July 6, 2013

Eren woke up first the next morning. The sun was shining through the window curtains and his head still felt a bit cloudy. He slid out of bed, careful not to wake his boyfriend, before checking his phone. He had a text from Armin.

"Hey, the shop's closed today because they are doing some redecorating or something. Want to hang out with me and Jean? I have no clue what we would do, though."

Eren yawned and texted him back, "Well. I'm at Levi's right now. But sure, man."

Armin responded back rather quickly, "Does that grumpy old man want to hang out, too? Or does he hate us too much?"

Eren laughed quietly, "He's still passed out but I'm sure he wouldn't mind as long as you guys don't give him too much shit. He is my boyfriend after all, so be nice to him."

He locked his phone, slipped on some comfortable clothes, and made his way to the kitchen to make breakfast. After he had grabbed some eggs from the fridge, he picked up his phone and read the new text.

"We'll try to not make the old man too mad. Lol. So what do you want to do today?"

He contemplated for a second before getting an idea.

"You could bring Abby over and she could play with Titan. Me, you, and Jean could play video games and chill? I don't know if Levi would play, but he'll be fine either way."

He set his phone down and started making scrambled eggs and toast. His phone went off once more, so he put the spatula down and stopped to check it.

"Sounds good. We'll be over probably around 2:00. Okay?"

He responded, "Okay, see you then."

He finished making the food and made their plates, before going to wake his boyfriend. He walked into the room to see Levi peacefully cuddled up with a pillow, hair gently flopped onto his face.

He leaned down to kiss Levi's nose, "Wake uppp. I made breakfast."

Levi stirred, giving Eren an irritated look as he woke up.

"Ugh, good morning brat. You're lucky you're cute, kid. Normally I'd be saying much harsher things to you right now. Tch."

He got out of bed groaning and made his way to the kitchen with Eren. They sat down at Levi's dinner table and ate breakfast together.

"So, Levi..."

"Yes?"

"I told Jean and Armin that I'd hang out with them today, and that you would hang out with us, too."

Levi gave him an irritated look.

"Without even asking me if I wanted to, or not?"

"I'm sorry. It's just, you and Mikasa get along. But you never hang out with my other friends."

"Because they're annoying."

"Be nice. Please Levi? For me?"

Levi clicked his tongue, "Fine, I guess a couple hours won't kill me. But I'm gonna smoke ahead of time, so the hours can at least be somewhat tolerable."

"Can we smoke too?"

Levi narrowed his eyes at the boy.

"Pleaseee baby."

Levi rolled his eyes at the obvious bribery behind the name calling. Eren knew it was a weak spot of his.

"Why would I do that?"

"Because you smoked with me last night?"

"Yeah, exactly. Because it was you."

"Come on, Levi. Have some fun."

"If I share, you have to promise that you'll owe me a favor. Also whenever the time comes, and I ask for that favor, you have to accept it no matter what."

Eren was a bit hesitant after hearing Levi's confusing terms, but slowly nodded in agreement.

"Good, well you'll need to go get some Swishers then, so I can roll some blunts."

"Alright, I'll run to the gas station after we are done eating."

They finished their food and placed the dishes in the sink. Eren grabbed his keys and left. Levi grabbed his laptop and went back to his room. He did paperwork until he had to get up to let Eren back in. Eren handed over the Swishers, and gave him a quick kiss.

"Let me finish my last bit of work and then I'll take care of these, okay? What time are they coming?"

"Sometime around 2:00, I think."

"Alright, well then I'll come over around then. I need to get some work done first."

"That's fine! I love you!"

"I love you, too."

Eren ran back over to his house and cleaned up while Levi worked on his laptop. He finished his work around lunchtime and hopped in the shower. When he got out, he slipped on a pair of plaid boxers and black basketball shorts. He took his laptop from his room and went to the kitchen. After making a sandwich he sat down and ate before doing some secret online shopping that involved the favor Eren had just promised him. After placing an order for a few things, he closed his laptop and checked the time. It was already 1:30. He had spent a lot more time than he thought he would looking at stuff online. He threw on a white v-neck, brushed his teeth, and fixed his hair. He went to one of his spare bedrooms and grabbed the blunt splitter, the grinder, a lighter, and the weed. He sat down on his dinner table and split open the Swishers, dumping the contents into the trash to the left of him. He ground up the weed and emptied it onto the table. He then effortlessly finished rolling two blunts before stuffing them into his pocket along with the lighter, and heading over to Eren's. He saw an unfamiliar car in the front and knew Eren's friends had already gotten there. He knocked and waited. Armin eventually opened the door, much to Levi's surprise. Armin gave him a few confused up and down glances before talking.

"Hey Levi, sorry they're in there playing games. They were too distracted to even hear the door, and I was up letting my dog and Eren's go out in the backyard. Come join us."

"Alright."

He walked with Armin to the living room. Eren paused the game and they both turned to face Levi and Armin.

Jean spoke first, "Holy shit Levi. I didn't know you were so heavily tattooed."

He realized now why Armin had been looking him up and down. They had never seen him not wearing long sleeves, so his inked arms and legs came as a shock to them.

Armin spoke as well, "Yeah, I had no idea you looked like this under all that work attire. Sorry if I stared, I just wasn't expecting that."

"It's okay, I'm used to it by now."

Armin sat down on Eren's left side, while Levi sat on his right. Jean was sitting in the recliner to the left of the couch. Eren rested his head onto Levi's shoulder.

"We took out the PS3 and decided to play Soul Calibur 4. If you decide you want to play, tell me."

Levi wrapped his arm around Eren, "Okay."

He watched Jean, Eren, and Armin take turns fighting each other for a while before saying something.

"Did you brats want to smoke?"

Jean paused the game, "Hell yeah!"

Levi reached into his pocket and pulled out the blunts.

"Here, one for you guys to share and one for myself."

He placed both blunts in between his lips, took his lighter, and lit them both, exhaling all the smoke before passing one to Eren. Jean and Armin watched Levi with wide-eyes, trying to take in this new side of Levi they were seeing. Levi blew smoke rings in Jean's direction as he watched them pass the blunt around.

Armin turned to Levi, "This is some good shit."

Levi blew smoke out of his nose while nodding.

Jean said to him, "You rolled these? Damn, maybe the senior citizen isn't so bad after all," he laughed.

Levi just glared. When the blunts had been smoked and everyone was feeling pretty good, Jean unpaused the game.

After he had beat Eren he turned to Levi, "Come on old man, your turn."

Levi was irritated and grabbed the controller from Eren. He picked the character Maxi as Eren tried his best to explain the controls. After a few rounds Levi got the hang of it, and much to everyone's surprise, defeat Jean a few times.

Jean got mad, "Jaeger, what other games do you have? I'm getting bored of this."

"Well, I was gonna let Armin play the new Assassin's Creed after this."

"Fuck, alright. I'm gonna get something to eat then," he handed Armin the controller and went to the kitchen.

Eren stood up and changed game discs.

"Levi, Armin, do you want anything to eat?"

Armin asked for a Coke and Levi asked for a Red Bull and said he would be fine with eating whatever. Jean came back with a bag of chips, two sodas, and a box of cookies. Eren returned with a Coke, two Red Bulls, chocolate covered pretzels, and Doritos. He handed Levi and Armin their drinks and sat down in between them. The weed was really starting to take effect so the three watched Armin play in fascination as they stuffed their faces. After about an hour Armin paused the game and looked at the couple next to him.

"Do you guys want to play something?"

"Sure."

Eren handed the bag of Doritos to Armin and picked up the controllers.

He handed one to Levi and called out to Jean, "Hey put Black Ops 2 in."

Jean grunted and got up to change the game. Eren did a private match and let Levi get used to the game before they went online to play. At first Levi didn't do so great, but he got the hang of it eventually. He cursed up a storm whenever he got killed, though, which made everyone giggle. Jean looked at the two who were focused on the television.

"Jaeger, the old man's pretty good at this, surprisingly. Now he's getting more kills than you every match."

Eren playfully flipped him off, "Shut up Jean."

Armin laughed, "His boyfriend always has a better KDR when they play at home. It's funny to see Jean get so pissed after each match."

Jean gave Armin an angry look, "Shut it."

Eren lifted one eyebrow, "Boyfriend?"

Levi picked up his Red Bull and took a drink.

"Yeah, his name is Marco."

Levi choked on the energy drink, causing everyone to stare at him.

"Does his last name happened to be Bodt...?"

Jean's eyes shot open, "How'd you know...?"

"I work with him. He's a good kid."

"You guys work together?! Holy shit."

Eren gasped, "I remember Marco! He's the one with the freckles, right?"

Levi and Jean both nodded.

"No clue why the kid would date a brat like you."

Armin laughed, "My exact thoughts, too."

Jean just stared angrily, making the three men laugh. Jean and Levi chatted about Marco while Armin and Eren played split-screen. After they had played a couple more games and it was around 6:00, Jean and Armin decided to head home. Armin let his dog in from outside along with Titan.

He hugged Eren and waved goodbye to Levi, "Today was fun, I think Abby had a lot of fun, too. Bye guys."

Jean waved as well, "Yeah, I guess the old man isn't so bad after all. Bye!"

Eren watched as they got in the car and left. Eren closed the door, "What's the favor I owe you, hm?"

Levi crossed his arms, "I'm not telling you."

Eren scrunched his eyebrows together, "Just tell me."

"You'll found out soon enough, let's go play some more?"

"Ugh, fineee."

They went and played games for a couple more hours before Levi headed home and passed out early. He fell asleep eagerly awaiting the arrival of the things he had ordered. Eren sure did have a surprise in store.

Note: This is NOT the last chapter. There will be several more to come.