|Night 1: Sleeping Beauties|
It started out as a simple get together on Eren's bed. Armin was reading out loud to him and Mikasa a tale of a princess who slept for a hundred years, otherwise known as "Sleeping Beauty". It was a nice story to listen to, a way of taking their stress away from training.
Near the climax of book did Eren doze off, his head falling to the side as he drifted into sleep and into a dream where he was being drawn to a spinning wheel. Normally this was fine, but the problem was that he was sitting up and beginning to tilt towards Armin's side.
"M-Mikasa!" he quietly shouted for the girl's help. "Hurry before we- Whoa!"
OOF!
Armin had fallen off the bed thanks to Eren being larger and overwhelming him. Still, Eren was sleeping deeply despite the fall. The other two chose to leave him be, as they were too tired to try and carry him. Instead, Mikasa removed the blanket from the bed and laid herself next to Eren and setting the blanket over them.
"But girls are only allowed in here for a limited amount of time!" Armin whispered. "And you're not supposed to be in here at night!"
"We'll just deal with punishment tomorrow," Mikasa replied, closing her eyes. "Baldy can put up with us when we're awake. Now keep reading."
Despite the risks of getting in trouble, Armin returned to telling Mikasa the rest of the story. By the very end had she fallen asleep, into a dream where she was the knight fighting to save Eren from eternal slumber.
The blonde boy rubbed his eyes and yawned. Mikasa was right, Shadis will just have to deal with them in the morning. He didn't want to ruin the moment. So, he laid his head down on Eren's chest with his book on his own and finally closed his eyes. In his dream inspired by the story, he was at first a fairy arguing with a fairy version of Jean (heavens knows why) about the color of Eren's outfits, and later on he was a knight taking turns with Mikasa to dance with Eren at the ball in the end.
All the boys finally entered their cabin to talk a bit before bed, to find the three best friends asleep on the ground. That meant Mikasa, a girl, was there too. Connie went off to grab Sasha and some other girls, and when the girls saw their position they gushed; well, besides Ymir and Annie of course.
"We should give these three some privacy," Sasha suggested.
She went over and grabbed an extra blanket she found under Eren's bed, along with some string. Christa picked up on her plan and went off to help out, Ymir following just because. Even Annie helped by quietly hammering a nail into the wood from the frames of Jean and Marco's top bunk over Eren and Armin's bottom bunk and another into Reiner and Bertholdt's top bunk across from theirs; she also had to add a second nail to Jean and Marco's bunk and one across from it on the wall. Ymir grabbed the string from Sasha so that she could tie one long strand for both sides of the nails. Christa and Sasha hung up the blankets, Ymir straightening them out so that the three sleeping friends were hidden.
"What do we say if the instructor comes in?" Jean asked, an eyebrow lifted.
"This is where you guys change when you feel indecent," Sasha giggled with a wink. Connie, Bertholdt, and Marco blushed in the background. Being inside the hiding area they set up, she looked down at Eren, Mikasa, and Armin. "Cute~"
That was when the mumbling began.
"'Go towards the light,' it said... 'Touch the needle,' it said..." It appeared Eren was talking about him touching the spinning wheel in his dream.
"Destroy... evil witch..." Mikasa was mumbling about fighting the evil witch Maleficent.
"No Jean... The color of the tunic should be green..." Apparently Armin was being the fairy again, arguing with a fairy Jean about the color of Eren's clothes. "It'll go with Eren's eyes..." They did not have to hear that, so they all just turned to Jean who was defending himself about having no control over what Armin dreams.
The girls agreed that some of them would try, emphasis on try, to wake up earlier than usual to see if they can either wake Mikasa up or carry her, either way having to be done without being caught. For now it was just most of them glimpsing and gushing at how cute the three friends looked before quietly running along to their own cabin.
All of the boys looked down at Eren from over the blanket curtains the girls worked on to hide them. Damn Yeager, looking to them as if he were smug about having people to cuddle with him like this. Most of them got back to their regularly scheduled talking, with some mentions of the three sleeping beauties on the floors. They made sure all the lights were off as they went to bed so that Shadis would not have to yell at them and catch those three. They owed them all big time.
"Jean, where are you?" Marco whispered through the darkness.
"Yeah, I'll be there soon," was the reply.
"Stop trying to watch Mikasa while she sleeps," Connie said. "Even if it is dark your shadow stands out!"
"I'm not watching! Just... keeping an eye out in case the instructor comes."
"Sure, keep telling yourself that."
"Shut up, Connie!"
"Shut up, Jean!"
"Quiet, the both of you!" Marco butted in.
"Can we quiet down please?" Bertholdt politely asked.
"Let's just go to sleep, guys," Reiner added with a yawn.
"He started it!" Connie and Jean shouted at once.
Now, usually Armin was a deep sleeper, but tonight apparently his sleeping was a bit lighter than normal. He was roused from his sleep, let alone such a wonderful dream, by some quarreling in the darkness. And just be warned that he can be pretty grouchy when he's woken up so abruptly like this. So you can probably tell right now that he was pissed off. He stood up, wrapping the book in his arms before it could fall, and took a deep breath.
"ENOUGH!" he screamed, scaring all the other boys in words that could not be found. "SHUT UP, ALL OF YOU!" When he heard silence, he coughed to clear his voice. "Thank you," he said in his usual polite tone, before going back down on the ground to sleep and nuzzle against Eren.
Meanwhile, the other boys were so scared stiff by Armin's sudden awakening and outburst, that even Reiner was on the verge to peeing his pants in fear. However as soon as they all heard his light snores and soft hums, they exhaled at the same time in relief. Believing that it was finally time for bed, Jean returned to Marco having lost the will to watch Mikasa while she sleeps (Connie knew it!) and everyone else just shut up.
They were all still surprised that Shadis had not come by, but they were glad.
"That was intense," Jean whispered to everyone else, to which the others quietly agreed. "Well, goodnight!"
"'Night!"
"DO I NEED TO COME IN THERE AND SHUT YOU ALL UP MYSELF?!" Shadis boomed from outside their cabin.
Armin's eyes snapped open once more, and just when he was about to dance with Eren! He did not know who was yelling nor did he ever give a damn when he was this damned tired, but he was going to make the noise stop one way or another. And so he stood up, Connie and Marco taking notice and whispering his reawakening to the others so they could brace themselves, and he took a deep breath.
"EVERYONE QUIET THE FUCK DOWN OR ELSE I WILL SLIT ALL OF YOUR GODDAMNED THROATS IN YOUR SLEEP AND USE THE SKINS AS BOOK COVERS!" Armin's outburst was so loud and so terrifying, that Shadis knew that he did not have to come inside. He just walked off to check on the girls.
Inside, once the blonde boy was back to sleep, the others could breathe again, allowing them all to finally asleep. They had just learned their lesson- that 1) Armin was a nightmare when he was tired, 2) if he put his mind to it he could be the next Shadis, and 3) never mess with the three sleeping beauties or else who knows what will happen if the other two have woken up?!
And meanwhile in the girls' cabins, the girls were doing a little bit of late night chatting. Their conversation was currently on one of the three sleeping beauties in the boys' cabin.
"Has anyone noticed that Armin sounds so hot and dominating when he's tired and yelling like that?!" Hannah, despite already having a boyfriend, asked, them all being able to hear Armin even from where they were. Her question received a lot of answers of yes. There was also a lot of 'oohs' and 'ahhs' now filling the air, as well as lots of giggling.
"Lights out!" Shadis could be heard yelling at the girls outside.
"Yes, sir!" All the lights went out, but the small giggles remained.
There was no way Shadis was going near that cabin either. Those girls with their strange hormones and an extremely tired Armin combined would be his hell. Tonight was just not his night.
|END|
So I have a thing for writing what I call "goodnight fics", which are simply short stories about our favorite cadets during the nighttime. Stories will range from K to M I am keeping this Rated M for upcoming chapters. Some will be happy, others sad, lots romantic, etc. etc.
I am a shipper of Eremin with a hint of Jearmin, as well as Connie x Sasha, JeanMarco, Bertholdt x Annie, YumiKuri, Levi x Petra with bits of RivaMika and maybe the teensiest bit of Auruo x Petra. My guilty is Eren x Jean. These are just warnings for what may be seen in the future.
If any of you would like to request something, please PM or review! Flames will not be enjoyed, so flame if you want to be cursed with Titans.
I don't care whether it's morning or night, but goodnight my readers!
