Eren sat in the dorm room early one Saturday evening, working on a painting for art class. It was a picture of a pair of wings crossed over each other, one being blue and the other white. Eren had just finished painting the dark green background when Levi entered the room.
"Oi, if you're done with that get dressed into something fancy. We're going to Sina's Castle for dinner" Levi said, grabbing a dressy change of clothes and changing right in the bedroom.
Eren and Levi had been dating for a little over three weeks, and this would be their first date. Even being with him for that period of time, it still took Eren's breath away every time he saw a flash of Levi's skin. He fought the blush on his cheeks and went to the bathroom to wash the paint off his hands to avoid ogling Levi's body as he changed.
He emerged from the bathroom and went over to his dresser, grabbing a dark blue button-down and some black slacks. He thought it would look nice to wear a shirt opposite the color of Levi's, being a dark red that complimented his pale complexion nicely.
Eren changed quickly and grabbed a comb, messily running it through his hair to make it slightly less crappy-looking. It took him several minutes to get the mass of tangles to calm their titties, and he eventually put the comb back on the dresser, happy with his less shitty hair.
Levi tch-ed and was already waiting by the door impatiently for his boyfriend, tapping his foot.
"Sorry, sorry" Eren apologized sheepishly for taking so long, and they walked out the door. Eren grabbed Levi's hand, interlocking their fingers with confidence and a huge grin lit up his face because he was so happy that he was able to be with Levi.
Levi rolled his eyes and gave a small smile as well, squeezing Eren's hand to reassure him that he wasn't really annoyed.
"I want to walk there, it's only like four blocks away right?" Eren said contemplatively, enjoying the nice breeze and sunset that was lighting up the sky.
"Yeah, we can walk there" Levi replied, walking slowly so that even with the cool air he wouldn't be at risk of breaking a sweat and getting filthy.
They strolled down the street, stopping every few minutes or so for Eren to look at some pretty pictures on the sides of buildings or for Levi to be in awe of the music shoppes. Levi had a thing for old violins and the G-String was one of a few beautiful little shoppes that had tons of the stringed instruments that called to Levi.
Eren found it cute how Levi was so interested in vintage violins, so he waited patiently every time Levi would stop and just stare at a random shoppe's windows.
They were about two blocks away from the restaurant when the couple passed by a small little diner. There was seating outside and several groups of people were enjoying the cool evening.
One such group was a small cluster of four middle-aged men with pot-bellies and beer smelling breath. Levi grew tense as they started to walk by the diner, hoping that none of the men would say anything about Eren and Levi obviously being a couple.
Levi had gotten shit from people, mainly the elderly and random rude middle-aged men, in the past for being gay, so he knew when to get wary of certain individuals.
Levi sighed in frustration when one of the men glanced up at Eren and him, a sneer on his ugly pug-like face.
Eren didn't notice the man's look, he was too busy looking across the street at another piece of art on a building's wall. He did notice however when the man's look transformed from a rude glance to a cruel comment.
"You two are disgusting" the man muttered, his voice ragged and slurred from beer. The other men in his little group laughed and agreed with the man, adding gross comments to his remark about the couple.
Levi gritted his teeth and held Eren's hand tighter, what the man had said didn't really get to him, he was just pissed that people thought things like that when it really was none of their fucking business who liked who.
"Would you fuck off?" Eren asked snarkily, boldly staring the man down and slowing his walk so that he would pass the diner leisurely, giving time to hear the man's response.
"How about you fuck off, you gay ass f*ggot!" the man leered at him, spitting in his direction and giving an evil look.
Levi at this point, had had enough of the man's bullshit. He proceeded to stop in his tracks, unwind his hand from Eren's and calmly stride over to the man's table.
Levi's walk and demeanor screamed intimidation and the look in his eyes was murderous. He did not take kindly to the man talking that kind of shit to his boyfriend.
"Care to repeat that, sir?" Levi asked, his voice cold and eyes steely. He mockingly placed his hands on the man's table and leaned forward to look the man in the face.
The man had enough sense not to repeat what he said, and he said, "Oh, it was nothing, dude" in a trembly voice that made Levi's face stretch into a humorless smile.
"Thought so" Levi replied, and he turned away from their table to walk back to his boyfriend.
Eren had been standing unsurely about a yard away from the group of men, debating on whether or not to let Levi handle the doucheface or walk over there himself and beat the living shit out of the guy. Luckily, Levi handled it quite well and Eren was relieved of the duty of beating the fuck out of the man.
"Let's go, Eren" Levi said, grabbing his hand and tugging him away from the diner quickly, his short legs moving quite fast despite their length.
Eren complied and let himself be dragged from the diner, his mind still whirling around what the douchebag had said.
"I really fucking hate people like that" Eren said, his voice sad and mad at the same time, his eyes' usual turquoise color had changed into a deeper blue that made Levi's heart twinge in sadness at his lover's distressed state.
"I do too, but don't take what that dick-head said to heart, mmkay?" Levi replied, his voice soft and sweet to calm Eren down.
Eren nodded uncertainly, but his conflicted expression made it quite obvious he was still taking the douche's comments to heart.
"Oi" Levi said, standing up on his tip-toes to place a small kiss on Eren's cheek.
Eren smiled and the deep blue of his eyes morphed back to their regular turquoise state, he shook his head and made himself stop thinking about it.
Levi smiled and they continued on their way to Sina's Castle.
They arrived at the fancy restaurant just as the sun set over the horizon, and Eren took several moments to admire the purplish sky.
Levi smiled, his face turning slightly pink because of how gorgeous Eren looked in the sky's deep purple light. He tugged Eren's hand and held the door open for him, gesturing for him to go first into the classy place.
Eren walked inside and was slightly awed at how beautiful the place looked inside. Sina's Castle looked really rustic and old-timey, it had been modeled to look almost like a medieval village of sorts with each section enclosed by tall cobblestone walls that were labeled Maria, Rose, and Sina. The deep greens and light browns went together nicely and Eren was very impressed at the cool design.
"Reservation for Rivaille" Levi murmured to the greeter waiting at the door, smiling at Eren because of how cute he looked with his wide eyes.
Eren blinked and snapped out of his art-watching trance that he had gotten into and followed the waitress to a back corner of the restaurant. Levi sat down across from him and Eren had to smile at the smirk on his boyfriend's face.
"Yes, the place is amazing, okay?" Eren admitted, not able to stop himself from looking around even more at the gorgeous interior.
Levi chuckled and told Eren to get whatever he wanted, that Levi would be paying. Eren tried protesting but Levi stood firm in his decision to pay for their meal. Eren finally consented and opened up the menu to look at all the choices of food.
Thus, their date began.
(A/N: teehees so imma wait and describe their date in the next chapter! Lol sorry for the letdown if u guys were wanting to read about their date riiiight hurr riiiiiiiight now. Promise I'll try to update soon, kay? Lurve all you lovely people, thx for reading, ur all fabulousssss~)