You decide to march all night.

From tomorrow onward, you 'll change to moving during the day. The forest can get dangerous at night due to the limited visibility, even given Levi and Mikasa 's honed senses.

The path you take is not well traversed at all. You can only thank your luck no blizzards are bound your way tonight as you look up to the pale moonlight and huff.

It 's not exceedingly cold, just enough to keep the snow nice and light. Despite that, you can see the tip of Levi 's nose get a rosy colour as you walk deeper into the quiet wilderness.

You smile a little at him. You 're holding onto his hand, having lovingly laced your fingers into his. He 's quiet and serious, but he doesn 't pull away.

That alone is a good sign.

In all honesty, you 're afraid. Afraid he 'll pull his hand away, conclude he doesn 't deserve you after what he did to you and then you 'll be utterly alone.

You swallow. You turn to him.