Yeah guys I don't own this anime, if I did Armin would be a much bigger focus of the show and a lot of people wouldn't have died.
Levi was woken by a knock on the front door and looked at the raised an eyebrow who was knocking on his door at 6 in the morning? He sighed and got up. He went to the front door and opened it but there was nobody there. He cursed about stupid kids and was about to close the door when a sound drew his attention. he looked down and was surprised to see a small boy standing on his front porch. The boy looked up at him with tears on his cheeks. Levi frowned, the boy was
covered in bruises and looked to be about 5, he had chin length blonde hair and wide blue eyes. "What are you doing here?" Levi asked. The boy squirmed but didn't speak. Levi sighed "You may as well come in, don't touch anything." The boy nodded and followed Levi inside. The boy glanced around a little but didn't move to touch anything. Levi took him into the living room and told him to sit. He rubbed his forehead. "What's your name?"
The boy peeked up at him, still crying a little, and seemed to gather a bit of courage. "Armin Arlert sir." Levi nodded "Where are your parents?" The boy hung his head "They died."
Levi sighed "Are you staying with a relative then." The boy shook his head "My grandpa died a month ago and I've been staying with a foster family." Levi nodded
"Do you need me to call them?" The boy flinched "They... they don't want me." Levi raised an eyebrow "Why do you say that?"
Armin blinked back more tears "They dropped me off about an hour ago and told me to go die sir." Levi leaned back in shock and then nodded. "Wait here. Don't move." Armin nodded and Levi left the room. He frowned as he made his way to the kitchen, people made him sick sometimes. Abusing a child and telling him to go die?
What kind of person thought that was a good thing to do. He sighed and reached for the phone. He dialed the number and waited, after a couple of rings somebody picked up "Hello?" said the voice on the other end. "Erwin. I have a bit of a situation."
Said Levi. Erwin laughed "What have you done now Levi?"
Levi glared at the phone "I haven't done anything it's what idiots have done to a small child who has shown up on my door step. I want you and Hanji over here as soon as possible." Erwin nodded on the other end though Levi couldn't see it "Alright Levi. I'll call Hanji and we'll come over." Levi sighed "Hurry."
then he hung up. He turned to go back to the living room and stopped short as he saw Armin in the door way. "I thought I told you to stay in the other room." he said in an annoyed voice.
Armin, who'd just calmed down teared up again. "I'm s..sorry sir b..but I need use the potty and I d..don't know where it and.. and..." he trailed off tears streaming down his face and Levi sighed "Okay. I understand, You're not in trouble you can stop crying." Armin nodded and wiped at his face. Levi shook his head "The bathroom is down the hall to the right, first door. Please wash your hands when your done." Armin nodded and left Levi rolled his eyes and went back to the
living room. A couple of minutes later Armin came back. Levi glanced at him "Sit down."
Armin nodded and sat on the couch. They sat in silence for about ten minutes before there was a knock on the door again. Levi went to answer it and came back seconds later Erwin and Hanji in tow. Hanji took one look at Armin and squealed "He's such a cutey Levi!"
she went to snatch Armin into a hug but he flinched rather violently.
She stepped back. "Oh." Erwin shook his head "Honestly Hanji I told you this was a serious possibility." Hanji nodded,
looking grave "I was hoping you were wrong." Levi sighed "Well obviously he wasn't can we move on now?" Hanji nodded and Erwin spoke "What's his name?"
Levi looked at Armin "His name is Armin Arlert. His parents and grandparents are dead and he's been staying with an abusive foster family. They dropped him off on the side of the road about an hour ago with the advice to 'go die'. That is all I know." Erwin nodded looking disturbed, Hanji looked like she wanted to cry "people can be so cruel." She whispered the turned to Armin "How old are you Armin?"
Armin glanced a Levi warily then spoke "6." Hanji nodded "can you tell me the name of your foster family?" Armin's head shot up "Are you going to bring me back? I don't want to go back! If I go back they'll hurt me again. They told me." Hanji shook her head and spoke in a soothing voice "We won't bring you back and we won't tell them where you are but we need to tell somebody that they did bad things to you." Armin shook his head frantically "No. They said they'd do bad thing to me if I told.
They said they'd put me in a hole in the woods and leave me there."
Hanji cringed in disgust "That's horrible!" Armin flinched "Did I do something wrong?" Hanji realised what she'd done "Oh no, you didn't do anything wrong Armin but your foster family did. We won't tell them you told on them. It'll be our little secret." Armin looked a little scared still "Pinky promise?" he held out his pinky,
Hanji smiled "Pinky promise." she sealed the deal with her own pinky and Armin nodded "My mommy once told me that a promise made on a finger is the most important of all, but the most powerful ones are on your marriage fingers and your pinkies." Hanji smiled "Your mommy sounds very smart." Armin nodded "She was really smart, and pretty." Hanji sighed "Okay Armin. What was your foster families name." Armin nodded "Their names our Martha and Danny Rodall." Hanji
smiled "thank you Armin you're a big help. We won't tell them you told us." Armin nodded and smiled a little back Levi shook his head in the background "How does she do it? I couldn't say one word to the boy without him looking intimidated and he called me sir, but she say's a few things and suddenly he's smiling?" Erwin laughed "Anybody would be intimidated by you Levi. You have one of those kind of faces, even though you're so small." Levi shot him an annoyed look but
didn't comment. Erwin spoke up then "Now that we've done that, where is he going to go?" Everybody looked at him, including Armin who looked a little worried now. Hanji spoke "I don't think he should go back to the orphanage and I can't take care of him, not with my animals." Erwin nodded "I agree but I can't take him either, I work to often." they looked at Levi who looked between the two "What me? You can't be serious." Hanji laughed "You have the safest house and the least work schedule, you also have the most kid experience."
Levi glared "Just because I'm a high school teacher does not make me fit to raise a small child." Erwin gestured to Armin and said "Oh come on, do you really want to send him back to a place that could put him back in the same situation he just got out of? Armin looked at Levi then and his face was scared. Levi crumbled under the weight of that face and his responsibility as a good person, he sighed "Okay.
He can stay here."
Armin looked happy and so did Hanji and Erwin, and Levi had to admit (Though not out loud) that he'd be glad to have some company around the house, even if it was a small child that he'd have to take care of. They talked some more before Armin got tired and drifted to sleep on the couch. Hanji and Erwin left soon after and Levi sighed. He could either wake the kid or lug him up the stairs. He went to wake the kid up but thought better of it.
The kid deserved a break for once so he picked him up, Armin was very light, and carried him up to one of his spare rooms. He set him on the bed and pulled the covers over him. He left the room and went back to bed, it was a weekend after all, he didn't have to work until Monday. In his room Armin curled into a ball and smiled a little in his sleep.