A/N: Sorry for the super long wait! DX I didn't think this story would get so much attention for one chapter and I meant to continue it but then school and exams and-AND I'M SORRY.

So long chapter! At least I think it's long cause I never write over 3,500 words for a chapter so there!

This chapter has a little Levi/Eren action and there will be more in the next chapter too!

So again, sorry! Other stories will be updated too like (next one; almost done) NEKO, His Bodyguard so don't worry if you follow those stories too!

And review! :D

Also I hope nobody thinks Jean is being a jerk!

He's not mean, he's just being playful. He and Eren just have a friend/enemy relationship in my story.

I love Jean.

It's okay, no worries! XD

LOVE HIM.

On his way to the dining hall, Eren noticed that it was already in the late afternoon and that the sun had already began to set. He was surprised by this since the day had felt so slow and uneventful, besides the fact that Captain Levi basically threatened him earlier.

He really got threatened by Humanity's strongest soldier. How cool was that!

Getting a threat from Jean or Reiner didn't really do it in for him. There was no intimidating glare that gave Eren enough chills send him into a shivering fit…not like Captain Levi.

The brunette grinned.

And he didn't realize this little smirk formed on his lips until he walked into the dining hall, receiving a couple of glances and stares from everyone else. From the doorway, Eren stood there, waiting for them to avert their gazes or for Jean to make his daily attempt at sounding threatening, but nobody spoke.

He blinked. "What?"

The first one to pipe was, of course, the one and only Jean Kirschtein. He leered, showing his pearly whites before booming, "WELL SOMEBODY'S LATE. And what a surprise! If it's captain's orders, you usually obey like the stupid dog you are…but…you're the LAST one? This can't be! I bet Captain got on your case or something, huh?!"

As if to mock Captain Levi, Jean stood up and placed his hands on his hips. In a deep voice that was meant to imitate the man, he said, "Eren, you really need to work on yours skills some more…you know why?" Now he broke character as he shouted, "CAUSE YOU SUCK!" Next to the now laughing Jean, sat a composed looking Reiner whom he elbowed softly as if to cue him on laughing.

The blonde didn't. He simply shook his head. "Both of you are so damn annoying…"

Beside him, Bert was smiling. Even Christa seemed to be holding back a giggle.

Eren was just about to make a remark when Mikasa waved him over to the empty seat between her and Armin. Silently, he took his spot at the table, closed his eyes and tilted his face up like a pampered pooch in attempt to ignore the enemy. "Shut your mouth, horse-face."

"AWW! He did, didn't he?" Jean sat back down and leaned over the table to whisper, "got extra laps around HQ or something?" He snickered.

"No…"

"Oh, I get it," Jean bobbed his head up and down jokingly. "He just kicked your ass like earlier."

"No," Eren replied firmly, an obvious fire burning in his tone.

"Or did he-!"

Suddenly, the brunette rose, pushing back his chair and slamming his hands down on the table in the process and startling everyone, including Jean who stopped mid-sentence. Despite everyone feeling the urge to calm him before the two got out of hand, the room was extremely quiet. The only one to speak up for the group was Armin.

"Guys…please. Eren…sit down, okay…?"

Jean smirked, standing up as well, more collectedly and slowly than Eren had. Both of them glared daggers at one another wordlessly as if just daring the other to make a sly comment.

"Here we go again…" Ymir muttered irritatingly.

"Heh," Reiner chuckled. "I like a good fight…but you two are just plain childish so I wouldn't even call this a real fight."

Jean didn't even break the eye contact between him and Eren as he responded, "Eren's the childish one here, playing pranks and acting all bad when it just makes him seem stupid."

"STUPID?!"

Bert winced. "Please stop…!"

"I'M STUPID?!" Eren continued, ignoring Bertholdt. "Y-YOU ARE!"

Jean rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah? How?! You're the one who starts all the fights!"

"Well you started this one! All I did was walk into the room and you started it!"

The atmosphere suddenly grew tight and Eren felt a tug at his sleeve. When he regarded it, Mikasa was looking up at him from her seat and he noticed her dark eyes gesture momentarily towards the doorway. Surely enough, Captain Levi was standing there, arms crossed over his chest, glaring the entire squad down with his well-known daunting scowl.

"Sit down," he ordered.

Both Jean and Eren did just that in a heartbeat.

Something welled inside the brunette while he sat there, staring down at the wooden table in front of him. Something he wanted to say, but wasn't sure whether it should be said. It was almost like vomit he wanted to swallow…it kept coming up until eventually-

"HEICHOU, JEAN STARTED-!"

"I don't care who started it," Levi countered, slicing right through Eren's words. "I'm ending it. In a couple of days from now, we'll be going on a scout of the area in regimens. This will be your first time as members of the Corps so Commander Erwin and the rest of them will be here to brief you shortly. Get your acts together." His eyes flickered to Jean and then to Eren.

The boy flinched and Levi turned to take his leave.

When the feel of the room relaxed more, Mikasa was suddenly on to Eren. "Are you okay, Eren?"

He was caught off guard by this; unaware she had noticed him flinch earlier.

"I-I'm fine!"

"Your face…is red," she murmured.

"EH?!" Frantically, Eren started rubbing his face as if he'd be able to get it off that way.

Reiner and Bert shared a glance; the blonde grinning madly. "I wonder what was going on through your head…the one time I randomly blushed was when I was thinking some…not so clean thoughts…!" Reiner exclaimed, leaving everyone to either laugh, simply sit there without getting the joke or look at Eren with a shocked expression.

Sasha, sitting across from Eren now lunged forward playfully, grabbing his wrists. "Or maybe you were thinking about food, right?! I blush when I do that too!"

"No, shut up, Sasha," Jean said, flicking the girl on the forehead and then leaning in Eren's direction. "Oh, imagine Captain Levi in bed with that glare of his!" He proclaimed jestingly. "Right, Eren?!"

The thought of that did give Eren a tingly feeling inside—AND WHAT IS HE THINKING?!

Mikasa shook him from his thoughts, grasping his shoulder. "Say it's not true!"

Desperately, he slammed a fist on the table. "Of course it's not true! Shut it, Jean!"

"And why not?"

"Cause…h-he's an adult!"

"That's your only excuse?" Everyone looked at Eren now, understanding Jean's point.

He did need a better excuse if he wanted them to believe him.

Eren tried to think.

"He's also…not my type…?"

"Why are you saying that like it's a question?" Ymir inquired doubtfully.

"HE'S NOT MY TYPE!" Eren bellowed almost too quickly.

Reiner cut in now. "So…you think he's attractive?"

"NO!"

"You never said it though," he muttered.

The brunette stood up now, once again angered by everyone, but as soon as he did, Levi was back again.

"Eren."

He frowned. "…yes, Sir?"

"Sit back down."

When Eren obeyed, the rest of the Survey Corps members begin to pile into the dining hall, Commander Erwin being the first to come in. As they did, the brunette peeked over at Captain Levi; he looked as jaded and bored as he always did so…that must have meant he didn't hear anything from earlier.

At least he hoped so.

Even after the meeting had begun and Hanji was doing the introductions, Eren couldn't stop throwing glances at Captain Levi. Something about the man just kept grabbing his attention and even when he actually tried to listen; his eyes kept telling him that Heichou was much more stimulating.

However, Eren was able to keep up with a good part of the briefing; Levi was telling no lie. In time, they'd be going on their very first scouting mission; something the Corps did often…sweeping the walls for titans. Hanji said to think of it as a fun field trip where it's possible to die!

Nice.

Levi added to think of it as cleaning up enormous, moving dust bunnies with pointy mops that resembled swords.

Ha-Ha.

Very funny, Eren thought to himself. Such dry humor.

"I'm so hungry…" Sasha murmured quietly, but loud enough to be heard by everyone in the room.

Connie elbowed her.

Erwin raised an eyebrow and then cleared his throat. "…As I was saying, each one of you will be assigned to regimen led by one of our older and much more experienced members-"

"And I'll have Eren in my group, right?!" Hanji interrupted enthusiastically, almost urgently skipping in Eren's direction. The boy, knowing how she gets due to his titan powers, was just about to stand up and scoot further away from her, but she was swiftly apprehended by Captain Levi, who gripped her jacket and kept her stationary. "Calm down, four eyes."

The eccentric woman relaxed, and after a few seconds, she turned towards Levi, looking at him with predator-like eyes. "OH-HOHO! I SEE. I accept your challenge, my two eyed friend!"

Levi narrowed his eyes questioningly.

"What challenge?" Asked one of the other members—a woman named Petra. "Heichou, am I missing something?"

"IT'S IN THOSE EYES OF HIS, PETRA!" Hanji exclaimed a bit too theatrically. "We'll see, Levi…"

"See what?" The captain inquired resignedly.

"Who gets Eren in their regimen, of course! TO THE MEETING ROOM, EVERYONE!" With that, she dashed out of the room, leaving everyone to stare at the doorway in pure…confusion.

Oluo, who was leaning against the wall, sighed. "Loony glasses freak…I don't understand why she has a fetish for titans, but either way…" he regarded Eren. "If you end up with her, Eren…" He teasingly raised his right fist over his chest with his other arm behind in a salute.

Petra shoved him. "Oluo, really?! Eren…ignore him."

"AND YOU HAVE A FETISH FOR PUSHING ME."

The room grew warmer when everyone started to laugh.

Even Eren did just a little.

But he stopped early when he felt someone's eyes on him. When he turned towards them; it turned out to be Captain Levi. He had been staring at him rather forcefully, or at least it looked like it with the furrows under his eyes, but once Eren caught him, he slowly and somewhat aggressively glanced elsewhere to break their eye contact.

There it was again.

That strong, intimidating feeling Captain Levi gave him. He only wished the man would stare longer.

Eren's body stiffened.

If anything…he wanted to be in Levi's regimen.

The next day, Eren found himself on standby. In fact, everyone was on standby. Everybody seemed to be focusing on daily duties like cleaning, training or some were even just relaxing.

From what he had heard, Erwin was putting careful thought into the regimens for the wall sweep mission. He was using everyone's tactics, their skills; the categories they were strong and weak in, and the types of people best suited them to be regimen mates with. If that were true; then perhaps he and Jean would definitely not be seeing each other…

Good riddance.

Still, he wondered and hoped that Erwin would be considering Levi for him, but being unable to do anything about it now, Eren mooched around until he eventually came upon Captain Levi and Petra tending to the horses together near the stables. It was sunny out, so he backed up into the shade of a nearby tree and eyed them.

Levi didn't appear happy…but then again; he never did.

Wait.

Why was Eren thinking about whether or not he looked happy being around Petra?

The brunette stuck out his bottom lip.

Some sort of pain ached within his chest. Eren raised his hand and covered the spot where his heart was located. That's where it was hurting…

Why, though?

"What's wrong, Eren? Are we jealous…?"

Jealousy!

"That's it!" Eren blinked when he realized that somebody else had spoken that and he yelped only to see a smiling Armin standing beside him. He was really grasping his chest now. "Damn it, Armin Arlert!"

The blonde tilted his head. "Did I scare you?"

"Yes…!"

"My apologizes…" He murmured; his voice fading gently. "So…why are you hiding?"

Eren's response came rather quickly; so quickly that he had almost cut his friend off. "No reason!"

Armin nodded slowly. "Uh-huh…" He gestured towards Petra and Levi. "Spying on them?"

"No…"

"Spying on Levi?" He smiled impishly.

"No…!" Eren countered louder this time only to end up clamping his hands over his mouth. The last thing he wanted was to get caught so this time around, he yell-whispered. "No….!"

The smaller male beamed. "It's okay, Eren. You don't have to hide it from me. I already know."

"…I'd expect nothing less from you, Armin." Eren murmured dejectedly. "Go on and yell…"

"If you insist," Armin replied reluctantly with a hint of puzzlement. "About what exactly?"

At this, the brunette cocked an eyebrow and eyed his fragile friend, unsure of whether he was simply joking around or being dead serious. From the confused expression on his round face; it had to be option number two. Still, Eren started to beat around the bush.

"You know…tell me how wrong this is, how Levi would never be interested in me, the age difference…"

Armin made a noise that could've either been a giggle, a sneeze or a combination between the two, but with the amused look on his face, Eren assumed he was giggling. "It's up to you to interpret how wrong this is," he said, glancing over towards Petra and Levi. "Besides, you never know what Heichou could be interested in…and age difference…I say that's the least of your worries. When you like someone, you like them and that's that, right? Age doesn't even matter…"

When the blonde turned his head back around to gaze at Eren, the boy was staring at him intently, making him feel a bit weird. "Eren…?"

"Have you ever been in love before, Armin?"

"Ah…maybe," he smiled.

Suddenly, Eren grabbed Armin by both his shoulders.

"EH?! Eren?!"

Looking the petite male in the eyes, Eren purred creepily. "Help me…"

"Help you?" Armin repeated.

"Yesss! Help me…get him." His teal-green eyes flickered to the man by the stables with Petra.

"I'm not a love expert or anything-"

"Armin!"

"O-Okay, okay, okay! Just let me go, please…?"

After being freed from the clutches of his friend, Armin put his hand under his chin in thought and observed Captain Levi and Petra for almost a minute before gasping in triumphant. "AHA!"

"What?" Eren inquired.

"You need to do some bonding!"

The brunette sighed. "I know that."

"Then do it," Armin retorted, gesturing in Levi's direction like some sort of butler. "He awaits."

"Easier said than done…getting the bonding started is what I'm stuck at."

Armin nodded. "I see. Then we'll have to set it up, won't we?"

"Hmm?"

"Go to the bathroom by the sleeping quarters, Eren."

He peered at Armin cautiously. "Why…?"

"Just do it."

Eren did as Armin had instructed.

He stood waiting in the bathroom and eventually a seemingly pissed Heichou came heatedly marching into the room. The first thing he did was scan the place as if checking to see if anybody had missed a spot, he didn't even regard Eren with his eyes; all he did was ask, "Hey, Eren? Do you remember seeing anybody clean the bathroom today?"

The boy, trying to ignore his pounding heart and the warm feeling in his cheeks, replied. "No, sir."

"Ah. I thought I made it clear that somebody, don't care who, needed to clean this damn bathroom up and now everyone thinks it's alright to…" He trailed off, his scan of the room coming to a halt.

"Sir…?"

The corners of Heichou's lips appeared to twitch. "Arlert told me this bathroom wasn't clean…"

When the surname of his friend came from Levi's mouth, it finally hit Eren. This had been Armin's plan. This was only just the beginning…and Eren had to execute it.

"What's with that happy look on your face?"

The brunette flinched at Levi's words. "Huh?! Oh, nothing! I-I'm just sure Armin wouldn't lie to you, sir, especially about a dirty bathroom. Did you check…every single place…?"

"Yes…" The man said, narrowing his eyes guardedly.

"Behind the toilet…?"

Captain Levi eyed Eren for a couple of seconds before slowly retreating to the toilet. Once those intimidating, dark orbs left him, the younger male slipped back towards the door and quietly closed it, a smirk growing on his face as the thought of being alone with Heichou was becoming reality.

When the man was done checking, he turned around—and suddenly froze at the sight of a grinning boy leaning against the shut door with his hands behind his back.

Levi glared and crossed his arms over his chest, jaw set. "What do you think you're doing?"

Eren shrugged.

The shorter male examined the room carefully once more before setting his eyes back on the other. "Listen, Eren. Remember what I told you yesterday," Levi whispered menacingly. "I am not on your level like your peers are and I will not tolerate you misbehaving around me…unless you want me to knock another one of your teeth loose again; I'd advise you to stop."

"This isn't a joke, captain," Eren murmured in a rather audacious tone.

That went over Levi's head as the man was positive this boy was playing some sort of trick on him. He made his way over to Eren and furiously grasped a fistful of his shirt, which resulted in a blush from him, and yanked him close, almost completely off of the door. "I'm not playing with you, brat," he hissed through gritted teeth, their faces only inches away.

Eren was ever so slowly leaning in closer. "Really? I wish you'd play with me…"

"TCH!"

"I love it when you make that noise!" The taller male exclaimed.

Now a pissed off Heichou pulled Eren forward and threw him back against the door; there was a groan that left the boy's lips and Levi was uncertain of whether it was from pleasure, pain or even both, but he dismissed it quickly. "I'm serious."

Two hands grabbed at his body and suddenly Eren and Levi had switched places; leaving Heichou with his back pressed against the door. Eren pushed himself up on his captain.

Levi tried withdrawing into the door; his hands shoving away the younger male. "HEY, you damn brat! This isn't funny-!"

When the brown jacket of the man's military uniform slipped off his shoulders from the struggle they both were putting up, Eren took the opportunity to press his lips against the side of Levi's neck.

If he had to get the fire going between them first; then so be it.

A husky sound escaped from him and the brunette shivered when the warm breath touched his ear. It made Eren excited and the spark only grew stronger when he felt Levi indignantly dig his fingernails into his back. Whether Levi liked it just as much as he did; it was hard to tell because he was still struggling under the brunette's grip as if wanting to get away, but the noises from him said otherwise.

If that's how the man wanted to play; then Eren would play along.

He always liked games.

Unfortunately, the game was cut short. As they fought for control; they both were unaware of the bickering going on outside the bathroom between two Corps members…one defending the room; the other trying to get into it.

Petra eventually got past Armin, claiming she wanted to see how Levi was doing because she knew for sure that the bathroom was cleaned and was wondering why he was taking so long. With her hand on the doorknob, Armin gripped it too and they fought over it until the door…snapped open; Petra gaining the upper hand in the end.

The door slammed into Levi's back, pushing him into Eren and throwing both of them to the floor with a loud thud. Of course, the door was sent back, being shut once more and Armin and Petra shared a grimace, realizing the force of it had hit somebody.

"Hey! Are you alright in there?" Petra called; her voice filled with guilt and concern.

In the bathroom, Levi was now upon Eren; his hands on either sides of him, straddling the brunette's body. There was a small groan and when Eren opened his eyes; his teal-green orbs met with dark, dazed ones. Coming to the realization of his position, his face grew hot.

Levi was….

PlEasE Don'T BE a DrEAm!

A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Don't forget to review! They motivate me to keep up with stories! ^_^