angelite (an eremin fanfic)

chapter three

Eren stood in front of the tall apartment building, waiting for Connie and Jean to arrive. He and Mikasa stood on the sidewalk, a few feet away from where they parked their car. It was nine in the morning on Saturday, the time Armin and Eren had decided on. Well, it was more of Eren agreeing as he was distracted by Armin's perfect lips and the way-

"Hey, Boss! Mikasa! We're here. Sorry, we stopped by a cafe to buy some breakfast," Connie bounded over coffee and bagels in hand. Jean followed behind him, hands in his pockets.

"Hey, guys," Eren said. Mikasa nodded her greetings and the four of them stared at the building.

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"I can't believe you signed us up for this! What if I wasn't available on Saturday?" Jean yelled at Eren after he told them what he had agreed to at Armin's shop.

"Well you are, aren't you? You have nothing better to do." Eren said.

"I can't believe this, you're so in love already Boss. I thought he would fall for you but turns out I was wrong." Connie laughed as he walked around the desk.

Mikasa was sitting there, silent but with a smile on her face. "I think it's sweet. We should all go, let's help him out."

"Do you? Fine, then I'll go." Jean mumbled. Eren couldn't believe it. He was going to Armin's apartment and bringing everyone along with him.

They teased him relentlessly but he took it, the thought of helping Armin was better than thinking about the insults being thrown left and right.

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"So, we are at the right place right?" Jean asked.

Eren snapped out of his daze and looked down at his phone, matching the address to where they were. "Yeah, we are." Mikasa walked forward and the rest of them followed.

They reached the door, apartment 105. Eren took a few deep breaths to steady himself. He wasn't sure why he was so nervous, but his heart was pounding and his hand was shaking. Knocking on the door, there were a few seconds of silence until sounds of crashing and things falling over were heard. Eren was scared but before he could knock again the door opened and there standing was Armin.

His arm was holding on to the doorway, it looked as if he had just gotten up. His hair was down, it was a mullet, wavy and ruffled. He was wearing grey sweats that hung from his legs and a light purple shirt, drooping off of his shoulders. Eren was mesmerized by him, the ruffled, slightly unkempt side of him was- cute?

"Hey, sorry for all the noise. There's so much stuff everywhere it took a while to get to the door, come inside," He backed away from the door and waited for them to finish removing their shoes. "So this is it, my humble abode." He motioned around the apartment.

At first sight, all you could see was brown cardboard boxes, they littered the place, Eren wasn't even sure how anyone could walk around. On the left of the entrance was the kitchen, with boxes on the countertop and a small table off to the side. A girl peeked out from the kitchen, the same one as earlier.

"Hi! I'm Sasha, I work at "The Secret Garden" as well. What are your names?" Greetings went around as she sat on the floor surrounded by boxes. Eren looked over at Mikasa who was smiling, slightly red on her cheeks. Armin motioned them forward as they continued to trip over boxes and curse under their breaths.

They were in the living room, there were a few familiar faces and one that none of them knew.

"Yo," Ymir said, sitting on the floor next to Historia. Historia waved and gave them a smile. They all nodded hi and the boy on the floor turned around. His face was covered in freckles and he had glasses hanging off the edge of his nose.