Levi drove up to the rather bland apartment complex. Not one of the nicer places in Sina, but certainly not the worst. Levi was glad Eren didn't live in a dump, he wouldn't be able to visit a mess all the time. He pulled the car right up to the curb and put the truck in park, knowing his brunette company for the night was never one for promptness.
The cool autumn breeze settled over the city. Levi was dressed casually, a plain black sweater complementing his wind-blown black hair and steely grey eyes. Medium-wash jeans that hugged all his curves, or lack there of, just the way his partner liked.
It had been a month since him and Eren had started hanging out, but this was their first official date. They didn't want to make any grand gesture as they already had a good relationship and didn't feel the need. Why go through the nerves on purpose? Or, at least, that was the idea. Levi could feel the butterflies, even if he convinced himself it was the leftovers he had for lunch.
After several minutes had passed with no one stumbling out of the apartment, Levi pulled out his phone. There were mumbles about giving a brat a clock for Christmas before they were connected.
"Oi. Are you shitting? Did you strain yourself? Get your ass out here, Jaeger." Not the best opening line, Levi admitted to himself. But after all the time they spent together, he knew that Eren must not be too bothered by this sort of thing or he would have left already. He hoped at least.
"I'm so sorry, Levi!" He began, sounding a little of breath. The rosiness on his cheeks aparrent by the way his tone fluxuated, giving away his nerves. "I'm on my way now, I swear."
There was a small grunt of confirmation and disbelieve from the older man before the line went dead. He didn't get his hopes up, but hopefully that at least lit a fire under the brats ass.
A moment passed and the door to the apartment swung open, a tall boy clad in the local universitie's hoodie and some jeans. His hair disheveled and a bag full of something Levi couldn't make out in one hand as the other slammed the door shut.
He half-jogged his way to Levi, opening the vehicle door with much more care than he had shown the other.
"Sorry." He let out meakly, turning to set his bag in the backseat with the pillows and blankets that Levi had gotten to line the truck bed.
"It's fine." Levi returned, no irritated inflection present.
Not feeling sure about the sentence, Eren gave him a peck on the cheek as he turned back to sit down as an apology. His cheeks tinted the slightest pink, making Levi question if he was actually a third year college student, but he enjoyed the action anyway.
"So, what's in that bag you hauled in here?" There was a gleam of curiosity in his eyes.
"We're going to the drive-in, Levi." Eren stated the fact like Levi was going senile, despite the fact that he was probably in better shape than Eren.
He directed an are-you-fucking-serious glance to Eren. "And...?"
"And I'm a poor college kid. I'm not about to pay six dollars for a bag of skittles. Nor am I about to let you."
Eren's flustered self had started retreating soon after entering the car and had completely disippated now.
Levi, satisfied enough with the answer, put the car in drive and pulled away. It was a good thirty minute drive to the nearest drive-in movie theatre and Levi wanted a good spot.
"You know I don't care. It's not like I have a problem with money. We're not both poor college kids. I'm allowed to splurge occasionally if I want too."
Levi wasn't reserved about his wealth, but he also didn't enjoy flaunting it. He did enjoy spoiling Eren though. The grin on Eren's face when he was happy or excited was Levi's favorite look. His favorite look that he had gotten to see at least. He imagened the look on Eren's face as he came undone would be his favorite. Every version that Levi had come up with was hot enough to make him crumble. Not that he had imagined Eren when he touched himself at home though, the sweet voice he would let out, the little twitches, oh no.
The majority of the ride was spent in quiet anticipation for the movie. At some point there hands found each other on the middle arm rest and gripped one another tightly, like it was the second nature already.
When the finally arrived they paid for their tickets and found a good parking spot towards the middle, Levi might not like people but he didn't wanna be rude and block someones view with his larger truck, so it was a happy middle ground between his wants and trying to be curtious.
Eren turned to grab some of the blankets and pillows from the backseat to set up. Levi followed as Eren placed a larger picnic blanket down on the bed of the truck first, then a pile of pillows to lean against was propped up against the cab and the rest of the fuzzy blankets were placed haphazardly in the middle until the couple was ready to settle in.
Levi leaned against the side of the truck as Eren retrieved his bag. He leaned forward to reach where he placed it and Levi didn't miss the slight glimpse of exposed skin where the hoodie had inched its way up Eren's back. It was too delectable. His hand twitched as he forced it not to run fingers across the small space of tanned skin.
"What time is it?"
Levi blinked, hoping he hadn't gotten caught staring.
"What?"
He didn't miss a beat, calming himself and keeping the same expression on his face as earlier.
"I asked you what time it was." Eren stated, pushing the door closed and climbing into their newly made nest.
"Oh, it's a little after 6:30"
He climbed in after Eren. There was a small gap between Eren and where Levi had chosen to sit. Not large, but noticable to Eren. There was a small furrow in Eren's brow. Levi had to control himself he thought, he didn't want to scare Eren away. Not when they had gotten along so well up until this point.
Luckily Eren was having none of it, and proceeded to be the same boy Levi had come to like. Straightforward.
Eren scooted until their shoulders were touching and their thighs rubbed against each other softly. He then smiled up at Levi. Not one of those shit-eating grins that Eren was known for, but one that Levi hoped was special to him. It was warm and seemed affectionate, made it seem like Eren liked him.
Despite how happy their relationship was, Levi still felt unsure about why Eren would choose to date someone like himself. He pushed the thought away until later. A first date was not the time to be having this crisis. For now, he just needed Eren's warmth and all would be right in the world.
Levi adjust his arm so it was wrapped around Eren's shoulders, allowing him to cuddle closer to Levi.
The sun had started to go down now and the parking lot was becoming increasingly crowded.
The silence they sat in was comfortable. Levi's thumb moved soothingly on the excited boys shoulder, while Eren's hand rested peacefully on Levi's thigh.
A couple minutes later the screen came to life. Animated concession food walked across the screen in an advertisement before the previews began. Eren snuggled a little closer.
They had chosen to watch a scary movie. Levi wasn't a fan, but Eren had been overjoyed to see the sequel to his favorite horror hit the big screen and Levi couldn't resist.
As the movie went on, Levi lost whatever nerves he had. Eren was now burrowed into his side, the blanket thrown over himself, both his hands holding the blanket up to right below his eyes. He wanted to be able to cover them quickly if need arose. Levi grabbed the edge of the blanket and threw it around himself with his free hand and wrapped himself around Eren.
"It's okay. I'll protect you from the ghouls." Levi whispered into Eren's ear, making him shudder slightly. His low voice filled with slight amusement but Eren knew they would still hold true should they come across ghouls in the future.
He dared a look up at Levi. The amusement was evident in his eyes, which were locked on Eren rather than the screen in front of them. Eren wondered how long he'd been studying him quickly before turning back to the screen.
Several more twitches and instances of hiding his face in Levi's neck later, the movie was over. Eren's grin plastered on his face as they stretched and returned everything to the backseat of the truck.
The quiet that had lasted up until this point was utterly destroyed as Eren couldn't stop raving about the movie.
Levi listened attentively to every word as Eren spoke. He didn't care about the movie, and truthfully he couldn't tell you much about it. But he wanted to remember everything that came out of Eren's mouth.
This continued the entire way back into Sina, Levi commenting occasionally, a smile clearly on his face now.
Once they got to downtown Sina Eren began to fidget in his seat a little.
"Um..." He began.
Levi glanced at him, raising an eyebrow.
"Would you mind if I spent the night tonight? I know it's last minute and I totally understa-"
He was cut off before he could finish as Levi noticed he was starting to turn a sentence into an extremely long word with how fast he was speaking.
"It's fine Eren. It's not like it'll be the first time you stay over." Levi gave a small shrug.
At this Eren seemed to calm down and they continued their discussion of movies to Levi's apartment.
The complex was new and on the other side of downtown Sina. Levi parked in his designated lot and grabbed all of the pillows and blankets they used while Eren grabbed his bag of food once again.
They made it up to the apartment on the fourth floor with no problems, continuing the light chatter as Levi unlocked the door and let them inside.
Levi stepped out of his shoes as soon as they were inside and instructed Eren to do the same as he went immediately to the laundry room and sat the mess of bedding in a basket before returning to Eren, who was placing his bag of goodies on the counter.
Although the movie was good, Eren was burried too deep into Levi's side to be able to grab food and Levi was too busy watching Eren to concern himself with such trivalities.
He pulled the contents out. Chocolate covered pretzels, some M&M's, twizzlers, and a bag of popcorn.
"There's not even any skittles in there." Levi pointed out with an eye roll.
"It was just an example." Eren chuckled a little as he explained.
"Well, what do you want to do? We can watch some TV, there's some movies in the cabinet over there, or we could just go straight to bed." Levi glanced around the room thinking of what to do before resigning himself to the nice leather couch, leaving the end decision to the brunette leaning on the counter staring at him.
"How about another movie? Perhaps one a little less terrifying though."
Eren made his way to the cabinet and skimmed it, looking for a title that caught his eye.
"Ah! How about this?" He held up a copy of Mama.
Levi nodded and adjusted the TV to the appropriate channel as Eren put the disk in.
They cuddled again, in the middle of the couch.
It wasn't long before Eren began to feel warm. Levi noticed, feeling the same himself.
He picked up the remote and paused the movie.
"Let's change before we get too into it. I'm starting to sweat like a pig and feel disgusting now." Levi removed his arm from Eren's shoulders and stood up, walking towards his room and motioning for Eren to follow. He grabbed a white and black band shirt and a some grey sweatpants for himself and his largest clothes for Eren, a plain white Hanes shirt and a similar pair of grey sweatpants. Despite Eren's height advantage, Levi was bulkier, leaving the shirt to hang on Eren's body in the most delicious way.
Levi promptly threw the clothes at Eren before beginning to strip.
Eren gaped as Levi changed in front of him, his hands frozen on his shirt, scared to pull it off and miss a second of Levi's skin.
"Like what you see?" Levi smirked.
Eren let out a soft "yeah" as he resumed changing himself. Levi continued to watch the same way Eren had, his smirk never fading.
They returned to the couch, continuing the movie.
Out of the corner of his eye, Levi could see Eren glancing up. When he turned to confront him Eren's eyes widden ever so slightly, but only for a moment. He placed one hand on Levi's thigh and raised himself, bringing his face closer to Levi's. His cheeks a rosey color that Levi couldn't resist.
Levi leaned in. They were close enough to feel each others breath on their lips, but Levi made no effort to close the small gap. If Eren wanted it, he had to get it. And he definitely wanted it.
He closed the distance softly. Their lips barely touching at first. But it quickly escalated, their lips parting and tongues exploring one another. Eren was losing himself, and Levi couldn't say he wasn't on the verge of doing the same.
He grabbed the younger boys hips and manuevered him so he was straddling Levi. Eren's hands found the back of Levi's head, enjoying the feeling of the shaved hair he found there. Levi's gripped firmly onto Eren's hips, lifting his shirt up to get skin-on-skin contact.
Eren stayed placed on Levi's lap until the movie ended and the credits appeared on the screen. They broke apart then. Eren wrapped his arms around Levi's neck and burried his face, taking in his scent.
"Come on, let's go to bed."
Levi's hands went to Eren's bottom as he got up, carrying him to the bed before unceremoniously plopping him down on the edge. Levi crawled over him and placed a long, gentle kiss on his lips. Eren was grinning ridiculously wide, his eyes hooded from being sleepy.
Levi rolled off him and got under the covers, Eren following his lead.
It wasn't long before they were both asleep, wrapped in each others arms. The nerves from the day wearing them both out needlessly.
Neither could say it wasn't an amazing day and first date. Both eager for the next, but utterly content and basking in the body heat of their partner in the moment.