Chapter 3: they don't love you

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Eren P.O.V
I feel bad for leaving Armin alone all night. But I had to. Anyway he needs his rest because I'm spending all of my with him tomorrow.
I decide to check on him again. I see Armin sleeping peacefully. His small frame curled up reminds me of a little puppy sleeping. I peer at his face and see his cheeks are wet. He must have been crying a while. What if he was in pain from the injuries?
I begin to stroke his gold hair. It's so soft...
"Er-ren?" I hear my name. Armin put his head up and I smiled at him.
"Are you hurting anywhere, bunny?" I ask with concern. He shakes his head 'no' and he starts to uncomfortably wriggle around.
I unclip the gag and some strings of spit drip down his mouth. Aw, my messy little bunny.

"E-Eren, please tell me why am I down here!" He said looking into my eyes. 
"It's just so you don't get hurt. Those guys won't hurt you now."
"Can't I do then?" He asks.
"No, you need to stay here so you can heal properly and I can help by looking after your wounds a dressing them properly and stuff like that." I explained. 
"Do I really need to be in a cage? Or tied up and gagged?" 
"Well, we're gonna be spending all day tomorrow together. I won't be out so you won't be in here."
"Eren,"
"Yes?"
"You still didn't answer why I was tied up in a cage."
"Tsk, you ask to many questions." I smile while unlocking the cage.

Armin P.O.V
*And time skip*
This is really weird. First Eren has me locked in a cage because of my injures and safety and had me gagged and bound in said cage which doesn't make sense. Then he acts like there is nothing wrong with any of it and now wants to do loads of activities together like drawing pictures, cooking food, playing board games and at the moment reading the books together. Or a book. We are sat shoulder to shoulder reading the same book.
Eren seems a bit clingy for some reason. He insisted we sit like this. I don't think he's even reading the book. I think he's staring at me. It's really uncomfortable.

"Hey, Eren." I say softly.
"Yes, sweetie?" He replies.
'Sweetie'? What's with the weird nicknames?
"Um...when can I go home?"
"Why do you want to go back to your home?" He asks. I begin to answer, a little surprised he can't think of any reasons.
"B-because of m-my parents, they'll get worried—"
"They don't love you." Eren states coldly.
"Huh? W-What do you mean?" I question surprised by the sudden harshness.
"They don't love you." He repeats in a serious tone. "They don't care about you."
"Y-you don't know that." I say in a quieter voice.
"They don't, Armin. What about when they say they're disappointed in you because you get bullied on? Or when they left you when you were five years old and locked in your house without food or water for their 'new' lives outside the wall?" He snarled. How did...how did he know about that?
I tried to move away from Eren but he grabbed my arm,
"They left you for two weeks on your own until their plan failed. You could've died in that house if your granddad hadn't have found you after a four days! They don't love you and won't ever love you!" Eren was shouting with pure anger and digging his nails into my arm and squeezing tightly on it.
"E-Eren you're hurting me." His expression softened and so did his grip.
"I'm sorry, Armin. I-I wasn't saying it because of you. I just don't like your parents mistreating you or taking you for granted." He says almost sadly.
I get that he's worried but I do always have my grandpa. After that incident he gave me a key to my house incase I'm locked in again and a key to his so I can stay with him whenever I need to. And anyway my parents were really sorry. I think they just wanted me to be safe and...just kind of got swept up trying to get outside the wall.

"Please don't go. You can sleep here tonight." He says holding my hand with both of his. He looks like he about to get in the ground and beg me, "It's not safe to walk back! Your parents will understand, It's pitch black out there! See, we had so much fun here the day went so fast!"
"Okay, Eren, I'll stay the night." I sigh as his smile grows into a grin. "But I don't know what to do about a tooth brush or pyjamas." 
"I can go over to your house tomorrow and bring your stuff but tonight I have a spare tooth brush and you can wear some of my stuff to bed." He says like he planned this out.

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