forty one….forty two….forty three….

Armin thought as he sat on his uncomfortable squeaky stool, the smell of sweat and potato clouded his nostales. The inaudible murmuring of Sasha to a potato filled the kitchen as they sat at the table peeling potato's as part of their detainment from Mr. Keith.

Finally after what felt like an eternity Pixis got up from his big black chair and moved to the where Armin and Sasha were peeling to see their progress.

"Alright Braus your time is up." Pixis said with a grin "Get out of here, and stay out of trouble."

Sasha got up and began to leave only stopping next to armin to say " I'll tell Annie, if you want me to?"

Armin looked up at her from the potato he was working on and said "No i'll tell her myself."

"Alright" Sasha said "Good luck."

"Thanks Sasha." Armin said as she walked out the kitchen door.

"Are you sure?" Eren asked when Jean finished his story. Apparently he had overheard yelling at Armin and Reiner, giving them their detainment.

"I don't think I can believe that." Mikasa said "Armin isn't the type to get a detainment, especially from Keith."

"but Reiner is…." Annie said almost to herself. Quickly she got up and was out the door in a flash, almost bumping into Sasha as she left. Eren, Mikasa, Jean and Sasha were all calling after her, but she heard none of their frantic calls, she had to find Armin….

sixty eight….sixty nine….seventy….

Armin still sat in the kitchen, in his endless potato hell. "Why me, what did I do to deserve this?" Armin thought as he shifted on his stool it made a squeak.

"It wasn't my fault that Reiner was talking back to Keith."

squeak

"There's no way Annie will even consider looking at me after this."

squeak

"She probably hates me for standing her up."

squeak

"Screw you, you're just a stool!"

"Come on put your back into it!" Reiner's inforcer, a short forceful upperclassmen, yelled as they cleaned the windows of all the classrooms.

"This is hell." Reiner said under his breath. Suddenly a figure burst through the hall stopping in front of the upperclassmen speaking to him briefly. With a scoule the upperclassmen directed the figure to Reiner. At this point reiner realised it was Annie.

Quickly she made her way to Reiner and said "quick Reiner, where is Armin!"

"He and Sasha were sent to the kitchen." Reiner said "Hurry." quickly Annie bolted down the hall in the direction of the kitchen.

"Good luck." Reiner said as he watched her run away.

one hundred ten….one hundred eleven….one hundred twelve

Armin still sat in his stool peeling away. Suddenly Pixis said "Alright Arlet your done, go home."

It took Armin a moment to process what Pixis just said. It finally dawned on him. "You can go explain to Annie now!" he thought slowly he got up and began to leave. His legs began to push him faster and faster. Eventually he was a going at a fast jog through the halls towards the dorms.

Suddenly everything everything stopped, as if in slow motion Armin looked around and found Annie clinging to him in a tender embrace. Joy slowlly turned to fear as he realised they were both falling back, down one of the flights of stairs.

Annie felt overwhelmed as she ran into Armin's arms, being enveloped in his embrace felt like home. Suddenly she felt Armin pulling her into a much tighter embrace and then full freefall.

When Annie finally came to she saw that she and Armin had fallen down a steep staircase. She felt a few bruises and scrapes but nothing to bad. It wasn't till she looked at Armin did she realise how bad it really was. Armin was unconscious a small trickle of blood on his forehead.

Slowly Annie shook Armin trying to wake him but to no avail. Annie began to panic as she kept shaking Armin. Suddenly several large shadows appeared above her at the top of the stair case. As the shadows ran down the stairs Annie recognised Eren, Mikasa, Jean, Sasha and Reiner. Her friends quickly picked Armin up off the ground and began to carry him to the infirmary. Suddenly Annie's strength began to fade and she slumped over against Mikasa.

Armin woke with a sudden jolt as he sat up in an unfamiliar bed. He looked around and recognised the room as one of the infirmary, he lay back down to rest until he remembered the events of the previous night. Armin got up in a flash stumbling, he had to find Annie!

Out of nowhere an arm grabbed him to stabilize him. Looking over Armin saw Eren with dark rings under his eyes "had he been sitting here all night". Eren slowly guided Armin to the next room where he saw Annie. She was sleeping in the bed so peacefully, beside her Armin recognised Reiner. Renier quickly got Armin a chair and set it down at Annie's bed side.

Eren and Reiner stepped out of the room leaving Armin and Annie alone.

Armin finally found his voice and said to an unconscious Annie "I….i'm so sorry, this is all my fault, please forgive me" Armin slumped over in his chair putting his head against the bed.

Armin felt a pair of soft hands lift his head. Hope flooded into his heart as the hands lifted his head he saw Annie looking back at him, as beautiful as the day he first saw her.

"I already did" Annie said. she was shocked when Armin pulled her into the embrace that felt so much like home.

alright that's all that i had planned to write i might have a few more ideas, if you want me to continue please let me know in the comments, thanks for reading!