Partnership

Chapter 22: How fast things change.

Eren's pov:

It was a fun and relaxing vacation like Erwin and Hanji had planned for us. We were now all happy and excited for the next nine months for the lovely couple. Hanji had asked the girls to be her bridesmaids and Armin to be her maid of honor as funny as that sounds. Armin kept saying no until we finally convinced him that there would be an even number of people on each side if he did, so he reluctantly agreed.

Erwin had asked all of us guys except Ar to be his grooms. Of course we all said yes. So the last day of the trip we all sat around planning things such as the date of the wedding, where it would take place, what types of flowers would be used, what colors Hanji wanted to use, and how many people would be invited as well as how big the cake would be.

"No Armin! It has to be sometime in the next couple of months before I gain an outrageously large amount of weight and a huge stomach! I want to fit my wedding dress you know!" Hanji was busy trying to convince Armin to switch the date to an earlier time.

"Hanji we can always get the dress fixed to fit your body! Summer is by far the best time to hold a beautiful outdoor wedding!" Armin was flipping through pages in a wedding magazine and slamming another one in front of Hanji while the other girls were looking through bridesmaid dresses.

"UUUUUGGHHH!! Why did I ask for you to be my maid of honor?! I don't want to be fat during my wedding!!" I looked over to Levi who was currently helping Erwin choose a perfect spot for the ceremony while they sat in front of what looked like a million pictures. Jean, Marco, and Bertl were given the task to find a romantic spot for a honeymoon, they wanted a place not to hot and not to cold, with a beautiful view of the ocean, also a spot where there aren't many trees so they could freely look up to the shining stars at night.

Which left me and Connie with finding the best cake shop, invitation decorations, and the best suit and dress shop. Erwin and Hanji said they wouldn't accept anything cheap so here we sat looking through websites and writing down a few suggestions. I chuckled as I heard Armin and Hanji continue to argue about whether a summer wedding was better or something sooner. I looked over to see Ar put his hair up to keep it out of his face and Bertl secretly take a picture of him.

"Hey Ar, how many people are we planning on inviting so Connie and I have a better idea of how many invitations to ask for." Armin looked down at the list in front of him and quickly counted.

"Around 200 people give or take."

"Jesus Christ what the hell are you guys fucking celebrities?!" Levi looked between Erwin and Hanji. "Shorten the fucking list or else we won't be able to find you a beautiful spot, Hanji I know you guys want all your friends and family but be realistic here. Look through that list again and knock off at least 125 people." Levi glared at Hanji making her jump and nod while snatching the list from Armin. Erwin chuckled.

"You know you can take off everyone except my parents and sister Hanji, no one else there really cares for anything but my money. Besides all my friends are going to be standing by our side there anyways." Erwin smiled at us and looked back down at the pictures in front of him.

Hanji smiled and looked at us also and bit her lip looking at Erwin before looking to me and Connie. "Three invitations you guys. That's all we'll need. My giant Erwin baby is right we don't need anyone here besides his family and you guys."

"But what about your family Hanji?" Armin looked at Hanji sadly and confused.

She shrugged and smiled up at Armin then the rest of us, "My parents aren't dies when I was 6 in a car accident and I'm an only child so I don't really have any family to invite." Everyone froze and looked at her, I got up and pulled her into a tight hug. When I pulled away I saw tears in her eyes as she smiled again, "it's okay you guys really. I've been living on my own for a while and then I met all of you beautiful people and you guys became my family so that's all I need."