Experimenting With Miracles // ERERI

Eren awoke with full slants of sunlight beaming in through his window. He immediately frowned, knowing that because he had slept late into the morning that he would not see Levi until the afternoon. He sighed and tried not to let the thought make him sad. That would just ruin his day further. He sat up slowly around his swollen belly.

"Good morning, sleeping dipshit."

Eren jumped at the voice. Who the hell was in his room? He turned to the familiar resonance, eyes widening when he took in his lover's form leaning in the doorway.

"Levi! Why aren't you out training?! You're never up and out this late!" Eren blubbered.

Levi rolled his eyes. "I know I'm never late. And I'm not today either--I took the day off."

The brunette frowned. "Why did you take off? Aren't you going to need those days for when the baby comes?"

The Corporal's brow furrowed as he approached the boy's bedside. He came close enough to lay one hand on Eren's belly and the other in his brown locks. Levi smirked slightly when Eren looked up to him with curious eyes.

"March 30th."

"What?"

Levi scoffed, "That's the date, idiot. Don't tell me you forget what that means."

Eren pouted back against the pillow, thinking. Realization hit him.

"O-oh...it's my birthday?" Eren said curiously.

Levi flicked the tip of his nose in annoyance, "No shit it's your birthday."

That made sense then; Levi waking up early and letting him sleep late, the Corporal's day off, and the little wrapped package on his nightstand. His birthday! The pregnancy not only had a knack for making time pass faster, but also for making him forgetful. Eren could see why Levi got frustrated with him.

"S-sorry..." he muttered, frowning at his ignorance.

Levi leaned in and kissed the teen's brow, stroking his hair back lovingly. The hand on his belly left him to grab up the little box on his table.

"Don't apologize for stupid shit," Levi chided, slipping the box into Eren's palm. "Just open your present."

"Levi you didn't have to--"

"Just open the present, brat."

Eren pouted again a moment before he got over himself and began to tear into the wrappings on the small container. Levi watched him with careful eyes, nose scrunching when Eren threw the paper off the package and onto the bed in sloppy scraps. Eren's teal eyes lit up like a match when he opened the little gift to reveal a small bar of...chocolate?

"Oh my god...w-where did you get this?" Eren breathed in awe.

"I have my ways."

"This must have cost a fortune! Chocolate is...like super rare! I-I can't take this!"

Eren tried to push the box away but Levi held it in place with a firm hand.

"Stop it, Eren. You deserve this."

The pregnant man's face began to get hot and his green eyes got misty with tears.

"Why are you so good to me?" Eren sniffled.

Levi rolled his gray orbs, "Come on, Eren, breathe for a second, will you? It's the least I can do considering everything you do for me."

The teen laughed bitterly. He snuggled his head under Levi's chin and breathed in the man's sweet scent. "And what exactly do I ever do for you?"