Our Differences

by Dripping In Ink

Levi always felt a little confused, a little worried, a little anything. Especially because he was put up for adoption at a young age with his sister, but was quickly adopted into a nice family.. or so he thought. Once he started developing feelings for none other than boys, his starts living his life in fear of his parents finding just exactly who he's having feelings for.

4. The Beach

Our Differences
Chapter Four: The Beach

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I was lying down on the sand for a couple of minutes, just reflecting over this week. I received detention for destroying Nile's art project. Farlan beat up Nile. Mikasa and Eren painted Nile's locker a glittery pink, and Isabel followed me around and it got awkward so I let her apologize and we were friends again.

In the end, we all got detention for the rest of the week minus Isabel.

I was nuzzled and it broke me out of my thoughts. He moved my sunglasses up a little and smiled down at me. I took Eren's hand and kissed his knuckles. "I want to poke something,"

He snickered. "You're weird,"

"Kiss me."

"Wait, right now?" Eren blushed and looked around. I nodded and puckered my lips. That got him to melt and he smiled before leaning in. After a few moments of bliss, I pulled away. "Eren?"

"Hm?"

"You're not going to like anyone else right? I know it's selfish to ask, but I-I feel possessive all of sudden. I want you to know that- when my parents come back, it's going to be hard. And... and, well," Tears filled into my eyes. "You haven't been with me when it gets hard and I'm sure you wouldn't want to deal with me afterwards but I'm asking you know to please stick with me... no matter what just don't leave me."

"Aww," Eren hugged me. He kissed my cheek. "I'm not going to leave you, ever, that would be a dick move. I like you, okay? And, I'm hard to shake off. That's why I fought for a long time with your sister when it went down, but now I'm worse and you're special."

"I'm not that special, I'm just Levi."

"Fine, but it's more than enough for me."

I looked down and blushed. "May I kiss you?" He asked. I nodded and he tilted my head up and pressed his lips to mine.

I was too lucky, there had to be something I did to achieve this. Question is, what?

"Levi, Levi, Levi, look." Isabel came up to me and handed me a small red bucket. I moved and looked into it. "Finally," I said and poked the starfish inside. I looked at Eren. "Help me find these,"

So we got up. I turned to Mikasa and Jean who were sitting a little bit further away. "I'm going to go look for starfish."

"Okay, but be careful."

I nodded and went over to Farlan, Isabel, and Eren. I climbed over a rock and knew Mikasa was watching me intensely. I looked over to her and she had even moved to the edge of her chair. Isabel was in the middle of all the rocks since she was the smallest. So I went in there too. The soft cool sand felt squishy underneath my feet. "Look," I picked up a few shells and handed them to her. I sat down and sighed. "Is Mikasa coming?"

"Yep," Isabel giggled. "You shouldn't sit down, the wave might come and splash the tiny crabs in your face."

"But this way I can touch the fish if they ever come by." I put my hand in the sand. Mikasa's head popped out next to Farlan's. I looked at him, and beckoned him over. "Come on,"

"Isabel would have to move,"

"Fine then, you find Levi the starfish."

"Gladly." Farlan smiled and patted her head. He went inside and looked at me. "Look, I found this for you," He handed me a few sand dollars. I smiled at him and handed them to Jean. "Tell Mikasa to hold these for me please."

"Thank you," I told Farlan. "I haven't seen those in a while. I have a small jar, it's empty since I used all my coins to buy candy. Now, I'm going to fill it with shells and I'm going to put it in the middle of my dresser and look at it every day and night."

He smiled and ran his fingers in my hair. "Okay, then I'll help you." Then a small rock hit Farlan in the head. "Ow!" He rubbed his head and I got the rock out. I looked up at Eren, who was pointing at Jean, and then I looked at Jean, who was pointing at Eren. I huffed. "You okay, Farlan?"

He nodded and smiled at me. "Look there's one," He pointed behind me. I picked it up in one hand and poked it. Farlan chuckled and I poked it again. "Okay, I want to get out now," I announced after putting it back down. I climbed up again and kissed Eren's cheek before stepping out. I took his hand, kissed him, then shoved him into the water. Mikasa burst out laughing and so did Isabel.

But the way Eren came out of the water made him look so beautiful. My heart quickened and I'm pretty sure I looked all bug-eyed but I didn't care. His body was glistening with water droplets and the way he moved his hair out of his eyes stopped my heart. It was all in slow motion to me. He was all I could see, he was vibrant, and so so pretty. Those eyes were gems on his face and his lips were pink. And he was standing so close to me...

Wait..

Oh God!

Eren picked me up and threw me into the water. The water was so refreshing and clear. Or maybe it was because I was heavily in love that everything was just so beautiful to me. When I resurfaced, I rubbed the water out of my eyes and Eren pulled me close. "Did I hurt you?"

"Mm? No."

"You have an alarming amount of strength," He told me.

"I'm not that weak. I mean, I-"

Eren shushed me and kissed my forehead. "Don't say anything. I never said you were weak. I love you-..r ability to push me." He blushed and quickly walked away. Everyone instantly saw this and followed Eren with our eyes. I smiled. The way he was walking away all embarrassed was so cute.

He actually left for quite some time so I spent that time swimming with Isabel and Farlan and looking for seashells. "Where did my brother go?" She asked.

"Um, I dunno. He left I guess?" I picked up a couple of calico scallops. I sat down on the shore where the waves could only hit my feet. "He didn't tell me where he went off to, so."

"I think Jean went to go get him." Farlan shrugged and sat with me. "Look another sand dollar," He handed it to me. I giggled. "Stop finding these out of nowhere,"

He smiled and handed me another one. I laughed and put them in a nearby bucket. I lied down on the warm sand and sighed. "I don't want to ever leave!" I announced loudly. Isabel giggled from where she was in the water. As homosexual as I find myself to be, Isabel looked really nice in her white bikini with her hair down. I watched her for a couple moments before turning to Farlan. "Hey I just noticed something,"

"What?" He said.

"Izzy is really beautiful."

"Yeah, I know, she's just weird and refuses to hang out with other girls. We are her only friends."

"Yeah." I smiled and lied back down. "But I love Isabel, she's really nice."

"I didn't say I didn't love her either she just complains too much about me."

"Eh, oh well, you're a big kid, you'll learn to live with it." I closed my eyes after putting my sunglasses on again. If not, Mikasa would kill me because she thinks it'll ruin my eyesight if I don't since I have clear and lightly colored eyes.

I thought back to Eren, he was so cute! A plastic container of fruit was handed to me and I ate it happily. This was joy, I love everything now.

But it broke me knowing that it would end so soon. Eren sat down next to me and lied down. He turned to face me and I smiled. "Hello,"

"You're such a gorgeous person."

"Stop lying," I kissed the tip of his nose. "You're the gorgeous one here. Have you seen your eyes? They're perfection."

"I think I like yours better than mine. Silver eyes are a lot more rare than green eyes." He lifted my sunglasses up. "Who has the silver eyes, your mom or dad?"

"My dad. My mom passed her dark eyes to Mikasa." Then he grabbed his phone and looked through his photos. He showed me one where they were all together; his birth parents, his sister, and him. He looked so cute smiling. I'm guessing he was a little over four eyes old. Though he looked so much like his mother, he had his father's eyes and the same thing with Mikasa. She looked like her dad but she had her mom's eyes. I smiled and zoomed into Levi's little face. His hair looked so fluffy. His eyelashes were still long. "Such a cutie."

"My only good picture. This was the week Mikasa and I got put up for adoption."

"You do know why they put you up right?"

I nodded and smiled. "My mom was still a teen when she had both of us. I didn't understand it at first when she told me she was doing everything she could and it'll be alright in the end and that she loved me more than anything else in the world, but I don't blame her. She loves me, that's all that matters."

"Do you know where she is at least?"

"She lives in Stohess City."

"Oh wow, pretty."

"Yep," I smiled. "I wonder if it's nice there, I don't remember much anymore, mostly because I've been staring at a different beauty-"

"Oh my God, stop it." Eren blushed and stole my fruit container. I giggled and kissed his cheek. "Too easy," I lied back down. Then I scooted over and sat closer to him. He watched me intently but still blushing. I cupped his face, his cheeks were hot in my hands, and took his lower lip in my mouth, sucking on it gently. He groaned softly as I slowly pulled away. He was as red as the strawberries in the container so I left him alone to get himself together, but I did notice him casually crossing his legs. I didn't comment on it, because it was my fault. I nuzzled his cheek and gave it a small kiss.

"Can I take you out later? Just the two of us?" Eren whispered into my ear. I nodded and smiled. "Where?"

"For soft cookies and ice cream."

I gasped slightly and felt like a child. I nodded again and kissed him. "Thank you,"

"No need to thank me, doing anything for that smile on your face is worth it."

"Ooh, how romantic." I giggled. He looked at me for a couple of moments and I was sort of alarmed with the amount of love I could see in his pretty green eyes. Then he pulled me in and kissed me deeply. Having his fingers run through my hair was such a nice feeling...

Then he pulled away from me and looked down awkwardly. "Sorry, I just- never mind." He whispered before leaving again to go be with his sister. Farlan chuckled. "Wow. That boy has it bad for you, worse than me, and I didn't even think that was possible, but he made it possible."

"Well, what should I do?"

Farlan looked at me. "Let him love you, Levi. You two are nice together."

"Are you jealous?"

"Surprisingly I'm actually feeling happy for you. I don't really mind if you find someone else. But, don't let him go. Even if he's a little douchey on the field, Eren's an okay person."

"You don't even like him."

"And it took me a lot of effort to tell you that. But seriously Levi. You never ask for anything in life, everyone can tell that you like him and that he likes you."

I shrugged. "He's weird today, I don't know. I mean, we kiss at school and stuff, you know, like, before I walk into class if he makes it to walk me, but I asked him to kiss me earlier and he suddenly got all shy and weird about it."

"Okay, kissing at school is a lot safer than kissing out in the real public with judgmental adults around."

"But we're not on that kind of beach, there's a few same-sex couples over there. Or do you think it's me?"

"A sane person would not want to pass up the chance to kiss you. You have really kissable lips."

"Don't flirt with me, Mr. Church."

"Wouldn't dream of doing any such thing, Mr. Ackerman."

So I had Farlan help me make a big moat around Jean and Mikasa's set of chairs and umbrellas. We didn't get questioned for it. But that was mostly because Mikasa was suntanning and Jean was watching her, but I think he was trying to be discreet about it. It was a good thing she was distracted because I accidentally had cut myself on a rock that was in the way of my moat process and Mikasa would have freaked out.

We had to snap Jean out of his trance and he quickly helped me clean it up before Mikasa realized I had stopped digging.

"Jean,"

"Yes Mikasa?" He said not looking back as he put a clear waterproof bandaid on my hand.

"Can you make sure my little brother gets more sunblock on his face so he doesn't look like a cherry later?"

"He's already pink."

"Please scold him for me, he knew better."

Jean mockingly scolded me. "How dare you not put sunblock on."

"Jean," Mikasa sighed.

"Yes beautiful?"

"Screw you."

"I love you,"

"Whatever."

Jean smiled and winked at me. "Go put sunblock on before Mikasa gets upset." I nodded and had Farlan help put it on my back while I put some on my face. I smiled when I was ready. Farlan ruffled my hair. "Do chase him, he's not a fast runner."

"Yes he is,"

"But not faster than me."

"If agreeing with you helps your ego, Farlan, I will." I smiled and walked over to Eren. I leaned on his arm and kissed his bicep. He looked down at me and his eyes went all dark and adorable. "Hey,"

"Are you trying to avoid me?" I asked silently.

"No!" He gasped and cupped my face. "You are the most wonderful person in the world and no one in their right damn mind would ever even think to avoid your precious existence. God, no, I would never."

I blushed and I'm sure I looked like Izzy's hair color. Eren also took awhile to realize but he also started blushing. "I'm sorry."

"What's up with you?" I took his hand in mine. "Why are you so jittery?"

"It's um, well- can I tell you later?"

"Is it bad?"

"I don't think so,"

I smiled. "Okay," I kissed his hand and went over to Isabel. She had the red bucket filled with little fish and seaweed. "Look, a sea snail,"

I reached in and poked its shell. "I need you to help me,"

"I'm already working on it. My brother needs to get his shit together." She said that last part loud enough for him to here. He looked up and at me and Isabel pulled me to look at her. "Nope, no looking at my brother because he does this thing with his eyes, he does it with our parents to make him get his way at seventeen years old, where he stares at you and pouts slightly and then you'll start to see how big they can get and because Eren is Eren, you'll think he's cute and give in. So, pay attention to this bucket of teeny fish."

But then Eren kissed my cheek, which made Isabel shove him back. "Stay away, my time with Levi okay?"

"Whatever," And he walked away. Isabel giggled. "Don't worry he's not actually upset."

"Are you sure?"

"Fine, go check on him because you think I'm lying." Isabel smiled. I quickly made my way over to him and held his hand. He turned to me. "You-you're gorgeous and I love your eyes."

"Eren,"

"Yeah?"

"I'm not going anywhere so if you feel like you need to tell me these things all of a sudden, you don't."

"I know, I just- well, like I just really want to let you know."

"Don't worry," I chuckled. "I don't mind if you don't."

"You're too good for me."

"Hardly, a twig would be better than me."

"Levi," He huffed. I stayed quiet and looked down. "Why do you say these things to yourself? Like don't you get tired of saying those things to yourself?"He continued. I looked up a little and saw how irritated he was. I felt bad and it made my heart clench up. I walked away and it hurt that he didn't stop me. I messed up so I simply continued walking on and letting the water hit my feet every time it came back. I stopped after awhile and sat down. The ocean looked beautiful all green and blue mixed together to make the perfect mixture of color. I hugged my knees and tears filled into my eyes. I buried my face into knees and sighed. A few minutes later, a hand ruffled my hair. I looked up and Jean was there looking down at me. He sat down when he saw my tears. "What's wrong?"

"Eren made me realize that I really love to self-depreciate myself and I can't stop it from happening. I just really hate myself," A sob broke through. Jean ruffled my hair gently as let me recover. "I don't deserve him, I really don't and," I couldn't say anything because I was crying too hard now.

Jean stood me up gently and took me to the boardwalk. "Come," He edged me forward after drying my tears with his thumbs. "We both know you can't return crying right? Don't wanna freak your sister out and have her yelling at Eren right? So, let's calm you down first, okay? I'll tell her you were crying later, but now right now. She's already on edge with him anyway."

"Why?" I sniffed.

"Last night they were talking and he had told her how he felt about you and she got mad at him for that."

"Why?"

"My guess is because she feels like he's going to hurt you. Eren has a temper, you know that right?"

I nodded and smiled. He looked hot when he was angry. Jean noticed this and shook his head. "No, bad, no fantasizing over angry Eren."

"I'm not." I chuckled.

"What do you even see in him? Like, okay, he's Eren and whatever, green eyes and shit but really, he's not that great."

"To me yes, to me he's everything."

"Okay, between you and I, if you had to chose anyone besides Eren, and they had to be a senior, who would you pick?"

I thought about this for a moment. I smiled and laughed at all my options. "I guess I'd have to go with-"

"If you say Armin, I'm going to push you into the water when we get back."

"It's not Armin, his hugs are too tight and he gets crazy around me."

He laughed. "Yeah, that's true, so who?"

"I lied it was Armin."

Jean stopped and looked at me. "Deadass, you asked for it."

"I'll tell Mikasa and I'm her baby brother so she'll get mad at you."

"I'm totally telling Armin,"

"Fine by me. My feelings aren't exclusive to one. I still feel something for Farlan, and Armin's not bad looking at all, he's actually quite attractive."

"Right I forgot, you like pretty boys."

I giggled and Jean bought me an ice cream cone. "Eat it before we get back because Mikasa will flip her shit on me."

"Why?"

"She told me not to spoil your appetite."

I smiled and ate quietly as we walked back. I managed to finish it and washed my hands in the water. Eren rushed up to me and hugged me. I wasted no time in hugging him back. "I'm so sorry, Levi, I really am, I'm so sorry, God I feel terrible. Are you okay? Please tell me you're okay, Mikasa hates me right now and I feel like crying, please say something."

"I'm okay."

"No, please tell me the truth."

"It hurt, okay? I can't stand you being any type of upset with me."

"Levi,"

"Yes?"

"You're an angel."

"I'm-" I stopped before I said anything to make him upset. I simply kept quiet about it and moved away. "I'm going to get something to drink." I turned and bumped into Mikasa.

"Where were you?"

"Walking,"

"Why were you alone?"

"I was on the way to manhood. No girlies allowed." I poked her in the stomach and left. Farlan suddenly touched my back with a cold water bottle and he covered my mouth. I ended up slouching against him and going limp. He bit me on the jaw and I squeaked, but he held my arms. Then on the cheek and I pretended to faint. Jean gasped slightly. "What did you do?"

"I didn't mean to, what do I do?" Farlan actually believed this!

"Well what did you do to him?"

"I put a cold water bottle on him and bit him."

"Why the fuck!" Jean huffed. "Mikasa will kill us both! You for doing this to her brother and me for just watching."

I opened my eyes. "Guys, calm down, I didn't die." Then I smiled. "Awe, you guys care about me. I feel loved."

Farlan bit my cheek again and I giggled and squealed. "Stop that tickles."

He chomped his teeth and me and I moved away. "If you're teething go bite on something else."

"Ughh! I can't! I need to bite down on something or I'll die."

"And my sensitive cheeks were the perfect thing? Rude! I may be a bit chubby in the cheeks but it still kind of hurts!"

"You're a cutie."

I flicked him and took the water bottle. I opened it and drank from it quickly before anyone got the idea to tilt it forward to make me spill it on myself. "I'm hungry." I announced. Farlan shoved Jean when he reached into the cooler. They ended up play fighting so I stepped around them and pulled out a sandwich for myself and sat down away from them. Eren sat next to me and watched me eat. He kept placing little kisses to my cheeks and up to my temples and when I sideways glanced at him, I saw his eyes were closed. My heart fluttered in my chest and tried to eat calmly. Until he started nibbling on my ear and sucking on my earlobe. He's been doing it frequently since he first did it on Monday. I tried to focus on calming down now that I rushed through my sandwich, but he just had to lick my cartilage. I shuddered loudly and burned everywhere. Eren simply turned my head and kissed me gently. I had goosebumps everywhere, God, I felt embarrassed.

"Y-You know you don't have to do this for me to forgive you,"

His eyes flickered open. "I know, would you like me to stop?"

I burned intensely and shook my head. He tilted my head to the side and kissed my jawline. I pulled away. "That tickles,"

Eren smiled and kissed my forehead. "I have a game on Saturday."

"I know, I'm actually allowed to go to those. Mikasa has to take me though."

"So, I'm going to need you to return my jacket,"

"Oh oops," I giggled. "I'll think about it. I'm not finished using up the scent."

"Oh? Why? You don't wear it to school,"

"It's one of my blankets now,"

"Are you serious?"

I nodded and he smiled so widely. "God, that's so cute. I'll give it back afterwards, but give it to me on Thursday."

"Okay,"

Then Eren chuckled. "Is it seriously one of your blankets?"

I nodded. He sat there obviously enjoying this news and I poked holes into the sand. Eren pulled me in front of him and buried his face in my neck.

I leaned back and kissed his cheek. He blushed a little and went on his phone, as if to keep him distracted. I toyed with one of his hands and saw him click his photos. "Isabel sends me pictures of you."

I quickly took his phone and went through all his photos. I smiled because I did look rather cute in any of the photos that I appeared in. "You also took a fair share."

"Well I'm not denying that." He kissed my shoulder and hugged my waist. I turned off his phone and held it in my hands. "Levi?"

"Yes?"

"I find you enjoyable to be with,"

"Thank you," I giggled. "I can say the same about you." I got a kiss on the cheek for that.

Eren placed several kisses to my cheek again before squeezing me. "I can't get enough of you,"

"Yeah, I know the feeling." I whispered.

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Around five later that day, I was napping because I actually forgot that Eren wanted to go out with me after the beach. Then, someone came into my room and crawled onto my bed. I was shaken awake and when I opened my eyes, I saw Eren towering over me. I rubbed my eyes, trying to process everything, then I gasped. "I'm so sorry, I-I... um,- forgot."

"Don't worry," He smiled. "It's okay," He lied down. "Still, I want to take you."

"Okay," I nodded and closed my eyes. He whined and shook me again. "I meant right now."

"Yes," I nodded again. I opened one eye and saw him staring at me, eyebrows slightly furrowed. I smiled and closed it again. "I need persuasion."

"You know I guessed you'd be like this. So, I went and bought it. Mikasa is gone with Jean, so, it's just the two of us here."

"Oh," I sat up and rubbed my eyes again. "Eren?"

"Hm?"

"I have to tell you something," I beckoned him closed. He leaned in and I kissed him. He sighed happily. "That's it," I giggled.

"Wow, that hit me right here," He pointed to his heart. He smiled and and kissed me again. "Now, dessert."

"Yay," I clapped. He handed me a brown box with a cookies. It was filled all the way to the top. I took one and fed Eren. His eyes watched me and my heart quickened. "Didn't you have something to tell me?"

He nodded and looked down, taking the cookie from my hands. I bit my lip, feeling nervous. "Look if you like someone else, it's okay. I'll be totally fine with it-"

"Levi,"

"Yes?"

"I don't think I like you anymore."

"Oh." My heart sunk violently and the pain was killing me. I nibbled on a cookie and tried to fight any tears that dared to come. I knew this would happen.

"And when I say this try not to freak out." Eren continued. I was already freaking out!

"Levi, I love you."

"W-what?" Tears fell down my cheeks. I shook my head. "No you don't, I can't be loved." I sniffed. "Don't tell me that!"

"Levi, please," He took my hands and held them in his. "Look at me. It's you who I want, I love you and I can't stop thinking about you. Please, give me a chance to show you the love that you deserve."

I was shaking, and I didn't want to lose him, so I just hugged him. "I'm scared,"

"I know, but don't worry. I promise to stay by your side even through the worst of your days. I'll never ignore you or avoid you or mistreat you in any way. You're perfect and I want you to know that I care about you."

"So, what now?"

"Well," He smiled. "I'll ask you to be my boyfriend and you'll say yes cause you love me back."

"B-boyfriend? Like, as in, you and me? Together? Just- me and you in a relationship?"

He nodded excitedly. My heart quickened again and I wiped my tears with her hands. "Are you sure you want me?"

"Listen here, if I didn't want you I wouldn't kiss you, or hug you so tightly, or follow you around at school."

"Oh," I blushed. I took another cookie and placed it on top of the one I already had. "But you do remember I'm not like twelve right? I'm going to be fifteen next month."

"Yes?"

"It's just that you call me cute all the time and I feel like it's just you telling me I look baby-cute."

"Well that's partly true, but I figured you'd be more comfortable with me telling you that you're cute rather than hot."

"You think I'm hot?"

"Uh yeah? Have you not looked in the mirror?"

"Everyday."

"Okay, so you must have taken notice that you are."

"Eren,"

"Yes?"

"I'm 4'10 and fifteen."

"Don't worry, Armin and I will help you grow."

"How?"

"We're gonna feed you till you explode,"

"Oh how flattering." I giggled. Then I took another bite of my cookies. "Let me grow naturally, but I'll eat more."

"Okay," He smiled. We sat in silence and ate. Then he left to go to the kitchen, so I turned the TV on. After awhile he came back with two large bowls of chocolate ice cream with syrup, mini marshmallows, and banana slices. I smiled, thanked him, and ate. "So what do you say?"

"Homestly, I've thought about it so many times but now that it's actually happening, I'm a little nervous."

"Well I won't make you regret it,"

"Oh I don't think that I'll regret it, I'm just, you know, worried about you losing interest in me."

"Don't worry about the things that won't happen," Eren smiled.

Farlan was right, I never do ask for anything in life, so I don't see a reason why I can't have this. I giggled and nodded. "Okay, fine, yes."

"Oh wow," Eren chuckled. "For a moment I actually thought you were going to say no, but, oh my God,"

I simply smiled and looked at him as I ate. Someone suddenly called my phone. I was confused but answered anyway. "Hello?"

"YOU LIKE ME? I FEEL SO FLATTERED!" Armin's voice screamed. I pursed my lips. "I'M SO TELLING EREN!" He hung up and called Eren. He picked up and I could hear: LEVI LIKES ME!

Eren looked over at me. "Um, what?"

"Jean told me that Levi told him that other than you I'm the next in line senior pretty face."

"Oh, that's nice I guess."

"So, be jealous."

"Eh, I can live with Levi thinking you look pretty."

"No, it's itching at you."

"Not really,"

"Yes it is!"

"Armin?"

"Yes?"

"Levi is my boyfriend now."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHEN? I NEED TO KNOW!"

"A few minutes ago I asked him and he said yes."

"THAT'S SO FUCKING CUTE! I NEED TO GO BE WITH YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW! YOU TWO ARE AT LEVI'S RIGHT? Well I'll be there~" And he hung up.

Eren sighed but quickly smiled again. "Wow, this is really happening."

"Yeah," I put another spoonful of ice cream in my mouth. He leaned forward and pressed a tiny kiss to my lips. "Love,"

"I'm nervous," I mumbled.

"Why?"

"I'm a wreck, so, be patient with me. I'll say it one day."

"Oh, no, I know that. I'm not pressuring you into anything,"

"You'll keep reminding me how much you care about me though, right? I know it's selfish, never mind, you don't have to."

"I will, don't worry. I would have done it even if you didn't ask."

"You're so romantic," I blushed and pressed my forehead against his.

"Get used to it."

"Oh," I giggled nervously. I kissed him and my smile broke the kiss. "Okay," I smiled widely.

"God, you're adorable."

"Can you call Armin and tell him not to come? I don't like being squeezed and I want to spend time with only you."

"Fine, but you're gonna have to deal with him on Monday."

"That's alright with me."

"So just us then?"

"Yes."