After what felt like an eternity the bell rang and I made my way to lunch. I walked to the cafeteria and there were a lot of open tables today. However, I saw Levi sitting at one and decided that I was going to sit next to my new friend.

I walked over and plopped down in at the lunch table across from him. "Hey friend," I said, giving him a smile.

"I told you not to get used to this," he rolled his eyes pulling his headphones out.

"Too late. Anyway, did you like what you seen in class?" I asked with a suggestive smirk.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" He glared.

"Oh please, I saw you staring at me. I just don't know why."

"I wanted to know if you were actually so airheaded that you'd float. Turns out I was right!" He said with a sarcastic smile. Finally, a smile, even if it is a sarcastic one I'm still counting it! He's totally warming up to me.

"In your dreams," he mumbled.

"What?" Okay, I'm not imagining this anymore.

"Nothing."

"No it's not nothing, you're responding to stuff that I'm not saying out loud. You're a mind reader."

"Am not," he rolled his eyes again.

Yes, you are.

"I told you I'm not."

"Really, cause I just thought yes you are and you responded as if I said it out loud." Checkmate.

He just took a deep breath and put his headphones back in.

"So you are a mind reader, why tell me your other powers but deny this one."

"Because people ask too many questions. Like, have you been reading my mind the whole time? Why would you do that? Why can't you mind your own business? Stuff like that. Now leave me alone."

"Wait, I only have one question," I said and he let out a groan.

"Fine, what?" He said pulling his headphones out again.

"Does wearing headphones help with your powers? I'm just curious because I see you wearing them all the time."

He just paused for a minute. "No one's ever asked that before. Why do you care?"

"Well, I'm just curious. I mean I really am just trying to be friendly." Does he really not get that I want to be his friend I mean I'm trying so hard. Wait he can hear my thoughts shut up Eren. I looked back up at him feeling a little awkward. My hand went up to rub the back of my neck.

"Why do you think I wear the headphones?" He asked his voice is a lot calmer.

"I don't know. I just thought that maybe with the headphones in you can't hear people's thoughts. I notice you only react to what I think when the headphones are out."

"Pretty much," he nodded. "Everyone thinks I have perfect control over my powers. I don't. I wear the headphones because that power doesn't have an on and off switch like everyone else's. You can levitate whenever you want, but you can still return to the ground when you want to. The voices never stop. You know how hard it is to try and hear my own thoughts when I'm trying to hear over everyone else's. The music stops the other voices from coming through. I'd rather have to compete with the music rather than 30 other voices." He stopped himself, realizing he was rambling.

"It doesn't matter," he said picking his headphones up again.

Please don't. He paused at my thought. "Don't put them back in."

"Why not?"

"Because for once I'm getting to know you, I really do want to be your friend."

"Look you're barking up the wrong tree. Like I told you when you first sat here I don't want friends, I don't need friends." With that, he put his headphones back on and raised the volume until I could hear his music from clear across the table.

I just gave up for the day. I mean at least I got to know a little bit more about him, and that explains why he was saying those things when I never said anything to start with. I just got up and headed to my next class. He seemed a little surprised that I was actually leaving, but in all honesty, I didn't have enough energy to try and bug him any more than I already had. I had to save up the last bit of energy for the next class. I don't know how I'm going to make it through another 3 hours. I feel unsteady on my feet already everything just feels heavy thinking about it.

"Hey, you feeling okay?" Jean said putting a hand on my shoulder snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Yeah, the air just feels really heavy here for some reason.

"Oh, you feel that too?" He asked.

"I thought it was just me. Anyway, what are you doing just standing out here aren't you heading in?"

"It's not class time thought?"

"Yes it is, the bell rang like 3 minutes ago."

"Oh." I must have tuned it out. "I need to pay more attention," I shrugged it off.

"Are you sure you're okay."

"Yeah, just a little tired."

"Alright, oh also before I forget your request went through for the room change!" He said excitedly, "you should be moving rooms tomorrow. They processed it a lot faster than I thought they would."

"Great, I can't wait," I said with a half smile. "I'm sure you're really excited."

"I really am, thanks so much for this, I owe you one big time." He said and I just shook my head.

"Your friendship is enough," I smiled.

We headed into class Jean took his seat next to Marco and I took the same seat I did last time since it was one of the only seats left. Well, that one and the one next to it. Levi walked in and I watched him look at the seat next to me and roll his eyes even though he started making his way over to it anyway. He sat down and left his headphones in until Eld came in the room. He pulled them out and left them on his desk.

"Good evening class," Eld greeted us and I had to lean in to try and hear.

"Today we'll be going over my powers I guess," he said quietly as he rubbed the back of his neck.

He started going over his power and I was leaning forward as much as I could and could still barely hear him. It was hard to hear what he was saying but I got the gist of what he had said. When he finally started calling people up. He, unlike Hanji, took the students out into the hallway. Probably so they could hear him in the dead quiet rather than have to hear over other students whispering.

"How can you hear him from back here?" I asked Levi before he had a chance to put his headphones back in.

"I can hear his thoughts from here. It's hard to pick out his from the others, but enough concentration and I can do it."

"Oh, I see."

"It would be easier if I was closer."

So his powers work better if he is closer to a person.

"I just said that."

"Sorry," I mumbled. I couldn't keep my head up anymore and just laid my head on the desk.

"If you fall asleep I'm not waking you up."

"I'm not going to fall asleep." I closed my eyes and just let my mind wander. I let my thoughts flow freely trying to distract myself from the thoughts that have been plaguing my mind for the first time in years. You can end this suffering my brain screamed at me. I sat up quickly and took a deep breath trying to clear my mind again. These thoughts are so annoying. Why did this all have to come back up? I was doing better and here I am sucked back into it as if nothing has changed.

"You okay?" Levi said and I looked at him. That's when I realized that he never put his headphones back on.

"I um-."

"Eren," Eld said poking his head in the room.