Worried | Jearmin Fanfiction

Chapter Twenty

Armin started breathing faster.

"A-Armin?" Jean looked at him, concerned. His breathing kept speeding up without stopping, it was now clear the Jean that Armin was having a panic attack.

He pulled the terrified boy into his arms and held him, rubbing his back. "Armin, you're okay... Just breathe..."

It was no use. Armin continued to hyperventilate. Eren had told Jean that Armin had anxiety, and that sometimes he would get panic attacks. He never told Jean what to do in that case.

Jean turned to the nearest doctor he could see. "Can you please go fetch Eren Jaeger? He should be in the boys dormitory." The doctor nodded and a few minutes passed before Eren rushed in.

"Eren, quick. He's hyperventilating." Jean started to panic.
"Jean, don't panic. If you panic, so will he." Eren put his hand on Armin's shoulder and spoke to him. "If you can get him to calm down, then great. If you can't, he'll pass out and his breathing will go back to normal. There's nothing to worry about."

Armin looked at Eren, then at Jean. Eren took Armin's hand and held it, something that always used to calm him down when he was a child. "You're alright Armin... we're here for you..."

Armin's breathing started to calm down and instead he started crying.
"There we go... Excuse him, this is really scary for him..." Eren smiled reassuringly at his friend. "How did he end up like this?"
"Umm..." Jean hesitated for a moment. "We 'did it'"

Eren chuckled but stopped after Armin shrunk into Jean's arms, clearly embarrassed.

Jean wrapped the blanket around Armin and lay him down in bed. "I might have been too rough... he started bleeding. So I brought him here. The doctor had a look at it, that's why he's so upset."

Jean pointed to the blood on the sheets and the blanket. "See?" Eren frowned.
"Can I have a look at it?" Eren looked at Armin for his permission. The blond looked over at all the doctors and people in the room. Jean got up and closed the curtains around his bed.

The smaller boy nodded and pulled his sheets off, he was a lot more willing to allow Eren to look. It made sense, he'd known Eren for almost ten years, he'd only known jean for about two and a half.

Eren frowned at what he saw. "You need to be more careful with him."
"I know, I'm sorry."
"Does he have any medicine for it?"
"Not yet.. the doctor should be bringing some soon."

Armin spoke up for the first time in half an hour. "A-Are you done?" Eren stopped and covered Armin again.
"Yeah, I'm sorry.."