𝑡𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑐 | 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗 𝚡 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚌

𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟

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"she won't eat, she won't talk to me or sasha. all she does is sleep." i over heard armin talking to someone on the phone as i laid in bed for the 5th consecutive day in a row. the court case against annie really destroyed me and had me rethinking almost everything i had done in life. it sent me into a spiral and now in a depressive state. 

i wanted nothing but to just lay in my bed and ignore the world. however, armin was making this very difficult because he was doing everything he could to get me out of this depressive state. he didn't know what he was doing to be completely honest. the first few days, he'd just lay with me until he had to go to work or if he had meetings, he'd sit by my side while i slept. after a while, it was clear to everyone in the house that i was not just sleepy.

i was depressed as fuck. 

the last time i was depressed, the girls were there and helped me through it all. even deja which was a surprise considering that she didn't care for my mental health at all. but it had gotten so bad that i didn't eat and she knew i couldn't resist her cooking so she prepared meals everyday until i felt better. one of the better days of being friends with deja fay. 

"i can only do much. she needs her friends." 

i sighed, this conversation was going on for too long. i took a pillow and covered my ears, trying to fall back asleep as armin woke me up this morning with this stupid phone call. 

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armin's point of view

"jasmine...your sister is going through it right now." i held the bridge of my nose. i understood why dakota barely liked talking to her sister. "i get that, but so am i armin. i just had a baby. i birthed a baby and had complications as well. i don't have time for her tamper tantrum." i scoffed. 

"no one said you had to book the next flight over here. how about you pick up the phone and call your sister. she needs you." i argued, getting evermore frustrated with this conversation. "and where was she when i went into labor, huh? yeah, halfway across the motherfucking country knowing damn well i needed her here. but she wasn't. so tell her to tough it the fuck out." the phone went silent and i realized that she hung up. i shook my head, completely bewildered that jasmine would act like that. 

"i take it the phone call didn't go well." niccolo came in to get something to drink. i ran my fingers through my hair and sighed, "no it didn't. when dakota went through her first depressive episode, jasmine was there. all her friends where there. now they want nothing to do with her." i explained and niccolo winced. "ouch. well...did you call kiana? i'm sure she's still in the area. i saw eren's story and they went to see the statue of liberty yesterday." niccolo advised and i nodded. 

"smart, i will give her a call. thanks man." 

"no problem, lemme know how it goes." 

"i will." 

he left and i pulled out my phone to call kiana. it took a couple of rings before she answered, "hey armin! what's up?" she answered all happily and i cleared my throat. "hey kie, look...we have a problem." i started and i heard shuffling around. "why? what happened? is dakota okay?" she asked. "you know that court case between annie and stuff right?" 

"yeahhhh...i saw it on the news. she won though right? so she should be happy. did she party too hard." kiana joked, eren's laugh being heard in the background. i looked down at the ground, "quite the opposite. dakota's been in a depressive episode for the past few days."

"...what!?" 

i pulled the phone away from my ear from the shouting before holding it close again, "they didn't show what happened after that court case. annie came out yelling, pieck came out yelling and they both said some nasty things to her. at first i thought she was just sleeping a lot but after a few more days, she just wasn't eating or getting out of bed. she's barely talking to me or anyone else. it's getting concerning." i explained.