The next day, the weirdness continued. Levi was practically glued to Eren's side. Eren actually ate with Armin and Mikasa this time, but Levi had joined their little group. Even with Mikasa shooting glares at him, he talked to Eren like nobody else was watching, even though everyone was, considering he was the Levi Ackerman.

Once again, Levi drove Eren home, clearly choosing to ignore the fact that Mikasa stayed to pick up Eren.

After he got home, he continued to text with Eren until she said she had to go to sleep. He sent her another goodnight text, not caring how it sounded this time. Levi chose to ignore his big brother's always-cheeky comments and Isabel's repeated question of "Are you texting Eren?"

This routine continued for a week.

The first half of the day remained the same; Levi walking Eren to and from classes, Levi sitting next to Eren whenever he could and Levi constantly amusing Eren with his stories.

It was near the end of lunch when things changed.

Eren groaned when she realised what she had next. "I hate gym." She explained quickly to Levi, who was giving her a curious look.

"Why don't we skip?" Levi asked, a little surprised he had actually said that. He was usually a follower of rules, not a breaker of them. He was about to take it back when he remembered the scars on Eren's arm. He knew he had to do everything and anything to keep Eren happy.

"Are you sure? I've never skipped before..." Eren started, but one look into those cool, grey eyes changed her mind completely. "Actually, I don't mind." She stated firmly. She didn't want to miss an opportunity to hear Levi's voice.

"Great!" Levi enthused, even though he was a bit worried himself. However, he would not show it. "Why don't we go back behind the buildings, you know, where we first talked?" He suggested.

"Okay." Eren replied. She wouldn't mind reliving the moment.

When they finally reached their destination, being careful to stay out of sight from any lurking teachers, Eren wondered what they could possibly do to spend their free time. Levi, however, just started to talk. Eren soon found herself lost in his tales, not even bothering to question what brought this on.

At least, she didn't question until she realised instead of Levi's face looking amused, like her own, it looked concerned. She soon noticed his eyes constantly flicking over to her face and her arms. She realised that skipping a class isn't something he would do.

"What is up with you?" Eren had finally had enough of her curiosity.

"What do you mean?" Levi asked, slightly frightened that she thought he was too boring or weird.

"I don't know! You tell me! Why do you look so concerned? Why are you constantly looking over at me, like I'm some fragile piece of glass that could break any second? Why did you skip a class for me? Why are you constantly looking at my sleev- ... Oh." Eren paused. 'Does he know?'

"Eren, please stop shouting." Levi said weakly. "I'm sorry. It's just... I saw..." his voice trailed off.

"You saw... my arm... Didn't you?" Eren asked quietly.

"Yes... It hurt to see how broken you really are so I made myself promise to keep you happy. I need you to feel happy. Otherwise, I don't know how I could continue going. I like seeing your smile and hearing your laugh." Levi admitted.

"Levi... I am happy when I'm with you. I love when you take the time to talk to me. I kinda... No, not kinda. I am in love with you. There, I said it. I've liked you way before the first time we spoke."

"Same here." Levi whispered. "I love you, scars and all. And I don't think I could ever stop."

"Well, I'm a little broken. You're going to have to accept that." Eren said simply.

"Aren't we all a little scarred?" Levi replied, before leaning in to kiss her.

~fin~