This is Magic: Ereri Harry Potter AU! Fanfiction

Chapter 15: Second Year (Part 2)

The night chill was almost too cold for Eren, but he pretended to be unaffected by the weather to save face. Why Levi chose the top of the Astronomy tower to sneak out to, Eren would probably never know. The sun had fully set by the time the boys had made it to the top of the tower, and now the only thing illuminating their surroundings were the moon and the many stars that were in the sky.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Levi's voice cut gently through the night. Eren turned to look at him as he spoke softly. "I've always admired the sky. It's so vast and endless...." Levi gazed up at the scattered stars in slight awe while Eren looked at him with a similar expression. It was rare for the black-haired boy to express any kind of emotion, so Eren felt unsettled. It was as if he wasn't supposed to be seeing something so intimate and rare from the usually apathetic boy.

Eren turned to look up at the sky, and he could see why Levi was so amazed by it. The infinite amount of stars shining had woven tales of places far, far beyond the reach of any human being. The universe extended so inconcievably far that it almost made the brunet's head hurt just thinking about it. 

Eren's heart hurt as he turned to watch his friend once again. Levi's serene expression reminded the brunet just how much he had missed him this week. Eren wondered if Levi felt the same way about him.

"Levi..." Eren murmured. Levi looked away from the sky and focused on Eren's slightly hurt expression. "Why?.....Why have you been gone so much? I missed you, you know..."

Levi took a deep breath and let it out softly. As he scooted closer to Eren, he could see his teal eyes shimmering slightly with small, unshed tears. The boy's expression turned sour when he felt his eyes get wet, as if he was angry for being so emotional. Eren rubbed the heel of his palm into his eyes viciously. "I-I'm sorry," he hiccuped, still rubbing at his face. "Hah! I'm such a-an idiot."

Levi reached out for Eren and grabbed his wrists, tugging them from his face gently. "Don't cry, Eren. I never know what to do when you cry," Levi told him. Eren let out a choked laugh. 

Levi thought back to the events of the week. This was probably the best time to let Eren know. Levi took another deep breath and began to explain. "Eren. I've been absent so much because I've been hanging out with other people." Eren looked at Levi with large eyes. Before he could interrupt, Levi continued. "Their names are Isabel and Farlan, and they're both complete idiots. I met them in my Transfig class on the first day and they latched onto me like magnets. For the whole hour, they tried to convince me to talk with them and hang out after school. I tried so hard to get rid of those shitheads, I really did, but I couldn't shake them off. No matter where I went, they could always find me. So the next day, I finally gave up and accepted their offer. And they've been dragging me to the lakeside every day since then. I keep going because I know that if I don't, they'll just bug me in class the next day."

If Eren hadn't been listening intently, he would've missed the affectionate lilt to the raven's voice as he explained his situation. His face expressed his annoyance, but Eren could see the flicker of amusement in Levi's eyes. These two people, this "Isabel" and "Farlan", had already won Levi's affection in the span of 5 days. 

The sorrow that was echoing in Eren's body suddenly gave way to a massive, stinging wave of jealousy. The brunet turned his head away from Levi, trying to hide his sudden rage. "Who the hell do these people think they are?" Eren fumed in his head. "Trying to take away MY Levi?? I'm his best friend! Hell, I live with him!! If they think that they can just steal him away from me, I'll destroy them!"

Levi saw Eren's shoulders trembling and caught his chin with his hand, pulling the unwilling brunet's head to face him. The face that Levi expected to see sadness contained nothing but anger and pouting. Quite honestly, it startled him a bit.