"Eren..."

"Eren...?"

"Eren!"

Levi let out a sharp gasp for air as he jolted up from his slumber, his narrow eyes went wide as they flickered wildly around the room. His entire upper half was drenched in sweat as he slowly started to calm down, groaning when a sudden wave of pain hit him. His dislocated shoulder had been popped back into place when he was out cold but it still hurt none the less. Bandages wrapped around his bare chest and shoulder, which prohibited his movement even more.

"He's up."

Levi's eyes flickered over to his bed side to see Hanji raising a wet cloth to his forehead.

"Glad to see you're still with us, short scales." She said with a slight giggle in her voice, "You gave us quiet the scare."

Levi's memory was still a bit foggy... all he could really remember was the battle finally ending and then... fallen...

"Where's Eren?" Levi asked almost immediately.

His heartstrings tugged with worry and fear when Hanji didn't answer right away. He looked up when he heard two pairs of footsteps coming to his opposite bed side, only to see Erwin right next to him but he could care less about that at this point. His heart picked up its pace when the room grew silent and no one had answered his question.

"Hanji... Where is he?!" Levi repeated with a mix of fear and panic in his voice.

When the witch didn't answer right away for the second time, Levi tried to sit up out of the bed he was in only to have Erwin stop him. He shot a glare at the blond when he placed a hand on his non-wounded shoulder.

"Let. Me. Go." He said as he tried to stay calm.

"Levi..." Hanji started as she lowered her head, "Some friends can't be replaced."

Levi's eyes went wide as his gaze flickered down to his hands. His heart started to sink to floor as he tried to gulp down the lump forming in his throat. He didn't move a single muscle and remained silent for a good long while. That was until he heard shouted coming from down the hallway and the sound of feet racing towards the room.

"Come back here, dumbass!"

"You shouldn't have told him where he was then..."

"Yeah... it is kinda your fault, Jean."

Levi recognized the sound of Jean, Armin, and Marco's voice just before hearing the sound of someone basically body slamming against his door with a loud 'thud'.

"Forget it, Jaeger. You need your rest just as much as Levi needs his." Jean's voice shouted right outside the closed door.

The sound of Eren's last name being called made Levi's head shoot up almost immediately.

"Yeah... besides he's probably not even awake yet." Armin said as he tried to calm the person down.

Levi couldn't help but crack a small smile at the bickering going on outside his room.

"Probably! Which means there's a chance he is awake." Eren retorted.

The older dragon shook his head slightly, a light chuckle escaped him when he heard another 'thud' up against the door. He didn't have a doubt in his mind that Eren was trying to break his way through.

"I suggest you let him in before he decides to burn Kirstein into a crisp." Levi said.

Both Hanji and Erwin cracked a small smile of their own before the blond man stood up and walked over to the door.

Levi waited, his heart picking up its pace as Erwin opened the door with a small 'click' sound. His smile grew ever so slightly when he saw Eren ram right past the tall blond man, making him stumble back a bit.

"Levi..."

Levi's smile slowly faded when he looked at the brunet up and down. He saw the bandages wrapped around his forehead where the gash was as his right arm was held in a sling. He could see the small cuts and bruises that were already starting to heal on their own as Eren started walking towards him. He cracked a small smile when his metallic grey eyes met the boy's gleaming sea-green ones, shining bright as always.

"Eren..."

Eren's lips tugged up into a smile as he vision started to blur with happy tears. He was glad to find that the other was alright. He couldn't help himself as he sat down on the side of Levi's bed and hugged him.

Levi flinched and let out a small groan when Eren suddenly hugged him, making him fall back onto the bed.

"Oh! Sorry Levi..." Eren said as he released the older dragon from his embrace.

"It's okay..." Levi replied as he stroked the brunet's cheek with the back of his hand, a slight smile graced his lips as he breathed in the other's scent, "I'm just glad you're okay."

"I'm glad you're okay too..." Eren whispered as he buried his face into the other's chest.

Erwin watched the two dragon interact with each other closely before speaking up.

"Eren... Now that there's no threat. I allow you freedom to live where ever you wish to live." Erwin stated as he looked at the boy.

Eren blinked in surprise and looked at the commander with a puzzled look.

"So does that mean..." the brunet started.

"Yes." Erwin said, cutting the boy off, "You can live with Levi."

"Th-Thank you sir..." Eren stuttered in reply.

Erwin nodded in a silent 'you're welcome' before walking out of the room, giving the two lovers some alone time.

Eren could barely contain himself once Erwin left as he wrapped his arms around Levi's neck and kissed him. Levi let out a small groan in response but kissed back as well.

"I get to live with you..." Eren whispered.

"No you don't... you get to freeze your tail off outside." Levi said in a rather serious tone before chuckling slightly, "Of course you get to live with me, idiot. I've been wanting that for such a long time now..."

Eren smiled at Levi and buried his head into his chest as he laid with him. He knew it was going to be a great life with Levi. He just knew it...

THE END

Author's Note: I'm in the process of making a third part to this AU. So if you guys like the last two parts I hope you like the newest bit when I post.