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Duet

Erens POV

I was so shocked at how much attention was actually on us. Before we actually started, I had to take a moment to look around the large arena in awe at how many people payed to see me. It was incredible.

Cameras flashed and phones were already up, people were even wearing t-shirts with my name on them.

I walked up to the mic that sat front and centre stage. I tapped it lightly, the sound of my fingers sending a soft 'bump' sound resonating through the voices of thousands of people.

I cleared my throat.

"Hey everyone!" I yelled waving my arm at them, remembering all of the thing Hanji told me to do when attempting to engage an audience. People screamed at those two, simple words, I grinned.

Gathering more confidence, I began to lightly pluck at my guitar strings.

"We are going to play a song that none of you have heard before," I paused to give them the opportunity to scream, "it's called 'Bloodlust'" Red lighting filled the stage as Levi perfectly played the intro of the song, I closed my eyes and let the words roll off of my tongue.
I had written this song after I had killed that woman in the park, of course everyone will think the words are abstract and figurative, but when the lyrics came and said that she died in my arms, I honest-to-god mean every word.

Levi and Erwin were the only ones who knew about the murder.

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The song ended with the vast audience cheering so loudly it almost deafening to my overly sensitive ears. I grinned at the feeling of adrenaline that courses through my inhuman veins. I was silently preparing myself for the next song when I got an idea. This song I initially wrote as a duet, but when I shared it with Erwin he told me to re-write it as a solo since no one in our band could sing. But now with our new member, who could in fact sing, I could use it as a duet once again.

"This song I originally wrote as a duet, but it got changed to solo due to lack of talent in our band," the crowd laughed at this and as they finished I continued, "But, we just recently replaced one of our members, Armin," I paused to look at Levi who was staring at me with a look that said 'what-the-hell-are-you-doing.' I smirked and turned back to the audience, "So I would like to invite Mr. Levi Ackerman to sing a duet with me!" I concluded and ran away from the line microphone and ran back to where Levi was situated behind a keyboard.

"What the hell are you doing Eren!" Levi yelled over the uproar in the stands. I smiled.

"C'mon Levi, it'll be fun, promise." I said as I dragged him up to the front of the stage.

"Levi is a little nervous," I said Ito the mic, the crowd awed. "Say hi Levi" Levi shot a glare my way which I responded to with a grin.  He cleared his throat and eland towards the mic.

"Hey evre-" Screams from the crowed interrupted his introduction. His eyes narrowed at the group of fans and I almost broke down in laughter at what I knew was to come.

"Shut up brats!" Levi yelled at the audience, his powerful voice silencing everyone almost instantly.

As I was laughing I clumsily pushed him over so I could speak, "Sorry about that," I said while wiping comical tears from my eyes' "Levi isn't exactly the most sociable person" 

"No, don't tell them that Eren" Levi said worriedly while pawing at my bare arm. The crowd broke into laughter once again. 

I just grinned and started singing, the crowds volume instantly lowering. I stole a glance at Levi who was staring at me with eyes wider than usual, his Adam's apple bobbed in his throat as he swallowed heavily. I smirked and turned back to the audience as Levi's part in the song rapidly approached.

Levi began to sing. His deep voice filling the room with awe. A beat of silence from the audience was noticeable when he began, but quickly lead to screams and people yelling out endearments towards the raven. I gripped tightly onto my mic and it's stand. His voice was hitting a nerve in me that made me want to burst into tears right then and there. Something in the way his mouth formed the lyrics reminded me of my past self. The way I used to sing, the way my human voice held so much sorrow and longing.

I soon realized that I was staring at him, more specifically his lips, for too long and awkwardly jerked my head and directed my eyes at my beat up converse.

After his voice had made people in the audience cry we began to harmonize. Considering we had never actually practiced this song together it sounded pretty damn good. He sang the low notes while I sang the high ones making our voices meld beautifully  in the most chaotic way possible.

•••

After our set list was completed, we thanked the screaming audience for coming and retreated backstage where I immediately started taking my shirt off. Don't judge me, stage lights are fucking hot. I gripped the hem of my white shirt and began to lift it, but I didn't get the whole way before I caught Levi staring at the barely exposed strip of skin above my belt. When he noticed that I had halted my process he looked up, met my eyes and swallowed visibly. I smirked, secretly enjoying overpowering the elder with something as simple as skin. I continued, slowly raising the plain tee over my head. He was positively drooling for reasons I didn't quite understand, but by the way he was looking, I wouldn't be surprised if he already had a boner. I didn't look for the sake of his dignity, but that didn't stop me from wondering if I really had that kind of effect on him.

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I am horrible I know, sorry.

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