Attack On Titan Fanfiction (Incomplete)

Chapter 6: Strange Behaviour

Bleep, bleep ble- Levi leaned over and turned the alarm clock off as it hit 7am.

"Come on brat, get up or there'll be no food left for you and I have a lecture soon." Levi saved his work and shut the lid of his silver apple laptop. He pushed himself off of his bed and stretched his arms out. He straightened his t-shirt out and folded his arms across his chest, looking down at Eren still lying face down on his bed.

"Oi, Jaeger." He said a little louder and Eren grumbled something inaudible. "Come on Eren, I'm sure your friends are missing you." He grumbled. That made Eren frown as he thought of something and sat up.

"What about you? I never see you with anyone, where are your friends?" He asked with a furrowed brow, tilting his head to the side slightly in question. Levi shrugged.

"I don't have any." He said casually and grabbed his folded up hoodie from the end of his bed. Eren looked him up and down, thinking about what he said. He looked at Levi's tight black jeans and black t-shirt, the black hoodie with white strings and zip he was pulling on over it and his black trainers with white laces, the gothic bracelet things he had round his wrists, those rubber ones and a studded leather one. He was thoroughly emo, Eren could see that... But he found it so hot. He had always known it, and always thought that was the reason he didn't hang around with people, he just preferred being alone as that was the sort of person he was... But since he found that photo in Levi's drawer, Eren had been having doubts. There must be some other reason he didn't want or have friends. He had been wearing fully black in that photo from what he could see so it wasn't that he'd turned the way he was now after that was taken... He obviously cared for the people in the picture as he'd kept the photo and had smiled (well, slightly smiled) in it, which was obviously a very rare thing for Levi, he was obviously just as moody back then as he was now. The picture only looked a year or two old. Eren wondered why Levi was so against friends.

"Why not?" Eren asked, getting to his feet, his hair and clothes a mess. His bruised knee ached where he'd hit it but there was no other damage, it would heal in about a week probably...

"I don't do friends."

"What do you mean 'you don't do friends'? Why not, friends are great!" Eren exclaimed. Maybe this was why he was so dark with Eren, maybe he was about to find out why... Levi stayed silent and opened the door for him. The brunette stood there for a few long moments before accepting that he wasn't going to get an answer anytime soon. He sighed and his shoulders slumped as he trailed out of the room to go and get showered. When he came back, Levi was on his phone waiting for him. He took his keys out of his jeans and stood by the door when he saw Eren coming, wanting to lock up and go. Eren gathered his things and then went out of the room with Levi. The shorter male locked the door behind them and they went their separate ways. Eren went to knock on Armin's door but no reply came.

"Armin? Connie?" Still no reply. "Not back yet, huh..." Eren mumbled to himself and shoved his hands in his pockets. Well that was awkward, he'd just stood outside someone's door and left with no one, hopefully no one had seen. He followed after Levi, his hair hiding his eyes. He kept his distance from Levi but watched his back. He was pretty much 100% sure Levi knew he was watching him, that guy seemed to know everything... They got down to the canteen and Eren moodily went to go get something to eat. He was starving and hadn't eaten properly for about a day. Yesterday he had had a coffee at breakfast and half a packet of crisps at lunch. His stomach growled as he suddenly realised just how hungry he was and became conscious that he had no money in his hoodie pockets. He pulled his hands out and frantically searched his jean pockets before rechecking his hoodie and jeans again.

"Shit..." He muttered to himself.

"What's up with you brat?" A familiar deep voice asked from behind him. Levi was holding a bottle of water, Eren noticed that he hardly ate anything. Levi was very thin but very strong, Eren didn't know where the hell he got all his energy from. He didn't eat, he didn't sleep... He met his grey eyes and his cheeks blushed slightly. "I er... Left my money upstairs." Levi scoffed and rolled his eyes, digging in his pocket. He pulled out a fiver and handed it to Eren. Eren looked down at it in shock, his emerald eyes wide.

"Wha...W-why are you giving me this? You hate me." He tried to shove it back in Levi's hand but Levi folded his arms. "Levi?"

"Look, do you want to get something or not? It will all be gone if you just stand here. Go on, bring me the change when you're done." Levi leant on the wall to wait and Eren looked at him in complete confusion. Sure, he liked the fact that Levi was talking to him, but this was weird.

"Levi, why?"

"Are you my room-mate?"

"Er, yes?

"Then take the money, and go and buy something brat."

"But eh-"

"Go before I change my mind!" Levi snapped, his eyes flashing. Eren shut his mouth and blinked at Levi before slowly turning to go and do what he was told. He went and got a bottle of water and that was it. Levi cursed under his breath and went over to the brunette.

"Move." Levi grabbed him some proper food and took the money back and the water. He went to pay for it and Eren stood watching with wide eyes. He fiddled nervously with his fingers. Levi came back over to him and shoved the food and drink into his arms with a glare. He pocketed the rest of his money.

"Th-thanks Levi." Eren whispered, stunned and lost for words.

"Hmph. Just don't think this is going to become a habit, next time you forget your money you're on your own. We're not friends." Eren nodded numbly and Levi turned to go. He was in complete confusion, maybe Levi wasn't as heartless as he had first thought... Either that or he just felt sorry for Eren being so awkward and stupid around him. Watching him leave, Eren wondered why he'd done that. It was obviously something to do with being room-mates, maybe it was just the fact he knew that if they were going to share a room, they had to at least make some effort to get along. Eren blinked and shook his head as he got carried away with his thoughts. He realised he was just standing there awkwardly and hurriedly looked for a place to sit. He spotted Christa with Ymir (two girls he'd met last year) across the other side of the room and hurriedly went to sit with them. He wasn't too fond of Ymir but Christa was nice and wouldn't send him away. He was pretty damn sure they were in love and Ymir was very protective of Christa.

About ten minutes later, Eren felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to see Armin, Connie and Sasha back from town.

"Hey Eren!" Sasha grinned at him. "I got loads of food, look." She held up a large carrier bag proudly and Eren rolled his eyes.

"Here Eren, we all got you this because you seemed down in the dumps." Armin lifted another small bag and put it beside Eren on the table. "Go on, look inside. It's nothing much but hopefully you like it anyway." Eren reached into the bag and pulled out a pack of new drawing pencils. He liked art, but only his friends really knew about it. He was always drawing when he got the time but he was always embarrassed about it. He reached in again and pulled out a small A5 sketchbook. Armin took the empty plastic bag nervously, waiting to see what Eren thought of his gift. Connie watched over Armin's shoulder.

"Thanks guys..." Eren said quietly, looking down at them. He didn't own many things and rarely ever got anything unless it was a special occasion. "Really, thank you... I'll pay you back when I can."

"You don't need to give us anything back Eren, we just wanted to cheer you up." Connie said, shooting him a smile.
"Yeah!" Sasha piped up, beaming. Armin smiled softly at Eren, glad he could make his best friend happy. Eren smiled back. He didn't understand why everyone was so nice to him, he wasn't worth it. Even Levi had done something for him to his complete shock. Eren still couldn't help his crush on him, even though he wanted to hate Levi the way Levi hated him... But did Levi actually hate him? All of the questions from earlier returned to his mind and he wondered if Levi had reasons for being the way he was. Armin, Connie and Sasha had bought him a gift and Levi had bought him his food for him, this was truly an amazing start to a new day after the terrible and awkward events that happened the day before...