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Swing (Dance)

"Ow! Damnit!"

Levi rolls his eyes, letting go of Eren to turn the music off again. "If you would just turn the right way you wouldn't keep falling like that."

Eren pouts and stays on the floor where he fell. When Levi paused the stereo he turns to Eren ad walks over to sit on the floor with him. "Does this mean you're done for today?" Levi asks.

"Of course not," Eren replies, still angry. "I'm just pissed off I can't do that turn right."

"I told you-"

"Just move my right foot, I know, it just feels wrong when I move that way."

Levi sighs. "We can tango again this year if swing is too hard for you."

"No, I really want to, it's just harder than I expected."

"You just want an excuse to throw me."

Eren laughs. "Pretty much, actually."

Levi smiles and gets up before helping Eren up. "One more run-through and then we're done for today."

...

At the completion, they were the third to last pair to perform.

Eren had the worst stomach ache thinking about what would happen if he fell or if, heaven forbid, he dropped Levi on one of the numerous he had to pick the smaller man up.

When it was finally their turn, Levi took his hand on their way to the dance floor. Levi smiled at him when they got into position. "You can do this," he whispered when the music started.

Eren took a deep breath and trusted those words as much as he could.

The dance was just over two minutes long but it was Eren's first time doing swing for a competition so even such a short song was making him anxious. Especially because he knew Levi would be perfect and-

All of a sudden the dance was over and he and Levi were both panting and the crowd the cheering and he had no idea what just happened.

Levi grinned and kissed him. "You were perfect," he says.

Eren just shrugs, he could barely remember dancing.

They won third place overall but first in their category.

Even when Eren watches a recording of them dancing later, he still can't believe it's himself moving like that.