweating and shivering. I lay down besides her and hugged her. She then calmed down. Maybe she needs someone to comfort her in sleep?

              I hugged her and my eyes become heavier every seconds then everything goes black.

Emily's POV

I already awake. But I don't feel like opening my eyes. I don't want to leave these warmness. As I opened my eyes, I saw Levi looking at me. I thought I was still dreaming because this is just too good to be true y'know?

          "How long are you planning to stare at me?" He asked.

          I immediately realized I wasn't dreaming and sit straight up. I felt my face start to heat up. I'm a blushing mess right now.

          "Is that how you treat a person who comforted you all night?" He said.

           "S-sorry! And thank you!" I said and turned to leave.

           "Tch" He clicked his tongue but I saw him smiling at me. His smile... OMG! He's smiling! At me! That is sooooooo fucking cute!

Like I always do, I walked back to my room and do my morning routine. We got to the dining room to eat our breakfast. To my surprise, Eren and Hanji was already there. Wow did they not sleep at all? Suddenly someone burst into the dining room, "Squad leader! S-someone k-kill the titans for your experiments!" The soldier said while painting. Hanji looked really shocked.

*Time skip*

When we were there, Hanji starts crying over her titans. Well not really, it was just for the experiments. But still, she cried like her family just died or something. Then I saw my brother tapping Eren's shoulder and began saying something that I couldn't catch on. I just stared blankly. I honestly was not paying any attention that is around me anymore. I flinched a little when someone tap my shoulder. I turn around to see Eren smiling and said, "Let's get back to Old Castle. I think that you were too bored to be here, I can see it written all over your face." "Haha... Yeah. Hanji really is being too emotional. Let's head back then." I said smiling back at him.

       I feel a death glare on me. It made me shiver down my spine. I looked around to see Levi was the one who gave me the death glare, more like on Eren... Eren didn't seem to notice. I look back at Levi again to get a good look on his face expression. Sure his expression were all cold, but I can see his eyes are not the same. Wait... Is my eyes deceiving me right now?! Levi... Is he? Is he jealous?