A/N: Okay, this is a super short chapter because I ran out of time. ^-^" Soon, my updates will get less frequent, so I wanted to get at least something for you guys before I temporarily disappear. X(
And now everyone's afraid or suspicious that this story will end in tragedy... Guys, just read my profile. I don't want to say anything here in case I spoil the story for anyone, but if you're seriously that worried, just read it. ^O^"
EDIT: OH WOW UPLOADED WRONG DOCUMENT XD SORRY EVERYONE
Levi woke to see Eren staring at him.
"..."
The brunet in front of him immediately blushed and fidgeted slightly. Prior to Levi's awakening, Eren had apparently been stroking his hair as he slept, gazing at his sleeping face, not expecting Levi to suddenly wake up.
Levi simply looked at Eren, blinked, then closed his eyes again. "Eren... what time is it?" The boy traced several numbers on Levi's collarbone.
1...0...2...4...
"Ten twenty-four? I see..." The older man murmured, reaching to pull Eren closer, his arms slung around his waist. He shifted his head forward to kiss Eren's forehead.
Tentatively, Eren pressed a soft kiss to Levi's cheek in response, his ears still red from Levi's kiss.
Levi, slightly amused, brought his hand up to cup Eren's face. "Oh, was that another thank you? Did you just want to kiss my cheek?"
Eren smiled, his hand holding up two fingers to indicate his answer.
"Hn..."
Levi, Eren began to mouth, we should get up.
"...let's not." Levi muttered, wishing Eren was flush against him as they were last night. "Stay here with me, okay?"
Eren nodded happily, pressing his face into the junction between Levi's neck and shoulder. Levi instantly wrapped his arms around Eren, pressing his lips to Eren's hair again.
He had never felt so comfortable for a long time.
Right now, it didn't matter that all the things Eren and Hanji were saying before might be true, it didn't matter that he had probably fallen for a former mermaid six times his age, the only thing that mattered was Eren clinging to him docilely, and everything was perfect-
"Do I sense development or DO I SENSE DEVELOPMENT!?"
"..."
"..."
"...Eren." Levi said slowly, his calm expression contrasting strongly with Eren's shocked one, "I want you to leave here now and wait for me in the kitchen. I'm going to kill Hanji and I'd rather you not be here to see it."
LEVI! Eren mouthed in consternation, his eyes darting back and forth between Hanji and Levi as he instinctively drew the covers over his body (although he was clothed).
"OHOHOHOHOHOHO oheeheeheeheeohohohohohoho!" The doctor was practically dancing on the spot in maniacal joy. "I KNEW this was going to happen, I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"...are you done now?"
"NO, NOOOOOOOO! THIS IS JUST TOO PRICELESS! EHEEHEEHEEHEE AHAHAHAHAHA MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH MY LORD, I THINK I'VE GONE CRAZY! IT'S JUST SO DAMN CUTE! STAY STILL I NEED TO TAKE A PICTURE-"
A nearby desk promptly flew into her head.
CRASH!
"Not today!" Levi yelled, standing at the foot of the bed in his sleeping clothes while Eren panicked on the bed, still gripping the sheets.
"DID YOU GUYS END UP DOING IT!? DID YOU!? AAHAHAHAHAHAHA LEVI I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, YOU SHRIMP-"
"HANJI."
"OH NO NO NO NO NO NO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE GETTING RID OF ME THAT EASILY-"
"HANJI."
Eren had somehow managed to find his notebook in the middle of the chaos.
Dr. Hanji, I'm sorry, but could you wait for us to get up first!?
"..." Hanji pouted, pausing in her fangirl dance. "Dang it, Eren, why do you have to be so cute and ask me like that... ah... fine... fine... I'll just leave you two lovey dovey birds alone... ahhh... I feel so old now... like my children got married or something..."
Without warning, the doctor suddenly burst into tears, and, crying and laughing hysterically, ran from the room at top speed.
"..."
"..."
"I'm still going to kill her."
Flip. Please don't, Levi!
"Don't worry, Eren, Hanji's a doctor, she'll be fine even if she's killed." Levi said carelessly, walking back to the bed to the brunet.
Thoroughly unconvinced, Eren was about to scribble a reply when Levi sat down and suddenly pulled the boy into his lap again. "Hah..." He rested his chin on Eren's shoulder, an almost defeated look in his face. "I'm the kind of person who hates human contact and would scoff at the mere mention of cuddling... and yet now I'm wanting to do this kind of corny crap..."
Smiling again, Eren hastily wrote a few words before raising the notebook to Levi's eyes.
Really, Levi!? I feel very special then!
"You better feel special, damn brat." Levi glanced again at Eren's beaming face, and, deciding the boy didn't look flustered enough, blew softly into his ear.
"...!" Eren's entire face instantly crimsoned as Levi placed a kiss on his lower jaw. "Hmm... I think you look nicer all bothered and blushing, Eren." It was a lie, of course. The damn brat looked fucking adorable no matter what he was doing. But Levi would carry that to the grave.
Poor Eren looked like he wanted to hide his face again.
Levi! Levi is being stupid!
"..."
Flip. Levi, don't we have to get up soon?
"...five more minutes..."
Much to Levi's annoyance, however, they came into the kitchen room to see both Hanji and Erwin. Hanji was still wiggling her eyebrows and winking enough to make Levi puke, while Erwin stood there with an apologetic look on his face, the police chief obviously torn between guilt and amusement.
"So." Hanji gave another wiggle of her eyebrows. "So. So... you have anything important to tell us, Levi~~?"
"..."
"I'm taking Eren out to town today." Levi announced loudly before beginning to make himself some coffee, Eren trailing after him like a duckling.
"Seriously!? You're taking Eren out on another date!? AAAAAAAAAH!"
Levi cursed quietly, surprised that Hanji's last squeal hadn't cracked any of his glasses. To make things worst, Bean, having woken up by the racket, saw Hanji and loped around excitedly, barking at the top of his voice. Erwin hastened to calm him.
"It is NOT a date, it is an errand!" Levi corrected sharply, thinking his head might split open from all the noise.
Eren cocked his head curiously.
What's a date? Is it fun?
"...TOO MOE!" Hanji exploded, pretending (or maybe not) to swoon on the spot while Levi calmly stepped over her body to get his cereal.
It was up to Erwin to answer the question. "...well, a date, Eren, is when two people who like each other do fun activities with each other, such as eating dinner, or seeing a movie (do you know what a movie is?) and what not. And they talk and get to know one another better. Most people go on dates before marrying each other."
Oh! I understand!
Flip. So when Levi and I went to the festival, it was a date?
"Yes, yes, that's right, Eren." Erwin said absentmindedly.
"..."
"...a-ah, wait-"
"It was NOT." Levi growled through gritted teeth before sipping his cup of coffee. Eren, seemingly unperturbed by the older man's intimidating behavior, began to write.
Why not, Levi?
"Just because. It wasn't."
Flip. But we went somewhere fun!
"No, I did not have fun. Not one bit"
Flip. And we talked and got to know each other better!
"...what the hell, Eren, we did not do that!"
Flip. And we like each other!
"..." Levi promptly brought his coffee to his mouth in order to buy himself some time to answer, uncomfortably aware of the three attentive pairs of eyes fixed on him (Bean was busy eating his own breakfast).
Finishing his coffee, Levi set the cup down and casually pushed a bowl of cereal towards Eren. "...only one out of three, Yeager, you lose. Now eat your damn cereal and stop grinning like that, you'll end up looking like Hanji if you do that too often."
Yes! Eren looked like he would have sung in joy if he had a voice.
"OH COME ON LEVI STOP BEING SUCH A STICKMAN! WE ALL KNOW YOU WANT TO KISS AND MOLEST HIM LIKE THE DAMN PERVERT YOU SECRETLY ARE~~!"
Levi ignored Hanji. "Ah yeah, going back to what I was talking about in the first place..." He turned towards Eren, who was busily digging into his cereal. "Eren, I was thinking we should go out to buy you some clothes."
The brunet paused in his eating, raising his head up to Levi with a quizzical look.
But Levi, I have clothes!
"...yeah, but they're mine. You're not going to wear them forever, are you?"
"E-EH?" Hanji ran to the table, her head swiveling back and forth between Eren and Levi. "Wh-what do you mean by that, 'forever'!? Explain yourself, Levi!"
"...It means he's staying with me." Levi spat out bluntly despite himself, a very scary shadow hanging over his face. "The damn brat came out of fucking nowhere, so I don't have a choice if I want to keep my sanity."
"Wh-what? WHAT? WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT!? H-HOW DID THINGS ESCALATE SO QUICKLY!?" Hanji screamed, dashing to Eren and putting her arms protectively around him. "Y-you intend to marry Eren? Mother will never allow it!"
"...Hanji, calm down a bit-" Erwin attempted, but Levi cut him off irritably.
"Who the hell is this 'Mother' you speak of? I only see a crazy being who clearly belongs in the jungle. Now hurry up and get your hands off of him!"
Hanji only clutched Eren tighter. "OOH! Possessive Levi! It gives me the shivers! Can't I molest Eren just a little bit too!?"
"I'll cut you into mincemeat before you can even try!" Levi threatened, grabbing a knife from one of his drawers.
"Erm, Levi-"
Eren began to write something in his notebook, his face happy and ignorant of the ruckus around him.
I really like wearing Levi's clothes.
Flip. Can't I wear them a little longer?
"...Don't be stupid, brat." Levi grumbled, reaching out to tousle Eren's hair. "At this rate, there won't be enough clothes for the both of us. Now, Erwin, do me a favor and get Hanji out of my kitchen before she drools all over the floors."
"...sure thing..." Erwin murmured, putting a hand on Hanji's shoulder and gently steering her to the exit, much to her horror.
"WH-WH-WHAT but-but no, no, no NO, I want to see more of my lovey dovey boys in action, Erwin, you CAN'T! Besides, I have to help Levi with shopping-"
"Goodbye..." Levi waved lazily at her, hiding his smirk by drinking his second cup of coffee.
"You will pay for this later, Levi, you little shrimp! YOU WILL PAY-"
Slam!
Levi let out a quiet sound of relief as the door shut behind the two. "My god... I just can't get how that woman's mind functions..." He heard the sound of Eren's pencil and glanced in his direction. "Hmm?"
But Dr. Hanji is so nice!
"...in a creepy, disturbing sort of way, sure." Levi acknowledged sourly, sitting down next to Eren, the brunet fidgeting slightly as he did. It didn't escape Levi's notice. "...if you have to use the bathroom that badly, go ahead..."
Embarrassed, Eren jerked up in his seat.
I DO NOT have to use the bathroom!
"Then what do you want?"
"..." Eren fidgeted more before finally writing a response, half-hiding behind his notebook in shame.
I want to kiss...
Levi raised an eyebrow before reaching out to force the notebook down with one hand. With the other, he tilted Eren's chin and descended on his lips.
Their kiss was a bit rougher this time, Levi was finding it more and more difficult to hold back when it came to the brat. Eren's eyes fluttered shut as his hand shyly traveled to Levi's shoulder.
Levi kept his eyes half-open, preferring to watch the brunet's expressions as he slowly claimed Eren's mouth, Eren's grip on his shoulder tightening involuntarily as he did-
"Woof! Woof!" Bean suddenly nosed his way between them, barking happily as he licked Eren's cheek.
"...stupid mutt..." Levi hastily pushed the sheepdog away before he could be slobbered on as well. Eren laughed silently, hugging Bean and burying his face into the thick fur to hide the redness in his cheeks.
He saw your tongue, Levi, so he wanted to join in!
"...Eren... No. Just... no." Levi hastily turned away. "Come on, we need to get ready..."
Still a little flushed from Levi's kiss, Eren stood obediently, giving Bean one last pat.
Levi, how did you get Bean?
"...I didn't get him."
Flip. Did you get him from Dr. Hanji?
"...more like she forced him on me because she couldn't take care of both Bean and Sonny..." Levi explained, pocketing his car keys. "...hmm..." He paused on his way to the sink. "Now that I think about it, what the hell do brats wear these days?"
...Do you think Dr. Hanji should come with us?
Levi shook his head vehemently. "Like hell she should. I don't want her putting anymore weird things on you."
Eren gave him a mischievous smile.
But Levi, you said you didn't hate the maid dress!
"...all right, fine." Levi admitted grudgingly. "Maybe I didn't, but I would hate other people seeing you in that thing." He brushed his fingers gently against Eren's dog-slobber-free-cheek. "So please, Eren, let's get only guy clothes today."
Eren nodded, giggling noiselessly.
"...shut up, brat."
I'm very happy right now, Levi!
"...because of the maid dress?" Levi questioned, a hint of incredulity in his tone.
The brunet shook his head, still smiling.
Because, I'm a part of Levi's world!
Levi blinked. "...oh..."
Eren continued to write.
So I don't care what happens
Flip. As long as I am with Levi!
"..." Levi stared at Eren for a while, the response "Stop being so fucking adorable and marry me" on his lips, but he settled for ruffling Eren's hair and turning away. "...yeah, I know. Me too."
I should just rename this chapter to... Hanji and fluff. O-O" Three words basically sums up the whole thing... but anyway...
Thank you guys for all the reviews! ^.^ Just reading them gets me pumped to type out the next chapter! I might be gone for a while, but I assure you, I WILL RETURN, I PROMISE! -waves sword for emphasis-