🎨Color Me Yours 🏀 RiRen Erotica by ♡DiLo

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Levi was still thinking about it when he walked into the empty detention room and took his seat by the window. The annoying little shits from the previous day seemed to have served their sentence with just one day and he was relieved not to see them, but a new anxiety cropped up in their absence. He had been going back and forth for the last three periods over whether or not to invite Eren to hang out tonight and he just couldn't make up his mind. 

His stream of consciousness had separated into several possible futures: (1)keep his head down for the rest of detention and avoid Eren until they graduate, (2)invite him to hang out tonight and feel like an idiot because he says no, (3)invite him and feel like an idiot because he says yes. He still hadn't decided when the boy in question walked into the room, tight lipped and looking more annoyed than Levi had seen him since Monday. The blood was cleaned off his face but he had the slight shadow of a bruise on his cheek bone and the smudge of one on the bridge of his nose. Seeing it made Levi irrationally angry. 

The Titan headed toward the seat in front of Levi's out of habit and then paused, probably realizing that there were twenty six other desks in the classroom he could sit down in. He was obviously pissed off about this afternoon, but judging by the fact that Levi didn't see half the basketball team waiting to disembowel him outside the classroom, it was probably just superficial annoyance. 

He hadn't decided where to sit yet when Mr. Mueller entered the top of the room looking unkempt and out of breath, as usual. Levi took out his phone and stood up to hand it over when the teacher held up his hands.

"Hey boys! I've got a bit of a surprise for you. I've gotten approval from Mrs. Cochran to spring you both for good behavior. Happy Friday. Oh, I'll see you on the court on Sunday, champ!" 

Mueller punched the air as he spoke, straightened his coat and bustled out of the room with a wave leaving the two of them gaping at the front of the room before they turned to look at each other. One look at Eren's stunned, slightly disappointed face narrowed Levi's previous three options down to two. He already felt like an idiot, so he wasn't risking much. 

"Hey."

Eren snapped his mouth shut, surprised that Levi had greeted him first. The vacant expression didn't last long.

"I guess you are probably expecting a big sloppy kiss for your Robin Hood act during lunch today, huh?"

Levi blinked, taken aback. Annoyance seeped into his resolve.

"Actually, I was going to apologize for my friend being an idiot, but you are already familiar with being an idiot so why should I bother?"

Levi wanted to take back the words as soon as he spoke them, they were too harsh by half, but Eren just scowled at him, taking it in stride. 

"I guess I was an idiot for thinking we were friends."

Levi's eyes widened in surprise. 

"What? What does that have to do...with…"

His mind raced as he tried to figure out what Eren was talking about and why he was so upset. It dawned on him that he would think the only reason he intervened on the other boy's behalf earlier was to keep from igniting a turf war. He obviously took too long to connect the dots because Eren turned to leave. 

"Hey, Eren, wait!"

His name seemed to slow his steps.

"We are friends. Sort of. I mean, maybe we could be friends. Hanging out with you hasn't sucked."

Eren turned, rolling his eyes. 

"Who taught you how to speak to people like that? Were you raised in a fucking barn?"