The Ereri Project!

Ice

"How the fuck did our air conditioning break the exact week there's a heatwave going on?"

Levi standing directly in front of the fan, debating if he should just walk around shirtless for the day, it's not like anyone would care.

Eren is busy filling a kiddie pool with the numerous ice cubes he's been accumulating in the freezer.

Levi would complain about the water he's bets Eren will get on the floor but he doesn't for two reasons; he's pretty sure it'll evaporate anyway in this heat and he wants a chance to share that little slice of heaven.

Levi does take his shirt off and decides to get a clean pitcher from the cabinet to help fill the small pool with water.

Since Levi's helping, Eren starts refilling the roughly eight billon ice cube trays he bought specifically for this reason. "I'm glad Petra has somewhere to go to wait this out cause I don't think three people could fit in that thing," Eren says.

"I don't know if two of us can fit in here," Levi replies.

Eren gives him a deadpan look. "I'll make us fit," Eren replies.

"If you don't immediately melt all the ice, you mean," Levi says with a smirk.

Eren frowns. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"You have a higher than average body temperature."

Eren puffs out his cheeks. "That's not a bad thing."

"I'm not saying it is," Levi replies. "In fact, I love you for it when I sleep naked in the winter, but today, we are going to breeze through so much water in an effort to keep cool."

Eren makes a face. "We could always make a homemade air conditioner until we get ours fixed."

"Homemade?"

"Yeah," Eren replies. "You need a fan, a cooler full of water and ice and some other stuff. Armin and Mikasa built one during a heatwave when we were in high school. I wanted to help but I was so hot I just kept getting frustrated."

"So it's not like a real air conditioner?"

"No, like you put some kind of tubing on the fan and the ice water goes through the tubing so when the air blows, it blows cold."

Levi blinks at him. "And you want us to build something that complicated?"

Eren makes a face. "It was just a thought."

Levi shakes his head and gets up. "I'm getting my bathing suit, want me to get yours?"

"Nah," Eren replies, stripping.

Levi makes a face as Eren gets into the water in his underwear. "Gross," he says.

"You say that but my bathing suit covers all the exact same things it's just different fabric."

Levi can't argue with that so she sighs and strips as well, getting in the tiny pool. There's just enough room for them to sit cross-legged with their knees touching.

Levi is glad he already had the fan facing the small pool so when he uses a cup to wet his shoulders he actually gets goosebumps for a moment. "This was such a good idea," Eren sighs happily.

"Amen."

Levi dunks his head in the water and slicks his hair back. "Getting it bed later is gonna suck," Eren says.

"I know, you're gonna sweat all over me," Levi replies.

"Like you're not gonna sweat too."

"I will, it just won't be as much as you."

The rest of the day continues much the same; alternating who gets up to get more ice, who gets up to change the channel, and who goes to order food when they decide they can't cook in kitchen this hot.

Levi decides that days like this are better left to people younger than him, he has shit to do but it's too hot to do anything.

By the time the sun goes down it's much cooler outside so they relocate to sit in the grass by their backyard garden, still mostly naked.

"Today was such a bad day," Levi mutters, staring at the black, cloudy sky.

"Really?" Eren replies. "Despite all the discomfort I thought it was pretty fun."

"Really?"

Eren shrugs. "We never really spend entire days goofing off anymore, it was nice."

"You're crazy."

Eren chuckles. "I guess, but it still felt nice."

"Know what else feels nice?"

"Hm?"

Levi pulls Eren's face over for a kiss. Eren smiles into it, neither of them noticing a strange noise drawing closer.

Suddenly, as though someone dumped a bucket on them, the sky opened up to pour rain on them. "Ah!" Levi shouts.

Eren laughs, trying to get up. "That was a nice feeling," he jokes.

"Shut up," Levi says, running toward the house. Eren is still laughing as they get inside and Levi pulls his soaked shirt off. "What's so funny?" Levi asks.

"I love you," Eren says.

Levi rolls his eyes. "I love you too, brat."