Sorry it took a bit longer to update this chapter, college papers and school work are creeping up on me.

Our little twist of angst is over and we're moving on with more awkward fluff, what you all came to read the story for in the first place I'm assuming.

I really liked the questioning of sexuality in the last few chapters, and here you'll see not so much that, but how Eren deals with his new sexuality toward the same gender. I hope you guys are fine with all this sex questioning stuff since a lot of fics don't normally deal with that topic; I'm sure it's all a little bit foreign to you but it goes with the story I promise!

Also yes this is the last chapter and it is a bit short and sweet. HOWEVER, there will be an epilogue, I promise.

I feel like it's become a slogan of mine to say thanks for sticking around at the end of these author notes so;

Thanks for sticking around! Enjoy the last chapter!

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Eren had never felt more uncomfortable in the entirety of his life. He'd just come from the competition and was currently sitting in a booth at an Olive Garden with Levi, Jean and Marco to celebrate Levi's highest score in the short program and Marco's third. Apparently Jean had been there the whole time in a somewhat pathetic disguise—that of which consisted of his everyday attire with the exception of a baseball cap and shades. Eren called him out the second he saw him and luckily for them Marco was there to intervene before they could start throwing fists.

He would never stop giving Jean shit for liking Marco. After all, he had made fun of the sport and even Levi and the second he found a guy he was into he changed completely. They were both able to maintain their temper around each other for the most part, but only because aside from having Armin stop them they had Marco. The two were saints and their calm standpoint was rubbing off on the two of them; however that cool exterior was about to break from the awkward dinner Marco had insisted they have.

Levi looked completely unphased, Jean looked like he was too happy for his life but also wanted to punch something at the same time, Marco seemed to be oblivious to the atmosphere and kept up the small talk around the table, and Eren, he was just a mess. He kept bouncing his leg up and down and he had to make sure he wasn't eating or drinking too fast. He was a little pissed off that he was getting so flustered like this on a date, it wasn't like he'd never not been on one before—he has. Except, he'd only been on dates with girls and never double dated. This was like a big smack to his face and all the gay was overwhelming to him. Hell, he had just come out about an hour ago and he was already on a date!

His thoughts were interrupted when Levi placed a hand on his knee and his leg stopped bouncing completely. Eren eyed him while he continued to eat. He never moved his hand, it just stayed there idly on his knee and he figured Levi must've known he was nervous because with his hand just sitting there already made him ten times more relaxed. He reminded himself to thank him for that later.

"I hope we do well tomorrow, it was all thanks to Levi that I even placed," Marco said.

"You did good jumps," Jean said. Eren painfully held in a laugh he so badly wanted to let out because that was literally the first thing he said to Levi when he met him and didn't know the names of any of the moves. He could feel Jean glaring at him and Eren only shoveled more food into his mouth.

"You would've placed without me, your spins and axels were already fine," Levi said plainly.

"But you helped me better them. You should give yourself some credibility."

"You really are talented," Eren said without realizing. He looked up to see a small smile placed on Levi's lips and yes, Eren took note that he would have to compliment him more so he could get another look at the stunningly beautiful smile he so rarely showed.

The night went on and the table became less awkward and was filled with laughter; well, laughter and the occasional know it all smirk that Levi gave every now and then. Eren learned a lot about Marco and even a few things about Jean. He had a feeling that it would take a while for Marco to realize how Jean felt about him and it was a thing he decided Jean would have to figure out on his own. Marco was just one of those guys that everyone was nice to that he never knew whether or not he was being hit on.

Eventually, Marco and Jean went their separate ways and Levi drove him back to his dorm. As they made their way up the steps they stood in front of the door for a little bit. Eren wasn't sure whether or not he was supposed to kiss him or if Levi was going to so he ended up rocking back and forth on his feet until Levi rolled his eyes.

"Oh for crying out loud," he pulled him by the arm and kissed him quickly on the cheek. Eren was biting the inside of his mouth when Levi stood back again and they were both smiling.

"I'll see you tomorrow then," Eren waved as he opened the door to his dorm. He stood at the doorway and watched Levi drive away before he shut it and leaned a little weakly against the door. His head was killing him the whole day and part of him was regretting ever drinking alcohol. Never again. He sighed as he plopped down on the couch just as Armin turned the corner with a big grin on his face.

"So you and Levi," he started. Eren groaned before he threw a pillow at Armin and covered his face. He felt the couch dip as Armin sat down and Eren couldn't help but smile up at him. There was no way he could ever be mad at that guy.

"You spied on us? Didn't think that was in your nature, Armin," Eren joked as he nudged him with his foot.

"In all honesty I was eating dinner at the table when I heard your footsteps coming but you didn't come in. Kind of your fault," Eren gaped his mouth at him and they both laughed. He was sitting up now as he remembered the kiss he received not too long ago. His smile must've been obvious since Armin was eying him suspiciously when Eren hugged a pillow.

"What are you smiling about?" Eren looked up and thought, fuck it, he's my best friend, and huffed out some air.

"Our mouths might have touched."

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Eren was sitting in the front of Levi's car as they made their way to the ice rink. He ended up skipping his morning class and Levi had picked him up early so he could get warmed up for his performance and Eren's newly out-of-the-closet self was immediately shut down to any mouth to mouth contact with Levi at his front door.

Apparently kissing him yesterday without taking a shower prior to showing up and a morning breath reeking of a bad hangover was not the best idea on his part and ultimately lost a bit of Levi's trust—well, trust in cleanliness, if that was even a thing.

"If you think I'm kissing that garbage can of a mouth of yours, you're wrong," were the first words he said when he showed up that morning. It only left Eren's mouth hanging for a less than a second before he closed it so Levi wouldn't smell his morning breath and make some snarky comment about it. Eren wasn't at all upset, not at the least; seeing that he had just come out yesterday to the person that caused him all the confusion in the first place, he still felt a little shy with being on that level of physicality with him. He was so used to bickering with him and earning punches to the arm but now what, a kiss to the cheek?

It wasn't particularly a bad thing—the thought sounded nice—however, he'd never been with a man, nor did he know when was the right time to really initiate any sort of skin ship. It was something he knew he was thinking too much about but that was just who he was, unfortunately.

They neared the ice rink and pulled into the parking lot. At first they just stayed there, neither one of them talking. It would have been a comfortable silence had they not confessed their feelings to each other just yesterday in that same parking lot. Eren would say something if he knew what to say and he wished one of them would just talk already. He skimmed his eyes over to Levi who looked like he was thinking about something. Eventually he turned to him and it caught Eren off guard.

"I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but don't tell Hanji or Erwin anything just yet. I'll tell them after the competition."

"I don't mind, why is that anyway?" he asked. Levi almost snorted.

"Do you really think it's a good idea to tell Hanji that we're a thing before my competition? She'll be whooping and hollering from her seat," Eren laughed out loud earning an eye rolling smile from Levi who had reached his hand over ruffled his hair. Eren's laughing turned into a grunt as he leaned back into his seat.

"You're such a—"

"If you say kid or brat I will leave you right now, I will leave you Levi in this parking lot right now do not say it," Levi only blew out a satisfied puff of air before opening the door and stepping out.

"I was gonna say cutie," Eren's cheeks were reddening by the second and his footsteps already stopped short behind Levi who was still walking forward. But then again, when was that word ever in Levi's vocabulary?

"Hey yeah right you never call me that you were gonna say kid and you got worried I was gonna leave. You love me!" he called after him. All he heard was a chuckle from Levi who's back was still turned to him and yes, this was the kind of relationship he wanted for so long.

Just as Eren caught up to him before the entrance, Levi turned around abruptly causing Eren to stumble in his tracks. What he did next might have been the corniest move he'd ever seen anyone do, yet the whole thing made him blush like a happy idiot.

Levi kissed the tips of his finger tips and placed them in the palm of Eren's hand.

"If I win the gold, I'm going to wave this hand in the air and hold up the numbers one, four, three with my fingers," at first Eren was a little bit confused but when Levi rolled his eyes and leaned in to whisper, "It means I love you," and walked into the rink without so much as a word, Eren so badly wanted to throw his arms around him and plant a big one right on his mouth.

The competition began and he took his seat next to Erwin, Hanji and Jean. They all watched together and each skater really didn't compare to the performance Levi had shown. It was better than any practice he'd ever witnessed and everyone was on the edge of their seats when he performed his quadruple axel and landed it perfectly. Flowers were thrown onto the ice just as his performance ended and he skated off so coolly off to the kiss and cry area. They all held their breaths as the scores were given.

Eren's whole world went silent and he didn't need to hear the score to know that Levi won the gold. He didn't need to hear Hanji and Erwin's whooping and hollering or the gold medal being placed around his neck. He didn't need to see or hear any of that because when Levi's face was on the monitor and held up the numbers 143 on his fingers he knew right away that not only had Levi won the gold, but that Eren was the one who won the biggest prize of all.

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When Eren finally came out to his friends, there was a lot of shock as well as a lot of love. He was so grateful to have the wonderful friends that he had and he couldn't ask for any better. Yes, including Jean. It was Connie who was asking all the questions first as they sat around Eren's dorm room.

"I never thought you'd be gay, dude. Not that that's a bad thing, I'm happy for you! I'm happy you told us, but you just seemed like. I mean, you had girlfriends in high school."

"Yeah I used to even have a crush on you," Sasha pointed out causing Connie to turn his attention to his girlfriend.

"But I ended up picking you!" she argued. They all laughed together and the night continued with questions on who he was and what he did. He decided he would answer all their questions to the best of his ability but if they wanted to meet him, it'd have to be individually. He felt like Levi would intimidate them if he met them all as a crowd; he wasn't exactly the people person but maybe if he slowly introduced them one by one, they wouldn't feel so salty about him.

Once everyone was dry out of questions they all retreated back to their own dorms and gave Eren warm hugs. He was still sitting on the couch with Armin and Mikasa right across from him and the phone on the table. Coming out to his friends was the easy part. They were all his peers so they knew what it was like to go through so many different emotions and feelings. His parents, however, were not of the same generation and were more traditional. He loved his parents to death and they were probably his biggest fans. They supported him in whatever it was that he did and he couldn't be any more grateful to them. They were the ones who raised him to be the man he was today.

He and Levi had been officially together for two weeks and during those two weeks he was working up the courage to tell his parents. For some reason it felt scarier to do it over the phone because he couldn't see their faces to know their reactions. His thoughts were interrupted when Mikasa's hand lightly touched his knee.

"You don't have to do this tonight, you just came out to all our friends," she reassured him. Eren bit his cheek and shook his head.

"I've gotta get this out now while I can or else I don't think I'll ever be able to tell them," Mikasa nodded her head and she and Armin sat with him for all the thirty or so minutes it took for him to actually dial the long distance number. He could feel his heart pounding against his rib cage as the phone kept ringing. He put the phone on speaker and set it on the table. Eventually the ringing stopped and there was a tired voice on the other end.

"My boy must be home sick to be calling at eleven at night," there was a tired chuckle from his mom and it almost put Eren at ease to hear her laugh.

"Sorry, didn't mean to wake you up. Dad's still awake right? Can you put him on the phone too? I need to tell you guys something," there was a pause before she answered.

"Okay, is something wrong?" right away her voice sounded worried.

"Eren, what's going on?" his dad's voice was now present on the line as well and he could feel his throat closing up. He knew he was crying but he tried to calm his shaky voice to speak.

"Do you guys love me?" he asked as his voice almost cracked.

"Of course we do Eren, there's nothing in the world that could make us stop loving you. We're your parents," his mom said.

"Promise?" it was his dad's turn to answer.

"Yes Eren, we promise we love you no matter what," he almost felt bad making his parents worry like this all the way across the world. He took a deep shaky breath as Mikasa and Armin gave him a light squeeze on his hand.

"Mom, Dad, I'm gay."

He was sniffling already when the line went silent but not dead. It was a while before anyone spoke so Eren decided to talk.

"Are you still there?"

"Yes honey, we're still here."

"Do you hate me?"

"Eren," it was his dad. "We told you there was nothing in the world that could make us hate you. You and Mikasa are our pride and joy."

"We're so proud of you for telling us and we're sorry we can't be there to hug you. We love you so much."

There was a lot of crying that night and Eren didn't care about the bill for his long distance call. He was just so relieved to have finally gotten it off his chest. He could tell his mom was crying too and he so badly wanted to be there to embrace them both in his arms.

They asked if he had a boyfriend and he told them about him. He told him about how they met and how good of an ice skater he was. He told them how he motivated him to be a better person and that he wished they could meet him someday.

Eventually Armin and Mikasa came onto the phone and they all talked. It was like a big reuniong and Armin was practically family to them.

"Well if it isn't our daughter and our other son. Were you two there the whole time?" his dad joked. They always joked around how Armin was like a third child to them; they even helped pay for his tuition fees just so he could go to the same school as both Mikasa and Eren.

They were like a happy family and it got so late that they had to pry the phone away from Eren's hand. Before they hung up, there was a lot of "I love you's" being thrown around and eventually they finally hung up.

Mikasa gave him a big hug before she left and Armin headed off to bed as well. Eren sank himself in his sheets before texting Levi.

143, he messaged him. It took seconds for Levi to reply and his message set his nerves at ease.

143 more.