"Get out!" Levi practically yelled at Eren, being filled with fear, anger, and embarrassed. His thoughts were flying everywhere, not really knowing what he should say or do. Out of reflex, he threw one of the pillows that was sitting on the bed, and hit Eren. The brunette snapped out of it and stepped out quickly and closed the door.
'What...? Levi's... not... what?' Eren continued to think to himself. His mind was also going everywhere as he couldn't process what he was seeing. He knew that he was covering his chest for some reason. Then he knew. Guys who had chests, covered them with those...things. Binders. Eren tried to collect himself as much as he could, not wanting to scare Levi by being forceful of him speaking and aggressive.
"Levi..." he said softly as he walked up to the door slowly, knocking gently. Levi was in there, hiding behind the bed as he held his knees and started to hyperventilate. The raven was frightened that Eren too would kick him out. His anxiety levels were through the roof as he couldn't sit still.
"Get away from me! Go away!" He shouted through tears at the brunette male that was on the other side of the door. Tears poured down Levi's face as he felt overwhelmed. His legs wouldn't stop shaking out of anxiousness. Eren let out a deep sigh as he heard the raven shout. He knew that Levi wanted comforting, but just didn't want to say it.
"I'm coming in..." Eren said in a soft and caring tone as he slowly walked into the bedroom, looking around for the raven, until he saw him behind the bed. The brunette then sat down next to him, giving him a little bit of space, "Levi... do you... wanna talk?" He said quietly, not breaking eye contact with the raven boy. Levi shifted a little as he inched away. "I'll listen. I won't judge. I just want to help..."
Levi let out a big sigh. "I'm sorry I'm not the guy you thought I was..." he whispered softly as he rubbed his eyes, but started to cry once again. "I don't fit in with anyone.. a-and I thought that maybe joining a new school, where nobody knew me... people wouldn't find out... so nobody would know... b-but... y-you know... that... that..." Levi started to sob again, covering his face into his knees. Erens eyes widened, then instinctively wrapped one of his arms over Levi's shoulders, feeling how they were slightly bony, knowing that he probably didn't eat as much as he should.
"Hey... hey now... I don't really care of your... not a... 'real guy', Levi. Your still a boy to me, and that won't change, okay? I don't hate you and think if you as a lesser person. I promise..." he whispered softly and gently rubbed the ravens shoulder. Levi felt so relieved that Een didn't hate him or any of that. He let out a deep sigh as he opened his eyes and looked at the brunette.
"S-So... you don't hate me... and your not going to kick me out to the streets...?" He whispered between sniffles as he trie to collect himself, gaining hope that he would be able to talk freely about himself with the boy.
"Of course I don't hate you! And I'm most definitely not going to kick you out.., even if I did, which I'm not going too, I would make sure that you have a home that you can go too..." he whispered softly to Levi as he unwrapped his arm around hm, and moved away a little to give the male some room to breath ad calm down, but as soon as he tried to move away, Levi held onto his shirt and shook his head.
"I-It was really nice when you were near me... I just felt... safe..." he whispered the slightest as he gulped. Eren smiled gently as he moved back closer to him and wrapped his arm once again around the boys body.
"Levi... if you don't mind... can I ask you a few questions? Just shake your head if you don't want to answer them, and I can drop the subject and move on..." he asked, getting a nod of the head from the raven boy, "Alright... well, my first question is, do you take... hormones is it called? Well... do you take something to help make you presume as "more of a guy"?" He asked, hoping none of his questions wouldn't go past his boundaries.
"Yeah... I, uh, have them with me right now... my mother wasn't for it, but my therapist persuaded her to let me take them..." he whispered as he stood up slowly, a little wobbly, but then got the bag of supplies from his bigger bag. "Here..." he handed Eren the bag. The brunette looked at it a little with a smile.
"Well I can tell it's working cause your voice is very low and smooth.. I'm jealous..." he chuckled a little hoping to get all of the negative feelings out of the air.
"Thank you... I-I really appreciate that actually... it...helps me..." he said softly as he then yawned a little. It was going on 5pm as Eren and totally forgot that he was going to make dinner. Levi's stomach growled softly as he looked at Eren.
"Oh crap! I forgot I was making dinner! Here, finish getting dressed and then come downstairs!" He paused a little, thinking Levi would be uncomfortable not wearing his binder around Eren, "oh and Levi.. don't be afraid to take off your binder... I won't judge you at all, and I know that it isn't good for your help to keep it on... there's a muscle shirt in the bottom drawer of my dresser that will help bind down everything, but not be dangerous or uncomfortable to be around in" he said softly, then stood up, and left the room without another word.
Levi was still in shock about how well the whole conversation went. He initially expected Eren to kick him out, and then he would either have to go home and live in the hell at his mothers, or that he would have to fend for himself and try to find a job and a house, when he was only in his junior year. It made him very happy and thankful that he finally had found a friend that did accept him for who he was. Eren had closed the door, so Levi went to the dresser and picked out a shirt and some shorts, along with the muscle shirts. They were tighter then just a sports bra, that didn't bind one bit, but not as tight as the binder was. The raven slipped it on with a sigh, his face weirdly heating up as he put on the brunettes clothes. Levi then walked over to the bathroom that was connected to the bedroom and looked at himself.
His face a beet red.
'What the hell?! Has my face been this red the whole time?! God, why do I even try...' he thought to himself as he stood sideways to see how well the shirt bound. It was satisfying enough for Levi so he headed back into the room and put the clothes on. As soon as he lifted the pants up to his waist and let go, they fell. Levi's smaller frame couldn't fit Erens slightly built and much taller build. He grumbled to himself as he reached for the strings that were on he sports shorts, and tighten them as much as he could. The pants that were supposed to go down I above his knees, were much always below his knees. He put on the Tshirt, that thankfully wasn't that much bigger, just a little baggy, put his things away and then walked out of the bedroom.
Going down the hallway, he heard the voice of a woman, which made him jump a little as he didn't quite expect it. As he listened in a little more, he started to think that he was hearing two women's voices. As he was a bit anxious fully come into the picture, he just listened for a little bit.
"Eren, who's shoes are these? Did you go with Armin to the Shiganki mall again?" A more calm, yet older sounding voice was talking.
"Eren! Your always going out of the house! You need to stay here more often and hang out! It's like I don't even have a younger brother!" A definitely younger voice then the previous one was talking, giggling a little after that. Eren older sister as Levi heard.
"Hey! Both of you calm down!" He chuckled a little, "it's just a friend that really needed a place to stay since his mother kicked him out. I'm letting him stay as long as he needs, if that's okay with you, mom" Eren looked towards his mother, who was thinking a little.
"Well, I'm fine with it... just as long as he doesn't cause trouble!" He smiled a little, "he might have to help around the house, but he's welcome to stay in the spare bedroom as long as he needs"
Levi figured out that Eren had a mother and sister at home. Now he was even more nervous to walk out and say hello, but he slowly did, even though his panic levels were pretty high.
"Ah! Levi! This is my mom, Carla, and my older sister, Mikasa" Eren gave a smile, seeing that Levi didn't look 100% that good at the moment. Both of the ladies gave Levi a kind and caring smile.
"Oh... hey, nice to meet you both.." The raven said slightly awkwardly, walking beside to Eren.
"Nice to meet you as well!" They both said to him. Eren could tell that the male was getting a little too anxious to want to be around people so quickly, so he thought of a solution.
"Hey, mom, do you know if you could be kind enough to make dinner for us? I know I said I was going to make it, but I want to make sure Levi is settled in and all, maybe show him the games and all that I have in my room!" He chuckled a little.
"Of course dear, have fun! I'll call you both down when I'm finished" Carla once again gave a warm smile. Eren then gestured with his head down the hallway towards where his room was. As they walked in, Levi realized how much stuff to do with gaming and some anime that he had.
"I could tell that you wanted to get out of that situation. I know my family talks a lot, but I wouldn't worry. They are pretty nice people if you ask me" Eren chuckled a little and sat on one side of his bed. The way his bed was against the wall was pressed into the corner, almost making a couch, the wall being the backrest, facing his TV. There, he had tons of games lined up, ranging from Legend of Zelda, Mario, Starfox, Sonic, Splatoon, and so many more that Levi could see. "I see your eying the games... you play any of them?" Eren asked softly as he quickly got up and close the door, then sitting back down and he grabbed a controller for him and Levi.
The raven reluctantly sat down next to Eren, giving him a lot of space. He still felt slightly on edge when he was around the male, but sooner or later, they both started to play Splatoon together, since it was coincidentally their favorite games. They had brought up dinner and eaten it faster then you could say "sploosh" and the it was 11pm. Levi was slowly started to get slower at reacting to what was happening to the game as he got tired and sleepy. He then leaned his head over as it reached Erens shoulder, which his tired self thought was the wall, then he fell asleep, his grip on the remote loosening as he became limp.
Eren, who's face had grown red looked down at him, seeing how he was definitely asleep, used the controller to power off the game. Good thing that it was a Friday so they would both be able to catch up on sleep. He then removed the controller from Levi's hand and gently picked him up. He was suprisingly light, but then he realized something.
'What if Levi wakes up on the middle of the night and somehow forgets where he's at and panics?' Eren thought to himself, 'I'll just let him sleep here for tonight. It'll be fine, dont worry, Eren' he thought once again as he then laid the boy down underneath the covers. Eren looked down at him. He looked so peaceful. All day he had seen Levi, he looked on edge and nervous. Eren then took his shirt off and climbed into bed with him. He decided to still give some space, but something wanted him to reach his hand over and hold Levi's. He felt like he needed to hold onto the male somehow, because when his head was on Erens shoulder, he felt happiness, and love. Sooner or later, Eren fell asleep as he was now holding onto the soft yet pale hand of the ravens.
He didn't want Levi to sleep with him cause he was worried,
He wanted to be closer to his new crush.
