Hey everybody! Okay, so I know I'm currently writing 'Teach Me What It Means To Love Again' but I started writing this and posted it on ao3 so I thought I'd share it here too! I wanted to write something with blind!Eren, so, well, here we are. uwu


Chapter 1: Breaking Routine

"Alright, shitty glasses, I'm hanging up now."

"But Leviiii, we're having so much fun talking to each other! Oh, we're even bonding."

Levi sighed deeply and mentally asked himself why he was still friends with this person after having gone through middle school and high school with her at his side. How he could still tolerate her, he wasn't quite sure.

"Hanji, how the hell are we "bonding?""

He listened to her giggle as he walked into the coffee shop he came to after work, mostly everyday, typically though, it was just the weekdays, weekends were his time to just lounge around the house and sleep (if his body even allowed him to sleep).

He felt as if he had been talking to Hanji for hours (and it had only been 45 minutes now). But, it was these little talks with her that kept him sane, even if she did most of the talking, and the talking insisted of her rambling on and on about whatever she was interested in and experimenting with, or what she did for the day. He acted as if this all bothered him, and maybe it sort of did, but Hanji was one of his best friends, so they couldn't bother him too much, even though he still questioned how they still maintained a friendship all these years.

He hadn't even realized she had explained how she was bonding with him and was now going on about her new puppy, Titan.

"He's already gotten so big, Levi! You have to come see him sometime, I just know that he's excited to see you again, he wags his tail every time I mention you!"

"Hanji, he's a dog."

"With feelings!"

Levi rolled his eyes, stopping at the counter and looking up at the barista behind the counter. She had her hat on, that all the employees here did, and her short hair was pulled back in a bun.

She smiled at Levi. "Hello, sir. Long time no see."

He pulled his phone away from his ear as Hanji kept chattering away, his lips twitching upwards in a faint smile. "I saw you yesterday, Petra."

Petra shrugged, leaning forward on the counter. "Feels like forever, you know."

Levi shook his head. "I believe you said that yesterday, as well."

She stuck his tongue out at him as if she was a child, "Just order already."

"The usual; just a decaf."

She gave a nod, turning on her heel to go and get his drink. Once she was gone, he put his phone back to his ear, and he was greeted with Hanji's rambling, the occasional mention of "Titan" being heard. He also managed to make out the phrase, "Moblit came over last week and Titan loved him, you should've seen it Levi, he looked terrified, poor thing."

Damn did this woman talk fast sometimes.

"Are you still listening?" Hanji asked suddenly.

"Sadly," Levi replied.

Hanji huffed, but continued on anyway.

He wondered, as she spoke, if he really regretted getting her that dog or not, and the more he thought about it, the more he did regret it. Well, only because she was literally chewing his ear off, painfully and slowly. Overall, he didn't regret it, he was actually glad that he did.

It was struggling, trying to figure out what to get Hanji for her birthday. He knew he could just get her a little science kit that was made for kid's and she would enjoy it, but he also wanted it to be good, to top whatever Erwin was getting her - he'd definitely get her something good, and he wanted his gift to be better.

(No, it wasn't a competition, but he didn't want to have another year of Hanji clearly loving what Erwin got him more than what he got her, even if she said she loved them both. Sure.)

The weekend before her birthday, he dragged Erwin along with him to the pet shop because there was no way in hell he was going there alone. He thought about just getting her a fish and getting out of there, but, he knew that wouldn't be the best gift. He ended up looking at white, small puff balls that were bunnies, kittens and cats alike that were either sleeping or staring at him. Of course, if this was him, he would get a cat, but this wasn't him.

In the end, he looked at the puppies while Erwin continued to look at the bunnies. They were either sleeping or...well, sleeping. Puppies needed their sleep, even though they could be little balls of energy, as the worker standing beside him was telling him.

And then he found him.

He fell in love with this sleeping puppy, a Bernese Mountain Dog. Clearly, it was something he could see Hanji having, and he had to admit, the little thing was cute (adorable as could be, really). He was expensive as well, but, once he saw Hanji's face, he knew that it would probably be worth it in the end.

And it was.

She screamed with joy, and couldn't contain herself when she saw him, and she jumped on Levi and hugged him as tight as he could, despite his protests (all Erwin did was snicker at him, the bastard). After she peeled herself off of him and wiped the tears from her eyes, she declared that she would name him Titan (after kissing the both of them on the cheek and thanking them for getting her the puppy, but she mostly thanked Levi because it was Levi's idea after all, and it was his present to her, not Erwin's; his).

All in all, it was worth it.

"Here you go, Levi!" Petra chimed as she returned, setting his drink down on the counter with a grin.

"Punctual as ever," he noted, pulling his phone away once again and slipping it into his pocket as he reached into the left back one and pulled out his wallet. Petra raised a brow at this, and it looked like she was going to ask, but she decided against it.

As he was opening his wallet, someone bumped into him. He stood still for a moment, and was about to go off on whoever it was, but stopped when he heard the owner's voice.

"Oh, sorry! Didn't see you there," he apologized, and chuckled to himself.

For a moment, Levi thought he was chuckling because it was some stupid high school kid again, but when he looked up, he saw that it wasn't.

The man standing next to him had a gorgeous smile, and was wearing a pair of sunglasses, as well as an old baseball hat. The ends of his chocolate colored hair, a color that actually put the color of chocolate to shame, curled around his ear, and damn was he tan-

"Ah, it's fine."

The man nodded, turning his head towards Petra. "Hey, me and Mikasa are running off, so we wanted to leave you a tip."

"Eren, you really don't have to-"

"But I want to!" the man, who he believed was named "Eren," exclaimed. He pulled out a few dollar bills, lifting it up and out to Petra. "Take it, I insist."

Petra sighed, chewing on her bottom lip in thought before taking the money from Eren's prodding hand. "Alright, alright. Thank you, so much."

Eren only smiled, shrugging like it was nothing.

Before Eren could take his leave, Levi butted in, "Eren, huh?"

"Yeah, that's my name," he said, looking back to Levi. "E-R-E-N though, not that A-A-R-O-N."

Levi found it odd that Eren had to point it out, that he felt the need to tell him this, but, maybe it was good information to know for the future. And he liked the spelling; it was different.

"It's nice to meet you, Eren," he said, putting emphasis on the name, "My name is Levi, L-E-V-I, not whatever other shit you can come up with."

And then the grin was back and wider, and Levi swore that smile could probably put the stars to shame. "Are you making fun of me?"

"Wouldn't dare to think of it."

"Bullshit!" he laughed. "My friend, well, I dunno if he's really a friend or not, will spell my name the other way all the time to spite me. And it pisses me off whenever he does it, and when other people do but him especially because he knows that's not the way I spell my name, you know? It's like, come on asshole I've known you since middle school and you still pull this shit?" He shrugged, and Levi couldn't help but notice the light blush that had crept up on his cheeks. "Ah, sorry, this must be weird, I'm acting way too comfortable with someone I just met-"

"Nonsense," Levi teased.

He was going to continue, but a girl with black hair came up to Eren's side, gently tugging on his sleeve. "Eren, are you ready to go?"

"Oh, yeah! Yeah, heh, sorry, I gotta go now," Eren frowned a little, as if he was really upset about having to cut this conversation short.

Levi looked back to the girl standing beside him and then back to Eren; he concluded that was the Mikasa chick Petra mentioned.

"Uh, maybe, I could get you number?" Eren asked, breaking him out of his thoughts. "We could meet up sometime or something-"

"Sure." Levi shoved his wallet into his pocket, switching it out for his phone. "You call you this weekend, and we could go out for coffee, perhaps?"

Eren grinned. "Sounds great."

He recited his number to Levi, who tapped the numbers in and then tapped in Eren's name, slowly, making sure to spell his name out loud. Once he was finished, he saved the contact, nodding that he was finished.

"Well, I'll see you around then, Levi!" Eren waved, to which Levi lifted his hand up, and he watched as Eren grabbed Mikasa's hand, intertwining his fingers with hers before they left the coffee shop. Perhaps, he shouldn't have felt the sinking feeling that he did at the gesture, but he did anyway.

"They aren't dating, you know."

Petra's voice pulled him out of his thoughts, and he looked back to her, a wave of relief rushing over him. "They aren't?"

She shook her head. "No. I know it looks like it but they're not, they're only siblings, so no worries there," she said with a wink. "Oh, and you need to pay for this drink, it's probably cold by now."

"Shit," Levi grumbled, fishing his wallet back out. He handed Petra the needed money to pay for his drink, and a few extra bills. "Keep the change."

She was about to argue, but Levi held up a hand, cutting her off. "I'll see you tomorrow, Petra."

She frowned, but still said her goodbye with enthusiasm, "See you then!"

He took his drink off the counter and turned around, heading out of the coffee shop. Now, he was going to continue his daily routine and go home and relax, because he deserved it after a long, painful day.

Though, he did break his daily routine a little.

Typically, he wasn't one to break routine, because he found solace in a routine. Waking up, showering, brushing his teeth, getting dressed, out the door and to work, and then a cup of coffee and winding down for the rest of the day. It was a simple routine, one that he followed five out of the seven days of the week, but he was used to it, and he was okay with doing that most of the days out of the year. He didn't feel the need to mix it up, because then he'd probably rip out his hair.

And yet, he mixed up his routine with talking to the tanned beauty - Eren - at the coffee shop.

He grinned to himself.

And after his "moment," he realized that he had been talking to Hanji earlier, and knowing her, she might still be on the damn phone.

He pulled his phone back out and put it up to his ear, and yeah, she was still there.

"Leeevvviii-"

"What?"

"Oh! You're back!" she perked up at hearing the sound of his voice, and he could hear the smile in her voice. "I heard you talking to Petra, and then someone else.. I think it was 'Eren'?" She paused. "He was cute, wasn't he?"

Levi groaned; of course she heard the conversation.

"Shut up, four eyes."


So I'm going to update this and tmwimtla (yeah abbreviations whooo) as often as I can, so! And also, I'm probably going to change my penname to 'faithfulhorizon' (or maybe not idk), so just don't freak out if I do, it's still me-

Also going on vacation soon, on the 4th actually, so I'll try and get something out for this or tmwimtla before then, hopefully! ;w;

~Lovely Kacey Faith