"Here's to you.

You who see the gold within.

Who believes in a beautiful world.

You who tell the truth

and still expect people to be good.

Here's to you

who refuse to harden,

who refuse to "be realistic".

The world labels you a fool

and you accept the title graciously,

holding a bleeding heart in your hand,

a smile upon a face scarred by tears.

You who are a constant mess of

love and pain.

You who carries the world.

Here's to you.

You are magic."


Eren

He awoke to Levi holding him tightly; he knew that he had feelings for the shorter man, but would never admit it. Eren looked at Levi with a gentle glisten in his eyes. Yes, he was of course still upset, but he knew that his mom didn't have to deal with the gruesome beatings from Grisha anymore, and for that he was thankful. His mom was a wonderful person that didn't deserve what was done to her, but no matter how hard the beating, she'd always try to protect Eren.


He heard Levi stir next to him and spoke up.

"Good morning, sleepyhead."

"Huh? Oh, Eren, how are you?"

"I'm fine, thanks."

"It was nothing."

"I'm serious, Levi-if it weren't for you I…I don't think I would have handled this situation so…well…I guess."

"It's fine kid. It wasn't like any of this was your fault."

"I know..but-" Before he continued Levi interrupted him.

"How would you like some breakfast?" He checked the time. "Scratch that; wanna get lunch?"

Eren smiled and let out a small chuckle, which seemed to surprise Levi. Of course he didn't expect him to laugh; his mother had just commit suicide, but Eren knew something Levi didn't.

"Sure, just let me shower and get dressed."

"Ok. I'll be doing the same in my dorm so if you get out before me, don't hesitate to just come in."

"Mkay." Eren replied, wishing Levi could stay just a bit longer, but he was hungry so he wasn't too upset.

They went down to the recently opened Krispy Kreme and grab a dozen doughnuts; half just glazed-for Levi- and three raspberry filled with three powdered sugar ones for Eren.

They went back to Eren's dorm and ate them because Levi said he "didn't want the brat to get stuff all in the carpet and the counters".

After they ate, Eren talked Levi into cuddling. He knew Levi liked it, but would never admit to it. They watched movies and chatted all day. When Levi suggested skipping due to the circumstances, Eren denied saying "What happened to her happened. I know you may not understand this, but please try. Yes, I loved her-with all my heart in fact- but she deserved an escape." When Levi tried to respond, Eren did shushed him by shoving popcorn in his face. Levi made a look of disgust and they started laughing like maniacs. Levi's laugh was surprisingly loud and hearty and Eren loved it. Wow…he actually laughed-that's amazing! I can't believe I got him to laugh! But what if was out of pity…nah; he couldn't have. It seemed too…realistic.

"Hey, Brat! You with me?"

"Huh? Oh yea, sorry. I do that a lot…hehe…" He tried to act casual, but he knew the act was nothing against a person like Levi.

"Whatever." Levi scoffed. Eren sighed in relief that Levi wasn't being pushy. He shifted his gaze back at the beautiful, rude man. He didn't know how long he was staring, but as soon as the eyes met his, he went crazy.

"Ay, Brat, what do you think you're doing?"

"I…uh…I was just…um…I was sleeping! Yea! With my eyes open!" Levi gave him a weird look but just shrugged and Eren sighed making a mental note to stop doing that. He saw Levi check his phone and curse.

"I have to go. Will you be ok?"

"Yea, I'll be fine. I can just call Armin or Mikasa over if I need to Go on, you look like it's important."

"Thanks." Very much to his surprise, Eren received a feathery kiss on his forehead, but before he could question it, Levi left.

For some reason, Eren felt a tingly sensation in his stomach. He decided to call Armin and Mikasa over to hang out.


When Mikasa and Armin arrived, they bombarded Eren with "Are you ok's" and "We're so sorry's". Eventually he just got tired of it and told them to stop; that he was fine. He pondered over telling them what Levi had done, but decided against it knowing that if he did, Mikasa would freak, and he certainly wasn't in the mood for that. They all eventually got hungry and headed to Taco Bell. They normally headed there anyways, besides; it was cheap and good so no one complained-that was until they all had to take a shit and they regretted every last bit of it.

He wondered what Levi was doing and thought of texting him (he gave Eren his just in case he needed something) but decided against it; he did seem like whatever he was called was urgent. Instead, Eren played a few video games, in which none of them piked his interest at the moment. By the time it was midnight, he was exhausted, even though he'd done absolutely nothing that day' so he decide to go to bed.

The next day in his classes he sat by Levi, who didn't seem to mind and they got coffee afterwards.

"Hey, Levi, why did you do that yesterday?"

"Do what?" He replied with a smug look on his face.

"You know…" Eren tried to hint him without actually saying.

"No I don't Brat so spit it out."

"Why did you kiss me?"

"Oh, that, you looked like you needed some comfort."

"You could have just given me a hug, though."

"Well I didn't. End of discussion."

Eren shut up after that not wanting Levi to leave and him to hang out in his dorm. To his surprise, Levi complied. Eren of course had no idea why he did that; there wasn't really anything to do in his dorm.


When they got to his dorm, they had decided to just play some video games; Levi thought most of them were stupid, but played anyways. They played for hours until it got late and they had to go to sleep since they both had classes the next day.

In Advanced Comp., Eren wouldn't leave Levi alone.

"Hey, wanna hang out after class?"

"Just shut up, Brat. That's the fifth time you've asked me today."

"Ok…but you still haven't answered me."

"If I said yes will you stop pestering me?"

"Yes."

"Then fine, I'll hang out with you."

"Yay!" Eren wanted to hug Levi right then, but knew it'd be a bad idea considering that they were in class, and he knew Levi wouldn't like it very much.

"Ay, Brat, where are we going?"

"I can't tell you; it's a surprise." Eren knew exactly where he wanted to go and was hoping Levi would like it.


It took about a half hour train ride to get there, but the look in Levi's eyes told him all he needed to know; he liked it. Eren took him to His childhood park; Park Shiganshina. He actually was surprised that Levi enjoyed it considering that they knew practically nothing about each other.

"I didn't know if you would like it, but I wanted to give it a try." Eren lightly blushed and tried to hide his face so Levi wouldn't see.

"It's amazing. I don't know what to say…thank you, Eren."

"I-I just took you to the park…W-Why are you acting like it's something s-special?"

"Because it is; to me at least. No one takes time to be with me normally."

"Oh, well, you're welcome Levi." Eren smiled at him gently and saw the corners of Levi's mouth turn into a small, but noticeable, smile. They sat on a benched and talked for a few minutes as Eren's stomach began to growl.

"Ay, Brat, did you not eat lunch."

"Yea, but not much. Honestly, I was planning on getting dinner with you." Eren blushed when he said this.

"Fine. As long as the place is clean and the food is decent."

"Do you like burgers?"

"Yea."

"Great! I know the perfect place to eat!"


Eren took them to a small burger joint at a street corner. When they went in, Eren couldn't help but look at Levi to see pleasure in his eyes. Eren was glad that this place was clean; maybe not to Levi's standards, but good enough.

They ordered and sat down at a booth Levi had picked out and cleaned off.

"Ay, Brat, you wanna get coffee after classes every afternoon?"

This request caught Eren by surprise. Why does he want to do it every day? I didn't think he liked me… Eren pondered over an answer for a moment.

"Yes or no?"

"Un…Sure."

"You can just say no if you wanna, ya know."

"No! I mean no, I d- I will. You just…startled me."

"How? I just asked if you would like to get coffee."

"I-I just didn't think you really…liked me too well…"

"Well I do, so get the fuck over." Eren's cheeks started to get warm and the realization that he was blushing made it worse.

"Will you stop that? You look like a fucking blushing bride."

"S-Sorry…"

"Tch. Whatever Brat."


It got late and they headed back to their dorms, saying goodbye when they reached their destination.

Eren decided to take a shower and go to bed, trying to get some thoughts out of his mind.

He likes me…that's great! Ugh he was right though, I AM acting like a damn blushing bride. It's not like It's my fault though! I can't help that he's so handsome. I don't care what people think, he's not an asshole like he seems. And with that thought, Eren fell into a deep, wonderful sleep.

Poem: You guessed it! Andrea Michelle and Kalopsia

Note: AHHHH THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ THIS 9AKA LIKE 3 PEOPLE SO FAR BUT WHATEVER) I ACTUALLY THOUGHT YALL WOULD'VE GOTTEN BORED! THANK SOSOSO MUCH!(I'm sorry that I haven't been using line breaks but I totally fogot about them!) Lots of Love! -W.E.