Armin has been studying for almost two weeks for this exam. He has spent them in the library but this time he preferred staying at home since his back hurt too much for him to resist a chair.

It was his second year in college and he knew what should be done by now to pass the exams and have high grades, which he needed to keep his scholarship and the flat near the campus. His parents wouldn't afford to keep him in college if they had to pay for his standing there too, so his stress was double now that he realized he must pass that really hard exam if he wanted to keep approaching his dream of being a doctor.

Living in that bouinding brought him peace since he moved in. The neighbors were all workers or students like him so he never had problems with them for anything at all, and sometimes the building was so quiet like no one actually lived there. Certainly, when the exam season started he was more than thankful to the quietness and peace he was surrounded by, but in the daily life it also stopped him from things he wanted to do in case it would bother the neighbors.

His best friend Eren was quite noisy and every time he came by joked about calling the Ghostbusters to clear the building. He couldn't blame him, he knew how strange it was but it was good for his grades so any other thing seemed small and insignificant.

He woke up early in the morning after one of his nightmares and decided to go jogging to refresh his mind. It was still cold in the morning at the beggining of March but it didn't bother him at all while running around the usual places for half an hour. It was almost eight in the morning when he stopped by the bakery to buy some bread before heading home now walking and catching his breath. He took a shower, had breakfast and after encouraging Eren to keep studying he started himself.

Time passed as he reviewed the last things he studied the day before, like the anatomy the heart, the possible effects of narcotics on the functionality of the heart and ways to treat them. It was so much to study but everything was interesting enough for Armin to remember and understand. It was only after past twelve in the afternoon when he started to hear noises from the apartment on top of his. At first he didn't pay attention because last time he checked no one lived there so maybe there were new neighbors just moving in.

"What in the world are they moving?" He whispered to himself after some minutes of non stopping noises.

The sounds of furniture scuffing on the floor stopped after a while before his nerves were close to crack. But the silence was back so he took some deep breaths before concentrating again on the subject he was in. The circulatory system.

After lunch (which was not much of eating but drinking coffee) he stopped just to call his father so he could let him know everything was going just fine and he was keeping himself healthy. It's all they asked him for when he moved out of his parents' house and went to another city. He didn't tell him tho about his nightmares or about not eating much because his body didn't accept food. Those things would only worry them and Armin thought they would disappear after the exams finish and the stress ends.

But the noise started again, now being too many steps that didn't bother to slower down and they sounded like people was jumping or dancing over his head. It was passed six when the real problem started. Music. Really loud and screaming music accompanied by some laughters and screams.

"It can't be... A party? Really?"

That was the last thing Armin needed that day. There where less than three days to the exam to finally take place and all he had to do was reviewing what he already knew. But that wasn't less important than studying so the stress for the noise became really high and didn't let him concentrate at all. The back was still killing him after staying almost all day in bed and the library wasn't an option. He tried using headphones with piano music and at first it worked but the music became louder and louder to the point of Armin feeling the vibration on the floor while walking bare feet.
"Oh my lord..." he sighed and pushed a pillow to his head while trying to calm down but he couldn't. All he wanted to do was go up there and scream to whoever was his new neighbor. His only hope was another person to complain so he could keep studying.

But half an hour passed and the noise was only increasing, like more people were arriving and Armin felt desperate at that point, and the good and nice Armin was fading being the not so known angry boy.

So he took his keys and shut the door close with a loud crash and he headed the stairs. As he climbed the stairs the music was getting louder and Armin groaned before knocking as hard as he could. But no one opened. He did it again repeatedly until a girl opened.

"Oh hey" she said with a wide smile which didn't faded despite Armin's face. "Come in"

"No. I want to talk to the owner"

"Oh... I think..." she turned around searching for someone and then she waved to the crowd. "He's coming"

A tall boy looked down at him. His dark brown eyes made the shy side of Armin pop up and he stepped back looking down.

"Who are you?" he spoke in a husky voice and Armin looked away trying to speak his mind but now it was empty. The music. I'm here for the music.

"C-can you turn down the music?"

"What? I can't here you"

"The music" Armin spoke finally gathering what was left of his nerves and looked the boy in the eyes. He was expecting a disgust face or someone to shut the door but instead he saw a small nervous smile.

"Yeah. That stupid douchebag doesn't listen to me at all"

"I'm trying to study and my whole apartment is shaking"

"It's that bad?" He laughed and turned around, punching another guy close to him. "Tell Connei I will throw him out the window if he doesn't lower that fucking music" the other boy lauhed, nodded and pushed his way throw the crowd.

"Thank you" Armin smiled slightly. "I'm Armin. I live right below you. I mean, the 3E"

"Jean. And I'm sorry again. I hope that idiot listens to me for once and I'm not kicked out of here right after moving in"

"It's okay. Welcome to the building"

Armin smiled again nervously and moved fast to the stairs not waiting for the music to actually lower down. He opened his door still shaking and stood there for some moments until he heard how the noise was decreasing and even if the steps and laughs couldn't be stopped somehow he managed to handle it. The only thing that was distracting him now was the new boy.