BEFORE CHAPTER A/N: so yeah new chapter yay! And the song is pretty much the song I'm listening to at the current moment and I love it so listen! Okay bye and enjoy the new chapter!

School seemed to last much longer than was needed for the young brunette. He hated the drag that the end of the school day brought. Those last five minutes of staring up at the clock, willing it with such great will to change that if you put all that effort into school work you'd be smarter than Armin. Needless to say, the end of the school day sucked ass for Eren.

So when that piercing school bell rang Eren was out of his seat and outside faster than the Roadrunner. Because he had a very important person to see after school.

~Skip to Eren's Home~

Levi stepped up to the door and knocked lightly, noticing a car in the driveway. Who could be here?

The door opened and it wasn't Eren who was answering. It was a tall, older man with glasses and a glare that might be intimidating if he didn't already have his fucking mastered. Although Levi wasn't going to deny that the man radiated....power. He was dressed in the typical "doctor" clothing. So this must be Eren's father.

"Who are you?" The man's gruff voice caught my attention back to him. He sounded curious but there was a hint of, what was that, disgust?

"I'm Levi..sir. Eren's friend." Levi's tone came out a bit more bitter than it should have been. But this guy was pissing him off and he didn't even know him. What did Eren say his father's name was?

"Levi..." The man paused and hummed on the name before continuing. "My name is Grisha, Eren's father. But you can call me Doctor Jaeger."

Jeez, self-centered much?

"Yeah whatever. Let me in." So maybe this isn't the best way to meet Eren's father but Levi had a feeling that no matter what anyone does this Grisha will never be happy with it. So fuck trying.

Grisha simply sneered and stepped away from the door, grabbing a bag. "Eren, I'm leaving for a trip. I won't be back for a couple weeks. Don't burn down the house." He looked at Levi as he said the last part. As if Levi would be the one to burn down the fucking house. Dumbass.

Grisha pushed past Levi, leaving the small raven-haired teenager standing in the doorway. Eren was sitting on the couch, a game pulled up on the XBOX Kinect.

JUST DANCE 2015

Why? What has Levi done to deserve this punishment?

"Brat," He slammed the door closed and slipped off his shoes and dropped his school bag. "I'm not gonna fucking dance for you."

Eren turned around and smiled before putting on the cutest pout he could muster up. Lip quivering and doe-eyes wide. He was really pulling out the stops on this one.

"Eren..."

The pout increased and he started whimpering. Whimpering! Goddamn this cute ass brat!

"Fine. I'll bite."

Eren brightened back up and stood up, beckoning him over to stand in front of the censor. Sometimes Levi really wished Eren would talk. He's only heard him angrily shout once in the time he's known him and now Levi wants more. But he knew he'd be asking for too much. Hanji tried her damnedest to get the information regarding why Eren hasn't talked since that day but her parents cranked up to maximum security on their files since they found out Hanji and I snooped through them when we first met Eren. So nobody, not even Armin or Mikasa, knows why he hasn't talked.

And frankly it was pissing Levi off. He felt it would be so much easier to have a conversation with Eren if only the brat would talk. But at the same time there was almost a confidentiality between them. They'd learned how to communicate through simple gestures and facial expressions. It made Levi feel more connected to him. And he definitely wouldn't mind feeling more connected with Eren.

Okay Levi, stop it before the power of a boner takes over.

"So what song were you thinking first?"

Eren hummed as he flicked his wrist through the options on the screen in front of him. Frankly, to Levi all these options were absolute shit. Levi didn't like dancing like Eren does. Sure, watching it was fine. But doing it? Levi was convinced he danced like a baby giraffe with two left feet. And that's being generous.

Eventually Eren settles on "Maps" by Maroon 5. And so the hell started.

~A Million Songs Later~

"Okay I'm fucking done!" Levi finally snapped as they finished "Problem" by Ariana Grande. They had been playing for two hours and Levi feels like every sense of pride and dignity had been stripped from his very being. He couldn't dance worth shit! He lost every single round and at the end of every song he did nothing but flip off the television and curse to the world.

Eren would've stopped playing sooner but watching Levi flip his shit was too precious to him.

"I fucking hate this game! Fuck you Ubisoft! I hope you go choke on a giant dick! Curse you and your shitty games! Why the hell are there six of these fucking games from hell?! Fuck you!" He once again flipped off the television as he ranted on.

After Eren had long since put away the game he had finally had enough of this rant. No matter how cute Levi looked. So he rested a hand softly on Levi's shoulder. Their signal for "chill the fuck down". Of course Levi almost instantly did so.

Suddenly nerves started crawling up Eren's throat. He wanted to tell Levi how he felt. Like actually tell. He hasn't talked since he yelled at Mikasa because he promised himself that the next time he talked it would be to tell Levi how he felt. Except Eren didn't know the right time to do that yet. Was it when they were out somewhere? On a date? At school? Right now? People always talk about that "perfect moment". But what the fuck does a perfect moment feel like? To Eren right now was the perfect moment. He wanted to tell Levi!

"Hey, you okay there brat? You look constipated." Levi said this with sarcasm but he was concerned. Eren looked like he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. It made Levi upset. Whenever the brat was upset so was Levi. It was as if their friendship had interconnected them.

Yeah, Levi faced it. He liked Eren. He'd date Eren for fuck's sake. But a part of Levi was still attached to a certain blonde all the way over on the West Coast and it was pissing him off for no reason. Why was he still so attached to Erwin? They were over! They ended it to benefit their relationship. He shouldn't be missing this. He should be moving on with someone else. Like Eren!

A part of Levi understood why he didn't want to let go. A part of him he didn't want to acknowledge at all. He didn't want to face the cold hard facts that he was, indeed, addicted to the love he felt around Erwin. Yup, cheesy as fuck but true. Even though he still wore his trademark "I don't give a fuck" face he felt happy around Erwin. Loved. Wanted. Appreciated.

And Levi wanted more.

But Eren could give him that. Right? Levi wasn't too sure.

Eren held his phone up to Levi.

Yeah, I've just been...struggling lately with something.

Levi arched his eyebrow. "Struggling?"

Eren nodded and bit his lip, something he always did when he was anxious.

I want to tell someone something very important to me but I don't know when the.... Perfect moment is.

"Brat," Levi rolled his eyes. "Whatever you're struggling with here you just need to say it. Realize that there is never a fucking "perfect moment". That's all bullshit talk. You just have to put on your damn big boy pants and say it."

Eren had to smile at the last part. Even when faced with a serious situation Levi was still a smartass.

Thanks. So I saw you met my father earlier. What do you think?

"Oh him? I got a very pompous prick vibe from him." He had a disgusted look. "He wants me to call him Doctor Jaeger. Fucking self righteous much?"

Eren simply nodded.

That's my father. You're lucky you came when he was leaving for a business trip. If he was here we would be up in my room quietly "studying".

"Does you father agree with you being gay?"

I mean...he doesn't hate me for it but he doesn't agree with it. He's not homophobic or anything but he just doesn't agree with the "lifestyle". He has this idea in his head that anyone who is LGBT+ chose to be that way. As if I woke up one morning and said "oh, today I decide to be gay" and he doesn't get that's not how it works. He's convinced I'll get over this by the time high school ends. That "it's just a phase" and I hate it. He doesn't take me seriously.

Levi nodded. He wished his stepfather just thought it was a "phase". Instead he hates it. I mean, he doesn't scream and shout when it happens but Levi can tell. "I get it. But as long as you know who you are then what others think shouldn't matter. I don't give two shots about what others think. I've known I was gay since my freshman year and I most definitely know I'm gay. For some people it can taking fucking ages to figures everything out, for others it just a sudden epiphany. Depends on the person."

Eren nodded and bit his lip again. Just do it Eren! Fucking tell him!

"You okay there?"

Eren grabbed Levi's hands, holding them tight. They felt so soft yet rough. Familiar to him after all these months. They felt right.

"Eren? What's going on?" Levi was eyeing him now. This was totally out of character for the brunette. Sure, the brat could be cuddly but this seemed totally off. Different.

Eren looked up at him and moved his lips. No sound came out. God his heart was racing so fast he was afraid Levi could hear it. This was freaking him out. Scaring him. The nerves crawled into his throat and took hold of his tongue and voice box. He felt like he was choking. Why the fuck was he so scared?!

"Eren, tell me what's wrong. Write it out." Levi noticed Eren's eyes go wide as he started shaking, the grip the brunette held going tighter. He saw him keep moving his lips in the same pattern. He was trying to say something. Now Levi's eyes went wide. "Come on Eren. You can do it. But you don't have to talk-"

"I LIKE YOU!" Eren suddenly rushed out, loud and voice horse. It hurt to talk but also felt good. The feeling of years of heavy chains was lifted from his body. He talked! He did it!

He looked up at Levi's shocked fave, smiling like a fucking idiot. "I like you Levi!"

A/N: and that's the end of that chapter! Sorry to end it right there bit this chapter is about 1,870 words and I've written most of it on the app so my fingers are tired! I apologize for not uploading sooner but even though its summer I still be stressing about shit! But I've given you this long chapter even though its shit like all my writing! Yay! I love you all and please comment and all that <3

P.S. Would anybody like to see a not-so-distant-future smut/sex scene? Do tell!