Chapter 4
"Awww, is the little Hat Boy gonna ask for help?" A mocking female voice called. Armin looked to his left and saw a blondish-red cat staring at him. Also the cat is floating mind you. Eren growled at the cat. "Annie." "Hey there Hat Boy." Annie replied. "Stop calling me that stupid cat." Eren mumbled. "Anyway, who brought the new Alice?" Annie asked. "Kirchstein." Eren replied to her. Annie's smile fadded and her expression went dark. "Kirchstein..." She mumbled darkly. "I know." Eren mumbled back. There was an akward silence. "So, you want my help or not?" Annie asked. Eren was about to protest but Armin covered his mouth. "Yes please." Armin pleaded. Eren groaned. "Aw, now that's better. I like you." Annie said, amused. She tried to boop Armin's nose but Eren pulled him back and growled at her. Armin stared at the two, confused. Do they have some sorta past with each other? Armin thought.
"Anyway." Annie mumbled. She flickered her tail to the right and two sets of stone stepping stones appeared, making 2 paths to the other side. "There ya go." Annie said, quite proud of her self. "Thank you Annie." Armin thanked sweetly, trying to not get on this cat's bad side. Annie giggled at Armin. "Let's just go." Eren growled. Then the two began to walk across the path of stone stepping stones. As they walked off Annie mumbled. "You saved him this time Eren. But not next time." then she dissolved into a black cloud and flew off.
Armin stared at Eren for a bit before Eren detected it. "What?" Eren asked. "What's up between you two?" Armin asked. Eren sighed. "A lot. I don't want to talk about it though." Eren relpied. "Very well." Armin mumbled, shrugging it off. After a few minutes Armin asked "She a reality bender too?" "Hehe, your smart. Yep she is. More powerful than me, unfortunately." Eren replied, smiling at Armin's intelligence.
The next stepping stone Armin stepped on gave out. "Ahh!" He exclaimed as he began to fall. (Mind you, Armin isn't even heavy) Eren grabbed Armin's hand. "Hold on!" Eren exclaimed, and pulled him up onto the stepping stone he was on. Eren soon rethought if he should have done that, because now they were now intimantily close. Blush flared up on Eren face as they stared at each other. "I...uhh.." Eren mumbled out. Armin now just realized how close they were when Eren spoke. Armin's face flared up a buring red. He now looked like as red as a tomato. There was an awkward silence before Armin looked away. "So umm..Anyway. We should get going." Eren said. "Y-yeah." Armin said nervously. Armin Walked ahead then went over back to his side.
Eren caught up with him. After a minute they finally made it to the other side. But when they stepped off, the stones fell into the abyss. Eren growled under his breath. "Annie did that on purpose." He growled. "Excuse me?" Armin asked."When that stone fell. She did that. Everything that feline does has a catch." Eren continued. He stopped growling and smiled at Armin. He glanced up and saw it was almost night. Eren's eyes widen in fear. "Armin. We need to find a place to stop." He said, trying to keep his cool. "Hmm, why?" Armin asked. "Let's just say. Things happen at night." Eren said. So that's what they did. Eren sat down up against a wall and Armin sat next to him. Eren sighed. The sky slowly turned from sunset to night. If was only a few mere minutes until they both fell asleep.
CHAPTER 4 END