Part two of the Levi/ Eren boss/servant chapter.
This starts off with some Levi/ Armin friendship sort of thing going on. I like to think they're friends and mess with the other about their boyfriends and whatnot.
Levi stood on a podium in one of the many rooms of his mansion. He was currently standing with his arms stretched out so Armin could pin his suit down. He learned early on that Armin was an exceptional tailor and it was more convenient for Armin to do it rather than go to a shop.
They often chatted during these times. Levi teased Armin about Erwin, he tried to tease Erwin, but the man had no shame, whereas Armin was easily flustered. But Armin had started teasing Levi about Eren lately as a form of revenge.
"Have you spoken to Eren lately?" Levi asked. Eren had gone to help his family move his sister back to their home. She had been doing extremely better now, Levi had a couple other doctors go see of her condition to see if she was ready to go home yet, they said she was more than ready and as long as she continued her exercises and medicine, there should be no complications.
"I talked to him this morning," Armin's voice was slightly muffled by the pins he held between his teeth, "Mikasa is doing great, said she's been getting up on her own and even eats at the dinner table with them now,"
"I'm glad to hear that,"
"Eren said he should be back in a couple days. Connie is going to go pick him up while you're at work, so he'll be back by the time you get home,"
Levi nodded, it had been a week since Eren had left and Levi, having grown accustomed to his company, couldn't help but feel lonely with him gone.
"Miss him already, Levi?"
Levi cleared his throat, "I'm not sure if I would use those exact words,"
"If it helps, Eren misses you, too. The first thing he asked me after we talked about Mikasa was if you had gone to town since he's left,"
Ever since the day Levi took him shopping and they spoke of his sister, Eren has gone with Levi every time Levi went into town, which was more often. Eren had been working for Levi for 7 months now and the two had grown close during their trips into town. The only problem was that Eren seemed to be a completely different person once they came back. He kept his distance and was shy, something he learned Eren was not.
Levi wasn't sure why that was, he wanted Eren to act the way he did when they were in town, all the time. Eren would stand close to each other and often their hands would brush when they were walking. They flirted a little and teased the other. Sometimes Levi didn't want to go back home because he knew Eren would stop acting like this.
He took the opportunity to ask Armin now why that was.
"Well as you know, Eren is my best friend. And you're my boss and could easily fire me if I refuse to answer one of your questions, or lie to you," Armin said. Levi raised his eyebrow, not quite sure where Armin was going with this, "and being my best friend, I know Eren wouldn't want me losing my job. So even though I'm not supposed to tell you, I'm sure this could work as an exception,"
"So it's a secret," Levi said, catching on.
"Not really that much of a secret, since I'm pretty sure you're the only person who doesn't know,"
"Know what?" Levi furrowed his eyebrows.
"Eren has the biggest crush on you,"
Levi stayed silent, processing this. He had hoped Eren would feel the same way he did. But the way Eren acted when they were back home always made him think twice.
Levi cleared his throat, "he does?"
"The biggest crush. Some times he sneaks into my room after dinner to tell me all about how great you are. It's disgustingly adorable,"
Levi was blushing, something he never did, and was glad that Armin had moved on to working on his pants, so he couldn't see Levi.
"I assume his infatuation comes from the fact that I've helped with his sister's treatments?" this was something Levi had speculated on during one of his long nights where he spent contemplating his feelings for Eren and if Eren reciprocated them.
"Nope. He's liked you since before he came to work here. Since before I came to work here. That's why he acts the way he does with you and not anyone else," this was true. Levi had seen him when all the servants were outside in the pool during one of the hot summers, or just during dinner when they all ate together. He was no where near shy. He had no problem with plopping himself down in tight spots between the others and chatting easily with them.
With Levi, he was shy and reserved. He stuttered a lot and got flustered. He would blush a lot and look down, not meeting Levi's eyes.
"Well I'm done," Armin stood up straight and walked around Levi a couple times to make sure everything was pinned correctly.
"Thank you, Armin,"
Armin carefully helped him remove everything so none of the pins would fall out.
"I know you and Erwin are going on your third date tonight," Levi said once he was all dressed. He looked to find Armin blushing, unsurprisingly, "since everyone knows what happens on the third date, I won't be expecting to see you tomorrow morning. Enjoy your date," Levi said before exiting the room and leaving Armin behind.
A couple days later, Levi was in the back of his car on his way home. He had contemplating on staying home all day since he knew Eren would be coming home today, but he had work to do. He asked Connie after an appropriate amount of small talk if Eren was back.
"Yeah, I picked him up a few hours ago. His family was very nice, his mother gave me cheesecake," Levi had visited the family a couple times and every time, Carla was very hospitable. Their home was small, much smaller than Levi's, but it was clean and comfortable and Levi had felt right at home.
Once they arrived, Connie left Levi at the front if the house to go park the car in the garage and Levi set out on looking for Eren. He started at the kitchen, but only found Petra, who informed him she hadn't seen Eren since he got back and that Armin had already left for his weekend with Erwin.
Petra had been working for Levi ever since he inherited the mansion. She was the one who worked with all the servants when they first started out to make sure everything was to Levi's likings. She was also the cook.
Levi left her to go find dinner and proceeded to walk around the house looking for Eren. He couldn't find him and thought about going to find him in his room, but then he decided he should probably get to his own and get out of his work suit and into some more comfortable clothing.
He walked into his room and noticed it had been cleaned, seemed Armin did so before he left. He stood by his bed and started to take his clothes off, he had just taken off his pants when he heard a door to his attached bathroom open and turned out to find a wide eyed, blushing Eren.
"Levi! You're back," Eren turned to the side as he spoke and Levi was confused until he realized he was standing in nothing but his boxers and socks.
"Yes, just now. I see you're back as well,"
"Yes, thank you for letting me go for so long,"
"It's no problem. May I ask why you were in my bathroom?"
"I'm covering for Armin since he overslept, and since he covered for me while I was away, I told him not to worry," it was Armin's job to clean Levi's room and bathroom.
"Ah, makes sense," Levi walked towards Eren who was still standing in front of the door to the bathroom. It seemed the closer Levi got, the redder Eren got, "may I enter my bathroom?"
"Yes, right," Eren stepped to the side.
"Could you take my clothes to Sasha to have washed? And also find me something comfortable to wear. No jeans, please,"
"Yes, sir,"
"Eren,"
"Yes, Levi," Eren corrected himself.
Levi gave him a small smile and then proceeded to go take his shower. he walked out of his room wearing once of the shirts he most dreaded. Out of all his clothes, Eren had to look in the drawer full of shirts Erwin got him for every holiday, every birthday. A 'Levi's' shirt. It was bad enough that he had a name the same as a brand, but it being a popular brand is even worse. Erwin has been getting him a Levi's shirt for years. He debated getting another shirt but he decided against it.
He went into the dining room, where everyone was already sitting there, just waiting for him. Every Friday, they all ate together. They mostly just chatted to each other while Levi ate and listened to their conversations, nonetheless it was nice. Some days, Erwin joined them and that's when Levi found himself talking the most.
There were a few giggles from some of them when Levi entered the dining room.
"Whoever says something about it is getting fired," Levi said as he sat down. He wouldn't really fire them, and they all knew that but no one laughed.
Of course, Eren was the one to ask the question, "about what?"
"His shirt," Jean snickered, "he hates Levi's,"
"Then why does he have so many shirts?"
"They're Erwin's gag gifts,"
"I think they look nice," Eren mumbled, "that one really brings out his eyes,"
Levi was wearing a cerulean shirt, it brought out the hints of blue in his grey eyes.
"Ok everyone," Petra said, "let's just ignore Levi's choice of attire and eat," thank god for Petra.
After dinner, Levi was walking down the hallway to the living room to watch some tv before bed when Eren caught up to him.
"I'm sorry about the shirt, I didn't know you didn't like them,"
"It's alright, you haven't been around for any of the holidays Erwin usually gives them to me. You didn't know,"
"I saw an entire drawer of them and thought you liked them,"
"That's a reasonable assumption, but no. I keep them there because they're gifts nonetheless. Although, I never knew they could be so comfortable," it was true. The material was soft and they weren't too tight, nor too lose. Usually finding t-shirts that fit him this way was hard, they were either too big or too small, "I might consider wearing them more often. At least around the house,"
They made it to the room and Levi invited him in. Eren hesitantly agreed and they sat down to watch a movie Levi remember Eren saying he had never seen. A movie that was one of Levi's favorites.
But they ended up not really watching the movie, instead they sat there and Levi listened to Eren talk about his family and thank him again for helping his sister. All of a sudden, Eren seemed to remember something and ran out the room, telling Levi he would be right back.
A couple minutes later, Eren returned with a plate of cheesecake and a fork, "my mom made this and told me to make sure you ate it,"
"I'll gladly eat it. Everything she makes is delicious," as expected, he took a bite and it was every thing as good as Connie had told him it was. He offered some to Eren but he blushed and shook his head. Suddenly becoming shy, which reminded him.
"It's come to my understanding that you harbor a crush on me, Eren,"
"Wh-what? Who said that?" Eren backed away and sat as far away from Levi as the couch allowed, which actually wasn't all that far away.
"Is it not true?" Levi sat the half eaten cheesecake on the table in front of him.
"Did Jean say that? He's always trying to embarrass me an-,"
"Armin told me," Levi noticed Eren's body relax even though he turned a darker shade of red.
"Well, I guess Armin has no reason to lie," Eren said quietly.
"I would imagine not. So it is true then?"
"Yes, Levi,"
Levi slid a foot across the couch that left him sitting right next to Eren.
"That's great," Levi said, leaning in slightly, "so I can kiss you?" he let the question linger. He face was close to Eren's, if he moved even an inch closer, their lips would be touching, their noses nearly brushing each other. He could've leaned in and kissed Eren, but just because Eren confessed to liking Levi, didn't mean he wanted to be kissed by him
"That would be nice," Eren said, his voice soft and his warm breathed fanned across Levi's face. It was Eren who closed the distance between then and connected their lips. It was a soft, chaste kiss. Their lips pressed against each other for a second longer before Eren slowly opened his mouth. Levi took a deep breath and kissed Eren harder. His hands, that had been impatiently sitting on his lap were now cupping Eren's face, tilting it so Levi could get a good angle as he let his tongue explore Eren's mouth.
They pulled back to catch their breath. Eren hummed and his hands were on Levi, bringing him back to his lips. One of his hands placed over Levi's, which was still cupping his cheek, his other clutching the fabric of the t-shirt at Levi's waist. He whimpered slightly when Levi wrapped his tongue around his before he continued to memorize Eren's mouth. Eren kissed him back with as much vigor, his own tongue rolling around Levi's.
When they finally pulled back, Eren giggled and Levi gave him a questioning look.
"You taste like cheesecake,"