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Chapter 8 : Quiet beginnings

Eren had trouble eating, not only did he think about the price of his food but also because he felt that everyone on the restaurant was starting at him and knew he had nothing to do here. He had to take his mind off it… But how? He had only Levi in front of him… And this fact was already terribly scary on its own. The black-haired man seemed to read his mind as he asked:

-"Tell me about yourself, Eren."

The Omega swallowed:

-"I... I'm not someone... Very interesting."

-"Let me be the judge of that. Tell me about yourself, Eren."

The brown boy finished chewing his piece of meat before swallowing and saying:

-"My name is Eren. I'm 19 years old. I run a tea salon near the business district. I am concerned that it is December and we have not yet had a single snowfall. I have a sister. She's an Alpha."

Eren looked up at Levi at the end of his speech and smiled:

-"And you are an Omega."

The brown boy blushes:

-"And I am an Omega. But if you could avoid saying that in public, I'd appreciate it."

-"What are you afraid of? I'm protecting you now."

The young man bite his tongue to avoid being too happy with this sentence:

-"Maybe, but I don't want anyone to come and cause me any trouble."

Levi shrugged:

-"I challenge anyone to come and cause problems with me as your Alpha."

Eren blushed up to his ears. Levi wasn't his Alpha, but did he know that? Because he seemed convinced he was:

-"What about your parents?"

This question had the effect of a cold shower for the brown boy. The Omega didn't like to talk about his parents. The memory of their death was still very painful for him. So he simply remained as evasive as possible:

-"My father was an Alpha, he was a doctor. My mother was a Beta and worked in a tea salon she would have liked to buy. We had a house in Shiganshina."

-"You're talking about the past, am I to assume they're dead?"

He felt his throat tighten:

-"Yes."

Eren took another piece of meat and chewed it to take his mind off the conversation:

-"How did they die?"

The young man froze and remained silent for a moment:

-"Car accident."

-"Were your parents responsible?"

-"... No. The culprit was never found."

-"When did this happen?"

Eren closed his eyes to contain his tears. It was painful:

-"Levi…"

-"When?"

The young boy bite his lip, the tone of his voice forced him to answer, even if he didn't want to. A tear rolled down his cheek. It hurt him. It hurt him. He jumped slightly when he felt Levi's fingers against his cheek. The Alpha was very delicate as he wiped the youngest's tear:

-"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you cry."

The brown boy was surprised by Levi's behaviour, but he brought him a feeling of comfort that he had not known for a long time:

-"On August 18, last year », Eren whispered without taking his eyes off Levi.

A short silence settled between them before the black man gently spoke:

-"I see…"

They finished their main course without exchanging a single word. But Eren finally asked:

-"Can you... Can you talk to me about you?"

The black-haired man quickly wiped his mouth with his towel before looking up at the young man:

-"Not yet. But soon."

The Omega grinned. He was disappointed. :

-"How do you expect your plan to work if I don't know anything about you?"

-"By letting me do it."

The youngest's jaw almost touched the table:

-"But I... What am I going to tell Kitz?"

-"The truth. That I didn't tell you about myself. That we talked more about you, your sister and your parents. Tell him I didn't give you time to ask me questions because I was too busy trying to find out more about you. What do you like to do outside of work, Eren?"

The brown boy blinked several times, assimilating everything Levi had just said before sighing and replying:

-"I can' t get you to change your plans, can I?"

-"Exactly. Now be a good boy and answer my question."

-"… I like to go out with my friends to take my mind off things. And I like to cook. I'm not saying that what I do always succeeds, but I like cooking. It relaxes me. What about you? What are you doing besides... Your... Work?"

Levi sketched an amused smile:

-"I drink tea. And I read."

The rest of the meal went like this. Levi asking questions and Eren answering them honestly. He couldn't explain why he wasn't lying to his partner... Maybe because he knew that the Alpha would find out the truth anyway... Maybe he just didn't want to.


After the meal, Levi handed his credit card to the waiter without hesitation and without even knowing the amount of the bill:

-"Don't worry. Money is not an issue."

Eren lowered his head. A little ashamed. If he had forgotten the place a little bit when talking to Levi, he now remembered very clearly that he did not belong here. The black-haired man offered him his arm as he left the place and the Omega blushed. Many people had their eyes on them to see what they were going to do. The younger one blushes more when he puts his hand on the black-haired man's arm and snuggles up a little against him to hide from people:

-"Don't hide, Eren. I am proud to have an Omega like you on my arm. Aren't you proud to have me as your Alpha?"

The brown boy blushes:

-"I'm especially afraid," he whispered.

-"Don't be afraid. You are untouchable. No one here will ever dare lay a hand on you for fear of arousing my dissatisfaction. They all know the consequences."

Eren understood perfectly what it meant.


The black-haired man drove him home:

-"Have a good end of evening. I'll see you tomorrow."

Eren was surprised:

-"Are you coming home tomorrow? Because it's Sunday and I don't work on Sundays."

Levi sketched an amused smile:

-"Eren... I'm watching you. I'll see you tomorrow without any problems."

The young man blushes. It is true that Levi had a place from which he could observe him without being seen. The Alpha wished him a good evening before leaving once Eren had closed the tea salon door behind him. After buying the tea salon, he made arrangements to remove the outside door to their apartment to create a direct passage between the two.

The young man put his forehead against the door curtain, closing his eyes and sighed. He had trouble being separated from Levi after spending an evening with him so well. His lupin instinct pushed him back into the security cocoon provided by the Alpha. The brown boy was holding back so as not to call him and ask him to come back to him. "It's not for real. It's not for real," the young man kept repeating to himself. All this was just an act to fool Kitz. Nothing more than that. As soon as Levi gets what he wanted, everything will stop and their relationship will return to that of a guard and protect him. No more, no less.


After a while, the Omega forced himself to move to his apartment. He found no one there, which allowed him to take a break and regain his composure.

However, Mikasa soon joined him:

-"Did he hurt you? We were unable to enter the restaurant..."

-"He didn't hurt me and I haven't learned anything yet. We talked about banal things, like on any first date."

The Alpha gently approached her brother and put one hand on his shoulder:

-"Are you okay?"

The brown boy closed his eyes as he sighed. Even if he was still a little angry with his sister, her aura reassured him and made him feel good:

-"Yes. It was just... Feeling like I had to act like I didn't know who he was."

The young woman took her brother in her arms:

-"You did well, Eren."

The brother and sister huddled together for a moment to calm down before separating:

-"Did he say he wanted to see you again?"

-"No. But I think he'll be in the salon on Monday."

-"All right."

-"Get some rest in the meantime."

Mikasa didn't have to say it twice. The young man retired to his room and put himself in his pajamas before collapsing on his bed. He was exhausted. Far too many emotions for him in such a short period of time.


When he opened his eyes, the sun was already high in the sky. What time was it? A quick glance at his alarm clock indicated to Eren that it was 11am. He stretched out before picking up his cell phone. He had received a message from Levi;

« Good morning, Eren. Erd is in charge of your surveillance today. I just sent you his number and the number of the rest of my team. Don't bother them for nothing, but call them if you need anything. »

The message was followed by a series of telephone numbers with the name of their owner attached. The young man swallowed up realizing that he now had in his phone the contact details of the group of main assassins of the mafia... Woha. Kitz shouldn't have access to his phone.

« Hello Levi. Why isn't it you? And aren't you afraid Kitz will find your contact details and those of your partners in my phone? Or hacking into my phone? »

The answer doesn't come right away. No doubt the Alpha was busy. Eren sighed before getting up from bed and going to put on a wide T-shirt and sweatpants. He comes out of his room yawning and scratching his stomach:

-"What an elegance Eren", Mikasa threw at him from the office chair.

-"I know."

The brown boy poured himself a bowl of cereal before sitting in front of the television:

-"Are you revising an exam?"

-"I'm studying Levi's file."

The Omega spit out his cereal before turning to see his sister:

-"We don't have much information about him. Or the mafia, either. We have only hypotheses and assumptions but no evidence. I've never seen a file so many years old... empty."

Eren swallowed before turning his head towards his sister:

-"I hope to be able to enrich it a little."

-"All I hope is that you won't get killed..."

The young man didn't answer anything and brought his attention back to the show on the TV. Levi had said that he was handling the situation... That he had a plan and that he had to let it happen... The brown boy had to be patient. But that didn't stop him from trying to live as "normal" a life as possible. So he decided to go to the movies with his sister. As he left the room, he noticed that he had received a message;

« It's not me because I'm working. Kitz will never get close enough to grab your phone. And he won't be able to hack it since I've made sure your phone has the same level of security as mine. In other words, you're safe. »

Well, that was a little reassuring...


The following Monday, Eren wrote on the small board near the cash register that he would close a little earlier today, at 5:00 p.m. precisely:

-"A night out with your friends", Levi asked him.

The brown boy smiles:

-"No. A shopping trip. I need new clothes. I spotted holes in two of my T-shirts."

-"May I join you?"

Eren leaned his head to the side:

-"I don't know. Would you like to come with me to give me your opinion or come with me to pay for the least of my purchases?"

-"Both."

-"Then no."

Levi frowned, clearly dissatisfied with the Omega's response:

-"I don't want you to spend money on me."

-"Am I not allowed to do as I please with my money?"

-"Yes, but..."

-"That concludes our discussion. I'll be outside the tea salon at 5:00 p.m."

The Alpha took the cup of tea that the young man had prepared for him and had just dropped off and sat down at his usual table. Eren remained completely motionless for a good 10 seconds before going back to work. His plan was only half working, but it was already better than nothing.

Levi keeps his word, he enters the living room at 4:55 p.m. and helps Eren to clean everything up for closing. The Omega couldn't help but notice that their duo was working rather well.

The black-haired man then accompanied him to the nearest shopping center. They walked side by side to their destination while talking like two ordinary people. While Levi seemed comfortable in this modest environment, Eren noticed that the Alpha was far too classy to be at his side. But a small part of him was filled with pride when he saw the eager looks of others on them. Who wouldn't love to have a companion as handsome and dominant as Levi? The young man stopped walking and realized what he had just thought:

-"Eren?"

The young man blushes:

-"What's going on?"

-"Nothing. Nothing... I was wondering which store I should go to first."

-"Where do you usually go?"

They went to a first shop and Levi grimaced:

-"Don't you want to go to a shop that fits your style better?"

The brown one frowned:

-"I like this shop and their clothing style. Where would you like to take me?"

-"At luxury brands."

The young man almost choked on his saliva before replying:

-"No. No and no. I'm going there. A T-shirt is a T-shirt. Brand or not."

He pushed the glass door of his favorite shop without looking at whether Levi was following him or not:

-"Hello."

-"Hello."

As Eren watched the first items on his right, he felt an arm wrapped around his hips, a hand resting on his left hip and a body sticking to his right. He smiles as he recognizes Levi's smell:

-"Have you changed your mind about branded clothes?"

-"No. For me luxury is a guarantee of quality and one day I will make you wear brands clothes and only brands clothes. But for now, I will accept that these "clothes" come into contact with your skin."

A gentle warmth spread through the youngest's body. Levi therefore had plans for the future that included him. Even knowing that all this was false, he couldn't help but be happy:

-"What do you think of this one?"

Eren stopped as soon as he finished his sentence. He could not believe that he was asking the Mafia executor, the best assassin in the organization, for his opinion on a t-shirt:

-"Huh..."

-"I think the other one would look better on you."

Whoa... The tone used was so... normal. Like they have this kind of conversation every day. It was... Strange.

He chose different clothes, some of which were clearly provocative, but if Levi noticed him, he did not pick him up. The battle to pay was short as the Alpha used his pheromones so that Eren couldn't even open his mouth to protest:

-"Would you stop pouting."

Eren drew his tongue out to Levi for any answer.

-"I advise you to leave that tongue inside your mouth before I catch it for you."

-"And what would you do with it?", threw the brown one to provoke the Alpha.

The latter sketched an amused smile. How could Kitz find Levi's face devoid of emotions when he offered him that little grin quite regularly? Was it just for him? :

-"I haven't decided yet but it would have to be something nice for the both of us."

The brown blushes before hitting Levi's shoulder to keep him away from him:

-"Shut up."

And that was the first time he heard Levi's laughter. It was certainly a small laugh, but a laugh anyway.

While they were in the middle of shops, Eren chose a Christmas gift for his sister. He was hoping she'd like it.


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