Eren's POV
"Just sign here, please."
Levi stood leaning over the counter to sign some papers. Unfortunately the counter seemed to be a little too tall for Levi's fancy and Eren couldn't help but smirk secretly at the sight of how he stood there uncomfortably. If it had been anyone else he would for sure had given them hell about it, but Eren valued his life a little too much to dare tease Levi about height. Instead he did nothing but beam a smile at him when Levi had finished and turned around to leave.
"Man I'm excited!" Eren said and hurried ahead to find their car. He could hear Levi snort at him from behind but ignored it. He had after all said that he liked his personality, right? Well he would for sure get to see it today.
They got into the car, Levi started the engine and Eren made himself comfortable, which wasn't hard because it was indeed a nice car.
"So where do we go first? You're the guide" Levi said.
"Hmmm..." Eren reached over to the car's GPS to set it up with the right address before replying with a cheeky smile. "It'll be a surprise."
"Fine" Levi said and pulled out from the parking lot. "Do you have a license, by the way?"
"I do! I'm a natural at it too" he said with a wink.
"...It'll be less expensive to crash this car rather than mine, so I suppose you could take the wheel for a while later if you want" Levi said wearing a serious face as always, but his voice witnessed of some humor. He was teasing him.
"Tsk" Eren said and rolled his eyes. "Well gladly! But for now I'm happy to just sit here and admire your handsome profile" he mused and did just that. He saw the corner of Levi's mouth twitch upwards. But before he had gotten the chance to reply, Eren suddenly remembered something.
"Ah! That reminds me..." he said and leaned over towards Levi. He let his voice drop slightly, put his hand on the man's knee and slowly dragged it upwards along his thigh.
"What are you up to now, brat?" Levi asked but kept his eyes on the road.
"Oh nothing... I was just wondering..." he said, dragging his words seductively and twiddling for a moment with the hem of Levi's shirt. "Can't I take a few pictures of us please?"
"Hell no" Levi immediately replied without even considering it.
"Daddy~..." Eren pouted and tugged at the fabric.
"No" Levi insisted. But Eren caught him glance over to look at him for a moment, which he took as a sign that it was working. This was not a match he would lose, he decided and let out a kind of dramatic sigh.
"Okay... I just wanted something to look at after you've went home again daddy..." he said, sounding saddened. Levi groaned.
"Fuck... You better know that you're given special fucking treatment, kid." Eren could tell by his voice that he had given in.
"Yes! Thank you Levi, I like you so much!" Eren said happily.
"But if you fucking dare to tell me to smile for the camera..." Levi started saying, cringing his nose slightly.
"Haha I won't, I want your natural self" Eren giggled and raised his camera to get a good angle in where they both would fit into the shot. He leaned over towards Levi who looked kind of grumpy but let him do as he wanted while concentrating on the road. Eren took a few shots, pulling a new face for each of them before he sat back into his seat to see how they turned out.
"Oh you looked into the camera in this one!" Eren said, sounding thrilled. The look in Levi's eyes in the shot was just the one he had wanted to capture. Damn, it was basically a glare, but he didn't mind it one bit.
The GPS took them to the central town and with a little help from Eren Levi was quickly able to find a good parking spot. Eren did have a few planned places that he wanted to show Levi, but first he figured that it would be nice to just show him some of the best shops and places that their town offered. They wandered around, making a few short stops, for about half an hour before Eren stopped at a certain coffee shop that he and his friends always went to.
"Voila!" he said, presenting the small building before him with his hands. "Now I'll show you the best coffee place in town!"
"I thought you didn't drink coffee?" Levi said, sounding slightly amused.
"Well... Mocaccinos aren't bad" Eren replied sheepishly.
"Tsk, chocolate, sugar and milk... with a hint of coffee."
"Hey it's better than nothing, tea dude!"
"You've got some nerve" Levi scoffed.
"I do" Eren replied proudly.
"Tsk."
"You love it."
"Tsk."
Eren chuckled and went ahead into the building wearing a happy smile.
Levi's POV
"Hii! Hannes!" A blonde, lanky looking dude stood behind the counter and looked up upon hearing Eren's voice.
"Yo Eren! How are ya?" he said and broke out in a grin. "Oh, who's your guest?" he asked as Levi walked up to Eren's side.
"I'm Levi... Eren tells me this is supposed to be the best coffee place in town" he said. He added the second comment on purpose to avoid giving any further explanation on who he was and what his relationship with Eren was. He didn't know yet if Eren was comfortable with letting people know about their relationship.
"Haha sure is! Eren's got good taste!" Hannes replied before looking at Eren again. "Your usual mocaccino, Eren?" Eren just nodded and Hannes then looked back at Levi again, probably to hear his order.
"Good taste my ass" Levi said. "Well, give me your best."
"Don't let me lose face now, Hannes" Eren joked. Levi took put his wallet, preparing to pay when Eren stopped him.
"No let me pay for this at least" he said, looking a little embarrassed.
"...If you insist."
"Yes" Eren said and took out his card. While he was paying, Levi turned around to take a look at the shop, and as soon as the blond man thought that he didn't see them he leaned over the counter to nudge Eren with his shoulder, winked and gave him a thumbs up. Levi pretended to not have seen it although he secretly enjoyed the red flush Eren got over his cheeks.
Shortly after they left the shop with a hot coffee drink each.
"Hannes is an old friend of our family. He was close to my parents..." Apparently Eren had felt the need to give some explanation to Levi but were now trailing off before finishing the sentence.
Hm, Levi thought. He had noticed that Eren never mentioned his parents. He had mentioned a sister... Mikasa, who apparently went to the same university as him. But never his parents, and now he also took notice of Eren's use of past tense when speaking of the man's relationship to them.
"I see" Levi just said and left it like that. Eren would bring it up himself if it was something that he wanted to talk about. "So where are you taking us now?" he asked instead and Eren visibly relaxed thanks to the change of subject.
"Hmm... you know that this place is a port town, right?"
"Of course."
"Hehe, I'll give you a view that you poor inlanders only can dream of!" Eren said and started walking. They walked and sipped on their drinks in mostly silence. Then it wasn't long before the road started to slope downwards and they were able to glimpse empty sky between some of the buildings.
"Ah... I'll never grow tired of this..." Eren suddenly said as they approached the sea, with such a soft voice that Levi had to glance over to look at his expression. The boy had something melancholic over his face with some clear hints of sadness. But it was a sadness that was mixed with something that looked like happiness and even peacefulness.
"Hey, you're supposed to look at the ocean, not at me!" Eren said and laughed when he caught him looking. Levi didn't immediately look away because that soft laugh was somehow captivating. But when he finally did, he actually found himself slightly surprised by the view that spread out in front of him. It was just the ocean, he had seen it many times before. But Eren's reaction to it had made him see it with slightly new eyes. It was... not bad.
They took seats on a wooden bench that was placed just meters from the edge where some boats were anchored. This place wasn't far away from the busy roads and masses of people moving along the central town, but it still felt surprisingly peaceful here. It was actually beautiful even.
Eren sighed, sounding content but a little distant.
"This is the reason I'm still living here, honestly" he said in a low voice. "I've wanted to start anew many times... in a place where I didn't know anyone. But I just can't seem to let go of this place." Levi looked at him again to be able to see his expression. Eren was just staring out into the sea for a moment before he seemed to gather himself. He straightened up and met Levi's gaze with a slightly apologetic look. "Haha, I'm boring you aren't I?"
"Actually not" Levi replied, but Eren still didn't say anything more and the pair fell silent. Soon Eren seemed to have his gaze stuck again to something that Levi wasn't able to see out there in the empty space. The waves splashed peacefully, some of the fastened boats creaked a little and the wind blew in the younger's hair. When it blew out of his face Eren somehow seemed even younger and for some reason he looked really vulnerable. Lost deep in thoughts about god knows what, moved by the massive waters in front of him and suddenly more serious than Levi had ever seen him before. A minute passed and when Levi glanced over to him again he saw how a small crease was forming slowly in his forehead.
"Oi..." Levi said. He hesitated for a moment before carefully putting his hand over Eren's. Eren snapped out of his thoughts, looked down at their hands and then up to Levi's face. But by then Levi had already turned back his gaze to the ocean.
"Feel free to move it if you're uncomfortable touching in public" he just said in a low voice. In the corner of his eyes he saw how Eren looked down at his lap with a slightly red face.
"No... I like it" he replied and Levi hummed.
He could feel the warmth from Eren's skin warm up his own hand and before long they were sharing hand sweat... it was kind of disgusting, but for some reason Levi didn't really mind it at that moment. After a while he looked back at Eren who sat with his chin resting in the palm of his free hand. To Levi's pleasure he found that the youngster still had a faint redness over his cheeks.
"You've finished your drink?" Levi asked in a voice that sounded almost soft, at least for him... Ugh, thank fuck that his subordinates couldn't hear and see him now.
Eren seemed to once again snap out of some deep thoughts and looked at the coffee drink beside him as if he just had remembered that it existed.
"Ah, I think I have some left..." he said and took the cup.
"It's probably iced mocha now" Levi teased him as Eren finished the last sip. He smacked his lips.
"Mn, still tasty" he said and gave the older man a soft smile that for some reason seemed to make Levi's heart grow a little less cold. Dammit. "Oh, look at the birds - hi guys!" Eren suddenly said, seemingly addressing a pair of seagulls that were slowly coming their way with pairs of hungry little staring eyes.
"Tch, dirty little shits" Levi said and frowned.
"What? What have they ever done to you?" Eren laughed.
"God knows what kind of dumpster they've been in" Levi explained but Eren just laughed at him.
"You just think they're creepy, admit it." He had some of that teasing tone in his voice again that was so typical for him and thankfully it didn't seem at all forced.
"They certainly don't have the most pleasant faces, but I'm not scared of them if that's what you're implying" Levi replied sternly. Eren didn't say anything back to him but instead addressed the birds again, who now almost had reached their bench.
"Oh I'm sorry little guy, I don't have anything for you."
"Hmph" Levi snorted but couldn't help but think that it was kind of cute how he seemed to be friends with some dumb birds.
"Oh! Speaking of getting scared by the way - I know just the place to show you next!" Eren suddenly said, his face breaking out in a grin.
"What the hell are you up to this time?" Levi asked. "And be warned, I'm not easily scared."
"Haha we'll see~" Eren mused and got up on his feet with renewed energy to his movements.
(A/N): Hello again dear readers! I enjoyed this first quarter (or something like that) of a date 😎❤❤
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