Even the tired cashier behind the counter lifted up her head to peek at the late night shopper at their 24/7 grocery store. It seemed he was collecting every bit of food from different aisles and shelves into his shopping basket, and when it didn't fit anymore, he kept them in his hands. What struck most, however, is that he seemed to angrily shove every food item from its shelf to his basket not really looking at them, and wrinkled his nose at every other product.
God damn right Levi was angry. He was out there shopping after 2 fucking AM, when at this time he should've be fucking 2 men. All while the culprit was sleeping soundly in his room, tucked in nice and tight like a burrito.
Eren was almost shaking with fear, and trying very hard not to show it when he entered. Upon seeing Levi's face, he began to reassure that he'd be staying for only one night, until he found a better solution to this mess. The kid didn't even throw a single snarky remark. That was how Levi knew the kid was scared shitless. Levi found an inflatable mattress in the closet full of Hanji's stuff from when she used to go camping. The vampire contemplated setting it up in the hallway but it was slightly too narrow so he had no choice but to set it in the empty corner in his room. The kid barely spoke throughout the time, just kept glancing out the window every few seconds. Levi eventually got sick of it and let down the blinds.
If Levi were truly honest, he thought about shutting the door as soon as he saw Eren. He felt like the kid personally disappointed him by not coming up with anything good. Eren probably knew that, since it was in favor of both of their interests. However, it was their fucking responsibility now to keep this kid alive. In a way, it was Levi's fault, all of this started because he couldn't keep his damn mouth shut, but most of all, he would have gotten shit from Erwin big time.
As much as Levi roamed about life caring about himself and only himself, he respected Erwin as a person. He owed him his life, not to mention Erwin had never given up on him despite The Incident, the drugs and his general lack of purpose and social skills. Hell, he was actually the one who explained to Levi what he had become when he turned. Otherwise, who knew how long it would've taken for Levi to figure it all out.
Levi spent almost all of his savings on the food and most of it was just going to waste. It was more of a cover to make them seem human rather than something Eren could eat. Even though the kid said he'd be staying for only one night, the vampire knew he was going to change his mind eventually. Erwin was just that persuasive.
He got back home with three bags of groceries containing bread, flour, milk, basic veggies, butter, eggs, cereal and basically anything else which would give off the vibe that they were normal. Levi experimentally fiddled with an apple in his hand. It was almost unnaturally dark red and so shiny it made it seem like it was made from plastic. Very dimly he remembered devouring dozens of these when he was little and human. He would ditch off work, and steal them from his neighbors' tree because he had the sweetest apples. You could see every shade of red and green on them. Levi would bite down only after seeing that there weren't any worm holes on it, and he would pick the biggest and tastiest looking apple to bring back home to his little sister. That is, if he didn't get caught in the process.
Levi took an experimental bite from the side and chewed a bit, but as expected he spit the bite out in the trashcan moments after. It tasted rotten, like it had been sitting out there for weeks, every fiber of his body was screaming to get the bite out of his system as quickly as possible. The vampire remembered one of the first times he tried human food after he turned and made the mistake of swallowing it. He felt sick for days on.
His phone buzzed as a text from Hanji arrived. All it contained was about 7 exclamation marks, which was the response to either Eren coming over or the fact the she forgot her keys again. Probably both. Though, the text that followed shortly afterwards asked him to bring her keys to her, since she needed them to lock up the bar. Levi sighed slightly annoyed, but the good thing was that he might be able to hook up for a quickie or something. The vampire craved some kind of relief and release from all the shit that was going on, and since drugs were out of his hands for now, this would just have to do.
Eren's quiet and even breathing reached Levi's sensitive ears as he quietly snuck out of the apartment again. It was a Friday night so the bar was filled with more people than usual. Hanji was across the bar doing the best she could to serve everyone all while keeping a polite smile on her face. Though the smile wasn't fake, Levi knew she genuinely enjoyed the busyness.
As soon as she saw Levi, Hanji hopped to his side with her usual apologetic face as her roommate handed her the keys.
"So what happened with Eren? Why did he suddenly come over?" Hanji asked excitedly "Oh wait, you want a drink?" she asked quickly while handing someone else a beer.
"Yeah actually, I haven't had any in more than a day." Levi suddenly realized where the lack of energy came from. Hanji went off to the other side to get him his drink while Levi kept on talking "He showed up a few minutes after you left, said some CIA looking car kept following him today and he got scared."
"Aw, that's so cute!" Hanji gushed over while handing Levi his glass of wine. "Oh this is so mysterious. Why is a car following Eren? This is like the beginning of a CSI episode." Hanji was smiling wide as her eyes twinkled with excitement.
"No it's not." Levi frowned "Someone has to die for it to be a CSI episode, and isn't that what we're trying to avoid?"
"Well we're already kind of dead, so it counts!" Hanji argued back shaking up a cocktail.
"It's not the same. CSI isn't about the supernatural." Levi rolled his eyes "And could you keep your voice down?" Levi hushed her with and angry frown since she was running her mouth too loudly.
"Oh right." Hanji's face became thoughtful. "Oh! Then it's like Buffy!"
"Then we'd be the bad guys, idiot."
"But Ymir's group are the bad guys!" Hanji suddenly gasped "Oh my god you're Angel!"
"What? I'm anything but Angel." Levi frowned in disgust.
"So is Erwin Angel then?" Hanji frowned.
"Erwi- No god. No one is Angel. Who would even want to be that dick?" Levi shook his head as he took a sip and closed his eyes. It was a rich taste, something rarer than usual, or Levi was just that hungry.
"Yeah you're right." Hanji nodded seriously while squinting at him. "You're more like Spike."
"Fine, I can work with that." Levi gave up.
"What if Eren turns out to be a slayer?" Hanji rambled on with wide eyes, not hearing him. "And he's like just playing this scared kid who needs help, but he's actually undercover and wants to kill us." Hanji was at the other end of the bar rambling on, but Levi could hear her perfectly.
Some drunk guy at the end where Hanji was had the nerve to start catcalling on her. He was listening to what Hanji was talking about and dropped a line. Levi didn't really hear what he said, only that there were the words 'body layer'. Whatever the context, that wasn't even a clever line. Hanji merely smiled politely in response like she was supposed to and handed him another beer.
"Oh sorry I wasn't talking to you." Hanji said off-handedly to him.
"So who were you talking to, hun?" he asked cheekily while bending forward over the bar.
"M-my brother." She stuttered slightly, but kept on smiling nonetheless as she motioned to Levi's side. The guy leaned back once he caught Levi's famous 'I'll murder you in your sleep' face.
"It's like we weren't even watching the same show." Levi continued rolling his eyes "Only women can become slayers."
"What if I become the slayer?" Hanji suddenly said slightly squinting her eyes as if she had found a purpose in life. "Huh where did that guy go? He was just talking to me." She looked around confused. She was back at Levi's side.
"Didn't see him." Levi shrugged "That makes even less sense, you'd have to kill yourself then."All the while they were talking Levi had been scanning the place for prey. There were a few people who caught his eye, but nothing special, he was thinking of giving up on it for tonight.
"Oh, but it would be so dramatic! Just think about it: a slayer becoming a vampire or a vampire who discovers that she's a slayer." Hanji was absolutely beaming. If she were alive and human, she might have had a shot at becoming an actress or a writer, or a crazy fan.
"You've got some fucked up dreams." Levi returned. "Anyway I don't see anything good today, I'm gonna take off." Levi announced as he took the last sip of his drink and left the bar without waiting for Hanji to say goodbye.
He let the door behind him swing shut and decided on dragging his feet to the apartment as slow as possible when normally he hurried home after a night like this. Levi was just leaving the alley when this tall, lean guy with jet black, gel slick hair and a permanent smirk on his face approached him. He was wearing a simple dark green tee and dark jeans which were hugging around his waist tightly.
"Hey." Was all he said with a slight nod. The way he leaning on the wall and his posture was saying much more though. Levi stayed quiet, looked him up and down while thinking it over in his head. Well he had had worse than him so fuck it.
"Okay." Levi said as the guy nodded to himself again with a smile. It was the answer to an unspoken question which both of them understood.
"Yeah alright. Okay so this is how it's gonna go." The guy slurred with a devilish smirk on his face while coming closer to him. Levi wasn't interested in hearing him talk though, so he took another two steps forward and wiped off that disgusting looking smirk off his mouth with his own. He had no intention of being gentle or worst of all submissive with this guy. The guy gasped into his mouth from the surprise, but quickly wrapped a hand around Levi's waist, slipping his hand under his shirt. Levi didn't enjoy the sensation, the hand seemed too cold, even for him.
"This is the only way that this is going to go." Levi stated simply but seriously as he drew back from the embrace. The guy was positively trembling near him, all of his previous macho dominant bullshit evaporated just like that. Levi moved in for another attack, and went ahead to start unbuckling his own belt. He had no wish of making this encounter last longer than 10 minutes.
Levi didn't refuse the temptation of dragging his human teeth over the guys lips too harshly, enough to draw a little blood. Suddenly his senses sharpened and it got more exciting as he slightly sucked the blood out of the wound, being careful not to scrape it with his now extended fangs. The last thing he needed was another newborn vamp in the streets. It wasn't the sweetest blood, but it was enough to get him excited. It didn't look like the guy had any idea he was bleeding at all as his moans were escaping his mouth one after another.
It didn't take long for Levi to get bored of his face and send him down on his knees just like he intended to from the start. The smirking creep was more than glad to take what Levi was offering him. At that point the vampire was glad he had that glass of wine at the bar. It would've been embarrassing going through all that and not being able to get it up at the end.
The guy wasn't much of an expert of going down on guys, he could tell from the way he was wildly and clumsily using his tongue. Nonetheless, it still felt good, especially since it was nearly a week since he had any release. Levi closed his eyes and thumped his head against the wall as he let the other guy do all the work. He would've tangled his hand in the guy's hair for a sort of encouragement, but he was afraid his hand was going to fucking stick to his hair from how much gel there was in it. Levi settled for setting his hand around the side of his neck, brushing along the edge of his jaw with his thumb.
After a few minutes of solid, clumsy dick sucking Levi realized not only wasn't he getting anywhere near the edge, he was getting bored. It felt nice and all, but that was fucking it. Somewhere at the back of his mind Levi found that he wasn't really in the mood for this after all, there was just something that wasn't letting him enjoy this as he should.
Levi shoved the guy off of him as he looked at him surprised.
"Enough." Was all that he said, getting his pants back up again.
"You wanna go all the way?" the guy asked confused, getting up from the ground.
"No, I'm done for tonight." Levi explained straightening out his jacket.
"Wh-what do you fucking mean you're done?!" the guy yelled outraged "I'm not done at all." He almost pleaded taking Levi's hand and putting it on his own bulge.
"Too bad." Levi shook his hand off and started walking away. As expected, the guy grabbed on to him aggressively in return, but this time Levi was prepared, he wasn't going to get another punch in the stomach. Levi swiftly turned around and shoved him harshly making him fall back on his ass a few meters away. The guy cried out in pain while Levi made his slow and slightly dramatic escape.
It wasn't particularly late when Levi got home, but he sensed he was going to have to stay awake during the day at least a bit to seem human so a bit of sleep was needed if he was supposed to go through tomorrow without slashing anyone.
He made the effort of being a little quieter when entering his room, since dealing with a sleepy kid just wasn't on his to do list that day. As Levi got dressed in his simple sweats to sleep in he felt a pair of eyes watching him. He listened and heard that Eren's breathing wasn't peaceful or even. Shit he woke up. Not today kid, Levi thought as he simply ignored his presence and got into bed without saying anything.
It took time for Levi to doze off into an uneasy slumber, which was once again disrupted by loud voices. Of course one of them had to belong to Hanji.
"Okay yes that's it, now bring it forward, forward- watch out for the shelf! Oh god that must've hurt." She winced after another male voice yelped in pain.
"You okay Jean?" Eren's unmistakable voice asked as something thumped on the ground.
"Yeah yeah. Who the fuck sets up a shelf so low?" Jean muttered under his breath annoyed.
"Are you sure this is alright?" Eren asked in a suspicious tone as that large something was picked up again.
"Yes of course! Our home is your home now." Hanji reassured. "Okay now keep bringing it forward a bit more and then we'll try to turn it."
"Jean stop it! Hold it steady you dumbass."
"You're the one who's shaking it asshole!" Jean replied frustrated.
"What the fuck?" Levi stated more than asked as he opened up his bedroom door. Eren and that long faced friend of his from the bar, Jean, stopped in their tracks while holding up a cream colored couch. Hanji was standing a bit further away directing the whole spectacle.
"Oh thank god you're up!" Hanji sighed relieved while Eren and Jean were staring at him wide eyed "Open up the door, we're bringing it in." she stated and motioned for Eren and Jean to get the couch moving again. They hesitantly started moving their feet towards Levi.
"What the hell are you doing Hanji?" Levi refused to move from his spot. Eren and Jean stopped in their tracks, not daring to approach Levi any closer.
"I'm helping Eren move." She stated like it was obvious "You can't expect him to sleep on that mattress for two weeks."
"Two weeks?" Levi raised an eyebrow.
"I changed my mind." Eren spoke up finally "Uhm, Hanji said it was alright." He looked at her for validation and Hanji nodded in response.
"Did she now?" Levi glared at his roommate who was staring slightly smugly at him.
"It was actually Erwin's idea." She raised her eyebrows "He said we have to make Eren feel as welcome here as possible." Now she was definitely smirking at him. It was like a personal fuck you shaped liked that couch and served on a plate.
"Whatever, just let me sleep." Levi gave up opening the door fully and stepping back. Eren and Jean picked up the couch again and started moving it in.
"Jesus Christ it's 1:30PM you animal." Jean muttered under his breath while glaring at him.
"What's horseface doing here?" Levi asked glaring right back at Jean whose face fired up after the insult.
"I'm sorry, do you hear anything Eren?" Jean asked his friend while looking around, pretending not to see Levi "I think someone spoke, but their voice was just too short to reach us." He dropped while moving into his room slowly.
"So you're saying you have hearing problems." Levi stated raising his eyebrows "It must be a tough life, being a partly deaf offspring of a centaur."
Jean was ready to open his mouth to spit something back, but Eren stopped moving and shoved him a little with the couch "Shut the hell up, Jean." He scoffed through his teeth.
"Levi's being a bit of a sourpuss, don't mind him." Hanji winked at Eren while standing right outside the room and Eren smiled hesitantly. "You are so Spike." Hanji mouthed to Levi with an all-knowing look.
"So you told him about everything that's happened?" Levi turned to Eren with an accusing face. Eren frowned.
"Well yeah, he's going to cover my shift at the sandwich place for a while, I thought he needed to know." Eren shrugged like it was no big deal. Levi couldn't believe he ever had hope for this kid. He was a moron.
"Telling one friend is barely a crime Levi." Hanji rolled her eyes. She was doing the thing again where she read his mind.
"Uh…well-" Eren began unsure after setting down the couch where the mattress previously laid.
"Hey Eren, I didn't know which pair of jeans to take, so I took all three of them, I hope you don't mind." A smaller male voice called upon entering through the door. "Oh…hello." The boy stopped when he saw Hanji staring at him. It was the other boy from the bar with longish blond hair and a tiny frame. "I'm sorry, I should've knocked."
"That's alright. What's your name buddy?" she asked cheerily swinging a hand over his shoulders and squeezing a little too hard. The kid winced a little and looked downright uncomfortable.
"Uh-Armin." He squeaked uncertainly. Levi tore his gaze away from Armin back to Eren who was looking at the ground guiltily.
"Please tell me this is it." Levi pleaded sitting down on his bed. "Or should I expect the rest of the Desperate Housewives cast here?"
"Levi!" Hanji exclaimed offended. "That's very mean of you." she shook her head "He looks nothing like Felicity Huffman."
"It's just them, no one else." Eren assured ignoring Hanji's comment which made Jean secretly snicker under his breath. "Uh Armin this is Levi and Hanji. You remember her right? She's that bartender from that night."
"Uh, yes of course!" the kid had no fucking idea. He just didn't want to hurt Hanji's feelings, which was tactful of him, Levi thought. "You have a nice place here." He complimented and Hanji beamed.
"You think so? Levi didn't let me decorate his room, but everything else was done by me!" she said proudly.
"Will you really be able to protect Eren?" he asked quietly. Eren huffed slightly offended.
"I can take care of myself just fine." He returned in the desperate need to prove his manliness. Both Levi and Jean shot a sarcastic glare towards him, Jean even snickered a little.
"Of course! The last thing they expect is those two teaming up." She motioned to Eren and Levi who were back to glaring at each other since Eren caught Levi's mocking look. "We know how they think." She said all-knowingly and slightly dramatically.
"How do you know them exactly?" Armin asked simply. It looked like Eren was about to ask Armin stop being so nosy, but he froze instead, realizing he never asked that himself.
"I used to be a part of their group." Levi answered simply, while Eren's eyes grew wide along with Jean's.
"So you're a fucking criminal too?" Jean asked outraged. "Jesus Eren, didn't you think of asking that before you decided to trust them with your life?!" Jean's face was red angry. Levi was wrong, Jean was the biggest moron in the room.
"Yes obviously." Levi replied in an overly sarcastic tone "A criminal mastermind always reveals their identity along with a detailed description of their plan to annihilate everyone a few weeks before it happens. Just to keep everyone on the same fucking page." Jean calmed down, but his face was still red. At least it didn't seem like Eren followed the same train of thought as Jean did. Levi became aware of the kids staring at him confused so he sighed losing his sarcastic tone. "It was a long time ago, back when they weren't doing stuff like this. We were mostly just fooling around with drugs and some petty crimes once in a while. I got out when I realized they were thinking of starting the business. I wasn't cut out for something like that." Levi trailed off and caught Hanji's worried face from the corner of his eye.
Jean still scoffed under his breath annoyed at fuck knows what. Eren was still staring at Levi but his gaze was softer than a glare this time.
"What about us?" Armin asked suddenly "Eren can't go out of the apartment much on the risk of being seen." The kid thought out loud. "But if we visit Eren here, would it put me and Jean in trouble as well?"
"I don't know." Levi replied first "But it would be better if the visits weren't that often." It was common for Levi to take the temporary leadership role when Erwin wasn't around. Armin merely nodded in response, he was the only one asking the smart questions around here.
"So are we done here?" Jean asked impatiently.
"Uh yeah." Eren nodded breaking his gaze away from Levi. "Thanks for helping me with my stuff."
"It's no problem." Armin replied with a modest smile.
"Sure, just don't make me do it again." Jean replied rubbing his head where he previously hit his head. Eren's friends left soon afterwards and Hanji finally went to bed on the very true and smart excuse that she has a night job so she sleeps during the day. Levi's face soured when he realized he didn't have an excuse for his day time sleeping.
"So, what do you do?" Eren asked once his friends left and Hanji went to sleep. Levi was lying in his bed trying to fall back asleep.
"I'm sleeping dumbass." He replied with his face plumped deep in the pillow.
"No I mean like where do you work?" Eren replied with complete disregard to Levi's reply. Crap, the kid was just forcing him to lie.
"I work a night shift at the hospital with Erwin." He replied turning on his back.
"So you're a doctor?" Eren asked with a hint of awe in his voice.
"No, we're sort of like security guards of the lab and equipment." Levi stated lazily with his eyes closed.
"Oh." Eren said simply "What's your full name?"
"Eren, I'm fucking sleeping, which part of that don't you get?" Levi was annoyed.
"I'm gonna be stuck here with your for at least two weeks whether you like it or not." Eren explained slightly pissed as well "I'm here in this mess with you and I know nothing about who you are! I know I fucked up, and I don't expect us to become friends, but how can I trust you when I don't even know the basic things about you?" Eren finished his rant with a sharp exhale. "Mine's Jaeger by the way."
"I know." Levi rolled his eyes. A short silence settled in between them, Eren was sure Levi was asleep by now, but Levi's tired voice spoke quietly. "It's Jacquez." At least one thing about him wasn't going to be a lie.
"Huh, sounds French." Eren commented lightly.
"That's cause I'm French idiot." Levi sighed.
"Really? You don't seem uh French." Eren trailed off realizing how it sounded.
"Pourquoi? Parce que je ne rentre pas dans tes critères de stéréotypes?" Levi returned smugly in his mother tongue. It felt so strange yet pleasant speaking like that again.
"Whoa." Eren laughed slightly "I have no idea what you just said but I'm guessing it wasn't nice." Levi couldn't help but smirk to himself arrogantly. "How old are you?"
"29." He returned automatically.
"Oh, I'm only 23. And you know what I do for a living already." Eren said to himself embarrassed.
"Yeah. So did I pass the test? Am I allowed to sleep now?" Levi asked overly ironically.
"Sure, whatever." Eren sighed getting up from his couch "I need to settle things with my manager anyway." He announced. "Uh- it's okay if I leave for a bit right?" He asked unsure.
"I'm not your fucking mother, you can do what you like." Levi grumbled already half asleep. He didn't even hear the kid leave the apartment, he drifted to sleep that fast.
Though, this slumber was even more troubled than the last one. Levi was traveling through the woods alone, it was dark and worst of all muddy. He could barely see a thing which was frustrating, he can always navigate well in the dark, he was a god damn vampire after all. At first he was wandering sort of aimlessly, but the deeper he went the harder it seemed for him to move. There were more trees and bushes in his way, along with random holes in the ground and branches tripping him along the way. Eventually he began to search for an exit, there had to be a clearing somewhere, some kind of light or anything, anyone to help him get home already. In the distance he saw Erwin and Hanji standing together with a few flashlights. Levi tried to call out but his voice was stuck, all that came out were desperate puffs of air. He would've tried running to them but now he was completely stuck in place among the trees and they were far away. Suddenly he saw another flashlight much closer, Levi moved and fought trying to get out of that spot, but it was useless. He was stuck and wet, and dirty, and cold where no one could see him. The flashlight started coming closer suddenly and a faceless figure approached extending his hand to Levi. Once he accepted the hand he seemed to slide out of the spot instantly, but only then Levi saw that he was holding hands with a werewolf. For some reason they started to fight, Levi was using all his might, but right before his fist touched the creature his hand slowed down and lost all of its strength. The more Levi tried to fight, the angrier the creature got and started baring its teeth and growling aggressively.
The growling kept getting louder and clearer as eventually Levi slowly opened his eyes to find a large set of sharp teeth, dribbling with saliva a few inches from his face. Instinctively Levi jumped back and bared his own fangs in a matter of seconds before realizing he was about to attack a large dog. Levi blinked a few times as his fangs slowly went back to their place while the german shepherd started barking.
Eren burst into the room a few seconds after, calling the dog by his side.
"Sasha! Get over here!" he bellowed strictly. The dog glanced between her master and Levi a few times before going by Eren's side and continued to glare at Levi from afar. Eren gently petted her head before staring at Levi apologetically.
"Sasha?" Levi hissed through his teeth.
"I'm so sorry, I don't know what got into her. She loves people, I swear." Eren looked baffled at the sudden outburst of his dog. Well, Levi wasn't exactly what you would call people.
"What is that thing even doing here?" Levi asked getting up from his bed. The dog reacted and started growling at him again.
"She was all alone in the house, so Hanji sai-" Eren started.
"Hanji." Levi simply said closing his eyes. She popped up at the doorway suddenly, all dressed and ready to go to work as usual.
"You called?" she dragged out and bended over to pet the dog who was more than happy to receive her attention.
"No pets." Levi stated simply looking at both of them.
"What? But look at her, she's so cute!" Hanji gushed over scratching behind her ear.
"No. Pets." He repeated simply.
"She won't cause trouble, I swear." Eren was the one coming to protect her.
"Yeah Levi don't be such a party pooper." Hanji pouted.
"Did I fucking stutter?" Levi said angrily.
"Hey, this is our place as much as it is yours." Hanji suddenly stood up "Fine, you don't have to like Sasha, but she has to stay somewhere. So she'll be staying in my room." She decided and Eren looked relieved. He took her to Hanji's room but not before Sasha glared at Levi one more time.
"Are you determined to make my life a living hell?" he asked her once Eren left.
"No. I'm determined to make your life an adventure." She said gleefully before heading out the door.
Levi flopped back on the bed with a tired sigh.
"Sorry about that." Eren apologized again once he was back in the room. "Is Hanji your sister?" he asked shyly.
"Thank god no." Levi breathed "She's just my roommate."
"I'm kinda hungry, do you like want to order a pizza or something?" he asked suddenly.
"Not really. There's food in the fridge, you can help yourself." Levi suddenly remembered his night's trip. It was obvious Eren felt weird going through another person's fridge, but he was gonna have to get the fuck over it.
Levi had just turned on his laptop, and thought about the appropriate time for him to leave 'for work', when Eren came back from the kitchen after his late night dinner.
"Ha, I thought I was the only one who ate unsweetened cornflakes." Eren said conversationally as Levi simply ignored him. "And it might be none of my business, but you gotta get new wine Levi." Eren said while Levi suddenly stopped typing "The one you have now tastes really awful."