to reclaim it. The weather was a little colder than most days this winter, a brisk 37 degrees. Damn, he thought, Houston needs to stop being so damn cold, it's supposed to be a warm winter. He blew breath into his hands, and rubbed his arms. Eren seriously needed to hurry up.
Eren walked to the park, looking at his phone occasionally. Levi was probably going to be pissed he took twenty minutes to go there, even though it's a ten minute walk. Whe he arrived, he looked up to see Levi shivering on top of the slide.
"Captain, you're shivering," Eren stated, walking up the slide and motioning for him to scoot over so he could sit next to the shivering teen.
"I'm fine," you could see Levi's breath when he spoke.
"Liar," Eren shrugged off his jacket, not being affected by the cold much since he has a bit of a higher body temperature than most. He handed his letterman to Levi, and he begrudgingly put the over-sized jacket on. Eren gave a small smile when he relaxed a little more, buttoning up the jacket.
"So," Levi began, resting his chin on his hands.
"I'm late," Eren finished, shrugging.
"Yeah, it's frankly kind of annoying. I'll ignore it for now, though," Levi concluded, noticing how the sleeves were a little too long for him. He didn't care, no point in complaining about warm hands.
"So why'd you call me over here at two a.m.?" Eren asked, leaning against the slide. "I mean, I guess I can just go into school a little later tomorrow. I only have two tardies for the year," he added, shrugging.
"Hm, I would assume it's because I'm angry with you but Hanji suggest we just talk."
"Levi…" Eren began, sighing. "I didn't mean to blow up like that, honestly. This week has been stressful and I've had a lot on my mind, on top of having to deal with the constant problems in theater. The thing between you and me in the orchestra room," he made a wide motion with his hands, "Was an accident. I didn't mean for things to go that way, even though you initiated the kiss. I'd rather have different circumstances if we were to ever kiss again, but relationships seriously aren't my thing right now."
Levi kept his hand down for the majority of the apology, keeping himself from walking away. The words kind of stung, but he knew things wouldn't work out. What he didn't remember is ever telling Eren anything about his feelings, and looked up at him.
"I never implied I had a thing for you romantically," he stated simply.
"Wait—what?" Eren looked at him a bit shocked, "You...what? Then what was the kiss for?" He asked, trying to make it seem like he never heard the conversation. "Did you just wanna try something?"
"Sure," He replied bluntly, shrugging. "Wanted to see how you'd respond, and I liked the response."
"Wow," Eren rolled his eyes. "Nice to know you care."
"I wouldn't mind doing it again," he stated simply, looking right at Eren.
Eren stared, and debated actually reading into the sentence too much. Did Levi ask him out? Or did he just wanna make out? Jesus Christ Levi, you're not easy to read.
"…One more time, that's it. We put this behind us and never speak of it again, and never bring it up to the others," Eren said, making eye contact with him.
"I'm fine with that."
Eren sucked in a breath and leaned over to his friend, a little nervous. Levi rolled his eyes at him, and brought them closer together, lightly brushing his lips to Eren's. It was sweet at first, just holding on to each other and not doing much else. Eren ended up being the first one to press harder to Levi, earning a pleasant noise from him. Levi grabbed harder at Eren and brought them closer, and tightened his grab. Eren tasted like cherries now, maybe a bit of Dr. Pepper mixed in.
Eren was the first to run his tongue over Levi's lips, and he gleefully granted the approval. Levi grabbed at Eren's hips to tug him into his lap, giving Eren the space needed to wrap his arms around Levi's shoulders. God, they were really into this, Eren thought when Levi shoved his tongue into his mouth. He wondered if they should probably stop before things got too heated, but decided against it when he bit at Levi's lip and a soft moan bubbled from him.
Eren shifted a little, brushing Levi's crotch by accident and feeling how it was absolutely not soft and oh God they should really, really stop before this goes too far. He broke the kiss and even in the dark, he could see how flustered Levi was becoming. To be honest, it was actually endearing. He was about to lean in for one last kiss before Levi got from his lap and stood up.
"I'll be heading home now," he coughed, pulling the jacket a little lower.
"Yeah, see you in class tomorrow," Eren replied, looking away.
Days until opening night: 1
Things had been weird all day.
Levi showed up for second period and went about his day, a little sleep deprived and a tad more irritated. Hanji was the first to notice this, and took it in stride that he probably was with Eren last night. Eren didn't show up until third period, with a cup of coffee and a valid excuse that Mikasa vouched for. The two were talking, but it was a little more awkward.
Come time for final rehearsals Eren was locked up in the control booth with Ymir and Armin, Levi was preoccupied with working on the quick changes and final details. They were all pleased with how well this was going to turn out, and no accidents ever happened.
Come time for when they all decided to have a break, everyone sat on the stage in an awkward silence for the first time in a very long time, and nobody could pinpoint why. Maybe, just maybe, it was the fact Eren and Levi were eyeing one another from across the room.
"Oh my God, I can't believe it," Hanji finally stood up, all eyes on her. "There is some serious eyefucking going on with you two, and if it doesn't stop I'm going to cry. Please just stop now and wait until Strike, please," she begged, groaning. Eren looked mortified when she gestured to him and Levi, but Levi only remained impassive.
"I'm going for a smoke," He says, simply leaving them all. When Eren didn't get up and follow, and Levi was out of the auditorium, all eyes were on him.
"Jaeger, what happened?" Jean asked, crossing his arms. "Yesterday you two argue over how you have a boner for him, and now today it's just tension."
"I'm with Jean on this one," Ymir comments, leaning on Christa for support. "You two are seriously making everything much more awkward than it should be."
"Nothing happened," Eren held his ground, rolling his eyes. "We made up and that's it."
"Yes, and that's obviously why the shorty walked in school today looking comfy in your letterman," Reiner pointed out, smiling. Eren's face flushed at that comment, and he shook his head.
"Levi was cold last night when I met up with him, so I let him borrow my jacket."
"Aw, how romantic!" Christa remarked, giggling. "It's so old school, how typical of you!"
Eren looked mortified at Christa's remark, waving his hands. "It's not like that! He was cold, I had a jacket! That's what friends do," he stressed the word friends.
Over from where Erwin was, Hanji shot up again. "Letterman's don't have that meaning like it did in the fifties, but it would be adorable if that was the reason!" She stated, grinning. Eren held his face in his hands, too mortified by his friends. He stood up, walking out and yelling a nice "Screw off!"
Levi heard angry stomps coming towards him, figuring it was Eren. He prepared a cigarette and lit it, and when Eren was next to him Levi handed the stick to him.
"They think we're dating."
Levi choked on the smoke he'd decided to inhale, and began laughing. Are they serious? All because he strolled in casually with the jacket on? He admits he liked it, Eren's scent lingered on and it was rather comfortable. No one questioned him, though, since they all traded letterman's a bit through the school year.
"You're joking."
"I told Armin about the first time we kissed, so I guess he told Hanji because of a bet. I guess they think we're dating because of it," Eren spat out, blowing smoke in Levi's face.
"Hey, I can only do that to you," he wafted the smoke away. "And besides, let them think what they want. Just get a boyfriend or girlfriend or something to prove them wrong," he shrugged, taking a drag.
"We went over this, I don't want a relationship," Eren said. "If I get one, anyways, they'll do the whole thing they usually do and shun them and me," he got a hold of the reason why they did that now, but to be honest, Eren didn't care for romance with anyone until graduation.
"Then I'll just grab a boyfriend," Levi joked, smirking.
"Hell no, you have work to do!" Eren shot back, frowning. Levi only chuckled at this, smothering the cigarette out. "Looks like Jaegerbomb is jealous," he muttered, walking away.
Eren couldn't exactly admit that he wasn't, but finished the cigarette by himself. He didn't have a firm grasp on his feelings anymore.
A/N: heeeeeeey yooooooooooooooooooooo this is what i say oooh. so like, i meant to update yesterday but i couldn't write this and just. yeAH. so i hope you liked this chapter. it was a bitch and a half to write. (you should all follow my progress at my tumblr gaymakeout and my girlfriend's, lordtwink)