Armin was informed that he was gonna go to the 'supermarket' with Mello, Reya and Eliza. Ariana and Annie promised they'll sort out their clothes in their rooms in the meantime.
He ran his fingers trough his freshly washed hair, looking in the mirror, examining his new clothes. Some weird shoes Annie called Converse, a pair of black jeans pants and a plain white button-up shirt. It wasn't quite right. Armin pulled his brown jacket with Wings of Freedom on the back, and smiled slightly at his reflection. A different style, different people, different world, but he won't forget where his heart is. Home.
Walking out he ran into Mello, who wasn't dressed much differently, and he promised not to bring his gun. Armin didn't buy it one bit, but went along.
Once they were down, they saw that the girls were already waiting. Eliza was in shorts with some weird straps that went over her shoulders, a white shirt similar to his and a bow on her neck. Reya chose ripped up jeans (did people in Neverland not know how to sew?) and some colorful shirt. The thing was close, so they walked, Eliza leading, which displeased a certain blonde. Eliza and Mello were walking ahead, arguing.
"Why do YOU have to lead?"
"Well, I'm not letting /you/, am I?"
Armin wondered what a supermarket is.
"You don't think I would lead us well?"
He knew what a market is, but SUPERMARKET..
"Of course not! We almost got /arrested/ because of your stupid gun."
Maybe they had super vegetables there.
"Shut up if you don't want that gun on your head."
Do super vegetables give you superpowers?
"Oh, so now you're threatening me?"
"YOU'RE the one that got us into this shitty world-"
"YOU ONLY THINK ABOUT YOURSELF"
"IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU, I'D BE THINKING ABOUT MYSELF IN MY OWN WORLD"
"ENOUGH!" A fountain exploded. Reya was mad. Not a good sign.
Armin started laughing hysterically, seeing both Mello and Eliza were now soaking wet. Eliza joined him in laughter while Mello glared daggers. Reya sighed and put her hands in front of her, the duo dry again. She must've dried all the water from them.
"You can water bend?" Armin widened his eyes. He read about it back home, but..
"You can say that." Reya chuckled. "It obeys my will, because of my father. God of the sea."
Mello and Eliza were walking ahead again, in deadly silence. It scared Armin a bit.
"That is amazing! "
She blushed a bit, lowering her head, covering her face with her hair. "The thing you did with those wires was pretty amazing too."
Armin laughed. "Maneuver gear. We use it to kill Titans back home. This world doesn't seem to have this issue."
"Titans? Like...Kronos? "
The short boy tilted his head confusedly, but Reya shook it off.
"Never mind. Look, we're here."
Eliza wore a small smile of victory as she entered the big building. It was white, shiny, and like nothing Armin has ever before. Cans, packages and bags of different things were everywhere. Mello got lost, leaving Armin with the girls.
After a good 15 minutes, they had some things in the chart he pushed, when Mello came back and threw a whole load of square-like packages into the chart.
"Why do you need so much chocolate!? " Reya's eyes were wide. Mello just shrugged. Again this chocolate... Armin was confused, but let it go.
"Look! It's pickles! " Eliza was suddenly exited. They were on a really high shelf, in a jar. That is NOT how you storage pickles. This world is strange. Eliza kept giving the jar googly eyes, but she couldn't reach it. Armin tried, but he wasn't the tallest person around. Mello was the tallest, but he wasn't an Eiffel tower either. Armin assumed he was about as tall as Eren. His heart stung a little. Eren. He already missed his best friend, and he just got here, and nobody knew when was he going back. Eren would love this. The modern, the unknown technology, the ocean. Armin thought about how his green eyes would widen happily on the sight of th-
"I WANT PICKLES!"
Great timing, Eliza.
Reya looked around and took out a little bag from the pocket of her jacket. "Make sure nobody is watching. At the end, all you need is a little faith, trust," and opened the tiny bag and blew in it, fine golden dust showing around her face, making it truly glow, "and pixie dust." She closed her eyes and suddenly her feet were a few feet off of the ground. Armin widened his eyes in disbelief, a smile growing on his face. Soon she was back on the ground, holding a jar of pickles. This girl was full of surprises, Armin was amazed.
The walk home was pretty much a fiasco. Mello and Eliza were arguing again, with much more passion. Armin and Reya were discussing differences between his and her Titans.
Just before they got home, it started. Mello dropped his groceries in anger, taking his gun out and pointing it at Eliza. She wasn't helpless either.
"Is that a screwdriver? " Reya tilted her head.
Indeed, Eliza had a metal thing with a glowing tip pointed at Mello's head. Oh joy. Armin took Mello and pulled him back as Reya took Eliza. Scene was the last thing they needed. Luckily, they drew no strange looks, but Reya and Armin kept an eye on them.
Once finally back into the house, Armin gave Annie and Ariana the groceries, and the girls started cooking dinner. Mello was sprawled on the couch, eating chocolate. Armin decided to join him rather than going into the kitchen.
"Why do you like it so much?"
Mello looked like he was about to throw back a rude comeback, but one look at Armin's innocent blue eyes made him change his mind.
"It's the only thing I love."
Armin furrowed his brows. "Friends? Family?"
"I don't need that. And Matt is dead."
"Matt?"
"He's...he was, my friend. He's gone now."
"I'm sorry."
Armin rest his hands on his lap, looking down at them.
"No. You don't know what's it like. So shut up." Mello's voice was bitter.
"I've lost friends, if that's what you mean. I've killed Someone, if that's what you mean."
Mello had a hard time believing this adorable creature killed anyone. Armin was so innocent. It made him sick.
"YOU killed someone? " He laughed bitterly.
"It was necessary. I was protecting a friend. "
"I misjudged you, kid."
Armin felt...a little closer to this strange, rude man now. "Hey, Mello? Can I tell you something?"
Mello raised an eyebrow, but nodded.
"I've been thinking.." Armin spoke hesitantly. "We're all..from different worlds. Troubled worlds. But maybe we're here...for a reason. Together. Maybe Eliza messing up was...a good thing. All of us have different talents. Useful talents. Don't you think...that maybe, just maybe we could...cooperate? Work as a team to help save all of our worlds?"
Mello was speechless (for the first time in forever). Maybe...Armin knew he was gonna get dissed on, but he had to tell SOMEONE. Mello put his piece of chocolate on the coffee table.
"I'm in."
He ran his fingers trough his freshly washed hair, looking in the mirror, examining his new clothes. Some weird shoes Annie called Converse, a pair of black jeans pants and a plain white button-up shirt. It wasn't quite right. Armin pulled his brown jacket with Wings of Freedom on the back, and smiled slightly at his reflection. A different style, different people, different world, but he won't forget where his heart is. Home.
Walking out he ran into Mello, who wasn't dressed much differently, and he promised not to bring his gun. Armin didn't buy it one bit, but went along.
Once they were down, they saw that the girls were already waiting. Eliza was in shorts with some weird straps that went over her shoulders, a white shirt similar to his and a bow on her neck. Reya chose ripped up jeans (did people in Neverland not know how to sew?) and some colorful shirt. The thing was close, so they walked, Eliza leading, which displeased a certain blonde. Eliza and Mello were walking ahead, arguing.
"Why do YOU have to lead?"
"Well, I'm not letting /you/, am I?"
Armin wondered what a supermarket is.
"You don't think I would lead us well?"
He knew what a market is, but SUPERMARKET..
"Of course not! We almost got /arrested/ because of your stupid gun."
Maybe they had super vegetables there.
"Shut up if you don't want that gun on your head."
Do super vegetables give you superpowers?
"Oh, so now you're threatening me?"
"YOU'RE the one that got us into this shitty world-"
"YOU ONLY THINK ABOUT YOURSELF"
"IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU, I'D BE THINKING ABOUT MYSELF IN MY OWN WORLD"
"ENOUGH!" A fountain exploded. Reya was mad. Not a good sign.
Armin started laughing hysterically, seeing both Mello and Eliza were now soaking wet. Eliza joined him in laughter while Mello glared daggers. Reya sighed and put her hands in front of her, the duo dry again. She must've dried all the water from them.
"You can water bend?" Armin widened his eyes. He read about it back home, but..
"You can say that." Reya chuckled. "It obeys my will, because of my father. God of the sea."
Mello and Eliza were walking ahead again, in deadly silence. It scared Armin a bit.
"That is amazing! "
She blushed a bit, lowering her head, covering her face with her hair. "The thing you did with those wires was pretty amazing too."
Armin laughed. "Maneuver gear. We use it to kill Titans back home. This world doesn't seem to have this issue."
"Titans? Like...Kronos? "
The short boy tilted his head confusedly, but Reya shook it off.
"Never mind. Look, we're here."
Eliza wore a small smile of victory as she entered the big building. It was white, shiny, and like nothing Armin has ever before. Cans, packages and bags of different things were everywhere. Mello got lost, leaving Armin with the girls.
After a good 15 minutes, they had some things in the chart he pushed, when Mello came back and threw a whole load of square-like packages into the chart.
"Why do you need so much chocolate!? " Reya's eyes were wide. Mello just shrugged. Again this chocolate... Armin was confused, but let it go.
"Look! It's pickles! " Eliza was suddenly exited. They were on a really high shelf, in a jar. That is NOT how you storage pickles. This world is strange. Eliza kept giving the jar googly eyes, but she couldn't reach it. Armin tried, but he wasn't the tallest person around. Mello was the tallest, but he wasn't an Eiffel tower either. Armin assumed he was about as tall as Eren. His heart stung a little. Eren. He already missed his best friend, and he just got here, and nobody knew when was he going back. Eren would love this. The modern, the unknown technology, the ocean. Armin thought about how his green eyes would widen happily on the sight of th-
"I WANT PICKLES!"
Great timing, Eliza.
Reya looked around and took out a little bag from the pocket of her jacket. "Make sure nobody is watching. At the end, all you need is a little faith, trust," and opened the tiny bag and blew in it, fine golden dust showing around her face, making it truly glow, "and pixie dust." She closed her eyes and suddenly her feet were a few feet off of the ground. Armin widened his eyes in disbelief, a smile growing on his face. Soon she was back on the ground, holding a jar of pickles. This girl was full of surprises, Armin was amazed.
The walk home was pretty much a fiasco. Mello and Eliza were arguing again, with much more passion. Armin and Reya were discussing differences between his and her Titans.
Just before they got home, it started. Mello dropped his groceries in anger, taking his gun out and pointing it at Eliza. She wasn't helpless either.
"Is that a screwdriver? " Reya tilted her head.
Indeed, Eliza had a metal thing with a glowing tip pointed at Mello's head. Oh joy. Armin took Mello and pulled him back as Reya took Eliza. Scene was the last thing they needed. Luckily, they drew no strange looks, but Reya and Armin kept an eye on them.
Once finally back into the house, Armin gave Annie and Ariana the groceries, and the girls started cooking dinner. Mello was sprawled on the couch, eating chocolate. Armin decided to join him rather than going into the kitchen.
"Why do you like it so much?"
Mello looked like he was about to throw back a rude comeback, but one look at Armin's innocent blue eyes made him change his mind.
"It's the only thing I love."
Armin furrowed his brows. "Friends? Family?"
"I don't need that. And Matt is dead."
"Matt?"
"He's...he was, my friend. He's gone now."
"I'm sorry."
Armin rest his hands on his lap, looking down at them.
"No. You don't know what's it like. So shut up." Mello's voice was bitter.
"I've lost friends, if that's what you mean. I've killed Someone, if that's what you mean."
Mello had a hard time believing this adorable creature killed anyone. Armin was so innocent. It made him sick.
"YOU killed someone? " He laughed bitterly.
"It was necessary. I was protecting a friend. "
"I misjudged you, kid."
Armin felt...a little closer to this strange, rude man now. "Hey, Mello? Can I tell you something?"
Mello raised an eyebrow, but nodded.
"I've been thinking.." Armin spoke hesitantly. "We're all..from different worlds. Troubled worlds. But maybe we're here...for a reason. Together. Maybe Eliza messing up was...a good thing. All of us have different talents. Useful talents. Don't you think...that maybe, just maybe we could...cooperate? Work as a team to help save all of our worlds?"
Mello was speechless (for the first time in forever). Maybe...Armin knew he was gonna get dissed on, but he had to tell SOMEONE. Mello put his piece of chocolate on the coffee table.
"I'm in."