A/N: This chapter will reveal my second OTP c:

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Eren's POV

Right now, I was in my office, doing work that needed to be finished soon. It was actually so much I had to do, my exhaustion was already showing off on my face and if I could, I'd have already slammed my head on the table and dozed off. Everything was so tiring. I needed distraction.

I wanted to be with Levi now.

But Levi was on a business trip for one week and today was his last day before he'd come home. A week without him was... I don't know, maybe upsetting or perhaps it was okay like that. Like that, I had the time and chance to review my feelings for him once again.

Was I really in love with him?

Was it really okay for me to be just a fuck partner to him?

Could I really play along without feeling as if my emotions were getting stomped by him?

Yes, yes and yes.

I didn't have a problem with any of these.

I can see him tomorrow again, right?

I remember how I told him on the phone yesterday that I would miss him and his body. And all of a sudden he had come up with a silly idea. He had tried to have telephone sex with me, but I hung up immediatly right after he had picked up that topic. As if I would do something like that! A few minutes later, I had received a message from him with the text 'Heh, what a little brat you still are.'

I noticed now that I had clenched my fists subconsciously when I was thinking about yesterday. Geez. Not everyone liked what you like, Levi!

I sat up on my chair, threw my head back and slowly breathed in and out to calm myself down from the stress. After that, I lowered my head again and faced my thighs now.

I wasn't sexually frustrated, was I? I wasn't. Neither did I have the urge to touch myself now. Levi and I hadn't really discussed it, but I think it was obvious for both of us that we shouldn't touch ourselves. For that we have our sex partner. Nevertheless, I guess this wasn't as much important as our agreement to not sleep with another person.

We didn't talk much about our 'relationship' in particular, but we could make restrictions without saying too much unnecessarily. Our relationship didn't differ from one of a couple. But, to my bad, we weren't a couple. Levi couldn't love. That's what he'd tell me every time.

I sighed heavily and closed my eyes partly. Damn, why was I in a depressive state right now? Why was I thinking of all this right now? Come on, Eren. Get a hold of yourself!

I was about to continue with my work when suddenly someone knocked on my door and the next second Armin's head popped in to my room, his bright eyes meeting with my emerald ones, smiling brightly at me and holding two cups in his hands.

"Coffee?" he asked cheerfully.

I smiled back at him, silently thanking him that he came right at time. "Yes, thank you. A coffee is what I need right now." The blond walked over to my desk and placed the cup on the table, looking at me then and giving a huge smile once more. I gladly accepted his offer, raised the mug to my lips and took a long sip from my coffee, sighing in relief when the coffeine spread in my body and let me feel more relaxed.

"How do you feel?" My best friend asked me then. He'd always feel concerned about me; over the years of bring friends it became normal for Armin to look after me. I was grateful for that. Armin was the best friend one could imagine.

"I'm okay I guess. Work is getting hard, but nothing terrible. By the way, Levi will come back soon, so even better for me."

I looked up from my mug and saw that Armin gave me that disapproving expression that I knew oh so well. I sighed and rolled my eyes. "Ugh, Armin. I know that you don't like how my 'relationship' with Levi is going, but as long as I am okay with it, you should accept it, too."

"Are you even okay with that?"

"I am."

"You sure? Eren, I don't want you to get hurt in the end. Don't push yours-"

"Armin." I stated sternly, signalling him that I didn't want to go on with that matter anymore.

He sighed, but soon he had his normal, cute expression again. "Alright. Your choice, your decisions."

"Now that you've asked about my life, I may as well ask about how it is going between you and horseface."

"Eren, that's rude. He has a name. Jean."

I huffed in annoyance and sipped my coffee. Jean and I didn't ever get along, but since he was the boyfriend of my best friend, I had to hold my anger back towards him.

"Besides...", the blond continued, "Everything is alright between us. He..." Armin put one of his blond locks behind his ear, playing with some other locks as he started to blush lightly and behaved a bit shy now. "He even proposed to me."

I choked on my coffee, causing with that to let some drops fall on my papers and even my shirt, staining it.

"He did what?! Wait! You didn't say 'yes' did you?" I stood up from my chair, leant forward and slammed my hands hard on my table.

Armin sipped casually his coffee and sent me a big happy grin then.

"Of course I said yes!" he exclaimed happily.

"I-Isn't that a bit too early?" I questioned cautiously after I had backed up a bit, not intending to hurt him with my words.

"No, it's alright." Armin answered, "We think it wouldn't make a difference if we marry now or later."

"E-Eh... Okay. Well, then... Congrats!" It was only now that I spotted the ring on his left ring finger. Oh god, how could I be that blind?!

"Thank you. You know, Jean and his parents are rich and so Jean came up with a pretty cool idea..." Armin made a little pause to rise the tension, but I noticed how he could barely hold his excitement back.

"Jean bought us an isle in the Atlantic! We will marry on our own island!" The blond literally shouted and squealed like a little boy. Oh gosh, how cute he was when he was happy.

"Your own island? That's great, Armin!" He hugged me and I hugged him back. It made me feel better, when I see how happy Armin was.

"Don't worry, Eren. I told Jean that I can't live there. I can't leave you, that's why. I don't want to leave my best friend. Jean didn't show any objection. He said that it would be difficult to live there forever, since the provision isn't that easily in a lonely island like ours. We only want to marry there and sometimes visit it for a few times."

"Thank you for caring, Armin. I wish you the best for the future." I think I was about to cry. Even after a proposal Armin still thought about me and how I'd feel if he were to move to another country. I'm really glad that I met him.

Armin released from the embrace. "Thanks, Eren. I'll send you the invitation soon. We all will go with a huge ship there. It'll be fun."

"I'm looking forward to it."

"Okay, I have to go to work now. Till later!" The blond exited my office and I made my way to dry off the stains on my sheets.

Armin will get married soon, huh? Wow, he had already achieved more in his life than I did, although I'm a bit older than him. Armin will have a husband soon and I... I can't be even in a proper relationship with the one I loved. How pathetic. But I must say that it didn't make me that upset. My hopes were still up.

My back was facing the door, when I heard it being opened again. I turned around, expecting to see Armin again.

"Did you forget something, Armi-"

It wasn't Armin. There in front of me stood a person, I expected to see here the least.

"Levi."