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

Chapter XXIX

After that day when he taught Levi how to slow dance, Eren got an idea for Levi and his increasing proficiency at the piano. He came home one day excited to present the idea to Levi. Before he he got to the door he ran into Marco in the hallway.

"Hey Marco!" He greeted.

"Oh, hello Eren, how are you?" Marco smiled back.

"I'm good and you?"

"I'm doing very well, thanks."

Just then Eren noticed something on one of the fingers of Marco's left hand.

"Is that a ring?" He asked excitedly looking at it.

Marco grinned and blushed slightly. "Yeah, Jean proposed to me last Saturday, we haven't gotten around to telling people yet."

"That's awesome I'm so happy for you two," Eren said sincerely and gave Marco a hug.

"Thank you so much," Marco said.

He said goodbye to Marco soon after and opened the door to his apartment. Levi was curled up on the couch sleeping, Eren smiled at this and put his stuff away. When he came back into the living room he sat down next to Levi and played with his ears and kissed the top of the sleeping Neko's head.

"Good morning Levi," he said quietly into Levi's ear.

Levi shifted and his eyes slowly opened. He grumbled something inaudible and Eren just grinned. Despite the fact he slept often as a cat would, Levi was always pretty grumpy when he woke up. Eren likened him the a demon cat and he had to be careful not to irritate Levi or he would most likely suffer a horrible death.

"Ooh, guess what I just found out?" Eren recalled.

"What?" Levi asked tiredly as he turned over slightly and moved to put his head on Eren's lap.

"Jean and Marco are engaged!"

"Exciting."

Eren played with Levi's hair with one hand and rubbed his back with the other, which resulted in Levi purring.

"Do you think we'll be invited to the wedding?" Eren contemplated.

"I probably will, it will take a lot of convincing on Marco's part to convince Jean to let you come," Levi responded.

"Hey!"

"It's no offense against you it's just the truth, Jean really dislikes you."

"The feeling is mutual but we don't as much hate each other as we have a mutual understanding of that we will continue to insult each other but we don't actually hate one another."

"That doesn't make sense."

"Yeah..."

Levi sighed and slowly sat up. "You awake now?" Eren asked smiling.

Levi glared at him and got up, he walked over to the kitchen and started looking through the cupboards.

"Oh don't make dinner, I have something planned," Eren said.

Levi raised an eyebrow. "Really, what are we doing?"

"It's a surprise," Eren said with a mischievous smiled.

"Okay then," Levi went back over to Eren.

Eren set the Neko in his lap and Levi leaned into his chest. Eren held Levi's hand and traced his finger along Levi's skin absentmindedly.

"Will you at least tell me when we are leaving?" Levi asked.

"In an hour, is that okay?"

"Sure."

Eren smiled and rested his chin on top of Levi's head. He was getting even more excited for his plan and he hoped Levi would like it.

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Eren and Levi arrived at a small coffee shop situated about two blocks away from their apartment. The shop was owned by an old family friend of Eren's. The reason Eren wanted to take Levi to it was that they had a piano, a real one. It was the middle of the week and before most people's work ended so there weren't very many people in the café.

"Hey Eren," both boys looked to their right to see a tall man with short blonde hair.

"Hannes!" Eren greeted and gave the older man a hug.

"How have you been?"

"Good, and you?"

"Good good, business has been going well, how is your art doing?"

"Very well actually."

"I'm glad to hear it?" Hannes looked over to Levi. "And I'm guessing this is Levi?"

"Yeah, Levi this is Hannes, an old friend of my dad's," Eren introduced.

Hannes reached out his hand to Levi for him to shake. "It's nice to meet you Levi."

Levi refused the handshake and nodded in response. Hannes was a bit confused but soon got over it and turned back to Eren.

"It's too bad you're doing so well Eren, I swear after you left many of our female and male costumers stopped coming," Hannes joked.

"Yeah right," Eren laughed.

"I'm not joking," Hannes grinned and looked to Levi. "This guy was my most popular worker and I gave him his first job and he just abandons me for his dream. I feel so betrayed."

Hannes made some mock-distressed gesture and he and Eren burst out laughing afterward. Levi could feel himself becoming more comfortable, even a little bit amused with them.

"Well then, might as well get you set up," Hannes said and he led them over to the piano.

"Knock yourself out, I've got some things to take care of," with that Hannes left them alone.

Eren turned to Levi and grinned. "It's all yours," he said motioning to the piano.

Levi looked at him with a slightly confused look.

"I asked Hannes if you could use the piano for an hour, I figured you might like to play on a real piano. You have been getting so much better I thought you'd like to try this."

Levi just stared at him for a minute. He searched through Eren's eyes and saw nothing from genuine regard for Levi. He then looked down at the piano and ran his fingers on the smooth wood and circled around to the keys. Levi sat down slowly on the bench and placed his fingers on the keys. He played one key very softly and looked up at Eren.

"Go on, you got this," Eren urged him on smiling.

Levi looked back to the keys and played a few notes, then moved on to full scales. When he became more comfortable he played entire songs, mostly basic since he was still relearning. He had taught himself mostly classics and some song covers. Before either of the boys knew it the hour had passed and Levi looked up to see that everyone in the café was watching him, entranced by his playing. This made Levi feel self conscious and he shrunk into himself.

Eren noticed this. "That was beautiful Levi," he said and put his hand on Levi's.

Hannes came up from behind them. "I hate to stop you but people this place is going to start getting crowded soon and Eren said you probably wouldn't want to play then but if you want to come in again this same time, next week even we would love to have you."

Levi nodded and Eren squeezed his hand. They got a couple drinks to go and they each got a small treat and went back home. When they arrived at the apartment Levi stopped Eren from going into the room and kissed him quickly.

"What was that for?" Eren asked startled.

"Thank you," Levi said.

Eren grinned at this and hugged him.

"You're very welcome."

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A/N: Sorry if that was a bit boring but it kinda sets up the next chapter.