Surprise Present -Ereri/Riren- -Chapter 2-

Chapter 2
“Yeah. Perfect for you.” Jean smirked as he turned his attention back to Marco and kissed him generously. He knew Marco got jealous if he spent too much time on Eren.
“Did he hurt you?! He seemed to whip you pretty hard!” Mikasa cried as she ran to Eren and glared at the collar before raising his shirt to see a red mark. “That bastard is going to die!”
“I’m fine, Mikasa.” Eren whispered rubbing the gold tag with his thumb. “I’m more than fine.”
“Fuck. You’re actually liking him.” Jean growled though Marco wasn’t allowing him to complain any further as he brought him down into another kiss.
The fact was, Eren wanted to go to Levi’s house now. He wanted to know the man more. For a man that just threw himself at him, he really was a mysterious person. His grip on the collar tightened. Levi accepted him.
“No, Eren! He’s no good for you!” Mikasa growled as she stared at him.
“I’m gonna go guys… thanks for everything.”
Mikasa was about to stop him, but Connie stopped her. “He’s twenty-one, he should lose his virginity.”
“He certainly will not! Not to that dick!”
“I’m not going there to do that… I just want to talk to him.” Eren smiled and walked out of the loud bar before she could stop him. He called a taxi and it arrived in record time. “Take me to this address?” He asked showing the collar to the man, who was probably disgusted and shocked. Luckily the awkward car ride wasn’t that long. Levi only lived a block or two away from the bar in a decent apartment. He walked up to the door and knocked on it. When no one answered he got the key from the doorframe and opened the door. He walked in to a spotless hallway. He took off his shoes and then walked in further to wander around the house. The next room he entered was a large living room with a connecting kitchen, which was where Levi was, cooking away with headphones in his ears jamming away. He glanced up and scowled. “You came way too early. I wasn’t expecting you to show up at least until tomorrow after the hang over affects stopped.”
“Do you want me to leave?” Eren asked walking over and sitting down on one of the high chairs that was on the other side of the stove that Levi was standing in front of.
“In fact, yes. My boss is coming and it wouldn’t be good for-” He didn’t have a chance to finish because a tall blond walked in and smiled at the two.
“Hey, Levi. This a new friend of yours?” Erwin asked. He really didn’t fool Levi. He knew that the older male was jealous.
Levi poured a bottle of wine for him and offered it to him. “Erwin, I really don’t see how that’s any of your business.” He almost sang as he smirked at the other. “I mean, you’re never going to get this ass so you might as well give up chasing all my prey away from me.”
“Come on, Levi. Don’t make the boy paranoid. You know I have no interest in you.” Erwin rolled his eyes and accepted the drink. He sipped it and sat down next to Eren staring down at Levi. “Or are you just trying to make him jealous, you kinky bastard?”
Levi shot him a glare before turning to Eren. “Are you hungry?”
“Ummm… yeah. Can I have some wine too?” Eren asked feeling left out since he was the only one not drinking the dark red liquid.
“No.” Levi got a sparkling wine glass and filled it with water then handed it to Eren. “Our livers are already shit. Your liver is still healthy.” He then took out two plates and took out two stakes and then a nice chopped up salad on the side. He put it in front of Eren and smiled at him a little.
“…Wait… you made two stakes… did you know I’d show up? And if so, then why did you act surprise when I first walked in?”
“I wanted to fuck with you.” Levi smirked and leaned on the counter as he took a bite of his dinner. “I wanted to see how bad you wanted me.”
Eren blushed as he swallowed hard on the stake chocking a little.
Levi smirked more.
Erwin coughed in his hand and looked at Levi. “Aren’t you being a little more open than normal?”
“I just don’t like older men.” He spat out hoping Erwin would get the hint. He traced a finger on Eren’s cheek and wiped some food off the corner of his mouth. “Eat properly. You’re fucking disgusting. We’ll have to take a bath after this to clean you up.”
“Wha?!” Eren asked blushing as he looked anywhere, but Levi and Erwin.
Levi smirked full on at Eren’s innocence. He leaned off the counter and started to eat his food. “So, Erwin, what was it you wanted to talk to me about?”
“Private matters.”
Levi’s eyes widened as he glanced over at Eren. “Not the time, Erwin. Go take a shit.”
“Levi~” Erwin moaned out.
Levi shivered and Eren shot him a glare, which both Levi and Erwin found amusing.
“I think it’s time for you to leave.” Levi said and ushered him out before locking the door and walking back over to Eren running a hand around the small of his back. “Sorry about him.”
“That’s your boss?”
“Unfortunately.” Levi took the seat Erwin once occupied and grabbed is food and ate it.
“…Have you…” Eren didn’t know how to phrase the question without offending Levi.
“Unfortunately. I don’t want to talk about it.” Levi said as he swallowed another bite. “Just know… it was all physical. It wasn’t like how we’re going to be.”
Eren’s eyes widened as he held the collar tag with a smile. “So… you wanna actually date me?”
Levi looked over at him and shook his head. “You’re an idiot. I wouldn’t have thrown you the collar if you were a one night stand, or even if you were a fuck buddy. You are mine. You either don’t know how to read or are too lazy too.”
“I can read just fine! I’ve just never been asked out this way! Not everyone is a male stripper!” Eren growled as he continued to eat hurriedly creating a mess on his face.
“Tch, be cleaner.” He took a napkin and wiped Eren’s face clean gently. He smiled and finished his food and got up. He cleaned up his dishes, scrubbing them clean. “Hey, if you don’t want sex or do just tell me. It doesn’t really matter to me.”
Eren smiled at his generosity. “I wanna get to know you first. How old are you?”
Levi stopped washing and looked down at the suds he was creating. “Not sixteen.”
“I know that, but why so serious about it? It’s not like your thirty.”
“… Higher.” Levi said in a whisper.
Eren’s eyes widened as he gulped. “… Thirty-five?”
“Higher.” Levi didn’t dare look at his face.
“Forty?”
Levi looked away. “A little higher.”
“Forty-five?!”
“Little lower.”
“Forty-one?”
Levi nodded and turned to look at him. “I’m twenty years older than you.”
“Damn… you don’t look a day over sixteen either.” Eren got up and brought his dishes to the sink and put them in. He looked up at Levi and leaned up kissing him softly. “I don’t mind…”
“I feel like you do.” Levi chuckled and held him close not feeling the need to clean right now. He felt… like everything was clean enough.
“I don’t. Honestly. It’s just a little shocking.” Eren smiled and pulled him over to the long couch in the living room. He sat down and cuddled up to Levi. “So, why do you… ummm… strip?”
“Ah, and the questions begin about that.” Levi chuckled. He wasn’t a cuddler but he decided he’d let Eren curl up next to him and nuzzle his shoulder every once and awhile. “It’s to help pay for my friend’s hospitalization.”
“What’s wrong with him?”
“She… She got in a car accident. We were driving out late. It was winter and the road was icey. We served and hit a tree. It basically crushed her side. I had managed to get her out and myself and call the ambulance. I had very few wounds. She took most of the damage… and since that day… she hasn’t woke up.”
“When was this?” Eren asked in concern fearing the worst.
“Six Christmas’s ago.”  Levi whispered looking at the ground and curling in on himself. “We were headed to a birthday party for me. Erwin showed up at the hospital an hour later and calmed me down. He gave me the stripper job and I had no other choice.”
“Levi…”
Levi looked away not wanting to see his pity.
“Did you love her?”
Levi tensed as he continued to look away from Eren. “She… she was my fiancé.”
Eren gasped as he slipped away from him. “W-What?!”
“Eren… this is why I didn’t want you to come until tomorrow… cause… in the morning… I’m going to the doctors and ending it…” Levi looked at the ground and shivered when he said that. They were so close, but it’s been almost a decade. He had to let go. She would want that… right?
“Levi…” Eren looked at the ground. “Are you doing it for me? Or for her?”
“For her… and for me. We both need to let go. End our suffering.”
“You said you were single.”
“Because… Because after all I’ve done I don’t deserve her anymore.”
“Levi, how many people have you slept with?”
The shorter male got up and walked away. “That’s enough questions for today. Come to bed.”
Eren looked at him in hurt, but nodded and walked after him. “You can ask me stuff too.”
Levi sighed as he walked into a room. It was a large bedroom with a circle bed pushed up to the middle of the back wall. A ceiling fan spun lazily in front of it. A desk and dresser was in the lower right corner. A side table was on either side of the bed. Levi laid down on the right side of the bed and sighed. "What are you majoring?"
"Criminal justice." Eren answered slipping in bed next to him.  
"Don't arrest me, brat." Levi growled though it sounded like he was teasing.
"Don't give me a reason to." Eren muttered slowly drifting off to sleep. Now that he was in bed, Eren felt extremely tired and warm. He was happy being next to the shorter male.
"Heh, shitty brat." Levi whispered staring at him for a second before holding him tightly and falling asleep with him.
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Eren woke up to crisp bacon and soft pancakes. He looked down at the plate that was on a tray and licked his lips. "I can get used being fed like this."
"Doesn't your shitty friends take care of you?" Levi asked running a hand through his hair. He grabbed his own fork and took a bite of Eren's pancake from the other end.  
"Armin and Mikasa live with me. Armin can cook decently. Not as good as you though. It's kind of... Refreshing." Eren smiled and nibbled on some bacon before getting a bite of a pancake making his way towards Levi’s end.
Levi smiled and kissed his cheek softly. "I'll take you to school. I won't be home today till six, but if you want, I can come pick you up and take you out on a proper date."
"Okay. I go to Maria University. Oh, and you’ll need my address.”
“Text me it.” Levi said and handed him a scrap of paper that had the ten numbers on it. “Don’t bug me though.”
“I won’t.” Eren smiled and put the piece of paper in his pocket. He quickly ate the breakfast noticing the time and then looked over at Levi to see he was already dressed in the most provocative outfit he had ever seen. He looked drop dead sexy. Fuck him being gorgeous. Levi was wearing a brown half jacket that had wings on the back, his famous button down, three sizes too big, white shirt, and slick black jeans that just formed to that formed ass and those legs. Eren blushed and looked away when he caught himself staring.
Levi smirked knowing his outfit was a huge turn on for Eren. “We need to get going. Sorry I have to drop you off there so early, but I have to be at work at six.”
“What do you do there when you’re not dancing?” Eren asked rubbing the collar with his thumb and index finger.
Levi stared at him then looked down. “No one touches me. No one important touches me anyways. Don’t worry about. There’s a policy. Look don’t touch.”
“No one important? Then who are the people unimportant that touch you?!” Eren asked staring up at him with a scared look.
A stab of guilt went through Levi’s chest. He knew it wasn’t his fault. He knew he shouldn’t feel that way. He took a deep breath before sighing. “Eren… he doesn’t compare to you.”