There was a church in the corner of Wein street. It was senile, yet it didn't appear to be any older than one year. It was taken care of greatly, so much so that it earned the title finest building in Disno. The church would be repainted every year and cleaned inside out daily. Levi was absolutely disgusted by that church. Every Sunday everyone would put aside their drugs, violence, and sins to try to pray their way into heaven. If there was a heaven, then everyone would be heading straight for hell. No matter how much they'd cry and ask for forgiveness.
These days Levi wanted to refuse to go outside, before and after the church hours. It was the way citizens would be radiating in fake delight. To Levi it was like, in a way, visiting the higher ups. It was abominable and he had no desire to put up with it. Sadly, he had the most work on Sundays. While the citizens from every district are praying to their gods, the non-believers were twitching for a fight. Since they didn't want to upset the rest of the citizens, they needed some form of stasis. Levi would sell to them to keep them off of violence for the day.
Today his first client was Eren Jaegar and his indifferent sister. He never really bothered to remember her name since they never talked. While his sister wasn't a drug user herself, she followed her brother everywhere, including trades. She was the one who would keep him out of fights and she would stick especially close to him on Sundays knowing what a trouble maker he is. She was also aware of the crush Eren had on Levi. She came to make sure Eren wouldn't do or say anything stupid. Not that she could really prevent it whether she came along or not, but she liked to watch the trainwreck, Levi has figured out.
As usual, they met by the back alleyway of Steve's Pizzeria. When Eren caught sight of Levi he grinned widely and waved. His sister nodded his way in acknowledgment. Levi greeted both with a nod."Levi, its been such a long time!", Eren said brightly. "It hasn't really, just a week," Levi remarked. Eren ignored his rude comment. "Mikasa hasn't been letting me do anything," Eren pouted and Mikasa glared in his direction. Levi would have hated to be him, in his opinion the girl was quite frightening. However, Eren was already used to her glares and empty threats.
He continued complaining. "She wouldn't even let me kill the guy that was picking on Armin," Eren whined out. Levi eyes widened slightly. "Armin?", Levi questioned. Eren beamed at finally getting an acceptable response of out Levi. "Yeah, you know him?", Eren asked. "Yeah, I'm just surprised someone like him knows you," Levi drawled. Eren pouted again. "Levi," he bemoaned. Mikasa quietly snickered at Levi's remark and Eren's dismay towards it. "Eren!", Levi heard a familiar voice call out. As the figure approached, Levi's suspicions were confirmed. Armin was everywhere these days. He couldn't leave his house and not run into the kid. Seeing as he was wearing a hole in Levi's wallet, Levi isn't very "bright smiles" to see him everywhere.
Armin paused as he noticed who the third person in the group was. "Levi," he said disconcerted. "Armin," Levi acknowledged with a feeble smirk. Eren and Mikasa had their gazes jumping from Armin to Levi in complete perturbation. Armin smiled widely, "Good, now I don't have to stalk around to find you," he daunted. Levi was now fully smirking. "Is that how I run into you all the time?," Levi retorted. Eren took hint of the flirtation in their voices and stood in front of Armin somewhat. "Yes hello Levi we have business," he reminded, knowing Levi hadn't forgotten. Armin tried to hide a smile behind a hand and Mikasa tried not to break into laughter. Levi, however, kept his composure, he went back to business mode. He held out two quantities of weed. Eren took the weed and gave Levi the money, letting his hand linger longer than necessary.
Levi narrowed his eyes and Eren snatched his hand back as if boiling water had been spilt over it. Levi began to walk after a curt wave at Mikasa. Mikasa bit her lip to prevent her smile from showing and waved back. Armin smiled at Eren and Mikasa both and followed behind Levi, "I'll see you guys later," he called out behind him. "You're a horrible flirt," Mikasa declared and Eren ignored her, instead he watched the two go with an odd facial expression. When they were out of eyesight, Armin glared at Levi. "What?", Levi asked. "How do you know, Eren?", Armin interrogated. "He was a one time fuck, and now we do business," Levi replied. Armin crossed his arms and huffed. "Is that what I am, a one time fuck?", Armin accused mockingly. "Yes, I've spent half my paycheck on you because I want one time sex," Levi deadpanned. Armin scowled at Levi and pushed him away as Levi smirked at his own joke. Armin's seriousness and agitation didn't sustain for long and he broke out a smile. "Are you following me around again today?", Levi asked. "Of course," Armin responded and added a bounce to his step, arms swinging widly around in make-believe excitement. "You're too energetic for me," Levi groaned. "Ah, you love it," Armin teased as he signaled for Levi to lead the way.
The rest of Levi's clients weren't as difficult to deal with. These trades were simple, meet in a certain area by buyer's preference, no interaction just a nod of accede, then trade the drugs for money. Armin accompanied him on his rounds. Like last time, he was silent and would not interrupt the process. It was around eight P.M. when Levi had finished selling. He offered Armin to come home with him since Levi was cooking tonight. He never went out to eat on Sundays and it would be odd to not offer any food to Armin at this point. Armin agreed to come with him, obviously starved. Levi wondered how someone who cherished food as much as Armin remained slim.
Levi cooked a simple dish of chicken and rice in which required little to no time and effort. Once it was finished and placed in front of them, Armin moaned in content as he tasted the food. He nearly forgot his manners and devoured the plate along with the food, but kept collected and ate calmly. No matter how tempting it was to eat like a pig for suffering hours without food, he wasn't fond of growing a snout. After eating, they found themselves sprawled over the couch. Levi laid one way, while Armin laid the other, feet near each other's face. "You're feet stink," said Levi and Armin pushed his feet on Levi's face in response. Levi slapped Armin's feet and promised that if he wasn't as tired as he currently was, he would cut Armin's toes off. "Armin," Levi said after awhile of silence. "Hm?", Armin sleepily hummed. "Do you believe in god?" Levi felt slightly pathetic for asking, but his curiosity beat his pride.
"No," Armin paused, "I believe in people, but metaphorically speaking, yes. People are Gods. We have the power to do so much, we have the power to create a world from scrap, we have the power to build 50 foot walls, create districts, homes. We can lead others, make the world a better place, improve ourselves. But there is no God , there is only us. Here and now," Armin alleged. Levi had no idea what to say in retort to that, not that he would anyways. It made sense, alot of sense actually. Levi lulled himself to sleep by repeating the phrase "There is no God, only us" mentally. Armin followed closely behind.
Authors note: oiioiioiioioiioiioioi! It's one in the morning and I still have like ten chapters to go...yay...