New 104th chapter 2
"oh Armin we shouldn't someone will hear us!"
"Don't worry everyone's asleep" Armin said a smirk crossing his face as he kissed Annie's neck and began to move lower pulling at her shirt
"Wait," Annie said "you lay down" as he did Annie moved her way down to his pants
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Suddenly Armin was pulled from his dream by the sound of the alarm. Glancing over at the clock it read seven o'clock. Hitting the snooze button he sat up, Annie was still asleep next to him staring slightly.
He and Annie were given the biggest of the bottom floor rooms, Eren and Mikasa were in the next, and Jean and Marco in the last. Krista and Sasha were sharing a room on the second floor, along with Levi and Petra in one, Eld and Gunther in another, Oluo and Erwin in the last and Hanji sleeping on the upstairs living room couch.
'better let her sleep a little longer' Armin thought as he got up slowly, changing into his clothes, he walked to the kitchen to see if anyone else was up yet.
As he entered the kitchen he saw that Erwin and Hanji were already up. They were both sitting at the table the smell of coffee strong in the air.
"Good morning Mr. Smith, Mrs. Zoe" Armin said greeting the two older students
"Please, It's Erwin," he said with a smile "there's no need for…."
"Mrs. Zoe!?, Mrs. Hanji Zoe!, yes I like the sound of that" Hanji said a large smile creeping across her face. "Yes, Mrs. Zoe doesn't it sound perfect!?"
Erwin let out a heavy sigh "great now she'll never stop saying it" he said
As Armin made himself a cup of tea Marco and Jean came down the hallway as well.
Surprisingly Marco was already bright eyed and bushy tailed, Jean, however, was another story.
"I take it your not a morning person are you Mr. Kirstien," Erwin said as Jean sat down with his own cup of coffee.
For a moment Jean said nothing as he took a long drink of his coffee. As the atmosphere grew awkward Jean finally said "no, I'm not a morning person Mr. Smith"
When Armin finished his cup of tea he and Marco began working on breakfast, they decided to make pancakes eggs and ham. They spent close to an hour making breakfast for everyone. By eight o'clock mostly everyone was up except for Annie, Gunther, and Eld.
"Armin will you go wake up Annie so we can start the day?" Erwin said "Oluo go wake up Gunther and Eld"
"What!?" Oluo shouted out "why do I need to be responsible for them? Their grown up's can't they wak….."
And just like that, there was once again blood spilling out of Oluo's mouth
"Damn it! Oluo, what did I tell you about talking so much!?" Perta said getting up "come on idiot let's go get you fixed up, Levi go wake up Gunther and Eld" and with that Petra and Oluo went upstairs to get him fixed up, Levi Followed shortly after to go wake up Gunther and Eld.
Making his way down the hallway Armin was sure he could hear Oluo screaming from upstairs, opening the door slowly Armin saw Annie still sleeping peacefully. "Hey Annie," Armin said nudging her softly "hey Annie wake up" the only response was a quiet grunt
"come on Annie, everyone's waiting on you" Nudging her a little harder this time Armin said
"Annie get up" suddenly Annie's arm shot out catching Armin by the rist. "Wow Annie wait a minute!" but it was too late Armin was already unbalanced. In an instant, Armin was laying on his back on the bed and Annie was on top of him her elbow centimeters from his neck. Armin could tell she did not sleep well, her hair was a mess and her eyes were bloodshot.
"Wait, Annie!" Armin said panicked
Slowly Annie's shoulders relaxed and she lowered her arm letting out a heavy sigh Annie, still on top of Armin, looked around the room almost as if she had no clue where she was.
"Annie?" Armin said a little scared she would still be upset
Looking down it clicked where she was and in an instant, her face began turning shades of red that didn't seem possible "Armin" she said "what time is it"
"Around eight," Armin said with a small smile "you've been asleep for awhile, everyone's waiting on you for breakfast"
"Is everyone already up?" Annie said glancing in the direction of the door
"Just about," Armin said as he squirmed a bit under Annie's weight "it's probably time you got up from what Erwin was telling me we have a long day ahead of us"
For a moment Annie looked at the door again "there's no rush" she said her face going red again. Adjusting herself, she now was laying next to Armin her head resting on his shoulder
"You didn't sleep well?" Armin said rubbing her back as they lay there on the bed
"No, I just couldn't fall asleep" Annie said yawning "I don't know why"
"Nervous?" Armin said as he adjusted himself
"What's there to be nervous about?" Annie said sitting up a little
"Well starting everything from scratch can't be easy," Armin said
For a moment Annie considered it 'no that's not it, I can deal with starting from scratch. But if that's not it then what is?' she thought "no, I've made my peace with starting over" Annie said giving Armin a sad smile
"Well, then what is it?" Armin asked
"I'm not quite sure, but I know I'll figure it out," Annie said "we can't be getting up this late all week can we"
"Well I.. I mean we could," Armin said almost not saying it at all
"What do you mean by that?" Annie said a smirk crossing her face as she returned to sitting on Armin
"Well, you know…" Armin said now a little embarrassed
"And what is it I'm supposed to know?" Annie said leaning in close to Armin so that their faces were mere inches of each other
In a brief moment of passion and bravery Armin, catching Annie off guard, leaned up and planted a kiss on her lips. For a moment and only a moment, neither of them moved, both slightly shocked by Armin's actions. Then passion took over and that simple kiss on the lips grew beeper until both of them had to pull away for air.
"I love you, Annie," Armin said kissing her again, his face turning red once again, this time little less than a peck
"I love you too," Annie said her blush deepening.
"Umm should I give you two a moment"
Turning quickly to the door Armin and Annie saw Mikasa standing in the doorway a taunting grin on her face. Quickly she turned away and went to the kitchen where everyone was still waiting.
"That's probably a sign that we should get up," Armin said after a moment more of being embarrassed.
With a heavy sigh Annie nodded got up and Armin left the room, to let her change into her regular clothes. As he entered the kitchen he saw that everyone was up and waiting.
"What took so long?" Jean said looking irritated and hungry
Dumbfounded Armin caught Mikasa's stare, she said nothing only smiled and nodded. 'Wait she didn't tell them, oh thank the gods for you Mikasa' Armin thought smiling to himself.
Realising that he still had not answered Armin said: "ya Annie didn't sleep well, it took a little longer for her to get up than usual."
"Well is she up then!?" Sasha said as she looked to be having a meltdown without the food
"Ya I'm up," Annie said coming out of the hallway
"Alright then well have breakfast and start the day," Erwin said as he got up and everyone
began to serve their plates.
As Armin grabbed a pancake Mikasa leaned in close to him and whispered "you owe me for this"
Armin knew better than to question Mikasa so he only nodded to scared to respond properly. After everyone had finished breakfast and had ten minutes to sit to let their food settle Levi stood up and said: "Alright let's get started then, Jean you said there was a barn around here?"
"Ya it's right over there, but it's pretty beat up," Jean said pointing towards the outside opposite the lake
"Alright then let's see what we're working with," Levi said giving everyone signal that it was time to get up and get to work
As they approached the barn Armin could tell Jean wasn't exaggerating when he said it was beaten up. The gutters were falling off, the paint was almost non-existent, and the doors were off their hinges.
"Great hell!" Gunther exclaimed
"You wanna work here caption?" Eld asked J
"You're off your rocker if you think I'll set foot in there," Oluo said
Now, wait a min…." Erwin began to say before being cut off
"This is completely unacceptable and completely unorthodox!" Oluo said moving to stand beside Levi "if these are the conditi…."
And just like that Oluo was on the floor "that's enough Oluo, or your tongue won't be the only thing bleeding today" Petra said a dark scoule on her face "if the captain says this is where we practice then that's an order" at that Eld and Gunther were silent.
Armin watched in awe, Eren leaned in close and said "ya that's Petra for you she's nice to everyone, but get on her bad side and she'll drop you real quick"
"Good to note," Armin said casting a glance at the others would all seemed to be in awe as well and in some cases fear.
Opening the doors to the barnLeviand the rest entered. Levi Inspected much of the barn and after a moment said "get some broom's, towels and soap, this place must be sparkling before we can even get started"
No one moved a muscle until Erwin said "alright you heard him let's get started"
Alright thanks for reading, I hope you like the direction this is going and please let me know what you think
Fox
