Levi was taking in the shock of Jean's story, while Jean was leaning against the desk, trying to stop himself from crying.
"Oh- oh my god... Jean... I'm sorry I was so cruel..." Levi seriously felt like someone had just stabbed him in the chest. Just imagining all those horrible things... He couldn't even comprehend...
Jean shook his head, and turned to Levi, frowning and wiping tears off of his face and taking long, deep breaths. "No. Do not pity me. I do not want your pity, and I don't need it either."
"I don't pity you. I admire your stregnth." Levi responded, casually patting Jean lightly on the back. But... It felt as if he could feel the scars underneath the fabric of Jean's shirt. Levi shivered, pulling his hand away abruptly.
Jean pretended not to notice.
"I gave in to them. I stopped fighting back, I just let things go on until I was rescued like a pathetic mess. I wasn't even strong enough to do so much as bruise them. How the hell is that stregnth? I think it's weakness."
"If you had given in, you wouldn't have survived. You were fighting the whole time. And you are alive, and still strong." He meant what he said. He really did admire Jean after hearing that.
Jean shook his head, running a shaking hand through his hair. "Whatever you say, shorty."
"Hey, come on, I'm not that short for my age." Levi responded bitterly, crossing his arms. He was getting sick of being looked down upon, both mentally and physically.
"Fine then. How old are you?" Jean inquired, raising an eyebrow.
"Twenty one." Levi said simply, rolling his eyes. He didn't appreciate the shorty jokes.
"Yeah, I hate to break it to ya, but you are pretty damn small." Jean chuckled, patting Levi on the head lightly.
"Not where it counts, jackass." Levi snapped, smirking and brushing Jean's hand away.
"Remind me to ask Eren about that someday... I'm sure he would know."
Levi scratched the back of his head, avoiding eye contact. He felt heat slowly rising to his cheeks.
"Or... Wait... Does he top?" Jean teased, laughing.
"Enough of this nonsense!" Levi's entire face had gone from pale white to bright red in a matter of seconds. "Shut it, Mr. Freckle Fetish."
Jean sighed, shaking his head mockingly. "Is that the best you can do?"
"Shut up."
"Maybe I don't want to."
"Fuck you, horseface."
"Oooooooohhhhhhhhh, teachers aren't supposed to swear in front of students." Jean placed a hand on his hip and jokingly shook his finger in front of Levi's face. "You are in troubleeee."
"Oh, come on, you-"
"Excuse me, but could I ask what's going on here?" A farmiliar, deep voice interrupted them.
Levi and Jean spun around, staring at Mr. Erwin, who was watching them irritatedly from the doorway.
"M-Mr. Erwin! How long have you...?" Levi stuttered, scratching the back of his head and trying to stay calm.
"All I heard was Jean jokingly threatening to get you in trouble." Erwin sighed. "Jean, go home. Now."
"Fiiiinnnneeeee" Jean grumbled, grabbing his bag, swinging it over his shoulder, and shuffling out the door.
Just as he left, he turned. "Your turn tomorrow, Ravioli." He winked, turned around, and proceeded to walk down the hall, closing the door behind him.
Erwin blinked, looking from Lev,i to the door, and back to Levi.
"Look-"
"Levi... Are you hitting on all of my students? Since when are you in to kids?" Erwin rubbed his temples, obviously a little bit irritated.
"No! Its not like that! Not with Jean." Levi frantically waved his arms in the air, trying to convince Erwin.
"Then what...?"
"Friends. Just friends. He was just... Giving me some advice. And talking to me. I don't think he has many friends." Levi did his best to worm out of the situation, not wanting to admit that he had been manipulated into engaging in childish conversations by that stupid horseface.
"Advice...?" Erwin asked."What kind of advice? Please don't tell me he was giving you advice on... You know... Gay stuff?"
Levi shook his head frantically. "No No Noooooo! Just... Life advice...?"
"Life advice? From a teenager?" Erwin asked, doubtful.
"Don't underestimate their intelligence." Levi said, trying to sound casual, hoping that Erwin would buy it.
Erwin sighed, shrugging. "By the way... I did hear that one bit about Eren being top." He chuckled.
Levi's face went bright red again. "T-t-that's not true!" He yelled.
"No need to lie, Levi."
"SHUT IT EYEBROWS!"
"Ouch... That's cold." Erwin said, trying to sarcastically look offended.
"Shut up." Levi grumbled, grabbing his bag and marching towards the door. "Bye, I'm leaving."
Erwin chuckled again. "Goodbye Mr. Uke!"
Levi stopped in his tracks and spun around. "Why you-! Wait... Uke? How do you know that term?"
This time, Erwin was the one who was red faced. "I- uhm- Read it somewhere?"
Levi smirked. "Ohhhh, so... You're into yaoi, eh?"
Erwin looked like a tomato with some huge ass bushy eyebrows. "N-n-no! How could you ever-!"
"Now, now." Levi grinned evilly. "No need to lie, Erwin." Oh, how the tables have turned. He was enjoying this.
Erwin glared at him. "Fine, I... I r-read that one... Junjou Romantica..." He grumbled, looking at his feet in humiliation. "A-and Love Stage..."
"Wow. Didn't know you were into that stuff."
"It doesn't offend you, does it? Like, it doesn't bother you?" Erwin asked nervously, still avoiding eye contact.
"As long as you don't ask for a threesome, I'm cool with it." Levi just shrugged.
"Good. Uh... Could you answer some questions though? I- I mean, since you're, you know..." Erwin shifted uncomfortably.
Levi looked a bit uncomfortable too. He had never imagined that he would be having this conversation with his childhood friend. "Uh... I would rather not. And I'm new to this stuff. Eren is my first boyfriend, and hopefully my last."
Erwin nodded. "Okay but... Just answer this.... Does it hurt?"
Levi thought for a second. "It kinda depends on the person... Okay, can we please stop this conversation?" He said bluntly.
"Y-yeah." Erwin nodded.
Suddenly, there was a loud crash from behind levi's desk, and they spun around, startled.
Hanji stood there in front of a file cabinet that was lying on the floor, papers from it flying everywhere.
Erwin and Levi were shocked.
"Whoops... I didn't mean to make any noise... But I was fangirling so much... I guess I kinda spazzed out for a second there..." Hanji shrugged, smiling.
After a few seconds of trying to understand what was going on, Erwin and Levi yelled simaltaneously. "WHAT THE HELL HANJI!?!???!!!"
"What?" Hanji said casually, as if nothing had just happened.
Erwin looked like he was about to collapse and die. "How much did you hear..." Erwin mumbled, terrified.
"All the yaoi stuff." She giggled.
"Look, Hanji, I'm so sorry, I swear I still love you-" Erwin began to apologize frantically.
"No, no! I love yaoi too! I have so many reccomendations for you!" Hanji yelled, with her usual cheery, hyper disposition.
Both men were frozen, hopelessly confused. "What..."
Hanji jumped over the fallen cabinet and ran over to Erwin and hugged him tightly, sqealing. "I FINALLY HAVE A FELLOW YAOI FANGIRL!"
Erwin reamained still, his eyes wide with shock.
Levi was beginning to get weirded out. He figured that it was probably his que to leave. "Okay, I'm heading home. If you have more questions, just google it." He mumbled, and, with that, he left Erwin standing there awkwardly while Hanji screamed enthusiastically about something called Sekaiichi Hatsuoki.
Author note-
I CANT STOP LAUGHING AT THIS OH MY GOD
JUST IMAGINE ERWIN AND HANJI READING YAOI TOGETHER.
I CANNOT BREATHE
I told you I would make it happy againnnn
~Volume Struck