A wave of chilled air raised the hair on Levi's arms as he stepped into the store, and he inwardly groaned at the unwelcome temperature drop. Fumbling with the handles of the black plastic basket as he lifted it off the stack, he inhaled the scent of the unnatural metallic air and the crispness of the fresh produce section. Rehearsed lines invaded Levi's mind as he perused the aisles, taking his time as he read the ingredients of various items.
Realising that he had been procrastinating, he checked his shopping list and darted off to grab his various items, adamantly refusing to overthink what he was about to do.
Although nervous, Levi refused to let this show and kept his usual bored look as he approached Counter 6, not even letting his demeanour falter when the brunette behind the desk wasn't Eren. A shock of freckles and boredom, spouting out a rehearsed and dull greeting; it was at this moment Levi realised he hated her.
Before she could start scanning his items, he quickly read her name tag and slammed his basket onto the counter before loudly protesting.
"Up yours Ymir. Ymir," he repeated mockingly, "What kind of name is that?" The two sustained eye contact for a drawn out and tense 30 seconds before Levi turned on his heel and stormed out of the air conditioned store, muttering the whole way about "drunk hippie parents."
He slammed the car door a little too forcefully and for a moment was worried he had caused some damage to the vehicle. But this was soon forgotten as he tore a cigarette from its carton and reversed out of the narrow parking space.
The set up inside the 7/11 was much less favourable. The flimsy, commercial products were all in the wrong places, the air was stagnant and too cold, everything was more expensive, but at least the guy behind the counter didn't try to card Levi as he purchased necessities, cigarettes and an energy drink at a gas station. Even though he was much less attractive than a certain cashier that Levi would have preferred.
As Levi walked to the car, he shook his head and mentally scoffed at 'Ymir' one final time. Before pulling out of the car park, he found the conveniently named Erwin Aasmith, how fortunate that Erwin was blessed with a name that made him appear first in Levi's contacts. Entirely coincidentally.
"Hey Levi, do you have any lectures today?" Erwin disliked small talk too, this was a thing Levi highly appreciated about the man.
"No."
"Do you want me to come over?"
"If you want"
"I'll just shower and come right over then."
Levi cut off whatever else Erwin was possibly about to say and switched on the radio as he reversed out of the parking space.
A/N: A really short update but I assure you the next chapter will be magnificent and also thank you for putting up with my bad updating schedule. (bad as in I don't have one)