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"What do you mean, he has never spoken to anyone? He is a Major League Gamer," I started.
Sasha joined in shaking her head. "No, Eren. It is not required to talk. People know Levi as the shadow gamer. He is never spoken to and no one speaks to him. He has never been seen or heard by people, other than his friends."
I stood there, speechless. Out of all people, he added me! He spoke to me! I realised that I left him on the call. So I took my pizza and left, giving Sasha the money. Soon after Sasha excused herself, leaving Mikasa and Armin to eventually part ways into their respective rooms.
"Sorry about the wait, I was talking to a friend, who happened to be the pizza man." I stated, feeling a little 'reserved' due to the man on the other line.
'Don't worry about it, brat. I opened the server and have just been killing away. I am over $10k up.' Silky smooth, Levi replied.
I picked up a slice of pizza and munched happily. "So, Levi. How come you invited me onto GTA instead of battlefield or what not?" My mouth packed with pizza.
'Please, don't speak with food in your mouth. It's disgusting. No reason, it's one of my favourite games at the moment, I just felt like some fun. Do you want me to invite you to my private party group?'
Swallow. "Oh, sorry. Yeah sure invite me." I picked up another slice as the notification dinged, smearing sauce all over my controller by accident. Swallow. "Levi? What is your favourite game?"
'That's the easiest question ever, Jaeger. It has to be Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition. What about you?'
Much to my surprise, this too was my favourite game. "I have to agree with you there. Everything about the game is stunning. It's just about the only game I play on my PC."
I made my way over to Levi's apartment on GTA, making sure to not run into anyone.
'So, Eren. Where do you live?' Levi asked.
"London. What about you?"
'New York'
Woah, he lives in New York. That is so far away. I wonder if he is American. He doesn't sound it. "Are you American?"
'No, I moved here just last year actually. I did live in England but I was offered a better job over here.'
"What is your job?" I asked, almost at my destination.
'What is this, 20 questions? I am a games artist.'
"Sorry, that will be my last question. That's neat, I have a friend who does the same. She works with the same company as me. My job is to programme the games."
I finally made it to Levi's apartment, it was in the most expensive apartment block on the map. Eclipse Tower. The apartment here cost at least $400k. It didn't surprise me that he had bought this. Levi is a MLG after all. "Wow, this apartment is nice. I only wish mine was like this IRL."
After hours of playing GTA with my new 'friend,' we both decided to part ways for the night. "Well, I think this is it, Levi. I can hardly keep my eyes open anymore. Speak to you some other time, yeah?" I said with a yawn.
'Tch, sleepy brat. Is that really the best you can do? Sure, you okay to start training sometime tomorrow?' Levi replied.
"Yeah, I have no work tomorrow, so I'm free." With that, I ended the call and powered down my console. I pushed up from my gaming chair, situated in front of my desk, where multiple monitors and screens filled the wall. I pulled off my head set of jumped, face-first into my bed. My soft, precious bed.
I was done, my body ached. My eyes, sore and heavy. My body was ready to sleep; my mind, however, was a different story. Thoughts about what had just happened poked and squeezed at my brain. Why did Levi add me? Of all people, he doesn't know me. Yet, he chose me. He chose me to add, me to speak to. What was his reasoning behind this? Thoughts similar to this continued to wrack my brain. Eventually, I passed out from exhaustion. That is definitely the last time I try and go two days without sleep. I had done an al-nighter, the night before meeting my new acquaintance, I played Battlefield ALL night. Fighting alongside my friends. It was a fun night. I was actually planning on sleeping after I had eaten, but, well. All that happened and, yeah. I can't wait for tomorrow. I was intrigued about how he referred to it, as 'training.' Levi must be really serious about gaming. I don't blame him, it's my life too.
"FUCK!"
I was woken, with an angered curse. The noise came from the kitchen, but what time was it? I rolled over to see my clock.
9:36
"Eurgh," I groaned, rolling out of my bed. I might as well found out who it was. I knew I would not be able to get back to sleep, it was too light. I didn't bother washing, or checking my obviously red, eyes. I was raw, I was sore. I pushed out into the next room. Mikasa was stood by the counter, on her phone. I knew from the taps, what was going on. "Flappy bird again?"
The raven-haired girl gave an affirmative grunt. Damn that game, it got on my nerves so much. My high score was 18. I didn't play on it much and I sucked at it too. But Mikasa? She was even worse, her best was 3. I don't think I have ever seen anyone as bad as her. Even Armin was better than her. To be honest, Armin was better than everyone. His best was 248, how he got that was beyond me.
"You woke me up, you know." I started, anger and annoying dusting my tone.
"FUCK! Eren, you got me killed! What do you want?!" She snapped, viciously.
"I said, you woke me, again. Seriously Mikasa, you need to stop playing that game." I retorted, equally as fierce.
"Guys, hey guys. Calm down, for fuck sake. We have neighbours, you know." The blonde reasoned, shuffling out of his room.
Mikasa and I looked at each other, then back to Armin. "Sorry, we forgot." We both were quick to apologise, there was no way would we ever anger Armin further, especially after what happened last time.
"Hey Mikasa, you need to quit playing 'Flappy Bird,' you're awful at it, just drop it."
The raven-haired girl didn't dare answer back. She just nodded solemnly.
I was still tired, but couldn't sleep. Grabbing food was my best option. If I couldn't sleep, I'd just fight it. Reaching into the cupboard, I pulled out my favourite mug. The mug was rainbow coloured. It was gifted to him form Armin and Mikasa when I came out to them. It was a sign that they didn't care for my sexuality, that they supported me every step of the way. It never failed to make me smile, just looking at it, it always reminded me of a fond memory of mine. That memory.
I set the coloured mug next to the kettle, pushing its button down to start the boiling. I took the last packet of pop tarts out, making a mental note to buy more. It was the original flavour, my favourite. I never did cook them though. I had broken the toaster a while ago- by sticking a knife in, it wasn't my fault it wouldn't give me my toast. As of now we never did get around to buying another. More often than not, we used the grill to toast things. Never needing a toaster. All of us would eat pop tarts raw though, it didn't bother us. It was still edible.
Setting the packet by my mug, I spooned the coffee granules into said mug. Adding two heaping spoons of sugar also. When the kettle had boiled, I gave it a moment to stop bubbling. As it did, I made my way to take out the milk. I poured the water into my mug leaving enough room for about an inch of milk.
When finished, I put all my things back and shuffled toward my domain.
I took my seat into my, unbelievable comfy chair and powered up my computer. My desktop opened up, as did Skype. As Skype opens on power up, I had a look through it. I picked up my mug, raising it to my lips, letting the warm vapour envelope my face. I opened my mouth, sipping at the creamy, sharp liquid.
*Cough, cough* I started choking, spluttering the recently mouthed coffee onto my hands, in an attempt to contain it and avoid damaging my computer. But I didn't expect this.
Friend Request: Levi Rivaille
How on earth did he find me? I noticed he was online, so decided to send him a message.
Eren Jaeger How did you find me?
To my surprise, he reply was almost instant, like was waiting for my question.
Levi Rivaille Well I know your name, don't I, brat? You were the only person with said name, guess it was my lucky day
I laughed along, knowing full well he couldn't hear me.
Eren Jaeger It certainly is…
Levi Rivaille Oi, don't get cocky. Anyway, since it's early in the morning, why don't you video chat me.
My jaw dropped, did he really just ask me to video call him? Hardly anyone has heard his voice, let alone seen his face.
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