Eren's eyes strained behind his glasses, his palms where sweaty from the hours of holding the game controller. Levi was on the couch, sitting quietly with his laptop balanced on his knees. Their shared apartment was small, but cozy. Eren caught himself accidentally staring at Levi's face,when he turned to remark about the plot development, it was illuminated by the light of his computer, flickering in and out of detail. He didn't seem to notice, so Eren shook his head, and went back to playing his video game.

Levi, as he noticed Eren turn back around, pressed pause on the song he was listening to. He tuned into the sound of buttons being hit repeatedly, Eren talking to himself, and almost cracked a smile.

And when Eren died in the game and woke up in the Vita Chamber, Levi would chuckle to himself about what a cute dope Eren was. Eventually,Eren couldn't take it anymore, and hit pause. Levi was to caught up in watching the brunette play the game, he almost jumped when huge green eyes looked over him. Standing up and pulling his basketball shorts down from where they had hiked up his legs, and cracking his back. Letting out a sigh. He walked over to Levi, and sat on the floor in front of him, resting his chin on the black haired male's knees. Like a begging puppy.

Levi took out one of his ear buds.

"Whatcha lookin' up?" Eren asked.

Levi glanced down at his forgotten web page and quickly switched tabs, closing the one labeled "Large affordable country homes". "Just researching for the future."

Eren nodded slightly, looking to the side where their new kitten, Megatron painted in cool grays, was sleeping on the arm of the couch.

"Hey Levi." Eren tested.

"Hm?" Levi leaned over, and stroked the cat's ears endearingly.

"You ever think about, well, our future?"

Yes. "Not really."

Eren turned his hurt gaze to the ground. Levi felt a tightening in his chest. "I mean," his face heated up, "we're gonna get married, and live together in a huge house, and be happy, what's there to think about?" he flicked Eren's forehead. Who smiled, into the curve of Levi's knee. He let out a little chuckle.

"What's it going to be like, I wonder." he muttered, burying his face in the couch between Levi's slightly parted knees.

"What?"

"When I show up at your fathers door to ask for your hand of course."

Levi was silent. He carded his fingers through Eren's soft hair, brushing his nails carefully over his scalp. "Don't get me wrong, I care about you Eren. But trust me you wont have to do that." the corner of his mouth quirked up, and he pushed gently on Eren's shoulder to make him turn around. When he did, Levi set his laptop aside, and kneaded his thumbs into Eren's deltoids carefully.
Eren let his neck just hang loose, and rested his hands in his lap, taking breaths in as smooth as smoke.

"remember I told, somethings just aren't that simple, and plus the only opinion that matters when it comes to that is mine." He leaned down to kiss the nape of Eren's neck, sliding his hands forward, over Eren's pectorals, and back up rubbed firm circles into Eren's shoulder blades.

"I see." Eren let out in a breathy tone, he sounded drowsy. "man, your really good at that Levi."

The brunette twisted his relaxed body around to capture Levi's smooth lips. Tasting his strawberry lip balm, and watermelon gum. He caught one of Levi's wondering hands, and pulled the man gently against his back, to wrap his arms around his chest. Pressing Levi's palm to his steady heart beat. And kissing the other's knuckles.

"I can't find a way to say this to you any other way. Trust me, I've tried to dumb it down, and dress it up but I cant so," Eren squeezed Levi's hand a deep breath, "I love you. Just...so much." Eren massaged Levi's knuckles, and then the space under them. He slid his hands up Levi's forearm, and turned all the way around, to pull him into a tight hug, kissing at his forehead, and hair.

Levi, could feel something swell in his stomach, and chest. Welling up into the corners of his eyes. "You mean so much to me." He squeezed Eren back as hard as he could. Tilting his head down, to reach the others trembling lips. "I love you too."

They stayed like that for a while, until Levi wiped his wet eyes on the back of his hand, leaning back. "Now go play your video game, your nerd." he laughed. Eren's face was a little pink, but he laughed too, throwing up his arms.

"What's the point! That Big Daddy is just not gonna die, I've tried everything, I even used the Incinerate Plasmid!"

"Eren, if that thing has been frozen, electrocuted, swarmed by bugs, and set on fire, and is still alive, then it damn well deserves life." Levi joked, Eren crawled back over to his spot on the floor, in front of the tv, and picked up his controller, offering it to Levi.

"Oh, and you think you could do better?" he taunted, dangling the controller in front of Levi. The older male sighed, getting up and sitting by his boyfriend, pressing his leg up against the others, on purpose.

"I bet I could." he directed his smug look up at Eren, who at this sitting position was taller than Levi. Eren chuckled, and leaned down, planting one right on Levi's unsuspecting lips.