𝐀 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐕𝐄 | eren yeager

5 | A Dull Glow in the Midst of Despair

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Armin could see the outlines of Connie's face with his blurry eyes, but the words the boy was saying were complete gibberish to him. Every sound around the blond were muffled by his ears as he stared into the distance, his blue eyes wide open.

"...min?! Armin?! Wake up!"

Armin felt like he just came from underwater as everything around him came crashing down, a small headache started bothering him as he moved his eyes to look at the boy in front of him.

"Connie..." he said, his voice barely above a whisper.

"Are you hurt?!" Connie asked, shaking him by his shoulders. "Hey! Where's your squad?!"

"Squad...?"

"Come on, get a hold of yourself! Why are you alone?!" Connie asked again, slowly pulling his other hand away as he rubbed his fingers against each other. "And you've got slime all over you...! What the hell happened?!"

Armin inhaled deeply as he thought for a second, looking at the sky with a rather calm expression. "Ah..." He suddenly gasped loudly, and started screaming at the top of his lungs as the earlier events started coming back to him. He placed his hands over his head as his friends' brutal deaths flashed before his eyes, the earlier headache growing even stronger.

Connie quickly took a step back with wide eyes, startled by his sudden outburst. "Armin!"

"Waaah! You useless bastard!" the blond screamed, pulling his hair. "Die!"

"Hey... Calm down! Armin!" Connie exclaimed. "Where is everyone?"

"Oh, leave it, Connie!" a brown-haired girl close to them said, making Connie glance at her for a second. "They've been wiped out except for this guy!"

"Shut up! Armin didn't say anything about that!" Connie shouted at her.

"Look around! It's obvious, idiot!" Ymir replied. "And we don't have any more time to pamper on him!"

"Why is Armin the only one who made it?!"

"They probably thought he was already a corpse. I'm sorry he encountered multiple titans, but rescuing this loser isn't worth the sacrifices of Eren and the rest."

Connie looked down at Armin in pity, as the blond continued to cry with his head covered by his hands. Connie's eyebrows furrowed as he suddenly started growling, turning back to Ymir. "Hey, you stupid bitch..." he started, taking a step forward. "How about I make it so you never say a damn word ever again!"

"Both of you, stop it!" a blonde girl exclaimed, spreading her arms to the side as she quickly threw herself in front of Ymir. "Everyone is frazzled! I mean, suddenly a brunch of our friends are dead... Of course we're upset!"

Ymir let out a laugh as she wrapped her other arm around the girl's shoulders, and hugged her. "That's my Krista! After this mission is over, marry me!"

Connie just rolled his eyes at the two with a sigh as he turned back to Armin, and crouched down in front of him. "Anyway, we can't just leave him here. Can you stand up, Armin?" he asked, reaching out his hand to him.