I'm going to be trying to gear my writing towards a happy medium between both Eren and Levi so you'd be seeing yourself as a "middle man" who happens to know both of their thoughts, the past two chapters have been focused on Eren mainly because I feel like everyone should know a little back story on our favourite brunette before we dive into Levi's story, which will be added eventually, don't expect it to pop up anytime soon ^'' anywho, enjoy~

PS: Erwin is in this chapter, before anyone get's butthurt I need to make this clear: I DO NOT HATE ERWIN! He's one of my favourite characters, but in Ereri fics he's just an easy character to pull and made into an enemy, in this case he's not an /enemy/ but more or less an obstacle that can speak, I don't plan on making Erwin "evil" in any way, he's just a character that's easy to use -the more you know-


An uncomfortable moment of silence was casted over Levi and Eren, both unsure of what to say to the other in that puzzling situation.

"You realise that staring is rude, right?" Levi spat, shoving his hand into his pocket to grab the small blue carton of cigarettes for a second time that night, taking one out of the package before he lit it. His eyes drifted over to Eren's momentarily before quickly bringing his attention to the cars that drove through past the gallery in a rush, the people inside hurrying to get home or to work as quickly as possible.

"I...Sorry sir, it's just odd...seeing you, I mean I've only just seen your artwork and it's odd meeting the man behind the canvas." Eren sputtered up, mentally kicking himself for such a sappy thing to say, he was willingly sucking up to this man now that he had figured out his social status, if famous artist could fit in there somewhere, and it wasn't like Eren had an undying love for art anyway! His actions were unnecessary. Levi scoffed, blowing out a cloud of fumes Eren's way, leaving the brunette holding his breath in a terrible attempt to hold back his coughing fit.

"So, some low class kid likes art huh? That's not exactly unheard of, but you don't fit the bill." Levi sneered as he eyed up Eren, the kid wasn't dressed for a gallery, and he didn't scream "I love art!" either, he looked like the average confused teenaged boy who didn't know the difference between primary colours and secondary colours.

"I don't!" Eren said quickly, eyes widening once he realised his sudden, defensive outburst. Backing up a bit before he coughed awkwardly, continuing his sentence. "I mean...I don't really like art all that much, I came here not having much of an appreciation but it is nice to see everything inside and just admire it, i'm sure that i'll go home and forget everything, but right now I am quite amazed." Eren said breathlessly before he shamelessly eyed Levi. The man looked like the rest, like he was build out of money, Eren had been told all of his life that artists struggled with money and often worked multiple jobs on top of painting, but assuming that Levi was a full-time artist, he looked too good to be struggling with anything financially.

"If that's the case, don't be too kind tonight, plenty of artists in there will soak up your words and assume you know everything, then if you tell them that you're just some...kid...don't be surprised if they get pissed off." Levi muttered, taking in another long drag from his cigarette, watching as confusion was cast over the brunettes face. "If you owned a business, and someone came up to you talking about how good your business is, you're going to assume that person knows enough to talk to them about the more important stuff, if they don't know anything more you'd feel led on, am I right?" Levi explained slowly.

"Yeah...I guess." Eren muttered, shoving his hands into the pockets of his jeans, watching Levi for a moment before he looked back down at the ground. "Are you offended?" He asked quietly, as he rubbed the back of his neck slowly.

"No, i'm not, do you realise how stupid this conversation is?" Levi muttered as he threw his cigarette to the ground. "It's not the end of the world, stop sulking and go back inside, find someone else to talk to because I don't plan on being your guide for the rest of the night." Levi spat before turning to go back inside, leaving Eren in a confused daze. The conversation had gone quite well before Levi just got up and left, not seeming to give the brunette any answers to his questions.


Levi brushed through the crowd of people, a few greeting him cheerfully but he kept moving wordlessly, heading towards one of the empty galleries where he could just sit and relax for a moment because apparently going outside wasn't a good spot for that either. He sat down on one of the benches that lined the walls in the room, letting out a sigh of relief as he ran his fingers through his hair, his thoughts seeming to fill the empty room with questions all needing answers.

First off, Levi was dealing with a recent break up that still had no explanation, all he knew was that whatever love that was in the relationship had turned sour, for awhile the ravenette tired to fix it, but his partner let it all crumble down. Incidentally, Levi was more or less forced to attend the event with said ex, Erwin was his manager and there was no way for Levi to get a new one soon enough, luckily he had managed to avoid him for the majority of the night. Next was that brat he met outside of the gallery, he wanted to hate the brunette, his need for hate had never burned so much, he wanted to hate that smile and his goofy, inappropriate attire, his messy hair and emerald eyes but Levi could only fake the hate that he desired, leaving him more confused than anything.

"Here you are." Levi didn't bother looking up, he knew that voice, one that he once loved, one that comforted him at the worst of times.

"Congratulations, do you want a prize? It's a punch to the face." Levi said unenthusiastically, rolling his eyes before he shot a glare Erwin's way who rightfully kept his distance from Levi.

"I think I'll pass thanks. Listen, you need to start going around and talking to people, I can't do it all for you." Erwin muttered, leaning against the wall just beside the door, his blue eyes locked on Levi who still wasn't looking straight at him.

"I will, you don't need to parent me Erwin." Levi spat, leaning back as he crossed his legs and then his arms over his chest. "There's just a lot of shit happening right now, the least you can do for me is go out there, put on a smile, and answer some god damn questions." Levi hissed, steel-blue eyes hard on Erwin, who only looked back with a stone hard stare.

"Don't expect me to keep doing this for you Levi, there's no need for it now." Erwin said in a low tone, a tone that shot Levi straight through the chest, but of course the ravenette wouldn't dare to show the blonde, not anymore.

"Trust me, this is the last time." Levi hissed before he stood up, glaring at Erwin once more. "It shouldn't surprise you, but i'm finding a new manager as soon as possible, that way we don't have to deal with each other anymore." He said before leaving the room, not letting Erwin add on anything else, too drained to deal with him any longer.


Eren walked around the gallery aimlessly, making pit stops to get himself a drink or a chocolate covered strawberry, something he had only ever seen in television shows and movies, also something he had quickly grown to love.

"Eren!" He turned at his name, a wave of relief settling on his shoulders once he saw Andre making his way up to him. "How are you doing?" He asked, a joyful smile plastered over his face, Eren could only smile back as his thoughts drifted back to the small ravenette.

"Fine I guess, I've looked at all the artwork and I've talked to a few people, nothing all that eventful." Eren said with a casual shrug, watching as Andre adjusted to suit he wore.

"Well that's good, listen we're going to be leaving in about an hour or so, so make your final rounds before we leave, unless if you find another way home." Andre said as he eyed Eren for a moment, who nodded in reply. "Good, I'll come find you later kid." Andre called as he turned to leave Eren again, joining a conversation in a small group of people. Eren had always envied Andre's social skills, the man could just casually insert himself as if he owned the place, the people he talked to didn't have to know who he was nor did he need to know who they were, he just worked his magic.

Eren watched Andre for a moment before he walked off again, glancing up at the large sculpture that was in the centre of the gallery, it was large enough to almost touch the glass dome roof of the building but not quite there, from what he could tell, it was made out of various metals, it really was quite spectacular for all of the bland colours. The brunette over once he heard a familiar voice, not able to stop himself once he saw Levi talking to a man and woman, just in front of one of his own pieces, Eren had to stop himself from casually strolling over to say hello, knowing he was more likely to get kicked rather than receive a joyful hello, so, he sat down and quietly examined the ravenette from afar.