Complications Throughout Generations

Chapter 69

Eren's POV:

"Eren!" Kuchel exclaimed and walked towards me with open arms as Levi opened the front door for me. "I missed you." She hugged me tightly. "Now I have a reason to make cookies again." She smiled. Now that I know Jean is coming over to spend time with Mikasa, that would mean I'd be with Levi alone. What if he has a secret plot of torturing me? Wait, is he going to murder me? He gives me murderer vibes. Yup, I'm going to die here.

Levi opened the door to his room and it was unsurprisingly spotless. Everything was black and white. Nothing had color. I couldn't figure out why. He walked over to the remote placed on his dresser and went to sit on the bed with his back pressed against the headboard.

"What do you wanna watch?" Was the first thing he even said to me since I walked in the house. You could cut the tension with a knife. It wasn't because of him being a bully, but it was because he's just that awkward.

"I'm okay with anything." I shrugged, sitting on the edge of his queen sized bed. He threw me the remote and my anxiety spiked a little. Asking me to pick something to watch is one of the scariest things in the world. What if you really want to watch something and they don't even though they asked you to pick? Embarrassing. I looked around his room to spot any of his interests. I thought I'd be unsuccessful from the few decorations in the room due to its lack of color. But I felt the heavens shine once I spotted the small black and white Batman painting on the wall. "You a Batman fan?"

He looked at the same painting I was and scoffed. "What do you think?" I guess the attitude is never going to go away, huh. I went through HBO Max and decided to share my own knowledge of Batman. I picked Batman: Under The Red Hood. I turned around to see any signs of approval. Typically when you hear Batman movie, you think The Dark Knight. I'll admit, I'm a bit of a superhero geek. Any superhero geek knows that the DC animated movies are better than majority of the live action ones. "Didn't know you watched these."

"Yeah, I'm into superheroes." Almost everything out of my mouth was a whisper. I was just afraid that everything out of his mouth would be some sort of rude or sarcastic remark. I just wanted to be his friend.

"Me too. Who's your favorite?"

"It changes a lot. Right now, I'd say it's Robin."

"Which one?"

"Dick Grayson."

"Why?"

I just shrugged. "Teen Titans, Young Justice. Cool backstory. Then he becomes Nightwing. I won't lie, he looks good as hell in that suit." It's almost as if I noticed Levi's eye twitch from the statement.

"I'd say Jason Todd is the best Robin."

"Of course you'd think that." I smiled. Right, Jason Todd. The aggressive, angry, emotional one.

"You can sit over here if you want." He patted a spot next to him on the bed and I hesitantly joined. I needed to have more confidence that he wasn't going to push me off the bed. Once I got comfortable, our eyes were glued to the TV. He shut the light off to get rid of the glare shining on the screen from outside. About 25 minutes in, I felt the need to speak up.

"Are you-"

"Shhh." He interrupted and put his finger on my lips, still keeping his eyes on the screen. Red Hood and Batman were fighting against the Fearsome Hand of Four. A smiled creeped on my lips and he must've felt it since his finger was still very much on my face. "What?" That smile immediately disappeared in a panic.

"Good part of the movie." I nodded. How am I supposed to tell him that it's because I think it's cute how he's so into the movie?

Shit.

Shit.

No.

No way did I just call Levi 'cute'.

Once the scene had ended, he looked back at me. "Now what were you trying to ask?"

"If you were going to Winter Wonderland..." I felt stupid for asking the second I said it out loud. Why would he ever want to go to something like that?

He sighed. "I wish I wasn't but Hange is forcing me."

"Is she your date?"

"Hell no." He said with the utmost amount of disrespect. "She's just dragging me along. Do you have a date?" I shook my head. "Why not? I feel like a lot of girls in our grade have a crush on you." He said it nonchalantly like it was a known fact. I must be oblivious to those sort of things.

"Well that's why I'm surprised you don't have a date. I feel like every girl has a crush on you."

"Me? Why?" Levi, do not ask me why. I cannot think of a single way to make this sound normal.

"Girls like the mysterious bad boy type." I shrug. Good one, Eren. "You know Jean is gonna ask Mikasa?"

"Horse face?" I laughed at the fact that we both call him a horse. But then I nodded to answer his question. "Jesus Christ." He shook his head in disappointment. "Do you actually want a date?" I shrugged. I wasn't really sure if I'm being honest. "Oh, okay." He directed his attention back to the movie. We were at the scene were Joker was standing on top of the truck with Black Mask and his goons inside all tied up. I felt myself dozing off. Some days after practice, I get super tired. I was trying my best to stay awake. But ultimately, I just felt my head fall onto his shoulder. He flinched at the sudden contact. I felt his head move to look forwards me but I was so close to sleeping. "Eren." He whispered. His voice was gentle. Hearing him sound like that gave me small butterflies. This can't be happening. Do I already have a crush on my bully? Honestly, why wouldn't I? He likes Batman and he's very attractive to me. I think Levi is making me realize my sexuality more and more. "Eren." He whispered again. I groaned lightly. "You can take a nap here. I know you're probably tired." I nodded and laid down over his covers. The movie was nearly over. I heard the fighting along with the dialogue sharply since my eyes were closed and my senses were directed to another place. I was half asleep when I realized the small, gentle hand lightly scratching my head. I couldn't be more surprised by this. I tried to contain my smile. Now I'm beginning to understand why all my friends are so crazy over having crushes and wanting girlfriends and boyfriends. The relaxation I was feeling had finally put me to sleep. I wonder what'll happen next once I wake up.