Let's Dive! (Ereri/ Riren)

The Accident

The next morning, I peeled my sleepy eyes open to find a smaller figure pressed up against my own. His black hair-covered head was resting on my shirtless chest and his bare arm was draped over my stomach.

I suddenly panicked. Did we do it last night?! I slowly lifted the covers to find that both him and I were wearing both our boxers and pants and the worry drifted away like the tide from a shore. I took a deep breath and slowly let the air out.

I can remember everything from last night up until we got home. It's horrible. I wish I didn't remember. My heart beat quickened with sadness and my eyes started to tear up. I sniffled and lifted my arm to wipe the tears away. Levi must have felt my movements because he slowly fluttered his eyelids open and I tried to, quickly, wipe the sadness out of my eyes. Yet, my eyes were still puffy and I had to sniffle so Levi instantly tightened his grip on me.

"What's wrong?" He asked, sleepily concerned.

"What? Nothing." I smiled, even though he wasn't looking at me. I guess I was trying to convince myself.

"Don't lie, hun, tell me what's up." I sighed.

"Well..." He sat up to look at me but still rested a hand on my abdomen. He raised an eyebrow. "Do you think..." I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, shaking my head. "Do you think I'm embarrassed of you?"

He just sat there and stared at me with a blank expression. Then, finally, he looked away and sighed.

"Well, sometimes." Tears threatened to spill out at the statement. It took almost all of me to hold them back. "But I know it's just because of the sexuality thing. I don't think it's me specifically that you're embarrassed of it's your preferences and I get that. It's hard coming out at first but sometimes I wish we could be together in public but I know that it's just gonna take some time and that's okay." He smiled and kissed me on the cheek at the end and I felt a lot of relief after that.

I smiled in contempt. "Thanks."

"What made you ask?" He asked in curiosity, tracing the prominent muscles on my stomach.

"Well, you might've said a couple things to me last night and I was just wondering if that's how you really felt." I replied timidly. He suddenly stopped his finger that roamed and looked at me with concern.

"What did I say?" He demanded and I flinched a little at the eagerness in his voice.

"Uh... I think the words were..." I let a beat of silence pass and then spoke up again. "I don't think you need to know. I think it's better if you don't."

"No, what? Please tell me, Eren! If I hurt you..." he looked wounded.

I averted my eyes to the window to my left. The sun shown through, happily shining its rays on me, as if encouraging me to tell him. I gave a small smile at the translucent glass and turned my sight back to the watery eyes of Levi. I huffed, already feeling guilty about what I was about to say.

"You told me that we should break up because you were done with me being embarrassed of you." It pained me to recall the memory and it obviously made Levi's heart sting as well because he grew a pained expression on his face. Then, he took me off guard. He started to cry. My eyes widened and I panicked. "NO! But it's fine! I know it's not true now! I'm okay!"

"No, it's not okay. I shouldn't have said that! I really like you, Eren! And it's not okay for me to say anything of the sort. Even drunk. Just hearing that makes me want to never touch another drink again." He buried his face in his hands and quietly sobbed and I felt a tinge of guilt poke at my chest.

I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him tight. "I forgive you. I really like you too. And I'm sorry I told you."

"No, I needed to know." He said, calming down a bit. He was opening his mouth to say something else when his mom yelled up the stairs.