White Hoodie (An AruAni AU)

Chapter 11: Call It Quits

2 months have passed since that particular incident. After the commissioner's passing, Hange became the stand-in commissioner until a replacement could be found.

 Many death threats were flung towards me by the Paradis' citizens and they want me out of my job. The past 2 months have been dreary. I was mostly on leave since my Mom suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from the kidnapping and I had to take care of her; another reason was the immense stress that pondered onto my mind.

"ARMIN ARLERT OUT! WE DO NOT WANT A SELFISH CAPTAIN TO BE THE BEDROCK OF OUR NATION SECURITY!"

"GET THAT BLONDE ASSHOLE OUT OF HERE! HE CHOSE HIS MOM OVER THE COMMISSIONER!"

"HOW DARE YOU FUCKING KILL THE COMMISSIONER, YOU SELFISH IDIOT!"

These bloody protestors are still fucking outside my office? When will it ever stop?

"COME OUT NOW! AND FORCE YOUR RESIGNATION!"

"YOU SHOULD DIE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTIONS! THEN WE'LL NOT SEE YOU AS SOMEONE WHO'S A SELFISH DEVIL!"

"YOU RUINED OUR REPUTATION! MUSKAN WAS RIGHT, WE ARE CERTAINLY DEVILS!"

Just FUCKING SHUT THE HELL UP!

SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP!

"AHHHHHH!" I irritatedly threw my table lamp down on the floor and kicked the dustbin onto the door: "I shouldn't even have come back here! Fuck this shit!"

Just then, there were a few knocks on the door.

"Come in!"

Up strode Eren Yeager, who was clumsily holding both his laptop and his cup of coffee.

"What is it Eren?"

"Hey Armin, can we talk?"

"Sit." I signalled the office chair in front of my desk where he made his way there: "So, what is it?"

"So erm, I feel that erm, w-well..."

"Well, what?!"

"I can't trust you anymore. The promise you made to kill that white hoodie woman who murdered Mikasa, I've been waiting for a long time. She was there too right, at the parliament building?"

I remained speechless.

"Yeah, I saw her too. She was running away from the building, I tried to catch up to her but she broke through the window and drifted off with a motorbike. Then I saw you at the aisle, with both knees down in regret. How Armin? Why are you willing to keep a promise you aren't confident to keep? What's the damn point?"

"Eren, please gimme a break. Will you?"

"Don't worry, I've had enough of you and your sickening plans. I swear I shouldn't have ever put my faith in you, look where that turned out. I'm fucking resigning, here's the resignation letter on my laptop. If you need it in hardcopy I will print it out for you now- "

What. The. Hell?

"Eren please re-consider. Muskan's still on the run and our mission isn't finished. We've already lost Mikasa, we can't lose you too."

"Then, that's your loss, not mine. I don't give any shits no more, plus you are still willing to carry on the mission? Even after the millions of slanders and critics from the general public? You think that if the mission's a success, everyone would heap praises onto you. Trust takes time to process."

"Come on man..."

"Sorry, Armin. I can't be under a leader like you."

Right now I am seriously thinking about resigning from the PSDU, and if Eren leaves, that would spell bigger trouble for us.