After dinner, we continued talking for a while, but eventually, the conversation died down and Mikasa headed to bed. I looked at Levi and gave him a smile, "do you want to spend the night?" I asked with a big smile.

"I don't know," he said looking at me with a devious smirk.

"Please," I asked again and he pulled me in for a quick kiss.

"Alright, only because you begged." he smiled, "but your sister's in the house so nothing bad," he said as a condition.

I gave a little pout, "fine," I groaned agreeing to the condition. I mean I didn't really want Mikasa walking in on us, or accidentally hearing us. I guess it's for the best.

"I appreciate that," Mikasa said standing in her doorway, before heading past us to grab a water bottle and heading back to her room.

Levi went pale again and when she left the room his cheeks went red with embarrassment. "Well, that happened," he groaned a little.

I just laughed and kissed his cheek. "She's fine with it. She didn't sound upset in the slightest."

"I know, it's still embarrassing though." He laughed.

"Oh, you're going to need clothes and-."

"Actually, I have a bag ready in my car. I put it in there a little while ago when I was supposed to go to Hanji's but canceled, and was too lazy to take it out." He shrugged.

"Oh great. See being lazy pays off," I laughed.

He grabbed his stuff from his car before we headed into my room. We got changed and laid down on the bed cuddling up next to each other. "Do you have to set an alarm for the morning?"

"Oh yeah, thanks for reminding me," Levi said sitting up grabbing his phone off the nightstand.

"Do you have to stop by your house in the morning?"

"Nope, I have everything I need in the car, as long as it's not Monday or Friday. That is unless I have a special lesson planned, but I don't" He shrugged as he plugged his phone back in.

We laid back down and cuddled up next to each other. Tomorrow was going to be a long day. Not only did Jean see me looking like shit, but when he asked I brushed it off. I knew today he'd want to go out after work so we could talk about it, but what am I supposed to tell him exactly. I can tell him the truth, I trust him enough, but I don't want him to be in the middle of my lies if something happens. However, I don't want him to think I don't trust him.

I just have to make up my mind whether or not I want to involve him in the lies. I mean when will he actually have to lie for me? It's not like CPS will ever talk to him... but what if- no. Stop with the what if's. I have till tomorrow afternoon to decide what I'm doing, so don't stress too much about it. I'm sure Jean will have my back no matter what.

"What's on your mind?" Levi asked. He probably noticed I was off in my own head.

"Just overthinking per usual," I laughed. "It's nothing just stressing myself out of silly things.

"I get that," he laughed, "anything you want to share with me?"

"Nah, it's just work stuff," I sighed.

"Ah, I see, well if you ever need me to lend an ear just let me know." He smiled and I laid my head down on his chest.

"Likewise," I smiled and let my eyes close. I knew I was tired, but I didn't think it would hit me this hard. "I love you," I mumbled.

Right as my thoughts started to go blank I heard him replay, "I love you too babe."

My alarm went off and I was quick to silence it so I wouldn't wake Eren. I looked back to see him still sleeping peacefully. The bags under his eyes had just about vanished, and I felt better as well.

I placed a kiss on his forehead before slipping out of the bed. I got up and head to the bathroom to change. I walked back in and Eren was still sound asleep. I grabbed my things before giving him another kiss. "Bye babe see you later, love you," I whispered in the doorway before turning to head out.

"Cheesy," I heard Mikasa say. I didn't see her sitting at the table until now.

I just let out an awkward laugh. "Didn't see ya there." God, I'm stupid. "You're up early even for school."

"I normally wake up early, Eren's supposed to wake up in about 30 minutes to take me to school."

"I see, well I have to head out. Thank you for inviting me to dinner yesterday."

"Thank you for coming, it seemed to help all of us. You also helped us deal with our crazy preacher problem."

"So we're cool right?" I asked nervously. It was still hard to determine what exactly she thought of me.

"Yeah, we're cool," She laughed, "I'll see you at school Levi," she gave me a devious smile.

"Okay, please don't do that at school," I panicked for a moment. It sounded so weird to hear one of my students call me by my first name. If Hanji heard Mikasa call me by my first name she'd murder me for being careless. If Erwin heard, he'd know something is wrong.

"I won't but it was funny to watch you jump like that," She laughed. "Trust me I have no intention of getting you or Eren in trouble."

"Well, I'm glad to hear that," I said before hearing my phone go off. It was my backup alarm.

"Looks like you have to go," she said watching me shut off my alarm.

"Only if I want to pick up lunch for today," I laughed.

"See you at school."

"Yup, see you there," I said before heading out having Mikasa lock the door behind me.

I picked up some lunch not just for myself but also for Hanji and Erwin. I decided since I'm 'feeling better' today that I should thank my friends for 'letting me rest' yesterday. That and also the guilt that I was feeling, but that's not as important.

I was going through the day better than ever. I wasn't letting my nerves run me down like I was yesterday. By the time lunch came around I started getting a little nervous on my walk over to Hanji's office. I took a deep breath and shoved off my concerns before walking in. I opened the door and Hanji was the only one in there at the moment.

"Hey Levi, you look a lot better." She smiled.

"Fake it til you make it," I shrugged, "well, that and I actually got to talk to them and deal with stuff a little more."

"Well, that's good." She nodded, "you even brought a lunch."

"Wrong, I brought all of us lunch," I said happily lifting up the bag.

"Sounds good," Erwin said as he entered the room.

"Well, I wanted to thank you guys for letting me rest yesterday and offering to help me out," I said giving a small smile.

"Hey, what are friends for. We're here to help no matter what remember," Erwin said and I felt a pang of guilt seep into me a little more. It did seem to be easier hiding what I was feeling and I guess last night's dinner did help at least a little. It made this whole lying thing easier.

"Yeah, of course," I nodded setting the food down on the table.

"Well, at least you're feeling better now." He nodded and patted me on the back.

"Yup, I just needed some sleep."

"Hey guys," Hanji cut in. " Cut the chit chat I'm hungry," She said saving me from even more guilt. I gave her a silent thankful look to which she just smiled. "So what did you bring?"

I woke up to take Mikasa to school, but Levi was already gone. I sat up with a sigh before getting up and getting ready. I headed out into the front room.

"Your boyfriend is so sappy." Mikasa said poking her head over the couch so she could see me.

"Why what did he say?"

"Well as he was leaving your room I heard him whisper to you," She laughed. "He said, 'bye babe see you later, love you,'" She teased. "You guys are so ridiculously cheesy."

"Yeah," I said only half paying attention to that last part. He's amazing even whispering he loves me to me even when he knows I can't hear him. God, I couldn't have found a better man.

"So are we going or?" He voice drifted off.

"Right," I said snapping out of it as we headed out to my car. I drove her to school and dropped her off wishing her a good day. "And don't give any of your teachers trouble," I said as a warning which she knew what I meant.

"I'll play nice... maybe," she said before shaking her head with a playful nod.

I headed to work and knew I had to face Jean today. I headed into work and prayed that today would be a busy day, then I could have a little bit more time to think. However, I walked into work to see an empty waiting room. Of course. I clocked in and started on my paperwork. Jean walked out with a previous patient. When they left he turned to me.

"Well, you seem a little better today. Want to tell me what was wrong?" He asked.

"I-I- was I-" I took a deep breath and looked up at him ready to face this head on, "I think it will be best if we talk over lunch." Or I can completely ignore it and push it off until later. So much for face it head-on.

"Okay, I get off work at 3:30, when do you get off today?"

"I get off at 4:00," I shrugged.

"Alright, I'll get a table at the cafe and wait up for you. Sound good?"

"Perfect," I said kindly giving him a smile even though in my head it sounded more sarcastic. Guess I was going this. I sent Mikasa a text that told her I wouldn't be able to pick her up until around 5.

She texted me back almost instantly and said that it was fine, she would go to Dad's house and wait for me there.

"You know you aren't supposed to be texting in class," I texted back.

"Oh, but you're allowed to text at work?"

Well, she's got me there. "Well, my waiting room is empty and I can multitask while doing paperwork," I responded.

"And I can multitask while listening to the lesson, two can play at this game."

"Fine, I'll get off my phone if you do," I responded.

"Okay fine," she texted back and I didn't bother responding. Keeping my promise I put my phone away and got back to my paperwork. Lucky a few people came in and I was able to get them in for their appointment in a timely manner.

Good thing I wasn't on my phone when Ymir came in towards the end of my shift to relieve me. "How's it going Eren?" She asked. As she clocked in I finished up my paperwork for the day.

"Things are getting easier."

"Well, that's good. I'm glad to hear that things are getting better."

"How about you, how are you and your girlfriend?"

"We're great. Except..." she let out a sigh, "her parents are coming down this weekend and they don't exactly like me"

"That's rough, just be yourself." She looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "Actually on second thought don't do that. You need to be kind and respectable."

"I know, it's going to be so annoying and tiring," she groaned.

We both let out a laugh and I gathered my things to head out. "Thanks, Ymir, for everything."

"Anytime. Oh, and Eren, Christa and I are throwing an early Christmas party not this weekend but next one. You should come." She said happily.

"I'd love to, but I have to figure out where my sister will be that night first."

"Okay just keep me posted."

"Will do." With that, I said my goodbye and headed to the cafe where Jean was waiting for me. Well, this will be fun.

I made it to the cafe and found Jean at the table in the corner. It was the usual table we grabbed when we came here, that was if it was open. If not we'd sit at the table in the other corner.

"I got you a drink," he said as I sat down, "okay let's talk. What's been bugging you."

"Well, Levi he um- well." I sighed. "Something happened."

"What did he do."

"Nothing. He didn't do anything." I said quickly so he didn't get the wrong idea. "I found out something that can get us both in a lot of trouble."

"Oh my god is he married?"

"What no?" That's funny Levi told me Hanji asked the same thing. "He's not married, however, I don't want to have to lie for me. It's up to you if you want me to tell you."

"Of course I want to know. I don't care if I have to lie for you. Hell, it wouldn't be the first time. I'm here for you whenever you need help or for whatever you need help with."

"Okay. Well, he's um- he's Mikasa's English teacher."

"He's what now?"

"You heard me. I didn't know until I brought him over to my apartment and Mikasa recognized him." I let out a low sigh. "I've been stressing about it for a while now, but this could possibly get him fired and if CPS finds out... who knows what they'll do," my voice got quieter and quieter.

"Okay firstly, oh my god. Secondly, they aren't going to find out. If they don't see you two together then they won't know. Besides, how do they know whose Mikasa's teacher and who isn't."

"I don't know, but they just recently stopped hounding me and it's starting to scare me. You know that stress when you just feel like something's coming and you keep waiting and waiting for it to happen, but then it never does. That's how I feel with these damn CPS workers. They were at my house every day 3 times every day for like 5 days before and they said they would be back and now it's been over a week and I still haven't seen them."

"Well, worrying about it isn't going to help. Take a breath and relax. Maybe they finally decided to give up and leave you alone. Or maybe they will stop by in like a month. You won't know what's going to happen until it happens so don't waste your time stressing about it."

He was right. I mean if I spent all my time worrying then I would never be sane. "Okay," I nodded.

We talked for a while and I finished explaining what's been happening these last few days. He calmed my nerves but also made it known that I was stupid. However, his insults only made me feel better knowing there was love behind them. It was a lot easier to deal with what I was feeling.