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It was strange, Levi had never gotten letters. I mean, yes, he had friends. But, nowadays, there was texting and such. The front of the letter had his name written neatly in cursive letters, with his correct home address. He had never really thought of it, due to his lateness to school, so he stuffed it inside his bag and decided to read it on his way.
He rolled his shoulders, and cracked his neck as he walked, attempted to relax his seemingly always stressed body. As he was walking, a sudden remembrance for the suspicious letter with no return address came to mind.
He realized that his school was approaching, but paid no mind as he ripped open the colored envelope, revealing a letter, excuse him, multiple letters, not exactly as he predicted. But, the weird thing was, this was in his his handwriting. As if, he had sent it to himself.
Levi rose an eyebrow, and unfolded the most recently dated letter with slight caution and gentleness.
"5/12/15
Dear Levi Ackerman,
You may be wondering, why the actual fuck is there a letter with your handwriting in a suspiciously colored envelope. Well, it's me. Well, you? In the future. Ten years from now, you are a lonely soul.
Ha, no. You are married. Have a kid. Ha, another joke. No, you are not married, but you do have a child. I'm not going to tell you their name though. I don't know why, I just don't feel like it. I'm just that fucked up.
You're probably thinking, knowing myself well enough at the ripe age of seventeen, "Who the fuck is this creep writing me acting like he is me?" I am you. Don't try to reason with me, for I am not in your timeline.
Let me just reveal your secrets of the time, then. This will prove enough. You are depressed. You take anti-depressants, every single day without fail. You feel as if you cannot breathe. You feel as if it's your fault your heavenly best friend died. Does anybody else know this besides your mother and father, Kuchel and Jonathan, who you treat as delicately as possible much to their despise? The answer is, no. Your parents though: They want you to be mean. You have too many regrets to act that way, you softie.
People are scared of you. With your nasty glare and never ending scowl. But do not try to trick me. I know you. I am you. I know how you helped that god forsaken dirty ass kitten off the road, or how you always get up for women on the train. No, this is not Hanji, Erwin Petra, or even Oluo. I know more about you, than even you do. That is because I am the Levi Ackerman of the future.
Now just trust me when I say this. There is going to be a new boy in your class today. His name is Eren.
He is tall, and seems like his eyes are never ending color of blue, green, or whatever the fuck combination they are. You’re gay as fuck. Do not even get me started on that. But, on no circumstance do you ask him to walk home with you guys. Do not let Hanji’s never ending pestering or Erwin’s authority or Petra’s kindness or Oluo’s impersonating convince you otherwise to not let this hot boy walk home with you guys.
You may be coming off as a complete jerk by saying no, but this is for everyone’s own good. No, Eren is not a bad guy. It is just for the best.
Sincerely,
Levi Ackerman of 2025.”
Levi’s eyes widened, as he approached the gates of his school, getting ‘good mornings’ or ‘hello!’ from half the school’s population. He stuffed the letter into his pocket, and shivered slightly. “Letter from my future self?” Levi mumbled. “What did you say?” Hanji yelled as they ran up, grasping onto Levi’s shoulders.
Levi shook Hanji off, and glared. “Nothing.” Hanji giggled, and continued to walk with his to the classroom. On the way, they met up with Erwin and Oluo, Petra already being inside being her normal early bird self, always being one of the first ones to be at the silent school, ready to learn. Okay, silence is an extreme lie. It is never silent, Levi swore. There is always some kind of inhumane noise being sounded somewhere on the school’s grounds, it was horrifying but strangely funny in a way.
Levi had never been the type to enjoy loud noises, but it was quite funny to hear the wide variety people could make during school hours despite the many complaints of staff and neighboring residents.
But, nobody could do anything about it. They can’t tell someone, “Hey, stop making those inhumane noises.” Which, actually yes, they could but they could never find anyone who made the noises which always seemed to confuse Levi to a certain extent. That there were people out there who literally could make noises that sounded like a dog or a barn owl.
But, whatever. What could Levi do? He randomly wondered if he could make a noise sounding like a tropical bird, just as the teacher came walking in. “Squaaaaaaaa!” Everyone looked at him. Levi’s eyes widened. Holy shit. ‘Was that....’ Hanji burst out laughing, as a certain brown haired mop peaked in through the sliding door, confused at what exactly the noise was. “Ackerman....” The teacher mumbled angrily. Levi could see his sister Mikasa attempting to hold back chuckled despite her usually stoic face. Even Erwin was getting a kick out of it, despite his serious nature. Petra’s head even rose from her notebook, as Oluo attempted to make the same noise.
“Uh? Oh, I am kind of sorry. Not fully, though. I really wanted to see if I could make a inhumane noise that sounded like a tropical bird because there always seems to be inhumane noise throughout the school so I was hoping I could join that, but not really meaning for it to be outloud. I am not really fully sorry, because I am actually really happy I could make that noise. Okay, judging by your face, you are mildly amused, so yeah. I hope I am not in trouble?” Hanji could not stop laughing, and by now the brunette mop of hair had stepped in, and was laughing. Mr. Shadis simply sighed, and smiled.
The whole class was quite frankly surprised due to Levi’s normal straight to the point attitude. “It is alright, I suppose, Ackerman. Now, class, pay attention. This is Eren Yeager,” Mr. Shadis gestured to the smiling boy. “He is now apart of our class. Please make him feel welcome. You can sit next to mister tropical bird over there, oh excuse me, Mr. Ackerman.” Levi scoffed and raised his hand, basically saying, “I am short as fuck so if you cannot see me for some reason I am over here.” The tall boy, who was accurately described in his letter, sat down next to Levi, and turned to him. “Hi. I’m Eren.” Levi looked at him through the corner of his eye. “So I have heard,” And turned back to the board. Eren did not seem discouraged though, and continued to smile throughout the lesson. “He isn’t too bad...” Levi thought.
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“Hey! Eren!” Hanji exclaimed after school was over. Eren turned to her, and then turned to Levi, still smiling. “Walk home with us!” Hanji yelled. Levi wanted to say no, but the way that Eren’s face brightened up like it was the best day of his life, Levi just could not say anything. There can’t be any harm... Eren seems to nice for his own good. Maybe that letter... Was inaccurate. Well, it did say everything correctly. But Levi just could not deny the boy. He was just adorable, and he simply could not say ‘No, you’re ugly bye.’ Like that would just, be too much.
“Oh, okay!” Eren responded. Hanji sighed, looking at Levi. “Well, at least if you don’t mind walking home with a grump named Levi.” Levi clicked his tongue, and threw up the middle finger. “I am not a grump. You are just annoying and overwhelming.” Hanji laughed, and threw their arms around him. “Atleast I didn’t make exotic bird noises in the middle of class.”
Levi shoved her off, and said simply, “It was before class, and like I said, I did not mean to. But, you have to admit, it was pretty accurate, am I right?” Levi turned to Eren, waiting for a response. Eren chuckled, and nodded. “I swear, I thought you guys had a pet parrot or something and I got so excited I looked inside just to see it was you! I can’t help but say I wasn’t disappointed. I was happy that I could at least have someone near me that could remind me of my love for exotic birds by making noises like that!”
Levi could not help but smirk. “I am glad to have been of good service.” Erwin walked up, and hit Levi on the back, earning him a glare. “That noise was pretty loud, Levi.” Erwin said sternly. Levi threw up his hand, and shoved it in Erwin’s face. “It’s none of your fucking buisness, is it?” Levi could hear Oluo laughing from across the room, Petra trailing, their hands intertwined. “Damn, Levi! That hand in the face was gay as fuck!” Petra practically screamed, receiving strange looks due to Petra usually being one of the quiet ones.
“Please. Tell me something I don’t know.” Hanji laughed as we all gathered, walking in a group out of the school, talking and laughing throughout the walk home.
Levi could not help but feel the seemingly never ending itching that told him that this was a bad idea. He could not get the thought of the letter home, despite his usual self of not caring usually taking place by now. It was just plain creepy, getting a letter from someone who claimed to be your future self. It was simply not normal.
As soon as he got home, he read the letter for tomorrow’s date.
“5/13/15
I am assuming you did not listen to my pleas due to your gayness. So, here is why.
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Eren’s mom died. She commit suicide.
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He won’t be at school for the next couple of days.
Now, no matter what you think, it is absolutely not your fault. I still do not even know if it was preventable. But, I will not let you live with all the regrets I have now. So, please follow these letters so you will not grow up to be the recluse I am now being a single father with an adopted 3 year old child named, Eren.
Please, follow everything I say in these letters.
Sincerely,
Levi Ackerman.”