Ahhhhh, a chapter that came earlier because MY INTERNET IS BACK ON BABY! =(^^)=
I am so excited to post this chapter because this is one of my favorites! The ending always makes me laugh.
I hope you enjoy chapter four!
Disclaimer: I do not own Snk, if I did then Riren/Ereri would be cannon.
Before Levi met Eren his life was mundane. He went to work, came home, ate and continued to do his work in his home office. Yet, meeting Eren that fateful night changed everything in the blink of an eye. Now when he came home, instead of going straight to his office, he was greeted warmly by the brat. He couldn't eat peacefully in silence because Eren would ask how his day was and he wasn't able to do his work at home thanks to the brat complaints of wanting company after dinner. Despite all that, Eren was oddly enough acting like a wife should. He cooked, he cleaned (which was still shitty by the way) and gave Levi that sense of comfort when he came home.
However that didn't change the fact that Levi was starting to feel things for the kid he was sure he wasn't supposed to when he made his proposition. He was getting attached and Levi was not sure if that was a good thing.
The older male sighed and put down the paper he had been trying to read for the last five minutes. Eren was slowly consuming his every thought and he didn't really like that fact. He had a million dollar company to run in his mother's absence and his head should not be filled up with gorgeous green eyes and mischievous smiles.
There was a knock on his door.
"Come in…" he ordered and sat up straight.
One of the employees, Auruo came storming in with a pale face. The boss raised a perfectly black eyebrow and scowled at Auruo's bloody mouth. He always hated it when the pudgy man bit his tongue, it sent blood everywhere.
"Auruo, clean your face. You know I hate it when you get blood on the carpet."
"S-Sorry boss b-b-but there's someone on the line asking for you." Auruo stuttered out.
Levi sighed. Hopefully it was Erwin because the older felt like he would snap someone's head off if it was another company trying to kiss his ass. He leaned on his elbows and gave Auruo an annoyed glare.
"Well, who is it?"
The other cleaned his face. "Someone claiming to be your fiancé, he said his name was Eren."
Eren? Why the hell was Eren calling him at work?
"Tell Magnolia to transfer the call straight to me." Levi told the bigger and Auruo looked stunned for a moment. Levi resisted to sigh for the umpteenth time that day and waved the other out of his office. A few minutes later, his phone rang and he picked it up quickly.
"Eren, this had better be good. I told you not to call me during work." He scolded.
A timid laugh could be heard from the other line. "Yeah, I know but I-I wanted to know if I could come by later and bring you lunch?"
The question caught the older off guard. Eren wanted to bring him lunch? Levi felt his cheeks flush at the cute offer. By freckled Jesus, that boy was going to be the rhetorical death of him. Carding a hand though his hair, he told Eren he could come by but only if he allowed one of his employees to drive him. Eren got flustered at the notion and told him he would just take the bus. This little trade continued till Levi was called for a meeting and he was, to an extent, reluctant to end his conversation with his fiancé. Hmm, fiancé…he never thought he would hear himself say that.
"For fuck sake, take the damn bus but don't blame me when you get felt up by some stranger." With that, he ended the call abruptly and gathered is materials for the meeting. He came out his office, went into an elevator and rode it till the top floor. When entering the room he was greeted by the current heads of the Survey Corporation from different countries. When his mother expanded the company, the men and women in the room were the ones she first turned to. Resisting sighing, Levi sat down in front and placed his bored grey eyes upon the other in the room.
"Now that I am here, let the meeting commence."
And for the next hour and a half, Levi was in pure undulated hell. They complained about the hours worked, the lunch breaks, even the vending machines! They didn't even talk about anything remotely important during that time. At least until someone from the New York branch spoke up.
"Sir, the Titan Company has been siring lately. We, the NY branch, have seen some shady activity happening, which we are sure were all directed by the Titan Co."
Now this deserved Levi's attention.
"Has there been a direct offense of your branch?" Levi narrowed his eyes. The Titan Company had been around way before his mother even started her company. If the rumors were to be believed, then the Titan's did shady business behind closed doors that affected other companies. His mother had warned him about those low lives and told him to keep the corporation as far away from those assholes as he could.
The other gulped. "Yes. They have seduced employees into working for them and have injured some of them. We lost 23 percent of our employees in one month alone."
"Damn those Titans!" another branch manager yelled.
"Calm yourself Mr. Latewood. We will stop them before they make a big impact on the corporation." Levi stated. He looked to the NY branch manager and ordered him to find as much information as he could and bring it back to him. The tall man nodded and the meeting was ended.
Levi went back to his office, stress making itself known as he snapped at his employees on the way down. However, before he could successfully make it to his office for lunch, a familiar figure came barreling towards him. Eren attached himself on the older's arm and grinned broadly. Levi felt like he was blindsided by the smile. Goddammit, the kid was being cute…
The younger held up a Chipotle bag. "Levi, I got you lunch!"
"What do you mean 'got my lunch'? I thought you were going to make it?" Levi asked as they made their way into his office. Levi sat in his chair while Eren sat on the ledge of his desk, plopping the bag next to him.
"I was but I got held up." Eren said.
"So what happened to the homemade meal?"
"About that…" Eren scratched the back of his head. "I was going to but that demonic cat Bean decided to chase me after I got off the phone with you. I had to lock self in my room for the next hour or be clawed to death."
Levi groaned. "Only you Eren…"
The younger laughed and pulled out the burritos and gave them to Levi. They dinned for the next thirty minutes in a weird silence. Levi's thoughts were too wrapped up in what happened at the meeting. He had to keep the Titan Company from sabotaging his mother's dream and destroying it. As the older finished his food, he closed his eyes and messaged his temples. He didn't notice Eren looking at him worriedly.
"Hey Levi, are you okay?"
The older opened an irritated eye. "Does it look like I okay, brat?"
"Well sorry for worrying about you, oh dear master of mine." The teen huffed.
"Your sarcasm isn't needed here."
"Neither is your irritated attitude."
"Says the boy who gets mad at the TV…"
The boy growled. "Gods, you are such an asshole!"
"If you hadn't noticed, that is my job." Levi smirked, mirth dancing in his eyes.
The boy's checks dusted pink and he crossed his arms. He scooted off the desk, snatched the now trash filled chipotle bag and walked out the door. Levi watched with amusement as the teen stormed out the office and left him. His engagement sure was interesting.
"Now, back to the Titan issue…" He murmured and pulled out his laptop.
The next morning, Eren was dreaming about chocolate and finally chasing away Bean when he was roughly pulled out of his fantasy. He yelped as his face hit the floor and groaned when he finally stood up. He looked down at a blank faced Levi who looked to be in a terrible mood.
Oh shit.
Something must have been terribly wrong.
"Levi, are you okay? Are you sick? Do you need medical attention? Speak to m—" Eren frantically shook Levi only to have a punch land on his face. The teen landed on the bed and glared at Levi. The older just rubbed his eyes, unaware at how cute he was being, and glowered at the brunette.
"Damn shitty brat, get dressed. We are going somewhere today." Levi sleepily announced and left the room.
Eren rubbed his chin and wondered where they were going. Eren had yet to explore the city he was currently residing in. Today was finally the day for his adventure though. He rushed to his closet and pulled out the outfit he had been saving for the past month or so. It was green skinny jeans that had costume made rips in them and a black shirt with the logo from the store Survey. The wings of freedom, Levi called it when Eren asked what it was. Levi said that after his father left his mother, she created the Survey Corporation and made the logo wings of freedom because…
"Freedom is the best and worst thing life can give you. Freedom can free you or constrict you. At least that is what my mother told me and I happen to agree with her." Levi said.
Wow. It was so nice that Levi was finally opening up to him and not hitting him almost 24/7. Eren felt somewhat guilty though. He wanted to let Levi in on his past but he was unsure how to do it. They were slowly but surely becoming friends and Eren didn't want to ruin that by shoving Levi away. Eren sighed heavily as he put on his vans and went to the kitchen. His eyes met the sight of his soon to be husband cooking breakfast for the two of them. Eren felt heat rush to his cheeks. This was ridiculous; did Levi even realize how handsome he was being with the stupid blue apron on? He looked like those husbands you see in a magazine, just not smiling. The brunette shook his head of anymore romantic thoughts about his fiancé and walked into the kitchen. He sat down by the island and leaned against it, resting his head on the granite marble.
"Oi brat, get you head off of my island. I don't want your oily face all over my granite marble." Levi snapped. When Eren didn't listen he threw his spatula at the teens head, getting a direct hit. The older male smirked triumphantly when he hear Eren squawk indignantly.
"What was that for?!" Eren cried.
"That is for not listening to me and not doing what I told you to do." Levi huffed and gave Eren his plate of food. They ate in relative silence with the occasional sigh in between. After they finished, Levi put Eren to do the dishes and to feed Bean. The brunette had been terrified. He did NOT want to feed that thing Levi called a cat; it wasn't a cat, it was a demon! But he did was he was told and washed the dishes till they were Levi approved clean. Then he fed Bean which resulted in multiple scratches on his arms. A very reluctant Levi had to bandage them up before they left the apartments.
When they came outside, Eren gave a joyous laugh and spread his arms out. It had been so long since he had actually been outside, it felt so good! He relished in the city in front of him. The buildings were so high; he swore they were trying to reach the stars. People walk and ran to get to where they were going and the car honks were heard everywhere. It was totally different from the town where he used to live. Now that he thought about it, the drive home from Vey Café all those weeks ago was extremely long. If they were staying in Shina then the air would have been harder to breath and the apartment he currently stayed in with Levi would have been crap. He turned around to find Levi looking anywhere but Eren, and the brunette glomped the other male. Levi eyes widened and he elbowed Eren in the gut.
Eren groaned. "Okay, I'll admit, I deserved that."
Levi glared. "That's what happens when you try being an idiot this early." He took Eren's hand. "Come on, we have a bus to catch."
Eren tried to ignore the stupid flutter that was happening in his chest and the butterflies pirouetting in his stomach. Levi's hand was warm, Eren noticed, and smiled at the sensation. When they reached the bus stop, Levi didn't let go of his hand, even when they sat on the bus, he didn't release Eren's hand. When they reached their stop Levi let go of his hand, got off the bus and walked straight into a jewelry shop. Eren hurried after his fiancé and found him by the ring section. A blush immediately coated Eren's cheeks as soon as he was close enough.
Levi looked up at him. "Pick one that you like."
Eren looked at the selection before him and his eyes widened. These rings were more expensive than the nicest houses in Eren's old town. The teen looked at them baffled and but his lip gently. He really didn't want Levi to spend so much money on him, he felt like he was being spoiled. His green eyes meet Levi's grey ones and he shrugged timidly.
Then Levi sighed. "Is this about the price again?" he asked it quietly as to not embarrass Eren about his money issue out loud. The teen's flush grew deeper and he looked at his fiancé with big green eyes.
"C-Can we go to the cheaper section?" Eren stuttered lightly. "I would feel much better about choosing one if we did." He was trying to coax Levi into buying him a less expensive and probably crappy ring. The older male wouldn't allow it though, but he did take Eren to a section that was a bit cheaper. The numbers still made Eren uncomfortable.
In the end, Levi ended up buying Eren a three diamond studded ring and placing it on his ring finger. The whole way home Eren couldn't stop blushing and staring at it.
It was a week after that when Levi woke Eren up from an afternoon nap on the couch to talk about something. He had a bunch of papers in his hand and a grim look placed on his pale features. This had to be serious.
"Eren, do you know a Mikasa Ackerman?" The older asked seriously, looking at the papers in his hands. Eren's head shot and his entire body stiffened.
"She's my sister…" Eren spoke softly and looked appalled with himself. Here he was in some city with Levi totally forgetting about his overprotective sister older sister that would rip a whole town apart to find him. He felt ashamed. He looked up at Levi with hard eyes.
The older male sighed. "Well, it seems that she's been going on a rampage trying to find you. She brutally beat up some hobo that said he saw you in the park a couple weeks ago and she demanded him to tell her where you were. The hobo is currently in the hospital and your sister is in jail on a count of assault. Her bond is ten thousand dollars."
"How do you know this?" Eren asked, trying to calm himself.
Levi shrugged. "I visited Erwin during one of my breaks and he was freaking out because a top student of his was missing. He told me she was pacing near her dorm earlier that day when her little brother wouldn't answer the home phone. Erwin went up to her and asked for her little brother's name to see if he could help find him and she said your name." Levi messaged a temple. "So when Erwin heard she went to find you and ended up in jail, he called me during work and made me get these papers." Levi waved the papers in his hands. "I read them, laughed about her beating up a hobo and then volia! Here we are."
Eren felt panic strike him. Holy crap, his sister was in jail for beating up a hobo. And she wasn't in just any jail, she was in a Shina jail with the most messed up people. He had do get her out of there and now!
"Levi!" Eren spontaneously shouted, startling the older man. "We need to get my sister out."
"Why can't your parent's do it?" Levi asked, still oblivious to Eren's past.
"Levi we seriously need to get her out!" Eren demanded, avoiding the question all together.
The older male narrowed his eyes. "Answer the question Eren, why can't your parents bail her out?"
"Levi, Please—!"
"Then Answer the question." Levi commanded.
"Levi!"
"Answer it!"
"Because one is dead and the other is god knows where!" Eren shouted his eyes shut in frustration. His eyes flew open and a hand hovered to his mouth in horror. He had never meant to tell Levi that, at least not now. The older man's face as stoic but his eyes burned with something Eren couldn't identify, like the time he was proposed to. Levi was on his feet in seconds and heading out the door. Eren ran to the shorted and blocked the door, the other growled at his obstacle.
"Move Eren." Levi demanded.
Eren shook his head, "No, wait for me to get my shoes on then we will go. This is MY sister we are talking about and I need to be there for her when you bail her out." Eren looked down at Levi, and grabbed his hands. "As your husband to be I demand you wait for me and don't make decision without me."
Then Eren was punched in the stomach and the teen doubled over. Levi grumbled and tried not to blush. Eren randomly grabbing his hands almost made him lose his self-control and the whole husband thing nearly made Levi blush. There was no way in hell that Levi was letting that happen soon.
"Hurry up and get your shoes on, shitty brat." Levi muttered and walked out the front door.
"Oh god," Eren groaned in pain and then shouted, "What a fucking nice way to show love dear!" and stumbled all the way to his room. He put on his shoes and ran as fast as he could down the stairs. That is when he noticed Levi standing next to a new Texas ford truck. Eren admired it for a few seconds before jumping and quickly putting on his seat belt. He waited for Levi to get in the truck impatiently and literally bounced in his seat as Levi took his sweet time.
"For the love of everything sane, hurry the hell up!" Eren shouted, hysteria starting to consume him. He was just really worried for Mikasa, especially if she was in the bad part of the Shina cells. Levi just did his usual eye roll and finally hit the road. It took an hour and a half to finally reach Shina and by that time Eren felt like he was about to cry. He was so worried about her. He had heard the rumors before that any woman that ended up in Shina jail ended up being raped. Mikasa was a strong woman but if she was ganged up against then…then…
Eren started crying softly and Levi almost swerved into the left lane. He looked towards Eren in the corner of his eye and swore. He pulled over and watched Eren who was trying to calm himself. He was wiping his eyes every three seconds and sniffling every so often. Levi wanted to groan; who would have though the brat was so concerned for his sister.
"Eren, stop crying. I can't drive knowing your letting your snot everywhere." Levi said. Eren was still crying but was trying to glare though tears at his fiancé.
"S-shut u-up assh-hole." Eren blubbered and continued to wipe his tears. Having enough of the stupid tears Levi unbuckled his seat belt and pulled Eren into his arms. The younger tensed and blinked owlishly at the warmth from the older man. Eren's heart flapped nervously in his chest and he felt his tears dry but his face heat up. He pulled away and awkwardly looked away from his fiancé, viewing his hands as though they were the most interesting thing in the universe. Levi just took a deep breath and put back on his seat belt, driving back on the highway to Shina Jailhouse.
When they got the jail house, Eren was the first out the truck and bursting into the front of the jail house. He went to the counter and looked behind him to see a walking Levi finally enter. He turned back around and finally noticed the person at the desk. He had blond hair with a blond mustache and was leaning against his chair asleep. His eyes widened as he recognized the person to be his old neighbor when he was a child. It was Hannes.
A smile blossomed on Eren's lips as he found a newspaper to crumble up and throw at the sleeping guard. Hannes bolted awake and murmured something sleepily before looking at the couple. He didn't know the short one but the tall one looked vaguely familiar.
"Hannes, don't you remember me?" Eren smiled. The blond man rubbed his chin in thought before getting a good look at the teenager. His eyes widened and he stood up, pulling Eren into a hug over the counter.
"Eren Jaeger, that little brat that liked to throw newspaper at me!" Hannes smiled. "I haven't seen you since Carla's funeral."
Eren nodded. "It's been seven years since then."
"I can see…" The oldest man smirked as he held up Eren's left hand. His engagement ring shimmed in the dim jailhouse light; the teenager blushed lightly and chuckled. "You sure have grown up since then. Wait, how old are you?"
"Currently I'm seventeen but I will be turning eighteen in March." Eren commented, not noticing the wide eyes of Hannes and Levi.
Levi was surprised he had propositioned a seventeen year old into marrying him and Hannes was surprised Eren was getting married so early. Suddenly Eren suddenly remembered why he was at the jailhouse. He grabbed Hannes by his collar.
"Do you know what cell Mikasa is in? Can we bail her out today? Please don't tell me that she has to stay here another night!" Eren said in one breath. Hannes looked thoroughly shaken and Levi was holding back in his laughter. It was funny when he wasn't the one being shaken.
"Calm down kid!" Hannes shouted, pulling out of Eren's grip. "She's in there alright but she has a ten thousand dollar bond, how are you going to get her out?"
At this Eren smiled mischievously. "My fiancé is going to bail her out for me." The teen pointed to Levi who was leaning against the wall, checking his email on his phone. Said male looked up when Eren said the word fiancé and walked to the two companions.
Hannes looked at the shorter male and noticed how nonchalant he was being about the whole Mikasa in jail situation. He and Mikasa must not get along, Hannes thought with a chuckle. Nevertheless, Eren did manage to get a handsome man for a fiancé and one that is rich on top of that if the diamond studded ring was something to go off of.
"So what do I need to sign to get his sister out of jail?" Levi asked Hannes. The blond male looked down at Levi and could practically feel the seriousness coming off him. He meant business. Hannes went through some folder and pulled out a small stack of papers. He set them on his desk and looked at Levi.
"How do you plan on paying? Cash or credit?" The oldest male asked.
Levi handed him a debit card. "Will this be okay?"
Hannes nodded and drew the correct amount of money for the bail and gave the card back to the grey eyed man. He then handed a sheet of paper to him and gave him a pen.
"Eren make sure Mikasa comes back to Shina for her court dates. If she doesn't then that ten thousand your man just spent would be for nothing." Hannes told the teen and looked at Levi. "Sigh at the dotted line." Hannes instructed.
"Like I would sign anywhere else." Levi muttered under his breath.
Luckily Hannes didn't hear the cheeky remark, but if he did, he didn't care enough to say something back. So Levi signed the paper, handed it back to Hannes and went back to leaning on the wall. Hannes opened a door and went inside, leaving the couple by themselves. Eren sighed as he watched Levi stand far away from him, probably not wanting anything to do with his family. A frown etched itself on his face and he looked down at the floor.
"Brat, what did I tell you about thinking too much?" Levi commented, startling Eren from his thoughts as he came to stand next to him. Levi stood in front of Eren and grabbed the teen's hand.
"She is going to be okay." Levi said softly, squeezing his hand before dropping it. He went back to the wall he was leaning on and pulled out his phone. Eren just gazed at him, that stupid pitter patter of his heart racing again. Goddammit, Levi was making it hard not to like him. With those tender touches and heart felt words, Eren swore Levi was doing it on purpose.
At that moment, Hannes came back into the room with a familiar head of black hair. Before Eren could even call her name, Mikasa's eyes widened at seeing him and ran to him, pulling him into a hug as soon as she was close enough. She was obviously holding back tears as she hugged her little brother. Eren just breathed in his older sister, the woman he hadn't seen in a little over a month or so. He missed her so much during his time with Levi….ohmigods Levi!
How was Mikasa going to react to Levi? Eren held onto her tighter as he thought this. He didn't want his sister to attack Levi, even if he was an asshole sometimes, Levi was a good man. Mikasa pulled back from the hug and checked over Eren, seeing if he had been properly feed and clean. Eren laughed softly as she went into mother hen mode and finally sighed when she noticed nothing wrong, until she looked at his hand. It was his left hand, the one that held the engagement ring Levi had bought him a week ago. It was like time stood still for the Jaeger family.
Mikasa gained a dark look. "Who put this ring on your finger Eren?"
The teen just laughed nervously and wring his hands. So he had to tell her didn't he?
Just then, swooping in like the suave motherfucker he was, Levi put his arm around Eren's waist and rested his head against the teen's chest. He looked over to Eren's sister and regarded her coolly. She was glaring daggers at his face, in which he gladly returned the daggers and tightened his grip on Eren.
"I did." Levi answered smoothly.
"And just who the fuck are you?" Mikasa spat out.
"Mikasa!" Eren shouted, appalled.
She looked up at Eren. "Are you telling me you are in a relationship with this midget?"
"That's funny coming from a closeted lesbian." Levi snapped.
Eren could practically feel the tension between the two. They were so going to be best friends…not.
"So who exactly are you? What are you to Eren?" Mikasa hissed towards Levi.
"Well little miss turtle snapping bitch, I happen to be his fiancé." Levi drawled pecking Eren on the neck. Eren felt his cheeks turn the color of beetroots. He was angry the two were fighting but the kiss on the neck threw him off. He was left in a light daze.
Meanwhile Mikasa looked surprised. She crossed he arms and stood firmly as she observed the two.
"I don't like it. I don't like this at all." She pointed at Levi. "I don't like you but I will tolerate this thing you call a relationship for Eren's sake." She stepped forward and got up in Levi's face. "But let me make one thing clear to you." She hissed. "Hurt Eren and I'll make sure you can't walk when you wake up the next morning."
"Is that a challenge princess?" Levi taunted.
"For Eren's sake, yes." She growled and stormed outside. It was then Eren finally pulled out of his stupor and noticed Levi had his eyes closed, leaning against him. He was breathing deeply, and counting in French under his breath. When he opened his eyes, those amazing grey orbs caught Eren's own and he sighed.
"Your sister sure is….something else." The male said.
Eren rubbed the back of his neck. "What did you expect, she is my family."
Levi looked up at Eren and smirked. "At least she doesn't have the family trait: stupidity."
"Hey!" Eren squawked. "I am not stupid!"
"If that's what you say…" Levi said as he led them out, his arm still around the teen's waist. Unnoticed the whole time was Hannes who watched the transaction with shock and fascination.
"Carla, only if you could see the mess your son is in right now!" Hannes laughed.
And there we have it, thirteen pages of OTP goodness! The ending of chapter four aka the boss, the ring and the sister. I hope you liked it!
Also, just to point this out, I made Levi pay with a debit card and stuff because the actual process would have token longer. He would have had to go to the court house and pay them the ten thousand and then they would have to drive all the way to shina and blah, blah, blah...Get the picture? Plus I was kind of lazy to put all that in... ^^'
Until next chapter,
~AWSMM
