Armin Finally Snaps
Sasha Blouse kicked the door into her and her boyfriend, Armin Arlert's hotel room. They had just come back from an award ceremony, where Queen Historia had given them medals for their actions at Eren, Mikasa, and Armin's old village, allowing them to gain more information on the Titans. Armin was following Sasha into their hotel room, looking nervous at Sasha's furious look on her face. Sasha started mumbling angrily as she took her shoes off, and sat down on the couch before Armin did the same.
"That piece of shit, saying that about you," Sasha mumbled louder, talking about the red-headed recruit Floch, who didn't take the fact that Levi chose to bring Armin back to life with the Titan serum very much. Even after the awards ceremony, Floch kept talking down to Armin for almost ten minutes before Sasha yelled in Floch's face so loud that she and Armin got kicked out of the castle. Armin hoped that a walk back to their hotel would calm Sasha down, but Sasha just had more time to stew over what Floch had said.
"Sasha, don't get too wound up about it," Armin said, trying to calm her down by massaging her shoulders, but it didn't help, as she looked up at Armin.
"Why didn't you say anything?"
"Huh?"
"Why didn't you say anything to Floch? He was literally telling you that you shouldn't be alive anymore, and you didn't say anything to the asshole," Sasha explained as Armin sighed before he walked around the couch and plopped down onto the seat next to Sasha.
"Well…I…kind of agree with him," Armin mumbled, not wanting to look at the ballistic reaction that he knew that Sasha would have.
"What!?"
"Well…I mean we're in the middle of a war, and I don't even know what I'm doing. Erwin was a much better leader and could have people listen to his every order. Me? I was a complete pussy with Eren and Mikasa always fighting my battles because I was too scared to fight back myself," Armin admitted as Sasha grabbed Armin and pulled him into a hug, shoving his face into her chest.
"Armin, you're a great leader. You've done so much to help us in this war. We wouldn't have plugged that hole in the wall if it wasn't for your idea. We wouldn't have found Reiner in the wall if it wasn't for you. We wouldn't have rescued Eren from Reiner and Bertholdt if it wasn't for you. You've done so much while you've been in the army, and have proved your worth to all of us with your strategic skills and ability to talk," Sasha explained, causing Armin to smile lightly. Sasha always knew how to make him feel better when his confidence was low, which happened a lot, especially recently.
"Thanks, Sasha, I appreciate that. But…I don't think I'm going to be a worthy replacement for Erwin," Armin said as he pulled his face out of Sasha's chest and kissed her on the cheek.
"You don't have to be, you just have to be a good leader like I know that you can be," Sasha responded as they heard a knock at the door. Armin and Sasha looked at each other in confusion before the two shrugged, and walked over to open the door. When they opened the door, it revealed a still angry and somehow extremely drunk Floch.
"What the hell do you want?" Sasha asked, glaring at the drunk new member of the Survey Corps.
"Just checking in on seeing how Armin is using the life he stole from Erwin," Floch mumbled out. Armin looked down, trying to avoid eye contact with Floch, so Sasha walked up to Floch and pushed him.
"You better shut the hell up about Armin. He's more of a man than you'll ever be, and has done a hell of a lot more for the Survey Corps than you have!" Sasha exclaimed as she continued to push Floch away. However, Floch didn't register her pushes and continued trying to walk up to Armin despite Sasha's attempts at getting him away.
"Oh? Well, I'm sure he has. But he's not good enough to lead us, and we need a good leader. I don't know why you're defending him, he's just a waste of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I hope you realize that without Erwin, we're basically all fucked and Armin isn't going to help, you dumb inbred slut!" Floch ranted, staggering due to all the drinks he took from the older officers without them knowing. Sasha was about to slap Floch, but nearly jumped in shock when she felt Armin's hand grab hers.
"Armin?" Armin didn't answer Sasha, and with his head still down, walked up to Floch, who didn't notice the dark and threatening aura surrounding Armin.
"What did you just say?" Armin said quietly, but with all the venom in his voice, he may as well have been yelling. Sasha had never seen this side of Armin and backed away slightly as Armin continued to glower at Floch, who was too drunk to notice anything off with the usually reserved and peaceful Armin.
"What!? You didn't hear me you waste of life!? I called your girlfriend an inbred slut, you fucking deaf or-!" Floch yelled in Armin's face before Armin shot his fist right into Floch's nose. Floch practically spun to the ground, landing on the ground face first with his nose bleeding as Armin glared down on him. Before Floch could try and run off, Armin mounted Floch and started punching Floch in the face. While Armin was beating Floch down, Eren and Mikasa were walking back to their room and noticed the fight.
"Woah! Armin is whooping that annoying douchebag's ass," Eren pointed out with a smile on his face. Meanwhile, Mikasa looked worried as Armin continued to rabidly punch Floch in the face, with no signs of stopping.
"Eren, we need to stop him," Mikasa said, as Eren looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Why?"
"Because Armin could get into a lot of trouble if Floch is hurt too badly. Plus, we don't exactly have a large roster to replace Floch if he got severely injured or killed," Mikasa explained, as Eren sighed in discontent. But rather than complain about Mikasa's objections, Eren just smirked at her and nodded before walking a few steps ahead of her, getting a slightly better view of Floch trying to escape the barrage of punches Armin was unleashing on his face, and the shocked look on Sasha's face.
"Got you covered," Eren responded as he cupped his hands over his mouth. "Kick his ass, Armin! ARMIN!"
"WHAT!?"
"Do you need my help beating the shit out of that loser!?"
"No! I…have…everything…under…control!" Armin responded in between punching Floch, whose face is now completely covered in a crimson mask of blood. Mikasa rolled her eyes at a satisfied-looking Eren, and then ran up to Armin and Floch, and grabbed Armin's now bloody and bruised fist. Armin tried to keep punching Floch, but Mikasa had his hand in a grip that was akin to a bear-trap. Armin eventually gave up trying to punch Floch, but used his other hand to grab Floch by the collar of his shirt, and pulled him closer to his face.
"Listen to me, you sack of human garbage. You can insult me all you want, but nobody and I mean NOBODY, talks about Sasha like that. Now, if I see you so much as look at Sasha the wrong way, I'm going to drag you outside of the walls and feed you to a Titan myself. Do you understand?" Armin threatened, practically whispering in Floch's face.
"Uh…I…wha…?"
"I SAID DO YOU UNDERSTAND!?" Armin screamed, shaking Floch by his collar, causing Floch to nod at practically hypersonic speed.
"Yeah! Yeah, I understand!"
"Good, now get the fuck out of here," Armin said while throwing Floch away from their hotel room. Floch ran away from the room, practically crying while mumbling curses about Armin and how much that his head hurts. Mikasa let go of Armin, allowing Armin to walk up to Sasha, who was still in a state of shock while Eren was laughing at a running Floch. Armin took a few deep breaths and calmed down before he started talking to Sasha again.
"Sasha, are you OK? Sorry, you had to deal with that," Armin asked. However, Sasha did not respond, causing Armin to start worrying. While Mikasa and Eren were looking on in curiosity, Sasha suddenly leaped on Armin, and kissed him. Mikasa and Eren's eyes nearly bulged out of their heads as Armin, who couldn't keep himself standing, fell to the ground back first. However, Armin sunk himself into the kiss as he and Sasha continued to make out on the cold and dirty ground before Mikasa cleared her throat behind them, causing the two of them to stop kissing and sit up.
"Uhhh…Sasha, not that I didn't enjoy that, but…what was that all about?" Armin asked as Eren and Mikasa looked on at both Sasha and Armin with an intense focus in their eyes as Sasha took a deep breath and grabbed both of Armin's cheeks.
"I…thought it was hot."
"…what?"
"When you were defending me against Floch, I just thought seeing you beat up some guy just to defend me was…so hot," Sasha explained, her face burning and turning red as she stopped looking at Armin. Armin started blushing too as he got back to his feet, and extended a hand for Sasha, helping her back to her feet.
"I wasn't just going to let Floch talk down to my girlfriend like that, especially when you've been trying to make me feel better about myself," Armin explained, scratching his cheek with his pointer finger in embarrassment as Sasha smiled at him, and hugged him, affectionately rubbing his cheek with her cheek.
"Thank you, sweetie," Sasha mumbled, as Armin hugged Sasha back, running his hand through her milk chocolate hair. Eren and Mikasa looked at each other and nodded, silently agreeing to give Armin and Sasha time to themselves. Eren and Mikasa walked back to their hotel room as Sasha and Armin continued to hug each other outside of their hotel room door, ignoring the cool air blowing and the moonlight shining on them as they focused only on each other and their presence.