Eremika Stories

Armin's Fault

ARMIN'S FAULT
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This was all Armin's fault.

That was the only thing in Eren's mind as he walked inside the room he would be staying in for the night, and for the rest of the nights that they had to stay in this small house. Judging from how hard he moved them, it was as though his feet weighed one hundred ton each. His face burned as he recalled the scene from earlier this afternoon.

"You're going to share a room with Mikasa as long as we stay here," his blonde friend had said to him casually, to which he had replied rather outrageously, his loud voice giving him out way more than it's supposed to.

"WHAAT...?!"

He stopped swiping the floor immediately and stared at Armin, his expression of complete shock.

"What are you saying, I have to share with Mikasa? She can share with the girls, can't she?"

Armin dropped the potato he had been peeling and stared back at him, wearing the same startled expression. But where Eren's face had portrayed horror, his had been more of a subtle confusion.

"There's not enough room. One of the girls has to share with the boys, and we figured it would be best to ask both of you. You have been living together since childhood anyway," he explained, eyebrows raised at his best friend's exaggerated reaction.

"It should be no problem for you both, right?"

"It's...," Eren opened his mouth to protest, but closed it again promptly as he thought of an explanation behind his sudden agitation.

What could he say to Armin? That things weren't the same as when they're just children, and he used to slip in to her bed at night to comfort her when she had nightmares?

That he couldn't spend a night with Mikasa now because he, most likely, wouldn't be able to sleep, thinking of what to do and how to behave himself, so that he wouldn't cross that invisible line? The line that Mikasa herself had almost crossed, earlier when they were both on the brink of death? She had cried, grabbing her scarf, and thanked him for everything he had done for her.

And even in the midst of war, he couldn't help but feeling how pretty her tear-stricken face was. Linstead of protesting he muttered,

"Nevermind," and began swiping the floor again, much too restless to be considered calm, sending dusts flying everywhere.

Armin watched his best friend silently, still questioning slightly but his sharp mind did not miss the point behind Eren's suddenly unusual behavior. Smiling, he decided to do a follow-up question to tease him a bit.

"Do you want to share with me? But then Mikasa would have to share with the other boys," he said, deliberately not stating the solution of him sharing with Mikasa instead so Eren could stay with the boys.

And to his amusement, Eren immediately cried out, "NO! I mean...," he tried to speak with a normal tone to hide his annoyance at the thought of Mikasa sharing a room with other boys, and though his voice completely betrayed him, "No, I can stay with Mikasa, it's fine."