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dammitadolfnomorecake · 3 years

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Undercover Lover prt 11

Eren seemed much better than when Hannes had wheeled him away. Then again, when you’ve hit the bottom, it’s hard to go any further down. Apologetic, Eren had wanted to call a taxi, Levi “bullying” him into getting into the “shitty car, before he had Hannes lock him up overnight”. Almost immediately Eren passed out in the passenger seat, snoring softly as Levi drove him across town and back to his apartment, trying to act like his alpha wasn’t secretly pleased at the thought of having Eren around. Hannes had given him one little yellow bottle of pills for Eren to take three times a day over the next five days. Eren’s colour somewhat back to normal, though the drowsiness remained and made it hard to get the brat out of his damn car and into the building.

Unlike Eren, Levi’s apartment was in a good neighbourhood. No junk cars, or car parts, lay scattered around. No dodgy painting, and most importantly, no dodgy shitty stairs to climb. The alpha had worked hard to get his shit together. The apartment chosen for its location and the fact that the building manager actually kept up with the upkeep. Everything he had he’d poured into finding a suitable address where he’d no longer have to fight and scrape for what he wanted. Fighting brought the cash in, yet so did work, and he’d never been one to spend frivolously.

Unlocking the door, Levi supported Eren inside. His own apartment decorated very minimalisticly, though that was by choice and not by budget constraints. Everything he owned served it’s purpose. Guiding Eren in, he lowered the beta down onto the sofa, Eren letting himself flip sideways like a child

“No feet on the sofa. Not with those shitty boots on”

Groaning at him, Eren tried to sit himself back up, Levi mentally sighing

“I’ll do it. Don’t even think about puking on my sofa, you shitty brat”

“I’m sorry. I can go home...”

The beta’s voice was low and rasping, Eren was in no state to be left alone

“And die? Shut up and let me get your boots”

“I shouldn’t be here...”

“No. If you’d actually listened to what you were told, you wouldn’t be so damn sick”

Sighing at him, Eren moved his leg as Levi tried to take his boot off him. He wasn’t playing this damn game with a grown man

“Do you ever get tired of being right?”

“Do you ever get tired of being so damn tall?”

“At least I know when it’s raining before you do”

Jerking Eren’s leg solidly, Levi started on his laces. The beta getting the message

“Okay. Okay. I’ll shut up. I’m sorry I caused you all this inconvenience”

“Tch. It’s fine. I shouldn’t have blown up at you this morning”

“I wanted to apologise to you, but I drank your tea”

Getting Eren’s first boot off, Levi started on the second, aware he was once again going to have to touch Eren’s gross socks

“You drank my tea?”

“Ordered it at the cafe without thinking... Wanted to try and understand you...”

A rush of affection for the man nearly had Levi falling on his arse. What the hell was he supposed to do with that?

“And?”

“You need more sugar in your diet”

Snorting, Levi shook his head. Eren seemed completely out of it, how he managed to make quips while looking like death warmed up, Levi didn’t know

“Is that so?”

“It was so bitter... you’re not bitter... I’m really sorry I drank your tea”

“You can buy me another one next time”

Getting Eren’s otherboot and sock off, Levi wanted to throw them off the balcony. The man could at least invest in better footwear

“Okay... I think I’m going to pass out now”

“Fine, but don’t even think about expiring on my sofa”

“I won’t get my death germs on your sofa... Thank you... Levi”

He was not a teenage girl. He did not get a thrill at Eren saying his name. None at all. No weird warmth in his chest. None of that. That was not for him. Feelings were worse than germs. At least with germs you could shower them in disinfectant

“You’re welcome, Eren. Get some sleep”

“Still... sorry”

Eren always had to get the last damn word in... and always had to find a way to make a nuisance of himself. Within moments he’d dozed off... Levi then faced with getting the lanky shit up the sofa and covered with a blanket after fishing out Eren’s phone and keys... reminding him that Erwin should have messaged him back by now. God. The shitty lanky shit in front of him always found a way to get under his damn skin like some kind of Eren sized infection. Now he had him sleeping on his sofa with his filthy germs... and didn’t actually mind as much as he should have.

Waking with a low groan, Eren had had better days. Next to him something was clicking rhythmically, and the TV across from him was most definitely not his. Alarmed, and not remembering Levi taking him home, he went to shoot off the sofa, only for a firm hand to grab him by the shoulder and pull him back down

“Don’t move too fast. You’ll hurl all over the place and I’m not cleaning up”

“Wha...”

Slowly pieces came back to him. Eren’s face heating up as he let out another groan. Hannes... the bathroom... the emergency department... Levi...

“I’m sorry”

“Tch. You wake up and the first thing you do is try and fucking bolt... then you apologise. You’re definitely a strange one”

“Sorry. Fuck. You took me the hospital, right?”

“Yep. Some shitty dumbarse couldn’t recognise he had an infection, no, he had to go and collapse at work”

Infection? No... not an infection... Oh... Hannes must have covered for him with Levi

“In my defence, nothing seemed infected”

“In your defence, you’re a moron”

That was well deserved. Shit... Every breath he took in he could smell Levi. This was probably the worst place he could be right now given the real reason he’d ended up in hospital was his body’s inability to cope with his dynamics shifting for the first time in his life

“I’ll... get out of your hair. I must have been a pain in the arse”

“You’re not going anywhere tonight. Food. Shower. Shit. Whatever. I’ll drop you home on the way to work tomorrow”

No. He had to go to work

“I can work”

“You’re a stubborn arsehole, you know that, right? Doctor’s orders, brat. Hannes said you weren’t to be alone tonight. Given you went and collapsed with a shitty fever, he probably has a point”

No.... No. He really couldn’t be around Levi. If his dynamic shifted further... If his scent... They’d already fucked

“I’ll be okay...”

“Shut the fuck up already. You and me need to have a talk”

Shit. Did Levi know? Hannes. No. Hannes wouldn’t have told him... Hannes didn’t know the full story to tell. Something scratched at the back of his mind, the feeling uncomfortable as his whole mood kind of fell, a whine trying to escape as Eren cleared his throat

“We do?”

“Yeah, we do. But first you need food and to brush your damn teeth. I can smell your stink from up here”

Maybe it was slightly wrong, but bossy Levi was kind of... hot. The moment the thought crossed his mind, Eren stomped it down firmly. He wasn’t a lovestruck teen. He wasn’t even a real omega. He’d been a beta that wasn’t a whole beta for his life. He didn’t have that second dynamic looking out for him and offering advice on how to handle things around him. Everything felt confusing as fuck and it was Hannes’s fault for putting this all back on Levi. His dynamic had started shifting after he’d met Levi. It possibly could relate to one of Levi’s friends, but he wouldn’t have continued to experience symptoms of it had.

“Then how about you show me around already? Let’s see how many dust bunnies you’ve missed”

Smacking him on the side of the head, Eren groaned yet again

“If there’s any fucking dust around it’s your fault for taking up my whole damn day”

“Don’t snark at me. It’s not my fault. You could have left me there”

“No one deserves to be on that shitty filthy floor”

“I’m glad I rate above a “no one” in your opinion”

“Tch. I wouldn’t be doing this for just anyone”

So he was a someone to Levi? Eren felt an almost rush of happiness at the idea, yet it wasn’t quite there at the same time. Trying to reach for the feeling, it evaporated away. Moving to sit up much slower this time, he wasn’t stopped by Levi, who turned out to be busy on his laptop, explaining the clicking he’d been doing. Quickly the alpha shut the lid, Eren feeling as if he’d interrupted something he wasn’t supposed to see.

A quick tour around the apartment later and a shower in Levi’s ridiculously clean bathroom, Eren dragged himself out to dining area. Levi in the middle of placing a second bowl on the table

“There you are. I thought you’d escaped down the shower drain”

“And fuck up all your hard work? This place is nice”

Levi clearly took care of things, unlike him who tried and got nowhere fast. Decorated with light wood furniture, and deep green, the place had a kind of foresty feel about it. Set up for the alpha, Levi seemed to have no room mate, nor did he care too. Everything screamed this was his space and you kept your mouth shut if you didn’t want to be booted out the door. It was so Levi that Eren almost enjoyed being out of place

“I bet you clogged the drain with that long hair of yours”

Instead of lecturing him, Levi just sighed at the end of the sentence

“Probably. I’m sorry if I have... Are you sure you want me here?”

“You’re here and it’s fine. I made soup, so sit down and fucking eat something before you go collapsing again”

Right. He shouldn’t assume Levi cared more than outside how much he’d unconvinced him. Still queay, Eren wasn’t sure he’d keep anything down, not as long as his body kept betraying him and reacting to Levi’s presence

“Thanks... and thank you. I...”

“Can it, brat. If you apologise one more time, or thank me again, I’m going to punch you”

Right... yep. He was being a nuisances. He was good at that... Forcing a thin smile to his lips, Eren nodded

“Okay, let eat”

#undercover lover #undercoverlover

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