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Eren stared blankly out the restaurant's window, hand propped under his chin. The evening was beautiful. Lamps lit town square, going down the street as he watched people passing by. One woman was on her phone laughing, another was a man walking his dog. But sitting on a bench, he saw a little boy reading a book, all alone. Another boy came by and waved, smiling at the other. Eren's eyes softened. He remembered the first time he laid his eyes on Levi.
{Flashback}
A young Levi sat down on a park bench reading a book. His face held tranquility and a glint of ambition in his eyes, a combination that complemented the attractive face. He wasn't imperious but, combined with his stoic behavior and his signature glare, he gave off a very dominating personality. Levi was only in 1st grade. However, having a conversation with him, he acted more like the teacher than the student. He wasn't exactly easy to keep a conversation going with either. The tones of his voice only expressed boredom, anger, or sarcasm. Just taking a look at the other children running around and laughing, words would only describe Levi as lonesome or gloomy. Everyone was at the least intimidated by him. They had every right to be. Levi belonged to the Ackerman Family; they were (maybe the only) richest and most powerful people around.
{End of Flashback}
His boyfriend, Levi, across from him looking as wonderful as ever, spoke with agitation in his voice. "-Oi, Eren, are you listening?" Eren snapped his head and turned to look at Levi. Eren dropped his hand down into his lap and straightened his sitting position.
"Sorry…" Eren mumbled, moving his eyes down to stare at the tablecloth in front of him.
"I asked you if you were feeling well. You're spacing off more than usual," Levi looked outside, "and what the hell are you staring at?" Eren glanced up at Levi. He knew that was his way of being caring, but sometimes he felt so inferior around him.
"I…" Eren wanted to answer truthfully, he wanted to tell Levi what was bothering him, "was just thinking…" But that was all that came out. Levi raised one of his eyebrows in a questioning look. He always knew when the brat lied; and he was just about to ask him what his problem was until the food arrived.
"The steak for you?" A brown haired waitress questioned looking over to Levi, something hidden in her green eyes. Her uniform was also 3 buttons undone more than last time she came by. It couldn't be more obvious that she had taken a liking to Levi, and that bothered Eren seeing her try so hard. He should've been used to it by now though. Almost everywhere they went, Levi captivated someone. Of course, there were a handful of times someone took an interest in Eren. Levi always took care of them.
"And the hamburger for you?" She put the plate in front of him almost as gruffly when she turned to him. She turned back to Levi flashing her flirting smile "Hope you enjoy your meal."
"Thank you," He paused looking down to her name tag, "Emily." He flashed her one of his smiles that he would give to one of his clients or a business man. A fake one. It hurt how she slipped a paper right onto the table in front of Levi, clear as day, showing her number. But it disturbed Eren even more how she turned around and sashayed out. Eren wanted to puke. He said nothing, trying to mask his jealousy and anger. It was silent the rest of their meal.
{Flashback}
"Hi! My name's Eren." A child by the name of Eren Jaeger grinned. Levi cringed. He was hoping to finish this book by the end of the day. Slowly, he looked up just so his eyes peered from the top of the pages, he glared at Eren hoping he would just get scared like everyone else and leave. "You could hurt your eyes if you keep doing that." Eren started mimicking his mother's tone, hoping to have a good impression on him. He didn't know why he would want to, it just seemed right to impress Levi. Levi's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. What was this boy talking about.
"Doing what?" His voice was impatient, any other second grader would be compelled to either walk or run away from him. But Eren smiled inwardly, getting Levi to acknowledge him was a good thing.
"Putting the book so close to your face." Eren picked up an imaginary book and shoved his face into it, giggling. It was supposed to be a joke but Levi didn't seem to like it. He huffed offended, muttering something unintelligible before hiding his face behind the book again. It was at this time that Eren could've walked away, back to his friends. He already finished his dare, talking to the grumpy/rich Levi sitting on the bench. But he didn't walk away. Instead, he sat down next to him. "Sorry, I didn't hear you."
{End of Flashback}
When they finished, Levi gracefully slipped into his coat and started walking towards the exit. But as Eren followed he noticed the paper with Petra's number remained still folded, untouched on the table.
"Are you going just going to stand there?" Eren quickly turned, walking towards him, smiling. "I see you're in a better mood now." Levi commented opening his hand cueing Eren to grasp it. Eren noticed that Petra was at the front writing things down near the doors. He felt Levi squeeze his hand and pull him even closer. It was then, as they were exiting, that Petra noticed them. Eren didn't see her facial expression, but he felt damn smug if anything.
When they got into the parking lot, Levi opened the right side of his shiny, black Aston Martin Vanquish to let Eren inside. Eren never understood why his boyfriend needed such an expensive car. Levi claimed that it was a gift from someone and he didn't want to waste it. In all honesty, Eren just thought that Levi liked to show off (almost as much as being the grumpy/anti social person he is). Even thinking about it now, Eren still didn't understand why Levi agreed to date him.
{Flashback}
"I said I already have bad eyesight." Levi answered frustrated and embarrassed that this boy was the first he confessed to. He expected Eren to mock him; but instead he nodded his head in understanding and moved on. This was shocking to Levi. Maybe this kid wasn't as stupid as he thought.
"What book are you reading?" Eren asked trying to keep the conversation going.
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Eren wasn't sure how to respond. It seemed like a really complicated book with lots of words. In fact, he hardly ever really read. So he stayed silent.
{End of Flashback}
"By the way, I have a business trip to go to in 2 weeks," Levi broke Eren from his thoughts, "so I don't think I can make it to our date." Levi went through an extra effort to focus on the road. Distracting himself so that he wouldn't see Eren's face when upset.
"It's our anniversary!" Eren said in disbelief, letting go of Levi's hand to turning in the passenger's seat to look at him. "And you promised stuff like this wouldn't happen. Why didn't you tell me earlier?!" Levi had pulled things like this before. Eren should've known.
"I didn't think it was going to be a problem. I'll Skype you if it is." Eren frowned. Not only was their reservation to the restaurant a complete waste of time but Levi was actually going to leave him alone on their day. Out of the corner of his eyes, Levi saw Eren pouting. What a brat. He always looks so adorable whenever he pouts; and Eren knows it. Levi sighed inwardly, maybe they could take one more stop before going to Eren's apartment.
"You're going the wrong way." Eren said in a monotone voice, still upset. Levi ignored him and continued to drive.
{Flashback}
Everyday after that Eren went over to sit near Levi. Of course he would also talk to his friends, but he didn't want Levi to just sit there reading (of all things!). Eventually, Levi began to grow used to Eren attempting to make conversation and just ignored him. As the covers of Levi's books changed, so did Eren's way of thinking. He considered why Levi didn't play with the other kids. "Why don't you ever play with the other kids?" Eren asked abruptly. He didn't really expect Levi to give an ans-
"They don't invite me."
"Why don't you just ask?" To this Levi didn't answer and continued to read whatever other advanced book he has. "It's not like they hate you or anything." Eren gave a side glance over to the kids playing soccer. Levi was so cool, of course they would let him play!
"They won't like me." He spoke it as a matter of fact which made Eren furrow his eyebrows in disbelief.
"Of course they will!" Eren tried to sound as convincing as possible. It seemed Levi was done answering. He began to think about what the reason could be that Levi didn't think the kids would like him. All he ever did was read it wasn't like he didn't know- "Hey Levi! Do you know how to even kick a ball?" Eren tried not to sound too suspicious, afraid he wouldn't get a reply, but he really wanted to get Levi's attention. It worked. Levi jerked his head to face Eren's. He stared angrily at him.
"Are you as much of an airhead as that kickball over there?!" Eren got up and started walking towards Mikasa and Armin. He was upset that Levi would say something like that. Why was he always so mean? While Levi wished that a dagger would drop down from the sky and hit Eren's stupid head, he couldn't help but feel guilty.
{End of Flashback}
Levi stopped at the top of a hill where the road ended. Because of the location it gave a perfect view of the entire city and all of the shining lights. "Why are we here?" Eren said more than asked in an irritated tone. Levi ignored him and pulled the keys out. He slipped out of the car and walked over to Eren's side, opening the door, and extended his hand to let him out.
"Let's go for a walk." Eren rolled his eyes.
"Fine." But by this point you could already tell that the anger was drowned in Eren's sea of curiosity.