What Happens Behind Closed Doors || Eremin (OFF HIATUS)

Fourteen: The Dance

It was the end of the day.

Eren sat in his dorm room with a guitar on his lap. He was putting some finishing touches on the song he was going to preform at the dance for Armin. This was going to be great.

"Hey Eren." Jean called, his voice muffled through the walls.

"What do you want, I'm busy." Eren groans, putting the guitar on its stand.

"I heard you were going to the dance with Mikasa." He laughs.

"Huh? I'm hella gay. I'm going with Armin."

"Oh, well congrats. You out yet?" Jean asked.

"Why do you keep asking about my life?" Eren asked confused.

"I just like to gossip." Jean stated.

Eren shook his head and picked up his phone. He had a text from Armin.

Armin, 4:32 PM: Hey Eren-chan! Can't wait for tonight :)

So he wrote back,

Eren, 4:35 PM: Personally I can't wait till after. ;)

Armin, 4:35 PM: Oh Eren, see you then.

Eren, 4:36 PM: Bye!

-x-

Armin was to the brim with excitement for the Dance. For all the years they had a Dance, he never got a date. The clock read 6:21 PM. The Dance starts at 7 o'clock.

He went to his cupboard and pulled out a white button-down shirt. It's clean so he puts in on. He walked back into the kitchen where Marco was. "Hey Marco." He said.

"Hi. You excited?"

"Yeah!" It was just by chance that he got the dorm with Marco, which was good.

When he looked back at the clock on the stove, it was 6:52 now. 

"Oh no, we better get going." Armin said.

 He walked out the door, Marco following close by. By the time they got to the school gym, he saw Jean. Marco ran and put his arms around him. Armin sat down and looked around for Eren. Lights blared, music played over the speakers. There were pink and red hearts taped everywhere, with a giant balloon 'Valentines Day' hanging from the stage. Suddenly, someone clapped their hands around Armin's eyes and asked, "Guess who?"

Armin smiled. He recognised the voice, smooth, soft and charming.

He turned around and plunged himself into Eren's arms.

"How are you, baby?" Eren asked.

"Couldn't be better! I'm with you after all." Armin said, smiling.

The music stopped and a microphone bleared.

"Attention students and teachers. Tonight is the Valentines Dance. Who's excited?" The music teacher shouted into the microphone. A cheer erupted from the crowd.

As the music came on again, the blonde pulled the brunette into the centre of the dance floor where people had started to fill in. They danced to songs knew and ones they didn't. Most people thought they were just single friends who decided to 'go together'. Some people looked shocked when they kissed, but they didn't care. The whole world was theirs, nothing else mattered. They laughed and touched lips. The only thing on Armin's mind was Eren. The only thing on Eren's was Armin. They laughed in the sappy love songs about the girl next door. They danced along to the popular songs with the weird dance moves. They had fun. 

Suddenly the music stopped and the music teacher went on the microphone again. 

"Now before the slow dance, I had a request from someone to preform a song they made for a special someone on the guitar. So come up here, and lets all warmly welcome Eren Jaeger!"

 Eren patted Armin on the back as he made his way to the stage. He took a chair that was set out and someone handed him a blonde steel-stringed guitar. His stomach filled with butterflies, but was calmed when he saw Armin. Here goes nothing. He played the first chord. And he started the song, skipping from chord to chord.

"I want to caress you, I want to learn French just to impress you..." The beat was steady as he continued his love song. About a dozen girls swooned, all thinking the song was for them, thinking that one love letter they sent to him worked.

After the last note was sung, the last chord played, he spoke into the microphone.

 "Now if y'all are wondering who that song was for, I'll tell you. That song, 'Caress' goes out to Armin, probably sitting in the back trying his hardest to look straight."

 A murmur swam over the crowd, a shocked look from Armin. Someone from the crowd cheered, "Go Eren!" Other people begin clapping and cheering, until the gym is filled with applause. Eren stands up and puts the guitar on the chair. Phew. That went really well. He hopped off the stage and people congratulated him and gave him high fives. When he got to Armin, he threw his hands around the blonde.

"I love you. I really do." Eren said.

A few people around them awwed.

Next was the slow dance. As they put on a nice slow song the two boys held hands and sat at the back, drinking punch from red solo cups. Another two boys came up to them. "Hey Marco!" called Armin.

"Whoa Eren, I didn't know you could play guitar!" Marco said happily.

"I've been practising that song for weeks." Eren said, still buzzing.

"And it's really loud." Jean said, holding Marco's hand.

"Didn't you guys just get together?" Marco asked, swinging Jean's hand.

"Yeah, but I... I've always really liked him and was going to use that song to ask him out..."

"Aww, you guys are like the ideal couple. You guys are totally soul-mates!" Marco said happily.

Eren and Armin looked at each other and smiled. When they looked back up, the two others were gone.