"Want to dance?"

Jean tilts his head to the side, his gaze falling on Sasha's extended hand and the cheshire grin on her face. He snorts, turning away to continue staring back at the mass of bodies in the dance floor.

"No, thanks."

Loud club music almost drowns out his words. The place vibrates with each beat of music, bright streaks of green, red, and blue lights chasing each other in semi-darkness.

"Okay, then," Sasha slides inside the booth across him, snatching an unattended glass and downing its content. "I think I saw Eren near the bar."

"So?"

"I just thought you should know." When Jean looks over, Sasha was grinning knowingly at him. "Especially if you know who's keeping him upright at the moment."

He glares, and if looks could mutilate... "Where is he?"

"By the bar. Near the corridor to the bathrooms." Sasha vaguely waves at the direction, attention now focused on the food left in the table, "Might want to hurry before he could profess his undying love to the boss. Levi's -"

Jean was out the booth before Sasha could finish her sentence, muffled snickers following him out as he strides with a determined focus to the bar. He spots two familiar set of hair and his steps unconsciously get wider and faster.

"-oron, I am going to cut off your tongue and see if you could drink again, you stupid kid, goddamn useless pile of height."

Jean pauses as he sees the weird sight of Levi's shorter frame hauling Eren's laughing one and trying to keep him from taking residence at the floor. Jean was about to smirk until he sees where Levi was currently touching to achieve that goal.

"Sir!" Jean hurries, moving to Eren's other side and slinging the other's hand over his shoulders.

"Jean?" Eren slurs, lips stretched into a ridiculous smile.

"Finally!" Levi drops Eren and the sudden full weight of Eren dropping to Jean makes him stagger. Eren laughs.

"I'll, uh, take care of him." Jean mutters to Levi, face turned away and hoping the dim light hides the red from Levi's gaze. Eren, deciding he dislikes being ignored and channeling his inner monkey, moves to face Jean before hooking both arms over Jean's nape. Jean automatically loops his arms on Eren's waist for balance.

"Oh...?" Levi grins, familiarly sadistic, and Jean tries to take a step back. He stumbles on a bar stool.

"Uh."

Levi rolls his eyes, scoffing, "Get home in one piece." He turns away and starts to walk before, "I want him to be able to walk tomorrow." Levi smirks over his shoulder and Jean thinks he's going to dread going to work from this day on.

As soon as Levi disappears in the sea of bodies, Jean starts moving towards the booth. Maneuvering the two of them back, which was now blessedly empty of Sasha or any of their co-workers, Jean pushed Eren down the seat, shoving him to the inner part. It was no easy task and Jean finds himself sitting down beside Eren and trying to regain his bearings. The whole process probably flushed the alcohol out of his system as he feels sober enough to focus intently on Eren's face.

"Jean?"

"Mm?" Jean licks his dry lips.

"Last week," Eren says, words Jean has to strain to hear. "What did you want to say?" He moves closer to Jean and in his inebriated state, only succeeds in falling to Jean's arms. In this position, Eren's head was positioned so damn near his neck, every puffs of breath raising the hairs on his nape.

"It's nothing." Jean retorts, his voice deeper than usual.

"Tell me."

"It's – "

A hand suddenly cups his jaw, tilting his head to the side, and another pair of dry lips presses to his own. The kiss was sudden and Eren's closed eyelids were so near that Jean finds his own eyes slipping shut, mouth moving against the pressure. It doesn't taste sweet nor something identifiable as Eren but it was a kiss Jean was going to remember for a long time.

It ends eventually, something that Jean regrets but he doesn't continue. Instead he tilts his head back just enough that their foreheads were resting against each other, their lips barely centimeters apart. Jean relishes the moment for a while, their little own world in the middle of loud music and noise, and they stay like that until their breathing evens out. Jean parts his lips, finally finding his voice to say three little words.

"I lo – "

A snore cuts him off, Eren's head sliding down and hitting Jean's nose in the way.

Cursing silently and eyes watering at the sudden sting, Jean catches Eren before the other completely slides down in a heap. He moves them in a comfortable position, Eren's body leaning heavily on Jean and head pillowed on his shoulders.

Jean sighs, but despite his annoyance, his lips keep twitching up as Eren keeps letting out soft snores right next to his ears.

Attempt two: Maybe next time.

FIN.

Sorry for the ugly formatting, I had no time to edit. Also, this collection is missing a chapter (Crack), however, since FFnet doesn't allow embedded images unfortunately. If anybody wants to read, just head to my profile. The link is there. ^^ This chapter is also part of a longer WIP (8 Ways to Say I Love You) at AO3.