"I'm hurt."

He watched, his blue eyes watching her every movement, every muscle in her body shake with her displeasure, her own sharp eyes staring right back at him. Even though her voice seemed emotionless her eyes screamed out, readying to burst with tears, "When did you start looking at me that way. . . Armin?"

His hands were shaking, clutching the flare gun as if were the only protection he had against this woman, this woman that he was so desperate to prove wrong. His blonde hair stuck to his forehead, sweating beading off ever so slightly. He was nervous, there was no doubt about it. From the beginning he knew it was going to end like this, but deep down in his heart he had hoped he was wrong. "Why, Annie? You had Marco's maneuver gear. . ."

Her eyes blinked, but her face remained stone, expressing little emotion. He knew though, that's always how she was. The trick were her eyes, those ice blue eyes that over the years he had come to love, come to learn. . . the icy blue crystals that showed what lay deep in her soul.

He continued, "I knew every little scratch, every little ding. He and I, used to repair it together. I knew it as soon as I saw it."

She looked away, no longer content or comfortable to look him straight in the eye, "I see. I just happened to have found it. . ."

He could feel pain rush through his molars and he noticed he was grinding his teeth, a habit he had picked up when he was stressed. Loosening his jaw a bit, allowing the strain off his teeth he questioned, "Did you kill the two titans then?!"

"Who knows. . ."

Blunt, straight to the point. He had hoped for something more, hoping she would make excuses and that all would be forgiven. But no. Instead, she looked away, unable to utter a word while looking straight at him. His heart sank. All those years, all those nights. . . it felt like she simply cast them off with her words. Why had it come to this?

"If you knew, why didn't you say something a month ago, hmm?"

"Because I wanted to believe in you!" He almost screamed, his lungs hurt with how quick he was to react, "I wanted to believe that my eyes were wrong, that I was wrong!"

He could see those beautiful eyes of hers peek back at him, the pain still lacing them like lingering dust. She looked ashamed, guilty, and of course, hurt. The look on her face almost made him feel bad, wanting to walk up those few flights and embrace her, apologizing for his words.

He knew that it wasn't going to end like that though.

"What about you though Annie? You didn't kill me when you had the chance, that's why this is happening now."

Her eyes darted away again, "Yeah. . . I never expected you to go this far. Why didn't I kill you then. . .?"

His heart pounded loudly in his chest, he could hear the blood rushing in his ears. She never expected him to push this far? What had she expected then?! For years she had known his plans, to join Eren in the Survey Corps, to continue to fight for humanity, to rid the world of Titans! Did she think that just because it was her that things would change?

"Annie!" He almost jumped at the voice, his head spinning to look at Eren. . . he had almost forgotten that they weren't alone. . . that Eren and Mikasa were standing there during the whole exchange. "Stop being some idiot and cut the crap! You have a shitty sense of humour! Get down here now! You can prove us wrong just by taking a few steps, come on!"

She almost seemed to flinch at his words, her arm reaching over to grab the other one, crossing across her chest as if attempting to cover herself, "I can't. . . I have failed to become a warrior."

Eren almost seemed to spit at her words as he stepped forward, reaching out to her with his words and his body, "This isn't funny."

His blue eyes began to tear up as he turned to look at her again, "Let's talk Annie! We can still talk! Let's fix this!"

"That's enough!" A harsh woman's voice emitted behind him and Mikasa ripped off her cloak, tugging at the blades she had sheathed, "I can't listen to this bullshit anymore! I'm going to rip your muscles open all over again Female Titan!"

Thos beautiful blue eyes seemed to sparkle as she spun her head to watch the trio again, a small smile splitting her lips apart as she began to laugh, a beautiful coat of red blush crossing her cheeks and nose. It was a beautiful face that tug at his heartstrings, a face and a laugh that he loved, the blush across her cheeks almost something he had worshipped.

"Armin." He stopped, looking up at her, his now teary eyes staring at her ice blue eyes, tears now pouring down her cheeks as well, "I'm glad I could be a good person for you. You won this game. But, this is where mine begins."

She began to raise her hand, readying to bite into her skin and transform and without hesitating he raised the flare gun out of the entrance, shooting outwards into the sky. The look in her eyes still pained, one that probably reflected his own pain.

Where did things turn wrong? When did it end up like this?