Levi's POV

„So we meet again, you little shit", I scoffed and crossed my arms in front of my chest as Eren approached me, obviously twitching when I addressed him.

Oh how I had wished to never see this brat again but there he was, an awkward smile plastered on his face, hands in the pockets of his swim shorts, wearing the same Indie-Band shirt he wore the day before and just slowly sneaking his way back into my life. I just hoped he would be gone as fast as he came.

„M-mister Ackerman…", He faked his surprise. He had clearly noticed me already, just as I had noticed him.

„Oh my god is that the boy? The boy with your bag? What did you call him again? Indie-Ana K? I can see why!" Hanji squealed and had this insane flicker in her eyes when ran out of the water towards him. „I've heard about you! You're supposed to be really horrible!"

„I-I'm sorry, I ju-just wanted to get our ball…" Eren's voice was almost just a whisper.

„Take it then and fuck off", I rolled my eyes. Stupid brat, why can't I just go on with my life without him turning up all the fucking time?

„Aw don't be so rude, Levi", Petra giggled, picked up the blue volleyball and handed it to the boy who stood there like a lost puppy; Head ducked between his shoulders, slowly leaning away from the four eyed idiot who was inspecting him like a lab-rat.

„Levi? Is that your name?", Eren leaned sideways to look past Hanji and right at me.

„Yeah, got a problem with that?" I spat and turned my back to him. „Just take the fucking ball and leave us alone. Go back to your weirdass friends to play fetch again like fucking five-year-olds."

„We may be playing piggy in the middle but-" Eren started to defend himself but Hanji cut him off.

„You guys are playing piggy in the middle?" Her voice getting higher with every word she said. „Can we play, too?"

„NO!" I turned back around and shot her a furious look which she totally ignored.

„Don't be such a party pooper", Erwin joined the conversation laughing. „Come on, you can at least try to have fun for once."

„Yeah, come on, Levi! Pleaaaaase?" Petra jumped up to me and grabbed my arm.

„No!" I repeated and waded out of the water. „Not with this dipshit and his friends!"

„It's three against one, shorty. We will go play piggy in the middle!" Hanji decided and clapped her hands in excitement.

„I-I don't know if my friends are okay with tha-" Eren wanted to argue but Hanji cut him off once again.

„They won't mind! I'm Hanji by the way!" She held out a hand which the boy slowly took. Bad mistake. That maniac which I call my friend didn't just shake the boy's hand, she shook his entire body along with it. Just watching that almost made me laugh. Almost.

„I'm Petra", the girl holding onto my arm for dear life sang and gave Eren one of her shiny white smiles.

„Erwin," Erwin's voice came from behind me. „And this shorty here is Levi, no need to call him Mister Ackerman anymore."
I rammed my elbow into his stomach, making him squirm and bend over.

„Was that really necessary?" He whined in more acted than actual pain.

„Tch! Yes it was, Eyebrows." I said with a monotone voice.

„Come on, let's get going, I wanna play!" Hanji giggled excitedly, grabbed the still quite confused Eren by the arm and dragged him with her, heading towards his group of friends who were waiting for him to return while Erwin, Petra and me followed them slowly.
Our clothes were still drenched and a bit of sand stuck to the rim of my jeans. I tried to brush it of but it just got onto my hands then instead. I had almost forgotten how much I hated sand because it just gets everywhere and if you think you finally got rid of it you find some more in your underwear or whatever.

I have to admit, Mikasa's face when Eren came back with my friends and me in tow was priceless. Her jaw literally dropped as she stared at me who reluctantly got pushed forward by Erwin.

„Nicht dein Ernst, oder?" Mikasa exclaimed at Eren and everyone gave her a confused look, including Hanji, Petra, Erwin and me as we had no clue what she just said.

„Mikasa, English! For the sake of them", Eren pointed at us. „They asked if they could join us."

„Tch, I never wanted to", I scoffed and crossed my arms.

„Oh why don't you just leave then and let us be?!" Mikasa snapped and I was about to smack her if Erwin hadn't held me back.

„Oh shut it, Scarf Cobain!" I rolled my eyes. „Do you even ever take that scarf off? It's 90° out here."

„Pah, I can take it off and strangle you with it, if you like!"
„Calm down, both of you",a blonde boy with a pony tail stepped in between us, his thick german accent making me cringe.

Er ist doch das Arschloch hier! Er soll sich bloß verpissen sonst kann er was erleben!" Mikasa was raging while her friends just stood around a big circle in the sand, not really knowing what to do or how to react.

The blond boy gently pushed Mikasa away from the circle and up a dune where a pile of bags was dropped quite carelessly. I could hear them argue but I couldn't be bothered listening to them.

„So you must be the grumpy midget, I guess?" A tall guy with blond and brown hair who was standing next to me asked and eyed me from top to bottom. I remembered him from the plane, the guy that got hit in the face by the chocolate bar. He looked even horsier up close.

„Who are you to ask? I didn't know they allowed horses on this beach!" I hissed at him and his face turned deep red.

„Umm why don't we just start playing?" Petra laughed awkwardly, knowing that the longer we talked, the angrier I would get.

„Yusss but I wanna know you guys' names first!" Hanji grinned and looked around the new faces.

„Oh, right" Eren nodded and pointed at each of his friends while introducing them. „These are Sasha, Connie, Annie, Marco, Jean, the two up on the dune are Mikasa and Armin and I'm Eren."

„I'm Hanji, nice to meet you!" She ran around the circle shaking hands with everyone.

„I'm Petra."

„Erwin… and this is Levi", Erwin introduced me when I stayed silent and just eyed each of Eren's friends with my death stare.

„Nice to meet you", the brown haired girl named Sasha smiled and bit into a sandwich.

„Tch", I grunted and flicked my tongue along my safety pin piercing. „Are we going to play now or what?"

After they quickly explained the rules to us, including some they made up to make the game more challenging, we started with the Horse being in the middle. The game turned out to be quite fun, yet I would never openly admit that to anyone. Mikasa and her blondie friend had joined us again, standing as far away from me as possible while she thew me an evil glance every now and then.
We played that stupid game for around 30 minutes until one of the boys, Connie I believe it was, decided that it was time for what they called ‚K.O.-Round'. Meaning that if you didn't catch the ball, you're out. So no one stood inside of the circle anymore and we would just throw the ball at each other.
Boring.

Blondie boy Armin was the first one that got k.o.-ed, followed by Petra and Jean-Horse, who only lost because Eren literally just dropped the ball and stated that Jean didn't catch it. That wasn't quite fair but hey, why should I care. In the end, Eren and me were the last ones standing, mostly because no one dared to throw me the ball out of fear that I might rip their heads off.
I just stared at Eren with my usual cold and bored expression, waiting for him to make a move.

„I want to be done here before tomorrow, you know", I sighed and observed my opponent, who was just staring at me as if I was some sort of alien.
The sun was already slowly sinking into the ocean, turning everything a fiery shade of red and orange. Our shadows had grown long and slender and reached across the beach as if they desperately tried to get away from us. It was quite a beautiful view yet I didn't waste my time admiring the sunset but instead just stared at Eren who in return just stared at me as well.

„Guys, I know this is romantic as shit but can you please finish this?" Jean's voice startled me and I twitched, hoping that nobody noticed it.

„Not my fault if Yay-gurr doesn't get to the point. I'm outta here." I turned on my heels and marched back to where I had left my bag.

„LEVI, WAIT", Hanji came running after me, followed by Erwin and Petra.

„What do you want, Shitty Glasses?" I muttered.

„You can't just leave! We have to find out who wins! If you leave, that's as if you'd surrender!" She tried her best to persuade me. „The great Levi Ackerman doesn't surrender, does he?"

„Tch, I didn't surrender, you four eyed idiot. I'm just fed up with this shit okay? I'm 27 for fuck's sake, not five!" I clenched my fists as I talked.

„We're sorry", Petra admitted. „We shouldn't have made you play that stupid game with the others…"

„Oh shut it", I groaned at her. „I'm going home."

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Hanji had insisted to give me a lift back home but I had refused. No way in hell am I going to sit in that stupid car with her again. So I ended up walking home; I didn't live too far from the beach so I didn't mind. I used the time walking home to sort out my thoughts and to calm down again. Everything went wrong since I came back from New York. That stupid Eren brat ruined two days in a row and I could bet it hadn't been the last time I had seen this little shit and his companions.

I angrily kicked a rock across the street and turned around the corner. A white bus drove past me and I looked up, watching as it drove by. Through the darkened windows I could see a boy with brown hair, chatting excitedly with a blonde boy next to him.
Eren.

I grumbled some insults and turned away, walking towards my apartment building.
Fucking asshat, can he for once not turn up?

I kicked the door to my apartment open and slammed it shut once I was inside. Luckily my neighbors where on holiday so no one would complain about the noise.
I quickly disappeared into my bathroom to take a shower, taking of my now dry clothes and tossed them into the laundry basket. I didn't even notice that the dark blue bandana I used to have around my wrist was gone.


(A/N - Hey there, just a quick author note to say thanks to everyone reading this story. feel free to leave reviews!
Yes, I know that I made Levi the biggest asshole ever but it he will calm his shit quite soon.
updates are going to take longer from now on since I had already written these 8 chapters in advance plus I'll try to make the chapters longer so it's gonna take me some time to write them.

until then,
CheeZy out)