A/N) I can't make excuses. Life loves to get in the way at times, I am kind of back. I probably won't be updating as much as I was, but I will try to update. I have been focusing on some of my other stories so I have kind of put this one on a back burner but it isn't dead. I haven't given it up. I want to thank everyone for their nice comments, following, favoriting, and trying to encourage me to not give this up. The story is alive and well, just not in the forefront of my mind. I have a story I started last year I would love to actually finish. Anyway, this chapter is super tame compared to the last ones. It's kind of a filler to set up for the intense chapter after this one. (smut...lots of smut) so I hope you all enjoy this. And can forgive me for the long hiatus and the less frequent updates on this one. You guys are really great!

"I was, for some reason, expecting something different." Eren said.

They were standing in the doorway of Levi's incredibly large house. It was all vaulted ceilings, with a large chandelier, above a gorgeous staircase. It looked like the house of a millionaire. Sure, Eren's parents were very well to do, but they lived modestly. This screamed 'I'm rich and I know it.' Regardless, the house was beautiful, and spotless.

"Fuck off, brat. Take your shoes off." Levi said with a scoff.

Eren removed his shoes, and followed Levi deeper into the house.

"It's beautiful." Eren said, still taking it all in

"It was my uncle's. He's dead, so I got the place. It's a bit too flashy and gaudy for my tastes, but a free house is a free house. All the housekeepers have learned to clean to my standards. Which, if you haven't noticed, are very high."

"I noticed. It's spotless."

"Quit gawking, and follow me."

Eren obediently followed Levi up the stairs, and into a large room, with a very large bed in the middle of it "I take it this is your room?" He asked.

"No. I brought you to a random room. Of course it's mine. Don't ask stupid questions. "

"Sorry." Eren's face turned pink in embarrassment.

Levi sat down on the bed, and pat the spot next to him, signaling Eren to sit down next to him. Once the boy was situated, Levi grabbed his hand, and took a deep breathe

"I'm really no good at this stuff. You want to be mine, and that's great, but now we have to move on from a temporary thing."

"Is this going to change anything between us?" Eren felt stupid for asking, but he had never been involved in a relationship like this. It was all so new and exciting.

"Not really. You aren't a full time pet, so I won't be collaring you full time, but I will when we play. Now, you're going to be my boyfriend. I know there will be times I will order you around and you'll listen, but do realize you can tell me no without fear. I'm only your Master when we play, the rest of the time we are equals. I need you to understand that, Eren. You are not below me, you don't have to listen all the time. You won't get punished later for something you did. You also can ask for something you want. You want to do some crazy electroshock dildo fuck, ask."

Eren nodded, but then stopped "Electroshock dildo what?"

"They make sex toys that have electroshock pads that attach to the toy, to send electric currents through your body while getting fucked with it."

"That's a thing?"

"Yeah, expensive as hell, but I heard some people really like it." Levi answered flatly.

Eren's face burned in embarrassment "That...might be fun sometime."

Levi smirked "You really are a fucking masochist. I love it." He grabbed Eren's face, and caught his lips in a kiss.

Eren moaned, and closed his eyes, letting himself get lost in the kiss, as it turned into something deeper.

Reluctantly, Levi pulled away, and looked at Eren "Go take a shower. I want to fuck you like my boyfriend, you know, make love or whatever."

Eren nodded and complied. Before getting in the shower, he texted his mother to let her know he wouldn't be back that night. He showered rather quickly, making sure to pay extra attention to the important parts of his body. As he showered, he became almost enamored by his thoughts. To think, a trip to a seedy strip club would lead him to his newest obsession in life. A master, an actual master, who treated him like the pet he knew he was, and not the slave he was training to be. Someone who put him on equal ground, which wasn't really equal at all. No matter the titles, anyone involved in the world of BDSM knew that the submissive one really held the power. (Except slaves, slaves were at the complete mercy of their master) But for a pet, it was all about how much they could tolerate, or what they wanted. Good Masters strive to please their pets, and keep them happy. And in return, pets try to make their Masters happy, and pleased with them as well. It was all about a delicate balance. A circle of happiness on all sides. That was a how all relationships, not just Master pet relationships, should work. And that's what Levi and Eren were working for. It give Eren butterflies just thinking about it. He doubled his efforts to clean even faster. The faster he finished, the faster he and Levi could make love. Whatever that was.

As Eren was showering, Levi got his bed and everything ready. As he waited, he sat down on his bed, clad only in his boxers, and he let out a heavy sigh. He had a boyfriend again, and the whole concept terrified him to no end. He couldn't handle losing someone else. But it was clear that Erwin, Isabel, and even Farlan wanted him to be happy. Eren made him happy, almost to a ridiculous amount. He couldn't stop thinking, or even dreaming about blue green eyes with golden flecks. He wanted to see and make Eren happy, and to give him so much pleasure that he would drool, sweat, and cum more than he ever thought was possible. And Eren didn't know it, but Levi himself hadn't felt this much pleasure having sex with somebody since Farlan. Eren took him to new heights on a pleasure scale. His tolerance for pain, and how quickly his marks faded, was new and exciting to the sadist that lusted deep inside of him. He was pulled from his lustful thoughts, when the source of them, walked in clad only in a towel. Levi watched as a drop of water dripped from the boys hair, and traveled down his shoulder, past his collar bones, and marked a path down his developing abs before being absorbed by his towel. Levi had to fight his will not to just rip off the towel, and fuck Eren until he begged for mercy, or maybe more. He shook his head to clear the lewd thoughts he was having. He promised to fuck Eren like his boyfriend, and he planned to make good on that.

"Come here, Eren. Let me show you how much you mean to me." The words came out before he could even stop them. But when Eren flung the towel over to the hamper, and stalked towards him...he couldn't even be mad that there was a wet towel on the floor.

There was a wet Eren plopping into his lap, and that required immediate attention.