Attack on Titan One-Shots

Babysitting

Rating: PG
Genre: Fluff
Pairing: Eren/Rivaille Armin/Christa
World: AU, AU, AU
A/N: His name is Jacques, I'm sorry. I was going to keep him nameless but I couldn't, sorry.

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            Only minutes after his father had left him in the arms of the short raven-haired man, the small one year old boy, an exact replica of his father - or mother? - started screaming. Levi's eyes widened as he gripped the toddler tighter in his arms, making sure the small blond wouldn't slip out of his grip.

            "Well," Levi huffed as he struggled to calm the child down. "For an Arlert, you're sure fiesty,"

            The boy screamed in reply, causing Levi to flinch. "Daddy-" He forced the word out for the boy, it being uncomfortable to call his friend 'Dad'. "Will be back soon. In the meantime..." He adjusted his grip, the wail of the boy increasingly getting louder.

            Armin had specifically told Levi not to give his son any kind of fruit snacks, because once the child got a taste of them, he was determined to get the entire box into his stomach. And though he had only been at the Rivaille household for about 15 minutes, it was time to bring out the big guns. If anyone knew when the heavy weaponry needed to be taken out, it was Levi, having been a corporal in the military when we was younger.

            Arms growing tired of carrying the boy, he set him down on the toddler, whose chubby feet clapped over the linoleum floors of the kitchen feverishly, his mouth still wailing in distress. Levi was impressed that he could sense Levi's sudden change in aura so quickly. Then, walking to cupboard, the small boys large, blue eyes looked up curiously to the dark haired man. The child's ear picked up the crinkling of wrappers and he instantly perked up, wobbling towards Levi, tugging on his light blue jeans.

            "Here," Levi started opening the small package, "now be quiet and-"

            The boy screamed with excitment, jumping up and down on the floor, his baby overalls bouncing with him. The older one smiled lightly, and then crouched down so he was face-to-face with the boy. Jacques, the child, started clawing at Levi's closed hand, knowing that his treat was in them.

            Like a dog. Levi thought, amused at Jacques's deperate prying of the older man's caloused fingers. Lifting up the closed hand experimentally, he watched as the toddler went up on his tip toes, reaching, determined to get the snack.

            Then he stood up, Jacques's focused eyes still on the hand. Levi walked around the two-bedroom house, going in and out of rooms, dropping the chewy treats on side tables. He would stop and watch the boy eat them, making sure he didn't choke on them, and then would continue into the next room.

            While in the living room, leading the blond around, Eren opened the door, getting a quick glance from Jacques, who disregarded him almost immediately. "L-Levi," Eren began, furrowing his eyebrows. "What are you doing to him?"

            Levi stood up, keeping the hand with a few fruit snacks left in it clutched to his side, the boy still trying to rip his hands open. "Playing,"

            Eren frowned. "More like manipulating," Then he turned towards Jacques, a smile forming on the edge of his lips. He crouched down, holding his arms open. "Jack! Come 'ere!"

            He turned quickly, having heard Eren's voice. Jacques ran over to Eren, whom he liked much more than Levi, even with the treats. Eren sat down cross-legged, bear-hugging the small boy, who had forgotten about the snacks Levi had, and was laughing with the tickles Eren gave.

            The black haired man chuckled as Eren rolled onto his back, lifting up his knees putting Jaques on top of them. Jaques giggling the whole time. "Oi, Eren," Levi said, getting the attention of the brunet, looking at the couple of snacks in his hand. "Eren, maybe we should get one,"

            Eren turned his head to look at Levi, still laying on the floor. "One what?"

            Levi nodded his head to the boy on Eren's knees. "One of those,"

            "A baby?" Eren asked, almost sounding disgusted. Nodding his confirmation, Eren continued. "You can barely handle Jacques without teasing him with fruit snacks to see what he'll do, what would you do to a kid of your own?"

            Levi blinked, watching as the young boy squirmed just as he had earlier that day, after Armin left, from the lack of attention. He watched as Eren brought his mouth up to one of the boy's chubby cheeks, and motor-boating the baby fat, making an eruption of laughs come from the small boy, and a few escaping the green-eyed man himself.

            "I would be able to watch you like this everyday," Levi explained. "It's cute,"

            Eren rolled his eyes. "Would you be able to keep your language to yourself? I wouldn't want our child to get a foul mouth from being around you too much, me working almost everyday,"

            He liked the way his lover said 'our'. It made everything seem more official. Crossing his arms, Levi gave Eren a cold glare. "You aren't any better,"

            But the smile Eren gave Levi next melted the glare. "We'll talk later,"

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            Eventually, Levi gave the small boy the next few fruit snacks. He must be in heaven, Levi thought. Eren giving him all this attention and himself feeding him off-limit-at-home food. After this, Jacques shouldn't be afraid of coming to their house anymore. Hell, maybe he would be scared of leaving.

            Then, after a few hours of time playing with Jaques, there was a knock on the door, and Levi opened it to find a petite, delicate blonde girl at the door. Christa. When Jacques heard his mother's voice, he shot up, and ran over to her. Christa laughed as she lifted the boy up, resting him on one hip.

            "I got done with work early," Christa explained. "I'll thought it would be best to pick him up now. You're probably sick of him. I'll tell Armin I picked him up,"

            Levi shook his head and looked down at the girl. Her arms must be like rock from carrying the boy around, her being so tiny herself. "You should've kept the next couple of hours to yourself,"

            Christa shrugged, and Eren walked up the door next to Levi. "It's too late now. Thanks for watching him, Armin and I really appreciate it."

            After they bid their goodbyes and Christa was out the driveway, Jacques safely clicked into the carseat, Eren turned his attention to the other man. Levi slammed the door shut, resting his forearm on the door, leaning on it, and then raised his eyebrows.

            "So about that baby," Levi started, and Eren laughed.

            "We'll see."