The Winter Project-[Levi x Eren]

Chapter Sixteen: Trust

Chapter Sixteen

Trust

Eren's POV

I awakened the next morning with my head on Levis's stomach, the rest of my body lay in between his legs. I could feel Levi tenderly stroking my hair, and it was a bit obvious he knew I was awake but pretended not to know. I nuzzled into the cloth of his shirt and enjoyed the moment. turned my head to look up at him "Morninggggg," I smiled. "Well look who finally decided to wake up-" He said in a playfully annoyed tone. I slid up a little bit more so that I was father upon his torso. "Sooo..... how did we get like this?" I questioned reddening. "Why don't you ask yourself that question? You're the one who started leaning on me ... fucking bottom-" He snickered. "I heard that!?" I said faking a small pout, he wasn't wrong.

"Why don't we eat, maybe some food will bring down the amount of damn blood in your face right now-" He commented. "Uh sure," I said quickly and got off of him so he could get up. "How does avocado toast sound?" He asked as he got up and walked over to the counter. "That sounds good," I replied as I got up and sat on the barstools at the counter.

He was interesting to watch. All of his movements were swift and he never missed a beat. I was blindly staring at him, something about the way he moved made me feel relaxed, and just being in his presence made me a bit happy, even when he was really intimidating.

His voice was smooth and deep and it sent shivers down my spine when he made it deeper. Levi's voice was calming.

I wanted to tell him everything, all the gains, and all the losses but I feared the reaction he would give. I didn't want him to judge me or discard me, I just wanted to be by his side. I wanted to know more about him, and it was evident he wanted to know more about me.

My thoughts were cut short when a plate tapped the counter in front of me. "Hey, Brat. Why don't you take a picture, make the moment last longer," Levi said out of nowhere. "I uh sorry..," I said and leaned away. We talked about what we were going to do for our project for the upcoming week and made the decision to go out and buy everything today. He washed our plates in the sink and we went upstairs to get dressed. "Thank you for um, making me breakfast everyday," I said as we walked up the stairs. "tch, it's whatever I don't mind a ton- I like to cook. Oh after we get dressed I need to replace your bandages again," I nodded and we walked into his bedroom.

I slipped on my jeans and rummaged through my bag to see what I had for hoodies, so I didn't have to bother putting on my makeup. As Levi searched through his shelves of hoodies I saw ones that looked really comfy. "Hey, Levi! What's that black and red hoodie up on the top? It looks comfy," I commented. "It is. It's really really big on me so it might fit you. Want to try it on?" He asked "Oh no you don't have to-," I was interrupted. "Arms up!" I did as I was told. As he brought down the sweatshirt over my body he took the chance to run his hand down my side and he traced the edge of my belt before backing up and looking me over. "You really didn't have t-" Interpreted. Again. "Shut up." He said boldly and he turned back to choose his own clothes.

Levis POV

Damn. He was pretty toned for being only sixteen and it was hot. The sweatshirt was even big on him and just seeing the sleeves flap over his hands was fucking attractive. Maybe I'll let this kid sleep in my bed tonight. He had been sleeping on the couch and to be honest it wasn't the best for sleeping. I had him sit on the edge of my bed so that I could rewrap the bandages around his ankle. "Hey, brat. How do you feel about sleeping in my bed tonight? Instead of the couch," I suggested.

"Would I be sleeping with you? Wait no not like that! that's not what I meant...umm..I..are you sure you're okay with that?" Damn how much more sexual could have that kid made it seem? "Yes. I wouldn't offer it if I wasn't dumbass." He nodded. "Sure then," his face was the most red I had ever seen and I almost wanted to laugh. "Alright. Let's go," I said as I pushed my gun into the holster.

I could tell Eren was slightly frightful at the fact that I owned a gun, but I couldn't leave the house without it. I did too much shit in the past and now, people from all over the place were looking for me, and I was not about to be attacked unarmed.

We let the house and I let Eren put a new CD into the player as we drove to the nearest craft store. When we walked in, Eren's eyes lit up. He was fascinated by everything, and it was pretty cute. He ran over to the construction paper and poster board and grabbed all the colors of the rainbow and a ton of felt stickers, he even picked out glitter and a ton of markers and glue. It was an incredibly short trip. He knew what he wanted and we got it and left. I wanted to show Eren some of the backstreets of this town because in the winter everything was pretty.

"Hey. we're going to stop and get drinks" I told him and he nodded. "Okay, that sounds fine." I drove a lot, I always have. I pulled into the parking lot and asked Eren what he wanted. "A simple hot chocolate is fine." I picked up my phone and dialed the number. "Hi yes , order for two. Earl grey hot, and a hot chocolate, please. Spot number seven thank you," Eren was staring at me. "What now?" "So are they just going to bring it out to you..?" He questioned. "Well yeah. That's how this place works. A minute or two passed and a lady walked out and handed Levi's our drinks through the window.

The sun was beginning to set and we drove off. Snow began to fall again. I slid my hand over to Erens and took it into mind, I gave it a quick squeeze and he did the same. I was ecstatic that he was actually comfortable enough to sleep in the same bed as me, I don't why this was though. He was just some kid that I let stay over break simply because he was my partner for a school project. Hell, why did I even let him stay over in the first place? I thought back to the first day that I had met Eren. He was shy and it looked a little bit like he had feared me, but he was hella cute. I decided that I needed to come out to him. I would do it tonight.

We made it back to my place after dark and I put apple wood in my fireplace for later. "Why don't we put on pajamas?" I suggested. He nodded and we walked up stairs. He grabbed a pair of gym shorts out of his bag and slid them on but he didn't remove my hoodie. I put on a pair of pants and a tight black tank top. We headed back downstairs and I threw a lollipop at him. I grabbed them for us before I went downstairs.

Eren's POV

We popped the lollipops into our mouths and he smirked at me as he turned on the news again. "Oh my it looks like we are about to get more snow-''. Maybe they'll extend vacation because of the snow. I was it to happen, but only cause I wanted to be with Levi longer. I leaned my body into his and he looked down at me. He pulled his lollipop out of his mouth and circled his tongue around it in a sensual way, then just went back to normal as if nothing happened. I bet he would be great at making out. My mind drifted off into that category and I felt a part of me wanting it to be true. If this was what it was like to be gay. Then I've been gay the whole time.

We sat and watched the news, neither of us were hungry so we didn't eat dinner. Two hours or so passed and it was already ten o'clock. "Hey kid, I'm going up stairs to read. Join me if you want." I turned off the TV after I quickly decided I would draw so I followed him up. Levi lit the wood in the fireplace and removed his shirt once we were in his room, I grabbed my pencils and book from my bag and we sat on his bed with the fire being left to heat up the room. I laid down on my stomach and made the decision to use him as a reference. As I started to get a good look at him when I realized how toned he really was, he was hot. I slid back to adjust my posture and my shirt slid up a bit. "Oi Eren. What's that?" Levi said pointing at the scar on my stomach, his suddenness startling me. "It's nothing-" I said slowly and looked down.

I sat up but still kept my head down, looking at the paper in front of me. "Come on now... you can tell me," he said with a bit of force in his voice. He hated it when I stalled. I gently lifted up my shirt and the long scar across my abdomen was revealed. Levi gently rubbed his fingers over the scar. "What happened here..?" I hadn't told anyone about his scar and it had been weighing me down for a while. I needed to get it off my chest. "Well. When I was around ten we were swimming at this pond, and I went too far out...I couldn't swim properly and started to drown....When Mikasa pulled me out of the water she got me breathing again but my dad started yelling at me for being an idiot and unimportant child. He grabbed a stick and...hit me with it...several times..." I looked down and tear drops started to fall from my eyes down on my face. Levi didn't say anything, but my breath hitched and I felt like I couldn't breathe. He put his arms around me. "It's ok you're safe now. I promise I won't hurt you." He tightened his grip and I hugged back. I cried into his shoulder and let it out. I didn't say a word. Neither did he.