It was official. Levi hated technology. He hated how complex it was just to make a fucking blog. It was so frustrating Levi had been reduced to the point of having to call Hanji. Much to Hanji's delight, they had rushed over as quickly as they could, demanding to know who this kid was that Levi was willing to make a blog for. But they had helped, and now Levi stared at his blank blog, trying to figure out what the hell he should fill it with. Levi knew it would be creepy as hell if he messaged the kid with a brand new blog that had no posts. Levi refused to look like a stalker, despite the fact that he felt like he is one. Hanji peered over his shoulder
"You should follow some blogs first. Like some things. Oh, don't forget to follow that kids blog." Hanji suggested, dragging the mouse up to the search bar, typing the brats blog name in. Hitting the follow button they went back to the search bar.
"Alright shorty, what do you like?" They chuckled at the glare Levi shot their way, relinquishing the keyboard to Levi to let him type.
"You say that as if I have likes." Levi snorted, thinking for a minute before deciding. He typed in the word "photography" deciding that if he was going to catch the kids interest he should start with something common. After liking and reblogging a few pictures he found interesting Levi decided to move on to his next "like".
It took Levi awhile to decide what to type in, he really didn't have much that he liked, and he was positive if he kept reblogging photography the brat would find it suspicious.
"Do you like cats? Who am I kidding, everyone likes cats." Hanji suggested, ever the helpful friend. They leaned over Levi and started typing "kitten". Scrolling through they reblogged a few posts for Levi. The further they scrolled down and the more they reblogged the less stressed Levi felt. The kitten tag was clearly a nice place. Until you got too deep. Levi slammed the laptop shut,
"What the ever loving fuck was that a picture of?!" He turned to Hanji, having just had his eyes burned out by a picture of a hairy overweight man in a diaper wearing ears asking if someone would be a daddy to his kitten. Levi decided he hated technology even more now. He sent a glare in Hanji's direction given they were dying laughing on the floor.
"Hanji, get the fuck up. It wasn't that funny." Levi growls, feeling annoyed by how easily Hanji found every bit of his horror amusing. He shoots them another one of his death glares as they stand.
"Sorry short stack, but that was the most emotion I've seen out of you all day, and it was evoked by a weird fetish man in a diaper." Hanji did their best not to laugh anymore, feeling the death waves radiating off of Levi. They leaned over and opened the laptop, closing Tumblr. Hanji turned to Levi,
"Okay, let's brainstorm. What do you do during the day? Hobbies? Classes? What do you want to be?" Hanji had always been a fan of brainstorming, they found it a good way to organize their cluttered brain.
"I work during the day, obviously. We work together shit for brains. Hobbies, besides drinking, I'd say none. And why the hell would I be taking a class when I got kicked out of high school?" Levi responded blandly, standing up to go get himself another scotch. He knew he would need it.
"Well... How about fighting? You used to get into a lot of fights in school! I'm sure you could find something interesting around that. How about karate? Or boxing? Or-" Levi cut Hanji off mid sentence.
"Fighting is one of the reasons why I got kicked out in the first place. Don't bring it up." He took a sip of his drink, the familiar burn travelling down his throat. Levi hated this, he hated having to put out his likes and interests, he hated having to be so fucking open. But every time he thought of those bright green eyes, Levi knew he had to do this, he had to at least make an attempt at getting close to this kid. He sighed,
"Does it even matter? Can't I just go say hi, and say I made this blog just so I could talk to you?" Levi asked, turning to Hanji. This was way too much work for Levi considering how little sleep he had been getting recently. He pulled open the kids blog, opening the ask box.
"Levi.. I don't think that's the best idea. It's kind of stalker like." Hanji protested, already seeing a million ways this could go wrong, and only one where it could go right.
"I don't care." Levi had spent so much time making a fucking blog and trying to find a fucking interest and being fucking traumatized by the depths of the Internet to wait. He refused to lie to this kid for the sake of seeming less creepy.
"It's Levi. I made a blog so I can talk to you." Short, sweet, to the point. Just how Levi liked it. Hitting send Levi sighed, gesturing for Hanji to leave as he awaited the response, hoping there would at least be one.
Hanji nodded, they were used to being kicked out like this when they were no longer helpful to Levi, it was part of being one of Levi's friends. Hanji left with a slight smile on their lips, they really hoped it worked out for Levi, he had been too lonely for too long.
Levi slumped over at his desk, falling asleep for the first time in days.
The next morning when he awoke Levi sat up with a yawn, checking the clock on the bottom of his laptop. The numbers read 6:30, Levi had managed to sleep through a whole night. Thank the lord. His eyes travelled up the screen to land on a small 1 next to the little mail icon on his Tumblr. Levi was suddenly a lot more awake. He brought the mouse up and clicked on the icon, staring when he saw the private response from the green eyed kid.
"Hi Levi, it's nice to meet you I'm surprised you put in the effort to make a blog just for me XD I didn't want to put my name out there before but I have a feeling I can trust you. My names Eren. We should be friends :D"
Eren. That was his name. It was nice, a nice name, Levi liked it. Now he knew more, his name was Eren, he uses emojis while talking, and he's a photographer. Levi stood, content that things would work out for the first time since he had found that stupid photography blog.