As Eren tried lifting the bike out of the rusty, old truck that Levi owned, he grunted, as it was a lot harder in this truck than he'd imagined. The truck bed was wet from the morning dew, which made Eren almost slip a couple of times.
As he inched closer to the end of the truck, he heard familiar boots clacking, and his head turned.
Levi shook his head, amusement taking over his eyes as Eren struggled with the bike, and then he asked, "Do you need some help, Eren?"
Eren nodded, grunting once again. He felt Levi grab the front of the bike as Eren almost tripped again, but was able to steady himself. Thanks to Levi, the bike was out a minute later, and Eren hopped out of the truck bed.
Eren smiled brightly at his sensei, trying to calm his thoughts as he was about to go to school and be taught by the man.
"Tomorrow's Friday, Eren," Levi murmured, glancing up at the teen.
"Oh yeah, the play," he fidgeted a little, "along with the festival."
"You'll do great, Eren. Now, come in the house, it's warmer in there."
Eren nodded, following Levi into the apartment. He smelled Levi's breakfast baking as his stomach growled loudly, causing Eren to blush and smile sheepishly.
Levi ruffled his hair, "You never change, do you? Come, I made more than enough for myself. I guess part of me knew you were coming."
Eren beamed at that fact, blushing slightly. Sitting down at the kitchen table, Eren waited for Levi, who put down two plates and some syrup. Eren dove in to his pancakes, but slowed down as he remembered not to get anything dirty. Levi ate cleanly, as he always used to, since he couldn't live with a mess.
When Eren finished, he rested a hand on his cheek as he watched Levi eat, his eyes softening as he was filled with an indescribable feeling. He reached out for Levi's free hand, and interlaced fingers with him.
As Levi finished, they both stood and Eren helped with the dishes. Glancing at the time, Eren blurted out a, "I have to go! I'm going to be late!"
But, he just turned and looked at Levi, who looked very amused. "Well, you might as well, so people don't get the wrong idea. But Eren?"
"Yes, Levi-sensei?" He added on the end, reminding himself school was going to start and Levi was his teacher.
Levi kissed his cheek, smirking as Eren's body reacted with a blush.
"Okay, I'll head out now. See you there," he called, rushing out the door and hopped on his bike, speeding away towards the school, along with cooling down from Levi's kiss.
Rain started to mist on his skin, but he didn't mind, as it helped him cool down his blush, along with leveling his head.
He chained up his bike, walking to class as Levi's actual car pulled up. Eren glanced over at it's driver, smiling as he walked into the building. He decided to take a detour, so he walked to Levi's car and asked him, "What took you so long?"
"A certain brat got mud on my floor," He answered, his eyes both filled with humor and anger, but he cooled down. He nodded his head towards the building, "Get a move on, Jaeger. Or I'll count you as late."
Chuckling, Eren trotted away and into the school, slowing as he entered his home room. And, for some unknown reason, he was being stared at. Raising his eyebrow, he stood in the doorway, that is, until his teacher caught up with him.
"Move, brat, and take your seat, "Levi growled in Eren's ear as whispering grew, and Eren hurried to his seat.
"Who's this 'heichou' you referred to yesterday?" One of his classmates asked before snickering. Eren just glared and through clenched teeth, answered, "The best of humanity. He was a great person, not that you'd know what that is, asshole."
The boy just glared and Eren turned his attention to a pleased yet displeased Levi.
"Alright, everyone," he glared at Eren and the classmate, Hiro, "to the gym. Now."
Everyone got up and headed out, Eren getting changed into his uniform immediately. He looked at the finished titans, immediately wanting to slice off their necks, real or not. He shut his eyes, remembering the steaming flesh of a dead titan. He opened his eyes to see Levi looking at him strangely, and then practice began. Eren's eyes gained the old spirit they used to have when fighting titans, and soon, the day was over.
Eren sighed, now knowing the whole play perfectly, along with all of their numbers. As everyone fled the auditorium, Eren swung his two blades, slicing the air around him as he got changed, emerging as the twenty-first century Eren.
He walked ahead of Levi to grab his back, and then turned to walk out the door.
"Dinner will be ready, so come hungry," Levi murmured, smirking, not even looking up from his book.
Eren nodded, looking away to hide his blush. "Later," he answered sheepishly, walking faster as he headed for his bike. He unchained it and looked up to Levi's classroom window, to see Levi looking at him. Standing up straight, he saluted, then got on his bike and sped away.
Eren rushed into his house, only to be stopped by his mother, who was home early. "How was your day?" she asked, as Eren gripped the counter, way too excited and jittery to stay still. His knuckles turned white as he answered, "Good, our festival and play's tomorrow."
Before he forgot, he asked, "Oh, can I sleep over a friend's house tonight?"
With a few minutes of consideration, she nodded, "As long as you do your chor-"
He ran upstairs and threw his uniform with a fresh pair of sweats in his bag, along with grabbing the usual things he needed and cleaning up his room. He made his bed and made sure he packed everything as he ran down the stairs, kissing his mother goodbye. "Love you, mom! Thank you!"
Eren slung his bag over his back and sped away from his house, his heart racing a mile a minute, as he pedaled as fast as he could to his lover's. His bike slid into the parking lot and he hopped off, running to quickly chain up his bike. He felt butterflies in his stomach, and as he chained up his bike, clacking boots made their way quickly towards Eren.
Eren looked up as the boots hit the gravel, and wrapped his arms around the smaller man, pulling him tightly to his chest. Eren buried his head in Levi's hair, kissing his head.
"Levi, I've missed you so much," he moaned in sadness, feeling his lover's arms wrap around him tightly. Eren kissed the top of Levi's head, and felt Levi's breath against his neck, causing him to shiver. Eren pulled away, grabbing his hand as Levi led the way inside. Eren shut the door behind him and kicked off his shoes, and he got a nice view of the back of Levi. He has a nice ass, Eren thought, blushing as the thought formed in his head. Eren's eyes trailed over his body, watching every muscle move, and remembering the feel of Levi's skin against his. As Eren headed to the table, Levi put his apron back on, mumbling about how he'd have to clean it later. Eren chuckled, happy to see Levi the same as he was, despite actually knowing how to cook now.
Eren hummed to himself, unsure of the song he was singing, but came out of his mouth as a hum anyway. As Levi finished preparing, Eren got up and helped set the table, as Levi brought the food. Eren dove in, still eating properly, and finished before Levi. Eren rested his cheek on his hand, intently watching him, smiling. Levi glanced up, raising an eyebrow, but locked his gaze with Eren. Beaming at him, Eren interlaced his fingers with Levi's, tightening his grip as well.
"Levi, will you keep our promise?"
Levi was caught off guard and coughed for a moment before swallowing the piece of chicken he was eating. Eren widened his eyes in shock, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to catch you off guard like that."
Levi shook his head, "It's alright, Eren. And Eren, I promised you, didn't I? We're going to get married, the trouble in that world's over. You're seventeen now, and a junior. Soon, we'll be legal to date and get married, since laws passed."
Eren smiled at him, his face filled with an emotion he couldn't describe, "Stay with me, Levi. Please."
Levi swallowed, finally finished with his food, his eyes playful. "Now," he murmured, his evil smirk revealing itself, "why would I ever do that?"
"I don't know," Eren murmured, looking down sheepishly.
"Don't hide, it's cute," Levi said, using his other hand to pull the hand making its way up to Eren's face away.
Eren blushed and they got up, Eren helping with the dishes once again. After that was done, he stretched, yawning. "Tiring day," he said as he dropped his arms down.
Levi nodded, kissing his cheek. Eren blushed, smiling and kissing his cheek back.
"Levi, can I use your shower?" Eren asked, and Levi nodded, walking past the living room and into the small hall, and pointed Eren in the direction of the bathroom.
"Towels are in there, just please don't get anything dirty," Levi answered, cringing at the thought of dirt. Eren chuckled and kissed his lover's cheek and grabbing his bag that he'd left by the door.
As Eren threw off his clothes and turned on the water, he folded his dirty ones in a pile, to keep the mess small in the bathroom. The water heated and he pulled out a towel from the closet, making it lie on top of his clean pants. Eren stepped in and breathed a relieved sigh as he felt all the dirt and sweat wash away, but couldn't help feeling butterflies on his stomach. He was in Levi's apartment, using his shower, and most of all, he'd found the one he loves.
As Eren finished, he shut off the water and stepped out on the mat, first making sure everything in the small, white bathroom was where it normally was. As Eren looked around, he noted that everything was the same-besides his clothes missing.
Eren turned red with both surprise and embarrassment, only seeing a towel where his clothes used to be. He dried off his hair and wrapped the towel around his waist, opening the door.
"Levi," he yelled, "what the hell did you do with my clothes?!"
Levi appeared, walking down the hallway holding his clothes, the playful look on his face once again.
"Levi! Give them back!"
A smirk grew on Levi's face, but his eyes worked over Eren's toned features, which caused Eren to blush even more. With that evil smirk he had, Levi held up the two articles of clothing of Eren's, "Come and get them if you want them."
Sighing, while gripping the towel tightly to stay around his waist, he advanced towards Levi.
Levi's eyes changed over different emotions, and one he recognized well. As Eren reached out for his clothes, Levi stepped backwards, his smirk widening.
"Levi!" Eren whined, grabbing for the clothes again, "Please?"
Sighing, and not being able to resist the taller teen, Levi gave up, handing Eren his clothes.
Eren kissed Levi on the cheek, and quickly walked back to the bathroom to put on his pants.
As Eren came out, he strode to the couch, sitting beside Levi with the towel around his neck.
"Anything good on?" Eren asked, referring to the television, which Levi seemed to have no interest in.
"Not really," Levi answered, leaning his head on the teen's shoulder, sighing in content, "but I'm much less bored now that you're here."
Eren chuckled, knowing that was meant as a compliment. He kissed the man's hair, wrapping an arm around him. "So, what do you usually do when you come home?"
"Grade your papers. Which reminds me, you are terrible in math, Eren. We need to get you some help or something."
"Well, if you're my tutor, I'm sure I'll be fine," he answered.
Levi chuckled darkly, "I'm sure we wouldn't be getting any studying done." Eren laughed, shaking his head, "Very true. You distract me so easily."
"At least pay attention in the play tomorrow, alright? You're the lead here, and I am amazed on how easily you picked that up, after missing for two weeks."
"Well, it's my past life, of course I'd understand it better," then he thought about it for a second, "only, the singing bothers me. I can't sing."
"No, you really can't. That's why we only gave you group numbers."
Eren couldn't help but laugh, ruffling Levi's hair. Levi picked up his head to smile at Eren, whose humor showed in his eyes.
Cupping Eren's face in his hand, Levi grew captivated by those eyes. Even back then, his eyes were always mirroring his feelings. Eren was an open book, able to be read only by Levi. As Levi studied the teen's face, Eren did so as well.
"Levi, I'm sorry for today at school," he murmured, "but I had to stuck up for my heichou."
Levi just smiled softly-a rare sight only seen by Eren-and brushed his lips against Eren's, "and your heichou appreciates it very much. And I will always protect you," Levi whispered, and Eren felt his breath lightly brush across his skin, causing him to shiver. As Eren shivered he moved one of his arms that was around Levi's waist up his spine, to his neck, and finally into his hair. Eren leaned in as Levi's arms tightened their grip around his waist, and Eren kissed him, wedging his lip between Levi's to open his mouth as Levi did the same. Eren pulled him closer, his hand by his lover's waist moving to trace his chest, Levi doing the same. After a long time, they pulled away, gasping, but pulling each other closer.
Levi lightly nibbled on Eren's ear, whispering something.
Eren nodded, and they both got up, heading towards Levi's room.
As an alarm clock went off, the couple groaned, opening their eyes to see each other's sleepy and slightly grumpy faces. Eren smiled, and with his body having more energy, he leaned over and kissed Levi's lips as he said, "Good morning, sleeping beauty. I thought that this was supposed to be reversed, Heichou?"
Eren smirked as Levi groaned, pulling the teen to his chest, "Well, some people get tired after what happened last night."
Eren laughed, feeling much more lighthearted than he'd ever thought possible, breaking out of Levi's grasp and sitting up beside him.
Levi eventually sat up, running his hand through his hair as he yawned. "Get ready, brat," he murmured sleepily to Eren, who laughed and grabbed his clothes as he went to find his bag.
When he found his bag, he dressed in his uniform: his "costume," not his real Recon University uniform, and the school was named after the Recon Corps.
Tightening the buckles on his legs, he fidgeted for a moment, making sure everything was secure.
"Heichou," Eren called, who appeared in a towel out of the bathroom, "does the 3D MG still work?"
Levi nodded, "Still remember how to use it? I wonder if you still have your balance, brat," he smirked.
"Suit up, sir. Let's see," Eren challenged, putting his Survey Corps cape on, "I know you have one. Hanji-san's descendants donated this, didn't they?"
Levi chuckled, "So you know, huh?"
"I had my suspicions."
Levi smirked, walking to his room. Opening the small, wooden wardrobe that seemed to never be opened, despite how clean it was, was a uniform. The uniform was clean, the belts were all scratched up, and the cape had a few tears, but it brought back a sense of nostalgia to Eren. Entranced, he walked towards the wardrobe, reaching out the feel the smooth, yet worn fabric that he wore as well.
"This is…really yours, isn't it? But-"
"How?" Levi asked, pulling the uniform out of the closet, and neatly folding it into a pile. "Look at what you're wearing. It's yours, as well. The other brats' uniforms were saved as well, with Hanji's son, so I was told, and was passed down until we were born again."
Eren felt the melancholy of the old uniform, the old days, as well as thinking of his old squad: Mikasa, Armin, Jean, Marco, Hanji, Petra, everyone.
"We'll use this to its full ability later, alright? I'm still your teacher; I can't show up as a military man," Levi said, putting it neatly into a leather bag, along with the maneuver gear.
Eren smiled, "You know, tonight's the confessions. What do you say we use it then?"
Levi smirked, "Afraid of your competition?"
"More like afraid of being killed. Girls are worse than titans," Eren said, shivering.
Levi laughed, ruffling Eren's hair as he pulled on his usual work clothes, and with the always-worn brown boots. They were very old, but Levi never went without them. Grabbing the duffel filled with the uniform and gear, along with Eren grabbing his overnight bag, they ate, and then headed out to the car together, Eren hopping into the passenger's seat.
They pulled up to the school together, Eren hopping out first as he didn't have to turn off the car engine, gaping at all of the stands of different things for the festival. It wasn't a regular day of school, and the people already piling in gave him jitters, and Levi calmed him by placing a hand on his shoulder.
"You'll do great, brat," Levi murmured in his ear, then walking ahead to the auditorium, Eren following closely.
The play went on without a hitch, and finally, the bonfire started, along with confessions.
Eren still remained in his uniform, along with the 3DMG still equipped to his body. As he stood outside the men's bathroom waiting for the changing Levi, Eren watched the fire, along with the many people, scrambling to find their other and seeing if the feeling was mutual.
"Levi-sensei," Eren called, "I'm going to check out the bonfire. Meet me at the roof," he said as he took off, receiving a grunt from Levi as an okay.
He jogged down to the fire, already feeling its warmth, and memories of the first battle surfaced, but he shook the thoughts away. As a group of girls swarmed together, Eren instinctively backed away, his guess that they were Levi's fangirls. As he stepped back, he bumped into someone, a girl, who looked at him and started to blush.
"Hi," she said, her voice very quiet, "um, Eren, I've thought this for awhile now, and-and," she bowed, "I really like you!"
Eren sighed, shaking his head, "I'm sorry, but, I'm gay," he replied, receiving a shocked face. Eren saw a flash of light appear from the rooftop, and he guessed that it was one of Levi's swords.
"I'm sorry," he murmured, "I really have to go."
With that, he took off, running towards the roof. Pulling out his twin blades, he pulled the trigger for the two steel cables to spring into the wall. Balancing as his body naturally did with the maneuver gear, he let some gas push the fan and up he went, landing softly on the roof.
As he put his swords away, he sensed someone behind him, "Your form's slacking, Jaeger," the husky voice murmured in his ear. Eren shivered; turning to see the one person he wanted most in the world, and that was Levi. Levi was dressed in his Survey Corps cape, along with the usual uniform all soldiers wore. His brown, scuffed up boots tired up the outfit, and Eren felt as if he wasn't in this world anymore, but back at headquarters with everyone. Eren smiled, just staring at Levi. His heichou, his sensei, neither way mattered, all he wanted was Levi.
Eren turned to face him, blushing a bit as he decided to do something rash. He stepped backwards a bit, watching his heichou's face in the firelight, which had turned into surprise. Eren bowed, clenching his fists, "Levi-san, I like you! No, I love you! Please, be my lover once again!"
Eren felt the older man grip his arm, and with a strong pull, Eren was now wrapped in the older man's arms. Eren chin was then lightly pinched, to bring him nose-to-nose with Levi. Levi leaned forward and gave Eren a soft, but very meaning full kiss, along with biting his bottom lip lightly. "Of course I'll accept your feelings, you brat. What do you think last night was?" Levi shook his head, blushing and sighing while he smiled. "I love you, Eren Jaeger, and this is my answer."
A/N: Sorry it's so late in the day! But it's long! I'm happy with it. ^^ New twists coming soon(thanks to you, Jordan)! And a big thank you to allthepotatoes for reviewing and chatting with me! Please, always review!
