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“I don’t know what to do,” Armin whispered over to his boyfriend, “He has been laying down there for the past 5 minutes holding Izzy to his chest and crying.”
“ Surely Levi wont hurt him that much.” Jean whispered back as they both watched the frantically crying Eren in front of them.
Eren, who was now wiping at his wet cheeks with one of Izzy’s paws, had sat up and crossed his legs.
“I know I had beef with you at first,” Eren whispered to the cat, “But you’ll always have a special place in my heart. Even though you would always bite and scratch me at any given chance.”
Armin heard his phone going off in his bedroom, he quickly rushed out of the living room and went into his room to where his phone had been going off. Armin picked up his phone and froze on spot; he quickly rushed into the kitchen.
“Levi is calling me!” Armin called out as he held his phone up in the air, “Levi is fucking calling me!”
“Answer it!” Jean encouraged.
“What no?!” Eren got up from his position on the floor, “Levi is probably wondering where I am! Don’t let him know my location!”
“Eren, it’s not that-“
“Yes it is, Jean!” Eren cried, “I turned his pride and joy pink! He’s going to fucking kill me and probably make you guys hide my remains with him.”
“Shut up Eren,” Armin said before he pulled the phone in front of him, “I’m going to answer him.”
Armin left the room and closed the door behind him.
“You still have three options for flowers, by the way.” Jean said as he looked at his phone.
Eren was silent for a moment before he made his way over to where Jean was standing, sniffling and pouting along the way.
“What flowers?” Eren croaked out as he looked over Jean’s shoulder.
Eren had already accepted his fate by now, so he might as well make his funeral look fairly decent.
“Those roses look nice,” Eren sniffled as he pointed at the set of roses on Jean’s screen.
“Nah,” Jean clicked onto the next page with a bunch of sunflowers on it, “Your more of a sunflower guy.”
“You are so right,” Eren nodded his head, “You always got me, you know?”
“You're my bro, I’ll always get you.”
“Bro,” Eren held out his arms and as did Jean, they both met in the middle as they hugged. “You’ll always be my bro.”
“You too bro.” Jean patted Eren’s back, a sympathetic pat if anything since he knew of Eren’s early demise.
“Are you two kidding me?”
They both pulled away and looked at Armin who was now with his arms crossed and his foot tapping against the floor. Izzy came over to Armin and started stroking her head against his leg, Armin bent down and picked her up, cradling her in his arms.
“What? Can’t I say goodbye to my bro?” Jean asked as he wiped at his eyes.
Armin scoffed, rolling his eyes and making his way over to Eren and Jean, placing Izzy down in the middle of the countertop.
“What did Levi say?” Eren asked, mostly whispered.
Armin sighed as he rubbed at the back of his neck with a shy smile on his face.
“Well uh,” Armin hesitated for a moment before he told Eren the truth, “He is on his way over here.”
“What?!”
Both Jean and Eren said at the same time, loudly as they could. Izzy jumped off the side and began to wander around the apartment. Armin covered his ears and cringed.
“I still need to get paid, Eren.” Armin said as he removed his hands from his ear, “He also noticed that you weren’t at the apartment so he called me. He sounded really worried.”
“Oh god,” Eren started to cry again, “Oh god, he’s going to kill me.”
Armin went to open up his mouth to reassure Eren, but the buzzer rang. Armin, Jean and Eren all looked at each other.
“Give me the key,” Eren held out his hand to Jean, “Give me the fucking key, Jean.”
“No,” Jean held up his arms as Armin walked out of the kitchen to open up the front door.
“Hey Sir!”
Armin opened up the door and was instantly met with his boss and best friend's boyfriend, Levi, who didn’t look too pleased. Armin felt like stones had just been thrown at his stomach.
“Is Eren and Izzy here?” Levi asked. Armin nodded and gave space for Levi to get past. Levi grunted a thank you as he walked into Armin’s place and took off his shoes.
“Eren? Izzy? Oi brat answer me befo- WHAT THE FUCK?!”
Levi stopped mid sentence as he noticed the whole reason why Eren had been avoiding him all day and night.
His precious Izzy, his wonderfully beautiful white cat was no longer white..She was hot fucking pink.
Levi slowly made his way over to her, blinking a bunch of times as if his eyes were deceiving him. Levi picked up Izzy who instantly started purring at the sight of her beloved owner. Levi held Izzy up in the air right in front of him as he looked over his pride and joy..
“What the actual fuck happened?! Where is Eren?!” Levi asked as he turned to look at Jean who looked just as terrified as Eren when Armin told him that Levi was on his way over.
“Uh,” Jean stammered, “I-I don’t k-know.”
“Are you lying to me, Kirstein?”
“No.”
“Are you sure?” Levi asked as he made his way over to the other side of the countertop.
Armin could almost hear Jean’s loud gulp from the other side of the room. Armin anxiously bit his nails as he watched his boyfriend bit at his bottom lip.
“No,” Jean murmured as he looked down at the countertop, “Not really, Sir.”
Armin looked down at the floor and noticed Eren crawling around on the floor behind Levi, Armin opened up his mouth to say something, but he also didn’t want the fuming Levi to know where Eren was, so he quickly closed his mouth and watched the scene before him, hoping that Eren would make it out in time.
“Stop right there, Jaeger.”
Levi turned on his heel and Eren stopped mid crawl. Armin slowly made his way over to Jean and grabbed at his boyfriend's arm tightly as he could feel Jean shaking from the fear that Levi had been giving him.
“...Welcome home?” Eren shrieked.
“First of, you say welcome home when you are actually in your home,” Levi explained, “Second of, What in the living fuck happened to my cat and my apartment?!”
Eren got up from his position on the floor, considering bolting straight for the door. However, it would be no use. Though Levi happened to be a short man who didn’t look like he was much of physical enthusiast, that man could slam Eren up against the wall and keep him there for as long as he seemed acceptable.
“Uhm,” Eren bit at his bottom lip as he tried to think of a suitable answer, “...Climate change?”
“Oh my god..” Armin murmured at Eren’s stupidly.
The four of them shared a moment's silence before Levi finally broke it.
“What the fuck did you just say?” Levi had a painfully confused expression on his face as Eren looked at him and pouted.
“I’m sorry,” Eren murmured, “I’m really sorry.”
“What happened?” Levi shouted as he grabbed Izzy and cradled her in his arms.
“I’m a fucking idiot,” Eren started to cry, really loudly, “I can’t even look after your cat. I’m such a fucking idiot! I’m so sorry Levi, I have finally accepted my death. Jean knows a good discount that we could get on sunflowers for my funeral. Please Levi, I’m so sorry. I’m just a brat, like you always say I am..”
Armin watched as Eren cried even harder, wiping aggressively at his cheeks as Levi slowly made his way over to the crying mess. Armin slightly closed his eyes, getting ready to watch his best friend untimely death..
However, Levi brought Eren into a hug after he put Izzy back down on the floor. Eren cried on Levi’s shoulder as he wrapped his arms around Levi’s tiny waist.
“You idiot,” Levi whispered to Eren, “You are the biggest idiot ever.”
“Are you still mad at me?” Eren asked as he continued to sniffle on Levi’s shoulder.
“The only reason why I was so mad was because you weren’t answering any of my phone calls. I assumed that you were busy doing your art project that you hadn’t even realised I had been calling you. But when I got back into the apartment, the place looked like it had been robbed or something, I thought something terrible happened to you, and Izzy,” Levi explained. Eren looked down at Levi who had a sad expression on his face, “My heart dropped when I couldn’t find you both. That’s why I was so angry in the first place..I just wanted to make sure you both were safe and okay.”
“So you aren’t going to kill me?” Eren cautiously asked as he didn’t know what Levi’s next move could be.
“No,” Levi laughed softly as he used his thumbs to wipe at Eren’s cheeks, “I’m not going to kill you. Sure I’m pissed that my once white cat is now hot pink, but I’m not going to kill you. I’m just glad that you are both okay.”
“Wait,” Armin called out behind them both, “So Eren isn’t going to be killed anytime soon?”
Levi rolled his eyes and shook his head.
“No, he is not. Believe or not,” Levi turned his full attention on Eren who still looked in disbelief at the fact he was in Levi’s arms and not 10 inches deep into the ground, “I love having you around. I’d hate not to have you around anymore.”
Eren smiled as he leaned down to kiss Levi, his hands gripping tightly at Levi’s hips.
“It still confuses me,” Jean whispered over to Armin, “How is Eren a top?”
“Shut the fuck up Jean!” Eren yelled as he pulled away from Levi.
———-
Eren and Levi spent most of the evening trying to wash out Izzy’s hot pink fur. They have been somewhat successful since Izzy was now laying down in her head, a pastel shade of pink instead of the hot pink she had before.
“I can’t believe you thought I was going to kill you over dying my cat pink,” Levi chuckled as Eren groaned in embarrassment, “You really think I would do something like that?”
“I watched you cry the other day at how cute Izzy looked asleep.” Eren counter claimed as Levi held up his arms in defeat.
“I’m not that bad over Izzy.” Levi said.
“Oh really?” Eren scoffed as he rolled his eyes, “Remember last month when I broke my leg and we had that fire drill at like 4AM. You made sure that you and Izzy got out while I had to put up my own wheelchair and-“
“Okay fair,” Levi laughed softly as he got onto Eren’s lap, “I missed you.”
“I missed you too,” Eren leaned forward and kissed Levi on the lips, “Very much.”