The Ereri Project (#2)

Meeting

A/N: Prequel to First Night

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Levi crosses his arms, following Hanji and Erwin with quiet annoyance.

"Oh c'mon Levi," Erwin says. "It's been forever since the last time you've come out with us."

Levi cocks an eyebrow and shoots him a look. "Don't you think they're might be a good reason it's been so long?"

"Cause the last time you went out you brought someone home and don't remember who it was or anything else that happened because they left before you woke up," Hanji recites. "We know that that scared you but it's scaring us that all you do is work and hide in your apartment."

Levi sighs. "Couldn't you have taken me out to dinner or something then? All I do at clubs is drink."

"So dance with me then," Hanji says with a grin.

"Or you could socialize," Erwin adds.

Levi rolls his eyes. "Because I'm good at socializing."

"At least try to have fun, Levi," Erwin says with a hopeful smile at his short friend.

Levi uncrosses his arms when he sees Mike up ahead. They all go inside and Levi is immediately taken over by the noise inside. "I need a drink," he mutters.

Erwin and Mike both disappear while Hanji and Levi go to buy themselves drinks. Hanji orders for both of them, getting herself something fruity and, at Levi's request, ordering him something strong. He downs his whole glass by the time Hanji's only had one dip of her own drink. "You alright?" she asks, resting a hand on his shoulder.

"I think I need to be drunk to enjoy being a place like this," he replies, waiting for a refill.

Hanji finishes her first drink while Levi finishes his second. She drags him off to dance with her.

For three songs, Hanji drags Levi around excitedly making him dance with her. When they find Erwin and Mike again, Levi slips away to buy another drink. As he tries to make his way through the crowd, he sees a familiar face out of the corner of his eye. He turns his head completely to see an adorable brunette dancing by himself in the crowd.

Eren.

But no, it couldn't be. Eren's just a kid, what would he be doing this much older in a place like this? Is it possible he could be old enough to be here now? How many years has it been since he's seen that brat?

He finds himself walking over before he can stop himself, dancing with his young man before he can even find words to speak. Those huge, blue-green eyes catch Levi's and something like recognition is shared between them but Levi tries to shove that feeling away. There's no way this could be Eren.

Still though, he can't fight the words that spill out of his mouth.

"Do you wanna go home with me?"