Malibu Babe

Chapter 3 - Sorry

Levi

     Sadly, the wonderful trip of Eren's beautiful, masculine back had ended when we arrived at his front porch. It was a beach house right one the beach hidden by palm trees. It had one large room and then two smaller rooms extending off of it into a bedroom and a bathroom. Everything about this house screamed "BEACH" "SPRING BREAK" "SUMMER" and I loved it.
"Are Mikasa and Armin coming?" I flatly asked as I scoped out the room.
"Nope. They went home a while ago." Eren replied as he locked the front door. He hesitated when he saw me skeptically watching him. "S-sorry, there are a lot of weirdos of  the beach at night." I slowly nodded and turned to the kitchen.
"Well, we might as well get our snacks going." A called to Eren as I tied on an apron.
"Oh! That's right." He quickly ran up behind me and put on an apron as well, then helped me tie mine when he saw me struggling. He's close and touching me. I can feel his warm breath. It suddenly hit me how hard I had fallen I  love with Eren. Now this is where most people would say, "you don't fall for people. You slowly sink into the endless pit." But, indeed, I had fallen deeply, horribly in love with the 23-year-old named Eren Jaeger. When the realization hit me I quickly slapped a hand to my forehead and stumbled back a bit, before feeling two strong arms wrap around me.
"Careful, Levi." For a split second I store into those beautiful ocean green eyes, but it felt like an eternity. I stood up quickly and wiped my hands on my apron, wiping away dirt I knew was not there.
"I'm fine, you shitty brat." I murmered, trying my hardest to hide me racing heart and embarrassment.
"Still at it with that nickname?" He chuckled as he turned back to stirring the lemonade. I realized that he still had no shirt on and was still wearing his mint green swim shorts.

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     Everything was perfectly set up. We made a fort out of blankets and lit vanilla tea candles around on the grass like we did as kids. We lay on our stomachs earing our popsicles, propped up by our elbows. I could feel our arms touching, and his skin was warm and it smelled like ocean spray water and sunshine and sunscreen. Suddenly Eren's eyes widened.
"They're starting..." he whispered, and I, too, looked in awe at the colors that burst like bubbles in the sky. I turned my eyes back to Eren. His mouth, wide open with a hint of smile, showing of his perfect teeth. The colors softly on his face and brightly in his eyes. After another 30 minutes, my mouth couldn't control itself, and it all spilled out.
"Eren."
"Hmm...?"
"I-I-I..." the words couldn't come together in my mouth, but I couldn't stop. "Eren, there are 7 billion people on this planet, and we live on a tiny planet that floats in an endless, unknown, blackness and time could be and endless yet timeless void, and I am in love with you." Eren's eyes stared wide back at mine. His mouth was shut and he was not smiling. Our faces were only two inches apart. Suddenly, I felt my head lean in, and I felt my lips press gently against his-- hand. My eyes slowly opened to an image of Eren with his eyes wide and his hand, facing me, over his mouth, stopping the kiss.
"E-Eren, I-I'm sor-"
"Levi... don't think that I will just accept you into my life after you dumped me so many times after confessing when I was an anger-issued nerd, but now that I have amazing looks and charm that you come finally waltzing in. It's like you don't even care about who I really am. You just care that I have a nice body and- and-" he was slightly gasping for air. Tears were forming at the corners of his eyes.
"Eren. You don't understand. When I was young, I was so persuaded I didn't need love. I didn't need anyone, or anything. But then, after we went our separate ways, that I realized how I felt towards you. I realized how alone and empty I was. And then, I finally found you, and I fell in love all over again. Actually, falling isn't good enough, I face planted into a pile of bricks. And-"
"It's doesn't matter...."
"W-what...?"
"It's you loved me so much, why didn't you contact me...?" He slowly lifted his head to look at me. I slightly looked down, my hair covering my eyes. I felt my phone jolt alive with buzzing, and I pulled it out of my pocket and answered it flatly.
"Hello.... is he..... yep.... I will.... goodbye..." it was Erwin. He wanted me to pick up some bananas for him at the gas station.
"I gotta go." And at that I left. Stop. Go back and win him over. One foot stepped over the other. I couldn't stop. I slipped off the apron and let it gently fall to the floor.

Eren

     Silently in my head, the word 'sorry' screamed it's way through my consciousness. I felt one tear roll down my cheek. Then another. Then, it was like a river. The image of Levi leaving stained the backs of my eyelids. With my eyes open, my thoughts replayed it. With my eyes shut, the memory unraveled like a movie. There was no going back.

Sorry for the the awkward bg pic I had to choose something quickly :/ please comment if you like it so far!!
~Keara