He was there right beside the bed, like he promised he would.

The light of the new day blinded Eren for a brief second before he squinted to look at Levi, who was looking down at him. Eren immediately reached out for him, grabbing his hands and pulling him towards the bed, but not in a sexual way, more like a comforting and loving way.

"You're back," he murmured. His words sounded more like a question more than a statement. Levi nodded.

"Well, why wouldn't I be?" he whispered back. "Good morning. I hope you slept well. Are you hungry? I can get you something."

"No. I just want to sleep," he said and pulled the covers up to his chin.

"You need to take care of yourself, Eren."

"You're so damn persistent," he complained.

"Come on. Don't act like this right after I finally see you again," Levi mumbled and brushed the loose hairs away from Eren's face.

"I'm too tired to do anything," he said and slapped his hand away as he angled his body away from the pestering vampire.

Levi frowned and reached over to rub Eren's shoulder gingerly. "What a nice greeting early in the morning from a lover," he said sarcastically.

Eren flinched at the last word. Was that what they were now? The strange part was that once they had confessed to one another, they were automatically considered lovers. How odd, Eren thought to himself. Although it wasn't a bad thing, it did bother him just a bit. He felt like he was too much of a horrible person to deserve that sort of title or label. After all, he treated him badly. He couldn't believe how and why he was still in love with him.

Eren, lost in his thoughts, stayed silent before Levi started to caress his messy hair. "May I join you in bed?"

"No. You're not allowed," Eren mumbled into the sheets.

"Stingy," Levi commented. "Well then, I'll be gone for the whole day, maybe even more." He got up slowly, his cloak lightly sweeping the floor. He adjusted it before taking a step forward. Eren bolt up in a sitting position and snapped his arm forward to grab his wrist, stopping him in his tracks.

"Wait, what?" Eren said. "Don't go." He tugged at his hand and pulled him towards the bed. "Fine, you can come in here but don't do anything weird."

"I can't promise that, but I'll try," Levi said as he slipped in beside him. He wrapped his arms tightly around Eren's torso and rested his chin on his shoulder. "I'm really happy right now."

"Don't say embarrassing things like that," Eren muttered.

"Hmm? But hearing you not wanting me to leave is cute, so I can't help but feel content, you know? This is nice, just you and I," he responded and kissed his shoulder peeking from under his shirt. "And I was just joking by the way; there's no way I could ever leave you alone again."

Eren turned toward him and glared at him, but eventually loosened up. "Don't say anything like that. It honestly scared me," he confessed.

"I'm sorry," he apologized and hugged him closer. "It's funny how you used to be happy whenever I left you alone."

"That's in the past, it was when I didn't realize I was lying to myself. You did too. You thought you only wanted me for my blood, right? We both changed. We're different now," Eren explained.

"Are you sure you're not lying?" Levi asked.

"Are you doubting me?" Eren fired back. He looked away and bit his lip, and strangely, he felt a small lump in his throat. The thought that Levi couldn't believe him proved how rudely Eren treated him before, and so of course it was inevitable to feel the poisonous feeling of doubt. He didn't blame him, but it made him a bit upset in some weird way.

"No, that's not true. Come on, don't cry again," Levi said and held his face with both of his hands. He rubbed at his soft and cold skin with the pads of his thumb. "It's just too good to be true. I feel like I'll wake up, and that none of this had happened; that you don't exist and I'd be laying on the freezing floor of my old house after she," he swallowed, too nervous to mention his past lover's name, "left me. I'll wake up unhappy, and I don't want you. I'll I want is you. Where have you been my whole life?"

"Not born yet," Eren said sarcastically, assuming Levi was at least a hundred years old, being an immortal creature and all.

"I'm being serious here," he muttered. "You're really stupid, you know? You don't realize how important and special you are. Silly human."

"It's because I'm not. She's beautiful, and you know who I'm talking about. If she was never attacked and remained a human, you would be deeply in love with her forever, wouldn't you? She had a nice and soft body, and I have a hard, scrawny one. I don't understand what you see in me, or how you find me sightly appealing. I'm not special. It's like I'm a replacement-"

Levi hissed angrily and slapped a hand down on Eren's mouth, suddenly silencing him. He narrowed his eyes. "Don't you dare say that again. Don't you ever put yourself on the same level as her. I don't love her. What I felt about her wasn't as good as what I feel about you. Don't talk so lowly of yourself, and never," he paused and brought their faces closer. He could feel Eren breathing inside his hand. "-doubt my love for you. You're the one I love now, so I don't see why you should act so jealous over a woman that I abandoned in the past. Do you understand, Eren?"

He nodded quickly, and Levi released his hand. Eren looked down at him as he began to speak again.

"She's not a part of my life now. You are." Levi closed his eyes for a small moment before opening them. They were shining. "You're my whole life now."

"How can I be your whole life if I'm only human? I'll die in a few decades, and you will live forever. You realize that, right?" He had meant it as a joke, but soon it got serious. Levi frowned.

"I... I won't turn you into what I am. I can't do that. That would be ridiculously selfish of me. You don't want to be what I am, a monster, trust me"

"Then what you just told me is a big fat lie then, isn't it? You can't be with me forever if I die." At this point, Eren was just blurting out whatever came to mind. It made him sound like a whiny child.

"Is there something you want to tell me?" Levi demanded.

"I... I don't want to leave you either. Just the thought of me rotting away in the earth's soil one day while you're still out there scares me. I don't want you to find someone else. I don't want to die alone," he complained.

Levi's eyes widened and a ghost of a smirked played on his white pale and chapped lips. He chuckled before stroking Eren's hair. Eren was aware that he was acting spoiled and stubborn, but there was no one else for him. Being away from Levi for a week was painful, but being separated from him because of death would be beyond pain. He wasn't an expert on religion or the afterlife, but he knew he would be watching from somewhere. He wouldn't be happy if he were to pass away and move into paradise. He knew he wouldn't.

"Do you... Do you want me to inject you with venom?" Levi questioned as he nuzzled his face into his neck, nudging his nose against the skin.

"Y-Yes."

"Why are you deciding you want to be like me all of a sudden?"

"I've been thinking too much," he whispered. "But I know what I want, and I want to be with you."

"Eren, I think you're ill. You're not thinking straight. I'll go make some herbal tea for you," Levi said and tried to get up, but was stopped when Eren hugged him.

"What have I done?" Eren asked, but he wasn't directing this to Levi, but to himself. "You say it's okay and you've forgiven me, but why do I still feel this way? I've treated you so badly up the point where you can't believe what I tell you..."

"I just said that it's just that this is all too good to be true. Being with you in the same bed, getting the chance to kiss you, holding you... too good" He tucked a strand of loose hair behind his ear before cupping his face in his hands. Eren placed his hands over his and looked into his eyes. They were unreadable.

"What are you thinking?" Eren said aloud.

"I want to kiss you," he muttered.

"Why don't you do it then?"Eren challenged and sat up.

Levi did the same."Hmm. Maybe I will," he said before dipping his head to meet Eren's pink lips.

At first, he didn't move or part his mouth open. A few seconds later, (which felt like long minutes to Eren) he licked his bottom lip with the tip of his tongue and traced his lip line suggestively. The first thing Eren did by instinct was to attempt to pin the shorter of the pair down. Levi didn't let him; he slid his hands upward and held onto his wrists and pinned them hard against the pillows. Eren struggled for dominance as he plunged into the heat of the kiss. He finally opened his mouth in need and want as he grabbed Levi's hair roughly. Ever since they discovered their true feelings for one another, each kiss was like a strong plead and cry of "I need you". It was hot in the room despite the morning air blowing through the window, and Eren's head felt light. He was definitely on cloud nine; the pressure of Levi's body on his was incredibly arousing, and the way he bit his lip was enough to drive him mad. Levi groaned against his lips as he began licking every ridge, bump and corner, memorizing the feel of his mouth. Eren was going breathless. Levi must have forgotten that humans needed to breathe.

"S-Slow down for a moment," Eren panted and abruptly pushed him away.

"You looked like you were enjoying it. I don't see the point in stopping," he said and rubbed Eren's bottom lip with his thumb. He was eyeing his soft lips, biting his own as he thought about what he wanted to do with them. They were delicate looking, like rose petals, and they were awfully soft as well. Levi loved them, especially against his.

"Hard to... breathe," he replied slowly and tiredly.

"Really?" he questioned as he brought his lips down toward his jaw. "Boy can handle fighting off vampires and running for hours without a break but can't last a few seconds of a kiss without feeling out of breath? Funny."

"You're mocking me," Eren stated and glared at him.

"No I'm not," he told him as he kissed his jawline, reaching his ear and nibbling on his earlobe tenderly. "I'm just pointing it out. There's no need to be ashamed in the fact that I make you weak to the knees."

"Don't say weird things-"

"And look, you're hard," he told him and looked down. He grinned mischievously and made a click of the tongue.

Eren sucked in a breath and let out a nervous laugh. The both of them were turned on, and he didn't know what to expect. Whenever they kissed, they always stopped before anything else could happen or because Eren had always used to push him away. He didn't know for certain what Levi's next move would be.

"You're being quite honest right now," he murmured as he began to tug Eren's shirt off him.

"Well it's inevitable that this would happen, you idiot," Eren said sharply. "Having your way with me and all."

"You like me," Levi said. Eren couldn't tell what he was feeling by the tone of his voice, and it almost sounded like a question, as if he were afraid to believe it. He delicately traced seductive lines on Eren's abdomen and hummed gaily as he dropped the shirt to the ground with his other hand. He bent forward and pressed a tender kiss to his exposed shoulder. Without any sign of warning, he parted his lips and began to mouth at his skin. Eren shivered and melted in his arms. After a brief moment of sucking, he could feel his fangs against his sensitive skin, dragging across his shoulders and the nape of his neck as light as a feather. Eren flinched and knew what Levi wanted. He wasn't angry at him for being thirsty most of the time, but it did bother him that he had not been giving him enough blood in the past.

"Go on," Eren said in a hushed voice. "Don't be afraid."

Intoxicated by the lust and desire swelling in his chest, he didn't care what Levi Levi would do to him. He trembled with pain as he felt the familiar pair of fangs sink into his skin once more, and grabbed Levi's hair tightly in a fist. He bit down on his lip.

"Slowly. Drink slowly," Eren commanded quietly.

Levi looked up at him with mischievous eyes and released his neck and slowly started to pin Eren down on the bed. Blood was dripping down his mouth, and his eyes were a vibrant and bold shade of scarlet. He licked at his lips and gently stroked Eren's neck. There was something different about the way he looked at him; he no longer looked at him as if he were food, but like he was someone of major importance. His eyes scanned his body, and he froze as they landed on the large but faded scar on his abdomen, the one he had received from Mikasa. Eren noticed this and reached up to touch his jaw gingerly.

"Hey. It's okay. What's up with that face?" He held his face in his hands and looked up at Levi with concern. "Whatever you're thinking about, stop it. I'm the one in front of you right now, so you should only think about me."

"Ordering me around, are you?" Levi asked and took one of his hands and placed it on his cheek as he inhaled slowly. He brought a finger to Eren neck, only to drag it painfully slow towards his navel. Then, unexpectedly, he brushed his finger tips against his perked and exposed nipples. Eren flinched and immediately reached out to slap Levi's creeping hands away.

"Stop that," he told him firmly.

"But you seem to be enjoying yourself," he said calmly and without any expression on his face. He was unreadable again, and Eren learned that was always a sign of something, thus giving him a reason to fear the unknown. "You don't have to pretend you don't like it.

"Come on, Levi, you can drink and kiss but you can't ..." Eren didn't complete his sentence, feeling to embarrassed to say the rest.

"Can't what?" Levis sneered.

"Whatever you're doing right now," Eren told him with an exasperated look on his face.

"Making you feel good?" he asked quietly as he leaned in to press another soft kiss to Eren's throat.

The human's face heated up and flushed at his words as he avoided his gaze shyly. Suddenly, Levi's grinning came to an end.

"But listen, I promise I won't do anything unless you consent to it. You can trust me, so just relax, okay? I don't want you to be scared anymore," he explained.

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AN:

ok yeah this chapter was supposed to rlly saucy but my wimpy ace ass chickened out,,, but i hope you liked this chapter of 2600+ words containing meaningless and useless babbling,,

i guess it's time to announce that this fanfiction is ending pretty soon! i'll be returning to my kagehina fic, be more active on writing I Found, and i will also start an autopsy au! (angsty but cool)

i know the latest chapters have been boring, but i promise i'll get better. future updates will be intense as hell. :^)

thank you so much for reading!