Pathway [Eremin AU]

Chapter Eighteen//Armin

(I'm sorry it took so long.)

He moves away from me. He goes back to his crouching position and brings his right hand to his mouth. He blows out a puff of smoke and it goes past the left side of my face.
"How do you expect me to respond to this?"
"Yes or no."
"Um, m-maybe?"
"Maybe isn't an answer."
"Why not?! I can't say yes and not hurt you by leaving, but I could say no when I really want to say yes and hurt you that way!"
"It doesn't matter if I'm hurt. I'll see you again in a few years. We'll be able to talk too. And maybe one summer I may be able to go and see you."
"Fine," I look down.
"If you get hurt, it's not my fault."
I hear him laugh and he places a kiss on my forehead.
"I'm going to miss that attitude."

"What took you guys so long?" Jean asks.
"Line for the bathroom and a bunch of drunks," Eren says, lying straight to Jeans face.
"Alright. Well, the principal said we could enjoy our time here. Boys, don't try and get in a girls pants. And girls, be careful of the other teenage boys," Jean says. We all nod and he puts his hand in front of everyone.
"Dancing Titans on three," He says and everyone piles their hands in," one, two, three! Dancing Titans!" Everyone cheers along with him, then we split off our own ways. Eren grabs my hand and smiles.
"Are you okay with this?" He asks.
I nod with a slight blush and attempt to wrap my hand around his from my lack of hand holding. I look up at him, he has a small smile on his face and is looking around.

[First and last time skip in here ever! sorry!]

"Eren! Hurry, we're up next!" Reiner shouts at the dressing rooms.
"Okay! Just a sec!" Eren shouts back in an annoyed tone.
"Come on, dingus, like go!" I say and pull on his arm, trying to get him to move.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" He says and follows me.
Our dance competition has finally came along, and we've been trying to get everything together last minute, which isn't too smart. We got out costumes a few days ago, and they didn't come in right. We got the wrong ones. But we're having to make them work.
"Next up, The Dancing Titans!" The announcer says. We stand behind the currents and walks to the side elf them in our line up. The previous people come off stage and we walk on. Eren gives me a nervous smile.
I chuckle and the music comes on as we get into our positions. We finally get to where we start to dance, and I can feel people's eyes on me. I feel nervous and stiff. But I get to where I can look at Marco on one side of me and Historia on the other. The have smiles and look like they're having fun. Once we go back to our starting positions for a moment, Marco whispers to me.
"Come on, smile. Have some fun."
I feel myself stiffen a little more, but then my muscles relax. Our next part comes up and I try to have fun. I look at some people in the crowd and some are clapping. I hear some whistles and some shouts as the climax of our show comes up. I finally have a smile plastered to my face and I run to my next position
"Ready?" Jean whispers as he runs up behind me.
"Yeah," I smile and he lifts me up, throwing me into the air. He catches me under my arms, and I see the wave of other dancers in my club doing the same move. Eren grabs my arm and pulls me to the front like we practiced. We look at the judges and smile brightly. We start to get the crowd to sing along and clap and stomp to the beat slowly. Eren looks at me and smiles and I can feel my face heat up a little.
"Come on," He says and waves me to the back. I run with him to the back and we do the finishing move. He grabs my waist and tosses me onto his shoulders, then I'm pushed up by my feet and standing on his hands. The spotlight lands on me, and Eren tosses me up, and the light follows as I fall into Erens arms. He chuckles and the songs ends. Every one cheers and claps and we can hear the judges discussing our score.
"We hadn't discussed this with you, but just follow us," Eren whispers as everyone starts to walk off. I quickly follow behind and we walk behind the curtains again.
  "We don't get our scores until everyone is done. So we just wait back here. There are, five? No, four, more performances after this one," Eren says as he walks towards a set of chairs around a fridge. He opens the fridge, pulls out a water bottle, and sits down next to one of our competitors.
  "'Dancing Titans, right?" He asks.
  "Yup. The Fifth Wall, right?" Eren asks.
  "Yeah. 'Names Zeke," The boy says and sticks his hand out to shake Erens.
  "Eren," Eren chuckles.
  "Heard you guys lost one of your coaches?"
  "Yeah, Grisha, he was my dad, but he got sent to jail. He was cheating on my mom, so I'm kinda happy," He says.
  "Wait, what's his last name?" Eren asks in a slight panic.
  "Jeager. Grisha Jeager."
  Eren then gets up, mocking his chair over in the process.
  "Armin, can I please talk with you? And I'm sorry Zeke, I'll explain some in a minute," Eren says and grabs my arm. He rushes away from Zeke, and brings one of his hands to his head.
  "Eren, that hurts," I mumble.
  "Sorry," He says and lets go. He turns to me and takes a deep breath in.
  "What's going on? Isn't Grisha your dad?" I ask and rub my upper arm.
  "Yeah. I knew he was cheating on my mom, but I couldn't figure out with who. Now I know he has another son as well," Eren says and throws his hands in the air.
"Calm down, we'll figure this out, okay?" I ask and try to settle him down.
  "Does this other kid even know?" Eren says with more panic.
  "I'm going to guess most likely," I shrug.
  "I'm sorry. This is just getting me worked up," He says and starts to walk back towards Zeke.
  "Sorry about that," Eren says and sits back down, taking a deep breath.
  "It's alright. You're Eren Jeager, aren't you?"

(A/N: Hello! Sorry this chapter was weird. It was kinda hard to write, but then I KNEW where to go with it! If any of you have read the latest released chapters, you know who these people are. *evil grin* if you haven't, get to reading season two-through-three! The latest chapters are vv emotional.
  But here's the chapter! I'm sorry it was odd!
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