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“Levi Ackerman.”
A round of applause was heard as a certain black-haired boy walked calmly up the stage to receive his certificate. Levi had finally completed middle school.
**
“I like you.”
Levi stood there – too stunned to move. He looked to his left at a certain mess of a brown hair boy who had just confessed to him; cheeks red to no limit and hands balled up at his sides with cherry blossom petals gently falling around him.
Thinking that Levi didn’t catch that, Eren repeated, “I like you, Levi.” He gulped. “For a long time now.”
**
Eren never gave a second glance at girls, so he didn’t think of dating any. But it was different for Levi. His eyes would always follow him and he’ll go into a daze thinking about him every day. He thought about how it would feel like to date Levi, how it would feel like to hold his hand, how it would feel like to kiss him. He was never interested in girls or anyone in particular, but Levi was a special case.
Armin and Mikasa knew there was something between them.
“Do you like Levi?” Armin asked all of a sudden while he was hanging out with Eren and Mikasa.
Eren almost choked on his orange juice as he looked at his best friend with wide eyes.
“What? With the midget?” Mikasa asked, clearly not happy about it.
“N-No! I don’t!”
“Your blush is betraying you.”
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"Eren."
“I-I-I don’t know guys, I always get this flutter in my heart whenever I see him in school or think of him. I never felt like this before.” Eren explained as he grasped his shirt.
“So, you like him then?”
“I don’t know!”
“Do you hate the feeling?”
Eren stopped and think. He didn’t dislike it, in fact, he felt happy inside whenever he saw Levi along the corridor and their eyes met; Levi giving a smirk and that sent Eren smiling like a schoolgirl for the whole day. “No.”
“Then, that’s your answer.” Armin smiled as he patted Eren’s shoulder.
“B-But don’t you think this kind of stuff is weird? I mean, aren’t I suppose to like a girl instead?” Eren asked, clearly worried.
“Eren, it doesn’t matter which gender you are interested in. If you are happy, then that’s all it matters. If others judge you for that, just remember that I’m always here to give you my full support.” Armin smiled.
“I’ll punch whoever dares to say bad things about you, Eren.” Mikasa promised as she hugged her brother.
“Thanks guys. I love you guys so much.” Eren laughed as he hugged back, tears threatening to fall.
“It also applies to Levi. If he dares to make you cry, I won’t forgive him.” Mikasa said as she let go of Eren.
“M-Mikasa! It’s not like w-we’re dating or anything right n-now.” Eren stuttered as he looked down on the table, blushing like a schoolgirl, his best friend and sister laughing and smiling at his silly reaction.
**
“I like you too.”
Wait. Did Eren hear wrongly? Did Levi just said that he liked him too? Eren looked up and saw that Levi was looking to the front with his hand covering part of his face, hiding his light blush.
“H-Huh?” Great. Now he sounded like some idiot.
“I said, I like you too, for a long time; since the beginning, since the first time I saw you at the bus stop.” Levi said too much, but he didn’t care – he wanted his feelings to get through the thick skull of Eren’s.
Levi dropped his hand and looked at Eren who was now blushing like mad while looking at the ground with his mouth open. “Eren?”
Immediately, Eren coverd his face with his hands and squatted on the ground. Levi immediately ran towards him, thinking that something was wrong. “Eren? Are you alright?” Levi asked as he squatted in front of him and gently placed his hand on his shoulder and felt a little of a jump from Eren.
“I didn’t think that you’d return my feelings.” Eren mumbled as he hid his face in his knees.
“I didn’t think that you’d even confess to me, I’ve thought of carrying these feelings to my grave.” Levi huffed as he looked up into the cherry blossom trees that were surrounding them. He remembered seeing a certain brown haired boy staring at him from afar while he was admiring the cherry blossoms just a year ago, running away with a red face when he noticed that he was staring too much.
“Do you regret it?”
“Hmm?”
“I said, do you regret that this confession happened?” Eren asked again, this time looking up into the pair of grey orbs.
Levi stared into the pair of ocean greens.
“No, I don’t.”