(I don't own Shingeki no Kyojin. ouo)
It had been a good amount of time since the bathroom scene. Since then, Eren remained silent and obedient; he remained mostly silent in fear of getting soapy water dumped on him mid-sentence again.
Even though Levi hadn't meant to, for he had no idea the brat was going to speak up right when he was dumping the water on the other, Eren took it as something that was done on purpose to shut him up. In short, he took it as an insult, or, 'You're annoying, stop talking Eren.'
When, of course, it wasn't like that at all.
But now, Eren could bathe himself. He didn't though. It seemed he preferred Levi to bathe him though, since it wasn't even his own body, but Levi would just be technically bathing himself.
If Eren thought about it too much, he would become dizzy.
Levi didn't seem to mind, since they could both agree that it would be less trouble for Eren, not to mention Levi assumed that Eren wouldn't be able to wash himself as well.
This would bother Eren if he hadn't felt the need to live up to Levi's standards.
Levi also insisted on feeding Eren, even though he could feed himself. Unlike bathing, this bothered Eren to a great extent.
"Levi." Eren said the other's name as he scooped up a spoonful of food for Eren to eat. He was, once again, feeding Eren.
Said man shoved the food in the other's mouth, who had opened it to say Levi's name again, for Levi remained unresponsive.
"REBI." Eren said his name forcefully now-as forcefully as one with a mouthful of food can say-obviously agitated to a certain level.
Levi gave him a long, hard glare. "What." This wasn't a question; this was a statement, which was on the edge of inquiring what on earth Eren had to say, and if it was something important, or something Levi probably didn't want to hear.
Eren chewed his food properly, swallowed, and spoke once again. "You don't need to feed me, I'm perfectly capable of using my arms. I only suffered a few bruises, which have already healed."
"So?" Levi questioned, scooping up some more food for Eren to eat.
"So, you don't need to treat me like a little kid." Eren glared, with hints of a pout on his lips.
"If I don't feed you, you're probably gonna end up spilling your food everywhere, injured or not. I can't trust an idiot like you alone with scalding food." To add emphasis on his statement, he blew on the steaming spoonful of food, before shoving it forcefully in his mouth. (Wow that sounded wrong.)
Biting back a cry of protest, Eren complied to this spoonful, but was going to avoid the next. He didn't prefer for people to baby him. It made it seem like everyone thought he was incapable of doing anything by himself, and that they needed to take care of him.
And as it has been said, Eren hated to live off of other people, almost as if living off of charity. He hated it with a burning passion that could rival his passionate hate and need to kill titans. It was that bad; he felt restrained when people acted like that.
As he had planned, when Levi tried to force-feed him again, Eren jerked his head to the side, the spoon stopping short of his cheek. The result?
A very, very pissed of glare from Levi as he tried once more to feed the other. Who, in response, turned his head the other way.
If Levi was pissed before, he was furious now. Eren expected him to throw the food down in his lap, or chuck it at his face. Instead, he took a bite of the food, and chewed without his gaze ever leaving Eren's.
Eren raised a brow at Levi's antics. Sometimes, he was difficult to understand.
Levi stood up, walking to one side of the bed, and grabbed Eren's hair. He used one hand to pinch Eren's nose, and the other to grip his jaw as he placed lips on Eren's, forcing the food into the other's mouth.
Once he had completed this action, he put a hand over Eren's mouth to make sure he wouldn't spit it out.
Eren was panicking. He wasn't sure whether to be disgusted to embarassed. He took a calm breath before swallowing.
"... That was nasty, Levi."
"It's your mouth, technically, so it shouldn't make a difference." Levi deadpanned toward the other, who flashed an angry look.
"I can feed myself, Levi." Eren repeated from earlier, before taking a swig of water.
Levi's look hardened, before he replied calmly, "Fine."
To this, the boy released a sigh of relief. That is, until Levi placed his lips against the other's once more.
This one left Eren more flustered and embarassed than the previous. "W-wh-what-I don't-Levi?!" He sputtered. Levi stood up, and exited the room without a word of explanation.
Eren stared at the doorway before placing a hand on lips that didn't even belong to himself before thinking, 'Wow, my lips are soft, huh? Okay that was gross to thing about.'
(Yay for gross food shoving into other people's mouth with their own mouth. ouo)