The Ereri Project!

Ghoul (Nerd)

"All I'm saying is, if you wanted to go with us, all you have to do is give Armin the money for our room."

"Whatever," Levi replies. "It's too close now and because of the store I don't have time to make a new costume."

"Just be Rapunzel again," Eren grins.

"Fuck you, I couldn't get the stains out of that skirt when we got home."

Eren frowns. "It's too bad, that dress was so cute on you."

"Can it, Peach," Levi frowns, bringing up Hulu Plus on his Playstation. "Are we gonna watch this or what?"

Eren's frown turns into a grimace. "I heard the last episode is pretty rough."

"Oh yeah?"

"Really sad and torture-y."

"Better or worse than Elfen Lied?"

Eren makes a so-so motion. "When I was talking to Mikasa she said it was worse only because she cares more about Kaneki than all of the characters in Elfen Lied combined."

"Great," Levi mutters, clicking on Tokyo Ghoul. "Can't wait to be upset about this."

They get comfortable while it buffers quickly (for once) and the episode begins. Eren knows they're in for some shit when the episode opens without the opening theme song. 

The first hslf of the episode is spent with Eren and Levi slowly leaning back into the couch and each other. Eren has his hand over his mouth most of the time and Levi just stares.

By the time the opening theme plays at the end, it's too bittersweet to be as triumphant as it might have been in other shows.

Eren's expression is somewhere between sad and frustrated when the episode finally ends. "Well that sucked."

"No," Levi says. "It was fantastic."

"No, I don't mean it was bad. That episode was beautiful, his situation just sucks."

Levi gets up and goes over to his computer, opening up Amazon. "What're you doing?" Eren asks, still a conflicted puddle on the couch.

"I'm buying the damn manga," Levi replies.

Eren gets up to look over his boyfriend's shoulder. "You're going to let me borrow it, right?"

"You're coming over and we're reading it together."

Eren snorts a laugh and grins. "Yes, sir."