I rewrote this like 3 times so maybe ill reload it or stuff

here comes the homo...

Levi goes in the forest humming a tune. He was thinking about that Eren kid Carla mentioned and he knew he had met someone with that name, but it was definitely a long time ago. It was when he was 15 he thinks as he dodges a long fallen trunk, when he was just entering the arena to train to be a dragon slayer like everyone else was. There was a kid on the front seat of the arena, and, as Levi was being taught by Pixis the ways of killing a dragon and immediately unleashing one, the kid stared intently at him through the metal pentagon chains that he was outside of.

Levi remembers seeing the amazing green eyes on that kid, so big and bright and full of wonder and happiness. He recalls that when he had finished practice, the boy, 10 years old maybe, had been humming some song slumped again one of the columns of the bridge he took to get to the arena. Levi had heard the tunes carefully and remembers stopping in front of the kid and leaning down a little.

"Oi, kiddo"

The boy had looked up at him with those same big bright eyes and smiled. "Ooh! You´re the guy who was slaying the dragons!" his tone was excited, but a little sad. "But that´s not very nice. Dragons are beautiful creatures"

"Yeah, yeah I know" Levi waved the question away. "What´s that song you were humming?"

The boy smiled. "It´s a song my mama sings when she´s around the house" he blushes a little and looks down. "I like it. S´all"

"It´s good" Levi had deadpanned and was about to go when a woman appeared, grabbing the kid by the hand. Now he remembers that woman.

"Sorry if he bothered" she smiled as she pulled the kid behind her.

"No worries" he shrugged. "Your kid likes the dragons, he´s smart"

"Yeah, I know" she smiles apologetically "Eren´s gonna get in trouble someday anyways. He´s not supposed to like them. He´s supposed to fear them"

"Yeah, but he´s right" Levi had smiled a little. "Dragons are wonderful creatures"

The woman had smiled and waved a goodbye, dragging the kid behind her. Levi dodges another trunk and swings his axe at a giant leaf in his way. He chuckles at the memory. The little kid had stuck that stupid tune to his head. Who knew 5 years later he would be asked by the mother to look for him while he was hunting a dragon.

He turns his head to the side as he suddenly hears a sound, standing very still in his tracks. He crouches a little and listens closely. There it was again. Levi turned in the direction where the sound was coming from when he got to a giant rock which was definitely covering something, a cave maybe.

He put his axe between the junction of the rock and the wall and pulled until it opened enough for him to pass; raising his axe and realizing it had made it some blunt again. I´m seriously killing that dragon, Levi thought as he carefully passed through the opening and widened his eyes.

It seemed that the rock was hiding some kind of secret place. He was standing on the top of a short cliff that opened to a big field with a lake and some trees, with the sky high above and rock walls all around. It felt warm unlike the forest which was cold, and Levi could swear he heard birds singing like fucking Cinderella or something.

He started lowering himself down the cliff, leaving his axe on the top and lowering a simple hunting knife; knowing all the way it was enough for him. When he got to the green grass underneath he whistled lowly, admiring the place. It was like it had been taken out of a children´s story where everything was happiness and joy and fuck.

Levi started walking around cautiously though, giving the opening up, a dragon could easily be hiding among those trees. He was just about to enter the small amount of big trees when he heard a breathe behind him and instantly turned, frowning deeply at the boy standing there.

And looking down at his own axe raised against him.

"What are you doing here?" was the first thing the boy said and Levi was kind of surprised. The axe was clearly too heavy for him and his hands were trembling slightly, though those green eyes looked very determined to swing it at him. He was fifteen or sixteen at most, but he had the determination of a forty year old.

Wait, green eyes?

"That´s lame" Levi said simply, staring at the boy some more. "You can barely hold it"

"Answer me" the boy insisted, raising the axe a little more. With a small frown he noticed he was putting his weight in one foot but dismissed it quickly. He´s tall, brown hair and green eyes. He was wearing white arm bandages, like yours; a-a brown leather vest and black high fur boots. Levi frowned. The description fitted perfectly.

"You´re Eren, aren´t you?" The boy – Eren – tensed up and gasped. Jackpot.

"How did you find me?" he insisted, but his eyes were wide and bright with curiosity and wonder. Beautiful eyes, Levi thought.

"I´m hunting for a dragon" Levi shrugged it off. "Plus, your mom told me to watch out for you ´cause you escaped. Naughty boy"

"Mom?" Eren said, and he lowered the axe so the hilt was resting on the floor. "How?" he almost whispered. "You´re just a kid"

"You got her worried nuts, you idiot" Levi smacked the side of his head and Eren winced slightly. He did not call him a kid. "Have some respect, you brat"

"Respect?" Eren chuckled. Cute, Levi thought for a second, but then remembered he had called him a kid. "You´re barely my age, maybe less" Levi smacked him again. "Hey! Quit it!"

"I´m twenty-one next month" Levi said a little angry. "The only kid here is you"

"I´m sixteen" Eren complained. "I´m not a kid"

"Anyways" Levi waved it off. "It´s getting late and the ride back is quite long. So let´s get going. At least I´ll get a reward for finding you"

"Wait. What?" Eren shook his head. "I can´t go back. I won´t. I won´t train for-"

"Slaying dragons?" The mother was right. The kid did love dragons. "Kid, it´s not optional. It´s for your own defense"

"I won´t" Eren turned and sat down crossed legged on the grass, crossing his arms over his chest and raising his head a little. "You can´t make me. You can tell everyone I don´t want to go back" his voice lowered. "Even mom"

Levi sighed and kicked Eren on the back, getting a protest in return. "It´s not an option. You either walk there obediently with me by yourself, or I kick your ass and carry you"

"You can try" Eren mocked, still not standing.

After half an hour Levi´s going back to the village. Eren is slumped like a rag doll over his shoulder with ropes wrapping his hands and his legs so he doesn´t kick. He couldn´t cover his mouth though. "Put me down! Ow! That hurts!" He kept complaining.

"Oi, shut up" Levi said pinching his leg getting another complain in return. "If you don´t quit moving I´ll knock you out and drag you by the legs. And believe me that´s not any better than this.

"Please. I´m begging you" Eren pleaded. "I don´t wanna go back. I can live in the forest. I´m old enough to take care of myself. Please. I´ll do anything"

Levi felt a little sorry for the guy. He sounded genuinely hurt. "Sorry, kid. I promised your mother"

There was a silence and Eren then murmured. "Can you put me down at least?"

"Only if you swear you won´t go running away" Levi grimaced and Eren nodded against his back.

"Okay. I swear" Levi could hear his doubt. "I´m getting lightheaded honestly"

Levi stopped and dropped him on the floor none too gently. Eren groaned and sat up, holding his tied hands in front of him. "You´re heavy to be so skinny" Actually Eren was opposite of skinny. He was tall and tanned and had broad shoulders and- Levi kicked himself mentally. You´re fucking kidding me, you just met him like half an hour ago. Stop it. He cut his knot with the knife and pointed at him with his axe.

"You try something and I swear I´ll kill you" he warned and Eren swallowed, nodding. He looked much calmer and nicer now that he was vulnerable and not pointing a weapon at him. He stood up with a little difficulty though and after two seconds of frowning, he sat back down and looked up at Levi blushing, immediately turning his head away.

"What´s wrong?" Levi sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Look kid, I´m seriously very tired and I´m not taking anymore…" he stopped suddenly, looking at the way Eren was holding his leg with a pained expression.

Levi kneeled in front of him and, surprisingly without any protests from Eren, pulled up the hem of his pants and looked away. With some breathes he brought his face back to looking at Eren´s leg and wrinkled his nose at the smell of the blood. It was a big burn, with bits of flesh and meat and black edges. The wound was still bleeding and it was honestly disgusting. Levi shot a glare at Eren, who was now looking at him, and shook his head.

"You´re stupid or something?" Levi muttered as he took is bag and dug out a roll of bandages and a a bottle of medicine. "You should've said something you brat"

Eren shrugged a little. "Sorry. It was the adrenaline of seeing a human after 2 months of plants and rocks and nature"

Levi bit the inside of his cheek and took out a piece of cloth. He gave it to Eren. "Bite down on it. This will hurt a bit"

Eren obediently bit it and braced himself as Levi dropped the medicine slowly on the wound. He was holding Eren´s leg down with one hand and could feel the muscles tensing and the muffled scream he was letting out. Levi reached out to make Eren open his eyes and look back at him. "Concentrate on me, kid. It won´t hurt as much" Eren nodded as those bright green eyes bored into his as he dropped more medicine on the burn. Of course, Eren was still screaming, but his muscles seemed to be less tense than before.

Levi carefully wrapped the bandage around his leg and stood up, while Eren was still breathing a little hard. He helped him stand and took his arm around his shoulders to help him walk. "You owe me one" Levi groaned as he helped him walk to the village again.

When they got there, the mother was waiting next to the signs and immediately burst into tears when she saw Eren, pulling him off Levi and hugging him tightly. Levi cracked his back and neck as he saw them, and felt a tad of sympathy as he saw how Eren hugged her back and smiled. The mother pulled his son back and held his face. "I swear to god Eren"

"Sorry mom" he only said as the mother kissed his face and he laughed.

Carla Jaeger then left him in their house that was literally next to the signs, and ran back to Levi. She took one of his hands in both of hers and nodded quickly. "Thank you so much. If you ever need anything, anything at all, just pass by. I am in debt with you"

Levi nodded. "You´re welcome, Mrs. Jaeger"

"Oh, just Carla" She smiled and nodded once more, bowing her head a little. "Thank you for bringing my son back"

When she had already turned to leave Levi called her back. "One more thing"

"Yes?" she turned with wide eyes, willing as always.

"Your son´s got an injury on his leg. It would be good if you dropped him on the infirmary"

Carla Jaeger nodded. "Sure, sure. Thank you. But my husband´s a doctor. Anything else?"

"The training to defend against dragon" the mother blinked at him, surprised. "He survived 2 months alone in the forest. He´s got potential and he looks strong"

The mother smiled. "Yes. Thank you. When he´s cured he´ll have to go" and she turned and went back to her house.

Levi went walking back to Hanji´s and Erwin´s workshop and slumped down on a chair, groaning. "Levi! You´re back already?"

"No Hanji" He put all sarcasm as possible in his voice. "I was killed by the Night Fury. This is my spirit coming back to haunt you forever"

Hanji yelped and Levi face palmed. "Don´t joke around like that! You scared me!" she exclaimed, a little offended.

Erwin appeared behind her, laughing as always. "I´m thinking something happened?"

"Remember that kid that went missing a couple months ago?" Erwin nodded. "I found the little fuck and had to bring him back. No traces of the Night Fury"

"That´s a shame…" Hanji frowned. "I´m dying for a sample of that dragon. I would eat you alive just to get a scale"

"Yeah, I know" Levi frowned for a second, sitting up on his chair. "Wait a second…." His leg had gotten burnt…How did he burn it? He couldn´t have with a fire…there were no traces.

"What´s wrong?" Hanji asked, her eyes widening behind her goggles.

"The kid had a burn on his leg" Levi chuckled. "I bet my hand he encountered a dragon"