It was strange for both of them to be involved in such circumstances. After a visit to the hospital and making sure Levi didn't have any water left in his lungs, two things bothered the janitor.

"I can't afford the hospital bill! You shouldn't have taken me here!"

"Don't worry, I already paid for it."

Although you didn't allow Levi to see the cost of the hospital, he still had his doubts. He knew that either you used your savings or you had an extra job because there was no way a teacher of high school got paid enough to pay 2,000 dollars in the spot.

"I will pay you back, just give me some time to-"

"There's no need to."

Now they were staring at each other in Levi's small living room. Hell, Levi wouldn't even call it a living room. It was just an old kotatsu that kept him warm during the winter. There was no TV, no magazines laying around, everything was perfectly clean. But there was no much to appreciate, it even looked like he just had moved into this apartment.

"Did you just move in?" you asked as you tried to make a little bit of conversation.

"No."

Levi looks at you, he knows that you were uncomfortable and he began to wonder if at some point you were going to ask him about what happened a few hours ago or if you were going to leave soon.

Although your clothes were already dry, your hair was a mess and it wasn't hygienic to stay in the same clothes. Levi wasn't one to invite anyone over, not even Erwin had dared to go to his apartment. But seeing that he was in 2,000 dollars in debt to you, he decided to be nice for once.

"If you want you can take a shower, I'll give you some extra clothes you can change you into," Levi stood up from the kotatsu already missing the warmth underneath the blankets.

"That will be good, thank you," you said as you followed him closely but not too close. It was strange that he hasn't asked you to leave his apartment and in all honesty, it will be incredible if he lets you stay the night.

Just to make sure he won't attempt to do what he did before.

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After you finished showering and changing into the clothes Levi lent you, you waited patiently on the kotatsu again. It was a small apartment but the kotatsu really made up for the whole thing. You thought that maybe adding one to your apartment wouldn't be such a bad idea.

It was warm underneath and since Levi was now taking a bath, maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to lay down and sleep for a few minutes.

You rested your head on the table, closing your eyes softly as you let out a few breaths.

And soon after a few seconds passed and the seconds turned into minutes and the more and more minutes passed and-

Wait.

"How long has Levi been taking a bath?"

You quickly stood up and headed to the next room. Knocking on the door lightly and pressing your head on the door, you asked for some sort of response from him.

"Hey, Levi, everything alright?"

But nothing, there was no sound. No response coming from and you felt like your heart dropped for a moment.

"Hey, Levi, are you alright?" You asked again and at receiving no response, you decided to do something that would be a bit uncomfortable but seeing that Levi wasn't responding and after what happened today, things like this were necessary. "I am coming in!"

You moved the doorknob but it was locked, with desperation you began to move it faster and without much thought, you decided to take an extreme measure.

Kicking the door open was easy, it didn't even hurt, and although the doorknob fell off the only thing that matter was to get to Levi.

And you saw him, half of his body submerged on the bathtub, you could only appreciate the tod half of his body. His pale skin sightly wet and his black hair was so long that it almost covered his eyes. But you were able to see them, his dark blue eyes. Swollen, and dark circles, the color red was also predominant in his eyes and you could tell that he was just tired of crying.

Even with such beautiful eyes, they were dead. His eyes said nothing, absolutely nothing.

You took a few steps and sat on top of the toilet seat, trying to be as delicate as possible as to not scare him. You thought that Levi would be angry at seeing how you broke the doorknob but nothing matter to him at the moment.

"You know, when I was in high school, I used to get bullied a lot," it was a strange story and very random too. But you thought that showing some vulnerability will make Levi start to trust you. Besides that, you didn't want to make the situation awkward and you knew that Levi wasn't ready to talk at any time soon about his problems either. "One day, my bullies beat me up so hard that I ended up in a coma."

You took the red cup that was on top of the bathtub and with soft movements, you began to get closer to Levi. Submerging the cup in the bathtub water and letting it being filled by the liquid, the water was still warm which was good.

"I was in a coma for a week, and the doctors thought I wasn't going to wake up," you delicately began to pour the water down to Levi's head. He flinched a little by the act but he didn't retaliate. His hair was now wet and even if he didn't admit it, he enjoyed the act. "Nothing fun happened while I was in a coma but I do remember something."

Then you took the shampoo bottle, opened it, and pour a little bit on your hand. You took the liberty of massaging Levi's scalp. Honestly, it was strange, weird. It wasn't like you haven't done this before. Actually, you had helped shower a couple of men before. The thing was Levi and you weren't as close to this kind of thing.

But he looked so helpless, so lost and hurt.

That the only thing you could do was to hope that your actions brought some type of comfort to his broken soul.

"A man appeared in a dream ... He was a bit short and I couldn't see his face. He wore a green cape and some sort of military uniform," you said as you kept massaging's Levi's scalp, your fingers running through his raven hair. "He stood in front of me and said, you have to be strong, you have to keep fighting ... Remember you and me... forever and always."

"It's strange because I had never seen anyone like that before," then you place warm water on top of Levi's head, the shampoo running down his body. "Maybe a past life? A past lover? I don't know but after I had that dream ... I woke up. And from then onwards I became strong ... really strong."

"Its as if my body had awoken, like an electric shock, I knew what to do with every movement of my body, I just became suddenly strong," you said. "My wounds became to heal pretty past after that and the doctors thought of it as a miracle."

Levi stood quiet but he was listening. He also found your actions strange but gentle. He knew that you two weren't best friends and this level of intimacy was unprecedented. Not even Erwin had ever been so affectionate ... Not as caring.

"And when I came back to school and my bullies looked for me ... I sent them all to the hospital," you finished washing his hair and then quickly moved to use conditioner. You were glad that Levi had a conditioner, not a lot of guys do. "My mom got angry at me and made me go to the hospital to check on them ... it was sad because the parents of the bullies never appeared. They just didn't care for their kids."

"On the bright side, after going to the hospital for several weeks ... my bullies became my friends ... and even one of them became my first boyfriend."

At that, Levi quickly turns around to look at you. Finally, his dark blue eyes showed emotion, surprise. And you were happy that at least he didn't look as lifeless as before.

"The moral of the story is that one, things happen for a reason. And two, people are capable of doing really bad things but we are also capable of doing good things. There's no such thing as an extremely evil or extremely good person," you smiled at him gently and for a moment Levi felt comfort, something he hasn't felt in a very long time.

"We are all capable of changing, Levi," you say. "Even you."

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Now they found themselves running through the corridors of the school. Your class had started five minutes ago and you were praying for everything sacred that your students hadn't gone crazy and started to use the paints and make a mess.

You had stayed at Levi's house because he didn't kick you out. Although it was surprising, you were happy that he didn't do that. The kotatsu was a nice place to sleep and it gave you peace of mind knowing that Levi was asleep in his room.

Maybe too much peace of mind.

"We wouldn't be in a hurry if someone didn't complain to wake up when asked to," Levi walked next to you, the only reason why he was following you was that you left his cleaning cart in your classroom.

"No, we wouldn't be in a hurry if someone hadn't taken so long in the bathroom in the morning," You talked back to him. Last night was completely different from today. You two acted as if nothing had happened and although it bothered you a bit, you knew you couldn't force him to talk about his problems either.

Levi rolled his eyes as he finally realized that they were close to the art room. Taking a few steps in and entering the classroom, he didn't only notice students looking at him but the history teacher was there too.

Erwin Smith.

"Mr. Smith!" You entered the room and you smiled immediately the moment you saw the blond. "What brings you to my room?"

"I have the first period off and they asked me to look after your class until you arrived," Erwin says as he takes a quick look at Levi, pretending he didn't exist for a moment. "It seems you were busy with your company."

"Absolutely, Mr. Levi gave a really rough time last night,"

The room that was filled with student's chattering went absolutely quiet at their professor's words. You didn't sexually mean your words... or maybe did you?

Either or, your students, Erwin and especially Levi, were blushing at how 'indecent' you were speaking.

"Believe me, spending the night with him at his house isn't as exciting as it sounds," you speak again seeing that the room had gone quiet. "You thought it will be innocent, like a sleepover but next thing you know, bam! You end up so tired you finish sleeping under the kotatsu ... without a pillow!"

You turned to your back to see Levi, it was a remark of how he just literally left sleeping in the living room without any commodities as a guest.

"Yeah, well, one can only imagine," Erwin smiled a little as the thought crossed his mind that he had indeed never slept in Levi's home before. "Well, I should let you start class then."

"Oh yes!" You turn to face the young ones who were already whispering among themselves. "Morning students, start taking out your sketchbooks and pencils."

As the students started their commotion, Levi took this as a sign to get his cleaning cart and leave the room. Erwin had already left so he might as well just do this as fast as he could. But as he was about to leave, your voice interrupted his actions.

"Mr. Levi, I'll see you after school," you said as you smile, "We are far from over from last night."

Yeah, Levi definitely needed to talk to you and tell you to stop speaking like that.

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Levi knew that there were things that shouldn't be spoken. For example, his mental health. Or at least it wasn't one of the things he wanted to speak about.

It was strange how things worked. Yesterday night he thought that he wouldn't live to see today. But here he was, mopping the floors of the school cafeteria. No one was around yet but soon they will be. Everything was clean now but of course, when lunchtime arrives, it will be a mess again.

"Do you have some time to talk?"

Levi turns around to find Erwin standing behind him. He wasn't expecting this, Erwin had made it pretty clear that they shouldn't be interacting during school time.

He pretends to keep mopping and looking down to the floor but he had to admit that he was nervous.

"Is there something you need?" Levi asks.

"About Ms, y/l ... Are you seeing her? As intimately?"

Levi couldn't help but feel a bit happy ... Was Erwin concerned now? Was this his way of showing that he jealous and that he cared?

"Is that of your concern?"

"Yes, because that would be perfect," Erwin says as he sees that Levi stops mopping. He couldn't see his face nor could tell how he was feeling. "If you were to publically date her, then no one would suspect about us."

"So, you really want me to sleeping with someone else?" Levi turns around, he was offended and hurt and his heart broke at how unsensible Erwin was. "Do you care so little for me that you are willing to let me have another partner-"

Erwin places his strong hands on Levi's shoulders and he instantly blushed. There was no one around the school but according to their terms, they shouldn't be doing this at all. All types of content should be prohibited between them after the rumor that spread about them started.

"It's not that," Erwin says. "I care about us ... I care so much that I am willing to share you, even if it hurts me."

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I guess ... that if you want something, sometimes you have to make sacrifices.

If I want to be with Erwin ... then doing this shouldn't be too much of a problem ... right?

"Levi!"

Your voice interrupts Levi's thoughts and he turns around to see you running towards him. Carrying a black bag, a long white skirt, and a white shirt, he wonders just how in the hell were you able to keep it clean after panting all day. Nonetheless, the black cardigan must be of help too. It was strange, you looked quite calm and relaxed even with everything that happened last night.

Well, I might as well get this over with.

"Are you doing anything this afternoon?" You ask as you were finally able to catch up with the janitor. "I thought maybe we could-"

Levi wasn't an idiot, he knew that a part of you was interested in him. Not just the co-worker type of interest, it was the romantic type. What he did not know was that if you were interested in him for something serious or not.

Or maybe because you pity him for almost killing himself.

"So, what do you say?" You ask with a smile. "If not, I was thinking we could go together to the first football game, it's going to be a home game so-"

Well, here goes nothing

"If I go out with you,"

Levi took a few seconds to recollect his thoughts. It a beautiful afternoon, the twilight about you, and a few students walked past you two and even stared for a little. Levi appreciated your face and body. It wasn't that he didn't find you attractive, and it wasn't that he didn't want to do it.

It was more the fact that he had never been with a woman before.

He was scared that he was not going to be able to satisfy you and that you might leave because of that. And as a result of that, Erwin and he would have to think of a plan B.

"Would you have sex with me?"

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A/N: I am not quite certain how where I am taking this story, as I've said before this is only a draft. But of course, you can always expect angst with me. This may not be as good and as well developed as One Last Time but I still hope you enjoy it.

Levi is more of a softie in this story and definitely less dominant. But we will get to that later, anyways thank you for reading!