Too Lost in Love

It was that time of the spring when not only the flowers on the trees bloomed, but feelings too. The high schoolers were slowly getting over their frozen dead inside state and were starting to stare out the windows dreamily, catching the first rays of the truly warm sun. Exams were coming soon, but, as it usually happened, everyone kind of forgot about it, instead going for long walks with their pets, friends, significant others... Speaking of significant others. I think it's illegal to be so handsome and unavailable at the same time, that's what Eren thought when he bored his eyes into his classmate's Levi's undercut again, as if trying to hypnotize it. The latter, and he was a million percent sure about that, felt it, but never reacted to it for some reason. He just stared at the poor guy with those ghostly eyes, as if he were a fucking idiot.

So she said, "What's the problem, baby?"

What's the problem? I don't know

Well, maybe I'm in love (love)

Think about it every time

I think about it

Can't stop thinking 'bout it

However, Eren himself did not consider himself a fucking idiot, which is why he kept stubbornly trying to achieve his attraction object's attention with the most trusted methods. Well, yeah, he had a tab in his browser with "Top 100 pick-up lines that will help you steal his heart". So what if he tried ninety nine of those? The teacher was talking tediously about twentieth century literature. He probably wanted to go home to his family soon himself instead of teaching someone equally as tired to shits. Someone was already yawning openly, someone was on their phone, scrolling through the social medias feeds. Only Armin was being good and took notes, but even he was on his last breath. He decided to pass every exam with the perfect scores to rightfully consider himself the best. Which wasn't that bad of a dream. And Levi's eyes really were transparent. There he was looking, looking and not understanding what color they were, whether gray or light blue, his fluffy lashes and hanging bangs didn't let him get a good enough look. His lips, in Jaeger's expert opinion, were perfect. Neither plump nor thin. Perfect for kissing. But now the lesson ended and everyone rushed into the hall immediately, whether to have lunch, meet up with friends or have a smoke behind the school. Levi was with the last category, which is why Jaeger headed there, ignoring the usual bunch of girls' glances. By the way, Eren was that one popular guy type from those Netflix series. He didn't want to admit it himself, but his self-esteem rose a bit above average from all these rumors, which, however, added him some charm because when a person knows how attractive they are, they start to exploit it. For example, he could use it to copy from excellent students with impunity, or borrow the class keys from janitors and teachers. However, in his sixteen years never has he ever had a serious relationship. Not just girls, but guys too clung to him in the clubs, asking to treat him to some cocktail and fake cheerily pulling him to the dance floor just to get in bed with him in the end. One night stands became a pattern, and then a habit. At some point it stopped bringing him any satisfaction when this guy, who turned absolutely everything upside-down, appeared.

Come on, come on

Turn a little faster

Come on, come on

The world will follow after

Come on, come on

Because everybody's after love

"Hey, Levi!" Eren called out, looking at the brunette's sharp profile. The latter turned his head, but, as he understood who was calling him, continued his conversation with Erwin as if nothing happened. Oh, this Erwin. He was the second popular guy in school after Jaeger, which was already slightly annoying, but the fact that he could talk to Levi as his best friend from their very childhood annoyed the hell out of him. "You're like hot chocolate and I'm like a marshmallow. You're hot and I want to be on top of you," Eren made his last, hundredth attempt in pick-up lines, hoping that he won't end up with a face full of asphalt, which happened several times already. Erwin's broad shoulders began to shake and his cheeks inflated in his attempts to hold the laughter in as he watched Levi slowly turn around and lift his head to give the poor guy a head start. But it seemed like Eren was a fucking idiot after all because he remained there with his eyes screwed shut in this damned smoking area where the smoke from cigarettes, vapes and weed has long been ingrained even in the concrete walls. Just the perfect stage for Euphoria. "You and me are not socks, though we could've been a great pair," Eren blurted out in an attempt to rehabilitate himself, but it seemed like he only worsened the situation, because now Smith was one hair away from rolling on the ground laughing, and Levi was rolling up his shirt's sleeves. "Jaeger," he started threateningly, fixing his cuffs and warming his wrists up. "I'm giving you exactly three seconds to fuck off me and get the fuck out." Every time he phrased it differently, but the meaning was invariably the same.

Well, baby, I surrender

To the strawberry ice cream

Never ever end of all this love

Well, I didn't mean to do it

But there's no escaping your love, oh

"But..." "Jaeger, for the hundredth time, stop fucking annoying me," Levi started, but quickly shut his mouth, realizing his mistake. His eyes opened wide. The color of the summer sky, barely touched by the pre-dawn haze. For the first time in several years of knowing Ackerman, he saw the uncertainty in his eyes. It appeared that something went wrong for Mr. I Have It Under Control ah his formerly calm face stretched in surprise. "Oh, so you've been counting, huh?" Eren asked playfully, now without any fear. "Wanna be a lucky one? Let's go on a date." He stretched out his hand with the grin of a winner. "Fucking fine, if only to stop hearing your stupid pick-up lines," Ackerman rolled his eyes, ignoring the open hand and walking past him. But Eren already knew that behind this intentional lack of interest hid an emotional storm. "Have you always been so cute or have you been working on it?" Jaeger asked quickly before he pecked the brunette on his lips, before the latter remembered himself, however, Levi tangled his hands in his long hair, tilting the other's head to himself and not allowing to pull back. It may appear that they needed to stop already, but when right here, right in that moment these strong hands pulled him down by the collar of his shirt and the desired lips crushed his own, it didn't matter. The entire world narrowed down to this one point.

Accidentally in love Accidentally

Maybe his pick-up lines were stupid, maybe he was stupid himself, but being his age, when everything in his heart turned upside-down just from one glance of that single person, when the hours apart were unbearable and the time spent together seemed the brightest and the most vividly remembered, he had nothing to lose. The students who were returning to school were glancing at them weirdly, someone with envy, others with disgust, and the third ones with happiness for their favorite couple. Among them were also those who cared about this relationship more than for their own. But Eren was too lost in his love to pay any attention to them.