Elise's P.O.V

I saw the shock on Eren's face when I stood above all. His eyes were in awe yet I felt he looked at me in disgust. Okay, now I feel insecure about my decision.

"This will end." I heard my voice form the words on my tongue. Everything was hot. I was burning up inside this damn Titan! I moved my arms into a defensive stance as I awaited Reiner's move. He stood still in front of me; like he was contemplating wether or not he could win. He stood taller after a minute or so, before he began his attack.

"Elise!!" Eren yelled my name like he was going nuts, and horses were scattered around our battlefield as I prepared to fight. Reiner's left hook came for my jaw, but at the last second I moved and swung my leg up to meet his face. He fell down to the ground, and stayed down, as if in a daze.

Yeah! One: Titan Elise!
Zero: Titan Reiner.

He scrambled up to his feet, keeping Bertold close on his shoulder and Titan Ymir on his back. I was going to send another flurry of attacks towards him, but, he blocked my foot and picked up Derek the four meter Titan and threw him at my face. HOW DARE HE!! I felt grief at the death of a soldier. He was under my command; now I feel what Erwin feels. I started to race toward the three, but-

"Hey."

I froze in place. That voice. It stopped me cold. I could feel the light weight of feet land on my shoulders, and hands wrap around a clump of my hair to keep steady.

"Christa is ours; we have won this battle for now." He whispered triumphantly, yet I could hear softness. I turned my eyes slightly and seeing Levi staring off into the setting sun. The day was won, and my work is done.

"Turning....back...." I tried hard to vocalize my next actions, and he corporal nodded as he left my shoulder.
I returned to my body inside the steaming Titan; causing my Titan form to sway dangerously before landing on its back. I couldn't get out of the nape.

Well, shit. I'm stuck. I felt so tired, I let the darkness eclipse my vision.

Eren's POV

I ran towards the carcass of the Titan. Mikasa right behind me.

"Elise!" I called frantically, and as I got closer, I could see Levi ordering people around as some started slicing into the flesh. I have to save her before she-!

"We need to make sure she is still alive! You! Attend to Captain Erwin!" Levi was snapping orders angrily before he took out his own blades and started cutting. I stayed back. What if they kill her? A few minutes later, the flesh gave way, and Elise was upside down by small pieces of flesh.

Unconcise.

Everyone was afraid; yet Levi walked closer without fear as he places his hands on either side of her softly pale skin. I could see her shift before falling silent.

And yet, for a second, on the corporal's face, I thought I saw a drop of water. Even though it hadn't rained.

Elise's POV

Warmth.

Something I've dreamed about for ages. Yet sleeping under the stars is something I could never forget. The alignments, the intensity of the small dot's lights. It was something I never really saw in the walls- at least, never noticed.

I sighed and slowly moved to sleep onto my side. It wasn't until a few minutes later, I realized there was a steady heated breath washing over my face. Oh dear lord, I can only guess what it is...

I slowly opened my eyes and...

"You're finally awake, brat."

Of course.

"Levi.." I wanted to say how much I missed him; to hug him and cry over everything that I've held back. Strangely enough, this is when I wanted to break down most of all. "...sorry I'm late." I joked finally.

"Damn right you're sorry." He snarled before standing up out of his chair next to his bed and facing away from me. "We all thought you were fucking dead."
Their pain. I didn't even think about how it would affect everyone if they knew I did not die.

"I'm sorry." I repeated, yet it sounded so empty to me. Gosh, I didn't mean it to.

I sat up, and realized that I was in his room that was usually tidy, but it wasn't. Clothes were tossed angrily, so was other things and a table...
It seemed like a Titan came stomping around.

"So many people have left me." Levi spoke. "People who held a piece of me with them. I cared, it simply didn't show often. But when Petra...Oluo....Erd... When they all died, I was desperate to find anything to keep myself together. You. You held me together afterwards. And I watched as you trained and get stronger with every step, and you know what? So did I." Oh god please tell me he isn't..

"Yet, when you died, I snapped; bent too far and it was impossible to put me back together. Because no one was there for me when I fell down to pick me back up. I may be humanity's strongest," he turned back to me with his steely look that never changed. And he walked closer to me before wrapping his arms around me.
It started slowly; staring it's his fingers inching closer to my shoulders, then he leaned, and finally made contact with me.

"But I'm still human; deep inside- behind every sarcastic remark and rude comment." Levi finished in a low whisper that made me shiver. My eyes widened. Soon I hugged back; tightly.

"Behind every kill, underneath your shortness?" I murmured, and I heard him snort deeply.

"Yeah, that too, Shitty Snow White."

~~~~~

"ELISE!!" Eren cried as he hugged me, so did Armin. Mikasa simply put a comforting arm on my shoulder.

"We missed you." She gave a small smile. I smiled back. Jean clapped my back with a hand as he cried too. Big sissy horse. That night was not one of tears, but laughter as I showed what I had seen; fields of ice, forests of normal trees, even the body of water called the ocean!! It was great!

"So, you're like, the commander of those Titans?" Jean asked with a skeptical face. We were sitting in my room with a few of he other cadets form the 104th.

"Yeah, even though most of the information is classified to only Erwin, there are two types of Titans. The kinds that I command are called Cariants while the others we kill are called Variants. I explained, "and they all have a voice. I realized this after many months of research and conversation with a Titan I named Dean."

"You named a FUCKING TITAN DEAN!?!?!" Jean seemed to screech before Mikasa kicked him and his chair to the ground. I smiled as everyone laughed once again.

I truly did miss this.

~*~

"Goodnight." I cracked open the door to Erwin's office to find him shuffling through some papers. Surprise, surprise. The man get his arm cut off and all he cares about is his homework! "Seriously!? Get some rest sir, you had your arm chopped off the other day! I-"

"Yet, we gained more than we started out with." He cut me off with a calm reply. He finally looked up at me after a minute of silence, and smiled. "Glad to have you back, cadet Frost." My heart stretched at the sound of my last name. Once it was the last name others addressed my brother, now me.

But I smiled back with the upmost sincerity I could have.

"Glad to be back, sir."