OHMIGODS I AM SO SORRY!

*dodges chairs thrown at me*

It has almost been two months (?) since I've updated and I apologize for that. However...since I have had a LOT of time to write during this summer, I have the other chapters ready to post whenever my internet turns back on! So YAY!

I hope you enjoy this chapter (I had to re-write it twice!)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything SNK except for my own copy of AOT: not regrets.

A week passed by effortlessly and the two boys were trying to adapt to living with each other. In those seven days of knowing each other, the two were already at each other's throat. It was extremely hard to like each other thanks to the fact that they were almost complete strangers.

Eren groaned. "Levi, where did you put the movie I was watching at?"

Levi came out of his office space and poked his into the living room. His face depicted irritation towards the brown haired teen.

"I don't know what you are talking about," Levi said. "Now stop making so much fucking noise. It is hard enough to work knowing you're probably making a mess while I'm approving papers."

Eren blinked his green eyes and turned then to the older male, he looked questionably at the papers in Levi's hands.

"Where do you work? What do you do?" the teen bombarded the older with questions. "Is that why you are rich? Or do you do the work of hookers? You know if you have a box of condoms by your bed then—"

"Brat—" Levi tried to interrupt.

"—And if you have money in an envelope then you are defiantly a hooker. Ha! But you don't look like one, you're too short and I'm pretty sure those hooker boot would—"

"Kid—"

"…but I would guess you would look somewhat hot in boots, I mean you do have a girly figure—"

"Eren shut the hell up!" Levi barked loudly. The teen quickly shut his trap and glanced at the very agitated man that was his fiancé, by deal anyway. He was messaging his temples and saying things under his breath.

"If you must know, I work at Survey Corporation." Levi sighed.

From there Eren decided it was his personal mission to get to know the asshole that was going to be his husband. In the next few days, the teen shot Levi questions, not really caring about the consequences. Eren remembered when he was little there was no line drawn at the Jaeger house, so he could always asked what he wanted without thinking about possible consequences. However, Eren had learned that he couldn't very quickly thanks to Levi's violent responses.

"Hey Levi, you seem close to Petra, did you two ever date?"

"No, we're just old college friends." Levi answered doing his paper work in the dining area. He looked to Eren who was sitting across from him and watching him with curiosity. He rolled his eyes.

"But why is she working at a clothing store if she went to college?" Eren queried, looking at Levi with those big green eyes. Gods they were abnormally large, Levi thought.

"She went for an associate's degree in business managing. The lady who's currently running the store wants Petra to take over when she retires. That is why."

The teen hummed at the response and thought about. It did make sense unlike the enigma that was Levi. He wondered what degree Levi went for. Was it the arts or literature? The older male seemed to be the type of person who would read books for fun, so probably lit. He looked at the Levi and stared at him once more.

Levi felt the stare but ignored it for as long as he was able to. It didn't take long though for him to snap and glare up at Eren.

"What is it brat?" Levi grumbled.

Eren smiled. "What major did you go for?"

Levi blinked at the question; he didn't think that the brat would be interested in his college life. Eren didn't even want to talk about high school so this was weird. The older raised an eyebrow and sighed.

"I majored in business. It was the worst four years of my life." He bit back a smile at this. Yes, his college years were tormenting but he made some good friends during those years. They weren't all that bad. Levi went back to signing his work documents, ignoring Eren once again for that day.

Eren didn't like that though. He thought he was going to get some hardcore college stories but then again Levi was a hard man to figure out. Those grey eyes of his seemed to be the gate way to what he was feeling but even then Eren couldn't get a clear reading. So Eren got out of his chair and walked around to sit by Levi. The older male stiffened for a moment before letting his muscles relax a bit. He had to remember that they were fiancé's now and fiancé's don't tense around each other, even if it was a brat.

Eren sat their watching Levi work for ten minutes before becoming bored. He mentally groaned. There was literally nothing to do in Levi's apartment. Despite the five star hotel quality of the living space, the room was surrounded by books on every shelf. The only salvation Eren had was the TV and Levi hated it on when he was working, he hated the radio on when he was working too. Just what kind of person was Levi?

"Levi…" Eren whined softly. The older looked annoyed towards the teen and scowled. "I'm bored."

"Read a damn book or something, I'm trying to work." The key word would be 'trying' because Levi could barely concentrate with Eren sighing or tapping his fingers against the table every two minutes. The older swore he was going to kill the kid one day.

Then randomly, "Hey Levi, did you have a lot of sex during college?" Eren sheepishly asked with a dash of pink painting his face. He had heard a lot of stories from his old costumers at Kyojin café about college life. He had just remembered that those specific costumers were bragging about getting laid multiply times the night before. So he just had to ask Levi if the same thing happened to him.

The older stopped writing. "What the fuck did you just say?"

"I just asked if you got laid during your years of college, it's not that personal." Eren exhaled. The look Eren received would have sent people six feet under in the matter of seconds.

"What do you mean it is not personal?" Levi boiled. "You just don't ask people question like that! Do it again and you will end up with my fist in your general direction, shit face."

The sudden rage was completely unannounced. Eren would have understood if Levi would have just yelled at him but the man went completely off. That's when it hit Eren. Maybe Levi doesn't like talking about personal subjects? Eren thought, smiling. What if Levi was just shy?

It was a definite possibility. Eren felt like he could get along with Levi just a little bit better except he would have to watch what he said around his fiancé and try not to get hit by him. So Eren learned not to ask personal questions and know the boundaries with those questions of be faced with a violent response in return.

A couple days passed, and he also learned not to use Levi's bathing products or be faced with a demon. Said monster being a random cat that appeared out of thin air and into their apartment one day. The cat was just a regular brown cat and nothing seemed wrong with it until Levi had ordered the cat to chase him for using his bathing products.

"Holy shit, it's a demon cat, get it off me!" Eren screamed as the cat attached to his leg. Levi watched, laughing his ass off.

"Bean, come here you stupid cat." The older male ordered the feline. Surprisingly, Bean obediently went to Levi, purring as he was picked up by the older male. Eren glared though teary eyes at the two and stuck out his tongue. The cat hissed and Eren ran from the living room.

Apparently, the cat, Bean, belonged to one of Levi's friends. He called her shitty glasses and described her as a "shit hole that is way too interested in his love life." The older had been forced to cat-sit Bean thanks to 'Shitty Glasses' going on a business trip in Germany, she wouldn't return for another month.

Besides that, the rest of the week went by normally. Well as normally it could go for propositioned fiancé's and a demon cat.

Days continued on and Eren realized he was starting to miss school oddly enough. While, yes, he was able to become reluctant friends with his fiancé, Eren felt the need to be around somebody else besides the asshole. He missed his older sister and he missed her possible girlfriend, Annie. He was starting to feel really lonely too. Levi always went to work during the weekdays around eight in the morning and didn't come home until the evening. As a result, Eren was left alone in a giant apartment with a demon for a cat and no one to talk to. He wasn't even allowed out of the apartment because Levi thought that he was going to be caught by those goons that wanted him. That left Eren to cook, clean and watch TV while waiting for his fiancé to come home.

Eren sighed. "Like this day couldn't get any more boring, nothing is on TV."

Just then, there was a knock on the door. Eren sat frozen at the sudden knocking, not knowing what to do. Levi had a key and would just unlock the door, so it couldn't have been him. Cautiously, the teenager went to the front door and cracked the door slightly.

"Hello." He said shyly. The person behind the door was a tall blond man with a kind smile on his face. He was wearing a suit and had a large suit case with him. When he noticed Eren, he gained a confused look and tilted his head.

"Is Levi home?" The man asked.

Eren shook his head. "No, but he's due home in a couple of minutes. Would you like to come in Mr…?"

The guy smiled, "My name is Erwin."

Eren opened the door and let the Erwin in, saying, "My name is Eren." And lead the male to the living room. He gave the blond the remote and went to the kitchen. There he franticly looked for the emergency home phone that Levi got just for Eren. He received it when he got Bean stuck in a tree by the condo's front lawn and called the fire department instead of Levi. So now they had a home phone that would call Levi by the click of a button.

Once Eren found the phone, he pressed the speed dial number and waited for Levi to pick up. After three rings, his fiancé finally answered.

"Ohmigods Levi, Help me! Some friend of your just came over and I don't know what to do! S-Should I bring out that cheese plate you brought home yesterday or should we play a bad game of charades?!" Eren was freaking out.

He heard Levi sigh. "Kid, it's not rocket science. Just make small talk until I get there. I'll be home in ten minutes."

"B-But Levi—" He whimpered.

"Eren, you will be fine. Erwin is a good guy and my best friend, so stop worrying and letting your antisocial personality show, shitty brat."

At those words, he exhaled the breath he didn't know he was holding and pouted. He wasn't that antisocial on purpose. Then he realized that Levi had just helped him calm down and was nice about it. His heart fluttered, and his face was pink.

"T-Thanks Levi."

"Anytime kid, I'll be home soon."

They said their goodbyes and Eren went to face his fiancé's best friend. He walked into the living room with a plate of cheese and set it down on the coffee table. He sat on the single chair and sat their awkwardly as Erwin dined on the cheese. By Gods, how do you start small talk? Eren conceptually raged.

Then Erwin broke the silence. "So you're living with Levi?"

"Uh…Yeah…I mean yes, yes I am." He answered awkwardly. He wrung his hand nervously in his lap and looked at his wrist watch. He still had seven more minutes till Levi came home.

"You don't need to be so formal with me Eren." Erwin laughed lightly.

Eren nodded not trusting himself to speak or he would embarrass himself in front of his fiancé's best friend. He could practically see Levi spitting fire if he humiliated himself and caused Erwin not to be Levi's best friend ever again. Or maybe that was the chocolate he ate for Lunch that afternoon talking.

"I heard from Levi that he recently got engaged, I'm guess you're the one who finally tamed him, Huh?" Erwin asked his smile playful.

The teenager blinked at that and then burst into a fit of laughter. Oh, only if Erwin knew the truth. Eren finally let himself relax around the blond and began talking to him like a normal person. They chatted until the front door opened relieving Levi carrying grocery bags. Eren was immediately on his feet and helped Levi take the food into the kitchen.

"Welcome home Levi." Erwin greeted as the shorter came into the living room.

"What the hell are you doing here? You scared Eren, and even caused him call me on my way home." Levi said. Erwin chuckled and Eren blushed. He just had to say that?! Eren mentally cursed.

"Well, I remembered calling you a couple of days ago and you told me you got engaged. I just had to know who it was." Erwin's eyes twinkled with mirth.

"Well as you can see, that's my soon to be wife. So you can leave." Levi snorted and walked back into the kitchen. Erwin just chuckled and grinned as Levi brought him a can of soda.

"I knew you'd never kick me out." Erwin said.

Levi growled and punched the man on the arm. "Don't make me kick your ass Erwin."

Eren watched the whole exchange with a strange feeling in his stomach. It kind of hurt and made it feel as though his heart was being squeezed. He…he wasn't jealous, was he? Eren blushed and shook his head. No way would he ever be jealous of some handsome guy being friends with his fiancé. Heck they weren't truly fiancé's in the first place. Eren just had to marry Levi for whatever reason and then when he was done doing whatever, they'd get a divorce. It was as simple as making pie, right? Eren sighed. He had a feeling something was going to make this deal really hard for the both of them.

Erwin stayed for dinner and the three chatted over different topics until Eren brought out dessert.

In the middle of eating Erwin asked, "Where are you going to get married? Are you going to have it in New York or California?"

Eren almost chocked on his German chocolate cake and looked to Levi for an answer. The other looked contemplative and gazed at Eren before smirking.

"Well Eren, you've never been to either state so which one?"

Eren flushed. "Er…Well, I've always like the thought of a spring wedding…" he bit his lip. "So maybe California would be best."

Erwin smiled at the engaged couple. "Have you chosen the month and day yet?"

"No," Levi answered. "However, I would like to make it spring wedding for Eren's sake. So it will probably be in April."

They weren't even in a real relationship and here Levi was, making Eren blush to his ears. The prospect of a spring wedding was really nice and Levi seemed genuine when he said it. Yet, April was only a couple of months away, Eren wasn't sure if he'd be able to handle it.

He didn't even love the man, how was he going to get married to him in a couple of months?

After Erwin left and went back home when dinner was done, Levi noticed Eren being a bit off. He was always a bit off, Levi admitted, but something was amiss here. He seemed more into his thoughts then he had even been in the hand full of weeks they lived together. He was sitting on the couch with his head resting on his knees and sighing. It got real annoying to Levi as he washed the dishes with rubber gloves. He looked towards the brunette and put down the soapy dish in his hand, then walked to the teenager. He squatted down to his level and flicked his wet hand at him. The teen snapped his head up startled and blinked rapidly as Levi flicked more water at him.

The older stopped and watched Eren as he wiped the water from his face. Levi took off his gloves and placed them on the floor while Eren glared at him.

"What the hell was that?"

"Making sure you don't over think. You could have hurt you're self, you know." Levi smirked with humor shinning in his eyes.

Eren swore his heart missed a beat when he seen that humor in the older man's eyes. He looked down at his lap again and placed his hands in his lap. He looked like an admonished child.

Levi groaned and sat next to the teen. "What the hell is bothering you? You should be annoying the fuck out of me by now but you're not."

Eren exhaled noisily. "I'm just worried about our supposed marriage that is going to happen in a couple months." He looked at Levi with a misty green gaze. "Levi, my mom always told me to marry for love but you need me to marry you for some other reason. C-can you tell me? The reason, can you tell me why you need me to marry you?"

Levi sat their silent as could be and Eren looked at him pleadingly.

"Please, Levi. I-I just need to know." The brunette whispered.

It was silent until, "My mother is dying and the only way for me to inherit the company from her is to be married."

Levi looked down at the woman who was lying peacefully on her hospital bed. He knew she had lung problems, he knew since he was a child but he never knew it would get this bad. She had just collapsed one day during work and was rushed to the hospital. The doctors told him that the years of smoking finally caught up to her and her lungs were failing on her. His mother wasn't sad though, she said she knew it was coming. She was a very strong and proud French woman. Nevertheless, she wouldn't live long.

"Mother, they say they can give you medication so you can try to restore you lungs." Levi told her one afternoon. After his father left them, it was only him and his mother, and even after all these years he wasn't ready to let go yet.

She laughed, it sounded like bells. "My child, ma chere Levi, Mere knew this was coming sooner or later. It was just a matter of time till my habits caught up to my life line."

"Mother, you are dying! Take this more seriously." Levi retorted sympathetically.

She laughed again. "Levi, Mama has lived long enough. I had you when I was thirty; I am fifty-four and have seen enough of the world. I'm ready for the next great adventure."

"Then who is going to take over Survey Co.?" The black haired man asked. His mother just smiled tiredly and took his hand.

"You, ma beau garcon, but before I can let you inherit the company you must be married." She said.

Levi furrowed his eyebrows. "I have to get married? Mother, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"It is not nonsense!" She snapped softly. "I just want you to be happy and have someone by your side to support you while you work." She sighed and tightened her grip on her son's hand. "I don't want you to suffer the way I did when I had no husband to lean on when I needed it. That's why I am asking you to do this for me; for your happiness as well as mine."

Levi kissed her hand chastely. "Okay mother, I'll do it."

"That was just nine months ago. Her condition hasn't improved but she's fighting so she can come to my wedding." He looked at Eren. "..Our wedding…"

"So all of this," Eren pointed between the two of them. "Is for your mom? Just so she could be happy?" He heard something snap and the tears in his eyes finally spilled. Levi looked startled by the sudden tears and just awkwardly patted the teen's back.

"Brat, why are you crying?" Levi demanded. Eren just buried his face in his hands and cried.

Levi was a selfless person.

All the time that Eren wished he could do something for his mother before she died. All the times he wanted to tell her he loved her and take back what he said the morning before she died. He should have done so many things for her before she died. Yet, here was Levi, the guy he always thought of as an asshole, doing everything in his power to make his mother happy. Doing what she wanted before she died.

Eren was the selfish one.

There he was going on and on about how he was unsure about the wedding because he didn't like Levi enough. Looking back on it now, he stayed with Levi because he got free food, clothing and a place to live. He never thought about actually liking his fiancé romantically. Hell, he got three thousand dollars a month and felt the need not to care. However, now he wanted to be a better person, for his mom, his sister and for Levi. Now he wanted to be a better person so that Levi would be proud enough to introduce him to his mom. He wanted to be the older male's husband because Levi looked like he needed help. He wanted stay with the shorter male because he seemed lonely despite all the friends he had. He wanted stay because he liked Levi as a person.

"I-I'm sorry I'm such a brat." Eren sniffled. Levi rolled his eyes and slapped the back of Eren's head. The younger yelped and looked at the older with wide teary eyes.

"Stop being such an idiot. Didn't I tell you thinking too much was dangerous?" Levi said. Eren smiled and laughed softly.

"Yeah, I guess you did."

Levi nodded and stood up. "Now get your lazy ass up from the couch and help me wash the dishes." He turned and walked to the kitchen but stopped half way there and faced Eren once more. "And for the record, pull that shit again and I will staple village idiot on your forehead with a hammer."

He walked away with a small coat of pink dusting his cheeks and Eren grinned. It was true then, Levi was shy when I came to anything personal.

It was then Eren decided that Levi was in fact an enigma. He could be cold and harsh at one moment and then be caring the next. He would be able to help Eren sort out his feelings and thoughts but then refuse to even consult his own. He was weird in his own way and hard to figure out. Yet…

"I couldn't imagine him any other way." Eren laughed.

"What the hell are you laughing about in there brat? Hurry the fuck up, I'm not touching this filth with my bare hands." Levi called.

"Coming!" Eren shouted.

Chapter three: Complete!

Haha, I'm just so happy I was finally able to post this!

Here's the translations:

Ma Chere: my dear

Ma beau garcon: My beautiful son

Mere: Mom

I hope you liked the third chapter of LATCH!

Until next time,

~AWSMM