Chapter 4: Reliable Upperclasmen
"No that's wrong Eren, start over"
"Levi I don't think my brain is functioning well at this hour, cut me some slack!"
"Oh sure, I'll cut you some slack. Stop being a lazy shit and do your goddamn homework"
"Ouch! What the fuck?!" Levi flicked Eren with his finger twice on his ear, making the younger man jump in his seat and glare at the older.
The young men bickered as they sat side by side by a table in the Maria dorm's lobby. It was late at night, 10pmish last time Eren had the chance to look at the time. After lots of procrastinating, Eren had finally decided to get started on his Chemistry homework. Unfortunately, he wasn't as comfortable with science math as he was with math math. He had called Hanji for help, since they were both in the same dorm but caught her at a bad moment as she was getting ready to go out that night. She told him that she'd get help for him nevertheless and that's how he got Levi as his chemistry instructor for the night. He had no remote idea what the tall woman had done to convince the stoic older man to help him, but he knew it had to be pretty ridiculous.
"Read the problem Eren, just because they tell you to find pH it doesn't mean you can do it off the bat" Levi said as he rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"…uh…like…"Eren made a doodle over the space where he had erased before and Levi face-palmed at his action.
"Augh, Eren I'll read it to you and you tell me how to work it okay?" The raven haired man picked up Eren's homework papers and started reading out the problems.
Eren paid attention as he had given up on going to bed with Levi as his mentor. He noticed a few things he hadn't before and together with the older man set himself to circle down the important details of the exercises. Once he was done with that, Levi sat quiet beside him as he did the problems. By midnight, Eren had finished all his problems and Levi had gone through them again with him so to make sure they were okay and that Eren knew what he had done. The brown haired young man stretched his arms as he yawned turning his sleepy gaze towards Levi.
"Sooo, we're finally done right? We can finally go to sleep riiiight?" He asked smiling sleepily.
"Yes Jeager, we can go sleep now. Don't fucking leave your shit for the last moment again, and don't fucking trust Hanji to help you on Thursday nights either." Levi stood up from his chair and stretched his arms as well. "Fucking shit, you owe me big for this kid"
"I sure do, thanks Levi" Eren organized his things and stored them in his bag before he stood up to just grin warmly at the older man. "Really, I'll pay you back somehow"
"I'll hold you to that brat"
The green eyed boy chuckled and waved Levi goodbye before he left to his dorm room. The silver eyed man in turn could only watch Eren go as played with his car keys. It was funny he hadn't really had any trouble with staying up late with the kid, it didn't bother him but it still felt really funny.
"C'mon Levi, you just got a soft spot for the idiotic brat." Levi told himself in a low voice before he turned towards the dorm's door to leave.
"He actually helped you huh? Wow! That's an actual first!" Hanji exclaimed as she adjusted her glasses.
Eren, Armin and Marco had run into her as they were on their way to class. The freckled boy was surprised by her hyper personality, she had ended up squeezing Marco after Armin introduced him. As they walked their common part of their routes, Eren had began telling Hanji how Levi hadn't had any troubles helping him out with his homework the past night. She in turn explained she thought he wouldn't be nice because of how easily he agreed to giving a hand.
"Eeek! Eren, I really think Levi really likes you!"
"Hanji don't be ridiculous, that grumpy cat couldn't like a puppy even if all the cuteness in the world was concentrated into it." Eren replied adjusting his backpack's straps.
"Well, Jean didn't seem to like me before we got together. He just came one day and confessed you know?" Marco had decided to join the conversation with a happy tone and a smiling face. "It's been a whole month since you met, and you've been hanging out with him a heck of a lot more right?"
Yes, it had been a full month since Eren had entered college and it had also been a weird month for him. He was now completely part of Armin's group of friends, almost as if they hadn't just met, and although he still got into fights with Jean, they were on good terms most of the time. They still hadn't gone to a single party or done anything 'college kids do' because Hanji had advised to wait until after the first exams which were due the next week after the one he was currently living. Now, the thing that made his month weird was the fact that he had reserved at least an hour and a half of his day to drink coffee with Levi. This small custom had its origin on the second week of his life in college when Hanji had invited Eren to have coffee with her and Levi but had to leave due to something going down in her lab. The pair of men had had their scuffle during this first meeting of theirs but in the end agreed it had been different and pleasant for both…which was weird and it made Eren want to vomit later on in the day. Levi asked Eren out for coffee the next day and Eren did the same after that so they agreed to just meet once a day. It was hard living without that coffee break at this point, and it made things twice as weirder.
"Marco I don't think the fact we hang out a lot means anything and Hanji you know Levi and he's as charming and loving as Godzilla dressed in a ball gown" Eren sighed after he spoke and then scratched the back of his head annoyed.
"You know, Levi and Petra used to date"
"WHAT?!" Marco, Armin and Eren all stopped their walking to stare at Hanji with surprised expressions.
"Hehe~ Yeah, Levi and sweetheart Petra were one piece once upon a time~ They mutually broke it off, not quite sure why but hey, that relationship proves my point that Levi CAN like people…" Hanji said in singsong and continued her way skipping. "and he just might like you Eren~"
The three younger men remained frozen for a few seconds before snapping out of their shock. Armin and Marco looked at Eren and grinned. Eren simply looked at them with wide eyes and then flipped them off before continuing on with his walk.
"Sooo, uh Levi, I got a chem test this Friday and…"
"You thought it'd be a brilliant idea to start studying three days before the test when you know you're still having problems with the material. So on basis of this brilliant line of thoughts, you decided to ask me for help" Levi took a sip from his coffee and stared at Eren emotionlessly.
"You know, I'm not even going to deny that Mr. Mcdouchepants" Eren replied as his eye twitched slightly.
"Calling me names will make me not want to help you brat" Levi put his cup down and clicked his tongue.
"Well fine I'll just do it- wait, you'll help me study?!" Eren couldn't believe he got the cold Levi to agree to helping him out and he just had to stand up from his chair in surprise placing his hands on the table.
"Pfft, not if you keep being a total brat" Levi smirked and chuckled to himself.
"Thanks Levi!"
"Don't thank me just yet, I might help you out brat but honest to goodness that grade depends on how well your slow brain can process the information" Levi added looking away from Eren and grinned mischievously. "If your brain is capable of handling more than brute numbers"
"Hey!" Eren exclaimed as he knit his eyebrows together.
Eren was clear about one thing, Levi could not possibly like him in the sense Hanji told him the man did. Levi was clear on another thing.
"Well fuck, this kid's eyes are the pair of most expressive windows to the soul I've ever had the pleasure of gazing at… wait… oh shit, this kid's my type"
And although he would never forgive himself for being sexually attracted to Eren Jeager, Levi would never question the line of thought that lead him to realize this. For more that he tried to kick him out of his way, the kid would always act as if it was either nothing or come back at him full force… and they would always talk the next day. It had taken him a while to find someone who he didn't just want to fuck, because honest to whoever was up there, Levi really wanted to fuck Eren senseless at first. Yes, he found the brat annoying, but his skin color and muscles weren't exactly irritating at all. Oh and did the older man just wonder how those cloudless eyes of Eren would shine if he were feeling ecstatic, how his skin would feel under his fingertips… how much he would try to be alpha and how he would look like when he realized Levi was more alpha in bed… or maybe how he would look like when he did ascertain he was the alpha.
"Levi?" Eren called out his name and made the raven haired man snap out of his thinking. "You okay?"
"Yes, just thinking how I'm going to get chemistry through your thick skull brat, let's go we're going to start right away so we can both have our proper night rest" Levi got off his chair and stretched his arms.
Levi cursed in his mind, he already knew he had to do something about his, as he would describe them, 'stupid ass' feelings.
/ / Hello! Here's the next chapter~ It a short one and well I honestly am looking forward to the next chapter! Why? Well, a hint... there's going to be a party and someone's going to skinny dip. Sorry for the delay! Once again, I check my writings but I tend to miss things! If you see anything bad please inform me it truly helps! / /