Noah and Allie

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Eren has seen The Notebook an embarrassingly large number of times.

The first time he saw it was with Mikasa back when it was still in theaters. They'd wanted to get out of the house for a little while and it was the next movie showing when they got there.

By the end, he was upset and he was glad he'd been there with Mikasa because at least she wouldn't laugh at him for crying like a bitch.

He bought it on DVD as soon as it came out.

It became his go-to movie when he wanted something distracting that he didn't really have to think about. He could recite nearly every line in the movie by the time he turned seventeen.

It became his little secret, Armin didn't even know he owned a copy of it.

He thinks sometimes that he wished he would've done what Noah did. He wishes he would have written letters to Levi when his family moved away. Then maybe he might have seen Levi again sooner.

He thinks sometimes, about what might have happened if he hadn't seen Levi that night. What if he'd met someone else and got engaged.

What if he'd done what Allie had done and tracked Levi down after the engagement and had some crazy affair.

The only thing he and Levi have in common with Noah and Allie is the separation. But it's not like they could have done anything before anyway, Eren was still just a kid.

They're all daydreams, he knows, but he's a romantic at heart and those kinds of things make him happy to think about.

After he met Levi again, it was a long time before he saw that movie.

It wasn't until they moved into their new house, after they were married and adopted Petra, that he found his dusty old copy of the movie with his copy of the book in the bottom of one of his boxes.

He laughs to himself and takes it to the living room to leave by the DVD player. When he puts Petra down for a nap, he sits down to watch it.

He's surprised out how many lines he still has memorized.

Around the halfway point, Levi has come home for lunch. "What're you watching?" he asks.

"The Notebook," Eren replies, not taking his eyes off the screen.

"You don't strike me at the chick flick kinda -" Levi pauses, thinking. "Actually, this movie seems right up your alley."

"Have you ever seen it?" Eren asks, pausing it.

"Where did you even find a copy of this?" Levi asks, walking to the kitchen.

"It's my old copy," Eren replies. "I haven't seen it in ages."

Levi takes leftover chicken out of the fridge. "You want me to heat you up some of this?" he asks.

"Sure."

"I know you've already watched it, but when I get home from work later would you mind sitting thought that movie again."

"Gladly," Eren replies with a smile. "Why?"

"Because when I walked in you were mouthing lines to whatever seen was on so you've clearly seen this a lot, why didn't you tell me before how much you like it?"

Eren's cheeks flush. "It's kind of embarrassing."

Levi rolls his eyes. "At least you have an appreciation for films that aren't all explosions and shit jokes."

Eren smiles and turns off the DVD player, once Levi leaves he won't have time to finish before Petra wakes up anyway.

After Levi outs their lunch in he comes over and sits on the couch, flopping over so his head is resting on Eren's lap while he closes his eyes. Eren plays with his hair quietly.

Neither he nor Levi enjoy reciting poetry or painting and neither of them grew up poor or rich and they weren't really teenhood sweethearts, but Eren certainly likes to think their love would put Noah and Allie to shame.

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A/N: I LOVE THE NOTEBOOK!

Anyways, I put pictures for all the chapters and I have one question for ee'!!!

WHAT ANIME WOULD YOU LOVE TO HAVE A SEASON TWO!?

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