Pathway [Eremin AU]

Chapter Eight//Armin

(A/N: so I didn't get what I wanted in this chapter, but I tried to think of stuff to put in it. I'm sorry it's been so long!
-CT)

"Armin, you're footing is off a bit. Try to tilt your foot more in," Carla says. I nod and we start from the beginning. We go through all the motions again and Carla nods in agreement with how we did.
  "We have a month and we still don't have this all down," She sighs, "Can we try and quicken this up a bit? We need to practice at home. Do you guys mind trying?" She hands us some papers as we head to get some water.
It's been a month since we really started to work on this. They say I have major potential for dancing, but I can't really put in much time for it with school and stuff. And it's also not super easy to focus anymore. Over the past month or so now, I've developed a little crush on Eren. After having him over quite a few times, it's kind of became a system with us. The only thing that really bothers me is that Eren, Carla, and Mikasa will show up with bruises quite often. Eren has shown up with a black eye twice.
"Who wants to go get some ice cream now?" Carla asks. We all jump up and cheer.
  "Ok, we'll head out in ten," She says. Everyone is now yelling and cheering as they grab there bags and start to change out of their sweat-filled clothes. I grab my bag and make my way towards Eren in a corner.
  "Hey, are you alright?" I ask as I see that he has a wrap around his waist and a bruise popping out from the top.
  "Yeah, I'm fine," He says, without stuttering, "Kind of fell at home."
"Oh, well I hope it gets better. And good job with your speech," I chuckle.
"Yeah, I-I've been working on it at home," He says. I nod and quickly turn away from him and change my shirt. After all the girls have left, some of the boys change into different pants. I slip on some jeans and roll them up past my ankles. I put on a different pair of socks and some sandals and fold all of my dance clothes and put them into my bag. I sigh and comb my hair out then I pull some of my hair into a small pony tail on the back of my head.
"Never seen you do that b-before," I hear Eren say. I turn and finish looping the band around my hair.
"I do it every once in a great while. I do it for school mostly, when I have gym," I say. I hang my bag on my shoulder and grab my phone out of the side pocket.
"What ya looking a-at?" Eren asks.
"Texting my mom. She thought I was going to come straight home," I say.
"Oh," He says and gets his stuff together. We walks towards the door and walk out. We walk towards everyone else at the front of the building.
"So what are you planning to do for college?" He asks.
"I was thinking about engineering, but I might go with teaching or journalism," I say.
"Oh, that's cool. Y-you'd be good at teaching," Eren says, "B-but I've never read anything y-you've wrote."
"Well, I don't let just anyone read what I write," I chuckle.
"The only bad thing is, I've got excepted into a college, not telling you which yet, and I'm going over seas to Japan for a foreign exchange program for the first year," I add.
"Wow! Really?! Make sure to take a lot of pictures!" He says.
"I will," I chuckle again, "I just won't be able to be with you guys for a year. This competition is going to be my first and last with you guys." I look down and my feet and I hear Eren sigh.
"You can still help out from over seas, and you still have a few months left with us!" He says, trying to sound happy, "You h-have about four m-months left here. Let's make the best of it." I sigh and shoot a smile at him.
  "Ok, everyone ready?" Carla says, coming out from the employees room. Everyone nods and we walk out of the work space. Carla locks the door as I grab my bike, which my parents just bought me.
  "Which ice cream place?" I ask Carla.
  "The new one called Love Boat," She says, "They have great ice cream."
  I nod and hop on my bike, "Mind if I ride ahead?" She shakes her head in a go-ahead way.
  "Hey, Eren, hop on," I say and grab his arm.
  "How?" He asks with an eyebrow raised.
  "Sit on the metal part and put your feet on the sides of the wheels. I'm not using big words so you'll understand," I sigh.
  "I still don't really understand, but I'll figure it out," He says with a half smile. I sigh and he sits like I said. I then think about where the ice cream place is and I take off towards it.
  "Your dad got you a nice bike," I hear Eren say.
  I slightly turn my head, "Yeah, it's nice. He said that I could paint it whatever color I wanted later." I feel him lean against me a little bit and I just sigh.
  "Don't fall asleep," I say.
  "I won't, don't worry," He says. I nod and I keep pedaling.

"Ok, so here is what we're getting as uniforms. I was thinking of going with silver, but I think gold would do better, and the girls will be wearing pants too. The bottoms of the pants will be faded into gold," Carla says, explaining what we're wearing for the competition.
"What about hair?" Historia asks.
"Girls will have French braids, and for the boys with longer hair, I have clips," She says.
"What about Armins hair?" Jean asks.
"Well, I have an idea. I seen Eren watching this anime the other day, and I'm going to do what was in that. It will be a surprise though," Carla say tapping her cheek with her finger. I sink in my seat and set my empty bowl in front of me.
"Well, I've got to get home," I say and stand up.
"Already?" Marco asks.
"Yeah. I have school, so I have to get some rest," I say, "But when are the uniforms coming in?"
"They should be here tomorrow," Carla sighs.
"Ok. I'll see you guys later," I say and walk towards the door.
"Wait, want me t-to walk y-you home?" I hear Eren ask. I turn around to face him.
"No, I'll be alright," I smile.
"Ok, call me if anything goes wrong," He says. I nod and walk out the door. I grab my bike and hop on. I then make my way towards my house.

(A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed it! I'm sorry it's been a while since I've updated... Life has been busy this summer, and it's getting more busy by the minute. I'll try to get another chapter out before school in a few weeks. I've got to go though. I'm going to a friends house. ✌🏻️♥︎
-CT)