"Eren, who's that? Is that Joey? Eren!" Before Mikasa could catch him Eren was bolting out the door. He was met with a site he didn't want to see. Joey was shitfaced. Drunk. Off the deep end.

Everyone was surrounding the outer edges of the room, too afraid to make a move on him. All except Levi. He was standing directly in front of the doorway, refusing Joey access to Eren.

"You're drunk as a fucking skunk. Leave." Levi's voice had a cold icy tone to it.

"Not until I see-EREN!" His face lit up with anger when the brunette came into view behind Levi. "Get over here now!"

Eren was about to push past Levi when he was stopped. "Brat, you aren't going near him." Levi's voice had softened when he told Eren this. "He's not safe."

As much as Eren appreciated Levi's concern he had to go to Joey. If he didn't there's no telling what would happen. So he pushed Levi out the way and walked over to him.

"What the hell?" That earned him a growl. Just being this close to him he could smell the booze off him and he wasn't even invited here, which meant he got drunk somewhere else.

"Why're you here?" He roughly grabbed Eren's arm and before anyone could stop him he landed a punch square at his jaw. Eren dropped to the floor, holding his jaw.

His friends around him gasped, he thought Christa screamed. But Levi did more. Levi came over and politely swept his foot into Joey's knee, sending him to the floor. Twisted Joey's arms behind him, all with a calm expression but eyes livid with rage.

"Now I suggest you get your drunk ass out of here." His voice wavered slightly with the anger that coursed through him.

"Why the fuck should I-" Joey was cut off the Levi twisting his arms, causing a yelp of pain. "I said fucking leave!" Levi somehow got Joey up and lead him out the door. Once they were outside he threw Joey onto the lawn. "And if you come near Eren again, I'll break your fucking arms." He slammed the door shut before walking over to Eren.

"Come on brat, lets get you some ice." Levi helped Eren up and lead him into the kitchen. Everybody, including Mikasa, was still in shock at what they just saw.

Levi set Eren in a chair and went into the freezer, grabbing an ice pack for him. "Here." Eren accepter it and sat it against his jaw.

"Now I'm going to ask you some yes or no questions and you're going to answer them. Got it?" Eren nodded. "Good." Levi leaned against the counter.

"Has he hit you before?"

A sad nod.

"Is he always this violent?"

Another nod.

"Does he-" Levi stopped asking questions when he saw the tears coming from Eren's eyes. "Brat..." He walked over to him and pulled a chair next to him. "Why didn't you leave?" Eren fumbled on his phone.

I didn't have a choice. I was scared.

Levi nodded and pulled the ice pack away. There already was a large bruise forming and he could tell it was going to be darker. Levi lightly touched it with his thumb. "He's not touching you again. If I have to break his whole fucking body I will."

Eren found a strange amount of comfort in that statement. A degree of protection and security. He mouthed a 'thank you' to Levi.

"No need. Come on, lets get you home."

When they walked out the kitchen they were immediately rushed by concerned friends. A giant slew of questions ran from their mouths and Levi saw Eren starting to get upset.

"Shut the fuck up! Eren is obviously not in the damn mood to play motherfucking twenty-questions! He's going home." Levi's hand latched onto Eren's as he pulled him away, leaving everybody once again shocked

They were at the street when Mikasa and Armin came running over. "We are coming with you." Much to their surprise Eren shook his head.

"You guys stay. Levi will take care of me."

Mikasa shook her head. "No, we are coming! I'll be damned if I'm not coming with my brother."

"Well then you shall be damned, because you're staying. Tell everybody about Europe and socialize. Please."

Before she could protest Armin rested a hand on her shoulder. "Lets just leave him be. Levi will be with him. Eren's right."

Mikasa walked up to Levi and glared down at him. "You better take care of him."

"I will. Scout's fucking honor." Levi rolled his eyes.

"I mean it!" She turned around and went back in the house

"Sorry about her." Armin smiled shyly and followed back into the house.

"She's like an overprotective mother." Levi was slightly amused by this but also annoyed. She didn't trust Levi with the brat.

Eren shrugged and smiled slightly. Mikasa was like an overprotective mom. After the death of Eren's mom Mikasa suddenly became hellbent on protecting Eren. She approved of every friend he had, Jean didn't count because he was Marco's friend. She was always dragging him out of fights and would sometimes even fight whoever was daring to hurt Eren. By the end of junior high everybody knew one thing: Do not under any circumstance fuck with Eren Jaeger unless you wanted Mikasa to rip you a new one.