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"Hannes!" Eren screamed out as he sat up, instantly there were several people pushing him back down. Scanning the room Eren struggled against the hands
"Eren stop! You're safe!"
Slowly Eren relaxed as the hands began to leave leaving one firm hand pushing against his chest, following the hand up its lead to the beautiful angled face of Mikasa
"Mikasa?" Eren said softly "where am I, where is Hannes, and Armin, and Annie, and hitch"
"Eren! Calm down your safe" Mikasa said pushing him down onto the bed "they are safe"
Instantly Eren knew she was lying as she looked away
"Mikasa, where is Hannes?" Eren asked as he took Mikasa's hand in his, shocked for a moment by the wires in his forearm
"Eren….. He" Mikasa stopped swallowing past a lump in her throat "Eren he's dead, Hannes is dead"
"Dead?" Eren echoed hating the taste it left in his mouth "no he can't be dead!"
Struggling past Mikasa's grip Eren began sitting up before the other hands returned pushing him back down "Eren Hannes is dead, please just calm down" Petra said as she and Levi helped push Eren back down holding him there
"No, let me go!" Eren demanded struggling under the mass of hands. Slowly his anger subsided as the doctors came in and injected his IV with a sedative. As Eren siped to sleep the doctor ushered Levi and Petra out leaving him and Mikasa to talk.
As they exited the room Petra hugged herself swinging back and forth letting out a worried sigh "don't worry he'll be fine" Levi said hugging Petra around the shoulder "come on let's go see how Armin and Annie are?"
"O.k," Petra said as Levi led her through the garrisons medical facility. Entering a room down the hall and to the left they found Annie still hooked up to the medical equipment, her sleeping face still as if dead. Sitting in a chair beside the bed sat Armin his eyes dark-ringed and his hair messy, looking up he gave the two newcomers a weak smile.
"How is she?" Petra asked crouching on the other side of the bead near Annie
"She still hasn't woken up," Armin said slowly shaking his head, "the doctor says she's in a coma"
"Don't worry she'll be up and about in no time?" Petra said giving Armin a warm smile "but until she is there is still business to do"
"What business?" Armin asked looking up from Annie to Petra
"Without any heirs, Hannes funeral has been left to you three kids," Levi said "but Mikasa and Eren are in no condition to anything so the responsibility has been passed to you"
"Why me?" Armin asked
"Hannes loved you three as if you were his own children," Petra said as she put a hand on Armin's shoulder "please he needs you to give him one last send off your the only one who's been discharged already"
Sensing there was nothing more to say Levi and Petra left leaving Armin to contemplate the situation
As Armin sat with Annie's still form he thought 'Annie? What am I going to do? I can't lose you again' suddenly pulled from his thought Armin looked back to see the door to the room open letting in Krista.
"Hey Armin," Krista said hugging Armin "how's your head" as she touched the bandage wrapped around his head
"Fine" Armin said with a smile, "the doctors say I should be fine"
"That's good to hear," Krista said her hand lingering to cup Armins cheek "I'm glad you got home safe"
"Ya," Armin said as he led Krista out of the room so they could talk
"Have you been to see Sasha?" Krista asked as she and Armin sat in the lobby
"No, I haven't" Armin admitted "not since she was first brought in"
Getting up Krista took Armin's hand and lead home down the walls to a familiar room, entering Armin grinned as he saw Sasha sitting up in the bed, a plate of food laying over her lap. "Armin, Krista!" Sasha exclaimed as she beckoned them in. giving them both a hug Sasha grounded at Armin's bandages "wow them thieves must have got ya good"
"Ya they did" Armin said showing her the stitches on his stomach making Krista flinch in shock
"Now that's a scar," Sasha said sitting back, "Connie says you, Eren, and Annie scared them bastards off"
"Ya something like that" Armin said confused by Sasha's story
"They say you should be out soon," Krista said
"It's about time," Sasha said the food here ain't got no flavor"
Saying goodbye Armin and Krista left Sasha and returned to the lobby "Armin is something on your mind?" Krista asked tilting her head to see Armin's face
Taking a deep sigh Armin finally said "Hannes has left this his funeral preparation to me, Eren and Mikasa, but I don't know if I can do it"
"Hannes? He was your friend right?" Krista asked vaguely knowing the name
"Ya, he was like a father to us," Armin said nodding his head, a soft smile forming on his face "we used to play in his junkyard in the summer. He.. he even used to tell us these stories about his time in the navy, how he met Eren's and my dad"
"He sounds like a great man," Krista said lightly placing a hand over Armin's trying to comfort his loss, "I think he would be honored for you to do this one last job for him"
Armin just nodded his head not trusting his words
"If for nothing else then his memory" Krista said pushing further
"I… I just don't know if I can do it," Armin said letting out a deep sigh
"Come on I'll be there to support you, o.k?" Krista said taking Armin's hand in her's
"O.k," Armin said
Entering into the funeral home Armin and Krista were led to a small room where they saw Hannes's body lying in a coffin on a pedestal "most of the basic preparations have be done" the pastor said "most of it was outlined in his last will"
"Thank you," Krista said as Armin stood over the still form of his friend
"I shouldn't have ended this way" Armin muttered to himself "I'm sorry Hannes"
Placing a hand over Hannes's cold hand Armin began to tear up his vision fogging and his throat tightening, as he stood there his hands even began to tremble as spasms ran through his body. "I'm sorry…. Hannes i…. I failed you!" Armin sobbed between convulsions " I… I should have waited…. I should have waited like you said!" crumbling to his knees Armin held his head in his hands " I'm so sorry Hannes, I'm so sorry!"
As Armin sobbed on the ground he felt a warm hand on his shoulders pulling him up into a hug. Quietly Armin continued to sob on Krista's shoulder as she held him whispering "it's alright Armin, everything will be alright"
Alright everyone thanks for reading and happy valentines day
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