Hello readers! Sorry if the chapters are out slower now, I am prepping for a midterm in two days so I don't have that much time to write. ;;;; I promise to release more frequently next week! How are the chapters so far? Do you think the development is going too fast? I am sort of basing it on my own feelings, for instance, if I were to make an encounter similar to the characters in this story, I would react and feel this way. But still, I wonder if it's too unrealistic to show any emotions towards someone who you'd know for a mere two days. OTL Let me know what you think!

-Shiragami

"Out of all places, you chose here…"

"…Yeah, I come here often with Armin…" Eren smiled nervously.

The two were sitting in a dessert house, pastel colors contrasted Levi's darkness. The raven's eyebrow twitched when a mascot server skipped by to take the orders of the teen couple behind them. Eren knew that this place wasn't of Levi's fancy, but it was the only place he could afford, as well as treat the older as gratitude for the clothes earlier.

"Umm, you're not ordering anything to eat?..."

"…Don't worry about me, I can manage skipping a meal." Levi was a busy man after all. When he doesn't spend all his free time with Eren, he was furiously doing work. He intended to keep it that way since he wanted to see Eren as often as possible. No. He wanted to talk to him as often as possible, not just gaze from afar.

Also, he cannot stand sweet food.

Eren felt a little bummed, he really wanted to treat the other, it's just what friends do, right?...Oh well, I can treat him next time! Happy with the decision, he nodded to himself. Wait…did I just say, 'next time'?

As Eren was having a mental discussion with himself, Levi flipped his phone out. It has been vibrating for a while now, probably just Hanji making a fuss again. And he was correct. The president clicked his tongue as he knew the day was going to end, and that he would have to go back to work and wait 'God knows how long' before having the opportunity to see Eren again. Turning his phone off completely, he threw it back in his coat pocket. No one is going to interrupt my precious time with Eren.

A mascot server came by when Eren signaled, letting it know that he was ready to order. The younger looked so excited as he pointed at what he wanted, whatever it was, and Levi just stared at Eren's face intensely the entire time. Which startled the kid when he shifted his attention back to the shorter of the two. Strangely though, Eren didn't feel threatened this time, mainly because now he knew that Levi didn't have any ill intentions…hopefully…

He fidgeted a little, but then decided to man up and look straight back at Levi with confidence. Sure, he didn't understand why Levi stared at him like that, maybe it was just one of his habits? Maybe he wasn't even looking at Eren, maybe he just happened to focus on Eren's face, as he got lost in thoughts? So many possibilities, but Eren decided to stop shying away and challenged the older male for once.

He stared back into those ice grey eyes, intending to keep on looking into them until Levi would the one to avert first. Needless to say, the older didn't show any signs of being affected by Eren's stare back. As seconds gone by, the younger's face grew hotter and hotter, and his gaze became weaker and weaker.

Eren was never good at communicating with others, it took him a while to befriend his co-workers at the cafe too. He usually never stared into someone's eyes for longer than three seconds, and thirty seconds have already gone by just maintaining eye contact with Levi.

The raven noticed Eren's intentions and decided to take advantage of it. He tried to keep his poker face on (to others, it just looked murderous), though he can't help but feel one corner of his lips curve upwards. Finally after one minute, Eren looked away, unable to handle the heat in his cheeks. Now he was suffering double embarrassment, one came from Levi's stare, the other came from his pitiful defeat. As he was recovering, he swore he heard a low chuckle coming from the other man. Was he laughing at him? Instead of feeling offended, for some strange reason, he was glad that he could entertain the older male.

That's right, he is a president, right? What kind of work does he do as a president, I wonder?

Just as he was about to familiarize himself with Levi a little bit more, his beautifully decorated strawberry parfait was placed on his table. Giving a small 'thank you' as the mascot left, Eren immediately took a spoon and dug in for a bite. As the sweet flavor hit his lively taste buds, the brunette let out a very satisfied moan (which was the best kind of music to Levi's ears), and wiggled his body in happiness. He just kept on eating and eating, it was his first 'meal' of the day. As he was about to wolf down another bite, he remembered the older male sitting across from him. Manners, right…He only went out with Armin or his other school friends before, so he forgot all about treating and respecting a guest.

Levi was more than satisfied just watching the kid eat, though. It was slightly painful at the same time, to see Eren's soft, pink lips moving around the spoon, his little red tongue darting out once in a while to lick the cream ever so slowly that were sticking on the corners of his lips. There were also many happy sighs coming out of Eren's throat, invading Levi's ears mercilessly. It must be illegal for someone to be this cute, yet sexy at the same time. He almost wanted to hide Eren as he ate, afraid that other potential predators might see him like this.

Eren scooped another spoonful of his parfait and brought it in front of Levi. The older snapped out of his daze and furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"Do you want to try some? Sorry for forgetting, I guess I was just too hungry." he laughed nervously.

Levi thought about this long and hard. He despised sweet food, so much that he could puke from just trying to eat something like a piece of chocolate. However, taking Eren's offer would also mean sharing an indirect kiss with the brunette. He internally sighed to himself, feeling like a hormonal teenager for getting worked up over something like that.

As long as Levi commanded, nearly any men or women would fall for him. Even with his shorter status and awful personality, he had enough wealth, power, charms, style and abilities to win over the heart of almost any human he wanted. Yet no one was able to catch his interest, and nothing lasted longer than a one-night stand. Except for 'her', but that's a completely different story.

Still holding the spoon there, Eren couldn't read Levi's expression. He thought maybe the elite was annoyed, having something childish like that shoved close to his face. Feeling a little embarrassed and rejected, he retreated his spoon. Though, before he could retract it completely, Levi quickly grabbed his wrist and pulled him forward again. Taking the spoonful of parfait in his mouth, Levi controlled his gag reflex as much as he could. Just think about Eren, that this spoon and food were coated with his saliva (lol, I don't think that's any better). With that logic in mind, he swallowed it down completely, but his darkened face betrayed his nonchalant act.

Picking this information up, Eren immediately apologized. "S-Sorry! Did you not like that? Ahh, I shouldn't have force you to eat it, no, I should've known that you wouldn't like this kind of food the moment you didn't order anything." Flustered, Eren stood up and apologized over and over again before looking down at his parfait, appetite now thrown out the window.

Levi wanted to tell the boy that it was fine, but the need to throw up prevented him from opening his mouth. After massaging his temples for a while, as he tried to calm down his upset stomach, he managed to form words again. The raven-haired man knew lying now wouldn't convince the youth anymore, so he just told him the truth as gently as possible, trying not to sound like he was blaming the kid.

"I can't eat sweet food, but don't worry about it, it wasn't your fault. Like you said before, there is no need to apologize like that for something you didn't know, right?" he managed to cough up a chuckle. "Look, you made the other customers look this way, thanks to your exaggerated apologies." Levi meant to tease the boy, but the other just took this complete seriously.

Oh no, I must've made a fool out of myself, and now he must be embarrassed to be seen with me here…wait…when did I start to care for his feelings?...Just yesterday I was…is it because I see him as a friend now?...

Using this opportunity, as Eren was once again distracted by his own train of thoughts, Levi took off his right leathered glove and swiped his thumb against Eren's chin, scooping off bits of cream. Oh, how smooth and soft Eren's skin was. He was about to lick the cream off his finger, but the thought of having another taste of sweet food made him wipe if off instead. Che- What a waste.

Eren could only stare at Levi's intimate action, eyes as wide as saucers. His lips just parted and closed like a fish, unable to spill out any words. His mind was running like a roller coaster, and it finally did it when Levi sent him a smirk as a final blow. Eren hid his extremely red face behind his hands.

…

It was 9 pm, hearing a car park outside the quiet neighbor hood, Armin peaked out from his apartment window. Looking down, he saw Eren and Levi standing beside a black car. Is that… A ROLLS-ROYCE?! The blonde just gawked at the expensive vehicle from his glass frame.

"Umm…t-thank you for today. For all the clothes, and for accompanying me to the dessert house." Levi was going to pay for him again, but it took a lot of begging and convincing to let him at least pay his own food. Eren could never understand rich people.

Levi didn't want to speak, he knew that having this conversation meant as a goodnight, and a goodbye. Sure, they can see each other again some other time, but that thought wasn't enough when Levi didn't want to part with Eren, not even for one second.

"No, like I said, today was supposed to be treated as my apologies from yesterday. Inflicting fear and uneasiness into you was the last thing I wanted. I hope this was enough to compensate." he replied honestly.

"No! This was much more than I expected and wished for, you really didn't have to do all this. I would've been happy even with just a home cooked dinner or something!"

"Maybe for you that'd be enough, but I have nothing except for money. My personality is bad, so it wasn't like words alone could do it. I never had time in my life to learn anything besides on how to make more and more money. I couldn't have been able to cook for you the dinner you wanted." he explained, a hint of sadness and regret lingered in his words that hid deeper meanings, which the boy didn't know about.

Eren felt a little bad. I guess rich people have their own worries too. We live in completely different worlds…

"…That's funny, because here I am, doing my best everyday just to live with a roof over my head, yet the things that someone like you don't know how to do, is something as simple as 'cooking'." Eren laughed a little at their gap. Looking down at his own feet, the brunette had an unexplainable feeling developing his chest. He felt warm, even though it was in the middle of winter.

Soon, he felt his heart race miles per hours, as he felt strong arms circling around him. Was Levi…hugging him? Unable to find words to explain this action, he just settled with the fact that Levi liked physical contacts.

"If you ever need financial help, know that you can always come to me. I will give you as much as you need, as much as you want."

Upon hearing this, Eren flinched and immediately pushed Levi aside. This caused confusion for the older one, but just by looking at Eren's face, he understood that his words were an insult to the boy.

"You think I am spending time with you because you thought I needed your help?!" he spat. His heart suddenly ached, Eren wasn't sure if it was because of what Levi suggested, or if it was the fear of possibly ending a friendship that has barely started. He wanted to take back his harsh words, but he also wanted to stand on his grounds. He had to make sure Levi didn't see him as someone so pitiful and hateful, that 'he was only spending time with him in order to ask him for money'.

"I apologize…I honestly didn't think of you that way…though I really meant what I said. I guess it just came out wrong..." Levi replied, and for the first time, he was unable to look at those beautiful green eyes. "I know you've only known me since yesterday, and I've been meaning to tell you this, but I already know a lot about you, much more than you think I do." he continued. "I know that you are not the kind of person to do such a shameful act. I know it very well…I just…I just didn't want to see you in distress when times get rough…"

Eren didn't know what to say, because there were so many questions he wanted to ask. What did he mean by that? How did Levi know about him? Does that mean that Levi knew him before their meeting at the cafe yesterday? Before he could say anything, Levi continued again.

"I didn't mean to hurt you with my suggestion, but if I ever saw you roughed up because of anything, I would be upset, furious, and disappointed in myself for being useless, when the only thing I could give you was financial help…That is why I said what I did…please understand." It was the older man's turn to look down now. He was going to keep his head down until Eren would forgive him.

Levi's heartwarming speech washed away all the negative feelings, and Eren found himself heating up again. He found it hard to believe that someone he didn't know existed until yesterday, someone older with a much more superior status, would care for a nobody like him. It almost felt like a prank, a play…a dream…

Realizing that Levi still had his head down, Eren quickly rushed over and held his gloved hands, grabbing the other's attention.

"L-Levi, please, lift your head up! I'm sorry for getting upset like that all by myself. I know that it was very immature to just snap like that, even though all you had were good intentions…If anything, I should be the one apologizing!" Eren pleaded.

Levi felt some reliefs, knowing that the younger wasn't going to just walk away and ignore him for disrespecting him. Suddenly, he wanted to hold the boy, but he was afraid that Eren might find it repulsive. He already embraced him a few minutes ago for letting his feelings off guard. He told himself numerous times to act slowly and carefully, and he was determined to keep it that way because this boy was special.

Mumbling a small thank you, Levi simply squeezed Eren's hands that were still touching his own. A light blush appeared on the younger's face once more, and that was enough to soothe the elite's restless mind. Feeling slightly awkward now, Eren let go of the Levi's hands and shuffled a few steps back.

"I guess I should go in now…Armin must be wondering."

"Yeah, and it's cold too, I don't want you to get sick for being outside with me for so long."

"So…bye for now?"

Levi genuinely smiled for once, and nodded at Eren. He remained silent, because uttering the word 'bye' from his own mouth would definitely bring his mood down. After watching Eren enter the building safely, he turned back to his car and drove away.

A lot of things were on his mind, but he really enjoyed himself today. He had more fun in half a day than he had in a whole year. Remembering something, he looked back at the seats as he reached a red light. Eren's old coat was still laying on the backseat. That's right, I only handed him the bags of new clothes…Feeling a little disgusted at himself, he made the decision to keep Eren's coat instead of throwing it away.

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