I woke up with a pounding headache and a bright light in my eyes. I groaned and flipped over in bed.
I am not in the mood for this, wait...I'm in bed...how the hell did I end up here? I was with Marco last...ugh what did I do..please please please don't tell me I did something bad...
I cautiously poked my head out from under the blankets and looked at my phone flashing. I saw I had a message from Marco. I sighed and opened it to reveal a picture of Jean and Marco snuggling together. I scrolled down and saw the message.
Eren! Thank you so much! You made me and Jean finally admit our feelings, so thank you! You are the best friend anyone can ever hope to have!
-Marco
I smiled and continued scrolling down to see that Jean wrote in that text too. I read it and groaned before shutting my eyes and hoping I had read wrong. When I opened them again and reread the message I knew my hoping was for nothing.
Hey because you're Marco's friend I won't beat you to a bloody pulp. However the next time I see you shoving your tongue down my boyfriend's throat again, you better pray to whoever it is you pray that I don't get a hold of you because if I do, the only thing Marco will see of you is a damn gravestone got it?! Oh but I shouldn't have to worry too much, good luck cheering up the midget. He was furious with you and I hope you have a killer hangover.
-Jean
I sighed and replied back to the message.
I am glad you two got together if he ever hurts you in any way you better tell me! Oh and tell Horseface to go eat some hay and shut the hell up. It's a good thing he doesn't know what we used to do when we were younger. Haha anyways I have a headache so talk to you later!
I smirked at the message as I thought of how Jean would react once he read that. I looked around me and winced at the bright lights again as I set the phone on the table.
"Oi, if you're done reading your messages get your ass to sleep." I jumped and looked back to see Levi sitting on a chair against the far wall with a cigarette in his mouth and laptop on his lap.
"L-Levi...what...how.." I rubbed my face and sat up running my fingers through my messy hair.
"How did I get home?"
"Carried you"
"Why?"
"You bugged others"
"You could've left me with Marco."
"That's who you were bugging, and you were ruining this groups reputation with your actions. Now shut the fuck up and go to sleep."
I cringed at his tone, it was so cold. Granted his tone was always cold but this one had a really sharp edge to it. He was mad, and when I say mad I mean he was royally pissed off. I shook my head and sat closer to the edge. I watched as his brow furrowed and he scowled.
"Fine don't go to sleep. I have work to do. I'll be in my room. If you need anything...don't look for me." I watched as he got up and stormed out of the room through the connected doors we have. I could have sworn I heard a click that meant he locked himself away in his room.
"What the hell is he so bitchy about?! Wait..." I looked back at the message I got from earlier and felt my face pale.
"No way...he saw me kissing Marco...nah he couldn't have could he?!" I got up to go and ask him and felt myself get dizzy. I sighed and sat back down. Only then did I actually read the time.
"2:30 in the morning?! What the hell am I even doing awake?!" I looked towards Levi's door and sighed again. "Why are you still working?" I whispered softly and forced myself to get up as I walked towards his door. I tried opening it and found it was locked. I pressed my head against the door and knocked lightly.
"Levi..." I waited and could faintly hear the sound of typing.
"Levi...open up"
"Tch, go away I'm busy." I knocked louder and heard the typing stop.
"Levi please open up..." I heard shuffling from the room as his footsteps drew closer and stopped at the door.
"What do you want Eren." I heard him sigh and I could picture him leaning against the door with his arms crossed.
"Why...why are you still up working... you need your rest..." I bit my lip cursing myself for not apologizing.
"None of your business. Now if you're done I need to get back to work." I knocked again and heard him sigh, I kept knocking until I heard a click and felt the door slowly open. I smiled seeing Levi running his hand through his hair and glaring at me.
"For fucks sake! What?!" I cringed and I saw hurt behind his eyes as he took a deep breath.
"What Eren?" I bit my lip and shook my head and slowly averted my eyes until they reached the ground.
"Very well..." I heard the door creaking shut as Levi turned around to go back to his laptop. I reached forward and grabbed his shirt. I froze watching him tense and slowly look back at me.
"Let. Go." I shook my head and clutched onto his shirt tighter.
"No...why are you mad Levi?..." I saw hurt flash across his face before he masked it with his usual stony expression.
"I'm not, now let go." I shook my head and slowly wrapped my arms around his waist, I saw him tense up immediately. I almost stopped but decided to keep hugging him.
"You are...why?" I watched him look away and I knew I wasn't going to get it out of him this easily. So I decided to let it go for the time being.
"I need to work, get the fuck off me brat." I pressed my forehead to his shoulder blades and hummed softly, to show that I heard him.
"Look we can talk about this tomorrow. Go to sleep." I sighed and kissed the back of his neck and felt him shiver in my arms. I knew I had caught him, I had finally made him drop the stony expression he had.
"Levi.." I kissed the back of his neck again as he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Are you still drunk you shitty little monster?" I shook my head and smiled at his breathy question.
"Nope, but come to bed hmm?" I kissed his neck again and felt him relax a bit in my arms as I pulled his shirt away a bit and kissed his shoulder.
"I have...to work..." I smiled and pulled him as close as possible and kissed back up to his neck again.
"You can do that tomorrow...come rest with me please? I don't want to sleep alone..." I put on my best pouting face and looked at him.
He looked back at me and I could see him arguing with himself about what to do. I could almost clearly see his thoughts going through his mind. He was mad about what happened with Marco, he wanted to ignore me. Now here I was acting childish and wanting attention while pouting, it was breaking down his anger. He wasn't sure what to do anymore.
I smiled and tugged on his shirt again and gave another pouting face. "Levi please...I don't want to sleep alone..." I blushed as I realized I really didn't want to sleep alone. Not only that...I was openly showing my feelings for Levi and he was the only one I actually felt the need to sleep with. I looked away and only then did I notice it was raining outside. I slowly let go and straightened up.
"N...Never mind...you can go ahead and work...I was just joking...I'm going...to sleep..." I turned and started walking back towards my room, leaving Levi to watch me leave. I got to my bed just as the lightening and thunder struck, causing the lights to go out. I jumped into my blanket and hid under the covers. I hated thunder and lightening. It was my second biggest fear, the first being spiders.
"You okay?" I looked up to see Levi still where I left him, only this time he had his arms crossed and was staring at me confused.
"Y-yeah...p-per-perfect..." I whimpered softly as the thunder got louder and the lightening got brighter.
"Tch, blackout." I felt tears spring to my eyes as I curled into a ball and covered my ears.
"Oi, are you okay brat?" I heard Levi's voice closer and tried to call out to him.
"L-L-Lev..." I felt my cheeks become wet as my tears spilled. Before I could try to call out to him again I heard Levi's phone ring.
"Tch, hang on brat Marco's calling." I sobbed quietly under the covers as I heard his footsteps get farther.
Marco knew how much I hated thunder and lightening. It reminded me of when I lost my parents. Maybe he would tell Levi... I hoped he would...I started crying harder and shivered.
**Levi's pov:**
I could hear the brat sniffling but I ignored it as I grabbed my phone. I just barely missed Marco's call.
I looked over towards Eren's room and saw a bundle of blankets, I rolled my eyes and looked at the laptop.
"Oi, I'm going back to work. Go to sleep already." I sat back in front of the laptop and started working. I can't believe I almost got tricked by such an idiot. I almost gave in to his beautiful eyes and went to sleep. Tch, damn brat needs to shut the hell up already. I sighed and looked back at the ball of blankets where all the sniffling was coming from. I got up just as my phone rang again. I looked and saw Marco's number.
"What the fuck do you want?! I could have been asleep. This better be fucking good." I heard a small nervous chuckle
"You weren't asleep, Levi. You're mad at Eren and if I'm right he's in a ball crying his eyes out." I looked over to Eren's room and rolled my eyes.
"So?"
"Boss...er..Levi..can't you be mad at Eren tomorrow? He...needs you right now..." I looked at the phone confused before putting it to my ear.
"What? I'm working and why should I take care of that idiotic monster?"
"Levi...please...Eren is scared of thunder and lightening..."
"Why? I suggest you stop stalling and just tell my already, my patience is wearing thin!" I heard a small squeak on the line as the voice changed.
"Hey shut the hell up and listen Levi."
"You have some nerve Jean."
"Look you can be mad at Eren all you want after the storm is over. From what Marco tells me, the kid had a really rough past that resulted in this fear. I know you love him but you have too much pride to show it. I hate the kid, he annoys me. But he's my boyfriend's best friend and he's my best friend's soon to be boyfriend. Push your fucking pride aside for the time being and go comfort him."
"Shut the fuck up Jean. Don't tell me what I already know. Give me some useful information."
"You may scare others with that tone, but not me Levi. I'm your best friend you forget that. Anyways, the kid lost his parents on a stormy night like this. Marco told me he was in a car accident with a semi, that by some miracle he survived. He said that ever since the accident Eren has been deathly afraid of storms like this. So here's what you're gonna do. Hang up and go comfort your boyfriend, you can work and hate him all you want later."
I sighed and hung up looking over at the blankets where Eren was at. I didn't know whether to cry or curse at myself for being so cruel to him. I tossed my phone on my bed and walked to Eren's room.
"Oi shitty monster, you okay under there?" I saw the blankets stop shaking and completely freeze, I slowly pulled them back to see Eren in the fetal position with his ears covered and tears falling down from those beautiful eyes of his.
"L-Lev..." I felt a sharp pain in my heart as I leaned down and scooped Eren into my arms.
"Shhh...it's okay, you're not alone anymore just listen to my heartbeat." I pulled him closer and placed his head on my chest as I carried him back to my room.
"L-Levi... th-thank you..." I watched him jump as another round of thunder hit.
"Hey...listen to me okay?..I'll make you forget that it's even storming...would you like that?" I brushed his bangs out of his face and kissed his forehead as he nodded.
"Good, focus on me and that's all..." I gently placed him in the middle of my bed and kissed his whole face.
"Focus on nothing else but me and you, right here and now." I lightly pressed my lips to his as I towered over him, and slowly removed his shirt.
"I'll make you forget there was even a storm." I saw him smile a bit as I leaned down and captured his lips again.
