If Only... (Eremin)

Parties and Problems

Amidst chatting and Million Dollar Bills by Lorde blasting, Connie stood up on a table shouting, "WE GOT BOOZE!!!" And grinning ear to ear like a maniac. The partygoers all cheered loudly and Armin felt his chest tighten.

"Eren...isn't this...illegal?" Armin asked quietly as he watched kids down beer cans and their own mixed drinks they had thrown together in the kitchen. Eren shrugged, "Eh, there's no harm to a little alcohol once in a while."
Eren pulled off Armin's hairband and his messy ponytail came undone, his hair falling just below his jaw.
"Hey!" Armin yelped, but smiled anyways.

A pop song Armin didn't recognize came on and Eren flashed that charming smile of his, Armin felt weak at the knees.
"Come on, let's dance!" Eren said, grabbing Armin's hand.
"Oh! I- I don't really dance!" Armin piped up.
"Nonsense! You danced just fine in the rain! Come onnnn!" Eren said, dragging Armin over to where all the dancing was.

Armin stood awkwardly as people danced around them and sang along.
"Oh, come on!" Eren chuckled. "All you have to do is whatever everyone else is doing. So just jumping and fist pumping basically."
Armin giggled. "Well, when you put it that way..."

Eren grabbed Armin's hands and they spun around, a few girls around them laughed and did the same. They stopped twirling and held hands, jumping to the beat. Armin laughed and his sunshine-blonde hair swished and bobbed around him. Eren couldn't help but stare.

"What are you looking at?" Armin asked through laughs. He noticed how there were golden flecks swimming in Eren's green eyes and when he looked directly into the light they glowed a soft gold.
"Nothing..." Eren replied, still staring.

The two teen boys soon got tired of dancing like maniacs and went to get something to drink. Armin got a cup of punch while Eren picked up a shot of something light brown. Eren picked up another shot of some sort too.
"Oops!" He said, grinning and poured the shot into Armin's punch.
"Eren!" Armin shrieked, laughing.
Eren shrugged.

Eren downed his shot, hardly flinching.
"C'mon Armin, drink your punch!" Eren insisted.
Armin drank a mouthful, it was fine at first but he felt the burn as it went down and shivered.
"Bleh, how can you stand alcohol straight?" Armin said, scrunching up his nose.
"Practice." Eren replied with a smug face that was way too cute than should be legal.

"What's up boys?" A calm yet smiley looking Mikasa asked from behind them. The person she had seen earlier trailing behind her.
"This is Annie." She said, gesturing at the short blonde person beside her.

"Hi." Annie said, in an even more monotone voice than Mikasa's usual voice.
"Call me whatever you want, she, him, they. I don't give a shit." Annie said.
Their blue eyes were piercing and cold. They were short, shorter than Armin, they had light blonde hair pulled back into a bun. But somehow, although they didn't smile, there was something that changed whenever she looked at Mikasa.

"Annie's from Sina high, I'm sure you've heard of it Armin?"
Armin nodded. "Yeah, Sina and Maria high do alot of events together."

Annie pointed to the far side of the room to a tall muscular boy with short blonde hair. "That's my friend Reiner," and she pointed to a really tall muscular boy who was thinner but still quite toned with brown hair. "And that's his boyfriend Bertholdt. I've known 'em since we were born. I think you two would like them."

Mikasa whispered something to Annie and the two of them walked away into the throng of teenagers, completely disappearing from sight.

"What do you think about Annie?" Eren asked Armin.
Armin shrugged. "They seem interesting I guess."
Eren shook his head and smiled."I knew you'd say that. Don't you think she's cold?"
Armin thought about it and shook his head. "No, she's just guarded. But it seems like Mikasa has alot in common with them."
Eren just shrugged.