I told you chapter 12 would be up! mwehehehe. Ok so, enjoy this one. o 3 o

I apologize if there are any mistakes in the writing!

The next few days staying at Levi's were interesting. Eren and Levi mostly goofed off, enjoying cheesy movies, Eren tasting Levi's cooking, and laughing like idiots. Eren made Levi laugh so hard at one point the man was close to tears.

Levi enjoyed Eren's company. It was a major difference from the silence he had gotten accustomed to from living alone. His apartment wasn't very big, but it wasn't small either. So having Eren around filled up most of the empty feeling, and Levi loved it. He didn't want the young man to ever leave.

Eren was filled with so much energy, and it brought some life into Levi's ordinary life. He was always so bright and cheerful, even through the whole ordeal with his father. Levi couldn't remember a time where he had laughed so much. Eren was perfect.

However, the time came where Eren decided it was time that he go back and face his father. Levi had given Eren a few clothes to borrow during his stay since he only had what he had came there with, so he told Eren to just keep them and return them when he could, after washing them of course.

"You sure you want to leave? You aren't a bother you know." Levi stood in the doorway of his apartment, leaning up against the door frame with his ankles crossed.

"I know that." Eren sheepishly smiled at Levi. "I just really think I should try to sort things out with my father. And are you sure I can keep these clothes for now?" Eren lifted up the bag in his hand slightly.

"Whatever you say brat. And yeah. Besides, it'll give me an excuse to see you again." He punctuated his sentence with a slight curl of his lips and a wink.

Eren's cheeks grew bright red and he averted his gaze from the man's stormy eyes, and fixed his eyes on the blu-ish colouring of the carpet beneath him. "I-I guess" Eren squeaked out, trying to fight more blush from seeping onto his cheeks.

Levi chuckled and lifted himself from the door frame, placing his palm on the door. "I'll see you later brat. You better call me."

Eren lifted his head up, his blush almost completely gone, but once he looked at Levi again his cheeks turned bright red again. "I will. I promise." Eren smiled at Levi and the older man felt his heart leap into the sky.

But Levi's heart fell back down to the ground when he closed the door, that oversized rectangle separating him and the young man he had fallen for.

Eren swallowed and took a deep breath, before turning the knob to his apartment and stepped inside. He quickly glanced around the room for any sign of his father, but didn't see anything. He released a breath he had been holding the entire way up into his building.

He made his way down the hallway and into his bedroom, where he set the bag of clothes down near his bed. He checked his phone for any messages, and smiled and giggled softly to himself when he remembered that he had saved Levi's number in his contacts. Levi's name had a little heart by it, which Eren had placed there. As creepy as it sounded, he even snapped a picture while the man was sleeping and shamelessly set it as Levi's contact photo.

Eren couldn't help it. Levi looked too cute while he was sleeping. His face was completely relaxed, and sometimes his mouth would hang open slightly in the most delicious way. Eren felt himself beginning to blush, and shook his head, flinging the feeling from his cheeks.

He left his phone on his bedside table, and made his way to the small office where he worked on his manga. His chapter wasn't due for an update for another month, since his editor allowed him a later deadline. So he'd been taking the time to goof off and enjoy himself, and most of that time was spent with Levi.

The brunette checked the time, making sure he had enough time before his father came home. He didn't want his father to find him drawing gay porn. He almost thought how funny of a scenario that would be, but with his father, it would be a blood bath.

He sat in the black office chair that he frequently spent most of his days in, and pulled out some of the pages he had left unfinished. He had worked on several pages for the next chapter, but stopped abruptly when Levi burst into his life.

Eren plucked one of his pencils from the cup sitting on the corner of the desk, and began what he did best. He led the pencil around the paper until 4 pages were completely finished, and a single page was about half done.

He glanced at the clock, his green eyes flying over the digital crimson numbers, before he flew up out of his chair and scrambled to put everything away. He half-neatly, half-shoved his papers back where they had been, and put his tools away.

Just as he clicked the office door shut, he heard the front door open, and heard the footsteps of his father. He realized he was going to have to face him now. Levi wasn't here to tell him to just relax and breathe, that everything was going to be fine. He suddenly wished he hadn't left. He would still be sitting in the man's apartment laughing and giggling like an idiot.

But he wasn't. He was in his own apartment, about to face his father who he hadn't spoken to in four days, after a fight that left him with a bruising cheek. He took a deep breath, something Levi would have told him to do, and released it slowly, feeling the air slowly drain from his lungs, only to be filled with new air a second later.

"Hi dad." Eren meekly half-whispered from the middle of the hallway.

Grisha only looked at him. He turned his head back forward and began undoing his tie from around his neck. "Where have you been?" He asked calmly. Eren could tell he didn't really care.

"I was at a friend's house." Eren stared down at the floor, answering his father's questions, but not looking up to meet his gaze.

"For four days?" his father questioned again.

"Y-Yeah." Eren shifted his weight nervously.

"Hm. Alright then." Grisha finally pulled his tie from around his neck, and draped it over his arm. He went to go to his bedroom to get settled for the night, and passed Eren without another word, which infuriated Eren, but he didn't let it show, nor did he say anything about it.

He just went into his own room and flopped down on his bed. So his father truly didn't care. He didn't care where he went, or with who, which only angered Eren even more. This means he didn't really have to come home. His father clearly didn't care about what happened the other night, and he didn't care to talk about it either. He could still be sitting with Levi, watching shitty movies, and laughing, and maybe Eren could even tell him a little 'something something.'

But no. He was stuck in this empty boring apartment alone to wallow in his feelings. You better call me. A familiar voice rang through his head. Eren shot up and reached for his phone. If he couldn't physically be with Levi, then he could at least listen to his voice, which at this point, was more than enough.

It rang several times before a silky smooth voice flowed through his ears and made Eren smile.

"I see you finally decided to call you shitty brat." Eren could almost hear Levi smiling.

"I promised didn't I?" Eren softly giggled into the receiver.

"I honestly thought you would forget." Levi chuckled.

A moment of silence passed by both of them before Eren spoke up again. "Hey Levi," he waited for the man on the other end to hum a response. "When can I come over again?"

This time, Eren knew Levi was smiling on the other end.

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