"Stay with me a little longer. Just for sometime Hange"

"Yeah... I will. I think I'll do that...", Hange replied breathlessly.

"Take in deep breath. But don't force yourself", Levi had his hands covered in blood in attempt to stop the blood leaking at Hange's sides.

"I'm not dying am I?", she questioned in a panicked tone.

"No. No you're not", he ripped his shirt tying it around her sides. The titans were still moving forward and there still wasn't anyone there to save them. Hange had lost balance and fallen when trying to stop the marching titans. Levi had lost his own control and jumped out. Her fall was meant to be fatal. But she somehow managed to survive.

"What's taking them so long? You're bleeding everywhere and it's hard to stop it", Levi complained almost in tears. Hange's breath had become shallow. Wait any longer and she would be dead. She squeezed Levi's hand a bit more and could feel her eyes getting tired.

"Hey... hey wait a little longer. You're doing great"

She didn't think she was. Her heart was beating slower and her eyes were closing slowly.

"Hange?... Hange!"

***

Hange fluttered her eyelids open groaning in pain. How long had she been asleep for? And it seemed like she had such a bad dream. But she was achy all over and pondered on where the pain came from. The door slammed open making her jump in shock and surprise.

"YOU!"

"Me?", she pointed at herself still shocked. Levi looked absolutely furious as he walked over to the side of the bed dragging her out of bed. He threw her to the floor, raging.

"What's going on?", she asked trying to ignore the stabbing pain.

"You're asking me? Tch how annoying can you get?" ,he stomped towards her with his fist clenched. Hange quickly stood up walking backwards. Screw the bad dream she was just having, she was currently living a nightmare. Levi hit her hard and this time around throwing her to a wall.

"Would you at least tell me why you're doing this?" , she pleaded.

"Alright since you'd prefer to act dumb, I'll tell you. Erwin-"

"Erwin? But he's dead"

Levi scoffed in disbelief "You make up people's death too?"

" No. You were with me when he passed away. Why are you forgetting everything? Don't tell me you forgot when you told me-"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP! YOUR BULLSHIT IS IRRITATING ME! I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING! SO PLEASE DO ME A FAVOUR AND AT LEAST ADMIT YOU'RE A LIAR AND A FAKE ASSHOLE!"

Hange remained silent. She didn't speak. She couldn't speak. She felt her head becoming heavy and started to get dizzy quickly. How hard did Levi hit her?

"Don't try and fake passing out, I'm not getting you to any hospital"

But it was no use.

***

The faint noises had been present for weeks. She could hear stories being told by some deep voice that seemed so familiar. But the voice felt so distant. The fact it kept coming back made Hange believe this voice was waiting for her.

And it kept playing in her head...

"When all this is over, I-"

"The both of us"

"Yeah... The both of us..."

She wanted to wake up from this long, deep sleep but had no success for what seemed like forever. Until...

"She's awake!"

" What? Move aside"

Hange looked at her surroundings. A hospital. She could feel another presence. When she turned to her side and met the eyes of that man staring back at her, she jumped in fear squinting to the side and away from him. He reached his hand out to her face only to have her wince.

"Hey, what's wrong? I'm not some stranger, you know that"

"G-go away. I'm sure you don't want to be near a liar"

"What're you on about? Look you've been unconscious for weeks and during that time you must've had a nightmare"

" But it felt real", Hange cried "You barged into the room and started hitting me. You didn't even get to explain why I was being treated that way. It felt real, Levi."

"It wasn't. I still love you don't I? If I didn't I wouldn't have visited every single day to check on you. You're fatal wound and unconsciousness got me worried. I thought I'd never see you again. When the rumbling stopped, I made sure you were taken to the hospital for treatment. They did what they could and I'm glad it worked"

Rumbling? Oh yeah. Same thing that almost got her killed.

"So it was all a dream? And I'm not fake or a liar"

"Jeez Hange no!" , Levi wrapped his arm around her neck pulling her close "You're not and you'll never be."

She nuzzled into his neck happy to perceive that same scent again. But she knew she'd missed a lot in this past time and knew she had a lot of catching up to do.

Just then, the door swung open causing Levi to push Hange away and receiving a groan from her. It was Mikasa looking as depressed as ever and Armin.

"Mikasa, Armin, what's wrong?", Hange questioned both of them sitting back up.

"We heard you were finally up so we came to check up on you. It's all over now. Eren's dead", she explained starting to sob miserably. Armin hugged her in a comforting manner taking her to a nearer chair.

"Eren's dead? But how?"

"I killed him. Because it was the only way. But now he's gone", she cried "And it's all my fault"

"It's okay, Mikasa. Sacrifices have to be made sometimes. I'd consider you brave for giving up someone I'm sure you really loved. But now there's peace. I can't tell you it was worth it but you really are strong. Well what's done is done. I will miss doing researches on titans though."

Mikasa lifted her face drying her tears and staring back almost about to smile. She let out deep breath as Armin ushered her out the door whispering words of reassurance.

Hange left the hospital after full revovery. She stepped outside breathing in the fresh air of freedom. This was the normal lifestyle she requested but never got until recently. Levi snuck up behind her wrapping his arms round her waist.

"You know, it'll have been better if you were a bit taller", Hange sighed.

"Appreciate my height you fucking ungrateful woman! ", Levi hissed "I've tried to grow but I'm stuck at this same size"

"Relax it was a joke", Hange laughed "I prefer you small anyway. Makes me feel superior and makes you look sorry"

"The only one who'd be feeling sorry is you when I'm done with you tonight"

Hange's face turned a bright red as she turned around to walk away. Then remembering she lived with Levi. On their walk home, she could for once listen to Levi's ranting on what has happened whilst she was unconscious. A huge party thrown in celebration and all that, Levi opened a tea shop which wasn't surprising but also taught kids many defensive mechanism he'd learnt from the underground and so on.

"Aw I missed it all!" , Hange groaned.

"And you missed out Armin's proposal to Annie"

"WHAT?! ARMIN? ANNIE? B-BOTH OF THEM?-"

" Yes both of them. And keep your voice down. We're drawing unnecessary attention to ourselves". Hange made whiny noises, crying internally.

"That is cute but to be honest, I thought you'd do it first. I mean look at us adults. 30 year olds but still unmarried. Whereas the kids we raised are getting married before us"

"Are you hinting towards something?" , Levi questioned giving her a puzzled look.

"Something like what?"

Levi sighed "If you want to take this relationship a step further just say so. I told you. You're in charge of what happens us. You being commander doesn't change, Hange". He patted her head smiling as Hange's eyes lit up.

Perfect.

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