Stray {Ereri~Attack On Titan AU}

Chapter 18

Eren's POV

"You like manga, right?" I ask Levi as he looks up at me quizzically, swallowing his scrambled eggs before answering.

"Yeah, why?"

I smile. "I've been curious ever since I found you reading the manga in your room." A faint blush rises to his cheeks and he takes another bite of the birthday breakfast I made for him to eat in bed; bacon, scrambled eggs, and hash browns.

"I'm kind of an otaku." The corner of my mouth twitches and I let out a breath of a laugh. "Shut it, brat! You own them so you have no right to pick fun at me!"

"They don't actually belong to me. Armin was a total nerd too, so I don't mind." Levi growls at me.

"Shut the fuck up," he hisses, staring angrily down at his food.

I chuckle and lean over and peck his cheek. "Happy Birthday, old man."

Levi sends me a dark scowl as he sets his empty plate on the nightstand and crawls over to me slowly. I found it kind of sexy until he started clawing at the sheets.

"Levi, stop! I'm sorry so don't claw the sheets anymore!" He stares at me for a minute then pounces on me, pinning me under him.

I blink rapidly in confusion as he takes my hand in his and brings it up to his mouth to brush his scratchy tongue over my thumb before slipping it into his mouth and sucking on it. I blush as his eyes look at me from under his dark lashes while he licks and sucks sensually on my thumb.

"Call me an old man again, you little shit." My muscles stiffen at his tone, his eyes narrowing as he sinks his teeth into my thumb.

"Ow, what the fuck, Levi!"

Guilt crossed Levi's features when small dots of blood form from the spot where his two feline teeth punctured my skin, and he silently takes my hand again, more gently this time and runs his tongue over the barely there wound until it stops bleeding. When he backs away he averts his eyes. "Sorry."

I sigh and roll my eyes smiling as I pull him into my lap. His body tenses at first but then he relaxes laying his head on my chest as I rub his back. "Sorry for calling you an old man," I apologize from the bottom of my heart. Levi must be really self conscious about the age difference between us, especially with him being a Neko.

His fingers grip onto my shirt and he nuzzled his face into my chest. "Just don't ever do it again, got it brat?" I smile at his attempt to keep the mood light.

"Of course, princess." I expected the nails that dug into my chest and chuckled. At least now I had some idea of what to get Levi for his birthday. "By the way, I meant to ask last night but I never really got the chance. You never did tell me what the ribbon was for."

Looking down I saw the tips of his ears turn pink. "That was...it was a dumb idea because I couldn't think of anything to get you for Christmas so I decided to be cheesy and 'wrap myself up' as a present but then Erwin showed up and I honestly don't know what I was expecting anyways-"

His lips were still half open when I covered them with my own to stop Levi from talking so fast. So he was planning to be my gift, huh? I found it super cute that he would do something little like that for me when he had no idea what else to do. I smiled against his lips when I pulled back just enough to speak. "It's the thought that counts, right?" I ask against his lips.

Levi made sort of a pouty face, and my heart clenched at the sight. "I still wanted to get you something you'd actually use but it looked like you already had everything you need for the bakery." I ruffle his hair with a grin.