Unity

Chapter Twenty One

Connie came walking down the aisle with the rings and he set them on the table in front of us and sat down next to Mikasa.

After Hanji stated the first vows, I grabbed Eren's ring and Eren got mine.

"Do you, Armin Arlert, take Eren Jaeger to be your lawfully wedded husband?" I looked Eren in the eyes and smiled up at him.

"I do," Eren slid my ring, which he was holding, on my left ring finger and smiled widely.

"Do you, Eren Jaeger, take Armin Arlert to be your lawfully wedded husband?" Eren squeezed my hands a little bit and couldn't stop himself from smiling.

"I do," I took Eren's hand in mine and put his ring on his left ring finger. Hanji smiled at us and said the last thing they needed to.

"You may kiss," I brought my arms around Eren's neck and Eren's hands were on my waist. Eren leaned down and kissed me deeply, but yet softly. I heard the wedding guests cheer loudly and Mikasa stood up and was nearly crying. Eren pulled away after about five seconds only to lean in and kiss me again. Eren slowly pulled away.

Ymir, who was a photographer, set up her camera and began taking photos of us. She took one of us holding hands, one of us about to kiss, one of us kissing, and one of me on Eren's back because why the fuck not?

Eren and I walked off of the arch hand in hand and walked over to the cake. Our cake topper was of two men holding hands and had sevan layers (I spelled sevan like that for a reason). Each layer was a colour of the rainbow to celebrate our absolute fabulousness.

Alex came up behind me and put a flower crown on my head and Jake did the same to Eren. I turned around and saw a big, cheesy grin on Alex and Jake's face. Since Eren was also wearing a flower crown, I decided to keep mine on this time.

"All couples, go to the dance floor. We will be playing slow music," Eren and I went over to the dance floor and saw that Alex&Jake, Sasha&Connie, Ymir&Krista, and a lesbian couple from Eren and I's college were all on the dance floor slow-dancing to a slow song. Eren and I made our way to the middle of the floor and Eren pulled me close against him and wrapped his arms snugly around my waist while my arms were tied around his neck. Eren didn't break eye contact with me the whole time which made me feel safe for some reason.

The sun was starting to set and the song was almost over. At the end of the song, Eren brought his lips to mine and kissed me for a long time. When the music stopped, he pulled away. We made our way off of the dance floor to play wedding games with the guests there. Obviously we weren't just going to be playing just wedding games because since there wasn't a bride, that automatically eliminated most of the games like throwing the bouquet of flowers (there wasn't one) to see which woman would get married next.

Connie threw a box of pocky at us and shouted something.

"Play the pocky game!" I looked at the box and questioned what the pocky game was.

"What's the pocky game?" Eren opened up the box and pulled a stick of pocky out.

"It's where we bite opposite ends of the pocky stick and meet in the middle. Whoever bites the last piece of pocky wins." Eren looked at me. "Wanna play?"

"Why not," Eren held the stick of pocky in front of us and bit the side closest to him while I bit my side. Once we reached the middle, we fought over the last piece, and I bit it and the last piece went in my mouth. "Ha! I win!" I looked up and saw Eren blushing a bit and we both stood up. We went towards the cake and both got a slice. I got a blue slice and Eren got a green and yellow slice.

"Congrats, guys!" Mikasa walked over to us with a glass of wine and hugged Eren and then me. "We're going to be sharing stories soon, so sit down. I bet everyone will share something." We nodded and sat in the front row. Almost everyone there got into a line. The first person to say anything was Mikasa. She stood in front of the microphone and tested it.

"Congrats Armin and Eren Arlert-Jaeger!" Everyone cheered and Eren smiled at me and threw his arm around me snugly. "Firstly, I want to state that I am so proud of Eren, my brother, for finding someone that he gets along with," the majority of people laughed. Even Eren laughed. "And I want to thank Armin, who is like a brother to me, for making Eren so happy." Eren was smiling and I was doing the same. "I witnessed the first time they ever kissed when they were fourteen, and I never knew that it would get this far. They didn't know that I was watching them, and I don't think they ever found out that I was watching them, but I was." She looked both of us in the eyes. "2009, small creek in Cheshire," lot's of people 'awwed' and I blushed remembering the first time Eren and I ever kissed. Eren had asked my permission before he did anything... it was really cute. Afterwards, he clung onto me like I was a teddy bear and didn't let me go until Mikasa came over and questioned us. "Now Eren, you are 21 and Armin is 20. Your relationship has only grew. I want to say that I love you both very much and congrats on getting married!" The guests cheered and Eren and I clapped for Mikasa. The next person to go to the microphone was Alex and Jake.

"Raise your hand if you saw Eren propose to Armin!" Everyone at the wedding raised their hand. Even Alex and Jake raised their hands. "I've known Armin ever since we were little girls. We were best friends in elementary school and the biggest tomboys. After fifth grade, Armin moved away to Cheshire while I stayed here in Southampton. When I turned 17, I started a YouTube channel and realized I was a boy. One day I was scrolling through YouTube and found a video by my old friend and saw that my old friend is now a boy, too. That was probably one of the best moments I've had. I realized I wasn't alone and I realized that there are people like me. Hell, my best friend is just like me." I almost had tears in my eyes, but I could hold back. "Armin, you've given me so much strength throughout the years and I'm so happy to see you getting married! Congrats, man!" Everyone clapped for Alex and I felt very heart-warmed.

After everyone else that wanted to say something did, Eren and I went to our car to find that many people tied rainbow cans on the back of our car and spray-painted 'just married!' on the back windshield.

"Surprise!" Alex, Jake, Connie, and Sasha all jumped out from the front of the car and hugged us. "We thought you'd want a little decoration before you went off to your honeymoon," I nodded and laughed.

"This looks really cool--"

"The word you're looking for is fabulous," Eren and I hugged everyone and thanked them for coming and jumped in our car. I sat in the driver's seat and Eren sat in the passenger's seat. Eren put my hand on his lap and held it with both of his hands.

"I had a great time," Eren said softly while rubbing my hand.

"Me too," I turned towards Eren when we were at a red light and leaned over and kissed him briefly. Eren couldn't stop smiling for the rest of the night.

"So, is it to Cheshire?" I nodded and grinned widely and with my teeth.

"To Cheshire," we made several turns and after a couple of hours, Eren fell asleep while holding my arm tightly. His arm was cuddled against it and every once and a while he would nuzzle his head.

I didn't know what it was going to be like to get married, but all I knew was that Eren and I were family now.

And it felt really good to have family again.

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