Awake My Soul - Ereri

Chapter 7 - The Cat's Out of the Bag

Levi walked out the door to find Petra standing there, arms crossed.

"Levi!" she exclaimed.

"What?"

"He's just a kid, you can't play the same games you do with the others, he's not like them"

"I'm not playing games Petra."

"Then you're dating." She asked.

"Well... No." he rubbed the shaved part of his head.

"You can't hurt him Levi, he's fragile. He's not a toy."

"I know that."

"Then stop playing with him." She said exasperated.

"I'm not Fucking playing Petra, don't you get that?" he yelled at her. She went quiet.

"You like him." It wasn't a question.

"I'm not talking about this now Petra." Levi said, "Just don't tell anyone."

"I won't. But be careful with him Levi, the things you touch tend to break."

When Levi got back to the room he had left Eren in, Eren wasn't there. Levi rolled his eyes and groaned. Placing his head on the desk as he sat down. After about 10 minutes the door opened, it was Eren.

"Where did you go?"

"I thought you might like a drink." He said passing a cup to Levi.

"Thanks" Levi took a sip. He only then just noticed how drunk Eren was. He was slurring a little and it looked like he was finding it hard to keep his eyes open.

"I think you need to go to bed." Levi told Eren. Eren shook his head.

"Mikasa's taking me home."

"The last time I saw Mikasa, she was in no state to take you home. Now let's go to my room."

"Okay." Eren got up and followed Levi to his room where Levi watched him collapse onto the bed.

"Come sit." Eren pat the part of the bed next to him. Levi sat and looked at Eren.

"Are you okay? Because if you're going to vomit, I'll move you into the bathroom."

"Calm down, I'm not that drunk."

"You're quite drunk."

"I'm a little bit." Eren said.

"A little." Levi agreed

"This is nice"

"What is?" Levi asked staring at the brown haired boy looking back at him.

"Being alone with you." Levi was taken aback for a second. Eren must have noticed the surprised in Levi's face. "I didn't mean to say that." Levi didn't say anything, just lightly kissed him on his lips. Eren must've drifted off to sleep after that point as Levi could hear quiet snores coming from the boy. Levi then decided that it was 3 am and about time that the rest of the stragglers went home. He walked out of his room quietly and down the stairs to find about 15 people left around, who were not supposed to be there.

"C'mon, go, this isn't a bed and breakfast." Levi said bored, shooing the last few people out. Mikasa walked up to him.

"Have you seen Eren?" she asked.

"He's asleep, I'll show you to one of the guest rooms." He walked Mikasa up to a spare room, there were many, and opened the door for her.

"You can sleep in here if you like."