When my alarm went off I sat up I felt better than I did earlier. Eren was already awake and sitting at his desk when I woke up.

"Did you sleep okay?," he said as I turned off my alarm. His question sounded off, not the question itself, but the tone behind it. He sounded worried.

"I think I did. What about you?" I ask and he just shrugged.

"Couldn't sleep," he sighed and I knew there was more that he wasn't telling me. He wasn't looking at me and he was quieter than usual.

"Any reason why?" I asked hoping he would open up about it.

"No," he shook his head before standing up, "I'm going to get ready," he said before disappearing into the bathroom. Something was definitely off with him. Did I miss something in the few hours I've been asleep?

He came back out a moment later and quietly waited for me to get ready. I went into the bathroom and when I came back out I saw him packing up the bag to bring to the field.

"Did you want to bring anything other than your book?" he asked holding it up.

"Just the book is fine," I said trying to brush past that and just get down to what was going on with him. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, just tired," he said with a convincing yawn. I didn't buy it one bit. His thoughts didn't indicate anything was wrong, but he knows I'm reading them. If he doesn't want me to know something he's pretty good at hiding it. "We should go," Eren said after zipping up the backpack and grabbing the blanket. He headed out of the room without even looking back to see if I was going with him.

I locked the dorm and hurried after him. When I caught up to him he was quiet and his gaze was at the floor. We walked to the cafeteria with nothing but an awkward silence between us. He didn't even so much as glance at me. Did he even realize I was right next to him? His thoughts were nothing but filler thinking about the pattern on the floor and what food was in the cafeteria. They were just a front.

We got our food from the cafeteria and headed out to the field. I waited for him to set up the blanket and for us to get settled down before addressing the elephant in the room.

"So what's really going on?" I asked.

"I don't know what you mean?"

"Bullshit. You and I both know something's wrong. Did I do something wrong?"

His eyes shot up to mine with panic behind them, "what, no." His voice was quiet but rushed.

"Then what is it? Because you keep giving me the cold shoulder."

"I don't mean to, I just, it's just,-" he let out a frustrated sigh, "It's not you. You didn't do anything wrong. It's just me. My brain is overthinking every little thing. I don't know what's going to happen and with everything that is going on it's just, I just-," he paused for a minute getting more frustrated at himself before finally blurting out louder than before, "I'm just scared okay." He let out a shaky breath before looking back up at me. His voice got really quiet as he spoke up again. "I mean with all the scary feelings going around and you calling out my name in your dream, how could I not be."

"Eren," I said scooting closer to him and putting my hand on his.

"I know you said you would protect me, and I know you're just as scared as I am but I can't help but think the worst and it's getting to me," he took a deep breath and squeezed my hand.

I just pulled him into a hug. I didn't know what else to say. He was right. I was scared too and it's not like my mind was giving me happy outcomes to any of this. All I could do was pull him close and hold him. He was trembling and his breathing was shaky as he tried to calm himself down.

After a few minutes and a few deep breaths he spoke up, "sorry," he whispered, "I just needed to get that out I guess." He sounded a lot better now, but there was still a sense of fear around him.

"I'm going to work on some story stuff," he said grabbing the backpack and giving me a smile, "did you want your book?"

"Sure." He handed me my book. "Shit."

"What's wrong?"

"I should have brought another book, there's only like a chapter or two left in this one," I sighed.

"Hey I asked if one book was all you wanted," Eren shrugged before cracking open his notebook.

"I know, I know," I shook my head before opening the book. I tried to read slowly to drag it out, but it didn't help all I did was kill 5 minutes more than normal. After I finished the two chapters I had left I closed the book and looked up at the sky. I let out a groan. "It's going to be a long night."

"Well after you finish that one you can always run back to the dorm and grab another," he suggested.

"I didn't even think about that. I might do that," I said with a nod before realizing that would mean leaving Eren out here alone. "Actually never mind," I said wrapping my arms around him.

"Okay, I know I said I was scared but 5 minutes isn't going to kill me," he rolled his eyes.

"I know, but still." I let out a sigh, "why don't you come with me?"

"Because one of us has to watch to make sure no one goes to the cliff, you know the whole reason we're out here in the first place."

"I know, but-."

"I'll be fine," he rolled his eyes and let out a laugh, "just go get your damn book."

"Fine, don't move. I'll be quick," I said before standing up and running as fast as I could to the dorm. I made it back to the dorm and of course, struggled to unlock the door even though I only had the one key it still took me a minute to actually get the door to unlock.

It took me an extra minute to find the next book in the series. I looked at my bookshelves checking everywhere and it was nowhere to be found. I looked into some of the shopping bags from last week that I couldn't find a place for. Nope, still nothing. That's when I saw it just sitting there on my desk mocking me. I rolled my eyes and grabbed the damn book.

I locked up the dorm room before running back out to the field. I was out of breath when I finally looked at where the blanket was just a little further. I froze in my tracks when I noticed something.

Eren wasn't there. I looked all around just to see him by the tree lines running towards the cliff. "Eren," I whispered before my feet took over. I dropped the book ran as fast as I could.

"Eren!" I started to call louder as I made it to the tree line. I could feel my heart racing and the air in my lungs thinning as I screamed his name as loud as I can.

"Eren!" I yelled again seeing him just a little in front of me. He was close to the edge of the cliff. I was so close yet so far from him. I know he could hear me, but he wasn't turning around. "Eren!"

He reached the cliff and I yelled as loud as I could, "Eren! No! Please don't jump!" It didn't help. He jumped before I could even finish speaking. I felt my legs start to give out as I ran to the edge I collapsed to my knees at the base of the cliff. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't think. Wake up, wake up Levi, wake up. This has to be a nightmare. "Wake up!"