Gig night

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The band was called to the back room where a small office sat. The doors were opened not five minutes later. Levi was leaning against the wall listening to the noise of the crowd. Mikasa was sitting on the desk chair looking over papers and things that sat out on top of it. Armin and Eren were reading what other bands had written on the wall.

“You nervous?” Mikasa suddenly asked Levi. He looked at her without an expression.

“Why would I be?” he asked. The bar tender came back to tell them they were ready to start. It was Eren who ran out first. He jumped up from behind the stage and got seated. His sticks came down on the cymbals. The crowd screamed.

Mikasa joined in with her bass as Armin brought his guitar over his head. They played just a random tune, slowly merging it into their first song. Levi chimed in with his voice. The crowd surged forward at the sound of his lyrics. Petra was directly in front of the small handsome teenager. She screamed and sang along dancing before him.

Levi was a natural. He never messed up the words. He danced around the stage. He even took the cordless mic and went out into the crowd. He danced with many of the partiers.  When Armin broke a string he quickly engaged the audience with conversation until the guitar was ready to be played.

It was nearly the end of the first set when they came to the song that had always been Marco's favorite. Levi stepped up to the mic.

“Thank you all for coming out and supporting us!” he called out. He had to wait for the cheers to die down. “We want to dedicate this next song to our friend and former front man, Marco.” more cheering as some regulars were beginning to realize what was coming next.

 “Marco is doing well with his treatment and recovery.” He told them. “Also, everyone look over here to Jean.” The tall teen walked out on stage. He held up his phone where Marco's face was on the screen.

“Let's show Marco how much we care and miss him.” The crowd screamed for Marco. Levi leaned around the phone to stare into the eyes of the boy he replaced. “This one’s for you, Marco. Hope you are back with us soon!” The music started up, Levi began to sing and dance. Eren was laughing at that way the man shook his ass.

Eren felt a stab of jealousy when Levi dropped out into the crowd again. Petra wrapped her arms around his neck kissing him. When he pushed her back so he could sing she turned her head and kissed his neck. Eren flung a drumstick.

It hit her upside the head, bounced off and a group of girls beside her began fighting over it. Eren had simply grabbed another stick and never missed a beat, but Petra let go of Levi. The singer looked back, one eyebrow raised he smirked at the good looking drummer. Eren just shrugged. Levi finished the song calling out for the crowd to wish Marco a quick recovery.

He went into the next song. Dancing around he kept his hips moving. Eren felt the sweat dripping off of him. Levi came running back toward the drums. He leapt up onto the bar above the bass drum. He lowered the mic.

“Nice shot Yeager!” he winked with a smirk. He then did a backflip off of the kit continuing to sing. As the song ended the band ran off of the stage. The crowd screamed.

Eren grabbed a drink from the bar tender who had water ready for them. He gulped half a bottle down as he slipped out the back door. He dumped the other half of the water over his head.

“Connie!” He cried. The sound guy came out. “What happened to my fans!” Eren cried.

“I’m sorry, Eren. Jean forgot to plug them in. I couldn’t do it from the sound stage. I took care of it as soon as the set ended. They will be working when you go back out.” He assured them.

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