Not Your Normal Popular Kid (Armin x Eren)

You'll amount to great things

The rest of the school day went by slow and  the scene kept replaying in my mind.

When the last class was over, I waited in front of school for him but he never came, so I went home. I remembered I was home alone today too, I was supposed to invite him out to eat. I'll do it next time. I sat in my room after I finished my homework and it bothered me, everything did. I had his number so why not call it. I'll do that, yeah.

"Hey, Armin. Its rare for you to call me."

"Yeah..is it easy to do this all the time?", it took him a while to reply.

"Its a special skill, been using it since I was ten."

"Come over", again the line was silent and he sighed over the phone.

"Tomorrow, okay..I have to go now, thanks for calling me", I pictured that sad smile he most likely had on and then he hung up. I must have fallen asleep not long after because I heard my mom coming in at 1 in the morning and heading straight to bed. I fell back asleep shortly after though.

Today was Saturday and I got up with zero appetite even though mom made breakfast. "Darling, are you okay?", she asked as I was sipping tea and I nodded, she probably didn't believe me, but mom didn't pry if she didn't believe it was necessary. After she left for work, she asked me to use the money she had already left yesterday. For what? I'm not even hungry and I just want Eren to call.

Two hours later, I finally got a phone call.

"Where do you live?", he asked quietly and waited until I answered to say okay and hang up. This didn't seem like Eren at all, well how am I supposed to know, we've know each other for a week. It'd been a few hours until my doorbell finally rang and he was standing there, but when I saw his black eye, I felt this rage inside. "Your eye..", I placed my hand on his cheek and gently rubbed over it. He nuzzled into my palm and it seemed really cute, but now I just needed to get him inside. "You can put your jacket in that closet, I'll make tea.", he obeyed without saying a word and came into the kitchen, sitting on the chair furthest from me. I placed the cup in front of him and he thanked me, taking a deep breath and concentrating on his cup, not looking at me. "Eren, say something", he chewed on his lip and seemed to be building up the nerve the tell me.

"We got into a fight, hes not a bad guy, but he turned into a drunk after mom died and hes been telling me repeatedly I messed up his life and I look way too much like my mother, it apparently sickens him to his stomach. He said I'm useless..that I'll never amount to anything, ha, get this. He told me to my face it would be better if I ended up like m-..like-", he struggled to not shake while speaking, he was trying so hard not to cry. The pain you saw and heard was unbearable, always trying to be brave in front of everyone gets tiring, I know because mom is the same way.

"Hey", I said with the voice mom had when she tried to calm me down, I wanted to soothe Eren and I grabbed his hand and squeezed it tightly. "You are amazing, Eren Jeager. Not only that but smart too. Your fencing skills are amazing and your heart is pure. You'll amount to great things and I'll be right by your side, do you understand me? You're not alone, I wont let you lose your way. No matter what your uncle says, your mother is proud of you.", he couldn't keep it in anymore, tears started streaming down his face and I couldn't calm him down because he'd been holding back, so I just stayed right there by his side.

"I'll take you to the ocean and after that I'll take you to anywhere you want. We'll travel the world, okay, you said you'll stay so you better not ever break that promise", he finally calmed down, but I didn't stop holding him, so like that he fell asleep in my arms.