Eren woke up at around 11 in the morning. His roommate, Levi, was already up and had resumed his position from yesterday of reading on his bed. Eren wondered if he had even went to sleep because the young man had extreme dark circles under his eyes.
Eren stretched and got up, scratching at his head. "Morning" he mumbled to Levi, and went to the bathroom to change.
When he came back out, Levi was sitting at the desk on his side of the room. He seemed to be tidying it, although there was nothing really to tidy. The pale young man paid Eren no attention until Eren spoke to him, "So, what's your major, Levi?"
Levi sighed and grudgingly turned his chair around to look at Eren. He looked extremely tired. "I'm majoring in attack sciences." he said in a dead-pan voice, then he turned the chair back to his tidying and ignored Eren. Eren was surprised about Levi's major, he looked like he could be a good fighter with all that muscle, but since he was so short Eren didn't know how well he would actually do in a fight.
Eren grunted in response and said that he didn't know what he would be majoring in. Levi didn't ask him this, but Eren thought it would be nice to fill the silence. He continued speaking, listing random interests and he rambled on for a while.
"Would you shut up?!" Levi practically shouted from his desk. "I'm sick of your annoying rambling, kid"
Eren scoffed, somewhat shocked that Levi was calling him a kid. His anger flared up and he said, "Why should I shut up? And who you calling kid, shorty?"
Levi's expression didn't change at all, but he rose from the desk and got into a fighting stance. "You should shut up because you're annoying me, and I'm calling you kid because you obviously have the mentality of a three year old" His voice was colder, which Eren didn't think was possible. But he was suddenly afraid of this little man.
Anger overwhelmed that fear though, because Eren did not like being called kid. And he didn't think he had the mentality of a three year old. Eren stalked over to Levi, his chest puffing up and his face angry.
Levi cracked his knuckles and chuckled darkly under his breath, amazed that the brat had even approached Levi. Most people learned to fuck off when he made his voice that cold.
Obviously Eren was stupider than Levi had first thought. The only way to solve this was to kick his ass, which would be a pity. Levi actually kind of liked Eren, the fact that he responded at all to the kid showed that. Generally he ignored everyone.
Eren was confused by Levi's dark laughter, but he ignored it and also got into a fighting stance.
The punch came before Eren was expecting it. Before he had enough time to react, another punch came from the other side. Eren was extremely surprised by the sheer force behind Levi's little hands, and attempted a kick.
Levi caught his leg mid-kick and moved it in a manner that slammed Eren on the ground in front of him.
Eren groaned and felt his shoulder move in a way it was NOT supposed to.
The look on Levi's face showed that, on the outside, he was not remorseful. He simply looked down at Eren with a calculating look. He was in a perfect position to kick the crap out of him, but was having slight doubt on whether he should beat his ass any more.
Eren scrambled away from Levi before said kick could come at him. He groaned some more and jerked his shoulder about, trying to pop it back into place.
It was then that Levi noticed he had dislocated the kid's shoulder. He, against all of his mind screaming for him not to, rushed over to Eren and helped him put his shoulder back in place.
Eren was wide-eyed when Levi came over to him. He assumed that the little man was going to kick him or, worse, punch him again. But all he did was grab Eren's upper arm and push it in a way that Eren wasn't able to. Eren was extremely surprised by the heat that ran up his arm because of those fingers.
Eren felt a pop and sighed in relief. Now the only thing that was hurting was his pride. And his back. He got confused when Levi didn't move away immediately. He kept his hand on Eren's arm a few seconds longer than was necessary.
Levi's eyes roamed Eren's face and body, causing Eren to blush fiercely.
Levi then shook his head and backed away. Eren saw a slight turmoil in his gray eyes, but wasn't very sure about that, so he dismissed it from his mind. Eren then realized that Levi had done the same thing Eren had done when they first met. He had checked him out, then shook his head and stopped checking him out.
Eren also dismissed this thought as fanciful thinking. There was no way this gorgeous boy could like Eren. He had just beat the shit out of him, and he was a total asshole to him. However, Levi rushing over to pop his shoulder back into place suggested otherwise.
Eren was confused. Extremely confused. So confused that he was sure his face had a really stupid look on it. So he dismissed all thoughts of confusion and concluded that Levi did not like Eren.
Levi was a wreck on the inside. He made sure to conceal his emotional state from the brat. He was obviously sending him mixed messages by beating the shit out of him and then helping him out. He didn't know why he had helped him but, he had helped the brat. Which was stupid. Also, he had no clue whatsoever why the hell he was checking this boy out. Yeah, he was cute. No, not even cute, the kid was hot.
Levi was gay, but he never let himself be attracted to anyone. He was too afraid of losing them. In the past, all the people he cared about he had lost, so that's one of the big reasons he was an asshole. He didn't want to let anyone close.
He felt a need to apologize for beating the shit out of Eren so he murmured a quiet "sorry".
Eren heard him. His turquoise eyes were looking up at Levi with a confused expression. Levi mistook this confusion as Eren being confused about why he was sorry. Eren was confused about that, but more confused with the whole asshole-or-not thing.
Eren asked, "What? Why are you saying sorry, your face says you don't but your voice says you do…what should I believe?"
Levi sighed and tried to make his voice sound a bit more convincing. "I am sorry" he said, but his 'convincing' tone was really only make his voice higher pitched. Eren forced back a smile, he found Levi's higher pitched voice completely cute. Eren could see that he had tried though, so he believed him.
"I'm sorry too, I provoked you like that" Eren said.
"No, no, it's my fault. I forget how rude I can be sometimes" Levi insisted.
SOMETIMES!? Eren thought sarcastically. Every time the man spoke more than a few words he was rude. Eren chose not to voice this opinion though and said that it was fine.
"You do pack a mean punch though" Eren said, almost admiringly.
"Thanks" Levi replied humorously. Then he laughed. And it wasn't really a chuckle, or even a sarcastic laugh. It was a real laugh.
Eren found himself in wonder. The pale man's laugh was high pitched and simply adorable. Eren couldn't keep a stupid grin off his face.
Levi stopped laughing quickly, then blushed crazily because he almost never let himself really laugh. He was deeply embarrassed about his high-pitched laugh. When he felt the need to laugh he almost always forced it into a sarcastic smile or smirk.
He had let down his defenses just enough to show Eren his laughter. Levi figured that this was a start.
He didn't understand how the brat evoked any feelings in him, or why he was so deeply attracted to him, but he decided to try and let the boy in. Maybe, just maybe, he wouldn't lose him.