The Only Exception | Armin x Annie

Chapter 32

Armin's Point of View

It has been two years since I last held her.

I've spent a total of three years in pain.

I spent one year trying to wait for her to wake up and I spent two years trying to move on.

The day I ended it all, was the most painful day in my life.

I still had a chance to tell her who I was.

I had the chance to fix all her broken pieces, to fill all the missing puzzle pieces in her memories but I chose not to.

"Armin...Who are you?" I trembled as she held my hand and I bit my lip to suppress my emotions.

I completely forgot that today was the day she was going to get discharged.

I calmed myself down before turning around to look at her.

Tears started forming in my eyes as I saw her innocent self, looking at me curiously. Not recognizing the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with.

"I'm just an author, Annie. We're a big fan of each other."

I don't know if I regret saying that. In those words I let her hear, is the time I completely lost her. I denied her from her right in knowing more about us.

I miss her.

Every fucking day I want to hold her.

Touch her.

Embrace her.

But I can't anymore.

Because I'm the reason why she was hurt in the first place.

I'm the reason why people started hating her for what Christa said about our relationship.

I'm the reason why she got hate for being a 'slut' and having a fake sex video with Floch.

I'm the reason why she was hurt that night. Why Christa did that to her.

I was the reason in every problem she went through.

So it's just the right decision to leave her. To set her free. To give her some peace and quiet.

Because the only way she could get any of those, is to let go of our moments and me as her boyfriend.

"Y-You're lying! W-What's this then?!"

My eyes widened as she raised the book she was holding. It was the book I gave her on her birthday.

"I want you to know that I'm yours today, tomorrow, and forever."

Tears started falling down as she said those words. She said the quote I made for her.

"W-What's the meaning of this then?! I-I don't remember anything but I deserve to know who you are!"

Tears started falling down her eyes as she looked at me.

No...Don't look at me like that, Annie.

"You're my ex girlfriend. That's all, Annie. We're no longer a couple and I was just worried. Take care of yourself then."

I said as I embraced her. Savoring the moment before finalizing my decision to end things with her.

Those were the last words I told her before leaving her. Yet even after two years, I still love her.

Moments of the past kept hunting me. How I saw her lying down the cold marble floor as her blood painted it. How the music in the background added intensity and how my heart dropped as the surgery was a success yet I have to wait for I don't know how long after that just for her to wake up.