Levi sighed quietly when the teacher finished her rant about poetry and the art involved in spoken word. This lesson was probably his least favourite, since neither Erwin or Hanji was in the same class.

The teacher of the lesson also didn't help, Levi couldn't help but think that she was too enthusiastic about most things and he hated listening to boast about dating his P.E teacher.

Miss Braus swept across the classroom while dramatically reading Shakespeare's monologues aloud to the unbelievably bored class. Levi found that Miss Braus was only truly concerned about three things English, Mr Springer and lunch.

These were her top three topics that she continuously brought up until the entire class felt like slamming their heads into the nearest god damn hard surface.

The lesson dragged on and Levi found himself starring at the clock as if it was a grenade, about to blow any second and kill everyone in the whole room.

He was sure by now that he had been set some type of assignment but he just couldn't bring himself to pick up his black pen and write.

Luckily, Miss Braus was being lured into a trance like state by the promise of the cafeteria selling hot potatoes for lunch, she at that point was far to gone (as she was now drooling) to notice that Levi was not doing the work that she had set.

Levi realised quite quickly that non of the other students were doing anything either, most of them were texting other random individuals in the class, most likely the topic of why we had insane teachers at the school was the most prominent idea.

The class had quickly figured out that food was Miss Braus' kryptonite and they would be truly damned in they didn't occasionally use it for a break. The only person in who would regularly scold them for using this type of manipulation was Levi's own sister.

Mikasa.

She was the perfect A* student that never missed a day of school and could kick others asses into gear when needed. Almost the complete opposite of Levi.

His grades averaged at around a B, he rarely didn't skip school and was practically grumpy 24/7.

If there was one thing he could change about their relationship it would be that they were in the same lessons for everything and he noticed that she was becoming more uptight as the days went on. Levi's head once again found itself in a familiar position. This was that his head lay against the hard wooden desk facing the dark, rain-filled sky.

Levi always found himself thinking about odd topics when he faced the window. Green cloaks and wings.

Little flashes always overtook his mind into the realms of insanity. Yet, he often found himself sketching them. The people in his head were fierce fighters who were utterly determined to destroy the evil that reeked havoc upon the mundane world.

They would propel themselves into the air at a terrifying speed with two long swords in hand. It was a reoccurring nightmare to Levi so he tried not to focus on the death and destruction that came with the ever so awesome soldiers that defended the world.

He had also found that his friends became the main people inside his dreams.

They were all depicted as soldiers, including him. He was 'The Corporal' or his nickname being 'Humanities strongest' this meant that he was the best soldiers in the entire world and in his dreams he fought under the 'Survey Corps".

As did his two closest friends. Captain Hanji Zoe, a leader of her own group and infuriating lunatic.

In reality she was just a fumbling idiot who wore these shitty glasses. Saying that, she always stuck by him and encouraged him in all areas although he could never quite figure out what she got out of his so called happiness.

The other was the official 'Captain America' lookalike and possible reincarnation.

In Levi's dreams, he was Commander Erwin Smith, Leader of the Survey Corps and all round tactical genius. Levi would have served under his command as his underling.

Although, Levi found it infuriating that Erwin was better than him even in his own dreams, he couldn't bring himself to dislike the blond haired giant. Said giant spent everyday constantly pining after a little blond mushroom haired nerd, who had skipped a couple of grades due to his intelligence.

Armin Arlet, in his mind the little blond was a quick witted and immensely cute cadet who had joined the group with his sister. This thought probably came about thanks to Armin and Mikasa being inseparable, though something about their little group felt missing and Levi couldn't understand why.

Erwin was missing a lot as of late because the little mushroom had started helping out at the library in a bid to read more, in turn Erwin now had a new favourite hang out where he could eye fuck the poor kid.

Not like Arlet cared, he pretty much watched Erwin every single day and Levi was counting the minuets before the two of them threw themselves in the closest cupboard and fucked each other senseless.

Hanji was bisexual and completely in love with her current boyfriend Moblit, he wasn't really part of their group although Levi had a certain amount of respect for the young man.

Well, not everyone wanted to date a living hurricane after all.

The man in question seemed quite alright but Levi had only been given the pleasure of a few quick interactions with him. Levi had a slight hunch that the man was actually fearless because he couldn't figure out how he managed to deal with Hanji on a regular basis, willingly.

Other than that the people who made it into his dreams were of little importance in his everyday existence, they were just kids who attended the school, most of which he was not actually acquainted with and therefore felt weird in talking to them.

Some of these he even saw as criminals in his dreams, they were evil and cruel. One of these happened to be Mikasa's seemingly emotionless girlfriend Annie.

She was 'The female titan' and somehow this made their meeting rather uncomfortable.

Not to mention the fact that her friendship group that incorporated Mikasa into it was filled with these dream villains.

Levi knew that he couldn't tell anyone about the dreams, they would think that he was insane and after all then they would know where the inspiration for his art work came from.

His signature pictures that everyone adored was 'The fall of Wall Maria' and 'The wings of freedom' these two paintings were inspired by his dream universe and had earned him fame and respect among his fellow students.

His personal favourite had been 'The corporal' which depicted an older version of himself wearing their signature green cloaks whilst soaring through the air on the gear they used to manoeuvre without being killed by giant man-eating monsters.

Still Levi truly believed that something was missing among his dream world.

Or he guessed that someone was missing.

Though the world was dangerous and dark Levi could vaguely remember someone bringing light into his life, but for the life of him the boy couldn't picture his saviours face.

The bell that signaled the end of his third period was gushing into the room, causing many of the students to jump, luckily Levi was no longer effected by the horrific clanging noise.

It was only a millisecond after Levi exited the classroom that a certain crazy lady jumped onto him and clung onto his now aching arm.

"Oi, shitty glasses let go of me or I will ruin your science project" Levi shrieked while trying to pry his limb out of her grasp. On mentioning the word science project she let go and gave the raven a death glare.

"You wouldn't dare Levi or I will tell everyone about the great stripping incident" she declared manically earning a terrifying look from the undercut haired teen.

She would have been frightened but sadly she was too used to Levi and knew that his insolent threats meant nothing, he was just a sweet heart underneath his cruel façade.

Erwin rolled his eyes at the encounter making his presence known by putting his huge hand on Levi's broad shoulders.

"Honestly, cant you two go two minuets without bickering like an old married couple" Erwin mused effectively making Levi gag. The blonde smirked at the ravens reaction before gazing lovingly at Armin who was entering a nearby classroom.

Hanji giggled as she quickly followed his line of sight. "Ah, the mushroom, quit eye fucking the lad and go ask him out" Levi spat out faking a disgusted look. Erwin looked down at his feet before kicking the air.

"Armin is more fragile then that, he wouldn't want to go out with someone like me. He's too cute for it" The blonde muttered. Levi shook his head at the mans stupidity before looking at Hanji who held a similar expression to his own.

They decided to sit and eat lunch inside because of the weather which was actually quite typical although Levi despised the cafeteria, it was the only dry and seemingly warm place available.

"Levi, do you have a new painting in the works?" Hanji asked excitedly, she loved the images that it depicted and was always asking about any new ones he may be creating.

"Yeah, though I think its going to be a shit one, its already pissing me off!" Levi declared while shrugging his shoulders.

Erwin looked up from the sandwich he had been devouring "still think there's something missing ay?" Erwin asked.

He knew that Levi as constantly moaning about the 'missing' piece of his artistic puzzle. No matter what the painting, something wasn't there or there something not right about it.

Erwin knew that it was probably just Levi's minor OCD talking but he too felt like something wasn't in the images that was meant to be there. In his mind though, it was not something but someone.

Even Levi's favourite painting lacked this someone, he or she was meant to be next to the corporals side and Erwin knew it though he chose not to air this thought less Levi's reaction be completely insane.

The rest off their lunch was spent discussing random things that popped into Hanji's brain, and some of her thoughts sometimes scared Levi therefore he had grown accustomed to ignoring her.

Levi was brought out of his passive state by a strange phrase that came from Hanji's mouth.

"He's not there Levi" she whispered, it was discrete but still managed to alert the raven.

"What?" Levi asked, he was genuinely curious about what those words meant.

"In the pictures, he isn't there" she clarified but this only managed to confuse Levi all the more. He wasn't there, who isn't there? The ravens eyes lifted to meet the girls, but the sight of her spaced out, in deep thought left him thinking that they knew something that he didn't.

"Ahh" Levi yelled while grabbing hold of his hair. A sharp twinge of pain made its way up to his head. Levi clutched his head in his palms. A figure flashed in his mind. Eren.

Then it was gone like a flash of light.

He was gone, the one he wanted to remember had escaped his grasp once again leaving Levi lost.

"Levi!" Hanji and Erwin yelled while running over to their pain filled friend. He didn't seem to acknowledge their existence. Levi then fell to the ground with a large 'crash'.

Levi's thoughts wondered to the person he had seen, he couldn't make out a body shape of the sounding of his name but Levi knew that it was a he, and this person meant more to Levi then he ever thought possible.

The missing piece in the puzzle.

His soulmate.

Humanity's last hope.

Waking up in the infirmary with Hanji refusing to leave his side out of worry was not something that he expected to see when he awoke from a peaceful slumber.

"What happened?" Levi muttered feeling a sharp pain in his head when he tried to lift his body from the extremely uncomfortable position it was placed in. He untangled his pretzel like form to get into a better viewing point.

"Levi! Could you head to your lesson as soon as possible, its last period so you have" she checked her notepad quickly "art".

Hanji helped him sit up right and stand up, as he started to walk down the path to his next lesson the pain subsided relieving Levi of his gloomy feeling.

They quickly shuffled into their seats that happened to be right next to each other before listening to the teachers 'important news'. Miss Ral's cheery voice rang through the class grabbing everyone's attentions.

"Everyone we have a new student today, which a few of you may already know. His name is Eren Jaeger".

The name cut through Levi like glass.

That was it.

The name he couldn't quite remember.

Then in walked Eren.

In that moment while looking at his untamable brown locks and piercing heterochromia touched eyes, Levi knew exactly what he needed to paint.