Sorry this took me so long to get out but I wrote this chapter like 3 times and didn't like how it kept coming out?
I'll pretty much be alternating between POVs and since last chapter ended with Eren, this shall be Levi!
Levi's POV
Levi drove them this time. He was hesitant to let Eren eat the donuts in his car, but Eren convinced him by telling him he could just get Jean to do it.
Levi agreed and Eren ate another donut.
"Can you break me off a piece of the red velvet one? Just be careful, it has cream cheese filling," Levi didn't think his request all the way through because next thing he knew, Eren was holding the piece close to his mouth, and Levi being the one driving, had to open his mouth and take the offering. He had noticed Eren was blushing when he fed him the piece, and Levi didn't know if it was out of embarrassment or because of something else.
His phone went off, "can you check who that is?"
"It says Isabel,"
"Ahh, can you answer it and put it on speaker?"
Eren did so and held the phone out closer to Levi with one hand while he used the other hand to take a bite of the red velvet donut. Levi smiled when he saw Eren smile once he tasted the donut, it was delicious.
"Hey boss,"
"Hello, Isabel. Did the contract come in from Shi-,"
"How was your date last night?"
Levi could feel his face grow hot and he didn't have to look at Eren to know he was truly blushing as well.
"It wasn't really a date, Isabel," he said
"Is it because Erwin and Armin were there?" Isabel didn't give Levi a chance to talk, "take him to a restaurant. Oh wait no! I was just remembering the time you made me and Farlan go to the market and buy a bunch of stuff so you could make Eren an anniversary dinner. Maybe you should do that. And then afterwards you two might have sex an-,"
Isabel had been speaking so quickly Levi barely had anytime to truly register what she had been saying, "I"m hanging up now. Text me when the contract comes in and email it to me,"
"Levi," her whining voice came loudly from the phone, "have you at least kissed him yet,"
"Please hang up," Levi said to Eren.
"Wait, wh-," Isabel was cut off by Eren hanging up.
"I don't know her but hanging up on her made me feel rude,"
"She'll get over it," just as he was saying that his phone alerted him he had a text, "can you check that?"
"I'm going to guess this is Isabel and it's a picture of her giving you the finger,"
Levi sighed but left it alone, Eren had found it funny and was laughing.
The rest of the ride was filled with Levi telling Eren what to look for when he got back to his dorm room. Eren took mental notes. Levi made sure to go into detail about everything, at first he was skeptical that Eren would think he was crazy, but Eren just seemed to nod and tell him to continue. By the time they got to his apartment, Eren had told Levi everything back to him and Levi was happy to find that Eren hadn't forgotten a single detail. Not even about how Jean had to have cleaned the window pane.
When they arrived to his apartment, Levi put a kettle of water and excused himself to go change.
He was embarrassed to admit that all he went in there to do was change into some shorts so he could work more comfortably, but he ended up trying on three different pairs of shorts, two t-shirts and four tank tops. He knew it didn't really matter what he looked like, but now that Eren was here, he was feeling a bit self conscious. He finally decided on a pair of black basketball shorts and a loosely fitting grey tank top.
He bent down to pick up the clothes he had left on the floor and his hair was long enough to get in front of his eyes. He found the small hair ties he had bought specifically for when he had to clean and pulled his hair back, tying it.
Levi folded his discarded clothes and put them back where they went before returning to the living room where he had left Eren.
"You have a nice apartment," Eren said when Levi walked in, he had been looking at one of his book shelves.
"Thank you," Levi noticed Eren freeze when he turned to face him, "is something wrong?" he watched as Eren shook his head.
"No, everything is fine," was he blushing.
The kettle started whistling, "do you want some tea? Or coffee?"
"Some coffee, please,"
Levi nodded and turned to go to the kitchen.
"You have a tattoo?" he heard Eren ask him once he was in the kitchen and started preparing their coffee.
"Huh? Oh yeah, he pulled the strap of his tank top so Eren could get a better look at it, he looked at Eren over his shoulder, "it's strange, it stuck with me one day and I thought 'wow I need to get that tattooed' and the next day I did. And I've never gotten a tattoo before or after this one,"
"Do you regret it?"
"Nope, I actually quite like it," he heard Eren let out a short, breathy chuckle, "what is it?" he let go of the strap and turned back to Eren.
Eren patted the pockets of his shorts, "fuck I left my phone in my room," he looked at Levi, "I have that exact symbol as my background on my phone,"
"Do you know where you first saw it?"
Eren thought for a moment, "I was looking up a picture for a project I had and I saw it and I really liked it. You?"
Levi shook his head, "I can't remember, I just remember that I couldn't get it out of my head so I tried sketching it and then I wanted it tattooed,"
"That's so strange,"
Levi agreed. It was weird for them to both be attracted to the same symbol. He shrugged it off, "I actually think you might be the first person to see it. I don't think I've ever shown it to anyone since I'm usually wearing more clothing,"
Eren chuckled, "it's a strange coincidence,"
They drank their coffee together and chatted some more. As soon as they finished, Eren was the one who said they should probably get started on rearranging the things. He helped Levi clear out spaces and then move the things around.
Levi was surprised that he was having fun. Like, actual, real, fun. He laughed at Eren's dumb jokes and Eren laughed at his. They would throw the rags at each other, and once it landed it Levi's open mouth and it took Eren a while before he could finally stop laughing.
They ordered Chinese somewhere in between their work and ate it in between rearranging Levi's bedroom. They manages to finish it, and the living room, before it started getting late and Levi suggested he take Eren back to school.
Eren had seemed hesitant to go, but Levi didn't want to overwhelm him. They had just met, after all.
Eren POV
Eren walked into his building and up the stairs with a smile on his face. He had decided when they were moving Levi's couch that he really liked being around Levi, if he was having to work while he did so.
He liked how he felt when he was around Levi. He felt warm, and he had a feeling in his gut he couldn't explain. The feeling had become strong when he saw Levi come out of his room, completely changed. He looked so attractive. Eren couldn't stop looking at Levi's grey eyes that seemed to be even more potent with the color of his tank top. He smiled like an idiot as he opened the door to his room.
Eren wasn't even fully inside his room when Jean was already bombarding him with questions. But surprisingly, they weren't what he expected. Eren was expecting questions about Levi, instead Jean held up Eren's phone to his face, the screen on so he could see the symbol.
"What is this?"
"My phone?" Eren said, before trying to grab it. Jean held it back from him.
"I mean your background, Eren,"
Eren thought about saying something sarcastic, but the tone of Jean's voice told him he shouldn't even try, "I don't know, it's just a picture I found and liked," he walked to sit on his perfectly made bed and looked around the very clean and tidy room.
"Eren, do you know what that is?!"
"Not really,"
"It's the emblem from the scouting legion,"
"What are you talking about, Jean?"
Jean sat down and described to Eren the three different emblems and how each represented either the Scouting Legion, the Military Police, or the Stationary Guard. He told Eren how they were part of the Scouting Legion and how they had that emblem sewn onto capes they all wore. Eren just stared at him, he never remembered seeing the emblem before, he just liked it.
"It's so weird though," Jean finished, "I hadn't remembered any of that until I saw it on your phone,"
Eren thought about telling Jean about how Levi had it tattooed but didn't really know it's meaning. But he decided he would wait to tell Armin. Since Erwin was close to Levi, and Armin could talk to him.
It seemed it hadn't been such a coincidence they were both drawn to the emblem.
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