✘ "You have a new match!" [Riren] [R-18] ✘

24: A tender warmth in a scarred heart

(A/N): Heeeellooo lovelies!! I hope that you're all doing good! 

I really hope that you'll enjoy this chapter a whole lot!! Let me know if you did by voting or commenting - I'd really appreciate it!! 😊💖

Do you have snow where you live? Here it's barely walkoutofthedoor-able! Perfect to write some Riren fluff, lol! 

See you again after Christmas!! ☃❄

Eren's POV

"I'll be right back!" Eren said, smiling as he exited the sports car.

"Mhm" his boyfriend nodded, looking bored behind the wheel.

Boyfriend... Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod. Eren panicked a little and had to pinch together his lips to keep himself from smiling like a madman while entering his dorm.

Luckily he didn't run into anyone he knew and Armin was probably still somewhere at their campus. So as soon as he closed the door to their room behind him he finally allowed himself to relax and let a huge grin break out across his face as he remembered their conversation from a short while ago.

"Eren, I'm formally asking you to be my boyfriend".

He pinched himself until it hurt and yet didn't wake up from the bizarre dream. So... that actually happened. Eren had for a long time thought that maybe Levi was the type who wouldn't want to be tied down in a serious relationship. It seemed especially likely considering his position and therefore he had been genuinely surprised when Levi had asked him.

He hadn't known the man for more than two months, but those past months had been the best ones he's had for years. He hadn't felt this much peace, happiness and excitement ever since his mother had passed away. Perhaps the man was a weird, angry man to most who met him, but to him he was exactly what he needed and wanted. Sure he had dated a few other guys before that he also had felt mostly happy with, but when he now compared those people to what he felt for Levi he realized that he had never really allowed them inside (well, not in the figurative way at least), nor had he ever actually fallen for them. To him, Levi was in every single way a very special person.

When he had calmed down a little he picked up a bag and started to stuff it with some basic luggage he would need for an overnight road trip. Apart from the necessities he also brought his camera and put on the watch that used to be his dad's. He took a second to admire the detailed piece of work that Levi once had designed before leaving his room.

"Alright, I'm ready!" he said after getting back inside the car. He noticed Levi's eyes do a quick scan over him and the small bag before abruptly stopping at his arm. He raised his eyebrows in recognition.

"Oh damn, I remember this model" he said and brought Eren's arm closer to get a better look at it. "This was one of our earliest... I'm glad to see that it's still in good shape, I was very insistent about the quality of the material we used." He looked back up at Eren. "Have you used it?"

"Uh no, not really" he answered honestly. "I mean, I've always really liked it, but- uhm" he trailed off.

"I see" Levi replied. Shit, Eren thought. He didn't want him to get the wrong idea because he really had always liked it. If it wasn't for the grudge towards his father he definitely would've worn it a lot.

"I mean it... Fuck. Look Levi, I don't have the best relationship with my dad, so that's why I haven't worn it until now" he explained, looking away. Ugh, it was new and uncomfortable to talk about his dad.