AOT Strutter

Family ties

The area around the club was full. Colorful tents were up in one section. Each one boasting about what they had for sale. Some had food, one had tee shirts, another had colorful wind chimes or sun catchers, all of it lent to the party atmosphere.

Around the stage was a large clearing. It was marked off by ropes. Large, tough looking men stood on one side of the ropes. In front of the stage, more men stood, most with their arms folded over their chests. Eren took it all in, with a smile on his face as he slid off the bike.

"Eren?" a voice caught his attention.

He turned, as he passed the helmet back to Levi. He saw the social worker that had been assigned to his case so long ago, now.

"Ms. Ackerman!" He smiled in greeting.

"Hello, cousin." Levi drawled, looping a thumb into the belt loop on Eren's pants. He tugged the teen closer to him.

"Cousin, so you're..." Eren began.

"Levi, I need to talk to him alone." Mikasa stated in a firm tone.

"He is over eighteen. Which means, an adult. He doesn't need CPS or whatever play hour on about now." Levi scolded.

"Um, Levi, I'm stuck with her until I'm twenty one, actually." Eren rubbed at the back of his neck.

"What did you do?" Levi asked.

Eren bit the inside of his mouth. He had done far more than either of them knew about. Softly he breathed in, letting the air out his nose, he looked away.

"He won't answer that, with me in hearing. The reason, Eren is on my case until he is twenty one, is due to his involvement in taking down a pretty important, shall we call it, illegal practice." Mikasa offered.

"What?" Levi eyed his lover.

"It was a sex scandal. I was under age, so we're most of the people involved. If I testified, I could stay out of juvee, but I would need to check in with a councilor until I was twenty one." Eren explained.

"Fine, take her in the back." Levi waved his cousin off as he turned to see Erwin's head above the crowd.

"Bring him back to me, as soon as you're done with him." Levi shot a glare at the woman.

"Uncle Kenny is still above ground." Levi snarled. Mikasa jerked a bit.

"Fair enough." She answered.

Eren went to talk with her. All she needed for her report was his current address, phone number and job status. Eren gave this all to her. She then curled her hand around his arm.

"This is off the record." She looked up into the soft aqua eyes.

"Damn, you're in love with him." She sighed out.

"Levi can be trouble, but he has a good heart. He will never be free of the families, no matter how much he wishes for it. Eren, if you stay with him, know, there is little I could do to keep you out of jail." She pointed out.

"Understood." Eren nodded.

"As a counselor." She added, her lips thinning.

"Mikasa?" Levi was framed in the doorway.

"You tried to take him out on your own, you failed." Mikasa took her hair down.

Eren watched as she picked up scissors that were sitting on a shelf beside her. He tried to stop her, but she was quick. Doing a back flip, she got the distance she need to cut half her hair. Levi gripped Eren's arm. The two men watched as she hacked off her, once long and gorgeous hair. She set the scissors back down. Fluffing her hair she beamed.