Chords [Ereri]

Morning after

A/N: Hiya, I really wanted to try something because I have a lot of songs I want to add to this story, but I can't add them all, so I'll just create short "playlists" that you can listen to if you want. They may not be completely related to the chapter, but I'll try adding songs to fit the story and mood.

Playlist:

~ Get up - Mayday Parade

~ Tounge Tied - Faber Drive

~ London - Greyson Chance

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"Hey kid.. you alright?" Erwin said, frowning. My head snapped towards him, then back to Levi, then down at the floor. "Ah-yeah, no, I gotta go." I said, quickly standing up from my seat, avoiding all their stares. "I'll see you later Hanji," I said, rushing out the exit. "Hey Eren, you forgot your coffee!" she called, but I kept walking as quickly as I could away from the shop. This couldn't get any worse, I thought. What are the odds of meeting him at a place I had never been to before, somewhere in a town I didn't know well, ten o'clock in the morning. I should have left when she asked me to come over, of course she was going to meet up with her friends, I couldn't imagine her sitting alone at a coffee shop on a saturday morning.

I shoved my hands in my pockets, walking a bit slower with the slight hope he would come after me and say something. The look on his face as he saw me made it obvious he remembered at least something. Which made the thing all the more awkward, but I wanted an explanation. I sighed, picking up the pace, walking back the same way I came from.

*Levi's p.o.v*

I watched as Eren hurried out of the coffee shop, wearing what looked like pyjamas. "Hey Eren, you forgot your coffee!" Hanji shouted, a confused look on her face. I sighed, walking over to the table and slumped down on the chair near the window. Erwin sat down on the chair next to me.

"What's his deal?" He said, raising his brows and looking out the window. I moved my eyes in the same direction, noticing Eren walking quickly across the street, increasing the distance between him and the coffee stop. He started walking slower, looking like he wanted to turn around and come back. I raised my brow as he picked up the pace again and disappeared around a corner.

"I dunno.." Hanji shrugged, furrowing her brows like she was thinking really hard.

"And why did he walk around in pyjamas?" Erwin said, an amused look on his face. Hanji sighed, "he had an argument with his sister.. said it was something about last night." She had a sympathetic look on her face. "Think it was about some guy," She shrugged, taking a sip of her coffee. I turned my attention towards her, my heart racing a bit at her words.

Erwin turned to me and I looked up at him boredly. "He seemed pretty scared when he saw you, is it about the fight a couple weeks ago?" He said, giving me a stern look. I looked away, ashamed, remembering every detail of what happened. The way I had snapped at the younger boy, hitting him until my hands were bloody. I shrugged, running a hand through my hair.

"Nah, I don't think so.. he said he was over it right? He seemed completely fine at school, even asked about Levi." Hanji said, and I glanced towards her. She furrowed her brows at me, "why did you seem surprised when you saw him though.. Did something else happen?" I raised my brow at her and watched as her expression changed suddenly, her eyes widening. "Don't tell me.." She raised her voice.

Fuck.

She slammed her hands on the table, almost rising from her seat, "Levi, what did you do to that poor boy!" I winced at the loud noise and sighed, rubbing my face. "Nothing.."

"What's going on?" Erwin said, confused. I looked down at the table, not expecting to have to deal with it so soon, this early in the morning, while I was still hungover. "I'll tell you what's going on! This little casanova right here probably had his hands all over Eren last night, doing stuff that no boy his age should expericene. You've probably scarred him for life going all 'I'll make a man out of you' and seducing him with your good looks!" She almost shouted, making the woman behind the counter throw her a nasty glare. Erwin looked at me, his eyes wide.

"You didn't?"

I rolled my eyes at them. "No, I didn't. He was the one who made a move on me. We made out, I bailed, end of story." Hanji widened her eyes further. "You what?" I sighed, knowing it was a bad idea to tell them anything, since they would only start a scene. "I don't want anything to do with him, it didn't mean shit." I said, glaring at them. Hanji gave me a sad look and Erwin sighed, turning his face away. They knew this already, I wasn't going to change my mind.

"It might have meant something to him, don't lead him on.." She said, her voice dropping. I turned my face towards the window and said nothing.

We sat there for a while, none of us saying anything. My head was spinning with all the thoughts creeping in to my mind. I sighed and stood up from my seat. Hanji and Erwin watched as I walked towards the front door.

"I'm going home."

*Eren's p.o.v*

I told myself the thing that happened at the party didn't mean anything, but I couldn't get it off my mind no matter how hard I tried. I ended up walking around town for a while, debating whether I should go back home or not. Eventually, the thought of going home to my bed and sleep for an eternity won.

However, finding my way back from town was hard. Since I had walked off not really paying attention to my surroundings, I couldn't find the way back to my house. We had been living here for a while now, but I never bothered to take a look around town. The fact that I had forgotten my phone at home in the rush of leaving didn't make it any easier.

I ended up walking around for a good fifteen minutes before deciding to ask a person for directions. Lucky for me, they didn't know the way either, so I kept walking in the cold for another ten minutes. I finally found an elderly man who used a painfully long time to tell me the directions to my street. I thanked him and ended up having to walk another fifteen minutes before reaching my house.

*

I turned the knob of our front door and rushed inside, only to be greeted by complete silence. However, when I finished undressing and started walking towards the stairs, I heard footsteps rushing towards me from the living room. I sighed, stopping at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for Mikasa to start yelling, but was surprised when I turned around and saw the look on her face. Instead of anger, it was relief. My eyes widened as she came charging towards me, wrapping her arms around me in a tight hug.

"Wha-Mikasa, what are you doing?" I said, confused by her sudden actions. "Don't run off like that again." She said against my shoulder, then moved away to look at my face. I felt my chest tighten when I saw the tears forming in her eyes. "You were gone for like two hours, and you didn't pick up your phone.." I moved my eyes to the ground and sighed. "Sorry.. I forgot it at home." We stood there awkwardly for a few seconds, before I spoke up.

"Sorry for yelling at you like that, Mikasa.. you know I'm bad at controlling my anger," I said, giving her an apologetic look. She shook her head at me. "It's fine.. it was my fault anyways. I just don't want you to get hurt." She said, looking at me with pleading eyes. I smiled at her, "I wont, it didn't mean anything, we were both drunk. I'm pretty sure he doesn't even remember." I lied. She took my hand and squeezed it, smiling back at me. However, as soon as she felt my cold hand her expression changed.

"Oh my god, Eren, you're freezing!" I laughed nervously, "yeah.. I did kind of walk around town for a couple of hours, wearing a thin jacket and my pyjama pants." She looked up at me in horror, suddenly putting on her motherly act. "You're going to get sick! Get your ass in the living room, I'll bring you a blanket and some tea." She said, pushing me towards the living room. "Okay, okay! I can walk myself there, thank you." I said, laughing at her panicked state.

"You know," I said as she walked over to me with a blanket, "the one who ends up marrying you is gonna become a spoiled little brat with how you act. I'm kind of jealous." I smirked at her as she rolled her eyes at me. "Yeah, well the one who ends up marrying you is going to be sick of you within the first day, so enjoy this while you can baby bro." She laughed as I flipped her off, and threw the blanket at me. "I hate you," I said, wrapping myself in the blanket. "I love you too." She said as she walked off to the kitchen.