This would have been out sooner, but stupid me didn't save my work and my computer randomly shut off and lost half of what I had written. I got frustrated and just left it for a few days. Also, I got slammed with work because I'm a Theatre major doing wardrobe for a production and we're getting into dress rehearsals as the show opens in a little over a week. I've also been burying myself in research for a film that I want to make. So I got a lot going on right now, but don't worry, I haven't abandoned my work. I'm just going to need a little time.

Eren's POV

"Did you get all of that?" Eren jerked when Sasha asked if he understood everything that she had just said. Shit. He'd been completely zoned out, thinking about the small kiss Levi had given him. Sasha sighed as his dumbfounded expression answered the question for her. "You need to pay attention if you wanna keep this job. Here, just watch what I do." She said as a man and a woman came in together and picked a table next to the window that overlooked the ocean. He followed Sasha like a lost puppy over to the table and watched her intently.

"Hi, there! Can I get you guys started with some drinks?" The two simply ordered waters which him and Sasha retrieved. After many questions about the menu, the couple finally ordered. Sasha walked briskly, with Eren trailing behind, over to the kitchen window and handed off the order. Eren caught a glimpse of Armin on the other side as the man with the weird hair and long face took the order. Eren remembers his name being Jean. Eren felt sorry for Armin having to train with that guy. The minute Eren had laid eyes on him, he could tell the man was nothing but an arrogant asshole. However, Armin had been smiling when they handed off the order, so maybe he wasn't all that bad. Soon enough, the order was ready and Eren observed Sasha as she balanced the plates on the round tray and took it to the table.

"See? It's simple." Sasha said as they walked away.

"I guess so. But I don't know if I can answer all those questions." Eren had been impressed as Sasha effortlessly answered all of the guests questions.

"That's why I'm going to give you some homework . I want you to take one of these menus home with you and study it. I want you to know every single little thing on it by...Let's say Friday." Sasha challenged him with her eyes. Eren could never back down from a challenge so he nodded with a determined look on his face. That gave him four days to learn the menu. That would be more than enough time.

The bell on the front door rang out signaling some more people coming in. Eren looked up and froze. The people that had just come in were Hanji, Petra, a couple people he didn't recognize, and Erwin. Fuck. What were they doing here? Shouldn't they be working or something?

"Eren!" Hanji was quick to spot him and immediately latched on to him.

"H-Hanji! What are you doing here?" Eren gave her a pat on the back so she would let him go.

"There wasn't much to do today, so Erwin suggested leaving early and he would buy us some lunch," Hanji said loudly, disturbing the couple by the window.

"You know these people, Eren?" Sasha stepped up beside him.

"I know three of them," Eren admitted.

Petra chuckled and introduced the others. "This is Oruo, Eld, Gunther, and Mike." She gestured to them with their respective names. "Guys, this is one of Levi's housemates, Eren. Where's Armin? After meeting you two, I got the sense I would never see on without the other," Petra finished.

"He's in the back," Eren said and jerked a thumb towards the kitchen window.

"Well, since you know these people, this would be a perfect opportunity to let you take orders." Sasha patted him on the back and smiled.

"Woohoo!" Hanji stabbed a fist in the air, oddly excited about Eren serving them. As Eren gave her a weird look he heard sniffing near his ear.

"H-hey!" Eren jumped back to see who was sniffing him. Mike leaned back up and nodded his head, smirking.

"You smell like the ocean." Mike stated. Eren noticed Erwin was staring at his gill markings intensely like he was so close to figuring them out. Eren shivered at the thought.

"A-alright guys, go ahead and find a seat and I'll start with your drink orders." Eren attempt to distract them. It worked as the group pushed a couple of tables together in the middle of the diner and got settled. Eren and Sasha gathered their requested drinks and passed them out. Sasha set the glasses down cleanly while Eren may have slopped a little soda onto the table when he set Hanji's down.

"Are you guys ready to order?" Eren asked, copying Sasha's polite smile and friendly tone from when she waited on the earlier couple. The group ordered one by one, thankfully not asking any menu questions. They all obviously knew the menu like the back of their hand. Eren scribbled down what they said on the notepad Sasha had provided him and went back to the kitchen window.

"Hey! Hey, Armin!" Eren loudly whispered, successfully getting the blond's attention.

Armin had to stand on his tip toes to look out the window at Eren.

"What's up, Eren?" He asked.

"Look who's here." Eren gestured over his shoulder at the group, who was being distracted by Hanji babbling about something excitedly. Armin looked over and his eyes widened slightly in surprise. Erwin chose that moment to look at the two and Armin ducked his head back down where all you could see was the top of his head.

"Be careful, Eren. Remember what Levi said about him. If anyone were to figure it out, it's Erwin. Try not to talk to him much." Eren nodded in agreement. He glanced back over his shoulder at the group. Erwin's piercing eyes was still on him.

"Eren! Hey, Eren!" Hanji was waving her arms frantically to get his attention. He glanced at Sasha and she nodded that he could go over. She walked off to check on the couple by the window. Eren made his way over to the table.

"Did you need something?" Eren asked politely, keeping himself professional.

"Oh I just wanted to know how Levi was doing." She smiled up at him. "I haven't been able to visit him since he got punt-"

"Hanji..." Erwin's voice growled out, warning that she needed to watch what she was saying. She faltered before correcting herself.

"Since the accident."

"Oh, uhh...He's doing fine. A little beaten up, but he's alive at least." The subject of Levi made his forehead tingle as the memory of Levi's kiss haunted him again. He'd really have to talk to Levi about it. The thought of talking to Levi about it made his heart flutter. He couldn't explain it very well, but every time he was around the older man, his chest felt tight, his stomach was turning flips, and he found himself blushing every couple minutes. He had never had these strange sensations before. Was it a human thing? If so, he wanted to go back to the ocean now. The feeling was too unsettling and since he lived with the man, the sensations were there constantly.

"That's great!" She turned to the group, "Hey! Can we visit him after this? I want to talk to him about..." Hanji shot Eren a sideways glance. "some stuff."

Petra nodded happily. "I want to go too! I know it's only been a couple days, but I've missed having him around." An unexpected flame of jealousy washed through Eren as he thought of the last time Petra had been with Levi, her hand put on his leg in supposed comfort.

"Tch! I don't see why, Petra. Haven't I been enough comp-Ack!" Oruo began saying, but he bit his tongue. No one except Eren had flinched.

"Are you okay!?" Eren asked worriedly.

"He's fine." Eld spoke up. "He does this all the time. That's what you get for trying to act like Levi, Oruo!" Oruo simply whimpered in pain with his hand covering his mouth.

"Eren!" Thankfully Eren was called away by Sasha to help bring their food out. The tray was heavier than Eren thought it would be, but he managed to get the food to the table without dropping any of it.

-Time skip because I'm lazy :-D-

Once ten o'clock hit, the boys were released to trudge home wearily. After Levi's coworkers had left, the diner had became slammed with guests. Eren had done his best to help Sasha with the tables, but with his lack of knowledge he became more of a hinderance for her. She didn't complain though and she helped him with a smile.

The two of them were talking about their day while walking. "and then Jean-" Armin abruptly stopped talking, his head perking up. Eren, who had been half paying attention, looked at his friend worriedly. Armin came to a halt and looked around him. What the hell was his friend doing? After standing there in silence for a minute Eren spoke up. "Armin wha-"

"Shh..." Armin put a finger to his lips and whispered. "Keep walking, stay quiet, and listen." The two boys stayed quiet and began walking briskly. That's when Eren figured out what Armin was talking about. Footsteps. They sounded like they were off the left, just off the sidewalk in the shadows. Eren freaked out and walked faster, Armin half jogged to keep up with Eren's long strides. The footsteps kept up with them, actually, they sounded closer. Eren could tell there were two sets of footsteps besides theirs. They were got to the part of their walk where they had to turn off the main road into a neighborhood with less light. Just as Eren was about to make a run for it, a hand grabbed his shoulder and spun him around. He noticed Armin had been grabbed around the neck with a large pocket knife held to his neck. The two big men dressed in black with hoods shrouding their faces. The one who had swung Eren around was pointing a gun at Eren's chest. Eren's blood ran cold and he began shaking slightly.
"Gimme your money!" The man demanded. Eren noticed the small shake in the man's voice. The man wasn't nearly as confident as he looked.

"We don't have any money." Eren held his hands up as the man pressed the gun fully to his chest.

"Bullshit. Turn out your pockets." Eren did as he was asked. The only thing he pulled out was his house key. The man turned his head to his partner. "Check that one's pockets." The man kept the knife to Armin's neck, accidentally nicking him as he checked his pockets. Armin whimpered slightly. At the sight of the small trickle of blood running down Armin's neck, Eren snapped. Adrenalin pumped through his body. He shoved the hand with the gun away and he heard the gun click as the man instinctively pulled the trigger. Eren didn't know much about guns, but he was pretty sure it wasn't supposed to do that. From what he had seen on the television, there was supposed to be a bang. Eren punched the man in the nose. Without hesitation, he turned, pulled on Armin's attacker's arm to prevent him from harming Armin and punched him in the jaw, knocking him out. Armin wiggled out, but he the first man had recuperated and pulled Armin to him with his arm squeezing around his neck.

"Another move and the girl gets it." Wait. Girl? Eren couldn't help but give a short laugh. Armin simply huffed in annoyance, despite his situation. Eren took a small step foreward but stopped when he saw the man squeezed tighter.

"Let him go." Eren demanded.

"Him?" the man was distracted for a moment and Eren was going to use this opportunity to attack, but there was a thud from behind the man before he collapsed and Armin slipped out of his grip. When the man collapsed, Jean was revealed behind him with his fists still raise.

"Jean!" Armin yelled out. Jean looked over to them. Armin bounded forward and hugged him around the middle.

"Take it easy, Armin. Don't squeeze me to death." Armin stepped back and smiled at him. "What happened here?" Jean asked, observing the two bodies. Armin began to rattle off everything that had happened. Before asking what Jean was doing here.

"Well, I finished clean up after you two left and I live over here in this neighborhood and saw you being held by that guy, so I snuck up on him when he was talking to Eren." He glanced at the men on the ground again. "We should move before they wake up." The group began walking down the road quickly. Armin and Jean were walking ahead of Eren. Eren observed the two talking. He noted the way Armin's eyes would shine when he talked to Jean and the way Jean would slightly lean in Armin's direction on occasion. He'd have to ask Armin about Jean. The two seemed way too friendly towards one another for having only worked one day together.

Jean ended up walking them all the way home, having claimed to just live right up the road. Bidding Jean thanks and goodbye, Eren scurried inside, leaving Armin alone to say goodbye. Eren raced to the window and peeked out. He could see the two outside talking when he saw Jean blush, look down, and rub the back of his neck anxiously while saying something. Armin brought his hands up to his mouth surprised and turning pink. Armin nodded and smiled which in turn made Jean look up and smile widely. The two talked for a couple of seconds before Jean left with a wave of his hand. Armin began walking inside and Eren dove onto the couch and acted like he wasn't spying.

"You know I saw you, right?" Armin looked at him, trying to glare, but he was too giddy and couldn't stop smiling.

"Dammit!" Eren flopped back on the couch. "What did he say?"

"He...uh...He asked me on a date." Armin smiled widely.

"Already? You've only known him for a day." Armin only shrugged.

"You're just jealous that I have a date and you're still stuck just ogling Levi." Armin shot back while walking towards the bathroom to take a shower.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Eren yelled back at him. He only got a laugh as an answer. Eren huffed and buried his face in the pillow. What was Armin talking about? The more he thought about it, the more it became clear. The weird sensations he got around Levi made more sense. The kiss he had given Levi made more sense. Eren thought about Levi more. His sharp eyes, his straight nose, his kissable looking lips, his sarcastic attitude, the way he cared about him and Armin. Eren's heart began fluttering as he thought of Levi. Eren shot up on the couch as he realized it. Eren was falling for Levi.