Guilty Pleasures [Completed]

Chapter 36

Armin Arlert
(Six years ago before Y/N left and a flashback from his highschool)
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"You're more wasted than I am."

My head turned when Eren suddenly sat beside me at the bar counter. I furrowed my brows and averted my gaze as I drank the whole glass of soju.

"What do you want? Why are you here?" I asked in annoyance.

"This is a public bar. Am I not allowed here?" He answered sarcastically.

I ignored him and decided to continued drinking. I don't know how many times or how many hours since I started drinking. The alcohol won't just hit.

"Now it make sense why are you suddenly nice when we first met each other." Eren said and ordered a beer for himself. "You were planning on hitting my wife up."

I gritted my teeth and gripped the glass. I'm pissed at Eren's presence. So bad that I want to punch him 'til he bleed.

But he was partly right. I was surprised when Eren moved in just beside my home. Back then, the anger I felt back in highschool came back.

But I didn't expect to meet his wife first. To think that Eren would settle up with a woman had me thinking that I might be delusioning.

But that time, when I saw the large frame at Y/N's house. Excitement filled into me as I thought of an idea. I wanted to play with Eren just like how he did in highschool.

"Armin, you got on first place again." Mikasa said as I entered the classroom. My eyes widened as I ran on the bulletin board. There, I saw that she wasn't lying.

I'm still the number in all the highschool students.

"Damn, Armin. Give us a chance." My classmate joked as I laughed and scratched my head.

"Let's just study hard. I know you can do it." I adviced and my eyes went back on the board again.

Eren was on the last rank again.

I sighed as my eyes went to the classroom entrance and I saw Eren and a girl beside her. Probably her new girlfriend again.

I went back on my own seat while Eren entered with a grin on his face. There's still a lipstick stain on his neck that made Mikasa and I shook our head in disappointment.

Eren won't just take everything seriously. I've always wondered if Aunt Carla and Grisha are okay with his behavior.

"Oh? I heard you're in the first place again?" Eren sat beside me and placed his arm on my shoulder. "Nothing new for a nerd." He laughed.

I chuckled and looked away. There he goes with his teasing again. Somehow, I'm just used to it even though I get pissed sometimes. I tried confronting him but he kept teasing me even more so I just gave up.

Mikasa also noticed my discomfort, so she also tried confronting him but he never listened to anyone.

Until one day, Mikasa and I accidentally overheard the conversation between his father and Eren, talking about Eren, inheriting his family company.

Mikasa and I got worried when Eren came back. His seriousness got us confused. He suddenly got serious and when we found out, he was focusing on his study that surprised us.

Even the whole school that's aware of his action was shock when the third semester of third year highschool, he placed the number one.

I was more surprised when I saw that my name was below Eren's. I'm supposed to be happy that Eren took his study seriously. But I hate how my fists automatically clenched and I just realized, I've been glaring at the bulletin.