The Ereri Project!

Keep (werewolf)

Levi watches Eren over both their bowls of mac n' cheese.

By all means he looks like a normal kid, a little more hyperactive with a few less table manners but Levi could forgive that, he thinks.

"Where is your mom, kid?" he asks.

Eren pauses his sloppy eating, a dark looking taking over and then disappearing so fast Levi isn't sure he saw it. Eren give him a tiny smile.

"I don't know," he says. "Our pack was attacked so she left me on your doorstep and then ran off to find my dad."

"Did she saw she would come back for you?"

"She said not to count on it. She told me to pretend to be a dog until I could find someone to look after me."

Levi has countless questions but suddenly there's a knock on the door.

Eren's eyes change first, just before he leaps of his chair and changes into a wolf puppy again, growling at the door. "Quiet," Levi says. "It's probably Hanji."

Eren changes back. "Who's Hanji?"

"My best friend," Levi says, going to answer the door.

Eren follows, hiding behind Levi as the door opens. "Who's your best buddy in the whole wide world?" she asks.

"Isabel," Levi replies immediately.

Hanji gasps. "I'm telling Erwin you changed your mind!"

"Go tell that damn doctor anything you want, I guarantee he hasn't got the free time to care."

Hanji frowns. "Anyway," she says. "It ought to be me, seeing as I just did your grocery shopping for you, again."

"Why do you even know I need groceries?"

Eren peeks out from behind Levi and Hanji's eyes immediately zone in on him. "AWW!" she exclaims. "Who's this?"

Eren, startled, accidentally turns into a wolf again, hiding behind Levi again. Levi rolls his eyes and picks the puppy up. "Eren, introduce yourself."

The pup whines.

"Eren~"

Eren changes back, arms wrapped around Levi neck and he watches Hanji sideways. "Hi Ms. Hanji," he says. "I'm Eren."

"Good boy," Levi tells him so Eren blushes.

Hanji can barely contain her excitement. "Where did he come from?!"

"Can you just bring in my damn groceries?" Levi asks.

"Right!" Hanji starts to move the bags she piled outside the door inside.

Levi sits Eren back at the table to finish eating while he and Hanji put food away. "What are you going to do with a child?" Hanji asks.

"I thought he was a dog at first, I didn't know he was a kid until this morning."

"I mean, I know you work in the pediatric ward but raising a child is different than making sure sick ones are comfortable all day."

"I know that," Levi says. "But I don't know what else to do with him, his pack was attacked last night so I don't know where his parents are."

Eren sinks into his chair and his ears flatten against his head. Levi immediately feels bad for bringing it up. "Master... doesn't want to keep me?" he asks quietly.

Levi and Hanji both stare. Levi sighs and walks over to kneel on front of the boy. "I just don't know if I'm the best person to take care of you is all."

"But Master fixed by arm and gave me food and let me share the bed."

Hanji makes a happy noise from the other side of the kitchen. "You let him into bed? You're too precious, you can't kick him out now."

Eren hugs Levi around his neck. "I love you Master, don't make me leave."

It almost breaks Levi's heart, he sighs and hugs the child back. "Okay," he says. Eren's fluffy tail wags.

Hanji grins. "By the way, is that your shirt he's wearing Levi?"

"Yes Hanji," he says. "I don't just have kids' clothes lying around to put on him."

"So take him shopping," she replies.

"With those ears and that tail? I don't think so."

"My mummy says they'll go away when I have more control over transforming," Eren says, petting his tail.

"Hm," Hanji says. "Well, I can go pick up a few things for him to try on if you want."

"That would be great," Levi replies.

Hanji says her goodbyes and goes back to the store. "She's nice," Eren says, going to six on the couch.

"Usually," Eren replies, sitting beside him.

Eren changes into a wolf and lays on Levi's lap instead. Levi smiles and pets him.

Yeah, he definitely doesn't want to get rid of this.

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A/N: Pulling and all-nighter watching Funimation Channel!