Author's note~ Hey guys I'm sorry this chapter seems to have gotten deleted due to a glitch or something... I don't know what's going on with wattpad, but it has been glitchier than normal and it's really starting to piss me off. First with not letting me post my chapters because "down for maintenance" or some other bullshit, then not notifying me until two days later for anything comments, votes, new followers, and now deleting my chapters. Wattpad better get it's shit together and soon or I might just have to find another website. Sorry for the long rant anyways enjoy the chapter sorry again for any inconveniences ~Lawliet TJ

"So how long have you and this 'Levi' person been dating?" Grisha asked.

"About to come up on five years this year," Eren said smiling. "But we were friends for a few years before we started dating. So I've known him for almost nine years now."

"When's the wedding?" Grisha asked with a small smile.

"In around three months," Eren said happily, "Levi and I are both teachers so we thought it would be best to have it over winter break," Eren said with a small shrug.

"That's nice," Grisha smiled. "You're a teacher?" He asked a little surprised.

"Well kinda," Eren shrugged, "I mostly just help all of the teachers and work as a teacher's aide. I find the best methods to help the students learn," Eren said explaining it as best he could.

"I see," his father nodded, he seemed a little upset and Eren called him out on it.

"Why? Is that a problem?" Eren asked seeing the disappointed look flash over his father's face. He crossed his arms and leaned back a little.

"No, nothing's wrong with it." He quickly said not wanting to give Eren the wrong impression of his disappointment. He then sighed, "I just always expected you to do something with art," Grisha shrugged.

Eren uncrossed his arms and sat up a little bit hearing this. Why would his father of all people know that he loved art?

"Ever since you were little you used to love drawing and painting things, even when you grew up a little more I would remember finding some drawings every once and a while from a paper that had fallen out of your backpack," he said lowering his head, "they were really good," he whispered.

Eren shifted in his chair a little bit, he never expected that response. "Actually," Eren said clearing his throat, "I do art on the side," Eren smiled a little and reached for his phone. He pulled it out and opened it clearing the text notifications from Mikasa before opening his camera roll and clicking on the art album. "These are some of the things I've done over the years, that is if you want to see them?" Eren asked and when Grisha nodded. Eren handed him the phone starting with the first picture.

Grisha scrolled through all the pictures asking him about some of them especially some where it was clear Eren was going through a hard time while painting them. He stopped at a newer painting of flowers and asked Eren about it and he told him that he painted this for two students from his work. He explained the flowers meanings to him and told him that they matched the kids' personalities. The next pictures are of a room that was obviously for children and Eren explained that the two students he was talking about were the two kids living with him since they were kicked out of their house.

"I see," Grisha said handing Eren the phone back, "well they have a great person watching over them," he said with a smile.

"Thanks," Eren said and clicked on a different album in his photo gallery. "Do you, um, wanna see a picture of Levi?" Eren asked hesitantly.

Grisha looked a little surprised at first but then gave Eren a smile then nodded. "I would love to see who you're marrying," Grisha said and Eren clicked on one of the newest pictures that Hanji had taken of them and handed the phone to Grisha.

Grisha looked at the picture and a smile slipped onto his face. Eren was standing next to this 'Levi' person and had his arm draped over his shoulder while Eren seemed to be laughing and Levi had a smile and was looking up at Eren with eyes that proclaimed their love for the dorky boy.

"Our friend took that picture of us while we were joking around a few weeks ago," Eren said with a little smile.

"You seem happy," Grisha said before handing the phone back to Eren. "And he seems to really care about you," he nodded, "I'm glad."

"Yeah, I'm happier than I've been, ever actually," Eren said with a little nod of his head, "Levi's the reason for that," Eren said looking at the picture and letting an involuntary smile slip on to his face before turning off his phone and putting it away.

"Without Levi would you still be happy?" Grisha asked.

"What do you mean by that?" Eren asked a little skeptical of what he meant.

"I mean are you happy with yourself?" Grisha asked, "you can't rely on someone else for your happiness, you need to be happy with yourself before you're happy with others," Grisha said with a shrug as he rubbed the back of his head. "That might not make sense," Grisha said after a moment.

"No it makes sense," Eren said taking a minute to think, "I mean yeah I'm happy with myself for the most part," Eren said with a nod. "There was a time when I used to think that I wouldn't be able to live without Levi, but recently I've realized that with or without him I would be alright after a while," Eren said seriously. "Though I would prefer to be with him," Eren said the last part with a joking smile.

"That's good," Grisha said "if you aren't able to find happiness with yourself-," Grisha started before cutting himself off.

"Then what?" Eren said wanting him to finish his sentence.

"Well," Grisha sighed, "Carla was my only happiness, and when I lost her I started looking for happiness for other things," Grisha shook his head, "I turned to alcohol and that seemed to help, but only for a little while, and eventually that stopped working too." Grisha looked Eren in the eyes. "I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you aren't happy being yourself, well you turn in to me," Grisha sighed before giving Eren a little smile. "But in the end, I finally found that happiness I was looking for though," Grisha said with some tears forming in his eyes.

"How?" Eren asked.

"You," he said with a smile. "This. I guess what I was looking for all along was right in front of me. Of course, I am realizing this years too late," Grisha said laying back on the bed.

"Several years late," Eren said back with a sigh. "You know this was all I wanted growing up," Eren sighed. "To have a dad who actually gave a shit," Eren said with a shrug, "When I finally give up on that fantasy you have to go and finally start caring," Eren let out a chuckle to try and downplay the seriousness of what he was saying. "Of course," Eren sighed mentally choking back the tears before they even had a chance to form.

"I know, I'm a real bastard aren't I," Grisha said with a chuckle despite actually meaning it.

"The biggest," Eren said back with a smile rolling his eyes.

After they talked for a little while more Eren stood up with a sigh. "I have to head home," he said checking the time. "I promised to be back before dinner."

"Thank you for coming," Grisha said sincerely with a nod of his head.

Eren paused for a moment with hesitation before finally speaking up, "I'll come back and visit," he said.

"You will," Grisha asked sitting up with a surprised look on his face, "I mean I wouldn't blame you if you didn't I was horrible to you," Grisha said looking down at the floor.

"I'll be back within the next few days," Eren said before walking to the doorway. He stopped and looked back at his dad once more who seemed like a whole new person. "Maybe I'll bring a sketchbook or two and show you some of the sketches I've been working on," Eren suggested.

Grisha nodded with a smile, "I'd like that," he said.

Eren smiled back and said goodbye before walking out to his car. He got in and sat there for a few minutes just staring at the steering wheel lost in thought. After a few minutes, he finally turned on the car and backed out of the parking spot and headed home. While he was driving he left the radio off and stayed in his thoughts as he drove. He got home before he knew it and he stayed outside sitting in the car with it off. He pulled his phone out of his pocket to see a few missed calls from Mikasa and several miss texts from her. There was one from Levi which he decided to check first.

"Remember not to be late for dinner, hope everything's going okay. Love you, hun," the text had said. Eren read it and smiled before looking at Mikasa's.

All of Mikasa's texts were her panicking or asking Eren what he was thinking. "Are you home yet? Are you seriously still there? Eren what is going through your head? Eren? Eren answer me? Eren? Eren? Eren?" Eren read the messages the last ten text just being his name.

He sighed before texting back, "Mikasa, I'm fine. Stop panicking for no reason," He clicked send and got an immediate reply.

"What happened? What did that bastard do?" She asked.

Eren just shut off the phone and sighed before getting out of the car and walking in the house. He opened the door and heard the kids upstairs talking and heard Levi was in the kitchen he looked at the time 7: 57 pm. "Three minutes to spare," he mumbled to himself before making his way to the kitchen.

Levi was still cooking and hadn't noticed him come in, or so Eren thought, but when Eren walked up to him he turned around throwing his arms around him. "Didn't think you could sneak up on me did you?" Levi asked placing a kiss on Eren's cheek.

"Nope," Eren smiled, "you actually pay attention to your surroundings," Eren said with a laugh.

"So how'd it go," Levi asked.

"We'll talk about it later," Eren said giving Levi a kiss, "but first let's have dinner," Eren said with a smile.

Levi agreed and a moment later there was a knock at the door. "That should be Ash," Levi said, "can you get the door," Levi asked and Eren nodded.

Eren walked back over to the door and opened it greeting Ash. He let her in and they proceeded to talk in the living room till Levi came in to tell them Dinner was ready. They called up to the kids and everyone gathered at the dinner table for dinner. Eren left his phone in the living room since he knew even on silent Mikasa would be blowing it up.