Levi's POV:
The weather was fucking amazing.
The icy rain made my black coat drip, adding an extra octave to the irritating drone of the downpour.
My growling stomach also contributed to the jolly atmosphere.
I gave up my scavenge for food and went to seek refuge under the eaves of a nearby house. I spotted a non-lit lamp post standing alone next to me.
As I reluctantly sat down onto the soggy ground, I noticed my paws were covered with mud.
Ugh. Fucking disgusting.
I tried to ignore them for the time being and waited for those stormy clouds to quit dumping bucketfuls of water down to earth. I watched as lightning cracked the gloomy sky like an eggshell, illuminating the clouds with an ominous, dark yellow glow.
My ears twitched to the right as I heard footsteps approaching, and suddenly my view of the sky was blocked by a passing human figure. It nearly walked right past me, but at the last moment, glanced sideways at me and stopped in its tracks. I glared at it as best I could in my fatigued state, trying to telepathetically tell it to leave me the fuck alone. But its deep emerald orbs stared back.
I dropped my glare to glance at another flash in the sky, and in that slight moment it came right up to me and knelt down. I glowered at it and stood up, daring it to come any closer.
"It's not like I'm gonna hurt you." he murmured, and reached a hand out as though he was going to fucking touch me.
I backed up against the wall and bit his hand, flattening my ears to show my annoyance. Normally this would be enough for the human to give up and go away, but nuh-uh, not this guy.
He just let me keep chewing his hand before saying, "You know, that kind of hurts."
The exhaustion of wondering around in the rain all day eventually made me let go of his hand. There was a metallic taste in my mouth, and I looked down to see that I had drawn blood from his knuckles. Whatever. Not my problem. Because my problem right now was that I needed food. Food food food food food food.
"Aren't you cold?" He asked, rubbing his now sore hand.
Well duh.
"You could come to my house?"
I'm not entirely thrilled by that idea-
He lifted me up unexpectedly from the damp ground, and held me in the crook of his arm, shielding me from the pelting rain.
I probably should have scratched his face and run or something. I mean, isn't this cat abduction?
But I didn't.
Instead, for some reason, I let his heat reach my chilled bones, calming me down and making me remember how sleepy I was.
His warmth and comfort lulled me into a dreamless sleep.
When I opened my eyes, I found myself on a soft, smooth surface. I also found that I was no longer sopping wet. I lay there for a bit, unsure of my whereabouts, before everything suddenly came back. That shitty brat.
I sat up, and looked cautiously around, keeping myself stooped low. I was in some sort of small room, and- and my paws were still fucking filthy.
I lifted one up and licked vigorously, not wanting a single piece of dirt on my body.
All of a sudden the door opened, and the kid stepped into the room. He was holding something in his hand, and he grinned when he saw that I was awake. I stopped cleaning myself and glared at him.
"Come on, don't be so grumpy. Here, I found some tuna in the cupboard." He says cheerfully as he places a can of tuna onto the floor.
Tuna!
I eagerly hopped off the bed, and walked impatiently towards the mouth-watering prize. As I chewed on the tuna, he sat down cross-legged beside me and watched me eat.
"I was wondering what to call you." He spoke thoughtfully when I had finished my meal and was grooming myself, fully satisfied. "I think I'll name you Levi. Pretty sure I read somewhere that that name means someone who thinks of their own hygiene above everything else." He looked at me from his position and smiled. "My name's Eren by the way."
No. You're name is shitty brat.
He picked up the can from the floor, chucked it into the bin before flipping the light switch down. The room was suddenly engulfed in inky darkness, with only the streams of moonlight from the slightly open window to see with.
Lifting up the covers of his bed, he hopped in and struggled for a bit before finding a comfortable position.
"Levi? Wanna come in too?" He asked, rolling sideways so he could see me from the bed.
No way am I sleeping near a shithead like you.
When I made no movement, he gave up and rolled onto his back.
"Night Levi."
And just a few moments later, soft snoring filled the room.