Eren was sitting in front of Levi. His hands rested on his lap as his legs fidgeted in discomfort. Turned out what Levi meant by having 'our own good time' was different from what Eren had been imagine.
Eren thought they would continue whatever Levi was about to do earlier; right before the discussion at the meeting room.
He thought there would be something, anything.
But no.
All Levi did was staring silently at Eren, without a single word being said. Seriously, that's kinda creepy. Where was the breath-taking Levi earlier? This was like a different Levi, he was too quiet.
'Multiple personality much? No offense but that's what it looks like,' Eren thought.
Then, the brunette let out a soft sigh as he played with the tea spoon in his hand and twirling it lazily, while the Alpha was sipping his cup of tea leisurely without tearing off his gaze at Eren.
Eren fidgeted more, feeling Levi's eyes piercing right through him even though the brunette was looking at his own lap.
This was too awkward much to Eren's comfort. The brunette cleared his throat and slowly he looked up at the Alpha, "So… Uhm, drinking tea is your way on having a good time?" He asked, trying to break the silence.
"Well, not exactly," Levi answered. A hint of happy tones in his voice, mostly because Eren decided to start a conversation even if the brunette quivered a bit.
"Huh? What do you mean by that?" Eren tilted his head slightly to the side in confusion.
'Cute,' Levi thought. He gave Eren a small smile before he answered again, "Drinking tea with you is my way on having a good time."
The answered, somehow, made Eren blushing really hard.
Levi then added, "To be honest, I want to do more than drinking tea with you. But no, not when you are still feeling uncomfortable and scared around me."
"I am not. I just, uh, nervous?"
"Same thing, isn't it?"
"No, it's not."
"Well, if that's the case, then we can always do something else that could ease your nervousness," Levi suggested.
"Can we, uh, talk? I want to get to know you better. Is that okay?" Eren asked with a shy smile.
Now, Levi was not a person who easily smiled, but seeing the brunette shy smile made the raven returned the action immediately and nodded, "What would you like to know?"
"I don't know? Um, how— why haven't you marked me yet?" Eren bluntly questioned him.
"Because you rejected me before, so I need to be careful not to being rejected twice," Levi smirked.
"Is that even your real answer?" Eren giggled.
"Of course. Also, I think you're not even sure if you're ready to be marked by me, at least not yet. Because, as I said, you're still feeling uncomfortable and scared around me."
"And as I said, I am just nervous, that's all!" Eren replied.
"Are you?" Levi's smooth and calm voice suddenly turned into a rough and raspy ones. He stood up and walked to Eren's seat, closing the distance between them. He then grabbed both of Eren's shoulder gently and moved his head right in front of Eren while the brunette turned his body a bit to Levi's side.
Eren shut his eyes tightly. His body slightly trembled with nervousness and anticipation for what was going to happen next. But all Eren felt was only their breath that mingled together while the kiss was never came.
Then, Eren heard Levi sighed, "See? You are uncomfortable and scared."
Eren opened his eyes. He saw Levi already moved slightly away from him. His pale hands never left Eren's shoulders, which Eren thankful for that because Levi's touch felt really nice.
He blinked once, twice, and whispered, "I am not, Levi."
Levi raised one of his eyebrows at Eren's words. No matter how Levi saw it, clearly Eren was uncomfortable and scared around him. Or as Eren said, he was being nervous. Same thing.
When Levi only gave him a silent judgement and didn't talk back, Eren finally admitted, "Ugh, I don't know, okay? I mean, I am aware that I feel the pull and attraction towards you, but the weird thing is; whenever I am around you, I feel like I am turning into a nervous wreck!"
He then tugged onto Levi's arm and continued, "I'm sorry… I know it's common for werewolf to mark their mate on the very first day they meet each other, and then start their mating ritual whether it's at the same time as they marked each other or even the next few days."
"I know it's been a few days since we've met, we should at least already mark each other. But things come to me at once; I'm too overwhelm by everything that happen since the night of the attack of thr Armored Colossal Pack, and I— I don't know, Levi. It's just too much, I am sorry!"
Eren broke down. He was being emotional all of the sudden while he clutched onto Levi's arm harder as if it was his life support.
Levi's eyes twitched a bit. He hated seeing his mate like this. So, Levi's immediate response was hugging Eren in an awkward angle, because he was standing in front of Eren who still seated nicely on his chair, and put his lips next to Eren's ear to give the brunette a few of comforting words.
"I'm sorry. It's okay, we'll take it slow, I don't mind. Don't worry," Levi said in a whisper, but at least his attempt to calming his mate worked successfully, because Eren's grip on Levi's arm loosened a bit and started to hug the Alpha back.
Eren snuggled his head onto the crook of Levi's neck, smiling contentedly, "I feel weird whenever I am around you. A good weird kind of thing, I guess? But sometimes, it feels uncomfortably weird?"
The brunette looked up, staring at Levi with his wide emerald eyes when he caught Levi chuckled. This made Eren released the hug and starting to fiddle his fingers, "Sorry. I am being weird because I feel weird. Wait, what? Wha—? Uh…"
Eren was making a funny expression at his own confusing words, which made Levi chuckled even more, to the point he was almost laughing.
It was rare for Levi to act like this, he admitted that to himself. But if this was what his mate doing, then he was okay with it, as long as there were only the two of them.
Levi patted the dark chocolate haired teen and brought him to stand in front of Levi, "You feel weird because you haven't had your first shift yet, and your wolf inside of you hasn't awakened until you finally shift for the first time. So, the feeling is there, but it hasn't reached its maximum sense. Right now you act between your consciousness and your unconsciousness of you and your wolf."
"So… It's normal?"
"I guess so. Even if it's not normal, I don't care. I still want you," Levi gave him an assuring look.
Eren was flattered by Levi's words, he couldn't hide the frown on his face in a realisation, "I am a late shifter, does it means I am a late bloomer also? That's why I have this weird kind of feeling?"
Levi only shrugged as a reply. It's not like he was an expert at things like that.
Eren pouted a little bit, not satisfied at Levi answer, but he gave Levi a firm nod anyway.
The Alpha suddenly ruffled Eren's soft locks, as if trying to cheer him up, "It's okay. Let's just get comfortable with each other first. You don't have to mind little things like that, because I don't mind them, not at all."
As Eren leaned onto the touch, he smiled sheepishly, "Thank you, Levi."
Eren felt so lucky to have a mate like Levi, not to mention the attractiveness of his Alpha mate. And his touch, oh dear moon, it made the brunette purred in delight.
Emerald eyes blinked in confusion when the hand that petted his hair stopped. He saw Levi jerked his chin at the sofa across to where they stood, "If we want to get comfortable, might as well if we are sitting on a sofa and get comfortable for real."
A shy smile appeared on Eren's face, "Mhm, sure. Your room is very huge by the way. Don't you think it's a bit too much for just one person?"
"Soon, this will be your room too, as we share this big ass room together. So, it won't feel that huge and too much anymore. It will become the right size with the two of us," Levi talked while he guided a flustered Eren to take a seat on the sofa.
When they plopped down and got comfortable on the sofa with knees touching each other, Eren turned his head to Levi and asked the Alpha carefully, "Can I ask a little touchy subject to you? Well, I don't know if it's going to be touchy or not, I was just curious, so—"
"Eren—" Levi cut him off, "—just ask away, I don't mind."
"How did you become an Alpha? I remember Kenny said he is being a former Alpha. So, why the next Alpha not being his son or daughter, instead it's you, the nephew?"
Before Levi could answer, Eren added, "Ah, I don't mean to being rude or anything. Aside of being curious, I just want to know more about you, so… yeah," Eren looked down while he played with his fingers nervously.
Levi took Eren's wrist and made a gentle circling motion with his thumb. Eren half-gasped and half-squeaked, but soon he relaxed onto the touch once Levi started to answer his question.
"Kenny never had children, he never get the chance to. Just when he found his mate and made her the Luna of the pack, the war pack happened and killed the Luna along with half members of our pack. That includes my parents who tried to protect the three-year-old me during the war."
"I don't remember much because I was still a pup back then. Kenny was the one who told me everything once I'm old enough to understand."
"Continuing on where we left off, we won the war, of course. Even if only half of our members that survived, we still won. And thanks to Kenny's great mentality, he led us to rebuild everything."
"My memory is kind of hazy here, but after we're back on our feet, Kenny who don't have any children as a lineage, started to teach me to become the future Alpha since I'm the only one with the Alpha's bloodline, being the nephew of Kenny and such."
"It's not like I wanted him to, but somehow I ended up learning everything to be an Alpha. Once I turned eighteen, I officially become the Alpha of the pack and here I am now," Levi ended his story with a loud exhale of breathe.
It's the first time he talked this much with someone. It must be because Eren was the one who asked. Had it been anyone else, he won't even bother to tell the story.
Eren suddenly hugged him, making Levi widened his eyes slightly in surprise, "I don't know what I'd do if I were Kenny, though. He lost his mate yet he still managed to rebuild everything for his pack and taught you for the future alpha. I know the pain of losing family, I've been through that, but I think I'd lost my sanity if I were losing you. Kenny was a great Alpha."
Levi hugged him back and rested his head on Eren's. He gave the brunette a comforting rub on his back, "Yeah, he was. We've been through a lot, but I can say it proudly that because of Kenny, we've become stronger. Even up until now, where I took the position as the Alpha, Shadow Corps Pack is one of the few strong packs."
"That's amazing! I am happy to hear that!" Eren beamed while nodded eagerly against Levi's head. Just as he was going to deepen the hug, he realised what he did; he was hugging and nuzzling onto Levi boldly.
The brunette broke the hug abruptly, looking at Levi with face half-flustered and half-guilty, "Sorry!"
Levi replied him with a small smirk and a shrug, "I like it."
Eren ignored Levi's words to hide his embarrassment even more by asking the Alpha a question that had been popped in his mind for quite some time, "Um, so you've become the Alpha since you're eighteen. How old are you now?"
"Twenty two turning twenty three this year," Levi answered in one breath.
"Oh."
"Why? Is that too much older for you?"
"No. Pfft, I am turning eighteen soon. That's like, five years difference? No big deal I guess? My mom and dad's age gap was ten years, just saying."
"Good," Levi flashed him a quick smile.
"I—uh, I hope your pack members will say the same," Eren smiled bitterly.
"Eren, trust me when I say they will come to understand that instead of a Luna, they are going to have an Alpha as my mate. They might not understand this matter right away, but once they warm up and get to know you, they will realise that you are trustworthy to rule the pack beside me."
"How can you know that I am going to be any good to rule the pack beside you?" Eren asked with a doubtful look on his face.
"The moon spirit chooses you as the Alpha's mate, that's something to consider. My pack members also need to take it as a consideration. It's the choice of the moon spirit after all. Whatever the result, I will still going to introduce you as my mate, the Alpha's mate, soon."
"Well, you gotta mark me yours before you could introduce me as your mate," Eren chuckled.
"I'd do it right here, right now, if you consent about it," Levi said in a serious tone.
"Really?" Eren gave him a playful smile.
"Don't tempt me, Eren," Levi scooted closer to Eren, making the emerald eyes widened in surprise at the sudden movement.
"I, I—uh…"
"You are easily flustered. Nervous?" Levi asked amusedly as he moved his face slightly away from the brunette.
"Nope, we should talk more if you don't mind. I am actually getting more and more comfortable. No teasing, though!" Eren smiled sheepishly.
"As you wish," Levi pecked Eren on the cheek. It made the brunette flustered and his face turned fifty shades of red from the kiss. Nevertheless, he liked it, he totally liked it.
Feeling bold since Eren seemed to accept the kiss; Levi sat closer to him. Much to Levi's surprise, Eren leaned onto Levi in a moment their shoulder touched each other.
They didn't sure how it started, but when they were somehow at the topic of Erwin's eyebrows, their fingers intertwined with each other. That's how they ended up talking about anything and everything for hours.
Little did Eren know, Levi neglect his Alpha duty only to talk and get comfortable with Eren.
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***IMPORTANT BELOW!***
I am aware that many people here mistaken my story as an A/B/O Dynamics. Well, just because there is a mention of Alphas and Betas, this is not that kind of AU. Although I looove A/B/O Dynamics, but sadly this is NOT. This is Werewolf AU. For you who still wondering, I suggest you read Call My Name Werewolf 101. There, I explain more about my story. Still confuse after reading it? Don't worry, you can always ask me via comment section or twitter and tumblr.
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