The Ereri Project!

Trampoline

"Why are we wasting our Saturday at Hanji's house again?"

"Cause your second best friend is a huge showoff now that I know she lives in a crazy mansion."

"But we're getting married in like three weeks."

Eren shrugs, looking out the window and pulling his feet up onto the seat in front of him. "I think she just wanted to do something nice since you've been so stressed out recently."

"I'm not stressed out."

"Levi, you had a nightmare the other night that all the new interns at work took turns stabbing you with pens."

"Okay, I'm a little stressed out."

Eren laughs.

"What did she say we're gonna do there anyway?"

"I dunno, she just said she had something "fun" for us to do."

"Cryptic four eyes," Levi mutters as they pull up to Hanji's house.

"Eren~!"

From around the side of the house, Hanji is running full speed toward Levi's car. As they get out, Eren sees Moblit running up behind her. "Ma'am! Wait, you weren't done!"

Levi makes a face. "Hanji, go back to your damn assistant before he has a heart attack."

Hanji, seeming to just realize what she was doing, suddenly turns back to Moblit. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" She turns back to Levi and Eren. "You two wait for me out back, I'll be right there."

She and Moblit go back in the house through the front door leaving Levi and Eren to go out back by themselves. "What's up with those two?"

"Officially, Moblit's just her personal assistant but now he kind of took over everything for her; making sure she makes and keeps personal appointments, making sure she's sleeping normally, that she's eating, that's she's getting her work done- he kind of turned into her personal caretaker."

Eren makes a face. "Is Hanji like-"

"We have no idea if there's anything actually wrong with her," Levi says. "Erwin and I have been trying to convince her to see someone for years but she doesn't want to. And she's fine with Moblit so both of us are just assuming she's okay for now."

"Hm."

When they get into Hanji's backyard, Levi sighs. "She got a trampoline," he says.

Eren grins. "I haven't been on a trampoline since I was a kid!"

"There's a good reason for that, you know."

"Don't be such a stick in the mud," Eren says, kicking his shoes off on his way to the giant toy. He vaults himself up onto it and starts jumping. "C'mon Levi!"

Levi crosses his arms. "Nope."

Eren rolls his eyes and does a front flip, bouncing on his butt when he lands. "Seriously, this is so fun."

"If you bruise your ass I'm not gonna be gentle later."

"Yeah, yeah."

Suddenly, there are fingers squeezing Levi's waist and he shrieks. Hanji laughs like a fiend when he turns to glare at her. "Just go jump with your fiancée," Hanji says. "He's having all the fun without you."

Levi crosses his arms and turns to watch Eren again. "Where's Moblit?"

"Washing dishes, we just finished lunch."

"Is that what he called you back in for?"

"Yeah," she replies. "We started eating but I remembered I left something out here and then I heard you two pulling up."

Levi looks at her. "You're lucky he's around or I'd be really worried about you."

She kicks off her shoes and pulls herself up on the giant trampoline, not replying to him. "Eren, hold my hands!" she says.

So they hold hands and start jumping in a circle together, giggling.

Levi sighs and kicks off his own shoes, resigned to one of his best friend's hundreds of whims. She's crazy, but he'd be hard pressed to say he doesn't love her.

He jumps as well.

Hanji goes back in the house when Levi starts having so much fun he isn't focused on her.

She watches the two of them from the kitchen window, she stops when the making out starts. "Ma'am?" Moblit asks.

"Don't call me 'Ma'am' when there's no one else listening Moblit."

He looks out the window where she was previously. "You were right, they do seem to be having fun."

She grins. "Of course I was right, I love them." She turns to Moblit and kisses his cheek. "And I love you too, thank you for letting me have them over when I still have work to do."

Moblit crosses his arms behind his back, smiling slightly. "Everyone needs a little fun sometimes."