The Ereri Project!

Plane

"I should've slept," Eren says, sipping his third cup of coffee. "I feel like I'm going to die."

"Some of that's probably from all the alcohol last night," Levi replies, putting their second suitcase in the trunk.

"Still."

"Well," Levi says as they get into the car. "Do you have any regrets about last night?"

Eren's cheeks get a little pick. "Just that I didn't sleep. In theory, the idea of fucking until the sun comes up sounds romantic but when you have to be a functioning person after the sun rises it all just falls apart."

"I'm still surprised I'm functioning," Levi replies.

Eren shrugs. "I'm glad the plane ride is so long, we can just sleep through it."

"It's eight hours, right?"

"Just about, I think."

"Yeah, I'm gonna sleep."

Eren giggles. "I don't know what you're going to do when we get back, you have work the day after, right?"

"Erwin will understand if I need to take a day to shake off jetlag."

Eren looks out the window for a while. "You sure you're ready for this Levi?"

"What?"

"Going to Paris? You know what your mom looks like, what will you do if you see her? What if -"

"You literally spent three months talking me into honeymooning in France and you're having second thoughts now?"

Eren looks sheepish. "In all the arguments you had against it, none of them had to do with your mom. I was surprised it all, I expected that to be what you cling to."

Levi sighs. "Can't run forever, you know?"

Eren looks at Levi. "Yeah."

"To answer your question, I don't know what I'll do if I see her. We might not see her at all anyway."

"If you don't have the nerve to talk her, would you mind if I did?"

"What?"

"Like, say we see her at a park reading a book. Would you mind if I walked up and said hello?"

"You don't know French."

"You said she wrote you a letter in English."

"Who knows how much she still knows though."

"Would you?"

Levi bites the inside of his cheek. "I have no idea. Maybe. Maybe not."

Eren yawns and sinks into his seat.

"Hey, don't fall asleep, we're not even at the airport yet."

"I'm just gonna take a catnap," Eren replies, curling up on the seat.

He ends up sleeping until they get to the airport.