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Chapter One
Full Moon Magic
“Come on Levviiii it'll be fun this will be like the perfect way to get over your ex too.”
Hanji whined as she tugged on his shirt wrinkling it at her persistent begging, Levi had tried to ignore her he really did, but four hours in and he was ready to throw in the fucking towel. He's not counting the days she and her damn twin brother kept up the persistent pushing of him joining some luxury cruise liner.
“Hanji for the love that is all sanitary clean, your hands has better be chemical free.”
Hanji gave him a look tooting her lips, she was just about to open it again when Levi grabbed the back of her head pulling her down so they were eye level with one another.
“I'll go if you shut up, If Zander calls me tonight you will no longer be a set of twins I promise you that.”
The brunette eyes practically lit up from behind her glasses that made Levi leery of her true intention,
“Yeahhhhh! You'll love it! It's a seven day cruise trip and our final destination will be Hawaii! It'll be fantastic! I heard so many good reviews about this liner!”
A heavy sigh stopped Hanji from getting too overly excited by naming all the activity and shops it had on the cruiser.
“Just tell me when, where and what time so I can kick you out of my office already.”
“That's rude, but lucky it's this coming Friday at Le Marais Harbor it sets sail at noon.”
“You're only giving me four days to pack...Seriously..”
“It's your fault, I've been begging you to do this for three months. It's about time you take a vacation and forget all about your ex, don't you agree?”
“It's barely been half a year and that's too soon I haven't even give an advance notice of-”
“Oh, don't worry about that, I already took care of that with the big boss man and he said to enjoy yourself.”
She said grinning a big knowing smile...
“....Oh...did he now....and what of my cat....”
“Yes, he did and your cat can come too I had that all checked out before Zander purchases your ticket. Beside~ me and my honey, my twin and his girlfriend are coming along with you so you won't be lonely, but this would be a great chance to have a sexy romance with someone else.”
“Not going to happen, Hanji.”
“Hehe will see~”
And when she said it, it usually means something to not look forward to in Levi's case, but to others that were bystander in her devious scheme it's usually an adventure of a life time with the full blown emotional experience to go with it.
**
And so....
Four days later....
There Levi was standing at the deck he had long sense lost his fellow companion he had boarded on this cruise. What Hanji failed to tell Levi was that this is a couple resort, who the fuck take a single guy on a cruise liner for couples? All he had ever seen is young or old couple who were either married, newlywed, or in the rosy glow of being in a relationship with someone were on this ship. He haven't seen anyone who wasn't attach to the hips. Damn Hanji twins and their persistent nagging and begging antics. Not only would he feel like a third wheel, but he was going to be a thirty four old man on a love liner.
Scowling, he looked quite menacing standing there surrounded by happy couples who were waving at people the ship that were standing on the dock. He saw them either waving some sort of hankerchief or setting off balloons to their demise at the atmosphere. Hell, even this ship was doing a little partying of it's own as little colorful papers liter the floor from being exploded from their capsule, there was even some people who were throwing streamers trying to get it to reach to the other side. He could hear the loud blow of the horn indicating they were to be taking off any second now. He just sigh, he had it in his mind he wasn't going to have that much of a good time to begin with. Especially after thinking about his ex and why he broke up with him. It was the same with the ex's before him both men and woman. Levi's been cheated on, been dumped for some one else, or it was one reason or another he doesn't expresses his 'love'.
'You have it together, you're strong and independent....I just don't think it'll work out you know so let's end it here...I'm sorry...'
'Levi, I can't do it anymore....so I'm breaking up with you to be with someone else. He loves me a lot more then you do...”
'You're strong so you really don't need anyone by your side do you? She needs me and she has my child so this is it. It was fun while it lasted.'
Levi was just so sick of it, he had feelings too...It hurts him too that after four attempts at a relationship he thought would work turn out to be a failure. One of them being his own friend and boss he just couldn't deal with it anymore. He lost sight of what he did wrong was it so bad to be strong? Was it so bad to have his shit together and be independent? He thought he was plenty of expressive enough when it came to loving someone, but that wasn't the case. Levi had that sort of dead look in his eyes as he watched the happy people from below that he didn't realize that someone just ran into him. A young boy who was grinning up to him,
“Whoa, Mister. It looks like your favorite goldfish has died, but you're still very beautiful.”
Levi looked down to see a boy, his eyes were an exotic color of a bright greenish like blue....The boy had bright straight white teeth and his eyes just sparkles at him add that with his nicely sun kissed skin and tousle of brown hair, the kid held a blue streamer in his hand. The kid himself is beautiful too, but he doesn't look like someone who should be on this ship period.
“Shitty brat.”
That only made the kid grinned even bigger.
“Even though you're really beautiful you have such a potty mouth. So do you wanna give this a try you look bored and I've heard that throwing this to the other side is very difficult.”
He asked changing the subject as he raised a streamer up to him, Levi just scowl at him more.
“I don't want it.”
“No? Oh I see I guess you're too frail to do it, huh. I see so I guess old men have it tough too, huh. Oh well I guess I should stop pestering the poor fragile old man. Who knows you might even break down if you throw it from lack of calcium or muscle mass.”
He teased he was turning his back to the raven hair man in a manner to walk away from him, but behind him Levi felt a nerve snapped inside him.
“Who's old and who's fucking fragile give it here.”
Levi snatched that streamer from that fuck face and threw it as hard as he could, the boy turned looking surprised with wide eye as the streamer actually reached the dock successfully with the string flaring behind it as the roll of tape reached to someone who actually caught it. The boy may have been stunned, but shortly after he was laughing loudly as the situation dawned on him.
“Whoa, Mister ahahaha you're so cool, but so funny too.”
He finally said clapping he wasn't the only one clapping as other couple around them joined in after witnessing such an event.
“So glad I can amuse you, brat.”
“Ahaha, I'm not all bratty. I'm Eren. What's your name, Mister?”
Levi wasn't sure what to make of this kid, he was outgoing that's for sure and a flamboyant flirt for a snot nose kid.
“Levi.”
“Levi? Even your name matches your pretty face huh.”
The kid actually giggled.
“Since when do boys starts calling grown men beautiful or pretty.”
“Mnn, me and just then and now? So why are you alone, Mister?”
“You still going to keep calling me that after I just gave you my name.”
“Yup.”
“Brat.”
“That too~ So why are you alone? You're not traveling alone to heal a broken heart are you?”
He asked grinning standing close beside him as he lean over a railing, Levi kept his face completely stoic when he mention a broken heart.
“I lost my companions.”
“Plural? Is one of them your lover?”
“No. Hell no.”
He grimace at the the mention of those two pair.
“Ohh, I see so you're single and on a love liner eh.”
He grinned at him,
“Poor mister.”
Levi wanted to hit the kid then and there, but the kid was beckoning him with his finger to get down on his level.
“What.”
The boy, Eren wasn't discouraged at all.
“Come on, you're so tall I can't reach you. I wanna tell ya something~ But ya gotta come closer.”
He told him with that innocent smile of his, as much as Levi wanted to ignore him he did bend down at the waist so he could hear what this shitty brat wanted to say, but instead of saying anything the kid practically press his soft lips on Levi's cheek before running away. Levi stood back up so fast he had his hand on his cheek and his sharp glare on the shitty ass brat who is practically teasing his elders. God he made himself sound so old.
“Hey Mister, welcome aboard on this ship if you're ever lonely you can always come find me~ I'll gladly be you're date! Bye!”
The kid ran away not hearing what Levi had to say that he stood their rubbing his cheek. As much as he wanted to track the kid down and knock some sense into him his long lost companions finally found him amongst the sea of people. The female Hanji was the first one to grab him into a hug.
“There you are Levi! Where have you been? We've looked every where for you.”
“Levi is just so short it's no wond-.... Ow!!”
“Shut up, Zander and I don't want to hear it from you shitty ass glasses. You were the one that ran off and left me in the first damn place.”
“Oh....I did? I'm sorry it was just, there was this really interesting entertainer on a unicycle and I just had to get it on film.”
She said holding up her camera, Levi just glared at her in answer.
“So grumpy, let's check out a few things before dinner? I heard they even got a casino on this ship.”
“No, why don't the two couple go ahead, I'm going to catch some z's.”
“What? We just got here?”
“Thanks to a pair of twin I didn't get a wink of sleep and I'm dead fucking tired so I'm leaving you childish fucks for some sleep and Coronal is a lot more of a company then you are.”
“You don't mean that, but you should get some sleep. I'm sorry that my boyfriend decided to camp at your place ever since you accepted this trip. You will come to dinner won't you?”
Kristine asked as she held on to Zander arm a delicate thin ring on her ring finger she has light sky blue eyes, and beautiful wavy hair that's a strawberry blonde color she has a delicate young face beside her being twenty nine years old. She's like Levi who has a serious face and had been extremely independent until Zander burst through her clothing store and turned her life upside down. It took five years for Zander to claim what he wanted and considering he got her pregnant this year she was three month into her pregnancy and happy for a change. Zander in turn had his hand at her waist tucking her by his side, his long hair up in a fancy pony tail which Kristine took pleasure of branding a few strands into the pony tail.
If Levi thought about it she was just as sharp with her words and cold in her demeanor and she still had someone with her, why was he any different? Except when he thought who she was dating he figure it was a Hanji thing. Once they lock target on you there was no hope in escaping them and their love. It's practically impossible and if she had fought with him for another tens years he'd still be a a serious romantic flirt to her until she cave in. The hanji twins are to be feared by, it's a good thing the other one is married to a tall blonde with fuzz around his mouth who liked to sniff people.
“....Do I have a choice.”
“No, Not really.”
She replied, she had her right hand caressing her belly she had a habit of doing that when she thought about the child. Zander glance down and had a happy smile on his lip as he lean down and surprised his future wife with a kiss. Kristine backed up a little, but Zander strong arm kept her in place from running.
“I love you, Krissy.”
“.......Stupid.”
She looked away with the same expression she always wore, but Levi could tell her feature had soften up quite a bit over the years from her ice queen demeanor.
“Just looking at you two makes me want to scrub something filthy clean.”
Levi remark after seeing their obvious affection with one another.
“Whatever, Shorty. Just be there or I'll have Zander come fetch you kicking and screaming mind you for the dinner party tonight.”
“I'll be there.”
He replied with an evident roll to his voice he hid his annoyance quite well at her mentioning about his height yet again.
“Consider yourself lucky that you're pregnant.”
“I know and I'm going to use the next several months to say every small joke there is in this world on you in the mean time. Look forward to it since I got the green pass to Go.”
Levi had to smile a little at that he always did like Kristine for her no bullshit no hold bar attitude of hers. He huffed lightly, but told them he'd see them later that evening as he returned to his room when he reached his bedroom his cat still napping quite peacefully on the foot of the bed. Slipping out of his dress jacket he laid it neatly behind the desk chair and set his shoes inside the closet on the shoe rack. All his clothes long since put away from earlier he made his way back to his bed and got in pushing the comforter to the side so he could slip on in with the comforter covering his head when he pulled it back on top of him.
He had to admit this suite wasn't bad at all, it was clean and very modern. Even the sheets were made up of Egyptian cotton. He was already liking his prison home for the clean establishment he was put in. He had nothing to complain about when he got on and inspect his room apparently Hanji made special note on him and they had done a superb job that he could drift away into a semi sleeping state.
**
“Hey, daddy are you busy?”
A brunette boy with exotic eyes stared up into a pair or matching eyes much like his own. He two had tanned skin and messy brown hair, but only longer.
“Hey, squirt not at all what's up little man.”
Picking him up he held him on his waist line.
“Well~ I went up to the inventory deck and meet a really interesting fellow~”
Eren blinked a little taking note of his devious smile and the way his eyes lit up whenever he finds a new toy to play with.
“Alright, Aren what did you do?”
“Well~ There was this really beautiful guy up there standing all by his lonesome self he's actually single can you believe that? Whoever it was that dump him is an idiot, how could they dump such a beautiful man.”
Eren can some what see where this was going, but he was having that dreadful feeling whenever Aren gets himself into some sort of trouble. It's kinda obvious why he would be worried, because he got all of that from him...
“And?”
“Well~ I may have used your name instead of my own.”
“What? Again?”
“Wait, wait hear me out, daddy. You see he looked really sad, Papa and well it looked like his favorite goldfish die and so I thought about cheering him up. He's really funny since he took up on my provocation about him being old and fragile. You should have seen it, daddy he was so cute when he threw that streamer like a true pitcher you see in a baseball game. I thought maybe we should cheer him up a bit with a game, I bet he's even more beautiful when he's smiling. Don't you want to see it?”
Eren tilted his head when he asked him that, how would he know what he looks like he haven't even seen the guy much less want his son doing something that would no doubt get him in trouble...but that wouldn't stop him again this is his son he was talking about and he had done the very same thing at his age if not worst.
“....How....no...wait a minute. Let me get this straight are you teasing one of my passenger again and you're using my name again for your devious plot. I see you are spending waaay too much time with Armin.”
Upon saying the devilish angel name he appeared.
“What about me, Captain?”
“You're corrupting my son with that brain of yours.”
“There's nothing wrong being a few steps ahead from the rest, captain~ Everything's a go and the weather's perfect for sailing it'll be a little wavy tonight, but nothing to worry about.”
“Got it.”
“Daddy~ Listen to me.”
“I'm listening, I'm listening.”
“So will you help me? I think you'll reallllly like him, papa. I wouldn't mind if he's my new mommy.”
Armin perfectly shape eyebrow raised at the little titan words it was obvious he stepped into a very interesting conversation.
“Oh? What's going on? What's this about a new mommy?”
“Ah, listen to this Uncle Armin, I saw this really beautiful guy on the inventory deck and he's single too~ I don't think he's planning on having any fun here so I thought maybe I can tie him around my finger and get his body moving. What do you think, you think I can pull it off? He deserve to have some fun and I'm bored messing with the newly weds and old couples.”
Armin merely laughed at this,
“I feel sorry for your next target, I think you can do it. Well, have fun and try to stay out of trouble alright? I'm going to check up on Jean let me know if you need anything, Eren and try not to work so hard. You are just as much on vacation as these passenger too you know. A guest remember?”
Eren rolled his eyes.
“Daddyyyyyyyyyy.”
“What?”
“So will you?”
Aren insisted as he tugged on his daddy uniform.
“He's quite determined.”
Armin giggled as he tucked some long gold strands behind his ear.
“Yeah, I wonder where he got it from...”
Eren mumbled...
As for Armin and Aren, they both looked at him with the oh so obvious look of whom Aren got it from.
“.....Fine you got that from me, Geez. You'll have to point him out to me I suppose we can do a one night magic I guess.”
“Awh~ A little more would be better, daddy. It'll be the time where we tricked Grandma Sherry friends.”
“Will see.”
As for Armin he just laughed a little shaking his head at the two biding them a see you later he left the control room to go down to the lower deck where the engine room is.
“So what's this guy name?”
Eren asked since his son had his full attention now,
“Well he said his name is Levi, he has a light french accent too.”
“Not surprising since we just left France.”
“Papaaa.”
“Hehe, alright alright. I'll stop teasing you just be sure to point him out so I'll know okay?”
He winked at him, before setting him down.
“For now how about we plan out your so called game. I can only assume you're going to pull an Armin thing on me again.”
“Yup~ come on daddy let's go let's go.”
“I'm coming.”
Eren smiled down at the small hand that took his much larger one dragging him out of the control room to the many places that were on this ship, it was when it near six in the evening did he realize that his son has planned a very very long day for the stranger he would soon be meeting.
“Armin was right, I feel sorry for the guy already.”
He said laughing as he visited every shop and activity on this ship.
“Why? He's going to have fun and I get to flirt with someone older then me. This will be epic~”
“Remember you're still five.”
“I'll be six this week and I'm a lot more mature then the average kid, Armin told me so~”
“Oh yes, hanging around him will definitely make you a head above the rest.”
Eren replied with a roll of his eyes.
“Come on you little tyrant we got to get you feed and put to bed if you really wanna get up at the time you want you got to hit the sack, little man.”
“Hey, I'm getting taller you know I'm growing just as fast as you did, daddy.”
“Oh yes and by the time you reach my age you'll be the new jack of the bean stocks.”
He replied laughing as he picked up a boy who is obviously tired from all his running around.
“Daddy?”
“Hmm?”
“I love you.”
“I love you too, Aren.”
He placed a tender kiss to the young boy forehead carrying him off to their private suite room that was for the both of them, his son had his own room, but lately he's been sleeping in his bed and who doesn't like sleeping beside their own child? The joy he has when he's with him makes his heart warm and fuzzy that he can forget all about the bad things thus far, but some times even he felt his sunshine deflate every time he thought about 'her' and her betrayal to not only him, but the precious joy he was now holding in his arm.
After he had dinner with Aren and giving him a bath, he came with him to the dinner hall this time Armin joined with him to see who Aren decided to target the boy excitedly pointed him out who was sitting between a set of fraternal twins with their date.
“That's him daddy, is he not beautiful or what.”
Eren really did look and he was a bit taken aback since he haven't really expected anything of this, but leave it to his son to pick out the really attractive one...it didn't matter if it was a man or a woman, if Aren thought you were pretty or beautiful he's going to tell it to you in your face he got that sort of go ho attitude from his old man.
“You're right....he really is beautiful, but it doesn't look like he's having a good time at all.”
“I told you~ We can't have that now can we, Papa your ship is very famous for positive review right~”
“....Again, you have been spending way too much time with Armin....”
“Hush Eren he is right in a way and the guy is handsome so are you really gonna pull that one trick you did on old man Sampson?”
“Yeah the same one....but, I think I'm going to change the game rule a little bit.”
“You're interested in him in that way?”
“I don't know, but I wouldn't mind getting to know him better. Just hearing what my son said about him perked my interest enough to go all out on this one.”
Handing Aren over to Armin he kissed his son good night.
“See you in the morning, Aren be good and go to bed this time. Don't make me track you down to find you messing with horse face in the engine room again, or up on the inventory deck playing hockey again. I'll roll you up in your comforter caterpillar style tied up ya hear.”
“Awh, but I wanted to see you and hiimmm.”
“Nu uh, I'm leaving him in your care, Armin. Don't worry I don't plan to be out too long.”
“Take your time, just be sure to wear protection.”
“I'm not going to hit third place with him on the first night stupid. I'm not that wild.”
Armin gave him the look.
“Okay see, that was in my teens I tone that down when I had him.”
He replied pointing to a pouting Aren.
“What are you guys talking about?”
“Nothing.”
“Nothing.”
They replied at the same time, which made the boy in Armin arm sulked even more.
As the two leave, Eren wonder when he would actually meet the guy. It's not like he was wearing formal attire since he ditched his suit for something a lot more comfortable which was a pair of dark jeans and a light olive green long sleeve shirt that was fitted on him, but also a bit long that cover half his rear. He wore his hair down and wore a single ruby earring on his left ear his son wore the other stud in his own left ear too, but these ruby earring had a silver design of tiny twin wings that overlapped the other one. He had them custom-made after Aren lost his studded earring in the ocean and it had been the only thing that stopped Aren from crying when he mention a pair for the both of them.
Beside that, he wore his skeletal key on a long cord heading up on deck he was just walking around, taking a fresh breath of air and looking at the full moon that was shinning so brightly. There was barely any clouds out so he could see the stars so very well he trail his hand along the railing.
He was just getting to the side of the ship until he heard something clunk on the other side glancing down he would have never expected it was the guy his son pointed out to him. He haven't really thought anything through, but when he looked at him he could understand why his son couldn't leave him alone and it's not because he's beautiful. Aren had been right, it does look like someone had killed his favorite goldfish, but Eren figure it wasn't the goldfish that's been murder. He had the sort of gaze he use to worn years ago and when he notice his tear under the deem lighting from the moonlight and side light of the ship that were far in between. Honestly, being alone here with no one to see you is kind of sad and if Eren didn't know better he would have thought the man was suicidal, but he didn't give him that sort of vibe.
Before he knows it he was already walking down the side flight of stairs that weren't meant for any of his guest to linger around at. It was a bit dangerous too and only personnel were allowed there.
“Why the long face again, you look like your favorite goldfish had died, but you're still very much beautiful.”
Levi had not left his companion all that long ago to seek some peace of quiet by himself, he had just been thinking about his failed attempt until someone jerked him out of his thought. He looked up and his facial expression almost broke free from his usual expression.
Eh?
“What? Don't you remember me? How rude! And I even taught you how to throw the color-tape.”
Levi knew he haven't drunk that much to be seeing shit he would know sure he had a nice buzz, but he doubt that delicious wine made him delusional.
But...no...that can't be right..
Even as he looked at him, he was indeed older....taller...and far more exotic looking then the kid before...He looked the same, but just in a different outfit....
“You're a really good man, so I wished to the goddess of the moon to receive a body in which I could date you in.”
He had that sexy smile curving his pretty lips that Levi scowl shaking his head as if deluding this make believe magic.
“What? Don't be fucking stupid you were just hiding somewhere watching me and that shitty kid.”
Eren chuckled already closing the distant between them,
“Hey! No. Get the hell out of he-”
He didn't even get to finish his statement when long skinny fingers pressed against his lips and this stranger loomed over him inches away from his face as he gave a shushing sound as his other hand was at his own lip.
“We don't want the crew to find us here, right?”
He had that smirk again that Levi just stood there a little stunned at the contact his finger feeling awfully hot upon his lips.
“So, you're the type who likes to resist and say, 'I can't' and 'We shouldn't', huh.”
Levi glared at him.
“No, I'm not, you dumb fuck.”
“Oh really~”
He teased softly
“Anyway you shouldn't even be here if you were planning to jump from here due to a broken heart is pretty sa-”
“As if I would you dumb ass brat. Just because he dumped me doesn't mean I-”
“So you were dumped and by a guy too.”
Levi glared at him, what the hell was with this brat and why the hell did that slip out of him. Shrugging since it was no use to hiding it he just looked ahead.
“I admit I've been dump for another, but I wouldn’t die from it, you know...”
“....Oh I see, so he dumped you because you're so loveless. “
“Fuck off. What did you do to that brat from before?”
“That's me.”
“You don't expect me to believe that bullshit do you.”
“Well, I'm fine with it if you don't believe me, I'll leave it up to you, but we have to return now.”
Eren replied as he usher the man back into the door he obviously came from he was right behind him this whole time his hand on the small of his back.
“We should follow all the rules on this ship, it's dangerous here anyway.”
Standing between the door way and him he just smiled at him, but considering he used up all his time he lean down quickly stealing a kiss on the same cheek his son had kissed earlier that day.
“If you ever feel like drowning, give me a call, Levi.”
“What the fuck.”
Eren was already slipping out of the door way going back where he had came from which was up the flight of stairs to the side inventory deck.
“Just so you know, I didn't mean that thing about you being 'loveless' I think you're quite passionate with that potty mouth of yours.”
Eren gave him a wink and has gone up those stairs he came down on quite quickly with those long legs of his. It was decided, Eren was going to make that man smile for a change if not make that man enjoy himself a little more and he had the perfect thing in mind and he knew his son would be on that plan too especially if he can do some running around.
While Levi returned to his table pondering over this strange event the man in questioning is in his room ditching his clothes and crawling into bed beside Aren after relieving Armin from baby sitting. Scooping his son in his arm he lazily stroke his hair placing a soft kiss to his brown hair before he fallen asleep with him. An actual smile was on his lip for the days ahead of them.
To be continued....