This was supposed to be a oneshot, but it somehow turned into a multichapter fic, it's only gonna have about four chapters, though it might make it to five.

Anyway, hope you enjoy!

~~~KMD~~~

Levi set his coffee down on the desk and sighed, it was his first day teaching at Shiganshina Secondary School, his first day teaching at all, and in fifteen minutes, the students of his very first class would walk through that door. He wasn't nervous, hell no, Levi Ackerman did not get nervous over bossing around a bunch of brats.

OK, he was a tiny bit nervous, so what?

There was a knock at the door, an early student maybe? "Come in!" Oh, no, it was just Erwin Smith, the school's head teacher and one of his best friends, also the one who had given him this job.

"OK, I'm just going to skip straight to the reason I'm here." Erwin stated, stepping up to Levi's desk, "There's this student that you're going to be teaching, a boy named Eren Jaeger, he's a mute."

Levi frowned, taking a moment to let the new information sink in, then his frown deepened, "A mute?"

"Yeah, it means-" The blonde started before Levi cut him off.

"I know what it means." Levi sighed, "You were saying?"

"Right, Eren's a mute. Nobody's heard him speak a single word since he started here three years ago. He'll nod or shake his head when you ask a question, and he'll raise his hand to let you know he's there when you take the register, but that's it. Just the thought of actually speaking to another person freaks him out. I just wanted to let you know in advance, since it can be a little tricky to talk to him about work and all that jazz." Erwin explained. "Eren sits at the back, by the window. Right there." He pointed. "And he should be in your first class today."

Levi nodded, but narrowed his eyes at his friend, "I wouldn't necessarily say that this was 'in advance', you could have told me a lot sooner so I would be better prepared to teach someone who's a mute."

"Yeah... I-uh... I forgot..." Erwin scratched the back of his neck sheepishly.

"Forgot? Or purposely withheld the information?" Levi questioned.

Erwin clapped his hands together and turned towards the door, "Well, I best be going, I have important head teacher things to do." And with that he was gone.

Levi sighed as he took a sip of his coffee and began to rub his temples, trying to prevent the oncoming headache.

Just ten more minutes before his first class would start.

There was another knock at the door, and before Levi could tell who ever it was to go away, it was opened and in stepped a boy, and holy shit he was the most beautiful person that Levi had ever seen.

The boy's skin was lightly tanned, his hair was dark brown and messy, but it looked so good. He was wearing a dark green hoodie that looked a couple sizes too big, and a pair of baggy blue jeans. But the thing that made this boy truly beautiful was his eyes. The left one was a bright golden yellow colour and the right one was a dark blue green, like the ocean.

The teen smiled gently at the older man and moved towards the back of the room, sitting at the desk by the window and placing his black messenger bag next to his chair.

So this was Eren Jaeger.

The mute.

Levi had decided that Eren must have an amazing voice, and getting this boy to speak was going to be his number one priority.

~~~KMD~~~

"Hello class, my name is Levi Ackerman, but you'll refer to me as either 'Sir' or 'Mr. Ackerman'. If I catch any of you brats calling me by my first name, I will personally shove my foot so far up your ass that your grandchildren will be shitting shoelaces, alright?" Levi let the threat sink in before continuing, "I'm going to be teaching you for the rest of this year, as I'm sure you've guessed, since your old teacher had to retire early due to an accident, and I'll most likely be teaching you next year too, so get used to me."

Levi glanced over at Eren at the end of his speech and saw that he was still doodling. As soon as the boy had sat down, he had pulled out a notebook and pencil and started sketching. Levi would have told him to stop, but every now and again, Eren looked up for a few moments to show he was still listening, so he let him carry on.

"Now, since I'm still a new teacher, I don't have an account on the school computers, which means I can't access the registers." Levi explained, and held up a piece of paper, "I need you all to write your names on this paper and then I need someone to take it to the attendance office." He handed the paper to the student closest to him, and they wrote their name at the top and passed the paper on.

When everyone had written their names, Levi asked a blonde boy with a small button nose to take the list down to the attendance office. When the boy came back, Levi handed out short questionnaires to the students, so he'd know how much they knew and what he needed to teach them.

The teacher decided that his first time teaching went rather well, when the students filed out of the classroom at the end of the hour. Though he was 99.9% sure that the boy with an undercut and long face was trying to get into his pants, if the crappy innuendos were anything to go by.

But he was more interested in Eren, the boy had kept his head down the entire time, answering the questions on the sheet and then going straight back to drawing when he was done. Staying completely silent the entire time, not making a noise when the student next to him nudged him and tried to get his attention. Not even when the student in front of him turned around and spoke to him.

The rest of Levi's classes went pretty smoothly too, except the last one. He had to raise his voice quite a lot since a girl with reddish hair and a boy with a buzz cut would not stop talking.

~~~KMD~~~

Eren hurriedly packed away his things and left the classroom as soon as the bell rang. It was the end of the day and he could finally go home, but he had to be quick if he didn't want to bump into those two guys from his English class.

They always waited for him outside of the school gates, but if he was quick enough, he'd be able get away with out facing them.

Today he was just a little too slow.

Eren kept his head down and tried to sneak past them, but it didn't work, they still noticed him.

"Eren!" Reiner, the huge blonde one, called as the pair started to walk towards him.

Eren walked a little faster and hoped they'd decide to leave him alone today.

Today just wasn't his day.

"Hey, slow down! We just want to talk!" Jean, horse-face, said as he grabbed a hold of Eren's hoodie and tugged him backwards, "Ah, I forgot, you don't talk, do you? Freak."

"Too bad." Reiner smirked, as he delivered a kick to the backs of Eren's knees, making him fall to the ground. "If you just told us to stop, we would."

The pair took turns kicking Eren until they grew bored, then they left him curled up on the ground. Beaten, broken and bleeding.

The boy led there until he gathered enough energy to stand, his legs shook, barely able to hold his weight, and the added weight of his bag. His entire body ached and he could see various blood stains on his clothes. With every step his body hurt more and more and it should have taken him twenty minutes to walk home, but instead it took twice as long.

~~~KMD~~~

When Eren opened the front door to his home, he was greeted by his two German shepherds, a white one named Maria and a black one named Titan.

The dogs pressed their noses against Eren and began sniffing him, causing Eren to wince in pain as they brushed against the fresh cuts and bruises. He limped into the house and into the kitchen, where he found a very worried looking Mike.

Mike was his legal guardian, he was a family friend and took Eren in when his parents were murdered, since he had no other relatives.

The man stood with a sigh, "Not again, Eren." He began inspecting the cuts on Eren's face and arms. He sniffed, the coppery scent of blood filling his nostrils, "This can't go on, I'm sure the teachers would sort something out if you just told them, or let me tell them for you."

The boy just shook his head and tears gathered in the corners of his eyes. I don't know what to say and I'd just make it worse.

"Oh, Eren." Mike pulled Eren into a hug, "You don't have to be so afraid of talking to people."

Eren clung onto Mike's shirt tightly and shook his head again. Mike rocked Eren gently, whispering soothing words and rubbing his back, and when Eren was calm enough, the older man cleaned the various cuts on his body and then bandaged him up. "Don't worry about taking the dogs out, OK? I'll do it and you can get some rest, when I come back I'll make us both something to eat."

Mike brushed his adopted son's hair back and kissed his forehead softly, before sending him off to his room to rest.

Maybe one day Eren would have enough courage to talk and say what he wanted like he did years ago, and hopefully, that day would come soon.

~~~KMD~~~

I can't write Erwin, halp.

I feel it's kinda rude to just keep calling Eren 'A mute', but I'm not quite sure if its actually an offensive term or not, so if there are any silent people out there, or if you know a silent person, please tell me if you or your friend find it offensive to be called a mute, or if you're fine with the term! 3

And also, I'm British and I don't really understand how American high schools work, so Eren's school, Shiganshina secondary, is heavily based off of how my school works! So if anyone finds it confusing don't hesitate to ask!

Also also, please tell me if you want to read more! Chapter 2 is already written out, and chapter 3 is almost finished!

I've also posted this fic on under the username 'chaosangel1111', and on under the username 'ChaosAngel1111'! So creative, I know