Eren scratched his forehead in frustration as he read a patient's file. He grew to understand various doctors' writings, but this was pushing it. Walking down the hall to room 3302 he walked into the private room. He read over the file once more before walking to the front of the bed and pulling the curtain aside.

"Hi there Marcel, my name is Eren and I'll be taking care of you until the doctor sees you okay?" The patient greeted Eren kindly, following along with Eren's pre-diagnostic screening to make sure there are no immediate concerns in the patient's health. Once that was completed, Eren placed the clipboard at the foot of the bed and pulled the curtain back as Marcel had requested. Walking back into the hallway he came to a slow pace and fully stopped at the far end of the receptionist desk, reaching for Greg's clipboard and going through it and checking for any updates made by the doctor that he should be made aware about.

As Eren was going through the report, another nurse came by and began explaining a few things regarding a patient near the end of the hall. Nodding, Eren excused himself as Sasha turned to him.

"Eren, this is Mr. Smith's son Erwin, he's here to visit his father." Erwin looked over to Eren and smiled politely. Levi was not to be seen.

"Nice to run into you again Erwin. Your father has strong vitals and is communicating well. Luckily the stroke did not have permanent damage to his systems. We do plan on keeping him here in the ICU for a bit longer before we consider discharging him." Erwin was listening earnestly to what Eren was telling him, nodding along in agreement with the RN. "Does Greg live on his own? Or does he have living accommodations?" "He's living with my sister at the moment but considering that this has happened we might consider moving him into a home for further intensive care." Eren nodded as he made note of it, placing the clipboard on the desk while writing notes down. "I made note of that, we at the hospital can help make those accommodations if necessary. Other than that, your father is awake so you can go see him." Eren smiled politely to Erwin.

"You always look so serious." Eren turned to look over at Sasha who was busy typing away. Eren shrugged as he put the clipboard under his arm, about to follow Erwin into the room until he saw someone walking down the hall. He looked out at the corner of his eye and paused in the hall as he watched Levi stride down the hall. This guy walked with grace and confidence as if he owned the place. He didn't acknowledge anything else around him, he just felt him staring directly at him from down the hall, as if he was staring right into his soul. Eren once again felt like he was unable to move.

"Where's Erwin?"

Eren looked to the door across from him and brought his hand out indicating that he was in the room visiting his father. It was awkward, silent, and tense. Eren didn't really know what to say. Every encounter was super awkward and weird.

"Do you have a name, brat?"

Eren's eyes focused on Levi before sighing and fully turning to look at him. "It's Eren if that'll get you to stop calling me a brat. I can't be that much younger than you." Levi gave him an amused smirk before shrugging a single shoulder. "You're a brat to me. Rudely invading personal privacy like you are entitled to." Eren's mouth opened to protest before he heard the sound of voices yelling beyond the swinging doors in the ER department. He looked and saw paramedics rushing in with a stretcher. IV was administered and doctors were rushing along with them.

Levi watched as Eren's attention was fully focused on what was happening in the ER department. Suddenly the phone rang, and Eren turned his head at a few nurses rushing from down the hall towards the ER department. His focus went back on Sasha who was speaking on the phone.

"We have 10 nurses on duty at the moment. Eren Yeager is the head nurse at the moment Doctor." Sasha looked to Eren, who was giving Sasha a concerned look. She hung up the phone and went to her computer before paging Armin to the ER.

"Everything alright Sasha?"

"There was a major collision on a freeway and there are 3 critical patients, one has just arrived. Two are still en route. They need nurses in the ER." Eren's eyes became calculating as he processed the information. "Yeah okay, but Armin was dealing with a code blue and I haven't seen him since. He might be still dealing with the situation." Sasha shook her head, "No I saw him earlier-" Just as Sasha was about to explain when she saw Armin, they saw him rushing from a patient's room down the hall, didn't stop, just kept rushing towards the ER. Eren sighed and ran a hand through his hair. It wasn't even 9:00pm and shit was already hitting the fan. They heard more footsteps and it was Erwin coming out of his father's room. He nodded in the exit direction to Levi who walked over to Erwin, speaking in hushed tones. Erwin looked over to Eren and Sasha and smiled politely. "I thank you for taking care of my father, we will be leaving now. Sorry for coming in so late." Eren watched in slight confusion as they walked down the hall, with no further prompting. He noticed them talking to each other but didn't question it further.

He couldn't help but wonder what kind of relationship Erwin and his father had if his father lived at his sister's and not with him. It really wasn't any of his business, but the atmosphere was definitely different as Erwin came out of the room. Clearly, it wasn't an amicable one.

"Hey, Eren?"

Eren looked to Sasha, feeling tired already. "Yeah? What is it?" She pointed to his clipboard with Greg Smith's medical details and noticed a lone slip of paper on it. He placed the clipboard on the counter before taking the small folded slip of paper in his hand.

Perhaps, talking at work isn't a good idea.

090-2254-0040

Eren looked from the paper to the empty hall, then to Sasha who was giving him a questioning look. Eren gave a frustrated groan before shoving the paper in his scrub pocket and going on with his shift. 3:00am couldn't come any faster…


Mornings sucked.

Except if you work overnight, it isn't morning at all.

Eren looked to his clock and saw that it was 12:45pm. He usually didn't work overnights but if they needed to be covered, he couldn't really say no to his manager. Getting out of bed was a slow and gruelling process, he wanted to stay in bed all day. Sadly, that wasn't an option. He had work at 4:00pm and didn't really have all the time in the world to be doing nothing. Stretching his back and turning both ways, his eyes came in contact with a slip of paper on his nightstand.

Right. Levi had apparently thought it was a good idea to leave him his number. Guess he had a fetish for voyeurism. He picked up the sheet of paper and looked at the neat cursive writing. It almost looked feminine. Why was Levi suddenly so interested in him? If anything, Eren was a little creeped out. But there was something about Levi that piqued his natural curiosity like he had to know more.

Eren shook his head after staring at the sheet of paper for a few moments, placing it back on his nightstand before going to take a shower to wake himself up. Eren knew it wasn't realistic to hope in his situation, but he hoped the hospital would be a little quieter tonight compared to last night. He grabbed a towel from the closet and turned on the bathroom light. He began to strip as he ran the water, making sure it was hot enough to his liking. This is how his life went. Wake up, shower, think about the day, things that had to be done and go to work. It was a simple life. He didn't expect anything else to come out of it really. Apart from occasionally going out with his friends, he lived a quiet and private life. Working as a nurse didn't really leave much of a social life.

As he let the hot water run down his body, he couldn't help but wonder why Levi would even show any form of interest in him. Their initial meeting was just short of an epic disaster, and they clearly lived in very different worlds. Clearly, he had a close friendship with Erwin, the blonde who came to see his father at the hospital last night. Eren cursed as soap got into his eyes, deciding not to concern himself with frivolous things like that for now. Maybe he could get input from Armin and Mikasa if he got the chance on break tonight maybe he could confide in them about this…situation.

Eren thought back to a text from Jean who had asked what he was doing on Thursday. Leave it to Jean, asking what he was doing days away meanwhile Eren didn't even know what he was doing to eat for dinner. Eren let out a tired sigh he shut off the water. It really didn't feel like a Sunday… Then again, sometimes he couldn't even think about what day of the week it was.


Levi walked through the upper level of his house, enjoying the silence of the vast space compared to the night hours where it's loud music and people chatting. Also, with a side of loud explicit noises coming from various individuals. It was still early in the day, but Levi had to make orders before 4:00pm for the bar and make sure nothing around the club needed maintenance. The club residents usually kept to themselves during these hours of the day, most of them worked. So, they weren't here. A few of them worked here and preferred to live on the grounds as well. Levi didn't mind that.

Levi walked past Erwin's room and noticed that the door was open. He poked his head inside and saw that nobody was there. He darted his head around to see if he was somewhere that Levi missed, but he was nowhere to be seen. Perhaps he was in the kitchen or somewhere else? Levi and Erwin have been friends for years, dating back to childhood when they met on the playgrounds. They had stopped talking for a few years once they peaked adulthood, but life works in mysterious ways and they were brought together again.

"Leviii!"

It took every fibre in his body not to turn around and run the other way. He looked down to the bottom of the steps and saw Hange walking with Erwin from the club room. She was waving like an idiot, per usual.

"Oi, indoor voice four eyes. You're so fucking loud not everyone wants to hear your loud voice." He began making his way down the stairs as Hange waved her hand, completely dismissing what he just said. "We're going to the kitchen to make coffee, join us?" Levi simply ignored her as he made it to the ground level, and they all made their way towards the kitchen. Levi looked to Erwin who was unusually stoic for himself.

"How did your visit go?" He asked.

"Not the greatest. The usual. Why don't you come to visit more…or why are you so late, visiting hours are almost over…? I thought you weren't even going to come…Where's Marie?" Levi snorted and crossed his arms over his chest as they walked down the hall under the staircase into the kitchen. Levi knew that he and his father didn't have the best father-son relationship, hence why his father is closer to his sister. Erwin always tried his best to be a good son to his father but once he began climbing in ranks at his work, he was straddled with more responsibility. Ending with him never really seeing his family. It deteriorated even more upon him finding out that his son was homosexual. His sister Marie was more understanding of the situation.

"Levi?"

Levi looked over to Hange who was holding a box of green tea. Erwin was also looking at him with concern. He knew what she was asking instantly.

"Don't burn the leaves this time, idiot."

Levi watched as Hange moved around the kitchen, setting coffee to brew and putting a kettle of water on for tea.

"So, Levi, I heard some interesting things that happened the other night…" She gave Levi and mischievous look while waggling her eyebrows at him. Erwin coughed behind his hand while trying not to laugh.

"Nothing happened, you should mind your own business."

Hange's eyes went wide with excitement as she placed her hands on the kitchen island almost sticking her face in Levi's. He instantly sat back in his chair, giving her an annoyed look. "That's not what Reiner told me! Apparently, you have a new…" She gave him a knowing look. "Plaything."

"I have no idea what you're talking about Hange."

"Hmm…what was his name? Eren?" She rubbed her chin comically while looking at him from the corner of her eye.

Levi rubbed the bridge of his nose and glared at Erwin whose shoulders were moving in silent laughter. His eyes moved past Hange and then he looked back at her almost amused.

"Hange?"

"Hah?"

"The kettle."

"Oh shit!"