Year 2077 (Eren x Levi)

--Chapter 20--

A/N: Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault/Harassment, Suicide. Read at your own risk.

Levi and Eren had arrived home after a not so relaxing ten-minute drive back to their apartment building. They needed to warn Mikasa about the people that were following them, also probably the police. Eren thought about telling his dad, but he didn't see him at all lately since he got the call to go into the lab. He must be busy working on his next experiment.

"Mikasa!" Eren called through the apartment, seeing if the girl had come home yet since both he and Levi had ditched her at Jean's house.

"I guess she's not home yet," Eren said after a few minutes without an answer.

The two of them decided to pass the time by doing any unfinished homework, along with teaching Levi to read and write. Luckily the homework was mainly drawing and painting and any written works are done on a computer. Autocorrect was a lifesaver for Levi and sometimes even for Eren when he's staying up late to complete an assignment and he's relying on coffee to keep him awake.

Time was flying by, and soon the time was 5:00 p.m. The two of them decide to take a break from the constant reading, writing and homework to grab some leftover Chinese that was still in the fridge. They heated some egg fried rice and some chow mein noodles without the chicken, they didn't fancy getting food poisoning any time soon.

They ate the leftovers on the living room couch while watching the TV, flicking through channels before deciding to switch to Netflix seeing as there was nothing decent on. They somehow ended up watching Our Planet with David Attenborough, England's national treasure.

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The time was 7:00 p.m. before Eren and Levi had decided on actually washing their plates and cutlery. They were quite invested with the show, watching the polar bears, walruses, seals and penguins going about their everyday lives.

Mikasa and Ymir still hadn't returned home yet, giving Eren a certain uneasy feeling in the back of his mind. But he knew they'd probably be fine, otherwise what was the point in having your own personal bodyguard?

Levi went back to his seat on the couch, watching the animals on the TV while Eren sat down next to him, a question burning in the back of his mind. He knew it was probably selfish and rude to ask, but he wanted to know what Levi talked about with the therapist today.

Eren tried distracting himself with the show that was on in the background, but his eyes always seemed to land on the man next to him. His curiosity got the best of him sometimes and he hated it for doing so.

"What is it?" Levi suddenly asked, keeping his attention on the feeding polar bears on screen. Eren had been caught red-handed staring at the shorter man beside him.

"Huh?" Eren tried to play it off as nothing, but it didn't exactly work out well.

"What do you want?" Levi turned to face the brunette now, stating each word slowly so Eren would hear him loud and clear. Not that he didn't the first time, he just chose to ignore the question.

"I- Nothing..." Eren thought about asking the question that was burning a hole in his mind, but he didn't out of respect for Levi's privacy.

"Just ask the question, brat." Levi spat, more vicious than intended.

"I- It's not my right to ask you Levi, so I won't," Eren responded.

Silence fell over the two as Levi tried to decipher what Eren was wanting to ask him. It was bugging him how the brunette wouldn't just ask him, it's not like he cared what the question was. Then it clicked in his mind...