Protection *Ereri*

Chapter 22

        As the night went by, Levi found himself starting to relax and really feel comfortable with Eren's parents. They seemed to be loving him and he was really liking them. It was all perfect. Well, minus having to lie to them about how he and Eren had really met. That part didn't really settle too well with him at all.

        He knew that they deserved to know the truth, but he couldn't tell them. Not without Eren's permission. The last thing he needed was to make Eren hate him and it wasn't his place to just tell them like that. The only thing he could do was hope that Eren would eventually come clean on it all.

        "Well, boys, I've had a great night, but it's getting pretty late. It's way past my bedtime." Carla said, laughing a little bit as she pushed her empty plate away from her.

        "Aw, mom? Is that your way of kicking us out?" Eren teased playfully as he gave a small pouting face.

        "Now you know that is the farthest from the truth. In fact, we still have your bedroom open if you ever decide that you want to move back in." Carla grinned big. Eren tolled his eyes at that and took his last bite of his food.

        "Yeah, I think I'm good. I don't think Levi would like have to live with his boyfriends parents like that, not to mention that I like where I'm at for now." Eren said.

        "Oh, fine, fine, but the offer is still on the table if you ever need it." Carla hummed, standing up and grabbing everyone's now empty plates and cups. "You know that we wouldn't mind at all."

        "I know, mom, but we're good." Eren insisted, standing to help his mother.

        As the two of them began to take care of the dishes, Grisha looked over to Levi and nodded towards the living room. "Hey, how about while they're doing that, you and me head on to the living room and talk some more." He suggested. If that wasn't enough to make Levi nervous again, he didn't know what was. Sure, they were all getting along and everything was going fine, but he also had Eren by his side during it all. Now he was going to be alone with Eren's dad in a room.

        Forcing his voice to stay calm, Levi nodded his head and replied back with a simple, "Sure."

        As the two of them made their way into the living room, Levi's mind was doing its best not to freak out and to just remain calm. He had done well this whole time and it wasn't like he had given any types of reason for Grisha not to like him. In fact, if the man had known the actual truth and how many times Levi had saved Eren he probably would have been proud of him and much more thankful for the male.

        But nope, those situations were to be kept between the ones involved and so it was best to just forget about it.

        Taking his seat in the chair across from Grisha, he leaned back in it and let his arms rest on the sides as he faced the man, looking over his expression. The man didn't look mad or anything along those lines, so that was great news. He didn't look exactly happy either, though, so that sucked. Truthfully, Levi couldn't really read his expression at all. Though that was probably the point.

        "So, Levi," Grisha began, making Levi's hands grip onto the couch slightly. Fuck, he had never felt so nervous before in his life. Actually, he has never felt nervous in his life. Normally had gave no shits about what people thought about him, but this was different. These people were Eren's parents. He needed them to like him. "What do you do for work?" The four eyed man asked, leaning back in his chair and crossing his legs as he stared Levi down.

        Levi didn't like that question one bit. He couldn't tell him that he worked for his son as his bodyguard, but he also couldn't say that he was unemployed. That would make him look like a shitty partner, especially considering the fact that Eren had a job and he was the one who moved in with Eren. It made him feel like a damn leech. In all honesty, he really did need to a find another job, a real one. Now that Eren and he were dating, there was no way that he was going to keep accepting payment from Eren like that. The male was now his boyfriend and it was naturally his job to protect him.