Chapter 5 The streets

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I left Levi's house about month ago. I visited him once. I'm planning to go fishing today. I met a blonde male cat about two weeks ago. His name is Armin. He's sharing the same tent with me. He's like a brother to me. We usually go fishing and hunting together. He's really nice to everyone. He's a bit of an airhead, but he's really smart. "Eren, are you coming?", I hear Armin calling me outside of my tent. "Just a second!", I pull my coat on. It's summer soon, but it's still a bit cold. I crawl out of my tent with my knife. "Try to look for a nice and strong piece of wood. I need to make a new fishing spear.", I tell him. He nods. We start walking up the river. There is a good fishing spot on a lake where this river starts. "Is this ok?", I see Armin holding a thick branch. I take it and bend it. It wont break. I start to carve it, making the tip sharper. "Thanks, Armin. This is perfect.", I smile at him. He smiles back. I finish with my spear. It's perfect. We arrive at the lake and start to look for a pray. I look closely under the water and spot a fish. I quietly bend over the water. I quickly stab my pray and lift it up.


After a while, we take our stuff and start heading back to the bridge. We caught six fish today. We got lucky! We walk back to our camp laughing and chatting together. We sit down in front of the camp and start eating. "My mom asked me to meet her in the city tomorrow. I'll leave in the morning and come back as soon as I can. At least before sunset.", Armin tells me about his plans. I nod and look at my fish. His mom, huh? We finish our food and start talking again. "I'll go fishing while you're away. That way you'll get food right away when you get home.", I offer. He smiles, "Thanks, Eren. You really are a nice guy." I smile back at him. I crawl into my tent and take a cat food can out. "How about some dessert?", I smile. "No way! Where did you get that?", Armin's eyes start shining. "You remember that Levi guy I was talking about couple days ago? I visit him sometimes. He gives me food when I need it.", I remind him. "Oh... I kinda remember. Lucky son of a cat.", he winks at me. We both laugh. I open the can and give him a spoon. We start eating. I let Armin eat most of it. He looks happy. I'm happy if he is.
Soon we crawl back into the tent. we change our clothes and nuzzle against each other to sleep. It's really warm with two cats. Sleeping alone is rather cold and not very comfy. Armin is really warm. "Good night, Armin.", I whisper. "Good night, Eren.", he whispers back and pulls me even closer. Good night, Levi. We fall asleep.
I wake up the next morning. Armin is still next to me. He looks like a small kitten in his basket. He really sleeps like a rock. I tap his arm with one finger. No reaction. I bring my face in front of his. I look at him and poke him with my head. Suddenly he grabs my face and pulls me into a kiss. He wasn't asleep?! Why is he kissing me?! I pull back. "E...ren...ngh...", he mumbles. He...he did that on his sleep. He's dreaming about kissing me. I blush. That pervy kid. We're just friends. I poke his face with my finger. He slowly opens his eyes and sits up. "Oh... it was a dream?", he says still half asleep. I blush again. "A... Armin...", I start. He turns to look at me. "Y-you kissed m-me on your sleep.", I get it out of my mouth. Armins eyes widen. He blushes bright red. We sit there in complete silence. After a while, I try to speak up, but Armin interrupts me. He kisses me again! This time for real. My mouth is open because I tried to speak. He slips his tongue in my mouth. What should I do?! I can't let this happen. But if I stop Armin, he might hate me. I take Armin by shoulders and push him away. "Armin I.... I can't do this. There is someone I love and this is not right.", I say before looking at him. Armin turns red. He takes off his t-shirt and shorts off. He puts his normal clothes on and exits the tent. "I'll go now. I'll be back soon.", he says before running away. I don't bother running after him. I sit there. I pick up a pillow and bury my face in it. He hates me.
I exit the tent after a while. I take my fishing spear and some string to attach the caught fish together. It's an easy way to get the food back home. I start walking up the river. I could go later, but right now I'm pissed and I want to kill some fish. I'm really pissed at myself. It would've been better to let Armin kiss me. I can't date Levi anyway. Armin is a nice guy. Why didn't I choose him. This is the worst day of my life.
I arrive at the river. It's surface is as clear and clean as Levis house and it's quiet. I can hear couple birds singing, but nothing else. I start tracking fish. It's easy with the surface this clear. Morning is always gonna be my favorite time of the day. It's so relaxing. I see my first pray. I stab it with the spear and lift it up. This one died straight up. "That's what you get, stupid fish.", I mumble to myself. I make a hole in the fish's tail and put the string through it. I put the fish down on the ground and start to search for more. I see a salmon swim away from me. Wooow! That's really big one. I take my shirt off and sink myself in the water. I slowly swim after the fish. I'm not the best swimmer so I need to be careful. I'm now about 15 meters away from the shore. I lost the fish. I guess it was a stupid idea anyway. I start to swim back, but my leg cramps all of the sudden.

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