Chapter 13: Test Run

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~Levi~

The sound of screams woke me from my sleep. Opening my eyes to my dark room I looked around hearing nothing. I must be hearing things. Then, a loud shriek resonated in the room next door, my office.

Whipping the blankets off I didn't care if I ran out shirtless. Opening the door quickly I find (Y/N) tangled in the blankets whimpering. Rushing over I took hold of her shoulders. Gently shaking her I tried to wake her. "(Y/N)," I call. She's gonna wake everyone up next door.

Her head shook vigorously as she repeated the same words stop over and over. Taking hold of her upper arms I lift her from the couch. Shaking her once more I watched her eyes open and her head shaking less. Looking around she seemed still panicked. Releasing her I fall back and sit on the floor. "How do you sleep at night?" he asks.

I watched her hold herself, she didn't answer. Instead, she brought her knees to her chest and held them. Standing up I go and light a lantern, walking back I set it next to the sofa on a side table. Tears were building up in her eyes. "He was there again," she mutters. Kneeling down before her I looked at her confused.

"He who?" I ask.

Wiping her tears she chuckled softly. "God I'm pathetic... being like this." she sighs.

"You're not, now tell me what's wrong," I say. With my hand on the couch next to her body I could feel the vibrations from her shivers. "(Y/N) who is he?" I ask again.

Covering her face behind her arms she sobs quietly. "M-my father." she cries. Then, I knew what was going on, she was reliving her worst memories. Standing up I sit on the couch right beside her. Damn now how do I do this? Gently I place my hand on her head.

"I won't force you to talk about him then," I mutter.

She slightly lifted her head and nodded before leaning into me. Shocked by her actions I then timidly wrap my arm around her shoulder. Jeez, how can this girl go from an annoy shitbag to an ad- Shaking my head I let out a sigh and turn my head in the other direction.

Taking my arm off of her shoulder I then slowly stand up. Clearing my throat I turn and watch her lay back down. "I'll stay in here, you try and rest again." I say, walking over to my desk I lit up another lantern so I could work without disturbing her.

"You can go back to sleep... I'll probably just stay up," she says. She began to lean up again, walking back over to her I gently push her down into a laying position.

"You'll need the sleep for our practice run," I say.

Sighing she fell back and wiped her eyes. "The one time you actually let me sleep and I don't wanna." she says.

And we're back to annoy shitbag. "Just shut your trap and sleep brat," I say. As she laid on her back she let out a long sigh while I pulled the covers. Her eyes were still open but avoided mine.

"Levi..." she mutters.

"Hmm?" I answer.

"T-thank you for letting me stay... I know it's not something you would have wanted-

"You're welcome, now sleep," I say.

With that she nodded and turned on her side facing the back of the couch. Walking past her I go to my desk and work on some paperwork.

~Time Skip~

~(Y/N)~

Waking up again to a gentle shake I turn and find a fully clothed Levi standing before me. "Time to get up, go shower and meet me here," he says.

Nodding I sit up and pull the blanket off. As he walks off I then fold it up and set it next to me. Standing up the bottom of my nightgown also sank down just above my knees. Man I really wore this in front of him? Brushing myself off I walk over to his door and open it.

Looking out I find the hall still dark and empty. "It's five in the morning, no one is awake," Levi says.

My head snapped in his direction with a look of disbelief. "So, you're telling me you woke me up at five only to meet your damn squad when I could have done it later!?" I say.

"Tch, shut up and go shower," he says.

Letting out a groan I exit his office and walk across the hall to my bedroom. Closing the door to my bedroom I let out a sigh and walk over to my closet. I take the clothes and go into the bathroom and shower.

~Time Skip~

I stood at a table with food. It was late afternoon and we were out in at the practice run. Petra, Oluo, Eld, and Gunther were all sitting at a table together talking. I picked up a couple things and joined them. Sitting beside Eld he greeted me with a smile. "Hey (Y/N)." Gunther greets.

Smiling at him I turn and pick at my food. He let out a soft hum before turning to Petra. "I wonder if Eren's doing okay," he says.

Oluo glared at Gunther. "Tch doesn't be so soft Gunther," Oluo says.

Glaring at him I kick Oluo's shin. "Don't be a jerk copy cat," I say. His glare turned to me and much more intense.

"Better watch yourself," he says before taking a sip of his tea.

Then, Petra elbowed him in the gut making him spit out some of his tea.

"(Y/N)'s right, be nice and you look like a fool for copying Levi," she says.

"What about me?" I hear Levi call.

Jolting I look back finding Levi standing behind me along with Eren and Hanji who was walking away. Quickly standing up I grab my things and rush over to Hanji. "Hanji," I call.

Stopping she turned and smiled at me. "Yes?" she asks.

"Keep your eye out..." I say.

Confused she looked past me and looked at Eren. "Why?" she asks.

"He didn't change right?" I ask.

Nodding her head she pulled me further away from the group. "How do you know- Oh," she says.

"He's gonna change here shortly... just go back to your station and wait for when he turns." I mutter.

Nodding her head she looked back at Eren and smiled. "See you in a bit," she says. Nodding I watch her run over to Moblit. Turning I see Levi talking with Eren, his hands were bandaged.

Levi then walked away with his tea and sat beside Petra. Beginning to walk towards Levi I wanted to warn him but I didn't want to give anything away. All I can do is keep my mouth shut and let it happen.

I watched as Eren dropped his spoon and hissed in pain. My heart dropped as I watched him go to grab it. I went to back away only to be launched into the air by a big explosion. The table had broken into many pieces. My back hurt like hell from all the pulling.

Looking back I could see the outline of an arm-no part of an arm. Just as, I had read, now once the smoke cleared I could see Petra standing next to Levi with her blades out ready to kill. I heard yelling as I stood up. Running as fast as I could I cut in next to Levi and look up at Eren.

"Eren! No one gave you permission to transform!" I hear Eld yell.

"What got into you?!" Oluo asks. I go and stand before them.

"Everyone calm down!" Levi orders.

"It was an accident guys," I say. They glared down at me before looking back up at Eren.

"Did you hit your damn head girl?" I hear Oluo ask.

"Shut it, he needs to prove that he's not hostile!" Gunther says as he walks up to Eren.

Eren looked around frightened. "Com' on prove it!" Gunther shouts.

"So, much as twitch an arm and I'll have your head!" Oluo snaps.

"Oluo! Stop-

"Sir you need to get away!" Petra yells.

All at once everyone started to yell up at Eren, I walked over towards Levi and prepared to stop the others from attacking Eren. No one was listening at this point.

"Everyone just shut up!" I hear Eren yell.

Then, I heard laughter. "Eren!" I hear Hanji call out. By this time the smoke was basically gone. Hanji happily came up and started spouting out different questions. "Can I touch it!?" she finally asks.

"No- Hanji- I don't think-" Eren had tried to warn her but her hands were already placed on the steaming flesh. Jolting back she fell to her knees.

"Son of a bitch that's hot!" she screams happily.

Then, she stood up again. "How is it attached to your hand?!" she asks.

He then looked down and began to pull his hand out. Moments later he fell off the titan's arm and onto the ground. Running up to him I place my hand on his shoulder. "Are you okay?" I ask.

He shook his head, I watched as Levi walked up. "N-no," Eren says. After the whole thing we headed back to the headquarters.

My stitches were checked and turned out fine with no rips. Exiting Hanji's office I find Levi standing there. "Hanji hurry up, we're having a meeting." He says.

Then, his eyes turned to me. "You good?" he asks.

Nodding my head I walked with him down the hall to their meeting room. Eren was at the end of the table still in awe with what happened. He turned to me and grabbed my hand. "You're okay right?" he asks.

Nodding my head and smile weakly. "I'm fine Eren," I say. Sighing he released my hand and turned forward. Sitting next to Levi we waited for Hanji. Petra tried to comfort Eren although she was just as much as fault as anyone else for blaming him for something he couldn't control.

The door then opened as Hanji and Moblit walked in. "Finally, how long of a shit were you taking?" he asks.

"Oh, long enough to get the job done," she says as she walks in. Standing at the opposite side of the table she pulled Eren's spoon, she had explained the reason behind his changing. He'll change with a distinct goal in mind, something I had read early on in Hanji's book while snooping through her office.

"So, it was an accident then?" Gunther asks.

Eren nodded his head, the group looked at each other before lifting their hands up. They bit the side of their hand by their thumb, like Eren would to trigger the transformation. "Take it as our apology," Gunther says.

Eren smiled slightly before nodding. "We were scared, I know that's not an excuse but in order for us to trust you, you need to trust us to Eren," Petra says.

Petra then turned to me as well. "We all need to trust each other," she says before turning back at Eren who smiled and nodded. Levi had dismissed us from our rather short meeting, getting up from the chair I looked back to see Levi right behind me as if he were waiting for me.

"Let's go," he says.

Waving goodbye to Hanji I followed Levi out the door into the dark hallway. As I entered the hall I saw Levi stopped just up ahead. "What you did today... helping protect Eren... thanks." he says.

"No problem," I answer.

With that, he left me, probably headed back to his office. Instead, of heading off to my room I walked through the halls. I ended up finding myself in front of a door that wasn't mine. Walking up I go and knock at the door.

I waited, for what seemed like forever. Suddenly the light from the room gleamed onto my face as the door opened. "Commander Erwin, got a minute?"

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