House Cat [Neko!Levi x Eren, Attack on Titan]

Chapter VI

Saturday rolled around and Eren couldn't help but feel a bit anxious. He had known these people for forever but that wasn't the problem. Eren knew that Levi was uncomfortable in social situations and he really wanted Levi to have a good time. Or at the very least, not a horrible time. Levi hadn't meet Jean and Marco yet and Eren wasn't concerned about Marco because he was one of kindest people Eren knew. It was Jean who never missed a chance to spark an argument. Also Connie and Sasha could be rather intense, but Levi lived with Hanji so Eren figured he could handle it.

He sighed and got ready, putting on a nicer pair of pants and a blue polo shirt. He left his room and Levi was already waiting by the door.

"Are all the clothes you have dark neutral colors if not black?" Eren asked.

"Yes," Levi said simply.

Not feeling like it was an appropriate time to address the matter Eren let it slide.

"Alright you ready?" He asked.

"I guess," Levi said.

Levi opened the door but let Eren go through first so that he could stay be him him as they approached the other apartment. Eren knocked on the door, it was opened by the cheery face of a freckled man.

"Hey guys come on in!"

"Thanks and Marco thank you for organizing this," Eren said as he walked in with Levi following close behind.

"Of course of course!" Marco smiled at them.

The man's constant cheerfulness was starting to disturb Levi. They walked into the dining room to see Sasha, Connie and Krista already seated.

"Sup' Eren!" Connie greets then.

"Is Jaegerbombastic here?" Yelled a voice from the kitchen.

"Shut it horseface!" Connie and Eren said in unison followed by them high fiving each other.

They heard a string of curse words from the kitchen and Marco smiled and went in there to calm his boyfriend down. Everyone else just found the exchange funny, Levi was confused at first but then remembered they were all old friends. It made him feel a bit left out but after him and Eren sat down he was content just to listen and say something from time to time with Eren's help.

Marco and Jean eventual brought out the food and you could see an almost primal look in Sasha's eyes but Connie held her hand to prevent her from doing anything crazy. The meal was good and the conversation stayed mostly civil. Eren wanted to make sure Levi felt included but he was content enough just to watch.

"So Eren how is your art stuff going?" Sasha asked with a mouth full of food.

"Good, my part-time job is going well and I've been doing a lot of paintings recently," Eren responded smiley at his goofy friend.

"Wow you've really mellowed out since high school," Connie said.

"What were you all like in high school?" Krista asked curious.

"We were a weird group of friends, Eren and Jean would get in fights all the time over stupid stuff and then pick fights together against bullies, it never made sense. Freshman and Sophomore year me and Eren pulled some of the best pranks ever. One time we broke into the staff room and put hot sauce on the staff's sandwiches and salads. Another time because the librarian was super OCD, we spent a year randomly picking up books and putting them in random places, it drove her literally insane. Anyway we had some good times," Connie recounted.

"I got suspended a couple times for stealing food from teachers and the cafeteria," Sasha said proudly.

"And other students," Connie added.

"Sounds like you guys had a good time," Marco said grinning.

"Yeah beating up Jeager was a lot of fun," Jean bragged smugly.

"Yeah right like you could ever get get a girly punch in," Eren said smirking at Jean daring him to keep going.

"Why you little!" Jean gets up and Marco quickly takes his arm.

"Hey why we go get dessert?" Marco said pulling Jean into the kitchen.

Eren looked over at Levi who looked really amused by the last display. This made Eren feel happy, also he was happy for the chance to tell Jean off. Marco and Jean later come out with two delicious looking apple pies. It was smart to have two since Sasha probably ate over half of one. The conversation stayed friendly for the rest of the evening.

When the time came to leave Eren gave everyone a hug goodbye. Levi couldn't help but feel jealous but he couldn't pinpoint why. They returned to the apartment and Eren went to the kitchen to get water and sit on a stool. Levi went and sat down on a table chair and faced Eren.

"Did you have a good time?" Eren asked after he sat down.

"Sure," Levi responded. "Everyone was nice but Jean kinda pissed me off."

Eren laughed. "Yeah he has that affect."

Levi nodded in agreement.

"Believe it or not but I actually dated him for a few months my Junior year," Eren confessed thinking about back on it.

"Really?"

"Yeah obviously didn't turn out well but we don't hate each other and I think he and Marco are really happy together."

"Yeah."

"You don't, I mean, well... "

"Mind that your gay? Of course not. Neko's like humans don't have particular biases when it comes to sexuality and it honestly doesn't matter to me."

Eren nods but is still curious.

"And what about you?" He asked.

"I haven't been in very many relationships but I prefer males," Levi stated honestly.

"Okay, cool," Eren said trying to shake off the awkward tension in the room.

"You dated that horseface?" Levi asked to lighten the mood.

Eren smiled rolling his eyes. "I was a weird kid,"

"No kidding," Eren laughed at this and finished the last of his water.

They both go to bed thinking about the events of the evening and each other.

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A/N: Sorry for the unintentional half joke:) I swear it was an accident I didn't realize it until I edited the chapter.