Chapter 23: So Confused

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Once Eren and Levi had finished their drinks, Eren paid the waitress and he and Levi went back out into the chilly street. Eren couldn't help but look at Levi as they left. He was so adorably small and he was obviously cold as he was hunched in on himself slightly, making him look even smaller. His black hair was in his eyes and his hands were hidden in his pockets along with his phone and earphones. Levi caught him looking at him and Eren didn't try and hide it. He just smiled at Levi and gestured for them to go. Levi tried to walk behind Eren as usual but Eren slowed down on purpose so that Levi would walk beside him. Scowling, Levi obliged and walked beside the taller teen but he avoided looking at him. He felt like such a wrong person, but he wasn't in a depressed mood so he wasn't reactng badly to it... He would probably get pissed of at himself on another day. They went through the streets and to Eren's surprise, whenever they crossed the road, Levi would hold onto Eren's sleeve and guide him across like he was a child. He was obviously still very worried about Eren getting hurt and Eren's earlier comment so he didn't complain. He had been thoughtless with the way he'd put what he said, which was why he wasn't going to pull away when Levi felt he had to keep him safe. Besides, it was sweet. After a while, the park came into view and they headed over to a bench to sit down. Eren sat down and patted the seat beside him but Levi sat with a gap between them on the other end of the bench.

"Oh come on Mr. Moody." Eren rolled his eyes and edged closer to Levi until they were practically touching. Levi huffed and looked out at the park to his right, the opposite direction to Eren.

"Don't pout." Eren's pout transformed into a smile as Levi knew what he was doing again.

"Talk to me then! Turn around." Eren shouldered him gently and Levi bit his lip in annoyance. "Don't bite your lip." Levi suddenly tensed, making Eren smile triumphantly. He had been right, he'd noticed that Levi occasionally did that when Eren touched him or spoke to him. He had hoped that he had been doing that right then or he would have looked like a complete idiot. He still wasn't always sure when Levi was going to do it or not unlike Levi who seemed to be able to read Eren as easily as a children's book. Levi turned around, blushing, knowing that Eren was starting to learn. He faced forwards, hiding behind his hair. "I was right wasn't I?" Eren grinned.

"Maybe." Levi grumbled in annoyance.

"Haha, I win." Eren teased and Levi stuck his middle finger up at Eren without looking at him and Eren laughed.

They sat there for about half an hour and talked. Well, I say talked but it was more Eren mucking about and talking to Levi while he listened although Levi did speak sometimes, just the odd sentence or word - But he did listen to Eren nonetheless. It was cold and Levi's nose was a bit red: Eren thought it was really cute. He poked Levi gently in the nose and the ravenette wrinkled his nose in response, moving his head away in embarrassment.

"You look like Rudolf." Eren teased lightly and Levi glared at him.

"Well at least I don't look like a tomato." Levi snapped, jabbing Eren hard in the cheek. Eren's whole face was red from cold whereas only Levi's cheeks and nose were, the rest of him was still pale. Eren pouted cutely.

"Put that lip away." Levi's eyes flashed and Eren giggled. "You're cold Eren, we should get going. He pulled his phone from his pocket and checked the time. It was 9:47. Eren looked down at the screen.

"But we still have about an hour and a quarter!" Eren protested but Levi got up. "Can't you stay? We don't have to back to college, we can just go inside somewhere in the town! Please?" Levi huffed and rolled his eyes, muttering under his breath. Eren got to his feet and looked down at Levi with big, soppy puppy dog eyes. Levi's eyes flashed in annoyance as he looked up at him.

"Please...?"

"Ugh, fine..."

"Yay!" Eren whooped and snatched up Levi's hand. This time Levi's pale face DID go fully red. He pulled his hand away awkwardly but Eren picked it up again, not giving in yet again. "Now who looks like a tomato..." He beamed and Levi sucked his teeth in irritation, looking away.
"Shut up..."

"Come on, let's go." Eren started to lead Levi back towards the town. Levi trailed behind him slightly but his eyes didn't leave their hands. He suddenly realised just how close he had got to Eren that day. Usually he would have slapped the boy's hands away in an instant and walked off after swearing at him... But he hadn't. He'd gone out with him alone, he'd held his hand, he'd let Eren take his earphone out, he'd let Eren drag him to the park, he'd held Eren's sleeve to make sure he was ok when they crossed the street, he'd let Eren poke him in the nose and had done it back... And they were holding hands again. He really liked Eren and Eren seemed to really like him too. They were acting like a bloody couple. Levi was so confused, what if Eren tried to kiss him or ask him to be his boyfriend? What the hell would he say to the brat or do, he was still at war with hiself for finding Eren attractive... He really hoped this wasn't just the way friends were, Levi wasn't all too sure, he had forgotten what it was like to have friends. He hoped this was something more... But at the same time, he didn't. He was still reluctant at getting close to Eren but it seemed to have just happened all at once. He was an adorable brat.

(A/N:) Cute Ereri ;) But poor Levi is so confused about it all. I wanted to make him a little less harsh in his head if that makes sense when I am describing his thoughts even if his words still are a bit because I wanted to show that Eren makes him different... So yh. Hope you enjoyed, thanks for reading!

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