Into the light..|Eremin

Chapter 6 |Promise

Armin POV:
Eren then said "Armin you promised not to lie... Who did this"
The second Eren said Promised I must have zoned out. I had a flashback.
-Flashback-
"Hey.. wanna be friends" Erens younger self said calmly. Armins younger self was more shy and he then said shyly "s-sure if you want" while he clutched his book. Eren looked at the book and said "what are you reading?" Armin looked down nervously blushing lightly he then began to stutter while saying "I-it's about the ocean I wanna go there one day.." Eren smiled blushing a lot and he said "I promise I'll take you there." Armin began to smile while blushing lightly as Eren picked up his hand and intertwined his pinky with Armins.
-Flashback over-
"Armin.. hello Armin.. Armin" Eren said worried about me he had such a concerned look I then said "s-sorry"
Eren hugged me tightly and then saw blood dripping from my arms. He looked down at my hands and arms as he tried to roll up my sleeve until I moved away with my hands in front of myself and I said "I-it's not what it looks like Eren! I-it's not- i didn't-" but before I could finish Eren interrupted me and said "Armin why would you cut yourself!... I love you more than anything let me see it" I then began to walk back even though I was in pain he couldn't know my father did that but I didn't do it either and it was embarrassing if he thought I cut myself so I then backed away not realizing I was already so far away I bumped into the wall with my back behind it as I slid down and said "n-no I didn't cut myself Eren p-please... let's talk about the ... ocean or something else okay..." I said trying to change the subject but obviously this idea didn't work on Eren . Eren walked closer to me and sat down as he began to roll up my sleeve he covered his mouth in slight shock of thinking I did this to myself but I didn't he then said "Armin why.. why would you do this... please Armin tell-" I began to interrupt him and rolled my sleeve down and said "I didn't do it OKAY!" I couldn't take it anymore the abuse was ruining me as the cuts started to burn the ones on my stomach were very deep the bleeding started again since I moved from the bed I only realized it was dripping through my shirt as Erens eyes widened in shock. He then said "We need to get you to a hospital Armin.. that's a very deep cut.. I don't understand why you'd do this to yourself I love you don't you know that if you didn't do it please explain who did you promised if anyone hurt you you'd tell me now you have to but you can explain later" Eren picked me up bridal style while I tried to get out of his arms because I knew if my parents saw I wasn't home I'd be dead. I was struggling while trying to get out of his arms but still couldn't Armin began to wine in pain also in annoyance of Eren picking him up Eren then laughed a bit and said "Armin you need to get some help okay.. just since i love you I'm doing this so calm down okay.." he said calmly how could he be so... calm. I loved him too, yes. But I needed to stay home. Eren put me down for a second to calm me down and he then said "calm down Armin please.." he then through me over his shoulder while leading me to his car I continued to not lisen to him and grabbed anything nearby to stop him from taking me out of my home. He kept on telling me to calm down but I'm not going to he can't just do this. I was a little scared he would drop me as well. I hated and despise heights. I began to cry and pouted while waiting for him to put me down. He opened the door to his car buckling me up as he started the car he then locked the car door after I tried to open it. It was absolutely no use. I didn't know what to do. Eren opened his door and ran inside to do something. This was perfect. I unbuckled myself and crawled to the drivers seat. I pulled the door open and limped out a bit not realizing Eren was standing behind me. He picked me up bridal style. I thought to myself 'what do I do if he asks me again. What will the hospital say. I need to leave I need to.' I put my arms around Erens neck and my legs around his waist since I was terrified of heights and thought he'd drop me. Eren unlocked the door of the car setting me down lightly in my seat while he lifted up my shirt a little to put a small wet towel to cover the stab wounds. He buckled me up and Eren said "Armin.. tell me who is hurting you please." He closed the door and walked to the other side looking at me deeply. I sighed and began to cry and he said "I'm sorry Armin...
Let's get you to the hospital and then I really want an answer.. okay." I nodded slightly while crying even more.
We entered the hospital. It was cold Eren picked me up since I could hardly walk and we made it to a woman at a desk. She took me to a room and cleaned up my wounds. I got some medication for the infection I had from the stab wound. It must have gotten infected. She noticed even more wounds but thought nothing of it as I made excuses. The nurse and doctor left the room and I was still crying a bit. Eren looked at me and said "Armin.. please.." I then sighed. Eren began to wipe my tears away with his thumb and I then said "m-my... my.." I couldn't believe after all these years of abuse I was actually going to tell him the truth. Eren looked at me. He looked at me as if he didn't wanna miss a moment of me. I still didn't understand yet but I then said while upset and angered and annoyed and sad and there was so many emotions that I had the guts to just finally let it all out "my dad a-and my mom." I then began to cry much more as Eren held me as his face expression looked so shocked.

Eren POV:
I was so shocked. He accidentally almost told me once but I thought it was an excuse I was so stupid. He left so many clues and if I was smart I could've figured it out. I knew before it's just he said his dad wouldn't do it anymore. This is why I finally knew why Armin looked so dull. In class Armin was dull. At lunch Armin was dull. On the phone Armin was dull. At the park Armin was dull. When they hugged Armin was dull. During homework Armin was dull. He was so depressed looking that I even noticed Armin had a dead stare. I began to calm him while playing with his hair trying to stay calm. I then said "Armin it's okay.. it's okay... I'm going to call CPS. Everything will be okay you can come to my house alright. You can stay with me" as soon as I said that Armin cried more and said as he pulled away "no. No no no no no no! It won't work they'll hurt me again Eren it's no use if I just died before if you just let me die before t-then it would all be fine!" I couldn't believe what Armin just said.

Armin POV:
No I said that out loud I didn't mean to now he's gonna think something else and now he won't believe me about anything I needed to leave or do something but I had one question.
Eren then said "Armin I'm not letting you die.. you mean a lot.."
It was silent for a while as Eren cuddled up with me cradling me in his arms while playing with my blonde hair I then wanted to ask my question. "Eren... do you still love me even after I told you what my parents did.." Eren looked upset as his smile turned to a frown he then smiled again as he said "Armin i love you.. it doesn't matter what you went through.. I wanna help you and I love you too much to let this abuse continue."