The next week, Hanji and Isabel had most of the message system installed. Eren no longer needed to deliver messages to or from Levi, but that didn't keep the cabin boy from visiting his captain often. Eren would be in Levi's cabin to help with his shoulder. And Lei was happy with that arrangement, because it was more time with Eren. And it kept Hanji away.
"So what do you and the Captain do in his cabin all the time?" Jean asked one day. Eren shrugged.
"I clean his wound, eat, talk." Eren answered.
"That's boring." Ymir said from one of the rat lines leading up to the main mast. Eren cocked an eyebrow, before blushing deeply.
"Well... we make out sometimes..." Eren added.
"Is that it?" Reiner asked, snorting slightly. Eren pouted.
"Well yeah. Levi's hurt still. I don't want to make anything worse." Eren defended.
"Hasn't stopped him from bedding anyone before." Annie said, not really caring, but throwing the information out there anyways.
"Their relationship is new, lay off a bit." Armin huffed.
"You fucked Marco an hour after getting together. You have no room to talk." Ymir snickered.
"Maybe the Captain won't fuck a virgin?" Connie said without really thinking. Eren paled. He originally thought that the Captain was allowing everything to go at Eren's pace. But was that true? What if it was?
"Nice work Connie." Mikasa sassed as she swung down from the Foremast. "Don't listen to them, Eren. Sex isn't everything in a relationship-"
"You and Sasha scissor every night." Annie supplied once again. Mikasa glared at her, before giving her fellow rigger the finger.
"As I was saying. It's not everything. And it seems that the Captain wants an actual relationship with you. If he wanted to bed you, he would have already." Mikasa said, trying to calm Eren down.
"But what if they're right? I mean... I wouldn't mind getting a little more... intimate... but he's hurt, and I have no experience! What if-"
"What are you all picking on him for now?" Isabel asked as she came up, hammer in one hand.
"If Captain isn't boning Eren because he's still got his cherry." Annie supplied once again. Isabel blinked a few times before falling into a fit of giggles.
"This isn't funny, Izzy! What if they're right?" Eren whined. Isabel giggled a little longer.
"Eren, trust me. Even if Big Bro looks at you like he wants to ravish you." Isabel smiled softly. "He'd never push you into something you don't want."
"But what if... I..." Eren shifted on his feet a bit, gripping his mop tightly. "I want to be more intimate... not sex, but..." Eren shifted again. Isabel blinked a few times, before bursting out laughing again.
"You are too damn pure to be with Big Bro, seriously." Isabel walked forward and smirked. "Move in with him. He may not sleep much, but it'll make you spend more time with him." Isabel said with a chuckle.
"B-But what about Armin?" Eren said, turning to his friend. Armin shrugged.
"I'll room by myself again. Or maybe room with someone else." Armin said, then smiled. "I want you to be happy Eren."
"And he's sick of not being able to fuck Marco." Ymir called and giggled. Armin blushed.
"At least I can get sex while we're out. What about you? You only have Krista warming your bed once or twice a year!" Armin called back. Ymir gave him the finger.
"It's still more than Jean." Ymir said, cutting off Jean's laughing.
"Hey! It's not my fault Bert's not willing to put out when we're out!" Jean defended.
"Fucking perverts." Everyone turned to see Levi leaning against his door, sling and shrit off, arms crossed, a small grimace on his face. "First of all, Bert's not fucking you because it makes him uncomfortable knowing that everyone can hear, so stop being a pussy ass, Jean. Second, Armin, Ymir, I don't see the point in comparing sexual escapades, Mikasa and Sasha will always have you two beat considering that I can hear them some nights. Reiner, you have no room to speak since you can't fuck Annie while we're sailing. And I'm disappointed that you all think I'm a sex crazed maniac." Levi said.
"But these past few months, you've been masturbating as often as Jean, Big Bro." Isabel said innocently, but with a wide smirk. Levi glared at her.
"You're full of shit." Levi responded, though he wouldn't admit that she was sort of right. But at least he could control his vocals. His eye moved over to Eren, who was blushing bright red, looking to the floor as he returned to mopping one spot furiously. "Hey Eren." Eren turned to him quickly. Levi gestured to his shoulder, and Eren immediately nodded, cleaning up his things and heading with Levi to deal with his wound.
The rest of the day had Eren thinking about what everyone had said. Especially Isabel and Armin. Armin wouldn't be hurt by Eren moving into Levi's cabin, and Isabel had a point. He'd be able to spend more time with Levi. And keep a closer eye on his shoulder. It's a win-win for Eren.
But what about Levi? Would Levi want Eren in his room? They may have lived together on the island, but that was different. Their relationship was different. And would living together on the ship move to the island as well? Or would Eren live in the dorms?
"What's wrong Eren?" Hanji asked as he was in cleaning the infirmary.
"Hmm? Oh, just have a lot on my mind, that's all." Eren responded. Hanji hummed as she looked down one of the tubes her and Isabel had made, making sure it was hollowed out correctly.
"Thinking about Levi?" Hanji said with a light tease in her tone.
"Thinking of moving in with him." Isabel said as she came in, catching the end of the conversation. Hanji nearly dropped the hollowed tube with her excitement.
"Why are you even thinking about it Eren?" Hanji squealed. Eren flinched, but sighed.
"Because I don't know what Levi would think. I don't want him to feel like I'm being too pushy. I mean, we just started dating last week. And I know most of the others have dived head first into theirs, but..." Eren sighed. Isabel and Hanji smiled gently at him.
"Told you, he's too pure for Big Bro." Isabel said as she grabbed one of the finished tubes.
"More like this ship. Everything about you screams pirate Eren, but your romantic feelings for Levi are just too sweet." Hanji added in. "Makes me almost feel bad for picking on you at the beginning."
"Really?" Eren asked.
"Nope!" The women replied with wide smiles.
"Seriously Eren, Levi won't freak out if you ask him. Just ask. Worst he'll do is say no. And that might not be permanent. You aren't just a lay, you're his boyfriend." Hanji said, then giggled lightly.
"I know..." Eren said, smiling and blushing lightly. "I just... Levi means a lot to me. I don't want to mess this up and lose him. I don't want our relationship to return to 'Captain and Cabin Boy'."
"Damn, you really love him." Isabel said, like she was a little surprised.
"Of course I do. I don't do anything half assed." Eren said with a smile.
"Except cleaning my ship and asking me questions." Everyone turned to the door, where Levi was leaning against the door frame. Erwin could just be seen leaning on the wall across from the door. Eren swallowed deeply as Levi walked in. "I couldn't find you for my shoulder, and when I asked Eyebrows, he said you were down here. Now, are you going to be a man, and ask me that question everyone but me knows has been swimming through your damn head?" Levi asked.
"U-Umm..." Eren began, but trailed off. He was too nervous. Levi sighed.
"The answer is not until you grow the balls to ask me properly, you shit." Levi said, then flinched. "Fuck this hurts." Eren huffed.
"Then stop crossing your arms! You're pulling on your shoulder, in turn pulling the unhealed muscle. So stop. And aren't you supposed to wear the sling unless your wound is being tended, you're changing or your bathing? Seriously." Eren walked forward and pulled Levi into the room and laid him on one of the cots, grabbing everything he needed, and then began to tend to Levi. "When is this going to get into your fucking head? You're going to keep in from healing, then what?"
"I'll be healed in another week." Levi said nonchalantly. Eren froze for a second. "I heal quickly." Levi said with a one shoulder shrug.
"Uh, so do I." Eren said, before returning to his task. Hanji cocked an eyebrow, pulling out her notebook and writing it down, Erwin being the only other person noticing as Isabel was watching the endearing scene between the Captain and his Cabin boy.