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Chapter 6

"Annie?"

Annie's eyes slowly opened to the sound of her name. Her eyes were still blurry from sleep, but she could make out blonde hair on the figure she looked up to see.

"Reiner?" she asked sleepily.

The figure seemed to be surprised, but still remain in front of Annie. "No." he said. "It's Armin."

Annie took a closer look at the figure as she stood up. The blur in her vision cleared and, just as he said, it was Armin.

"Oh." she said. Before she could say anything else, she sneezed violently and shivered as the cold of the rain finally got through her fur.

"Are you ok?" Armin asked, now kneeling in front of Annie.

"I'm fine." she said. "I'm just getting a cold."

"That's because you've been sleeping in the rain. How long have you been out here?"

Annie thought for a moment. "I don't know." she said. "A few hours at the most."

"Yeah." said Armin, taking off his jacket. "You're getting sick out here." He then hovered his jacket over Annie's body. "Follow me."

Annie cocked her head. "Why?" she asked.

"It's going to be raining until two AM and the trees aren't really going to shield you from it. Come inside and dry off."

Annie scoffed as much as she could in wolf form. "No thanks." she said. "I'll be fine."

"Do I have to be persistent again?" asked Armin. "Unless you want to get sick."

Annie looked at Armin. As much as she wanted to deny his request, when she weighed her options, getting sick would limit her search of a pack or food.

Plus, she already stayed here once, so what was the harm of doing it again?

"Alright, fine." she said.

Armin nodded and lead Annie inside. As he closed the backdoor, Annie morphed out of her wolf form. Thankfully, when she morphed, Armin's jacket covered her body from her chest to her thighs, so she didn't have to worry about him seeing her naked.

Although, that already happened once.

"Alright," said Armin, seeing that his jacket was the only thing covering Annie. "Why don't you go into the bathroom and I'll find you some clothes?"

"Yeah, that's a good plan." said Annie. She walked down the hallway and into the bathroom. She closed the door and stripped off the jacket. After a couple of minutes, Armin knocked on the door.

"Clothes are in front of the door." he said. Annie waited for Armin's footsteps to retreat from the bathroom door to retrieve the clothes.

Armin POV

Armin set the clothes in front of the bathroom door and knocked. "Clothes are in front of the door." he said. There was no response, so Armin walked away from the bathroom door. As he entered the living room, the phone started to ring. Armin picked it up and answered.

"Hello?"

"Hey, cuz!"

"Oh, hey Krista."

His cousin giggled. "That's me!" she said. "Listen, I have some amazing news!"

"Sweet. What's the news?"

"You have to guess."

Armin rolled his eyes and smiled. Krista always did this when she had good news. "You got a promotion at the clinic?"

"Nope. Better than that."

"Umm... you won the lottery?"

"As if! I'll give you a hint: I received something or someone from overseas."

Armin smiled again. "Ymir is back?"

As if he had summoned her, Ymir's voice came on the line. "You bet, Blondie!"

"Hey, Ymir! How was military life?"

"Over, finally. Now, I get to spend all my time with your goddess of a cousin."

"Oh, stop it!" said Krista.

"Well, it's good that you're back." said Armin. "Krista wouldn't stop talking about how much she missed you."

"Oh, hush, Armin." said Krista.

"Well,' said Ymir. "That just means that she's in for a treat tonight."

"Ok, too much information." said Armin. "I'll leave you to whatever you two are going to do."

"Alright, but we'll have to catch up sometime." said Krista. "Are you off tomorrow?"

"Yeah," said Armin, remembering Annie. "but I-"

"Enough said! We'll see you tomorrow." Ymir said as she hung up the phone. Armin sighed and put the phone down.

"Who was that?" Armin turned around to see Annie in the black T-shirt and shorts he had set out for her.

"It was my cousin." said Armin. "Nothing really important."

"I see." Annie walked over to the couch. "So, you might be wondering why I'm here and not with my pack."

Armin sat in the chair to the side of the couch. "The though had crossed my mind." he said. "But, continue."

"My paranoid little shit of a pack master kicked me out almost the moment he smelled human on me."

Armin's eyes widened. "I am so sorry!" he said. "I was just trying to help!"

Annie chuckled, much to Armin's surprise. "That what I tried to tell him." she said. "But, he still thought you and your friends were hunters."

Armin put his head in his hands. "This is my fault." he said.

"Alright, I'm gonna stop you there." Annie held her hand up. "Don't go blaming this on yourself. You and I didn't know this would happen and Reiner didn't even let me explain myself before he kicked me out."

"So... blame this on him?"

Annie nodded. "Exactly." she said. "Blame it on that wannabe little bastard."

Armin couldn't help but give a chuckle. "So," said Armin. "what are you going to do now?"

"I honestly don't know." said Annie. "There aren't any packs in this city besides Reiner's and I honestly don't feel like leaving."

"Well," said Armin. "Maybe you could start a pack of your own."

Annie scoffed. "As if." she said. "I'd have to be an Alpha to do that. I'm just an Omega."

"What's the difference?"

Annie rolled her eyes. "An Alpha is stronger than an Omega. Do you know nothing about wolves?"

Armin shook his head. "That's my cousin. She's the veterinarian."

"I see." said Annie.

All of a sudden, an idea popped into Armin's head. "Alright," he said. "this might not a good idea to you, but why don't stay here?"

Annie cocked her eyebrow. "Do you usually offer a place to stay to strangers?" she asked.

"No, I'm offering a place to stay to a friend." Armin said.

Annie thought for a moment. He had just called her his friend and from the look on his face, he wasn't lying. She already knew he wasn't going to do her any harm. Plus, it would give her a place to stay until she figured out what the hell she wanted to do.

Annie smiled. "Why the hell not?" she said. "As long as I get my own clothes. Your's are a little too big on me."

Armin smiles. "Sure thing."

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I sure as hell did. It's a good thing Annie doesn't blame Armin for what happened. Anyways, I'll see you all on the flip side! Peace!