Eren and Levi headed out of the dorm room, both very happy. The awkwardness was no longer there, and the silence they shared was a comfortable one.
The day was beautiful and Eren was so happy it was a Sunday. No school, nothing to do but hang out and enjoy the great outdoors. It was the perfect temperature that happened often in early September and Eren loved it.
When they left the dormitory, several of Levi's friends did a double-take at him and Eren. They were so not used to Levi being around anyone but them, so seeing him with a new guy was pretty out there. Levi exchanged glances with Petra, Edwin, and Uluo when they looked at him and he gave a very slight blush. Petra of course realized right away that that meant Levi liked Eren. She grinned at Levi and tugged the other ones with her to leave Levi and Eren alone.
Eren noticed Levi's blush and the three other students looking at Levi weird. Eren was confused by this, but he pushed it out of his mind and chose to ignore it.
Shortly after they arrived at Titan Cafe. Eren smiled at Armin, who was always his waiter and had been his best friend since primary school. They were escorted to a two-seat table by the window and Armin asked them what they would be having.
"I'll have an extra large coffee, black, and a blueberry scone please" Eren said, wondering how Levi would react to him drinking an extra large black coffee.
Levi reacted in the way that Eren thought he would, he looked at Eren incredulously and muttered something about stupid brats. Levi then told Armin, "I'll have a small vanilla latte and a blueberry scone as well, please"
"Alrighty! I'll go fix them!" Armin said and went to fix their orders.
"A vanilla latte? Really Levi?" Eren asked Levi, wondering how he could drink something so disgustingly sweet.
"Yes, a vanilla latte! Problem, brat?" Levi replied, his words suggesting he was angry but his tone proved he was just messing.
"Nah, no problem." Eren replied, smiling at him with twinkling turquoise eyes.
Levi smiled back, his face unusually kind.
"I really like lazy days like this..." Eren mused, looking out the window blissfully.
"I do sometimes. Most of the time I generally get REALLY bored if there's nothing to do" Levi replied.
Eren was sort of surprised, Levi's cool exterior made him seem like the kind of guy who would be fine with sitting around all day, probably meditating or something like that. "Well, I hope you're not bored right now" Eren said, his tone hopeful that Levi wasn't.
"No, not at all. This is the most 'fun' I've had in a while." Levi replied truthfully. His friends usually wanted to do stupid things like go out and party. Levi personally thought that being 21 didn't mean it was something mandatory to drink or go clubbing.
Eren's eyes glimmered warmly at Levi, he was proud to have helped Levi not be bored. And he was also super happy that he was with Levi at that moment. He liked him, and wanted a relationship...his self-confidence was shit but he could talk to Levi freely.
It didn't take a huge effort on either guy's part to keep the conversation flowing. Levi asked Eren about himself and received in-depth answers on Eren's life. He learned about Eren watching his mom get murdered and having only Mikasa and Armin to get him out of his depression from that. Levi also learned that Eren was an amazing artist and was shown some of Eren's drawings from his phone.
Their breakfast came somewhere in their conversation and they slowly ate and drank while the other was speaking. For almost three hourse Levi questioned Eren about his life, then the tables turned to Levi.
"So, Levi, how about you tell me about yourself. I'm too lazy to repeat your questions so just give me the general gist of your past and all that good stuff." Eren said, feeling like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders from talking about his mom. Eren was intrigued by Levi and wanted to know all about him like Levi knew all about Eren.
"Fair enough." Levi replied, and he leaned forward in his chair till he rested his elbows on the table and rested his chin on his hands.
"I'm from a town in Rose called Klorva. My parents both died when I was 5 because the place they worked at burned while they were inside it. I don't really remember them, but I was shipped off to Trost where they put me in the foster care system. I was shuffled from family to family until I was 13 and a lady named Hangi Zoe took me in. She's kinda crazy but I do love her. She made me take martial arts classes when she learned that most of my previous foster parents had beat me up. Hangi's the reason I'm majoring in Attack Sciences, actually. She made me really interested in how people's brains react to different attack strategies and fighting methods. I don't have any siblings, though I wish I did...Sorry to spill out my life story like that, but you asked"
Levi's response evoked many emotions in Eren. He was extremely sad about his upbringing and angry about the foster parents who were abusive. He got extremely relieved when he heard about Hangi, Eren knew if it weren't for her he wouldn't know Levi at all.
Levi felt extremely weird for talking so long. He was used to listening not talking, but Eren's open answers to his questions made Levi much more comfortable about talking to Eren about his own fucked up past. Levi made sure while he was speaking to keep his focus on Eren's reactions, because Eren's emotions were clear on his face most of the time.
At the end of Levi's speech, Eren and Levi fell silent for several minutes. They were both digesting the fact that the other knew pretty much their whole life story and they had only met yesterday. Despite them only knowing each other for basically two days, they both felt a strong connection to each other.
A familiar smug laugh brought Eren out of his thinking rather annoyingly. Levi hadn't noticed the laugh but knew something was wonky from the look of irritation on Eren's face.
Another smug laugh floated their way from the other side of Titan Cafe, and this time Levi heard it. Eren cringed and looked over at the owner of the laughter.
It was Jean Kirstein. Eren had known the guy since he was 15, and they had dated for several months before having a huge fight over stupid bullshit and ignoring each other for the next four years. Eren doubted Jean knew that Eren went to Shiganshina University, because if he did then Jean probably wouldn't have attended.
Levi followed Eren's gaze where he saw a guy about Eren's age who looked a lot like a horse and had really stupid hair. From the first look he could tell the guy was an arrogant bastard. He was with a cute freckled boy who looked at him adoringly.
Eren had no idea who said cutie was and he didn't care to know. Eren shot several death glares at that side of the cafe in hopes that Jean's irritating laughter would stop so that he could enjoy his time with Levi.
Levi asked Eren, "So who's that guy over there who seems to be annoying the hell out of you?"
"Oh, that's Jean Kirstein. We met when I was 15 and we really got on each other's nerves until for some god-awful reason we decided to date each other...it only lasted a few months until we had a big fight and broke up. We've avoided each other ever since, but now he's over there with Freckles attempting to show off." Eren replied, speaking quickly and angrily.
Levi was surprised that Eren would ever date such a cocky son of a bitch, but he kept that surprise to himself. "Do you want to leave? He hasn't seen you yet so we can probably just slip out and not be noticed by them" Levi said to Eren, wanting his irritation to stop so they could continue spending time together.
"No I don't want to leave. Let's just hope he shuts his big fat horse-mouth after a few minutes or I'll go over there and make him shut it." Eren replied, getting more frustrated as the seconds ticked on and Jean's voice and laughter stayed just as loud and obnoxious.
When Eren's eyes flashed an extremely dark green Levi said, "Eren..." cautioning him NOT to go over there and get into a fight with his ex.
Eren did hear Levi's warning so he decided to shout across the cafe since there was no one in there but Jean, Freckles, and Eren and Levi.
"Hey, Horseface! Shut the fuck up, you're ruining my day with every word you speak" Eren shouted loudly at Jean. The look of surprise and instant anger on his face made Eren grin madly at Levi.
"Well, if it isn't Jaegar-bombtastic over here!" Jean retorted, his pitch going higher when he said 'tastic'. "It's been what...four years since I last saw you, shithead." Jean also said, making the freckled boy sitting with him stiffen up from apparent displeasure at the confrontation.
"Shut your big fat horse-mouth, you double-deckered pig fart!" Eren said, coming up with the most creative insults he could.
Levi burst out laughing at that particular comeback and waited suspensefully for Jean's response. Despite himself he was slightly enjoying the confrontation because of the hilarious insults.
"Get your head out of your penis-hole, you shrimp-dicked fucknugget and screw off!" Jean replied, making the freckled boy cringe some more at the explicit insults flying back and forth.
"God dammit Jean, quit being a puddle of horse piss and why don't you fuck off. Pay attention to your freckled boyfriend there, he's about to cry!" Eren shot back, taking notice of Freckles' distressed state.
"His name is Marco, thank you so not very much" Jean said back, but not as angrily. His furious state of mind being dampened by the sight of Marco being so upsetted. Jean turned back to his boyfriend and thus ignored Eren and Levi.
Eren smiled victoriously and turned back to Levi.
"Creative insults there, Eren" Levi said, still trying to stifle his laughter.
Eren laughed with Levi, proud of his strange comebacks. With most of the peace restored, he and Levi spent the remainder of their morning at the Cafe. Jean and Marco left at around noon, much to Eren's pleasure.
It was only because Armin was the only staffmember there that none of them got kicked out of the Cafe.
Eren and Levi's conversation then revolved around random interests and more about themselves. They eventually understood that they had been sitting and talking for going on six hours when Armin walked over and kindly reminded them of the time. It was three o'clock.
They exchanged glances and Levi told Eren that they should probably get up off their asses and leave.
"Agreed" was Eren's response. They got up and stretched, Eren wiggling his butt around just a bit to shake off the numbness he just realized had set in on his backside.
Levi couldn't help but laugh at Eren when he saw the strange booty shake. "What on earth are you doing?" he asked in between giggles.
"Shut up, my ass fell asleep" Eren replied, at the same time trying not to laugh at himself.
"Come on, let's just go back to the dorm room and hopefully the walk will make your butt wake up again." Levi responded.
"Allright, whatever you say. I hope it wakes up, jeez my butt feels weird." Eren said, and they walked out of Titan Cafe together. They barely noticed that their walk and the way they interacted was completely different from the way they had acted this morning.
Now they acted like best friends. Well, they would be acting like best friends except for the occasional blushes and hand brushing that ensued on their walk back to the dorm.
Yes, it was obvious they liked each other. And yes, now that they knew almost everything about each other made them positive that they were going to pursue a relationship with each other. The thought was an extremely comforting one to both of them.