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Eren sighed and tapped his hand against the car window watching the desert pass through the window.
Levi grabbed his hand “Are you feeling sick?”
“No, I'm just thinking.”
“Thinking? That’s never a good sign. You still want to get married right?”
Eren smiled and rested his head on Levi’s shoulder. “Don’t sound so nervous. Of course, I want to marry you. I just...I’m 14 weeks now so I told Historia, Sasha, and Marco that I’m pregnant last week at lunch.”
“Oh? How did that go?”
“Really well. They were all so excited for us. Historia already bought us a onesie and Sasha is begging to be the first to know the gender.”
Levi kissed his hand. “That’s amazing love. When we get back we can start telling more people ok?”
“Yeah. I can’t help but think about the difference between Mikasa and Armin. I mean they are my best friends. They should have been at least a little excited for me not to accuse me of cheating or asking if I’m getting rid of it.”
“I agree. They did not handle that very well. I can’t apologize enough for that.”
Eren chuckled. “I think I’m gonna take a step back from being their friend. I mean if they apologize maybe I’ll think about forgiving them but right now… I just can’t be around them.”
“I understand. I’ll support you with whatever decision you make.”
“It won’t be awkward for you? I mean Mikasa is your daughter.”
Levi shrugged. “She’s my adult daughter. You are my family now. Like you said, if she apologizes then we can go from there.”
Eren kissed Levi’s cheek. “Works for me.”
Levi patted his thigh.“Now, are there any other problems that need to be addressed? Or can we start enjoying our vacation?”
Levi was right, this was their wedding weekend. He didn’t want to be stressed out. “I’m glad you talked me into a Vegas wedding. I can’t imagine planning out a whole wedding.”
Levi squeezed his hand. “I’ll admit. I didn’t want to wait. I've wanted to marry you since our first anniversary. Go over the itinerary for me.”
Eren got out the papers. Grinning wide. He planned the weekend down to a T. “Ok so we are arriving at the hotel tonight. Then tomorrow-Thursday we have to go suit shopping. I want to find a white suit and maybe a veil.”
“White?” Levi started. “You definitely are no blushing virgin.”
“Shut up! We got the deluxe package which means we are having professional pictures taken. We have to look nice.”
“Fine, fine, I'll make sure to look my best. Continue.”
“Alright. So Thursday night is pretty open. We will probably have dinner and maybe walk around the strip. Friday morning I booked a spa treatment for myself. I don’t know what you want to do. The limo is picking us up at 5 to take us to the chapel. So whatever you do, just be ready to leave at 5. The ceremony starts at 6 then we take pictures afterward.”
“Gods I love these packages. They do everything for us. All we have to do is show up.”
“Yup. You have the rings right?”
Levi nodded. “Bought them the second you agreed to marry me. Also tonight and Thursday we are staying in a regular room. Then on Friday, I booked the honeymoon suite for the next 6 days.”
Eren smiled. “Awesome. I’m not sure what we are gonna do in Vegas for 6 days though.”
Levi looked at him. “Baby it’s Vegas! We can do anything. Casinos, clubs, bars… the list goes on.”
Eren chuckled. Levi was excited to go to Vegas; he claimed he and his friends said that when they got rich they would gamble, smoke, and drink to their heart's content.“I think you are forgetting someone. I’m pregnant. I can’t exactly drink alcohol. Plus I really shouldn’t be sitting in a casino all day. People smoke! Whatever I ingest baby ingests. Second-hand smoke kills!”
Levi grumbled. “I know you are pregnant. Of course, we won’t do anything that will put our baby in danger. We can hang out at the pool, go to shows, walk around the city, have lots of sex…”
He rolled his eyes. “So romantic. Because I love you and know how excited you are to gamble, I’ll look up non-smoking casinos. There has to be at least one…”
“Have I ever told you how much I love you?”
He pulled out his phone and started looking for smokeless casinos. “Does it make us bad parents? Going gambling when we know I’m pregnant?”
Levi shrugged. “No, we are only gambling no smoking, drinking, or drugs involved. If anything it makes us great parents looking for pregnant safe casinos.”
He wrinkled his nose, “I don’t think pregnant safe casinos exist but ok.”
“Hey my phone is going off in my pocket can you check it?”
He pulled Levi’s phone out of his side pocket. Naturally, it was a text from Mikasa:
‘I know Eren is ignoring me but please can we talk? I wanna explain myself.’
When he read it aloud Levi laughed, “That’s rich. Tell her I’m on vacation for the next 8 days and we can talk when I get back.”
Eren replied and put the phone away. “Explain herself? That can’t be good.”
Levi clicked his tongue. “She’s been with her mom gods only know what they’ve been talking about. Probably wants to tell me why she went to her mom and sold me out.”
“And ruined my plans for telling you myself.”
Levi pinched his thigh, “What was your plan again?”
“Hey! I would have figured something out…”
Caesars’ palace was amazing. Eren wasn’t sure he belonged in such an expensive place. “Once we check in we can go walk around and maybe see about dinner.”
“Okay. I wanna check out the pool.”
“We will see everything. Promise.”
They had an amazing dinner and had fun walking around the hotel making sure to note what they wanted to check out during their honeymoon.
Back in their room, Eren stared at himself in the mirror. Was he showing yet? He could see a small bump. but that could have been bloating from eating a big dinner. He gulped. Would he fit in his normal size? He only had one day to find a suit that fits perfectly.
“Stare any harder and the mirror might crack.” He turned and looked at Levi sitting on the bed reading.
“I’m getting fat. I don’t have time to get a suit altered.”
“You aren’t fat. You’ll find something. I’d marry you even if you were butt naked.”
“Of course you would. I want to look good in our wedding pictures.”
“Stop. Everything will be fine. Don’t stress. All that matters at the end of the day is that we get married.”
Eren went and laid down next to Levi. “I know. I love you so much and want to spend the rest of our lives together. I want to look back on the day and remember how perfect it was.”
Levi pulled him close. “I love you too. But we should look back and think about how happy we were to get married. How we couldn’t wait to be together forever.”
Eren groaned as buried his head in Levi’s chest. “Gods I hate it when you are right.”
Levi kissed his head. “I know. If the pictures turn out shitty then we can just photoshop them. Or take more later.”
“Mmm, I am a photoshop master.”
Eren did eventually find the perfect suit. These pictures were gonna be perfect.
Thursday night as they ate dinner together Levi was looking around nervously. “What’s up? Can’t back out now.”
Levi smiled. “I’m waiting for your surprise.”
“Surprise?” He also looked around the restaurant. Looking for whatever Levi had planned. “What did you do?”
Levi just smirked. He then heard a commotion at the front and someone yelling “Eren!”
He turned and almost fell out of his chair. Walking into the restaurant were his parents and most of his and Levi’s friends.
“Wha?” He couldn’t help it and he burst into tears. “Mom! Dad!”
His mom came up and pulled him into a tight hug. “Surprise!”
“What are you all doing here?!”
His dad also hugged him. “Levi told us you were getting married this weekend and mom and I weren’t missing this.”
He wiped his eyes. “A little warning would have been nice!”
Levi chuckled. “I know I said I wanted it to be just the two of us but I know how much you love your parents. They deserved to be here. Then it kind of got out of hand.”
Hange pushed to the front. “Yeah! I heard Levi talking to your parents about a wedding and he must have been crazy to think he could get married without me! So I invited Moblit Erwin and myself.”
Levi rolled his eyes. “Once the word got out everyone wanted to come. I tried to keep it small.”
Eren shook his head. “ No, this is perfect. I’m so glad everyone could come!”
Some servers came over and pulled up more tables so they could all sit together. He rested his head against Levi’s intertwining their hands. “This is amazing, thank you.”
“Of course. The more I thought about it the more I realized how selfish it was to not include the people we love.”
His mom nudged him. “I have another surprise for you.”
“Mom, I don’t need anything.”
“No no! You need something borrowed. I brought my veil from my wedding.”
“Oh.” The one thing he didn’t find today was a veil. He was going to start crying again. “Thank you. I’d be so proud to wear it.”
“I’m proud to have you wear it! I’m so excited for you two! I see how much you love each other. Do you think I’ll ever get grandkids?”
Eren suddenly didn’t want to wait. He wanted to tell his parents that he was pregnant.
Levi pulled him close and whispered, “I think we should tell our guests the other good news.”
“Yeah. I agree. How should…”
Before he could finish Levi was standing up. “Excuse me. I’d like to say something.”
Everyone turned and looked.
“Thank you for being here. It means a lot to Eren and me. I know us getting married is already a bit of a surprise but we do have another surprise to share…”
This was Eren's chance to tell people how he wanted. He stood up next to Levi and announced. “I’m pregnant!”
Everyone gasped. “You’re joking!” His mom stood up with a hand over her mouth.
“Nope! I’m 14 weeks!”
Hange stood up and pulled him and Levi into a tight hug. “I can’t believe it! I’m so excited!! I get a baby!”
His mom joined the hug. “You mean we get a baby!”
Everyone extended their congratulations.
“How long have you known?” His mom practically demanded.
“Uh, probably about 7 weeks? We were gonna tell everyone after the wedding.”
''I am of course ecstatic to be a grandfather but I have to ask, is this why you two are getting married?”
Eren groaned. He had a feeling his father would ask. “No, I mean we were already engaged and I didn’t want to plan a wedding then be super pregnant, and then if we waited until after the baby was born then we might never find the right time. So we agreed the best time is now.”
Levi wrapped an arm around him. “I’ll take full responsibility. I did not want to wait. I would have gotten married the second after meeting him.” Eren felt himself blush. Everyone awwed. Levi pulled out their latest ultrasound and passed it around the table.
“Are you guys gonna find out the gender?!’
”What do you want more, a boy or a girl?” Everyone wanted to know everything they did.
They both shrugged. “We aren’t sure yet. I can’t speak for Levi but I don’t care. As long as they are healthy.”
Levi huffed. “Everyone says that. A boy would be nice. But I’d be happy with either.”
After dinner when they left the restaurant Eren started towards their hotel.
“Where do you think you’re going, Eren?” Hange demanded.
“Uhh back to the hotel?”
“No, you aren’t! We are taking you and Levi out for a joint Bachelor party!”
“Hange… I appreciate that. You guys should just take Levi.”
Levi squeezed his hand. “I want you to come. I’ll feel bad if you are in the room alone and I’m out with friends.”
“That’s sweet but you’ll probably want to go to casinos and clubs. I’m perfectly fine just hanging out at the hotel, I’m exhausted. I've been on my feet all day.” He kissed Levi’s cheek. “Go have fun. Just don’t smoke or drink too much or gamble away all our money.”
“Are you sure?”
His mom grabbed his arm. “Don’t fret Levi! I’ll keep Eren company. We have lots to talk about.”
Levi kissed him. “Ok. I promise I won’t be out too late.”
Hange started shoving Levi. “Let’s go let’s go! Eren, I'll make sure he doesn’t fall in love with a stripper.”
Erwin patted his shoulder. “I’ll keep both of them out of trouble.”
“Thanks, Erwin. Make sure he has some fun. But maybe don’t go to any strip clubs.”
By Friday morning Eren was a ball of nerves. He ended up falling asleep in his parents' hotel room. After talking with them for hours. Erwin texted him at 3 am saying that he had Hange and Levi in his room along with a picture of Erwin and Mike carrying them in the elevator because they passed out. He also assured him that both will be dressed sober and ready for the ceremony by 4 pm.
His mom joined him for his spa treatment. “Don’t look so nervous sweetheart!”
“I know. I don’t even know why I’m nervous. I’ve never been so sure of something. I just want today to go over without any bumps.”
“I felt the same on my wedding day. some advice, Worry too much and you’ll feel like every little thing is wrong. Just enjoy the day.”
“Thanks, mom. I’m just glad I don’t have morning sickness anymore.”
She chuckled, “If you were anything like me, my morning sickness lasted all day and night.”
“Ugh, it was awful. I’m so glad you know because I’ll be texting or calling over every little thing.”
“I have been waiting my whole life to hear those words. I want to hear about everything!”
“Careful what you wish for mom.”
When it was time to get ready Eren was relieved when his suit still fit. He had a nightmare that his stomach grew overnight and his shirt or pants didn’t fit.
“Oh Eren, you look amazing!” He did. His mom carefully fixed the veil atop his head. “There. Perfect.”
“Are you two ready?” His father offered both his arms to him and his mom and they walked to the limo.
At the chapel, Levi and his friends were milling about outside. Hange came running up to the limo. “Thank goodness you made it!”
He took their hand. “I'm early. Is everything ready?”
Hange nodded. “Yes! We have your bouquet. All that’s left is to walk down the aisle!”
Eren walked over to Levi who looked so handsome in his black suit with his hair slicked back. “You look picture perfect.”
Levi took his hand. “You look even better. Are you sure you are real? You’re right out of my dreams.”
“Charmer. How was last night?”
“Good. I’m surprised we didn’t get banned from this city.”
“That would put a damper on our plans.”
“Mmm, also Hange is upset that we aren’t having an Elvis impersonator marry us. They might have already hired one for the after-party and I may or may not have agreed to it while drunk.”
Eren smiled and shook his head.“Let’s get married. Then deal with whatever you and Hange planned last night.”
They walked down the aisle together and stood in front of the officiant. “Are we ready to begin?”
They both nodded. “Wonderful. Do you have the rings?”
Levi pulled out two beautiful silver rings. “Yes.”
The officiant nodded. “Levi please repeat after me- I give you all of my love from this day forward and assure you that you will never walk alone.”
Levi took a deep breath, “I give you all of my love from this day forward and assure you that you will never walk alone.”
“Your love is my anchor and your trust is my strength. I wish for my heart to be your shelter and the comfort of my arms to be your home.”
“With these next vows please place the ring on your beloved.” The officiant said.
Levi carefully raised his left hand and repeated the vows- “This ring has no beginning or end and neither does my love for you. Today I give you all that I am and all that I shall become.”
Before he placed the ring on his finger Levi gave one last speech, “I’d also like to say this- I love you. Very simple. Very truly. You are the epitome of everything I have ever looked for in another human being. There isn’t another soul on this planet who has ever made me half the person I am when I’m with you. I am forever changed because of who you are and what you’ve meant to me.” After he finished he slipped the ring on his finger and kissed it.
Eren repeated everything that Levi had said and before he put Levi’s ring on he made his own little speech, “Today, I acknowledge how lucky I have been to find such a beautiful, caring, and loving person to share my life with. I look back on the countless memories we have made together, I look forward to many more exciting years to come, I am forever giving thanks that we found each other.”
With both shiny rings, on their fingers, the officiant announced, “I am proud to announce for the first time, Mr. and Mr. Ackerman. Please kiss your groom.”
Levi lifted up his veil and dipped him into a sweet kiss. Eren didn’t even hear the shouts and hollers from their guests. All that mattered at that moment was that he was married to the love of his life.