ONE ʙʏ ONE

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They slung their bags near the door and drifted towards their usual spots. Eren, to his bed, and Levi, to the desk. It was a strange custom between them—checking their phones before committing to any game or movie. It was just in case they spotted something on social media that was worth gossiping about.

Of course, everyone was talking about "poor Jean" who was rushed to the hospital. Reading all of the comments and posts, Levi felt a sense of accomplishment wash over him like he had just done a good deed to the community. And it seemed lots of people agreed.

"Did you see the post Annie made?" Eren wondered, biting back a smile.

"Nah, what did she say?"

The boy bounced off of his bed and scooted up behind the raven to show him the post. Levi contained his urge to pull him closer and read the screen.

𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑, 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙹𝚎𝚊𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚍!

"Brutal," Levi commented, looking up at the now smiling brunette.

Eren corrected, plopping back onto his bed, "Brutal honesty maybe." He lightly chuckled with glee, letting go of all of the sympathies he had for his bully.

"Simple," Levi thought to himself. "He's a follower."

It was a precious note for later.

Continuing through the posts, more and more people revealed their real thoughts. To Eren, it was assurance. To Levi, it was too easy. The scolding was worth it as long as Levi was able to make his Eren feel safe and happy.

Each comment rolled in as the storm completely disappeared outside. Each mocking statement brought truth and tranquility.

𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗, 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎. 𝙷𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝙰-𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎. 😆

𝙷𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎!

𝙹𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘?😂😂😂

Suddenly, one post caught Levi's eye. It was Marco Bodt's.

𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜. 𝙰 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝙻𝚎𝚟𝚒 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙴𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙹𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚎.

"Hey, Eren, wanna play that new survival game you got?" Levi blurted, hoping Eren hadn't read the message calling them heroes. Luckily, Eren was too busy fiddling with Snapchat filters to have gotten the chance to look at it.

"Sure, but I'm not dealing with the monsters!" Eren pouted, looking back on his experience. "Those creepers blow up everything and appear out of nowhere!"

Levi chuckled and stuffed his phone in his pocket, "Don't worry, I'll kill anything that attacks you."

Another dark, hidden message that flew right over the boy's head.

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After an hour of playing, and countless deaths, Eren suggested, "This game is so rigged. Do you wanna go somewhere? I heard the roller rink is doing this raffle thing."