Indefinitely - Armin X Reader

Chapter 38 | Fight

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I could hear Mikasa's enraged yells somewhere in the distance, but the only thing I could focus on was the sound of Armin's voice yelling mine and Eren's name. My body felt like it was completely crushed, sharp objects poking into my chest, and a burning, searing pain in my thigh where it was warm and wet, and the stench of iron was making its way through crumbling rock to my bloody nose. Armin's voice was high, frantic and desperate, yet ever so faint and muddled, like through a screen.

What a strange dream...

"Y/n! Oh please, please, please wake up!"

A large weight was suddenly lifted from my head, and the pure relief that flooded through my was enough to make me open my eyes. I gasped, trying to breathe in as much air as I could, only to breathe in a bunch of dust and start coughing. The first thing I saw was Armin's bright blue eyes, and I smiled softly. Then I felt the pain again, stronger, and I desperately wanted the screen back that had previously dulled my pain. A choked cry left my lips and I strained desperately.

"Fuck!" I groaned, choking on air. "Where's Eren?" Armin's eyes flickered to the right, and I whimpered when I saw my brother's battered, bloody body. I guessed I must have looked something similar.

So much for no strenuous activity.

"Go help Eren!" I cried, freeing one of my hands from its rocky prison, using it to push more rubble off my body. The blonde hesitated for a moment before his torn expression disappeared from my view as he shuffled across the rubble to my brother, throwing aside the rock he'd just lifted off my head.

Eren was lying face down, trapped underneath a large chunk of what used to be a roof, broken pillars of wood surrounding him, and I was reminded painfully of my mother. Blood was dripping out his mouth and from his forehead as he lied unconscious, unaware of the danger around him. I touched my hand to my nose and felt warm, wet vermillion liquid dripping down my face, staining my skin. Feeling around my face further, I found a multitude of grazes and cuts littering my skin, trailing blood down my face and ruining my shirt. 

For fucks sake...

"Open your eyes!" I heard Armin beg as he strained to lift what I assumed was another piece of roof. And then I heard it - the heavy footfalls of the Female titan approaching at an increasing speed.

Give me a fucking break! Come on!

I frantically started clawing away at the rubble surrounding me, the pain in my thigh growing. Adrenaline was pumping through my veins, and I sharply twisted and pushed the large section of roof off of my lower half. As the stone fell, the rubble I was lying on shifted with it, and I tumbled down a small rut, and it was then I heard something down near my legs snap. My thigh exploded in burning pain, causing a scream of agony to erupt from my throat.

"Y/n!" Armin called out upon hearing my scream, his voice filled with worry.

I clutched at my thigh desperately and looked down to see the splintered end of a wooden steak, which I'd have to assume came from one of the brittle pillars lining the now decimated passageway, sticking out of my blood-soaked thigh.

Oh.

My face paled at the sight of the injury, and my mind blanked at how I was supposed to get shit done with a stick the size of titan's dick sticking out of my leg, and to add to my problem, the ache in my ribs had returned; a reminder that I was still injured from our expedition.

This bitch.

The sound of Mikasa's screams interrupted my panicking, and as I sharply turned to see where she was and what was making her cry out like that. I saw her get hit midair by a chunk of rock and fall, tumbling roughly to the ground, black hair fanning around her face. The fog in my head suddenly cleared as white hot fear stabbed at my heart.