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Bravery

Wow.

A five year old. Braver then eren.

All he wants to do was ask Armin about his feelings and why he feels this way, but it's so hard.

They had gotten home a few minutes ago. And armin was sitting on the couch scrolling away on his phone while eren sat on the floor, watching tv.

His eyes had averted from the tv to Armin to the tv and to Armin again. It was very stressful. He would've thought it would be easier than this. But the bubbling in his stomach and the knot in his throat had stopped him from saying what he wanted to say.

Hey Armin, you always make my stomach hurt whenever I see something slightly cute you do. Or something dumb and cheesy: Armin, my world seems to brighten when I'm around you and I don't know why.

What in the world was he supposed to say.

"Eren? Are you alright."

Eren jumped up a little. He slowly turned to Armin, a blush on his face.

"You seem anxious. Do you wanna talk?"

Armins face was one of concern and it looked as if his only care in the world was making sure that eren could be comfortable again.

"That's why." Eren had let his mouth take control for a few seconds. He regretted it solely. Why did he say that? He could've just said that he was fine, what in the world..

"What? What do you mean by 'that's why'?" Armin said. He got off of the couch, coming down on the floor with eren. Eren turned towards Armin, a blush rising on his cheeks again.

"I mean," eren looked away, putting his hand on his neck. "Your so. . .nice. And sweet. And kind. And smart, and cool and all of that! And it's like some type of feeling that you make me feel and I don't know what it is."

Armin stayed silent as eren took a breath to recollect himself.

"It's like...if I hadn't met you when we were kids I'd probably be very sad and bored all the time. And I'm so so so glad I met you. Anytime I see your face, I'm reminded that 'wow, that's my friend. I'm friend with that guy' and it's such a boost of confidence. And whenever you. . . I dunno."

Eren started to think of things, gasping slightly when he thought of something.

"Like when you reading a book, and it's really complicated to understand what something means. And after a few minutes you finally get it and you're so proud of yourself and happy. The confused faces you make when you start to not understand again. It makes me feel all bubbly and I like seeing you like that."

Eren had taken a breath, putting his shoulders down as the tension in his soul had finally been released. Armin gazed at eren for a while before smiling.

"Oh eren." He smiled, giggling.

"Huh? What?" Eren asked.

"I'm sorry, but I can't really answer that for you. You have to answer it yourself. Some things are for the owner of itself, ya know?" Armins words were sincere, and his blue eyes shined. He got up, going back to the couch. He grabbed the remote. "Now, what do you wanna watch?"

Armin? Not answering his question? That's never happened before. It must be serious then huh?