"We go home?" Eren asked. Levi and Erwin smiled as they looked at their little boy.

"Yes we can go home"

2 and a 1/2 Years Later

They were incredibly happy as a family. Levi and Erwin were very thankful that the adoption had been successful and they were able to raise Eren. He certainly brightened up their world and they loved him more then anything else. Eren had recently turned 4 years old and everyone always commented on how Eren was a very happy and usually well behaved child. He very rarely through temper tantrums, unless he was over tired or not feeling well.

It was obvious to everyone that Eren loved his fathers very much, he even began to copy the things Erwin and Levi did. Eren copied the way Levi held his cups from the rim when he was drinking something, though he usually had hold the bottom of the cup to keep from dropping it; which was rather cute to watch and usually made Levi smirk. He also started copying Levi's cleaning habits, if Levi was dusting Eren would dust, if Levi was sweeping Eren would sweep and so on. Since Levi was a bit of a clean freak it made him happy to see that even though Eren was a child, he wasn't a messy child. Eren would also copy Erwin when he read the newspaper. He would take the part that Erwin was finished with and pretend to read it while they sat together. Also if Erwin was doing paperwork, Eren would get out his crayons and paper and scribble on them as if he was doing paperwork too. Every time Eren copied him, Erwin would chuckle and pat him on the head.

Eren was also very affectionate. He loved being held and hugged and usually wanted to sit in Levi or Erwin's lap. Eren was very attached to Erwin and Levi, it had even gotten to the point where at bed time he would ask if he could sleep in daddy and papa's bed with them. At first they told him no, because he was a big boy and big boys can sleep in their own rooms. However, Eren kept asking and after continuing to tell him no, Eren started sneaking into their room at night and climbing into bed with them. Erwin said it was probably just a phase and he would grow out of it. Eren ended up sleeping in their bed almost every night, but after a few months Eren only slept in their bed a couple times a week.

Levi and Erwin also discovered that Eren was a very energetic little boy. He almost always wanted to play, he liked to run around and his favorite place to go was the playground in the near by park. It didn't matter how much Levi and Erwin played with him, he always had the energy to keep going. It was getting increasingly difficult for Levi during the week when he was trying to run the shop and look after a little boy who didn't sit still. Most of the time Farlen had to handle the customers while Levi tried to keep Eren somewhat occupied. When the shop wasn't too busy, Levi would teach Eren how to read. He could even recognized most of the words in his storybooks. Eren had developed a real interest in books, probably from spending so much time with Levi in the bookstore during the week. Besides the fact that Eren didn't always sit still, the other problem they were having was that because Eren was such a friendly and happy child he would sometimes go up to customers in the store and start talking to them, despite the number of times Levi warned him not to talk to strangers. Eren certainly was turning out to be quite the handful.

"Vroom vroom." Eren said as he rolled his toy car around on the blanket where he was sitting. It was Thursday and just like any other Thursday Eren was playing by the front checkout desk in the bookstore while Levi and Farlen were working. Next to the front desk was the best place for Levi to keep an eye on Eren. When he was a baby Levi set up his playpen there, however, Eren was now to big for his playpen so Levi laid a blanket and some pillows down for Eren to sit on while he played. "Daddy." Eren said looking up at Levi who had just finished helping a customer.

"What do you want brat?" Levi said as he squatted down next to Eren.

"Play with me." He said as he handed Levi a toy truck.

"Not right now Eren, There are too many customers." Levi said putting the truck back down on the blanket. "I'll play with you tonight when work is over, ok" He said as he ruffled Eren's hair.

"Ok." Eren said pouting a little. Levi stood back up and went back to helping the customers while Eren played with his toy cars. Eren decided that his cars should have a race, so he took one in each hand and pushed them so that they rolled across the blanket. The first time he did it the cars made it to just the edge of the blanket. Eren crawled over and picked them up and decided to do it again. This time he pushed them harder, so hard in fact that one of them rolled right off the blanket and started to roll down one of the rows of bookshelves.

Eren knew that daddy wouldn't be happy if he found one of Eren's toys in the middle of the store. Eren decided he would get up and go get it really quick, before his daddy even knew he got up. He ran in the direction of his toy, which had surprisingly rolled all the way to the end of the row. Eren had just about made it to his car when another little boy walked in front of him. Eren ran right into the other boy knocking him to the ground and causing him to drop the book he was holding.

"Ouch." The little boy said as he sat up.

"I'm sorry." Eren said. Then he held out his hand to help the little boy up.

"I'm ok, but y-you r-really should be more c-careful." He stuttered.

"Eren!" Levi said sternly causing both of the boys to look at him. "Eren , how many times do I have to tell you not to run in the store."

"I'm sorry daddy." Eren said looking down at the floor.

"Are you alright?" Levi asked the little boy. He looked at Levi and nodded his head yes then went to pick up the book he had dropped.

"Hey!" Eren said loudly causing both Levi and the other boy to look at him. "I know that book. Daddy readed it to my at bedtime." Eren said as he pointed at the book in the boys hand.

"Read." The boy said. Eren looked at him confused. "Daddy read you the book. Readed isn't a word." He explained. Levi had to admit he was a bit impressed, he had never met a child his age who knew how to be grammatically correct.

"Ah there you are. Did you pick out a book, Armin." An elderly man said as he came around the corner and patted the blonde on the head. Armin nodded at him and handed him the book. "Looks like you also made a friend while we were here." he said looking towards Eren.

"I'm Eren. I'm four." Eren said as he held up four fingers.

"Well it's nice to meet you Eren." The elderly man chuckled. "And you must be Eren's father." He said looking at Levi.

"Yes, this brat is mine." Levi said as he picked Eren up in his arms.

"I have a feeling that these two will become very good friends so we'll probably be seeing a lot of each other Mr...?"

"Ackerman." Levi said as he shook the elderly man's hand. "It would be good if they became friends. Eren doesn't get to play with other kids his age."

Levi and the elderly man, who turned out to be Armin's grandfather, talked for a while longer. According to him, Armin went to a daycare center a few days a week when he was unable to look after him. Armin was shy and didn't have many friends, and Eren was friendly and out going but since he was usually at home he hadn't had the chance to make friends yet. Because of this the two agreed that they should set up a play date for the boys sometime. After exchanging phone numbers and after Armin's grandfather paid for the books, the two of them left the store saying goodbye to Eren and Levi.

It had been a busy day for Levi, between trying to take care of Eren and helping the insane amount of customers, he was exhausted. He called Erwin and asked him to pick up a pizza because he didn't feel like cooking tonight. So when Erwin got home from work with the pizza they sat down at the table to eat.

"Pizza pizza pizza." Eren said over and over as Levi cut up his slice so that it was easier to eat. Pizza was Eren's favorite food these days, so he was very happy. Levi and Erwin chatted about how each of their days were. Erwin told Levi about how he spent most of the day planning out the details of their company's next major assignment. Levi told Erwin about how busy they were today and how Eren ended up making friends with a little blonde haired boy who was the same age and Eren.

"Daddy." Eren said after swallowing a bit of his pizza. "What's a play date?"

"It's when two kids go to each others house to play for a while." Levi said as he wiped pizza sauce off of Eren's face.

"Oh." Eren said. " Papa what's daycare?"

"Daycare is a place where little kids go during the day to play with other little kid, while their parents are at work."

"You get to play all day" Eren asked excitedly.

"For most of the day, yes." Erwin said.

"I wanna go to daycare! I wanna go!" Eren said bounced up and down in his chair. Levi told Eren to calm down and finish his pizza. Once he was done Erwin gave Eren a bath and got him into his pajamas. The two of them went back to the living room where Levi was sitting on the couch Eren gave Levi a big hug and said good night. Then Erwin carried Eren back to his room where he tucked him in and read him a bed time story. Erwin kissed Eren's forehead and was about to leave the room.

"Papa will you stay till I fall asleep?" Eren asked as he yawned. Erwin came back over and sat on the floor next to Eren's bed, he ran his fingers through the boys hair watching Eren drift off to sleep. about ten minutes later he was out like a light. Erwin got up and went to the living room, sitting next to Levi on the couch.

"Do you think we should enroll him in daycare?" Erwin asked.

"I suppose." Levi said, but their was something about the way he said it that made Erwin think that Levi didn't really mean it.

"Levi, I think it would be good for him to go to daycare. It would give him a chance to branch out, make some friends." Erwin reasoned. "Besides just think of how cute it will be to hear him tell us about all the fun things he did during the day. I can already picture the gigantic smile on his face as he tells us about his day."

After a little more convincing, Levi also agreed that enrolling Eren in daycare would be a good thing. Tomorrow morning Levi would call the local daycare and get Eren properly enrolled. Erwin and Levi thought that he could go Monday to Thursday, which were the same days that the bookstore was open. This way Levi wouldn't have to struggle between watching Eren and running the store, especially if they got busy. Erwin and Levi were glad that their little boy was going to be able to make friends and have some fun. They knew that Eren was just going to love daycare.