A Day At A Time - EreRi

Chapter One - Distracted

Eren Jaeger and Levi Ackerman had been best friends since they were little, maybe six or so. They had become friends when Levi's mum had grown sick with pneumonia and Eren's Dad took care of her until she passed away. Levi wasn't supposed to see her but Grisha ((Eren's Dad)) let him visit her on a schedule to avoid Levi getting sick or Kuchel ((Levi's Mum)) would get worse. Alas she still passed away after twelve days of being in the hospital, and Levi was left to his Uncle, Kenny Ackerman. Of course by the time Levi was twelve and had grown aggressive towards others, getting into plenty of fights; Kenny had him put into foster care, so now Levi was being passed from house to house. The foster parents either couldn't handle him, or he couldn't handle them. It was usually the first one, simply because he was stubborn and tended to be pissy towards them. Although that usually came with a teenager, he had grown up too soon and thought more like an adult than a teenager so that's why the foster parents couldn't handle him.

At the moment he was staying with a male by the name of Erwin Smith, and so far things had been okay because Erwin was stern enough to keep Levi under control and Levi got pissed at him a lot, but it never effected Erwin because he knew that Levi was bound to get pissed at him. Eren of course had grown used to Levi switching between houses and being thrown around, and he watched his playful friend slowly grow selectively mute and begin to hate the world. Eren hadn't learned how harsh the world was until recently, but he still did his best to stay up and have a smile. Whereas Levi never smiled anymore, maybe a small pity smile to Eren when he'd do his best to make the raven haired male smile. Levi's usual outfit was long clothes, usually a black turtleneck and black skinny jeans, with of course combat boots or vans. He had different colored items of that usual outfit as well, which was a bit weird but with moving so much he tried to avoid increasing the amount of stuff he had to move. So he only had three bags worth of stuff at most, occasionally a small fourth if he didn't feel like neatly packing everything.

It was a Monday morning and of course everyone was dreadfully tired, but most of them still went to school, because their parents forced them to. Eren was already at his own locker, getting out his stuff for his first class and putting away everything he wouldn't need. He kept glancing around for the raven haired male even though he knew it was likely that Levi would come to him as soon as he could since he always avoided everyone to his best ability. So as Eren was beginning to close his locker none other than Levi came up to him and looked up at him waiting for Eren to notice him, not bothering to tug on his sleeve or grunt or anything to get his attention. Their height difference was three inches at least, Levi being 5'3 and Eren being 5'6.

As soon as Eren closed his locker though he noticed Levi and gazed down at him, smiling happily that Levi had shown up to school. "Good morning Levi." He greets as he ruffles his hair lightly, Levi only grunting slightly as he shook his hand off and nodded as his greeting. Eren smiles softly at his friend, already used to his pessimistic ways, "Ready for class?" He asks as he looks around at the hallway trying to find the time, "Class is probably about to start so we should get going if you don't wanna be late." He says while looking back at Levi for his response, Levi pulling out a pre written flash card that said, 'I don't care if I'm late.' Eren read this, already knowing what it was about to say since they went through this every other day, if not every day. The brunette nodded and began walking to Levi's class with him, knowing Levi would probably be upset with him since this could result in Eren being late; and sure enough, Levi reached up and tugged at Eren's hair before walking beside him and looking as they approached the classroom. Levi felt bad for being so emotionless and quite rude towards Eren, but he couldn't bring himself to smile or anything, or even express how he was feeling in general.

As they approached the classroom Levi gazed up at Eren in case he had anything to say, "Have a good day, Levi." He says softly to the ravenette, Levi just nodding up at him and showing him a card that said, 'You too.' Before walking into the classroom and starting off the day.

Throughout the day Eren and Levi had seen each other in the hallway or shared a few classes and they'd occasionally get off task, but Levi hardly focused on his work anyways so it wouldn't matter except for Eren getting in trouble. By lunch Eren was extremely hungry since he was an active person, while Levi didn't bother eating at all. And during lunch they didn't really sit together because Eren used that time to be with his other best friends, Mikasa and Armin. So Levi would sit at another table and instead use this time to read or write. It made Levi a bit upset that Eren sat with them instead, but they also spent a bit of time together as well; not to mention that Eren had known them longer than he'd known Levi. So Levi never said anything and kept to himself, deciding not to butt his head into Eren's personal life if it didn't involve him. And while Levi didn't bother them, Mikasa would still bother Eren about him and tell him that Levi was a bad influence for him and it wasn't good for them to be friends; shooting Levi death glares during lunch or almost any time they'd see each other.

Eren was aware that Mikasa didn't like Levi - it was obvious, but Levi never bothered her and he couldn't see why she didn't like him. He never questioned it though because last time he did Mikasa got upset with him and of course Eren was to blame for that. Looking over at Levi he watched as he sat alone, simply reading his book or writing in his journal. Eren felt bad for leaving him alone, but every time in the past when Eren would try to sit with him Levi would just tell him to spend time with his friends, and of course it made Eren upset but he never stayed because he assumed Levi wanted to be alone. Little did Eren know that Levi wouldn't mind if Eren stayed, but he didn't want to pull Eren from his other friends.

They never talked about any of this though, it was never brought up that they didn't understand each other's means or why they did what they did during lunch. Eren honestly would rather be spending time with Levi since he spent weekends or his free time with Armin and Mikasa more than he did Levi, but as said before he assumed that Levi just wanted to be alone since it was their free time.

And for the rest of the day they went through the same routine, seeing each other during few classes and in the hallway. Eren could tell there was especially something wrong with Levi though because he seemed distracted; staring into space or getting lost in what he was doing. At one point Levi had walked past his locker because he was so distracted, and Eren had to chase after him and guide him back to his locker. By the end of the day Eren was walking Levi home to his current foster home, and it was on his mind. "Levi, you seem distracted. What's wrong?" He asks while glancing down to Levi to see if he was going to respond or not. Levi glanced up at him before shrugging; he really had no answer since he was distracted but not even he was sure. Levi looked away in thought before glancing back up to Eren since he was still looking at him. Sighing slightly he realized he couldn't get away with no answer, so he pulled out a notecard and began writing with Eren peering over his shoulder. 'I don't know, I just wasn't feeling it today.' He shows Eren, looking at him for his answer. Eren read over it twice before nodding slightly and looking back to Levi. "Alright, I just wanted to make sure." He says softly, then giving him a small smile. "If you need to talk about anything, just text me and we can talk." He says, trying to reassure Levi that he was there for him. Levi watched him before nodding slightly, pulling out a pre written one that simply said, 'Thanks.'

They soon approached Levi's house, Eren gazing up at it, "Is he being good to you? That blonde guy?" He asks, looking to Levi as he just shrugged before nodding slightly and glancing back at him. "Yeah..I'll see you later." Levi said lowly before heading into the house after Eren returned the farewell. Levi would occasionally talk to Eren, but it was always quiet and weak; once in a blue moon. Eren was happy when he'd talk to him, and it even threw him off guard sometimes. And this time he was a little unprepared, but he smiled when he heard his voice. After waving bye he then headed home, already looking forward to the next day just so he could see Levi again.

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Hey guys so this's my first fanfiction~ I hope you like it and any comments or advice would be nice ^w^