Sentence prompt "So why did I have to punch that guy?"

Levi was making sure he had everything in his bag before he headed out the gym. There was no way he was going to forget yet another pair of shorts here. He was tired, but not as tired as he was from other days. In all honesty, he was exhausted, mentally at least, he thought that maybe if he worked out it would help him clear his head, but it did no such thing. Instead he ended up thinking about all his problems at work and the horrible luck he'd had all week.

First the printer broke when he was in a hurry to print out the documents he needed for work, then he had to run to the other side of the building to use the other printer only to find it was out of toner. He had made a mental note of telling someone they needed to get their shit straightened out with the printers, but when he opened the door to the office, he ended up hitting the maintenance guy on the head. Levi decided only a really big dickhead would proceed to yell at the man over a printer after he had caused him physical harm. So he ended up making a lame excuse before hurriedly leaving and going back to his office.

Then Hange had to go out of town all of a sudden for a week and left him her two demon cats who apparently hated him. Not to mention his phone fell and his screen was so cracked it left tiny cuts on his fingertips, so now he was pretty much phoneless for the next couple days.

Earlier that same, he was already late to work when a pigeon shitted on him and then when he ordered a to-go lunch, he ended up dropping the paper bag in a puddle after a cyclist had almost hit him.

Levi sighed at all the horrible things and bad luck he'd been having to deal with. He threw his gym bag on over his shoulder and proceeded to walk out the building. As soon as he was outside he heard a ruckus and turned to his right to see a dual toned guy running towards him, laughing his ass off as a pissed off brunet was chasing him, Levi recognized him from working at the grocery store he frequented. Levi had always thought he was pretty cute.

Levi was about to step out of their path when he heard the brunet yell "QUICK! PUNCH THAT GUY!" Levi didn't know why or how but all of a sudden he took a solid stance and punched the guy right in the face when he got close enough. The sudden hit made the guy lose his balance and fall down.

"What the fuck man?!" he said, looking up at Levi, "what was that for?" he was holding his now bloody nose.

"Instincts," Levi shrugged. The brunet was now standing next to the guy on the floor, "so why did I have to punch this guy?" Levi asked, pointing.

He smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of his neck, "that's my friend Jean,"

"You had me punch your friend?"

"Fuck you, Eren! He punched me and broke my nose!" Jean chimed in angrily.

"Oh relax, I didn't hit you hard enough," he looked to the brunet, "so why exactly?"

Eren looked hesitant to say, but he took another look at Levi and said, "he called me a fag," he shrugged his shoulders and Levi could tell Eren was trying to act nonchalant but it did hurt his feelings to be called that, Levi could see it in his eyes.

Levi had gotten his own share of people calling him that, so he looked Jean, who was still on the floor and kicked his shin.

"Oww! Eren, what the fuck!" Jean yelled, one hand covering his nose and the other rubbing his shin.

Eren held up both his hands, "I didn't do anything!"

"That was me," Levi said, "Don't go around calling people fags. I dont care if you two are friends, you don't do that. And quite frankly you must not be a very good friend if you can't tell it bothers him,"

"Geez, I'm sorry," Jean said.

"That's not very convincing," Levi was tempted to kick him again but Eren grabbed his hand and dragged him away. Levi looked back at Jean on the ground and shot a glare at him. He saw two guys run towards him and help him up, Levi turned his attention back to Eren.

They didn't speak and Levi let himself be dragged away and into a diner. His favorite diner actually, Erwin's. Eren led them to a booth at the far end near some windows. He sat down. Levi could have left, but instead he sat across from Eren, putting his gym bag in the space next to him.

"Thank you," Eren said once Levi had sat down, but he didn't look at Levi, he looked at his hands he had folded on the table.

"Look you do-,"

"Levi!" the waitress, Annie, interrupted in a much too forced chirpy voice, "are you ready to order?" Levi looked to Eren who gave him a confused look but nodded and ordered the the Supreme Breakfast with orange juice.

"Your usual?" Annie asked Levi as she wrote down Eren's order.

"Yes, Annie. Thank you. Is Erwin around?"

"He's not coming in till later, said he had some stuff to take care of. Frankly, I think he got laid," Levi chuckled, "do you want me to store your gym bag in the back for you?"

"Yeah," Levi handed it over to her, "can you tell Isabel to drop it off at my apartment later?"

Annie nodded and excused herself. Once she was gone Eren raised a questioning eyebrow at him.

"Erwin's my best friend. So you lucked out dragging me here, you get free breakfast,"

Eren nodded in understanding, "who's Isabel? Your girlfriend?"

"My sister. I'm gay, which is why I didn't appreciate your friend calling you a fag,"

He noticed Eren was blushing and avoiding eye contact again, "thank you for doing that, even if he is my friend, he deserved to get punched in the face by a built stranger,"

"Hell, I'd punch him again if you asked me too,"

They continued to chat until Annie came with their breakfast. Eren tried to thank Levi again.

"Look, don't sweat," he said as Annie set his food in front of him, "If he bothers you again and I'm not around, bring him over here and Annie will punch him. Right Annie?"

Annie laughed when she set down Eren's food, "just tell me the name and I'll add it to my hit list,"

"He's a two toned haired guy, looks like a horse," Levi told her.

Annie's eyes opened wide, "you wouldn't be talking about Jean would you?"

"Uh...yeah actually," Eren said.

Annie made a disgusted face, "Ugh, I hate Jean,"

"Levi gave him a bloody nose,"

"Serves him right," she leaned closer to them so the other customers couldn't overhear what she was going to say, "if you weren't already getting your food for free, I'd make it on the house,"

Eren laughed, "that bad, huh?"

"You have no idea," Annie straighten up and smiled at them, "if you need anything else, just let me know," and she left them alone again.

"I didn't know this Jean guy could be such an asshole," Levi told Eren.

Eren nodded, "the biggest I've ever met,"

"And you're friends?"

"We've been friends since we were in middle school. Along with most of our other friends. When you've been friends that long, you get used to them," he took a bite of his pancake

"But it still bothers you when he says those things to you?"

Eren moved the syrup around the pancake with his fork, looking down on it, "well yeah, I mean I know he was just playing around, but still. It bothered you didn't it?"

"Yes, but it's different when it's a stranger and when it's someone you care about,"

Eren stayed silent and just looked at his food.

"I'm sorry if I've made you uncomfortable," Levi told him.

Eren shook his head, "just got me thinking is all," Eren looked up at him and smiled, "I feel like I should thank you again. Properly anyway, like taking you to eat somewhere,"

"You brought me to get breakfast, that's thanks enough,"

"We're eating for free because your best friend owns the place,"

"You didn't know that,"

"So do you not want to go on a date with me?

"Is it a thanks or a date?"

"A little bit of both," Eren was smiling at Levi between bites now.

"I could go for a date,"

At that moment the bell above the door rang, signaling there was a new customer. Levi looked over Eren's shoulder and saw Jean. He made a face, Eren turned around and as soon as Jean saw them he started walking over to them, his nose swollen but no longer bleeding.

He didn't even make it to their table when he was on the ground once again, but this time holding his jaw. Annie was standing above him, "that's for not calling me, you asshole,"

Eren and Levi burst out laughing. Annie slid into the booth next to Eren, giggling.

"Dickheads, I came here to apologize," Jean got up and dusted off his jeans, "fuck this, I'm going home,"

The three continued to laugh as they watched Jean walk down the street.

"Nice shot Annie," Eren praised.

"Thank you, Eren," she turned to Levi, "I expect a generous tip,"

"Just take it from my wallet. You know where I keep it,"

Annie nodded and got up, "do you guys need anything else?"

They looked down at their nearly empty plates, "I think that's fine, could you tell Erwin to give me a call?"

Eren looked at Levi with both anxiety and happiness, "so about that date," he started nervously.

Levi smiled at him at he took the final sip of his coffee, maybe his luck was finally turning into good luck.

Ok guys so I have one more fic for this that will be up hopefully by the end of the week. School's gotten crazy and the time when I usually write has turned into study time for me, which means I have barely found myself writing these past couple of weeks.

Nonetheless, I've started a multi-chapter story that I want to get at least 5 chapters done before I actually post the first so that way I can keep up with steady updates and won't feel bad if I don't have time to write.

As for Confessions, I love writing one-shots, they give me life! And I've accumulated a rather long list of fic ideas which means I will still be writing them, but tbh I don't even know how often I would post them. Sorry if that bothers any of you guys, but I love you all! Xxx