Worried | Jearmin Fanfiction

Chapter One

"Hey, Armin!" Jean yelled as he waved at the blonde from a distance before rushing over to him. "You're in row one squad four, right?"

Armin looked up at him. "Yeah... Eren doesn't like it... it's not really the safest position in the formation and-"

"I'll look after you... I'm your squad partner for next month's expedition." Jean smiled.

"You don't have to worry about me... I'll be fine..." The smaller boy smiled at him.

Jean scanned Armin's body up and down before frowning.

"Something wrong?" Armin questioned.

"You've lost weight.." Jean frowned.

Armin placed his hands over his stomach. "It's fine... I told you I'm fine..."

"You can't malnourish yourself like this... You need nutrition or you won't grow... a small and skinny person like you won't last long on the battlefield, Armin... Do you want Connie to outgrow you?!" Jean exclaimed, concerned about Armin's figure.

"I said I'm fine..." Armin repeated.

"But you're not fine... The height and weight difference between you and everybody else is growing..." The taller boy persisted.

Armin giggled. Jean looked at him, confused. Why would he be laughing about this? He thought.

"You worry too much..." Armin smiled sweetly. That smiled was enough to make Jean squeal on the inside.

"But... just look at your hands...." Jean pressed the two's hands up against each other. "Your fingertips line up with the joints of my fingers..."

Armin looked up at Jean, as if to tell him for the fifth time that he was okay.

"Let's just go back to the barracks... the others are waiting for us... If we don't hurry now we won't have time to shower before bed.." Jean explained before taking Armin's hand and leading him back to the dorms.

Right, shower night. Armin hated that time of the week. It wasn't the showering that he didn't like, but the fact that he was completely naked in front of all the other boys. Where as the others didn't really care, Armin would flush bright red with embarrassment every time that day came. He was quite a private person, he valued his modesty and didn't want anyone to see him like that. He often just got changed in the corner with a towel wrapped around him, and when he got out of the shower, he waited until everyone went back to the dorm and then got changed into his pajamas on his own.