kiss from a corpse ♡︎ereri/riren♡︎

₊˚๑ ༄ an old friend

[I'M SORRY THAT IN THIS FIC ARMIN IS DEAD- BUT ITS BETTER THAN NOT HAVING HIM HERE AT ALL, RIGHT?-]

✧ ARMIN'S POV ✧

"hey eren, been a long time hasn't it? how are you?" i asked as eren just stared at me. "hello??? earth to anger issues?" i joked, knowing that nickname can trigger him to talking. "armin? armin arlert? coconut? do you know how much i missed you? yes its been a long time! its been a year goddamn it. so you're here now? still a bookworm?" eren was talking on and on like a machine, i just laughed at the sight. "wait, levi how did you know armin?" eren turned to the shorter male at the back.  

"hanji" 

"wait a freaking minute- eren how did you even get here?" i brought up, realizing that i never bothered with such an important question. "oh that.. its a long story" eren smiled weakly. 

✧ EREN'S POV ✧

after explaining everything to armin, he just kept blinking. occasionally putting his finger on his chin, processing the information i had just revealed. "ok lets review, so basically, you..." his voice became inaudible as i just stared at him. believe it or not, he's paler than levi or hanji. he had black circles under his eyes. he also coughed multiple times as we talked. he just looks.. ill. 

well, i mean, that isn't a surprise. 

about two years ago, armin decided to go explore the world. he was tired of the dull life in the village. i couldn't blame him for feeling like that though. after almost one year of armin scouting the outside world, he told us he was returning home. but he never really did come. all i heard was that he passed away in the carriage on his way back. after 1-2 months since he departed, i learned he suffered from fatal insomnia. 

i knew he had trouble sleeping since we were 15 but i didn't think it would lead to something as alarming as this. they concluded that during the one year he had been out, it was the peak of his fatal insomnia. and since he was alone, no one really helped him with it. fatal insomnia only lets it's victim to live up until only a few months or if you're lucky, even a few years. considering armin's weak immune system, and not to mention his already growing cough sickness which i might add that he always commented it felt like it burnt his lungs ['burnt' get it??? naw it was stupid gomen-], he.. only survived a few months after knowing he's carrying this rare disease. 

he finally got some sleep on the carriage, and that's where he let out his last breath. 

"hold on eren- the ring was supposed to be for mikasa?" armin's voice snapped me back from my memories. "huh? oh.. yeah" i simply replied. but then my head whipped around to look at levi, afraid that if he heard armin's mention of my uh fiance, he would go ballistic. luckily he seemed to be busy with trying to catch his... arm- as it crawled all over him, i can see his clearly irritated face. it went from just silent annoyance, to hissing, then to growling, and lastly he pursed his lips and let out a huge sigh as he managed to grab a hold of his arm. 

someone please explain to me how and why i found that to be adorable? 

as i was about to dive deeper into my thoughts about levi, i heard a familiar shriek. "THERE YOU GUYS ARE!!" hanji was running towards us, waving their right hand. "hello hanji, is there anything you need?" armin gave hanji his question, now all 3 of us waiting for their answer. "yes! i want to spend time with eren!" they exclaimed and i swear i could feel levi emitting this murderous aura. "you and i both know what i meant, levi! calm down!" hanji's words was able to thaw levi's arctic cold expression, but they still earned a tongue click from him. 

"y-you're not going to try any experiments on him, right?" armin's uneasiness was very noticeable. "are their experiments that dangerous?" i was starting to worry about my safety around this crazy individual. 

"not re-" 

"yes" 

levi popped in to the conversation, cutting hanji from telling their, i suppose, lie. "oh come on, i just want to talk with him! just a few exchanges of words wont hurt, its harmless!" hanji tried reasoning with levi. after a few more persuades, levi was too tired to deal with the insane being's bullshit so he gave in, but of course with a threat at the end. nevertheless hanji still squealed at levi's approval. "we'll be back in a few, byeeee!" they bid their farewell and lightly smacked my back, giving away a 'lets go' message. 

i walked beside a very bouncy hanji. and when i say 'bouncy', it translates to 'they're really joyful and they're literally jumping up and down, skipping too'. if you compare me to hanji right now, there's a high chance i would be assumed as a depressed person. 

"so what exactly do you want to discuss about?" i asked and hanji stopped their lively actions. a bit surprised by their sudden change i asked again, "is something the matter?" this time trying to get hanji to look at me. they exhaled quickly before gripping onto my shoulders. 

"i know this must be a grave misunderstanding but please, don't abandon levi, he doesn't need to relive his worst nightmare..." 

[THE DISEASE BE LOOKING LIKE NO STRANGER FOR SOME HQ FANS??? thats right, here armin got the same fate as poor bokuto in 'in another life', but it was just because i think armin would have insomnia in the first place, and like he'll just think of it as extra time for him to read books. also i chose him to start having insomnia at 15 because that's the age he got the colossal titan in the anime and manga (right??) so i just thought, with that burden on him, sleeping isn't exactly as easy as before. his cough thing was just to add up on how he nearly died, and how it probably hurt his lungs the most since yk he's breathing in all that exhaust from bearturle. LMAO SORRY I JUST WANTED TO PROPERLY INFORM Y'ALL BUT FR HAVE A NICE REST OF UR DAY IMMA DISAPPEAR FOR NOW]