A:N/ As promised, here's the first chapter of the three-shot that I swore to write after my finals! This was supposed to be the original base story of The Art Of The Unexpected, but I had scrapped it because I thought of, well, another base which is the one that it is now.

Hope you guys enjoy this one!


Elyse checked her watch once more as the intercom sounded with the pilot's voice.

The plane just landed five minutes ago, but Elyse was already biting her lip, anxiously.

She knew he would never let her live this down.

She sighed in relief when she noticed that the flight attendant gave her a charming smile and led her out of the plane. She couldn't help but begrudgingly admit that first class wasn't so bad.

When she entered the airport in JFK, Elyse took a deep breath and looked around in awe. It's only been a year since she moved back to Paris, but it was a bit foreign to her considering that she was used to European architecture.

Elyse looked around then, and she tiptoed to survey her surroundings.

Hm.

She looked down at her watch again, and she bit her lip in confusion.

He said he was going to be here—

"Boo." Someone whispered from behind her and into her ear, causing chills down her neck. Elyse jumped and yelped in surprise, and she turned around, quickly.

White roses clouded her vision, and when she laughed, loudly, she looked up and was greeted by her ride.

Her childhood, fellow-bed wetter. Her somehow successful businessman.

Erwin smiled down at her, and Elyse jumped and wrapped her arms around him. He picked her up easily, and Elyse was pleasantly surprised at the hard muscle she felt through layers of her own thin clothing.

When he put her down, Elyse looked up at him, inquisitively.

"When did you get so muscular?" Elyse asked in awe, her hand grabbing immediately onto his forearms.

"When were you so tiny?" Erwin retorted back in his smooth, deep voice and Elyse smiled at the sound of it.

"Oh, shut up. You know that I have a physically-stunted family, unlike you and your father." Elyse sighed, pushing Erwin's arms away from her.

Erwin laughed, and Elyse accepted the bouquet, happily.

"Welcome back, Ely." Erwin greeted, softly, bringing a hand up to her face to catch a stray hair.

Elyse tilted her head and stared at the man in front of her.

Her best friend.

"I'm happy to be back." Elyse replied, easily, as Erwin placed the stray hair behind her ear.

She watched as Erwin bent down to help pick up her stuff, and she rolled her eyes when he made a show of how "heavy" her things were. She pushed him when he groaned, and she didn't bother to help him up as he fell to the ground.


"Your brother said to make sure you don't mess up his furniture when you get to his place." Erwin said, amused.

Elyse slumped in her seat even more and sighed, "Of course he did. Sometimes, I'm tempted to just secretly mark something up and see if it keeps him up all night as he tries to find out what's bothering him."

Elyse turned to face Erwin with an amused smiled on her face, and she noticed him quirk one of those bushy eyebrows she loved to pluck when they were kids.

"You mean all the time?" Erwin teased. Elyse laughed, but her gaze still stayed on the side of his face.

It's only been a year since she's seen her best friend, but the year had been good to him. He was always such a good-looking guy. When they were growing up, Elyse had been the messenger for the girls that wanted Erwin's attention.

Levi, her brother, had found that amusing.

"It's like you're playing Cupid." Levi mused.

"More like I'm Aphrodite." Elyse had retorted back.

It got even more interesting when Erwin was finally responding to those girls in college, and Erwin struggled to break up with half of them, so Elyse had taken it upon herself to be the one that had to break the news to the poor girls.

Elyse remembered being disappointed in him for a while that they had stopped hanging out altogether just because Elyse wasn't having Erwin be someone he wasn't.

Erwin apologized by giving her a white rose, a rose that was very sentimental to Elyse.

Ever since, Erwin always got her white roses when he could.

Elyse studied his chiseled jaw and his thick neck. Her eyes traveled up to his sharp cheekbones and the corner of his blue eyes.

Many people had thought Erwin and Elyse would get together eventually, but Elyse could never find herself to see Erwin in that sort of way.

Besides, Erwin only dated serious girls, girls who didn't leave when they felt like something big was calling. Girls who were content.

Elyse wasn't that type of girl

Elyse had boyfriends before, and some were serious, but she remembered that the hardest part for them was that she traveled…a lot.

She had chosen to be a ballerina, and she had warned these men about them. Too bad they thought they could change her.

Maybe that's why she decided to just be by herself for now. She enjoyed being single even after disappointing breakups, so that's why she decided to leave the City of Love and just focus on getting her name out there.

Erwin and Levi had been ecstatic at her news of her moving back to New York City, and Levi was already demanding that she stay with him. Elyse didn't mind that at all. She loved her brother more than anything in the world, and she knew that her father's mind would rest easy at the thought of his only daughter being safe with his only son.

But, the whole thought of it made Elyse a bit annoyed.

She loved her father and brother, but their overprotectiveness was a bit overbearing at times. Maybe that's why she enjoyed being away for a while.

Erwin's phone began to ring, and Elyse noticed a woman's name flash on the screen as she looked down.

Marie.

Erwin also glanced down, but he didn't even make a move to pick it up. Elyse noticed a softness in his gaze, and Elyse smiled at that.

"So, Marie, huh?" Elyse teased.

Erwin's hand tickling her side met her in response.


"Come on! Tell me about her! It's been awhile since you had a new girlfriend. Also, I'm surprised that you're still dating. Didn't the last one burn your books?" Elyse asked, in deep thought.

Erwin groaned at that, and Elyse turned around, laughing. She watched as he glared at her in return as he dragged her bags into the elevator.

Once the elevator doors closed, Erwin looked down at Elyse, who was still smiling in amusement.

"Don't make me bring up the guy who has a fetish for sucking— "

Erwin got cut off as Elyse frantically elbowed him in the gut.


"The only reason why I dated him was because he worked at my favorite store at the time." Elyse defended herself as she opened the door that led to her brother's penthouse.

Her eyes widened as she saw how clean the place was. She whistled low as she examined her surroundings.

"If we're talking about fetishes, I'm sure my brother has one for cleaning." Elyse stated, her eyes shining as she thought about how hard her brother must have cleaned for her arrival.

The sound of Erwin making a gagging sound from behind her made Elyse turn around.

Elyse thanked Erwin with a playful wink as Erwin sat down with a groan on one of the leather couches in the living room.

Elyse laughed and walked to where he was and sat on the arm chair of the couch. She leaned a bit towards Erwin and began to massage his shoulders.

Erwin relaxed and patted her knee in thanks.

"What do you want to eat for dinner? Your brother wants to make sure you eat." Erwin asked after a moment.

Elyse rolled her eyes, "You mean, you and my brother want to make sure I eat. It's fine, I ate on the plane. Besides, I have to get ready soon."

Erwin opened his eyes at that, and he gently grabbed her wrist to stop her from massaging him.

He looked up at her, an eyebrow raised, and Elyse blushed slightly before getting up and walking towards her luggage.

"And who's the lucky guy?" Erwin asked, amused.

"None of your business, that's who." Elyse retorted, turning around to glare at him.

Erwin chuckled, and he walked towards her and Elyse crossed her arms, jutting her chin out to challenge him.

"Can I guess?" Erwin asked, his eyes searching her challenging gaze. Elyse scoffed and turned back around.

"You can try." Elyse replied, smugly, knowing fully well that Erwin wouldn't know who she was getting ready for.

Well, she hoped he didn't know.

Erwin hummed from behind her, deep in thought. Elyse managed to find the outfit she was looking for and got up to go to the room she was sleeping in until she noticed something from the corner of her eye.

She froze, her phone was vibrating and lighting up on the coffee table.

Erwin noticed it, too, and before she knew it, he beat her to the phone and he picked it up, easily, ignoring Elyse's gaze as she desperately tried to jump and grab the phone away from him.

"Braun, huh?" Erwin asked, reading the caller ID on her phone. Elyse grunted and she managed to grab the phone away, quickly.

"You're so annoying." Elyse stated, running to the bedroom.

All she heard in response was laughter, and it followed her all the way to the room. Before she could shut the door, Erwin's hand stopped it.

Elyse looked up, and she immediately felt guilt rise within her when he looked at her concerned. All merriment and teasing gone from his whole being.

"Elyse…"

Elyse looked down, biting her lip.

"He…He changed, okay? He heard I was coming back, and so we decided to give it another try." Elyse replied, defensively.

She couldn't look up. She knew that Erwin was probably giving her a displeased look or maybe a disappointed one.

But, she did look up anyways.

Surprised, she noticed that Erwin's gaze wasn't what she had thought. Instead, it was one of submission.

"If you say so, Elyse. I just want you to be okay. If that bastard decides to leave you one more time, I swear— "

Elyse smiled at him, and placed a finger on his lips to stop him.

"I know. That's why you're my best friend." Elyse whispered back, grateful. Erwin smiled back at her, and she could feel his lips against her finger which made her realize that she needed to get ready and that her best friend is about to see her naked.

Elyse flushed.

Before Erwin could ask, Elyse turned around and slammed the door in his face.

"I've seen you naked before!"

"That's when we were kids!"

"I mean, I don't think much has changed since then— "

"SHUT UP."


Erwin was silent on the other side of the door, and Elyse breathed a sigh of relief. She couldn't help but laugh at their banter, and that's when she noticed something in the corner of her eye.

On one of the dressers, it was a picture of her brother, her, and Erwin.

She picked it up and she gingerly stroked the wooden frame of the picture and the smiles on their faces.

It seemed so long ago, but she was glad that nothing had changed since then.

Elyse was nervous. Erwin was dropping her off at the restaurant, and Elyse was horrified. She didn't even mean for him to find out who she was dating, and now here he was, being her driver and overall support system.

Erwin was the only one who knew about her dating Braun. The only reason being was because she hadn't been allowed to date at the time. Her brother would have murdered poor Braun if he knew, and her father would make sure Elyse wouldn't be allowed to leave the Estate anymore.

Erwin was the one who was her lookout. He would call or text her whenever he noticed that her brother had gone home early from college, and Elyse would shove Braun out the door before he could even say bye.

Erwin met Braun before, but it wasn't always in the happiest circumstances. Braun was the one who kept their relationship on and off during high school, and Elyse always ran to Erwin, crying. Erwin would be the one to open the door to Braun looking sheepish and apologetic, and Erwin was the one who scolded the man more than once.

Needless to say, Braun wasn't Erwin's biggest fan, and Erwin wasn't Braun's.

"We're here." Erwin's voice interrupted her thoughts.

Elyse looked to the side and she noticed that they did just arrive at the restaurant.

She took a deep breath, and she closed her eyes. She felt something touch her hand and she opened her eyes, only to see that Erwin's hand was atop of hers.

She smiled and looked at Erwin, who was smiling back reassuringly at her.

"You look beautiful, Ely. Now, go see him." Erwin encouraged.

Elyse raised an eyebrow at that.

"Really? No, 'Elyse, you're making a big mistake' or 'Enough is enough.'?" Elyse asked, curiously.

Erwin's gaze became unreadable as he looked down at their hands.

"If this is what you want, Elyse, then who am I to stop you?" Erwin finally said, looking up at her.

Elyse smiled slightly at that and leaned forward to place a kiss on Erwin's cheek.

"Thanks, Erwin." Elyse whispered. She drew away, and Erwin picked up her hand and placed a tiny kiss on her knuckles.

"Enjoy, Elyse."


He didn't show up.

Elyse wanted to flip the table and scream bloody murder. She finished her seventh glass of white wine, and through her blurry vision, she saw a concerned waitress coming her way.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry, but we need you to give your table up." The waitress said, softly.

Elyse nodded, and she got up, sluggishly. She placed a couple of hundreds on the table, and she knew she probably over gave judging by the waitress's surprised gaze.

"Don't worry about it." Elyse reassured the woman, patting her on the shoulder roughly before walking away.

Elyse noticed that she was outside, next to the valet, and she began to laugh, hysterically. She didn't care if people were looking at her, and she didn't care if people were whispering.

Hell, if press showed up, then fuck it.

She swayed a bit, and she knew she was about to fall until someone's hand stopped her from falling. She looked up through her blurred vision, and she could make out the features of the man she didn't expect to see.

"…Erwin? Is that you?" Elyse asked, taken aback.

Erwin's gaze was stricken, and Elyse noticed his hold on her got tighter.

"…The bastard didn't show, did he?" Erwin asked, softly. Elyse giggled and nodded, but she knew that Erwin could probably see her red-rimmed eyes.

He pulled her against him, and Elyse wrapped her arms around him and she began to sob.

He was so warm. Elyse found herself comforted by his very presence. She felt his lips against her hot forehead as he placed a warm kiss.

"Let's get you home."

Elyse hugged him even more.


Elyse looked around her brother's empty penthouse, confused.

"Is my brother not home yet?" Elyse asked, disappointed. She was looking forward to at least see her brother, but then again, she didn't want him to see her like this.

"He's actually out with Freida. Apparently, he told me to tell you that he's probably staying the night with her." Erwin explained.

Elyse smiled at that. Freida. If Erwin was her guy best friend. Freida was her girl best friend, and she knew that her brother and her barely got to see each other, so when they did have the time, Levi made sure they made use of that time.

"At least they get to do it tonight." Elyse laughed, bitterly. She flung herself on the couch, and she sighed.

She felt her legs get picked up a bit, and she found them elevated on Erwin's lap when she opened her eyes.

The fireplace was lit, and Elyse figured that Erwin was probably just hanging around the penthouse a bit, waiting for her or maybe waiting for her brother.

He looked good in the light, and Elyse found herself appreciating his handsomeness once more.

"When did you get so handsome?" Elyse asked, warmly, sitting back up.

Erwin turned to look at her, amused. She noticed that his smile was a bit tired, and she began to worry.

She placed a hand on his cheek, and she noticed that Erwin leaned into her touch, appreciatively.

"What's wrong?" Elyse asked, concerned.

Erwin chuckled and shook his head, and Elyse felt a bit disappointed at how his warm cheek withdrew from her touch.

"Work. I thought I would get to travel by the end of the month, but it seems impossible at this point." Erwin sighed, disappointed.

Elyse nodded, slowly, in understanding, "That sucks."

Erwin snorted at that, and he looked at her, his blue eyes shining even though they were weary-looking.

"At least we're both in the same boat now." Erwin replied, wiping Elyse's wet cheeks.

Elyse didn't even know when she had begun to cry.

Elyse looked down, and she sighed. She began to cry even more, and Erwin began to shush her, pulling her against his chest. Else placed her head in the crook of his neck and whimpered.

"I hate boys." Elyse groaned.

"Well, sorry for being male then." Erwin replied, laughing. Elyse pulled away to look at him, and she shook her head, quickly.

"No, not you. You're not a boy. You're a man." Elyse stated, poking his chest. Erwin rolled his eyes at her, and he pulled her back into his chest.

"Okay, Elyse. It's time for you to rest now." Erwin sighed.

Elyse pulled away again, and she shook her head, "I'm fine. I'm sobering up now."

Erwin didn't even bother to pull her back in He smiled instead and relaxed. Elyse noticed that she was sitting on his lap, and she laughed when Erwin tried to push her off.

"I'm sure you are, Elyse, but if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to work." Erwin said, wearily.

Elyse grew adamant. She crossed her arms, and she shook her head.

"You're not going anywhere. Your turn to get drunk, also." Elyse stated, encouragingly.

Erwin sat up then, and he looked at her, amused.

"Says the girl who swears she's sobering up."

Elyse giggled and slapped his arm, playfully.

She got up then, and she bounded towards the liquor cart her brother had at the side of the room.

She turned to look at him, her eyes glinting with mischief, "What drink do you want?"


She clapped her hands, happily, as Erwin downed another shot.

"Elyse, are you trying to kill me?" Erwin groaned as he sunk into the couch even more.

"I'm trying to help you relax." Elyse retorted, sitting back down on his lap as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

Erwin turned to look at her then, feigning a look of hurt.

"You just want to take advantage of me." Erwin sighed, placing a hand on his chest.

Elyse rolled her eyes and poked his cheek.

"I don't see you trying to push me off." Elyse teased back. She took another swig of the beer in her hand. She placed the empty beer bottle back on the coffee table, and she looked back at Erwin, who was staring at her intently.

"What if I don't want to push you off?" Erwin asked in return, and Elyse's eyes widened at that.

"Then, I'd say someone must be going through some drought of some sort." Elyse replied back, trying to tease him back and not focus on how close he was.

"Drought…Hm, you could probably say that." Erwin said, his smile was still unnerving even though it was devastatingly handsome.

Elyse knew that she needed to get off his lap now. They were drunk, and this wasn't looking too well…

Elyse was about to stand up until two large hands on her waist whirled her around, and before she knew it, Erwin's lips were on hers.

She gasped, and that made Erwin's kiss go deeper, and Elyse…melted in his arms.

She couldn't think. She couldn't breathe. She couldn't let go.

She found herself being lifted up, and she wrapped her legs around his waist. Erwin's kiss was getting desperate, and Elyse was beginning to feel desperate also.

This was wrong. This was her best friend. This wasn't her boyfriend. This wasn't Braun…

Fuck Braun.

She felt the coolness of the windows behind her, and she moaned. Erwin's hands were traveling underneath her dress, and she felt him pause as he fingered the thigh-high stocking and the garter she wore.

"Was this for him?" Erwin whispered against her neck. Elyse didn't even get to reply. She whimpered as Erwin growled as he began to rub his fingers against the lace-covered part of her nether lips.

"He doesn't deserve you, Elyse. Do you understand?" Erwin hissed against her lace-covered breasts. Elyse moaned in response as Erwin managed to get her dress off and replaced her uncovered body with his hands and mouth.

He kissed, nipped, licked, and bit her all over. It was all too much. Elyse felt like she was floating in ecstasy.

"I asked if you understood, Elyse." Erwin's low voice asked her roughly as he grabbed her waist to turn her around.

"Y-Yes." Elyse sighed as she felt his hardened member rub against her. She didn't even know how he managed to get her naked, pressed up against the windows.

All she knew was that she needed him inside her, and as if he read her mind, he filled her.

In that moment, Elyse knew why all these girls were giggling and sighing about Erwin Smith whenever she met them.

He began to move, and Elyse could feel herself screaming. He pressed her against the windows, harder, and she complied. Her flushed body against the coolness of the window made her contract around him, and she felt satisfaction as Erwin bit her shoulder as he groaned.

Before she knew it, Elyse found herself being picked up and back to facing him. Erwin's gaze was half-lidded, and Elyse knew that hers was probably the same. He grabbed the back of her head and he kissed her, hard. Elyse re-wrapped her legs around him, and Erwin re-entered her.

He began to walk, and Elyse didn't even realize that he was going to her room until she was thrown on to the bed. He got back atop of her, and Elyse sighed as she noticed that he began to take it slow.

He worshipped her body. He dragged his tongue down the column of her neck and Elyse arched her back and grabbed the back of his head as he began to travel towards her breasts. He took his time and Elyse loved the feeling of his calloused hands moving up and down. It wasn't long before Erwin was down there, pleasuring her.

Elyse saw stars.

She panted, and she didn't know what else to expect in her hazy, drunken mind.

She screamed as Erwin began to move inside of her once more, but now it was harder.

It was needy. It was wanting.

Elyse tightened around him and saw white once more. Erwin followed soon after, his groans low and rough.

Tiredness washed over her, and Elyse saw darkness.


Elyse woke up with a terrible headache and an aching body. She groaned and sat up, slowly.

What the hell happened to her last night?

All she remembered was arriving to New York City, getting ready, getting stood up, getting drunk, and then getting fucked.

Getting…

Elyse looked down and she noticed that she was naked.

She turned to look at her side, slowly, and she screamed as soon as she saw a sleeping, naked Erwin next to her.

Erwin's eyes flew open, and he sat up with a loud groan.

"What the hell?" Erwin groused in annoyance. It wasn't until he actually looked at the frightened Elyse with a blanket pulled all the way up to her chin that he realized the situation he was in.

"Fuck."


Awkward. Horrifying. Whatever word that is there to describe the scene of two very naked best friends sitting five feet away from each other as they try to remember what happened last night.

"So…" Elyse began, slowly. Erwin didn't say anything. Instead, he was rubbing his eyes and forehead, trying to see if that could get him to remember anything, absolutely anything, the night before.

"We got drunk…obviously." Erwin supplied with a sigh.

"And…we apparently did it." Elyse replied with an incredulous tone.

"Yep." Erwin sighed.

Elyse bit her lip.

"What do we do now?" Elyse asked, timidly.

Erwin didn't respond. Instead, he turned to face her and Elyse shyly looked back at him.

After a moment, a soft smile appeared on his face, but before he was about to say something, Elyse's phone vibrated very loudly on the coffee table.

Elyse's heart leapt as she saw Braun's name on the phone. She got up and picked it up, immediately, running off to her room without another thought.


"Okay, so Braun's mother had a slight scare last night, so he brought her to the hospital to be looked over. He apologized and all, so we're okay now!" Elyse said, ecstatically, as she walked outside of her room, the blanket still wrapped around her like a draped dress.

She looked up, and she took a step back when she noticed that Erwin was dressed even in his outerwear.

As if remembering what just happened, Elyse flushed, but she breathed a sigh of relief as Erwin turned to look at her amused.

"I suggest you change before Levi comes in and starts asking questions." Erwin mused.

Elyse blushed, and she looked down at her feet.

"So, about last night— "

Elyse was cut off as Erwin's hand grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him.

"What about last night?" Erwin asked, his half-smile shone as if he hid a secret. Elyse's eyes widened for a moment, and she smiled in relief in return.

"Back to normal?" Elyse asked, biting her lip. Erwin nodded, and chuckled.

"Back to normal." Erwin reassured her.

Elyse sighed in relief and she looked down for a moment before she looked up. What she saw left her speechless, but she didn't say anything as she forced a smile on her lips as she awkwardly hugged Erwin goodbye.

"I..I hope he doesn't mess up." Erwin said in her ear. Elyse nodded, still thinking about what she saw.

As Erwin left, Elyse closed the door. She leaned on it for a moment before sinking down on to the floor.

All she could think about was for a split second, she swore she saw Erwin's face darken and the memory of him hissing, "mine," in her ear.


A:N/ Here you go! My first chapter of three for this original base story of what was supposed to be The Art Of The Unexpected! Hope you enjoyed and I hope you will like it.