What is Love? (AOT Modern AU Levi x Eren)

Chapter 2 - Peculiar Things

Eren and Armin were incredibly tired, too tired for a job at a coffee shop. They had just gotten home. Armin was about to change into his pajamas, when he saw Eren putting on his thick jacket. "Where are you going, Eren?" Eren, still protecting himself from the cool air, replied, "I'm just going out for a walk. I'll be back in a bit." "Okay. Dress warm, It's cold out." "Yeah, I know." "And for God's sake, Eren, don't get into trouble, please." "Yeah. Right. Thanks, Armin." Armin walked into his room to change into nightwear, while Eren walked outside, shutting the door, not bothering to lock it.

It felt nice outside. Cool breeze, dark, starry sky. It was so beautiful; perfect. Eren had always loved the night sky. It was like someone had painted such beautiful colors onto a giant, endless canvas. There was a touch of many colors. Blue, black, purple, white, pink, grey, yellow. The painter had just poured in all of those colors, mixed them together, with a few splotches here and there of mixed yellow and white. But there was something missing, so he had to be creative and think outside of the box. So he decided to pour in a whole bucket of white, mixed with a hint of yellow, blue, and grey. With that, it made, not a perfect circle, but perfect enough. Lastly, add a glow to the project, and you've got yourself an explicit canvas painting: the night sky.

The stressed Eren was walking down the sidewalk. He saw an alleyway nearby and decided to rest there in the breeze for a bit. It was comforting to just relax there and not have to think about life's problems. But of course, life always has problems. And when you live in New York, and it's late out, and you're in an alleyway, of course life is always going to throw issues at you, because life is a bitch sometimes.

As the said brunet was resting in the alleyway, he noticed sounds of footsteps getting louder each second he listened. This finally caught Eren's attention when he clearly heard the footsteps next to him, then stop. When Eren opened his eyes, right there in front of him was 2 men, with there creepy faces, smiling at Eren. Before Eren could do anything, they grabbed his arm.
"What's a pretty boy like you doing out here this late?" One of the men had asked. "You should be home with your girlfriend or something. Hope she doesn't mind if we have a little fun with you." The three men were devilishly smiling at Eren, who was scared to death of what would happen next, so he just stood there, with his eyes glued shut. But he never expected what happened next.
"Guess you old petos don't know your place in line, do you?" An unfamiliar, monotone voice had come close by. The so called leader of the small gang was suddenly worried. "Whatever. Come on guys, let's get out of here." Eren thought he must've pulled a switch blade on them or some what of the sort, because their faces turned white and they ran off like the man was some kind of demon.
The mysterious man had raven colored hair, almost like Mikasa's. His stoic eyes were so dead-like, yet, so strong. His glares were powerful. Man, if looks could kill. The raven haired male was also very short, like... Kevin Hart short. He was probably somewhere around 5' 3" to 5' 4".
Eren was thankful. Thankful for the oh-so mysterious man that saved his life. The short figure standing ahead of him was soon to be said, Levi Ackerman, but Eren had yet to figure that out himself.

The raven haired male soon lit a cigarette and stood there in the open alleyway. Eren finally stood up and walked next to him. "Thanks for um... saving me, I guess." Eren said, a bit nervous about what the terrifying man would do. "Tch. Filthy brats like you need to be more careful out here. You could've gotten fucking killed." He chuckled a bit, "You wouldn't last a second if he shoved his dick up your sorry ass." His voice was so blunt and he sounded like he didn't have a care in the world about what he was saying. Hard to think someone like him would even think twice about saving someone's life. "I know. I'm sorry." Eren soon found himself saying what he had said to Mikasa a bit earlier. Funny how they both seem so similar, and he is afraid of both male, and female versions. "Save it, brat. I'm just sick and tired of those filthy bastards always trying to pick a fight, or in this case, rape the shit out of people." He started walking off, but Eren soon spoke up. "Wait! I didn't catch your name." Without looking back, the man said, "Levi." "Thank you, Levi. I'm Eren. Eren Jaeger." Then, without a second passing, Levi was gone.