Nicotine (Eremin)

Chapter 20

(A/N: Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been busy, but I'm gonna try to update at least once a week. This chapter will probably be a little short, considering its almost 3 am where I live. And trust me, I have ideas for this fic and it won't be ending for a pretty long time, so just bear with me!)

Chapter 20

Armin's POV

        I was stuck on a bus for the next six hours, with only one thing on my mind:

        Eren said he liked me. 

        I might be taking it in the wrong way, but he said that he liked me. It was kinda hard to think about anything else. 

        I wanted more than anything to be able to call him again, and ask what he meant, but I was out of money. I didn't even have enough money for a phone call. 

        Even if he meant he only liked me as a friend, the call was ended before he finished a sentence, so there could be something more. Or, I could just be totally overreacting. 

        I was glad I chose a seat on the back of the bus with no one around, because I felt my face heat up. I pulled my jacket up higher to hide my cheeks. 

        I knew I did the right thing, telling Eren how I felt. Even if i didn't realize it until that guy from the coffee shop talked to me, I knew how much I actually loved Eren. 

        Those three words sounded so weird in my head. 'I loved Eren.' I could barely get myself to say it in my own head, I don't know how it would feel saying it out loud. Or worse, in person. 

        I cringed from embarrassment and tried to wipe the thought from my head. I'd never really been in a real relationship, unless my two week girlfriend from kindergarten counted. Saying things like 'I love you' just didn't sound right coming from my mouth. 

        Also, from never being in a real relationship, and rarely getting crushes, I didn't even know what love was supposed to feel like. 

        Was my stomach supposed to flip at the thought of Eren? Was my face supposed to heat up at the sound of his voice? 

        If he felt the same way, what ws going to happen then? Would we be like, boyfriends, or do we have to do something else first? Is there some special relationship ritual? I don't know, and I doubt Eren did either. 

        Eren.

        If this damn bus would just go faster and get to whatever city I was headed to, I could just call him and sort things out. I could call him, and figure out how he felt about me. I could clear all of these confused thoughts out of my head, and just focus on getting to California, and to Eren. 

        Eren. 

        California. 

        Oh my god. The only reason I was going to California in the first place was to find Eren. Eren, my only friend for the past five years. The only person in the world that cares about me anymore. The one who helped me through problems I've had; who pulled all-nighters with me when I couldn't sleep. 

        The person I'm in love with.