The Ereri Project!

Apple

"C'mon hazelnut!" Levi calls up the stairs.

"Coming Daddy!" Petra replies.

Eren finally finds his basket in the bottom of the closet. "Finally," he says. "I never thought I'd actually want to use this one day."

"Hmhm," Levi chuckles. "Why do you even have that?"

Eren shrugs. "It was my mom's I think, she made me take it when I moved out."

Levi nods and Petra begins making her way down the stairs holding her own tiny basket.

She's wearing a little green dress with a red hoodie unzipped overtop and her Disney Princess sneakers Mikasa got her when she started school this year.

Eren kneels in front of her to zipper her hoodie for her. "I can't believe you can tie your shoes but you can't zipper your jacket," he says absently.

"Sorry Papa," she says.

He smiles at her and ruffled her hair. "No big deal sweetheart, you'll learn eventually."

She looks up at Levi when Eren gets back up. "Are we ready to go now?" she asks, reaching for Levi's hand.

"Yes we are," Levi replies, taking her hand as they walk out of the house.

Levi opens Petra's door for her so she climbs into the car and buckles herself into her booster seat without help.

Levi closes his door and he and Eren both get into the car as well. Petra sings happily to herself in the backseat.

"Daddy's going out with us to-day~ Papa's gonna make a pie for me~ We are gonna go apple pick-ing~"

Eren smiles at her reflection in the mirror and Levi holds his hand while he's driving.

When they finally pull into the parking lot, Petra is trying to undo her seatbelt before Levi even has the car completely parked.

"Glad the safety locks are on," Eren says, listening to Petra trying to open the door.

"Yeah, really," Levi replies as the two of them get out of the car.

Eren lets her out of the back seat and has to chase her over to the trees because she just starts running. "C'mon!" she calls. "Apples! Apples! Apples!"

Levi lags behind for a moment so Eren picks Petra up to pick so she can pick a few while he's picking his own.

When she's not paying attention, Levi sneaks up behind the two of them and grabs Petra. "Ah!" she shrieks as Levi rests her on his shoulders.

She giggles. "Hi Daddy!"

Eren smiles, going to pick more apples while Levi helps Petra with hers. "Do you think Papa will let me help him make his pie later?"

"I'm sure he'd love your help," Levi replies.

She smiles and holds down her basket for Levi told hold. "Is this enough apples?"

"Yep," he replies, handing back her basket so he can lift her off of him. She takes his hand. "Let's go find Papa now."

She hands Levi her basket. "I wanna hold both your hands when we find Papa."

He smiles down at her. "I guess we better find Papa quick then huh, so someone else doesn't hold your hand before we find him."

She gasps and looks down at her free hand. "Basket please?" she says, reaching for it again.

Levi laughs and hands it back to her.