Missing Keys

Chapter 9

"What's it gonna be Arlert, you gonna give us the notes?"

"Hey."

The three turned back to the school and in the shadows stood a guy in a dark jacket with his hood hiding his face. "I suggest that you back away goldilocks here." the guy pushed himself off the wall and took his hands out of his pockets. Jamie grabbed Armin and putted him into a chokehold. Armin struggled to breath as he tried to escape from his grasp. Without a chance to react the guy rushed into the scene and his fist collided into Jamie's jaw. Jammie letted go of Armin and the two of them tumbled to the ground. Ricky took a step back and the guy whipped his head around and took off his hood.

Why do you always do these things for me, Armin thought.

"Now I suggest that you two fuck off before I break your legs!" Eren yelled. Jammie stood up and placed his foot onto Armin's stomach as Ricky went in for a punch that was dodged. "Who the hell are you?!" Ricky yelled "I am no one too you," he grumbled and pulled something out of his pocket "But he! He is something to me and so I won't allow you to hurt him!" He pointed at Ricky with an X-Acto knife. Eren spun around and pointed the knife at Jammie. "Back away from him." He growled and Jammie took his foot off of Armin's stomach and slowly backed away. "Good, now how about you two scurry along and go fuck yourself!"

Armin sat at the end of Eren's bed with his knees pulled up to his chest while Eren changed out of his jacket. He threw his jacket onto the ground and jumped onto the mattress and sat close beside the blond.

"Eren... Why did you do that?" Armin asked quietly "And why were you there?"

"I had a day off so I thought I could walk home with you." Eren lied, Armin knew he was lying and Eren knew that Armin knew.

"If you were there to pick me up then why did you bring a X-Acto knife? Eren, be honest. Please."

"Me and you---"

"You and I." Armin corrected.

"You and I both know that if something like that did happen again you wouldn't tell me!"

The blond frowned and buried his face into his knees. He letted out a loud groan, "If we got caught you would have been in a lot of trouble, I hope you realized that." He said with his voice muffled.

"But I guess I do thank you for being there, I don't think they'll bother me again. They'll probably be afraid that my badass boyfriend would beat the shit out of them again."

Boyfriend. The word echoed in Eren's mind and his face turned into a deep shade of red.

Eren chill he's just joking.

BUTWHATIFHESNOT.

Later that night the two sat beside each other on the bed. A blanket draped over the two and Zander sprawled across the two and laid dead still. Armin yawned and rested his head on Eren's shoulder, "Hey Eren?" Armin said and Eren hummed in acknowledgement.

"Do you ever think about what would have happened to us if we never crossed paths?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean like... What if you never talked to me when I first came here to play the piano, what if I never moved to Shiganshina and stayed in Trost?" Do you ever think about that kind of stuff?."

"I've never had, and I never will because we did cross paths and look at us now! I will never regret meeting you, ever."

Armin laughed, "Who knows, you might one day." Eren nudged his side and said, "Don't say that, because that will never happen."