Let Me In (Au) - An Ereri Story

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I raise my eyebrows at him, another flush taking over my cheeks but nod my head at him not trusting my voice.

He sits back down and goes back to his laptop, slipping his glasses back on. "Have I ever told you how much I love it when you wear your glasses? They make you look hot." I laugh.

"Oh they do, do they? So I'm not hot normally then?" He says quirking an eyebrow at me.

I gape at him. "What? How did you get that, from what I just said?" I laugh.

He shrugs at me with a smirk. "Just teasing, Eren." I roll my eyes at him. "Don't you have any work to do, anyway?"

"Uh...my boss hasn't actually set me any, so no?" I shrug at him.

"Oh your boss, huh?" He says with a knowing look and throwing one of his binders onto the coffee table. "Here. Help me with this. Now you've been set work by your 'boss'."

I laugh and shake my head at him before taking the binder and opening it. I skim through it before stopping on one of the pages. "Uh, Levi?"

"Hmm?" He says without looking away from his laptop and continues typing away.

"Why does it say here that I'm the new 'top model' and that I'm going to be showcasing all the new major brands?" I ask softly.

He turns to look at me. "Oh, yeah, I was actually going to pull you, Connie and Erwin in for a meeting tomorrow and speak to you about that." He shrugs.

"Well...can you tell me about it now?" I say re-reading the page.

"It's nothing major, I know you can handle it." He shrugs.

"That's not the point, Levi. Please?" I plead.

He rolls his eyes at me before placing his laptop on the chair and taking his glasses off and putting them on the table before turning to me again. "Alright, what would you like to know?"

"Uh, anything? Everything?" I ask incredulously. "How long have you known?"

"About a week or so, but it wasn't set in stone. Its only recently been made for definite. The board came together this yesterday and told us who they wanted." He shrugs.

"So that's what your meeting was about yesterday?" I ask.

"Yeah. Sorry I didn't want to tell you, I wanted it to be formal and keep our home and work lives separate." He says softly.

"It's fine, Levi." I say with a small smile. "Maybe just let me know these big things when you find out though, 'cause I'd rather find out from you rather than a binder with other bits of information...like CONNIE LEAVING US AND GOING TO HAWAII!" My voice steadily got louder and higher pitched the more I read and stare at the page. "WHAT?"

"Shit. I forgot that was in there, too." He says before looking to the floor.

"Why didn't you tell me, Levi?" I ask, still shocked and annoyed.

"I haven't even told Connie yet, he doesn't know. He might not even agree to it." He says getting up and sitting next to me on the loveseat. "I couldn't tell you just in case he said no."

"Levi..." I say softly. "I don't know what I'd do without him. It's been just me and him for these past few months, I'd be lost without him!"

"I know, Eren." He nods. "That's why I didn't want to say anything until he told me his decision."

"Shit." I exclaim softly and get up. "I'm gonna go for a walk..."

"Wait, Eren, you can talk to me." He says grabbing my hand.

"No, I know. I will, I just need time to process this. Can I...can I talk to Connie? About this?" I ask him.

He sighs softly before nodding. "Sure, I'm sure he'll prefer to hear it from you rather than me anyway."

"Thank you, Levi." I pull him into a hug and kiss him on the cheek. "I'll be back soon, okay?"

"Alright, call me if you need me, okay?" He says before I get to the door.

"Of course." I nod at him with a small smile.

"I love you, Eren." He says with a sullen smile as I open the door and I turn back to him.

"I love you, too, Levi." I return the smile and leave taking my phone out of my pocket and instantly ring Connie.

*A/N- Just a reminder that the next chapter is a stand alone chapter so it has absolutely nothing to do with the story and you can skip right passed it if you don't want to read it.

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