The Ereri Project!

Cake

Eren has never really been good at cooking. Until moving in with Levi, he couldn't do anything beyond microwaving things. He has a particularly solid track record for burning grilled cheese before the cheese is even melted.

That said, he is a pretty good baker.

Baking has been a bit of a guilty pleasure ever since he was a little kid. He remembers a time shortly after his eighth birthday making Levi sit in the kitchen while he make cookies for the two of them.

Today, though, he was baking a cake. Yellow cake with vanilla icing, Levi's favorite. He was even putting chocolate chips between the layers and all over the top.

Levi was going to find out if he got a promotion at work today. Eren had made sure to ask Erwin to call him as soon as they knew because he knew Levi wasn't going to want to tell him until he came home that night. Erwin was agreeable. The tall blonde was quite fond of him, Eren suspects that's because Levi became a little less moody after they started going out.

The call came in around one that afternoon. "Did he get it?" Eren asks as he practically jumps on the phone.

He hears Erwin's heavy laugh boom through the receiver. "Was there really any doubt?"

"Woo hoo!" Eren cheers and twirls in the kitchen, doing a happy dance. "I didn't want to have to make this 'Congratulations!' cake into a 'Maybe Next Time' cake."

"Is it done yet?"

"I'm going to start icing it in a few minutes."

"You should probably hurry, when they told him they also gave him the rest of the day off so he's already on his way home."

"What!?" Eren shrieks and runs to the refrigerator where the cake is finishing cooling. "Thanks Erwin, talk to you later, gotta ice this thing!"

"Bye Eren."

As soon as he hangs up, Eren has a spatula in hand, smoothing out as much icing on the surface on the cake as he can. He almost panics when he thinks he's lost the small tube of blue icing he'd gotten to write on the cake with. He hastily throws chocolate chips on top and barely has time to put the bag away before he hears the door to their apartment opening.

Eren puts on a wide grin before running out to greet his boyfriend. "Welcome home!" he says, pulling the shorter man into an embrace, kissing him hello.
"Is that cake I smell?" Levi asks.

"Congratulations on your promotion!"

Levi makes a face.

"I literally only found out like twenty minutes ago. How did you-"

"Well I was making a cake either way," Eren says.

"I asked Erwin to call so I knew whether to write on it or not."

Levi shakes his head but he kisses Eren again. "Thank you."

"Can we go have some now?"

Levi rolls his eyes. "Don't you have a late class today?"

Eren looks at the clock to see how late it's gotten. "Oh shit!"

He grabs his schoolbag and shoves on his shoes before going to kiss Levi goodbye. Levi smiles at him on his way at the door. "We can celebrate later."
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A/N: I wonder if this book will become popular!