Pfff, I finished this so much sooner than I had imagined. Did not plan this, but YAY! Still in a very busy period, but so far so good. Hope to bring out the next chapter in less than a week, but again, I can't make any promises. Thank you for reading and reviewing =D I love you guys!

So finally Eren's sister gets more screen time =)

Enjoy, chapter 11~


The Mad Titans and the World of Tomorrow

Chapter 11

Eren sat across Levi at his kitchen table. Proudly drinking his hot coco out of the new mug Levi had gotten him.

'I seriously can't believe you like that junk.'

'Deal with it. I love chocolate and Spider Man.'

Levi's eyes narrowed. 'You love Spider Man?' he said in disbelieve and put down his cup of coffee.

Eren grinned and nodded. 'Jep. Deal with it. You've got some serious competition.'

The day of their second kiss had turned things around for the two. Eren had come to accept the extend of his feelings for the older man, not that he ever said them out loud, but neither would Levi. Things just sorta happened. They both knew they were attracted to each other and they were both tired to deny it any longer. But both didn't know how to take the next step, so now they were just stuck liking each other. It was progress, but still. Things could have been better.

Today was Sunday; even tough it was eight in the morning the winter kept the sun at bay. It was dark outside and the stars were hidden behind a blanket of clouds. Levi had to be at work in two hours.

'So you're not tagging along today?' The raven-haired man asked not meeting Eren's eyes. He got up from his chair and walked over to the fridge, opened it, took some yogurt, and closed the door again. He poured a little of it into a bowl, and put the pack of yogurt back in the fridge.

'No I'm gonna meet up with Mikasa today. We're going into the city and later on the day have dinner at The World's End. Hannes requested that. He worries. A little too much if you ask me.'

'Well, he should.' Levi said while he grabbed a spoon and returned to the table. 'You're quite a troublesome kid.'

'Look who's talking.' Eren shot back. 'Try not to kill that director guy.'

'Can't make promises I can't keep.'

'…By the way, does that dude have a name? Or is it just the director?'

'Sure, he has a name.' Levi deadpanned. 'Doesn't everybody?'

'Ha ha. Hanji's right, you're humour sucks.'

'Hmm, she's one to judge. About the director, I kinda forgot his name. If it's not important it doesn't deserve a place in my mind. And he's not important, not one bit. Besides, you know of whom I speak when I address him as the director.'

'I do. But that's rude, you don't know his name? At all?'

'Aren't you a bright one?'

'Shut up.'

The morning continued in a similar fashion, filled with bickering, laughter and confronting each other with arguments based on thin air. But it made their morning a special one. They were together, and that was all they cared about.

'Hey, I've gotta go. No idea how long it will take. I'll call you when I'm off.' Levi pulled on his coat, getting ready to depart.

'Aha, same here. Don't know how long I'll be at the pub. I'll call when I leave. Or…'

'What?'

'You could come pick me up?' Eren asked carefully, he tilted his head a little.

'Maybe. I might just do that.' Eren cheered at that remark. 'But…' the boy's face grew stern when Levi's tone changed. There was a but. 'You'll have to do something for me.' Hmmm, not sure if I like that.

Eren stepped forward, closing in on Levi. 'And what would that be, sir?'

'Here.' Levi handed him a card, and not just any card. It was a credit card.

'I'm confused.' And disappointed. Was kinda hoping for something else. Though Eren didn't let any of his thoughts shine through his mask.

'Blanket, futon, you do the math.'

'With your card?' Eren asked still slightly confused.

Levi nodded as he kicked on his boots and buttoned up his coat. 'And buy whatever you want. As for transport, take a cab.' His eyes narrowed when Eren wanted to interrupt him. 'No. You're not going on your bicycle. Cab, Eren, cab.'

Eren sighed in an annoyed fashion and threw his hands up. 'I give up.'

'Now be a good boy and come here.' Levi snatched Eren's arm and pulled him close. 'I'll see you tonight.' And pressed a soft kiss to the boys lips.

'Evening.' Eren mumbled, his lips grazing over Levi's.

'Excuse me, what?' Levi pulled back annoyed at Eren's interruption.

'You said tonight. It's supposed to be evening.'

Levi gave him a confused look.

'Do I need to spell it out for you? I'll. See. You. In. The. Evening. Evening not tonight.'

'I hate you.'

'Okay.'

They briefly kissed again. Before Eren knew, it was over and the pleasant warmth on his lips was absent. He opened his eyes only to find Levi closing the door in his face. 'You insolent prick!' he yelled to which he heard the man laugh, and then he was gone. 'Fuck.'


Levi's day had just begun. He sat in the dressing room with Petra tending to his make-up. She smeared foundation on his face. 'Ah, disgusting.' He mumbled.

'You can wash it off at the end of the day. Now shush, and let me work.' Petra sounded like a strict teacher scolding her student.

It didn't help he could hear Hanji next to him 'Ah~ disgusting.' She mimicked him in a juvenile tone and wiggled her head from side to side. He snarled at her, but he couldn't do more than that. Petra would yank him back I his seat. Hanji would defiantly get more fun out of that.

'So, Levi, tell me? How are things with Eren? Isn't he feeling well today?' Hanji asked curiously.

'Hm, nah, it's Saturday, his sister's off. He's meeting her in the city, doing… I dunno, family stuff.'

'So he's not coming all day?' She wailed. 'Noooo~. That's not fair!'

'Oh, shut it!' Levi was tenser today. Angrier even. He hated the fact that Eren wasn't at his side. The kid was off with his sister. He hated it even more he was jealous of someone that was Eren's family. He felt so pathetic. The video director sure didn't help. He'd met the guy in the elevator and nearly tore his head off. Hanji had saved the guys life by dragging Levi out of the elevator and pulled him into the capable hands of Petra, who cursed Hanji, who had brought in Levi at his worst.

'I hope this day passes soon.' Levi hissed, as he closed his eyes.

'Hm, so you can see him again?' Hanji teased. Petra snickered at her friend's words. She couldn't have said it any other way.

'Aren't you ever gonna grow the fuck up?'

'Tell me, Levi. Is Eren a good kisser?'

'Oh. My. God. What?' Petra dropped the foundation brush and jumped on Hanji's lap.

Levi's eyes shot open. 'What did you say?' he growled. Why would she ask such a question? Unless... unless she knew. She knew what he and Eren were doing yesterday. She knew they were making out, and choose to walk in nonetheless and on top of that, pretend nothing happened.

'Oh, you know what I'm talking about.' She teased. She never knew when to back off.

'Oh you told me about this!' Petra laughed as she hugged Hanji. They both squealed like fan girls. Pathetic.

'What?' oh, he couldn't believe this. Hanji and Petra were talking about him and Eren behind his back. Perfect, just perfect. He sighed heavily.

'Hmm… that good huh?' Hanji joked.

'For fuck sake, Hanji.' He groaned and he slumped in the salon chair.

'Come on, you can tell us.' Petra encouraged.

'Yeah, come onnnnn~.'

Levi wished he could be at home. Anything would do as long as Petra and Hanji weren't there. If he wouldn't answer, he would be teased about it constantly. But on the other hand, if he did answer, same old, same old. These two were never going to give up.

He clicked his tongue. 'Best damned kiss I ever had.' He watched as the girls went crazy. Their voices peaked so high he covered his ears. Erwin came rushing in, panicking, asking, what the hell was going on. The girls ignored him and Levi shot him a glare. This day was going into the record books as; Most horrible day ever.


Just like Levi had asked him, Eren had taken a cab into town. The centre of Shiganshina wasn't a very large one, but it contained thousands of shops, of which a lot were stuffed away in large shopping malls, something Mikasa was partially fond of. They had a well-known meeting spot, a large fountain in the middle of Shigan Square, it was the centre of the city.

Eren pulled his coat closer around him. It was freezing today. His breath came out in white plums. His cheeks were red of the cold and he tried to hide as much of his face in his scarf. He should have put on a warmer sweater.

'Eren!' a raven-haired girl ran towards him, she nearly slipped on the wet pavement, but recovered quickly, and ran on pretending like nothing had happened. Eren laughed at her. 'Oh, shut it, you.'

'Took you long enough. I nearly froze to death.'

'You've been here for 10 seconds. And shhh, I know because I was waiting for you inside that…' She pointed behind her 'Coffee shop. I saw you stumbling, so I came out running.'

'Oh, you're such a hero.' He hugged her, she laughed and let him pull her off the ground.

'And I can fly!' she spread her arms like a pair of wings.

'Okay, enough hero time for you.' Eren teased as he put his sister down.

'Wow, you're healing fast.' She jabbed her elbow in Eren's side.

'Well, I have an excellent care taker.'

Mikasa scoffed. 'Such a lair. I can't believe it.'

'Hmm? What?' Eren stuffed his hands in his pockets.

'That you're caretaker…' she made so-called brackets with her fingers when she said that '… Is a fricking rock star. It's, I dunno. How is he? I've read in several magazines his one of a kind, very handsome, and the meanest, cruellest ass on the planet. No, wait, universe.'

'That's about right.'

' Hmm, butttt~?'

'What do you mean by that?'

'That's about right, but. There's a but.' Eren didn't answer his sister, unsure of what to say. She was right. There was a but, however maybe she would take him seriously. Or perhaps she'd hate the idea. Then he heard her gasp. 'Oh my god!' as she covered her mouth with her gloved hands.

'Stop freaking me out. I don't get you girls, oh my god, what?'

A smile spread on her face. 'You're sweet on him?' she squealed then broke out in a fit of giggles when Eren turned beet red and shushed her. 'You do realize, if he hurts you, if, I am going to beat the crap out of him.' She didn't even give her brother the time to answer.

'Mikasa. B-behave.' He stuttered. Oh, shit. Eren cleared his throat, Mikasa smiled at him and awaited what her brother was going to say next. 'I…' he searched for words. '… May be a bit sweet on him… a little'

'Tsssk, I knew it the moment I saw you two in the Corps. You are so slow.'

'I can feel the love.' He jabbed Mikasa in her side. She walked as if nothing was amiss and motioned for Eren to follow her.

'Here…' she said as she handed him a magazine. 'I think you deserved this.'

'What is this?'

'Just open it! Page 78.' She grinned. Eren was left confused. He carefully peeled open the magazine his sister had given him. What was she up to?

'40, 68, 70, 71, blaaaa~' Eren mumbled as he flipped through the pages. 'Seventyeig- oh!' he snapped the magazine shut as all the blood rushed to his face. He heard Mikasa break out in a fit of giggles.

'Hm, you like what you saw. You can have it.' She winked. This woman was the devil. 'Ah can you wait here for a sec, I think I forgot something.' And before Eren even noticed Mikasa ran back into the coffee shop.

He held the magazine in his trembling hands. He was still trying to recover from the shock. His cheeks slightly less hot than seconds earlier. His eyes narrowed. Should he peek again? Mikasa was gone for the moment. He could, couldn't he?

He slowly opened the magazine to the pages that had sent him over the edge. Pages 78 till 82 contained pictures, interviews, and whatnot's about The Mad Titans and the World of Tomorrow. But what had really gotten Eren's attention was a large A4 picture of a half naked Levi. He felt his cheeks burn again at the sight. The picture portrayed Levi from the thighs up. The Rock star wore nothing more than black tattered jeans, which were held up by a dark leather belt. He had a toned chest and his stomach was ripped. The lines of his pelvis were clearly defined and ran straight into the dark denim. The man had both his thumbs hooked in the belt loops on the front of his jeans, slightly pulling the fabric down. And then there was his face. Eren was blushing like a mad man by now. He was so happy his sister was still searching for whatever she'd lost. He didn't care.

Silver eyes were half shut and Levi's lips were parted. He wore a smug expression, one that was challenging you and left you baffled. Eren slowly closed the magazine and put it in his backpack. He closed his eyes. Okay, Eren. Calm down. Calm down. As soon as I get home I'm gonna hit the living shit out of this guy! Fuck!

'Eren!' he heard Mikasa yell as she came out of the shop. 'I found it!' she waved her phone above her head. 'So relieved, though it was gone, appeared it was in my pocket. Ah, stupid, isn't it?'

Eren laughed his embarrassment off instead of at his sister's remark. There was no way in hell she was allowed to know just how much such a photo affected Eren. He would never hear the end of it. He cleared his throat.

'So, where do you wanna go?'

Mikasa's eyes gleamed. 'I need new shoes. Oh, and there's going to be a party at school soon, not really a prom, but something similar. I need a dress.'

'Oh, I hate dress shopping.' Eren laughed in misery. He remembered their middle school dance, Mikasa had forced Eren to go shopping with her, and as her brother he did. He didn't realize however they would be gone from dusk till dawn, shop after shop, after shop. It never ended. When Mikasa saw a pained expression on her brother's face she quickly added; 'Don't worry, I already have my eyes on one, I only need to try it.'

'Lucky me.'

'Well then, Eren, what do you need?'

'A futon…' he met Mikasa's curious eyes. 'It's a long story.'

'Oh, I bet it is.'


'Well are you happy you got it?' Eren handed Mikasa the shopping bag, which contained her newly bought dress.

'Yes. It's lovely, isn't it?'

Eren had to admit, it was a very nice dress, and like Mikasa had promised, it didn't take long.

The next stop was a home decoration store, for Eren's mission, a new futon, and some new blankets. When they walked inside, they were overwhelmed about the size of the shop; it was huge. Eren's mouth fell open and he only shut it when Mikasa scolded him.

'Okay, so…' Mikasa couldn't take her eyes of the enormous selection of futon's. 'A futon, right? How hard can that be?'

'Fuck. This is insane. Can't I just grab one?'

'No.' She pulled out one of many. 'This one's for people with back problems.'

'I don't care. I need to sleep on something. The inscription sounds to me like it's extra soft.'

'Whatever, it's your bed.' She laughed at her brother's stupid remark. 'You're just lazy.'

'True, never said I wasn't.' before Eren pulled the futon out he came to the conclusion he needed two. One for him, and one for Levi. He looked at the price tag. His eyes grew wide. 'Okay, so no extra soft one for me.'

'Could this be the new dress drama?' Mikasa huffed as she ran a hand through her raven locks.

'I most certainly hope not.' Eren peered through the shop and stopped when his eyes fell on a special bargain. Even though he had Levi's credit card, he was accustomed to buying cheap. Why spend more than you need? It didn't make sense.

He walked over to the bargain corner and grabbed at the futon on a large pile. It was neatly packed in an airtight plastic bag and the label read; 2-p futon.

'2p? What the heck does that mea- oh.' He said when his emerald orbs fell on the picture on the front of the bag. 2p, meant 2 persons, 2 people, it meant, him and Levi on the same futon. True, they slept next to each other, but still each in their own respectable beds, this however, meant something different entirely. But it was cheap. And the label also read; extra soft. Eren moaned in frustration. What was he supposed to do?

Mikasa sneaked up on him. 'Oh, my god!' she breathed.

Eren dropped the futon in surprise. 'What?'

She laughed out loud. 'Take it Eren.' She encouraged her bother.

'Ah, no I… I d-didn't mean it like t-that!'

'Of course you didn't.' she grabbed the futon and made way to the cash desk.

'Mikasa!' Eren managed to supress a scream and ran after her. 'Stop!'

'Why?' she stopped dead in her tracks, halfway down the shop. Eren caught up with her. 'You need this Eren. Trust me.'

'What is that supposed to mean?'

'No, that's not what I meant! You pervert!' she joked. Eren was so nervous he fiddled with his beanie. 'What I mean is, you are happy Eren. I haven't seen that in so long. I care for you. I want you to be happy. I know you have the hot's for him. Please do me a favour and fight for the things you want. For as long as I can remember, you have taken care of me. You have worked every single day, for me. You gave up things, sacrifices that weren't fair. Eren, please start living… for you.' She handed him the futon.

'I… I understand. But…' he stared at the futon, Mikasa was still holding out to him. 'But, this…' he pointed at the futon. '… still needs a blanket.' I can't believe I just said that!

'That's… great Eren.' She smiled softly. 'I'm happy you chose for yourself. You deserve all the happiness in the world. Now let's get you a blanket. But first, let me drop this off at the counter, it's kinda heavy.' They both laughed.

'Oh, he hates pink.' Eren stated.

'Who hates my blanket?'

'It's not bad ass enough.'

'Prick.'

When Eren walked out of the store with Mikasa, both packed with large bags form the store, Eren started wondering. He had just bought a new futon, for two people, like a couple. What was Levi to him? What was he to Levi? There must have been something between the two to feel so wildly attracted to each other. What were his feelings for Levi exactly. He liked him yes, but did he love him? Eren's chest grew warm at the thought, his heart skipping a beat. Mikasa was right, he should think more about himself. She had said he was happy. Eren did feel different the last few days. Ever since Levi had stormed into his life his heart was a mess. It was possible he loved him. He had just bought a futon for two, he must be crazy in love, because he couldn't think straight anymore. What was Levi going to say when he come's back?

'Oh, shit.' Eren said.

'Hm, what?' Mikasa looked worried.

'How am I going to tell him I bought…' his words died on his lips.

'Come on, you guys practically live together.'

'What if he's gonna kill me?'

'Eren.' Mikasa's voice sounded sweet and calmed Eren down if only a little. 'Everything's going to be fine.'

'How am I going to tell him?'

'You don't. You don't tell him, he'll figure it out himself.'

'I'm so dead.' We aren't even dating yet? Or… are we? I'm so confused.