The Ereri Project!

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"I hate the beach," Levi mutters to Eren, sitting down on the blanket Eren just laid out.

"Yeah well, Hanji wanted to bring Petra and I know you would hate to have her lose our daughter in the ocean even more."

Levi looks out to the ocean where Petra has already dragged Erwin to play with her. Hanji stopped with Moblit for ice cream before they even got on the sand. "Need more sunblock yet?" Eren asks, stripping out of his t-shirt.

"Not yet," Levi replies, taking off his own. "Ugh, it's way too hot out for this."

Eren shrugs. "Any excuse to see you walking around shirtless is a good one."

Levi rolls his eyes. "Horny old man."

"You're older than me."

"So?" Eren giggles, sitting beside Levi and crossing his legs. "And anyway," Levi adds. "You look better shirtless than I do."

Eren shrugs and looks around. "I think that girl over there, checking you out, think so?"

Levi glances that way, indeed a young woman with dark hair back in a bun and a light pink one-piece bathing suit is conspicuously staring in their direction through red, heart shaped sunglasses.

She's cute, Eren thinks, just clearly too much of the female persuasion for either himself or Levi - even if they were single.

Levi shrugs. "Some girls are into that pale look aren't they?"

Eren nods. "And you fit right into it, Mister I burn when it's cloudy."

Levi can't help but smile as he shoves the brunette. "Shut up."

Eren opens his beach bag. "You want your sunglasses?"

"So I can have tan lines on my face? No thank you."

Eren chuckles and puts his own on. Eren watches as the girl who'd been checking Levi out gets up to play with her friends, still watching him.

Levi takes out a book while Eren takes off his sandles. "I'm going to play in the water," Eren says, hoping that girl is looking when he kisses Levi.

"Have fun," Levi says as Eren gets up.

The girl wasn't looking when they kissed so Eren frowns on his way to the water. "Papa!" Petra shouts when she sees him.

"Hey sweetie," he replies as she throws herself at him.

Erwin swims out to deeper water while Eren plays with Petra. "Papa, sandcastle?"

"You wanna build a sandcastle?"

She nods, grinning.

"Let's go get your bucket from Daddy then."

Petra takes Eren's hand. "Daddy help build?"

"If he wants to."

"Me ask him."

On their way back, Eren notices that girl in the pink bathing suit talking to her friends and looking at Levi. He leans over toward Petra. "Why don't you run ahead and jump on Daddy and surprise him?"

Petra grins and let's go of Eren's hand. "Okay Papa!"

Eren watches as she runs at Levi and dives onto his lap, making him drop his book. The girls stare, looking surprised. "Daddy!" she shouts.

Levi laughs. "Jeez," he says. "You scared the crap out of me."

She sits on his lap happily as Eren walks up, sitting beside them. "Daddy, build sandcastle wif me?"

Eren notices the girls still staring. "Sure," Levi replies. "Is your bucket still in the bag?"

"Papa get it, peez?"

"Sure," he replies, taking her bucket out of the bag.

The girl who was checking Levi out seems horrified; maybe because she's realizing Levi is older than she thought.

Eren doesn't know but when he hands Petra her bucket, he leans over to kiss Levi again, making sure that girl is looking this time.

Levi smiles at him. "What was that for?"

Eren shrugs, the girl is blushing, looking away. "Just felt like it."