The Ereri Project!

Break Up (Jumper)

A/N: Okay two things one...

That was the movie trailer for Jumper.

Two...

Guess what anime I started watching?

Tokyo Ghoul! B)

I feel so late but I'm on season 2 episode 2! :)

No spoilers!

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It never ceases to amaze Eren how crowded New York City is.

Normally he hates crowds. And busy cities, for that matter, but his favorite doughnut shop is here and he's in the mood for one of their peanut butter and jelly doughnuts.

He's not sure yet if he wants to jump home after getting his doughnut or if he wants to jump around some more.

He might jump to the top of the Empire State Building to eat.

While he's waiting in line he catches the scent of a familiar cologne and his good mood takes a slight decline, it's familiar but the way it's mixing with the natural smell of the person wearing it is just different enough he already knows the person wearing it isn't who he's looking for.

He looks up anyway.

No, that's definitely not him. He's disappointed despite already knowing it wouldn't be.

Levi always hated cities too.

And after the way they broke up Eren has no idea what the raven would do if they saw each other again.

Maybe it's better if Eren goes right home today. He gets his doughnut and walks back outside.

He looks for an alley or someplace where there will be fewer eyes on him and jumps home.

Or, at least he tried. He clenches his jaw, he's thinking about Levi too much.

He stares at the red door leading inside Levi's house in Manchester. Or what he hopes is Levi's house, he hasn't seen him in a month so it's possible he could've moved.

Levi has never really liked staying in one place for too long. He turns to leave when suddenly he hears the door behind him.

He turns, wanting to say something but his throat swells with more tears he doesn't want to cry when he sees Levi standing there.

"Eren," is all he says.

"I- uh..." Eren turns and walks away. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to come here."

"Wait!" he starts to jump but Levi grabs his wrist.

He drags both of them back to Eren's tiny apartment. Levi clutches his chest and breathes deeply to keep from vomiting.

"I forgot how dizzy that makes me," Levi mutters.

"Sorry," Eren replies, avoiding looking at the shorter man. "I can take you back home now."

"No!" Levi says, a little too quickly. Eren forces himself to look at Levi. "No, I need to talk to you."

Eren's only taken one bite out of his doughnut but he sits it on his coffee table. "I think you made it perfectly clear you don't want to see me anymore."

Levi frowns at him. "I didn't mean it like that and you know it," he says. "You're always jumping to conclusions without hearing me out completely."

"So talk," Eren says.

"I didn't say I wanted to break up with you," he says. "I just need you to slow down a bit. You rush into everything and always forget that I need time to adjust to things."

"What does that even mean, Levi? Cause it sounds like you don't want me around."

"Of course I want you around!" Levi replies. "But you asked me to marry you completely out of the blue and I don't know if I'm ready for that Eren."

Eren frowns. "Why not?"

Levi shakes his head. "I need time to think."

"You had an entire month to think."

The sudden ferocity on Levi's face takes Eren back for a moment.

"I had an entire month to worry if you were okay! You disappeared Eren. And it's not like you have a cell phone for some ungodly reason and we both know you have your columns backlogged for at least three months ahead of time so it would take at least that long for me to see if you really truly were gone. For all I know you could've jumped yourself into space and froze and asphyxiated you're yourself! I thought you might've done something crazy and you wanted me to think about marrying you?"

Eren is silent.

Levi stands up and paces, what he always does when he's frustrated. "The jumping I can deal with," he says.

"It can be fun for me too when I feel like it and you're willing to take me with you. But you make so many snap decisions you're giving me whiplash."

"I can't fix my impulsiveness."

Levi looks at Eren and sits back down. "You could start by giving me a chance to catch up."

Eren looks at Levi. "I'm sorry I disappeared so suddenly."

"Never do that again."

Eren looks back down at his lap. "Can you forgive me?"

"No," Levi replies, crossing his arms. "But you can start trying to make it up to me if you'd like."

Eren smiles at him. "How?"

"Well," Levi says, picking up Eren's doughnut and taking a bite out of it. "A nice meal in Italy would be a grand place to start."

Eren smirks and takes Levi's hand. "Get ready," he says.

Levi smiles and closes his eyes as Eren takes him away.