(I don't own Shingeki no Kyojin. ^^)
(Cómo actualizo generalmente de uno a dos días a la vez, pero no pudo debido a un festival. Lo siento. ^^)
(I usually update from one to two days at a time, but I couldn't because I went to a festival. I'm sorry. ^^)
Eren woke up early the next day; he was beyond excited to hang out with Levi.
He turned his head to look at the clock, his fluffy brown hair making the scene of getting into his eyes. He blew his bangs out of his eyes and mouthed the time, '6:42.'
An ungodly hour to get up at on a weekend, no less a Saturday.
He shrugged before heading over to his dresser, pulling out a pair of black skinny jeans, and a red T-shirt that said in white: Keep calm and kill the titans.
Complete with a pair of normal sneakers, he nodded in approval to his outfit and it's simplicity. He threw these on with ease, and brushed out his fluffy mop of hair with a little difficulty.
He put in his contacts, for he wasn't gonna lie. His eyesight sucked.
Eren slipped his dark green wallet with one white wing overlapping a black one in his back pocket, his phone in his front pocket.
The green-eyed boy checked the clock once more, taking no more than a mere glance to take in the new input. He then exited his room, to the kitchen.
'7:03.' Eren smiled to himself at the fact that he didn't take forever to get ready. He found Mikasa making breakfast in the kitchen. He greeted her with a questioning look.
She responded to his look verbally. "I knew you probably wouldn't be able to stay asleep for long, so I decided to get up early."
Eren thanked her as she set down a plate with pancakes and sausage down in front of him. He gave a guilty look to her, now that he knew that she woke up early on a Saturday for him. She simply smiled at him, the look on her face saying, 'Hey, I don't mind.'
Mikasa had to work today, and so it wasn't exactly too bad. He dug into his food after saying his thanks.
"So, who won the race between you two?" Mikasa broke the awkward silence with a question.
"Levi, but I'm not upset! You should have seen it, Mikasa! It's like he works some sort of magic. The way he whizzes through the air, just.. wow." He spoke, raising his voice in some places. His admiration for the shorter was strong to detect.
"Sounds like you like him." Those words had the boy blushing madly. He could rival a tomato.
"I do not! You don't know what you're talking about, Mikasa!" He retorted, denying the statement strongly.
"Hm." Mikasa responded with, her doubt showing through obviously.
"Mikasaaaa!" He whined. Mikasa chuckled; Eren was being cute again.
She felt a pang of jealousy, but willed it away. Mikasa knew he was happy.
~Timeskip~
After breakfast, Eren had said his goodbyes, and headed out the door around 8. Mikasa nodded, and got ready for work.
Eren headed down the street to cafe, a smile on his face.
His lovely green eyes surveyed his surroundings, noting the blue sky, chirping birds, lovely weather, accompanied with a lovely breeze.
'Perfect,' He mused to himself. Eren made his way along to the cafe, spotting a familiar black head of hair with an undercut, and cold grey eyes. Levi was inside, sitting at a table.
He appeared to not have waited for long, for he hadn't ordered anything yet. Eren quickly made his way into the cafe, and sat across from Levi.
Levi acknowledged his presence with a slight nod.
They had talked until the time to order. Eren got... not much, since he recently ate breakfast. He ordered a piece of strawberry shortcake, and a cup of lemonade. Levi ordered black coffee, nothing added.
"I didn't know you like your coffee bitter." Eren pointed out. Levi grimaced.
"I can't imagine drinking coffee any other way, it tastes... unnatural when you add sweet things to it." Levi replied, bitterly. Almost as bitter as he preferred his coffee.
Eren chuckled before nodding. "Right, I see."
From then on, the two chatted for a few minutes, until their things arrived.
Levi sipped his coffee absentmindedly. Eren poked at a strawberry on his shortcake, taking a sip of his lemonade.
Eren frowned, Crap, I'm making him bored. I gotta say something...
"So... uh... nice weather today, huh?" Eren stuttered out.
Levi turned his slate grey eyes to him before nodding, and turning his gaze back out the window. Dark menacing clouds gathered in the distance, standing out against the blue of the sky.
I was brushed off. Eren thought, petrified. He shook his head, sighing.
Levi watched him, amused, watching as his soft-looking hair swished. When Eren looked back up to him, he turned his attention back out the window.
Eren sighed, blowing a lock of hair out of his face, and closing his eyes as he rested his chin on the palm of his hand, leaning on his elbow.
Levi took this change to take in the appearance of the other. Flawless tanned skin, brown hair that looks soft, his eyelashes are really long, like a girl's... Eren's eyes fluttered open, meeting Levi's silver, but Levi didn't mind the eye contact as he completed his survey. Blue, no... green.. no... turquoise? Turquoise eyes that sparkle. This guy doesn't look half bad.
"Uh, Levi?" Eren, turned his gaze outside, where the clouds had come closer.
Levi hummed in response, "Hm?" Eren swallowed nervously, but was hiding something as he turned his gaze back to the other.
"Does it look like it's... uh... gonna rain to you?" Eren asked him, turning his green-eyed gaze to the other.
".. Yeah, I suppose. Why?" Levi asked, turning his attention to the clouds. A flash of lightning appeared every few seconds. The second that the first roll of thunder was heard, Eren inched away from the window.
"Eh, uhm.." Eren stuttered. Levi raised an eyebrow at the other. All of a sudden, Eren's phone rang, earning a muffled cry from the other.
"H.. hello?" A female voice came from the other end of the call.
'Hey, Eren, are you okay? I see storm clouds from work, and they look pretty bad.' Eren gave a squeak at the notification. "I'm fine... I guess."
"Hm." Mikasa caught on to every hint of Eren being just the opposite.
"Really, I'm o-" There was a slight pause, and then a whimper from Eren's end of the call. Mikasa heard the loud clap of thunder from her work area, even though the storm wasn't much farther than the cafe, and was moving quite slowly.
"Eren?" Mikasa heard a deeper voice from the other end. That must have been Levi.
She began to think to herself, and left it in the hands of Levi to be Eren's temporary comfort, since she couldn't go to Eren from work, and Levi was already there. Not to mention Eren was quite fond of the boy.
With that, she came up with an excuse to leave Eren in Levi's care. "I have to go, Eren. Something came up. Stay safe, alright?" From which she recieved an '..Alright.' in response.
Eren's fingers were trembling as he put his phone back in his pocket. Poor Levi was still oblivious to the situation at hand. Eren swallowed before turning his fearful eyes to Levi.
The silence between the two was deafening, save for rolls of thunder, and the shivering of the green-eyed teen that pursued right after.
"... Eren, what's the matter?" Levi finally asked, after what seemed to be ages.
"Well, I... you see, I have.. I'm kind of..." Eren stumbled on his words, trying to find the right ones to describe his current situation.
Levi gave him a, 'Today, Eren.' look. Eren understood, and took a deep breath to speak.
He was interrupted by a bright flash, and a rumble that seemed to shake the diner.
The shoter of the duo looked outside, face lacking all emotion as he spoke. "Wow, it's really storming out there." He turned his silver gaze back to Eren, to find him with his knees pressed to his chest and his hands on his ears, gritting his teeth and shutting his eyes tightly.
Levi stared at Eren. Levi looked outside, then back at Eren. Roll of thunder, Eren feels it, and a muffled sob comes from him.
Oh. Levi nearly smacked his own forehead for being so dense.
Eren's afraid of thunder.
Levi stared at Eren. Now that he found out the problem, he was less in the dark. Yet, Levi had no idea what to do to comfort him. He'd never been a really good advice-giver toward anyone else, nor has he even thought about being someone else's thunder buddy.
And in all truth, Levi would have left Eren and told him to, 'Toughen up, and get over it.'
Though, Levi wasn't going to do that now. Eren was a little too dear to Levi to just brush him off like that. Besides, comforting him a little won't being spoiling him, right?
With that, he stood up, and walked to the other side of the table. He plopped down next to Eren, who opened his eyes to reveal just a sliver of terrified green before he shut them again.
In all truth, Eren looked close to tears, and Levi wasn't going to accept that. He pondered over his options for a moment, before hesitantly wrapping his arms around the shivering other.
Eren stiffened under the sudden contact but relaxed and threw his arms around Levi, nearly crushing the other. Levi made a face at this, but Eren seemed to feel slightly comforted by the hug, so he didn't let go. Eren buried his face in Levi's chest, as if it would make the storm go away.
Levi didn't really care if others stared at the two; Eren was as close of a friend to Levi as Erwin and Hanji were.
For the first time in a long time, Levi realized, he felt like he'd been useful.
(Ooooooh lengthy. Not too lengthy; it's lengthy though. Wow.)