The Ereri Project!

Presumption

Levi was thoroughly confused by Eren's obsession with his hands.

Since the brat asked about his gloves that day, he seems to stare at Levi's hands, gloves or not, all the goddamn time. Even when they were eating.

It came to a point where Levi wanted to start snapping at the young titan shifter but what just cause was there for shouting at someone for staring. It seemed like a lost cause.

All he could do was wait for the kid to either stop doing it or finally talk to him about it, as he suspected the tall brunette might at some point.

His suspicions were confirmed where there was a knock on the door to his office that night. "Come in," he said.

It was late, so he wasn't surprised to see Eren out of his gear for the night. "Evening, sir," he said.

"What is it brat? I have paperwork to finish before I can turn in for the night."

"Um, well..."

"Spit it out, Jaeger."

In Eren's silence Levi thought for a moment that this might be Eren's confession.

He wasn't oblivious to the teen's fixation on him, the way he followed him around and answered his every beck and call.

He'd been told by both Hanji and Petra that they saw Eren's adoration of him very clearly. Levi did too, but as his superior officer, certain boundaries had to stay it place.

He be lying if he said he didn't think the kid was-

"Captain," Eren says. "This might seem personal but..."

Here it comes. "Yes?" Levi asks, bracing himself.

"How do you keep your fingernails so clean?"

Levi nearly fell out of his chair, flopping his entire torso onto the desktop, suddenly feeling incredibly ridiculous.

How presumptuous to make an assumption like that.

Eren, on the other hand, was panicking in the doorway. "Captain?! Are you alright sir? Should I call a doctor or-"

"I'm fine," Levi grates, rubbing the spot on his forehead where it hit the pen he left of the desk.

"Are you sure?"

Levi is fighting the embarrassed flush he feels rising in his ears. "Just come here so I can show you how I clean my nails."

Eren smiles. "Yes, sir."