Ghoulfriend - Ereri

° Chapter 2 °

Levi's POV
At the end of the lesson Eren had come up to the both of us with the blonde kid trailing behind him. He smiles warmly and points at the boy "This is Armin. He's offered to look after me today instead of you guys since we're in the same classes. Thanks for showing me around this morning" he waved us with a smile and I nodded as him and Armin walked out. Well, now he's out of our hands. That's less stress and paranoia for me. Hanji was stood next to me sulking, she looked over at me and mumbled "What does this Armin have that we don't? " I shrugged and casually answered "He's human" Hanji folded her arms as we walked to the canteen and thought deeply to herself. I enjoyed the silence, even if it was only a few minutes. Hanji never shuts up. But soon, to my disappointment she starts smiling again "Well if he ever wants to hang with us he has our numbers" I froze in my place and glared at her, I ignored the complaints that passed me as I watched her smile weaken for a second. Suddenly she ran towards someone in fear and I groaned. Stupid fucking four eyes. I gritted my teeth in annoyance and pushed through the crowd to find her, I kept my hands in my pockets to avoid touching any disgusting teenagers and I ignored the sweet aroma of flesh around me.
When you're in crowds like this, it's hard to focus on anything but the smell. It's all around you and filling your nostrils, numbing nearly all the other senses, but in some cases even the most controlled of our kind can snap. But I had trained myself to focus on other things than the smell, and right now my focus was on finding Hanji and making her wish she had never been born.
What was she thinking? Giving him our numbers, especially my own without consent. Stupid four eyed freak. 'I can't find her anywhere' I think to myself grumpily, after another five minutes I gave up. I sighed and turned around to leave.
Just as I did I bumped into Eren, he smiled down at me awkwardly. "Hey Levi. Sorry about ditching you and Hanji earlier. I've lost Armin? You seen him?" I shake my head in reply and bite my lip. I look down at my shoes and hear Eren chuckle anxiously to himself.
"Ah well. Is it okay if I stick with you? " I look up and meet his perfect eyes and nod. He smiles and moves to the side slightly as some jackass pushes through, I roll my eyes and head for the door. As we walk towards the door I check behind me every so often to make sure Eren was keeping up and to my satisfaction he was. I don't know what it was about Eren but he was just one of those people you wanted to be around. He was a positive person and I guess as someone who has a negative background and is seen as a bad thing, I feel a little better? Like positivity just radiates off him. As I reach for the door some one walks straight into me, I don't move an inch since his weight is nothing to me and his face grows into a frown as he looks down at me.
"Watch where you're going shorty" he growls at me. I raise an eyebrow at the insult and reply "You were the one that walked into me shit lord. Get the fuck out of my way" I push him lightly and he goes toppling to the floor. I look back at Eren who is shocked, along with a few others around us. I roll my eyes and walk out the door and sigh as the cool air hits my skin. I feel Eren's presence by my side and I look over to him, he still looks a little shocked and he slowly points back at the door.
"Bit harsh?" I shrug casually and lean against the brick wall, I look up at the grey clouds above me as I reply "No one calls me shorty" it was silent for a few minutes then a light sound filled it. It was an amazing sound, I felt like I could listen to it all day. Throaty and deep yet gentle. It was so beautiful it could have been angels singing. It could probably cure cancer. It was Eren, and he was laughing. In fact he was laughing so hard that he was curled over. I frown. I'm not that funny am I? I mean yeah I tell a lot of shit related jokes but no one had ever found me this funny. I wait patiently for him to finish and I take short glances to make sure he was still breathing. Soon his laughter died down and it fell silent again, he smiled at me and I rolled my eyes. He chuckled and stood next to me "So um what kind of stuff are you into?" Small talk. Eren was using small talk. Even though I knew he was just trying to get to know me, it seemed a little silly. But I wasn't gonna just ignore him and from the way he asked, he seemed interested. "Reading" I answer softly, Eren nods and smiles "That's cool! I'm not really a big book fan. I prefer video games" of course you do, like every other teenage boy. Although I wasn't surprised, I was strangely interested. I wondered what kind of games he played and what consoles he preferred. I had always preferred the DS, but that was when I was younger. As I grew I just stopped playing.
"What kind of games do you like to play?" I randomly asked, I mentally face palmed. Thank you curiosity for getting the better of me, why did I do that? Why was I trying? But soon my regret faded as Erens face lit up with excitement and enthusiasm, his gorgeous eyes shimmered and his whole body became comfortable and loose. I raised an eyebrow at the change and I honestly didn't realise how timid he was before.
"I play stuff like Borderlands, Skyrim and Fallout. I'm not really into Fifa or Call of Duty like most guys." I nod, slightly impressed. At least he wasn't a fuckboy I thought to myself. Eren grinned and the bell rang, signalling for students to move to next lesson. Eren seemed slightly disappointed and checked his timetable. I looked over his arm and eyed his timetable, I searched for Monday and looked down to third period. I sighed and stuffed my hands into my pockets "C'mon brat, we have history" Eren smiled and nodded, he followed after me. When we went back inside to head to class, Eren was shoved and pushed in the huge crowd and to keep him by my side I had to keep hold of him. I grabbed his wrist firmly and pulled him along, keeping him close to me so he couldn't drift off in the sea of people. When we broke away from the crowd I let go of his wrist and he smiled and thanked me.
"No problem. But you gotta keep on your toes and not give a shit. You never been to high school or something?" Eren laughs nervously and answers shyly "Not really. The school I went to in Germany was a private all boys school. When we walked in corridors we had to walk in a straight line. There was no pushing or shoving"
He's not gonna last. He's like a daisy in a field of long grass. He's gonna get stepped on whether he likes it or not. I look up at him as we near the next class and I casually point out "You need to buff up kid, or else you're not gonna survive in here" Eren seemed more nervous but smiled and nodded. God help this kid.