Pathway [Eremin AU]

Chapter Nineteen//Armin

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(Btw, short chapter)
"Yeah, Jeagers the name."
"Wow, my mom knew it."
"Can someone explain some?" I scratch the back of my head as the other boys talk. I can see Jean and Marco whispering some and so is Ymir and Historia. I sigh and look at Zeke.
"My mom, Diana, she knew he was cheating. She broke it off with him, and I guess he got married again," Zeke explains some.
"I'm going to guess your around twenty-six, twenty-seven?" Eren asks.
"I'm actually twenty-nine, I'm going on thirty soon," Zeke says and rubs the back of his head.
"Really?! So there's around an eight year difference?" I ask.
"I guess, yeah. Grishas a jerk," Zeke snarls.
"What did he do?" I ask.
"He filed divorce papers while I was still in college, but the last day I got to see him, it was my twenty-first birthday, and he' and my mom got in a fight. He ended up slapping her and broke a trinket he got her for their anniversary. It was practically priceless," Zeke says and grips his water bottle tight in his hand.
"Well, I can say that has happened to me before," Eren groans.
"Really?!" Zeke asks.
"Yeah. See how I'm blind in this eye?" Eren says and points to his eye, "This is from him." Zeke's jaw drops open.
  "He got drunk one night and ended up hitting me and my mom. My mom is still recovering," Eren says.
  "God, I thought I had it bad. I'm so sorry," Zeke says.
  "It's all good," Eren says and smiles, "Battle scars."
  "All teams, please come out to the stage," The announcer says. Eren and I stand up and he grabs my hand. Zeke smiles at us and walks off to his group.
  "Ready?" I ask as we walk to our group.
  "Nope," He says and we line up two by two.
  "Lets go," He adds. We walk out and I feel my heart racing. Every team lines up side by side and the announcer walks up in front of everyone. He faces the crowed and he starts to talk.
  "All of these amazing teams came here today and they all did great. But only one team can win."
  I scan the crowd and come across a row of familiar faces. A few of my former teachers and classmates. I turn around and see Hanji jumping and waving. I chuckle and turn back towards the front.
"I will start from the bottom, place eleven, up to the first."
Eren tightens his grip on my hand the announcer starts to call out names.
"Military Police, eleventh. The Garrison, tenth. Scouts, ninth..." And from there on. I pay really close attention to the last few.
"Now for fifth place and up. Kenny and the Reaper's, fifth. The Five Walls, fourth. Secret Gods, third."
Erens' grip is so tight, I can feel my hand going numb.
"The Dancing Titans, second." I look up at Eren and he has a huge smile on his face. His grip loosens.
"I thought we weren't going to qualify."
I look up at him confused.
"There's three rounds, we pasted the first round. The top eleven in four cities get to go to the capital of the state and then it's narrowed down to twenty two, then there's the second round which narrows it down to 11, and then there's the last round, and that is at the US capital in Washington. It's then narrowed down to the top three."
I look at him with more of a confused look.
"Don't worry about it. You won't be here for the other two rounds," He chuckles. I shrug and he hugs me.
  "I'm just happy we made it," He says and I hug back lightly. All of our teammates are cheering behind us, then we hear the first place called, and we can here them screaming and yelling like us. We all head back stage and Jean is trying to get everyone to settle down.
  "Make sure I get to know the results," I say, nudging Eren with my elbow.

(A/N: Okay, I'm REEEEAAAALLLLYYYY SORRY! These past two months have been crazy, and I've been trying to keep up with Yuri!!! On ICE, and I also have been thinking about starting a Vicuri fan fic, so I haven't really been able to focus on this book!
  I will be trying to write up a Christmas special though. It won't relate to this book too much, but it's a more like, "what if Armin didn't go to Japan?" kind of special. Like, he could be home for Christmas. Either that, or it will be in Eren's pov for most of it. Idk yet. But I am really sorry. :'(
  This story will end soon too, but I hope you guys have enjoyed, and can forgive me for not updating regularly...
-Pitch)