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"Levi, guess what," Eren practically shrieked in the phone causing Levi to flinch. He really shouldn't have picked up his phone. He probably wouldn't have answered if he had known Eren would be hollering in his ear at the butt-crack of dawn on a Saturday. But he decided since he was already on the phone he might as well humor the brat on the other end.
"What Eren."
"I'm not gonna tell you; you have to guess," Eren giggled. Levi rolled his eyes. It was too early in the morning for childish games.
"No thanks, I'm good."
"Just guess!"
Levi glanced at his alarm clock on his desk. The florescent green numbers read 9:00 which meant it was still too damn early for Eren’s bullshit. "I'm not gonna guess Eren," he said exasperatedly, "just tell me before I hang up the goddamn phone."
His harsh tone made Eren sigh in defeat, "Fine, party pooper, I'll tell you. You know how you've been tutoring me."
"No I had no idea," Levi said sarcastically.
"Shut up or I won't tell you," Levi didn't have the heart to tell Eren it didn't matter of he told him or not so he just waited silently, "I got a C+ on my literature test”
“A C+,” Levi repeated.
“Yes a C+,” Levi could hear the grin in Eren’s voice. He seemed pretty excited for a C.Honestly Levi wasn’t even sure whether or not that was a good thing. He blinked twice before responding hesitantly.
“That’s… great Eren.”
“It’s not really that good but it’s better than my last grade,” Eren laughed.
“Does that mean you still need help?” Levi tried to sound indifferent but probably failed. It’s not that he wanted to spend time with Eren, he would just be bored without anyone to pick on. He had nothing to do and a practically nonexistent social life so tutoring Eren had become his primary source of entertainment.
“Yeah,” Eren said, “I’m still barely passing the class so I will need a little extra help, but if you don’t want to I could ask Armin.”
“No, Its fine,” Levi said softly yawning, “I wouldn’t want to put Armin through that kind of pain especially the day before his birthday.”
“Oh yeah,” Eren proclaimed, “My friends and I are planning a surprise party for him. Are you going to come?” Levi was about to say yes then paused. He wasn’t quite sure if he should go. Yeah Armin was his friend, but other than him and Eren; Levi probably wouldn’t know anyone. He was pretty sure the majority of the group would be a bunch of rowdy 19 year olds. Sure, Levi was only 22, but he most of the times he acted more like a 30 year old man. He was pretty sure he would end up as either the odd man out or an unwanted babysitter. He really didn’t want to be either.
“I don’t know,” Levi responded, “I won’t know anyone besides you two brats, and your friends probably won’t want me there.”
“So what, if you’re really worried about that, treat this as a chance to make some new acquaintances,” Eren said, “If anyone has a problem with it they can suck my ass because it's Armin’s party not theirs.”
“Ok. I’ll come.”
“Good,” Eren said, "it's tonight from nine pm to twelve at Armin's apartment." Eren said before hanging up the phone, not giving Levi a chance to change his mind.
"What kind of idiot waits until the last minute to ask these people kind of things," Levi groaned. He looked at his clock which now read 9:10. He doubted he would be able to go back to sleep so he sighed and got dressed. He only had a few hours to figure out an acceptable gift for Armin. He cursed Eren silently and grabbed his keys paying his car was in a good mood. It seemed to have worked because besides a few odd noises Levi's car acted fine.
Levi drove to the mall whilst searching his mind for gift ideas. The only thing he could come up with was a book that Armin kept saying he wanted to read, but he couldn't find at the library. He stopped at Barnes and Nobles to see if he could find the it. He searched for a little while and saw it in the bestselling fiction section. He wasn't sure that was a good enough gift, but he figured it would have to do. He quickly brought it to the register and grabbed a gift card just in case.
"That was surprisingly easy," he mumbled to himself walking out the store and into the nippy fall air. "I guess I can go home now since I don't have anything to do," He still needed to wrap the present and all that crap, but he had a little free time. So as soon as he got home he sat on the couch and took a nap.
...
Levi woke up at around eight and realized he had no idea where Armin's apartment was and he still hadn't gotten ready or wrapped the present.
"Shit," he said sending a text to Eren asking for Armin's address. He frantically put on a T-shirt some jeans and a flannel, figuring it looked casual enough before hearing a text notification and scrambling to his phone. He unlocked it only to find a very stupid message from Eren.
Eren:
Idk I forgot
Levi wanted to jump through his phone and strangle Eren. Sadly, that kind of thing was only possible in cartoons and movies.
Levi:
What do you mean you don't know. You're such a dumbass!
Eren replied quickly.
Eren:
I'm not a dumbass jeez.
Eren:
If u want I can give u a ride
Levi:
Ok
Eren:
10 minutes?
Levi:
Ok dumbass
Eren:
Ur so mean :(
Levi:
Thanks I try
He smiled at his phone, sat down, and waited.