(I do not own Shingeki no Kyojin, jussayin'. ouo)
Eren believed his costume went way better than expected-with the help of Mikasa, that it.
According to Levi, he wouldn't be going with anyone in his home town, so guess who was spending the night for about the 1000th time?
Said male was pulling up in the driveway. Currently, they were about to go to a party that Sasha had invited them to. She lived on a farm that was rumored to be haunted, so it sounded like the perfect scenario for everyone.
It would be scary. It would be terrifying. It would set the fear factor mood. They all loved the idea, so they accepted without a moments hesitation.
Eren asked beforehand if he could bring a friend along, and Sasha happily obliged, because, "The more, the merrier."
So, that's what would be going on. Still, even as Levi was knocking on the door, even as he came inside and plopped down on the couch as if it was his home, even as he stared at the T.V. blankly, the three had time to kill.
Mikasa wouldn't be attending the party at Sasha's; she'd already agreed to attend a Halloween party at work, so she was dressing up as a cat for it.
She'd been talking about Jean working with her, and Eren hated the guy. He was rude, self-centered, and looked like a horse.
"If he lays his hands on you, I will beat the living snot out of him, alright?" Eren assured with her. Mikasa just shook her head.
"Even if he did assult me, Eren, it wouldn't be anything I can't handle." Which was true, since Mikasa attended martial arts classes with Eren since their mother and father died, and Mikasa was even better in the type of martial arts. Still, Eren's fighting style was different, and much more deadly.
"And if I let you after him, there wouldn't be any guarantee that he would be left alive, now would there?" She deadpanned, slipping her high-heels on, and adjusting her cat ears in the bathroom mirror.
"Eh." Eren shrugged. He wouldn't admit to anyone, not even Mikasa or his dearest Levi that he was very dangerous once he experienced the personality swing.
It just happened from time to time, whether it be Eren get angry, or someone is threatened. Most of the time, it happened when he was injured.
Either way, it was a scary process and no one wants to be around the brunette once those lovely turquoise orbs show even the slightest hint of the amber they turn to.
And with that, Mikasa grabbed her purse, said her goodbyes, and was out the door, heading to the car.
Eren waved goodbye and relaxed on the couch. There was a stand by the door, holding candy for the kids who wandered around this area of town, which was very popular.
Since they had about two and half hours until they would head to Sasha's-in Levi's car, by Eren's direction-they would sit and watch a horror flick, munching on a bit of candy for themselves.
Oh yes, Levi's costume.
It appeared he wasn't in it, Levi convincing Eren that he would change into it once it was time to go, much to Eren's dismay.
Despite that, Eren looked like a very convincing zombie, and when he answered the door, he was greeted by the most expression he would receive of horror from Levi-a slight raising of the eyebrows.
That was pretty much it; it's slightly disappointing when it comes to terror from Levi.
Here they were, lounging on the couch. A knock on the door from time to time, Eren answering it every time. He earned a few squeals then giggles from the children who saw his costume.
As the time neared, Levi headed to the bathroom with a bag wordlessly.
He stepped out a few minutes later, wearing a pair of fake but realistic-looking fangs, an old victorian outfit, and a pair of white gloves donning slim fingers.
"Wow." To Eren, the other looked extremely handsome. He brushed this off and exclaimed, "You look so cool! It suits you perfectly." Eren offered with a bright smile.
Levi felt his cheeks heat up slightly, which he covered with a fake cough and turning his head away.
"Alright, let's go then."
With that, Levi and Eren made it just in time.
Sasha explained that her father had put together a haunted maze with high stacks of hay (which would be eaten by the animals later).
For a good hour, the two enjoyed themselves, introducing Levi to friends, drinking punch and eating little cup cakes, or at least Eren did. Levi didn't want to, or he would most likely lose his fangs.
Levi got a lot of comments from the girls, squealing about how handsome he was, to which Eren wrapped his arms around the shorter to fake being clingy and saying, "Hey, he's mine." To which he received quite a few chuckles and giggles. Levi cleared his throat and shoved the other away. Eren laughed at this.
Next, they were all split up into teams of two, to make their way through the maze.
Of course, Levi wished to pair up with none other than Eren.
And they were off.
The two seemed pretty apathetic toward the 'scares', though Eren did jump and cry out a few times.
They found their way out, but strangely, it led to the barn.
"Should we go in?" Eren asked, hesitantly.
"I don't see why not. This is most likely part of the scare, right?"
"I dunno. There should be corny decorations up, but this is actually kind of dead and spoopy. It doesn't seem like this is part of it."
"Jesus Eren did you just say spoopy-"
"What was that?" Eren pointed to the window, which was broken.
"Probably a bat." Levi shrugged.
"It looked like a person. I don't know, I might be delusional." Eren repeated the same gesture as Levi.
"You're so immature."
"Hey, I can be serious when I need to be."
"What? If you're trying to scare me, it won't work."
"I'm being dead serious here, Levi."
They just stared at eachother. Levi cracked a ghost of a smile.
"Pft. Dead serious. You're a zombie."
"Oh really Levi who's being immature now?"
"I never said you were immature."
"But you did earlier...?"
Levi sighed. "Really. First talking to yourself, and then trying to scare me? What's up with you?"
Eren stared at him blankly. "Let's just go in."
The two didn't see the shadow behind them move to the side of the barn as they proceeded in.
It was silent inside, to the point that they could hear eachother's breathing, and a quickening heartbeat from one.
Which kept getting faster, and louder.
"Really, Eren, are you that scared?"
"Huh? I thought that was yours, and that you were pretending to be stoic."
It went deathly silent after that, and Eren felt a shiver go down his spine.
"Levi, are you touching my neck?"
"... Why would I do that? What the heck, Eren? Seriously."
"No, I'm serious, Levi." Eren's voice trembled, a true sign of fear. Levi focused on Eren in the darkness, as much as he could considering they had forgotten to bring a flashlight; the maze was dark to add affect.
Levi could make out a dark figure hovering near Eren.
"Levi?"
"Hey! Who are you? Stop touching him!" Levi commanded at the shadowy figure.
"What? What's the matter?" Eren panicked.
Levi blinked, and the figure was gone. He rubbed his eyes.
"What the he11..?"
"Maybe you're just seeing things. It's really dark in here, and.. AAAAAH!" Eren screamed after an audible thump was heard.
"What? What is it, Eren? Eren?!" Levi sounded worried for the second time in his existence.
"I STUBBED MY TOE!"
"Jesus Christ Eren." Levi audibly smacked his forehead.
"Sorry. Alright, should we go up? It's still kind of ominous in here."
"Kind of. Yeah, what could possibly go wrong?" Asked Levi, voice dripping with blantantly obvious saracasm.
Yet Eren couldn't catch on. "Great! Alright, I'll go first."
Levi trailed behind, climbing up right behind the other, and getting a full view of Eren's (very nice-he's not gonna admit this to anyone) butt.
They reached the top, but Eren froze after taking one step, causing Levi to collide into him. "What the he11, Eren?" Levi asked clearly, bewildered as to why the other halted so suddenly.
"Listen." Eren held a hand up, and you could hear faint crying from the back.
Eren and Levi listened for a moment before Eren spoke up again. "Maybe someone from one of the teams got lost?"
"How on earth can someone be so stupid to get lost in a barn?"
"It's dark, Levi, you can't expect anything from anyone." Eren shrugged, and proceeded forward, following the soft sobs.
The two found a dark figure in the corner of a big room, curled up in a ball and sobbing quietly. It was a wonder the two were able to pick up on it, but either way, they would have found out.
Eren proceeded slowly as to not alarm whoever was there. "Hello? Are you okay? Are you lost?" He questioned softly, and comfortingly.
The figure stood up. It slowly turned to Eren, who's expression went from curious to plain horrified as the face was revealed.
Pure white, black holes for eye sockets. Her hair was stark black, and giving a toothless smile as she turned and started racing after them.
Without another moment of hesitation, Eren grabbed Levi without warning, slung him over his shoulder, ran to the ladder, climbed down as fast as he could considering Levi was kicking and beating on his back saying, 'I can get out myself, Eren.' He sprinted out of the barn, through the maze without a flaw, and running back to the house.
Eren was panting by the time he was done. He set down Levi and put his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath.
"Wow, Eren," He heard a female voice, turning his head to meet Sasha. "I didn't think the maze would be that scary."
"Nah, but the barn was terrifying. How did you make the girl appear to have no eyes?"
"... Eren, the barn was closed off. The maze wasn't even supposed to lead there."
"But what about the dark figures? And one touching my neck, and following me, and the little girl?"
"Are you okay? None of that should have happened, Eren."
"Quit messing with me, Sasha, I'm being serious."
"We certainly know what we saw. If it wasn't a prank, I'm not sure what it was." Levi chimed in.
Sasha's eyes widened in horror. "I don't know what you guys saw out there, but it was definately not part of my maze."
And for a moment, the two looked truly terrified as Eren screamed like a little girl.
(There. There. Sorry for ghost cliches.)
