Eremin One Shots

Red Scarf

Spoilers for season 3 

Third Person POV 

Armin sat there on the ground crying, the three bullies walking away laughing. He hugged his knees close to him as he cried harder. 

"Hey... why don't you put up a fight?" A boy unfamiliar to Armin said. 

The boy was barely showing his face. He was hiding behind a wall and looking at Armin with a shady look. 

Armin looked up at him with shock.

"They pick on you because you won't fight back... are you fine with losing forever?" The boy asked. 

Armin looked over at the three bullies who were walking away. 

He sniffed and looked back at the boy. "You're wrong... I'm not losing..."

"Huh?" The boy asked, shocked by Armin's response. 

"Because I don't run..." Armin said sadly, hugging himself tighter.

The boy stared at Armin with interest. He never thought of it that way. 

He walked into Armin's view. "What's your name?"

Armin looked up into the boy's eyes with shock. Never before did someone talk to him like that.

"It's Armin... Armin Arlelt..." He said quietly, blushing slightly. 

The boy smiled slightly. "Armin... I'm Eren Jaeger." 

Eren held out his hand for Armin to take, and he did. 

Armin stood, noticing how short he was compared to Eren. 

Eren smiled, blushing slightly. "Do you... want to be friends?" 

Armin's eyes widened. "R-Really?... you want to b-be friends with me?"

He nodded. "Yeah... we're both outcasts anyway..." 

Armin rubbed his arm. "Sure..." 

Eren smiled. "Come on... let's go for a walk..." 

They started to walk along the river, talking and sharing things about each other. Though Armin was down the whole time. 

"Hey..." Eren said, stopping and looking at him. "You've been down this whole time... what's wrong?"

"I'm just... sad... those boys say really mean things... and they're much older than me..." Armin said sadly. 

Eren touched Armin's shoulder lightly. "I'm sorry... I won't let them get away with this from now on, and that's a promise."

Armin smiled slightly, blushing hard. "T-Thank you..." 

Eren smiled, blushing as well. "Here..." He said, unwrapping the scarf that he was wearing. It was a dark red long scarf. He walked closer to Armin and wrapped the scarf around him. 

"Looks better on you..." He said, blushing harder. 

Armin blushed and smiled. "Thanks..." He softly touched the scarf and felt the fabric between his fingers. It was soft. 

Then the two of them continued to walk while talking about anything and everything. 

And that was the start of their friendship... or was it the start of something else...?