Cursed

Experiment in love

School was a very different environment for Eren now. Reiner and Bertolt kept their distance. They would glare at him from time to time, but then Levi would step up and take Eren's hand, or touch his arm. They backed off quickly.

Annie was the same. She watched. Eren had a sense that she was patient. If she still wanted some form of revenge, then she would get it. She didn't care how much time passed. She was the type that held her grudges. Eren was positive that it was her who started the rumor mill gossiping about Levi.

He heard it in the halls, whispering that Levi Ackerman was gay. He heard it in gym class that Levi was a thug who killed his uncle for his money. He heard it in the bathroom that Levi raped some male student at his other school. Each time, Eren bit his lip and didn't say anything. He wasn't sure if Levi wanted the school to know about them.

Then, end of school came. Eren was walking with Armin. They could hear voices in the hallway ahead of them. Normally this meant that they would divert their course to find another way around what ever was happening. Eren had a sinking felling that he knew this had something to do with Levi. He took Armin's arm and marched up to the crowd.

Sure enough the hall was filled with bodies. A ring of sorts was made in the center of the hall. Levi stood against the lockers on one side. His back was touching one slightly. His hair was a mess, hanging in his eyes as he stood with his left shoulder facing the kid on the ground. His right hand was balled into a fist ready to strike, while his left was poised to protect his face.

"You're a faggot loving freak!" The kid on the ground yelled out. Eren blinked, he was slightly surprised to hear that voice saying those words. What was going on? He pushed his way even further into the crowd. He got to the front. Sure enough, Jean was laying on the ground.

"Jean, what the hell are you doing?" Eren snorted. Jean tore his gaze from Levi. He looked up to Eren, tears sprang in his eyes.

"You came out, your with him. What the hell, Eren?" He cried. Eren stepped into the circle. He was pretty sure he got what was going on. Jean wanted to be beaten up, this way he could show his homophobic father that he tried to fight the faggot of the school. Eren moved to the long faced boys side.

He held out a hand. Jean slapped it away. Eren brought it back to hold before his face. Jean took it and Eren pulled him to his feet. Eren's eyes cast around the crowd. There he was, standing like a frozen statue a few rows back. Marco.

"What happened?" Eren whispered in Jean's ear.

"I, I want to tell him..." Jean muttered.

"Break it up, come on you sorry asshats get the hell out of here. Shows over move it!" Erwin smashed his way through the crowd yelling at everyone. Marco was the only one to remain after Annie glared daggers at Eren.

"Then tell him, because I'm pretty sure he feels the same way. Plus his mother doesn't care!" Eren snorted. Jean turned to see Marco waiting. When their eyes met, Marco's face broke out into a grin.

"Sometimes you're an absolute idiot." Marco laughed. He marched up to Jean. "I've had a crush on you since I met you, with the way your dad felt I thought you did too..." He was stopped from talking by Jean's mouth. Eren laughed.

"There you got it now!" Eren chuckled patting him on the back.

"Brat, get over here and kiss me, I'm you're fucking boyfriend dickhead!" Levi snarled.

"Oh, uh wasn't sure you wanted the school to know that." Eren said moving to see if Levi was hurt at all. He wasn't, just got his clothes wrinkled. Levi grabbed his face and kissed him.

"I told you, I don't care. I can take on the whole fucking school, I just want everyone to know I have the hottest boyfriend there is." Levi smirked.

"No, I do!" Marco called out. Levi looked around Eren.