In the morning, they both awoke to the alarm and Eren started reaching over to the right in search for the clock on the table but ended up just groping the mattress and hitting Levi in the face. Levi blinked as Eren gently hit him in the cheek and rolled his eyes as the boy kept his eyes closed and frowned as he searched in vain for the clock. Levi took things into his own hands and reached over Eren's head to turn it off. Eren blinked sleep away from his eyes and squinted up at Levi who also looked sleepy and rubbed his eyes.
"Wait what...?" The brunette mumbled groggily. He didn't remember going to bed with Levi...
"Morning Eren..." Levi sighed tiredly. Then Eren saw Levi's phone on the covers and remembered watching him on it last night. He must have fallen asleep and by the looks of things, Levi had too. He smiled at the thought and snuggled into Levi's strong chest. He'd always dreamt of waking up in Levi's arms and that dream had become a reality.
It was November 28th and Eren wrote it down on a piece of paper, and tucked it in his drawer so that he would always remember when he first woke up in Levi's arms. He was weird like that. He liked to remember dates of things like that. He had other pieces of paper too, he had the date when he'd first seen Levi, when Levi had first looked at him, when they'd first talked, when they became room-mates, when they became one another's boyfriends, and now when he'd woken up next to him. Eren knew he was a bit strange but he didn't care. They meant something to him and that was good enough for him. They were his memories. He headed out into the town with Mikasa that day and they were going to go to lunch before going back to get Eren's hair sorted, and then go to an English lecture. He wondered whether he should tell her about his relationship with Levi while they were out and about – so over lunch, that's exactly what he did. They were sitting in a cafe and Mikasa was looking at her cheap phone. Eren drummed his fingertips on the table before clearing his throat to speak.
"Mikasa? I want to tell you something."
"Yeah, what is it?" She mumbled, not looking up from the text she was writing.
"It's about Levi." Mikasa pricked up her ears at the mention of Levi's name and she looked up at Eren with her eyes narrowed.
"Has he hurt you or something?"
"No, no, no, nothing like that. No, I wanted to tell you that he's my boyfriend now." He chewed his lip, not sure what her reaction would be.
"W...what?" She whispered, looking at him in shock.
"Yeah, I know he seems really rude and moody, and he is, but when he's with me, he's so much different. We went out to town yesterday and I accidentally fell asleep while hugging him on his bed last night. So did he. He's kind of a softy just doesn't like to admit it..." Eren blushed slightly as he told Mikasa about the previous night.
"Mmhmm..." She murmured and looked back down at her phone in silence. She wasn't happy at all, she hadn't liked the way Levi had thrown Eren out of their room the previous week and hadn't liked her first impression of him either... But she didn't want to upset Eren by speaking her thoughts out loud.
"So... what do you think?" Eren prompted, trying to catch her eye. She simply shrugged.
"It doesn't matter what I think, does it, he's your boyfriend, not mine..."
"So, in other words, you disapprove..." He let out a sigh and hung his head.
"Well I don't really know him but as long as your'e happy and he doesn't hurt you, that's all that matters..." She huffed before looking up at her brother's bright green eyes. "Just make sure he doesn't hurt you and tell me if he does, ok?"
So, Mikasa had taken it better than Eren had expected. She hadn't blown up and gone to murder Levi as Eren thought she would have but he could tell that she was really unhappy about it... But like she said, Levi wasn't her boyfriend: he was Eren's – so it shouldn't really matter what her opinion on the situation was. She was a bit quieter for the rest of the afternoon but otherwise, she didn't show her feelings on what Eren had told her. She cut Eren's hair back to normal and now the brunette could actually see. His hair was just a bit in his eyes now, like it was meant to be. They went to their boring English lecture along with Sasha and Armin. Jean was still being a dick to Levi and was being as nasty as usual to Eren. They hated one another. During the lecture, they got into another fight and Eren got sent out because they were disrupting it. Eren had glared death at Jean before snatching up his bag and storming from the room. God he hated that horse-faced twat... Eren had seen him mumbling about Levi behind the ravenette's back many times and had heard the nasty things he'd say more than once, and had retaliated each and every time. He wouldn't stand for it and the last thing Levi needed was for his worries about being bi to get worse again. Likewise, Levi had picked fights with Jean when he'd heard him making fun of Eren; but Jean was usually too scared to fight him as he knew what Levi was capable of. No one wanted to fight Levi.
Eren headed back to their room and spent the rest of the day with Levi. Levi had work to do so Eren had to be quiet for most of it. He lay on his bed, gazing at the ceiling while Levi worked at the desk. After about an hour of pure boredom, Eren had got up and glanced over Levi's shoulder.
"What you doin'?" Eren asked softly and Levi covered his paper with his hand. "I saw the word 'application'."
"Just normal work..." He mumbled and waited for Eren to move away from him so that he could carry on. He didn't. "Eren, can you go away now?"
"Why did it say application on it? Are you looking for a job?" Eren reached out and gently moved Levi's fingers. His eyes went wide. "The army?! Why on earth would you want to join the army?" He looked down at Levi in shock. The ravenette shrugged and looked away.
"Well the only thing I'm really any good at is fighting so I might as well put it to good use..."
"B-but you're really clever! You don't need to join the army! Besides, I don't want you to go!"
"Eren I don't have any GCSEs or A levels, I won't be able to get a proper job anyway..."
"You'll get college degrees though! Those are fine! Please don't join the army!" Eren pleaded, kneeling down beside him. He looked at the paper. It was a form to apply for training. He put his hand over it. "B-but when? When are you planning to go?"
"I don't know, sometime next year probably..."
"B-but you can't leave me! I wouldn't see you for ages and I'd be left here all alone!" Eren watched his room-mate and boyfriend in horror, his green eyes wide in fear. "A-and what if you get hurt?"
"You wouldn't be alone..." Levi mumbled, moving Eren's shaking hand off the paper. "You'd have Armin and what's her name..."
"But they're not you! I want you!" Levi sighed and said nothing, not looking at the teen.
"Well fine! If you're joining, I am too!"
"Oh no you're not, I won't let you. Besides, this training camp is for 17+ only, you're 16."
"But I'll be 17 in March!"
"Eren. You're not joining the army."
"Then neither are you." Eren said firmly and the two glared at one another for a solid minute before Levi got bored and turned back to his application.
"Are they even going to let you in?"
"Yeah, they'll know I've been on the streets because they'll have my record from the care home, but that shouldn't stop them." Levi said and Eren's lip trembled. Levi scoffed and rolled his eyes, turning away. "Don't look at me like that Eren, you're making me feel guilty..."
"Well good, because I don't want you to go! Please, at LEAST think about it for a bit longer and don't send it in yet... For me?" Eren stared up at Levi through his green eyes and Levi glanced through his black hair at him. He sighed and put his pen down.
"Fine, fine... I'll think about it. No promises though... I wasn't planning on sending it in for a while yet anyway..." He mumbled and picked up the paper, putting it back inside his work folder. "Happy now?" He glared at Eren with his arms folded. Eren nodded and pulled him into a hug.
"I don't want you to go Levi... Never, ever, ever." Levi sighed and ruffled Eren's messy hair.
"Shitty Brat..." He mumbled.
(A/N:) Hey guys, so I meant to update yesterday but ran out of time, sorry! Thanks for reading :) Hope you are enjoying! Maybe leave a review? ;) Thank you all so much for your support, it means a lot. :D