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Levi sighed and rolled his eyes for the umpteenth time; this stupid corporate team building exercise is lame and a stupid waste of an afternoon. He works perfectly well with his team, and they have one of the highest metrics across the board for the entire company.
Currently they are working with some people from a different branch of the company. His team had five people (including himself) and the other team had three for a total of eight people. The event organizers randomly paired them up together to work on a “trust fall” exercise and he had the unfortunate luck of being paired with the most irritating four-eyed blond prick he had ever met.
Levi’s train of thought was broken when the organizers had the large group lay out a bunch of mats on the floor of the area they would be doing the exercise. So people wouldn’t fall on the hard floor when their partners inevitably failed to catch them. A good way to head off any lawsuits this stupid “team building exercise” might result.
Levi grumbled while he grabbed for one of the mats, only for someone else to take it before he had the chance. He was about to snipe at the offender when he took a good look at him. The would-be cushion thief was with the other group, but somehow Levi only just now noticed him. And he was hot, really hot; tall, slim, with long legs and big green eyes. Levi really wouldn’t mind doing the exercise with him instead.
The stranger smiled brightly and introduced himself. “Hi, I’m Eren,” he said while holding out his hand to shake. Levi took his hand and introduced himself as well. Just then, the third member of the other team showed up with some more mats. Another blond jerk whom Eren introduced as Reiner, Eren’s assigned partner for this particular exercise.
Levi’s assigned partner also showed up, and to Levi’s surprise and displeasure, he went straight up to Reiner and demanded that they switch partners. It turned out the four-eyed jerk was Eren’s brother, even though they look nothing alike. Levi must have missed his name the first time he was introduced and finally found out that his name was Zeke. What a stupid name, Levi thought.
Zeke didn’t have much luck trying to convince Reiner before the event organizers called everyone to gather around so they could explain how the exercise should be done.
Levi tuned the organizers out at this point, blah blah blah blah, he knows how this sort of thing works, and he just wants to get this stupid thing over with. The other teams were doing their exercises while Levi's team patiently waited their turn. Levi saw that the exercise was being done with two pairs at the same time and suddenly, a flash of inspiration hit him. Levi decided right then to just do what he wants instead; he is senior enough that the higher ups won't be able to do anything to him anyways.
Levi's team's turn finally came up, he already made sure that Zeke and himself would be doing the exercise at the same time as Eren and Reiner. He saw that his own team complete the exercise successfully and with minimal fuss. While they were doing that, he made sure that Eren and Zeke agreed to go on the table first and got into position to catch them with Reiner.
When the organizer said "fall", Levi shoved past Reiner just in time to catch Eren in his arms. Reiner tripped over with a yelp. Meanwhile, an undignified scream could be heard from Zeke, followed by a thud as he splattered on the mat by himself.
Eren was blushing furiously in Levi's arms while protesting weakly about not doing their exercise properly. Levi's team for their part was laughing their asses off while the event organizers frowned at him in disapproval. Zeke was also glaring daggers at him from the floor.
He's probably going to be written up and get a slap on the wrist, but Levi thought that it was worth it. Especially since he managed to get Eren's phone number after the event concluded before Eren and his team left for their part of the company.