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Chapter 58: Overdramatic

Armin still hurt, a lot, so I brought breakfast to the cabin. Armin promised to keep the door shut and not to answer it if anyone came. I know it might seem like I was being overbearing but I cared about him. I didn't want to see anything bad happen to him again. Anyways, we had the same old oatmeal and water. Armin sat awkwardly on his side. Sitting up straight was too uncomfortable for him. "You feeling okay?" I said in between a bite of oatmeal and a sip of water. Well, obviously he wasn't, but I wanted to keep touching base with him. "Not really," he replied. "Is anything specifically bothering you right now? Anything I can help with?" I asked, unsure of what to do. "It hurts to sit normally," he whimpered. I put down my tray and crawled over beside him. I gave him a quick peck on the cheek and he giggled. It was nice to hear him laugh, I missed that. I snuggled up close to his arm and nuzzled my head into his shoulder.

"Is there anything I can do to help the pain? I can get you some medicine from my time, if you want," I told him. "I don't think so and I don't really like to take medications if I don't have to. I mean, I don't really want to be taking any kind of pill anytime soon because of what happened last time I did. It's not that I don't trust you because I do, more than anyone else, I just don't think I could bring myself to do it, to take a pill right now," he explained. It made sense, the last time he'd taken a pill was when Eren drugged him. That was probably traumatizing for him. It's too bad because medicine probably would have helped him a lot, right now. "That's okay, I completely understand," I said sweetly. 

Once putting his tray over on the nightstand, he wrapped an arm around my shoulders. "I love you, Y/N," he cooed. Hearing that literally made my heart skip a beat. It felt good to hear him say that. "I love you too, Armin," I replied. I paused for a second to soak in the essence of the moment.

"We're not going to class today, right?"

He shook his head and chucked, "I'm not feeling up to it, but you can go if you want to."

"Oh no, I have an excuse not to go so I'm using it."

Armin giggled. His laugh was so cute. "Yeah, I knew you'd say that. I'm just going to be lying around all day so you might get bored," he stated. I drew invisible lines on his chest with my finger. I told him it was fine. The class bell rang from afar. I ignored it and slowly drifted off to sleep in his warm, cozy arms.

I guess I was really tired because I slept until noon. I quickly jolted awake to the loud noises of snickering girls running through the forest. I sat up and groaned groggily. Wait, Armin wasn't there. I looked around the room frantically. He was gone. I snapped out of your tired mood and into a protective, worried one. "Armin!" I called out as I slipped on my shoes and ran out the door. Armin quickly turned back to look at me. He was with Eren, talking on the porch. "Armin, what the hell!" I yelled angrily. Armin got up and put his arms in front of himself, in defense. "Y/N, calm down. We're just talking," he said quietly. 

"You should have told me. I just woke up and you were gone. You scared the hell out of me!" I cried. 

"I know, I'm sorry. It's just that you would have said no–"

"Yeah, no! Now get inside!" I demanded. Armin was beginning to get upset. His voice was shaky. "Y/N, why are you being so mean?" he whimpered. Eren stood awkwardly on the porch, watching Armin and I bicker.

"Y/N, I'm not your child so stop treating me like I am! Why do you always have to do this?"

Before I had the chance to counter, Armin ran down the porch and into the forest behind my cabin. I ran after him, leaving Eren on the porch. 

Maybe half an hour after I'd fallen asleep, Armin woke up to a soft knocking sound on the door. He looked over at my sleeping body beside his. He debated whether or not he should wake me, after all, he did promise he wouldn't answer the door without me. Armin came to the conclusion that he'd answer the door. He was an adult, he could answer it by himself. Armin cautiously snuck out of bed and crept over to the door. He slowly, quietly, turned the knob and opened the door. It was Eren. Eren was surprised that Armin answered the door, and not me. Armin, on the other hand, was speechless. Even though he had so much he wanted to say, the right words couldn't quite escape his lips. "H-Hey, where's Y/N?" Eren started. "Sleeping..." Armin whispered.

"Oh, I should come back later."

Eren began turning around as Armin asked, "why'd, you come to see her?" Eren turned back around. "I actually came to talk to you. She'll be mad if she's not there though," he replied. Eren turned around again and started walking down the porch stairs. "Wait!" Armin called out at him. Eren turned back around.

"Let's talk," Armin said closing the door behind him as quietly as possible. He found a comfy spot near the wall, near the door, and he sat down. Eren walked back up the stairs and leaned on a wooden pillar.

"S-So-"

Eren was cut off.

"Eren I'm sorry but I'm not here to have a friendly conversation. I want answers."

Shocked, Eren stood up straight. He hasn't seen Armin this serious before. He felt like he was getting in trouble by a parent. It made sense though, he did do some seriously terrible things to him. He was surprised Armin was even willing to talk to him, after all of that. "Why... why'd you do it?" Armin asked. 

"What-"

"Did you not care about me?"

"Of course I did-"

"Shh, she's sleeping."

Eren let out a sigh, "sorry, and yes. I did care about you." Armin asked again, "so then why'd you do it?"

"I-"

Words got tangled and caught up in Eren's throat. There was no right answer. He told Armin, "I felt pressured. Like everyone, like Jean would hate me if I didn't." Armin replied, "I thought you didn't like Jean. Why do you care what he thinks?"

"I don't, I mean, before I did. I felt like we both shared an interest in disliking Y/N. I was upset because she was stealing you away from me again-"

"So you sexually assaulted me and drugged me? Eren, I don't get it," Armin hissed. Eren burst out into a loud sob, which he muffled with his hands placed over his mouth. Armin had never seen Eren like that before. It was surprising, but he had to stay composed. No breaking. It could be a trap. Armin couldn't trust Eren anymore. "I know, I'm sorry. I felt terrible then and I still do now. I don't know what else to say, words can't even describe how sorry I am!" Eren wept. 

"Eren, I know. I know you're sorry but an apology isn't what I'm asking for. I'm asking why you thought doing that to me was the solution. I'm asking you how that idea could ever be logical in your head, even before you acted. Did you really think I'd still be your friend after it? Did you really think that would work? Eren, I'm trying to put some sense into this because there's a huge part of me that feels like this is my fault and I did something to deserve it. You were my best friend so I'm trying to give you the chance to at least explain yourself to me right now, so why? Why'd you do it?" Armin pressed. 

"I don't even know anymore. Just, the way Jean planned it to work out made it seem okay. In the moment, it all made sense as he explained it. Looking back, I don't even understand how I could have agreed to it. I don't even know why it made sense to me then because it sure as hell doesn't now. I wish I could give you the perfect answer but I can't," Eren sobbed. Armin sighed.

"I'm sorry Armin..."

"I forgive you, Eren, but I won't forget what you did. I'm willing to forgive you for the pill you gave me, as well as what happened yesterday. I don't think we'll ever be able to go back to being best friends again, though. That's not really something I can just look past and move on completely from," Armin told him. Eren was stunned. He thanked Armin. Eren wiped away his tears and sat in silence with Armin. That's when I burst outside, interrupting them. 

Now, I was running through the forest, barefoot, after Armin. I quickly caught up to him after he fell. I sat down beside him and rubbed his arm. He swatted my hand away, yelling at me to stop. 

"Armin I'm not trying to act like a parent!" I yelled back at him. He told me I was. I apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm not trying to. I love you so I want to protect you. That's completely understandable. It's the same as how you wanted to switch spots with me when we were on the expedition. You loved me and so you wanted to protect me." Armin sat up and winced. Taking a tumble in the woods didn't help his already physically painful existence. 

"I know, I'm sorry," he responded," but you are a bit over the top sometimes."

"Okay fine, I'll just let you do whatever now," I joked. 

"No, I'm not saying whatever..."

I giggled, "I get it. Let's just make up because I hate fighting with you.

"Yeah, same here."