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Eren x Mermaid!Armin 5

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~With Eren and Armin~



    Empty bowls with a thin coating of pasta sauce rested on the desk, laughs emitting throughout the room. Two boys sat on Eren's bed, cross-legged, cards spread all over the navy blue comforter.

"Got any twos?" Eren asked, not taking his eyes off the bundle of cards clutched in his hands.

"Go fishing." Armin replied. Eren laughed through his nose,
"It's 'go fish', Arm." Eren corrected.

"Oh, yes, than 'go fish'." The smile blond smiled, looking at Eren, the brunet's eyes full of determination and focus. Armin snickered. 

"What's so funny?" Eren questioned, taking his eyes off his cards.

"Oh, it's nothing." Armin replied quickly, drawing a card, averting his eyes from Eren's. Eren tilted his head slightly to the side, confused, but he then just brushed the weird comment off. He gazed out the window; the stars shown brightly through the windowsill. 

"Hey Armin, wanna go look at the stars? Just like we did at Sandal Rock?" Eren asked, setting his cards facedown so Armin couldn't peek.

The blond whipped his face around to look out the window, his eyes glowing. He hummed, looking back at Eren and giving a simple reply; "Sure!"

The blond set down his cards and followed his brunet friend as he approached the window, sweatshirt swaying by his thighs. Said brunet approached the window and gave it a yank; it creaked and slid open. Eren lifted the window all the way to the top, and looked down out of the window. There, a small shed rested, just below the window. The shed's roof almost was to the level of the window, so the drop would not be that far.

"Alright, so all we have to do is jump on the shed's roof and then from there jump to the ground. You think you can do it?" Eren said, eyes shinning with adventure.

Armin nodded, watching as the boy sat on the windowsill and then jumped down, landing on the shed's rooftop on his own two feet with ease. He waved an arm, signaling for Armin to jump down with him. Said blond perched in the windowsill, then, after taking a deep breath and shutting his eyes tight, jumped down, the dew from the roof soaking some areas of his socks. Shuddering, Armin opened his eyes to find he did indeed make it, and Eren was smiling brightly at him, in one piece.

"Alright, one jump down, one to go!" Eren encouraged.

Walking to the edge of the roof, Eren took one look down and jumped courageously down, rolling across the grass. He stood up, brushing the grass off his shirt and pants, seemingly unaffected from the fall. 

"Don't worry, Armin, i'll catch you! Promise!" He flashed one of his genuine smiles. Armin's stomach fluttered.

Curling his toes over the edge of the roof, he spread out his arms wide, mimicking Eren's. The blond closed his eyes tightly and jumped, feeling the wind rip through his golden locks, whipping his cheeks. He felt strong arms wrap around him, then he felt himself being twirled by his friend before being set down gently. The ocean met a forest canopy as they stared into each other's eyes. Blushes spread on their faces, as Eren let go of the gold headed boy. 

"A-alright, let's find a spot to watch the stars." Eren interrupted the silence, heading away from the small home, Armin in tail. 

After a few silent minutes of walking, the finally reached a flowery hill. Wildflowers covered every inch, not a patch of grass to be seen. Eren flopped down, creating a flattened area in the flowers. Armin carefully lied down next to him, his porcelain forearms touching Eren's olive ones. The former-mermaid heard his human friend sigh.

"They're pretty cool, aren't they?" Eren said, lost in his own thoughts.

"Yes, quite." Armin mused at the stars. Back home, they believed the stars rested in the human world, but Armin knew that was not the case from his countless trips to the surface. 

"I always come out here to cool down." Eren began, "People seem to piss me off all the time. My parents, kids at school, even my own sister Mikasa. I can't help it, Arm. I just get mad so easily and then that turns into blinded anger and then I end up punching some poor kid in the face." Eren sighed, and continued on. "It's nice having you as a friend. You just seem so... calming. I don't know..." Eren mumbled, finishing his little rant. 

Armin reached down a pursued Eren's hand. The blond gave it a small squeeze.

"Thank you for telling me that, Eren. I am glad I bring you joy, because you bring me joy as well." The boy made eye contact, giving the larger boy a smile. The two laid there for a while, enjoying the quiet, peace, and serenity. Some time passed, and the brunet sat up, gently breaking the contact between their hands.

"I have an idea, Armin."

Eren then wandered around the field picking flowers, a certain kind. Armin could not see which kind of flowers through the darkness, however, the light from the moon and stars illuminated the male. Finally, Eren seemed amused with the amount he had picked and headed back towards the blond boy. He sat right in front of Armin, cross legged, and said,

"I wanna try something. Just turn around, ok?" Armin nodded, spinning around, back facing him. Eren got to work; he started to braid Armin's hair, incorporating small blue flowers into it. The motion was relaxing not only for Eren, but for Armin as well. 

"Done!" Eren chimed after a few moments, admiring his work. 

Armin touched the few stranded braids of hair, twirling them, noting the blue-bells weaved into his locks. A huge smile was plastered to his face. Turning around to look Eren in the eyes, Armin gave Eren a small peck on the lips. "I love it!" he said, a slight blush forming.

Eren blinked, processing what just happened. To Armin, this was pretty normal; in the mermaid world, kissing meant a sign of gratitude and or/ deep trust or understanding. In the human world, well, that wasn't the case. 

A yawn escaped Armin's lips, "Where did you learn to do that?"

Eren, still flustered and blushing, answered, "W-well, when I was little, my sister Mikasa would always want me to do that to her hair. So, I guess I have some experience with it. We've grown a little more distant since we both grew up." Eren stopped, standing up and helping Armin as well. "Anyway, it's been a while since I've done it."

They walked back towards the house, hands brushing occasionally. After some while, they reached the Jaeger's front door. "Ok, so it's too dangerous to climb up onto the shed, so we'll just dash into the house and run up the stairs before my Mom and Dad see." Eren told Armin, mentally rehearsing.

"Alright, ready?" the brunet asked as he put his hand on the cool doorknob. The blond nodded.

"3...2...1... GO!" They both scrambled inside, slammed the front door shut, ran up the stairs, and practically flew through Eren's bedroom door (which, luckily, Eren remembered to unlock). Eren immediately locked it, and flung on the bed beside Armin. Breathing heavily, they both listened to the sound of footsteps heading up the stairs.

"Eren? Was that you?" Karla asked, rasping on Eren's door with the back of her worn fist.

"Yeah Mom! I was just out!" Eren called through the other side of the door. 

"...Alright honey, don't forget to let me know next time you head out. You could get hurt!" She sighed loudly.

"Mom, I'm a Sophomore in Highschool. I think I can handle going outside for a few minutes." He rolled his eyes.

The footsteps then disappeared down the stairs.

"Phew, we did it, Arm!" He smiled, facing the smaller boy.

"Yeah, we did!" He hummed back.

Yawning, Eren crawled under the covers, Armin doing the same. Their little excursion had been mentally and physically exhausting. The blond snuggled into the cuddly softness of Eren's bed sheets. Said brunet flicked off the lightswitch and rested his head on his pillow, facing Armin's back. He drooped an arm over him, muttering a soft 'goodnight'.

Eren fell asleep to the smell of blue-bells. 
SURPRISE! TWO chapters have been uploaded in 1 day! I guess it's a sorry gift to you all for being on hiatus for sO LONG. Anywho, I hope you enjoy! ^.^

REMINDER THAT EREN'S VOICE ACTOR SUNG PART OF YOUR WORLD: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIOw7z…;



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Specktra-Blaze's avatar
when are ch.6 coming out? :) :D