Dirty Laundry
Armin invited Carla in once they had reached his home. Armin quickly went in and pulled a chair out for her and got some tea brewing.
"So Armin, how do you normally spend your days, when Eren isn't dragging you all over the town?" Carla asked with a laugh knowing about Armins and Erens adventures when Eren would recap them to her over dinner.
"Well, Uh normally I always try to get up before grandfather so I can get some breakfast for him before he has to head into the fields. As the breakfast is going I scurry into his room and set out his daytime clothes. By then he's up and getting breakfast once he leaves I start cleaning up the house and when that is done I sit here and read till it's time to get dinner ready for grandpa." Armin explained.
"Is that all? Didn't you have any friends besides Eren? A young boy should have friends and be exploring" She thanked Armin when he handed her the cup of tea.
" No Eren is the first friend I've had. I would normally go outside and look at the river but other than that, No." Armin admitted to her
"Well I am very glad you met Eren. He can be quite extreme sometimes but I'm sure you'll be great friends. Ah thank you for the tea but I really should be heading back home, remember you're always welcome at our home Armin." Carla told him while smiling warmly down at him.
"Thank you Carla, I will remember that." Armin took the cup from her and walked her to the door and said goodbye.
"I wonder what Eren is doing, it's quite boring with out him here..." With that said Armin went to get dinner started, his grandfather was to be home soon.
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As it turns out Armin didn't want to know what Eren was up to. Eren and his father were gone for three days instead of the intended two. And the cherry topping Eren now has an adopted sister, Mikasa.
Armin was walking back from the library when he was tackled into a hug from Eren, when he was finally able to stand back up and pick up his book he had noticed a girl standing a little ways behind Eren. He gave Eren a look as to say 'Who is this?' Eren caught on with out missing a beat;
"Oh Armin, this is my new sister Mikasa. I helped rescue her the other night so now she lives with us."
"Yes Eren saved me by killing three people. Well actually two, I killed the third one."
"That's only because I was being choked by him!" Eren protested
"Wait , what??? Eren what are you talking about?" Armin asked, slightly shaking not expecting the kid who was taken down by three 12 year olds could kill full grown adults.
"Okay well me and dad were going to the Ackermans like planned and when we got there-" Armin noticed how Mikasa bent her head down when Eren started talking about this
"- Well her parents weren't alive and she was missing as well, my dad told me to go back to the mountain base while he drove off to get to the Military Police and well when he headed off I started running all over and eventually came a across a cabin and I found a knife so I tied it to a stick and went to knock on the door and some guy answered it and I stabbed him then took the knife and hide till the other one came and tried to get me, Killed him too but as I was trying to cut her loose I got kicked across the room by some third guy and he picked me up and started to choke me but Mikasa had my back and stabbed him in his." Eren said with a laugh
"Anyway my dad showed up like 5 hours later and scolded me for running off but I saved her, so that's all that's important. Right Mikasa?" Eren said as he smiled to Mikasa.
"Mmm" Mikasa agreed. Armin also noticed how her face turned slightly redder as she hid in the scarf.
"Well um wow Eren, thats really brave of you to do for her."
"Thanks Armin. Hey do you want to go play in the field today?"
"Ah sorry I can't today Grandpa says its laundry day so I have to make sure I get all of it done before he gets home. Maybe tomorrow though?"
"Oh, okay then Armin. I'll see you tomorrow then, come on Mikasa let's head home."
"Ah Eren we can play in the fields, you and me." Mikasa added.
"No, it's not the same with out Armin there too." Eren said. Armin had to admit he was really happy to hear that. Eren pulled him into a hug and they said their good byes and as they were leaving Mikasa turned and looked back at Armin like she was sizing him up and it made him feel slightly uncomfortable.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Once he got home Armin put his book on the table and went to get the big basin for laundry and the bucket he used to bring water. Once the basin was full he went to grab every thing in the house; clothes sheets, and blankets. Anything that he could wash then he set about the actual washing of all of it. It took him quite a while to get everything washed;
Okay great I got everything washed now I just need my stool so I can hang it up.' Armin knew he was short and frail compared to all the other boys his age and he gets picked on for it but he tries to see good from it. He got his stool and started hanging the laundry to dry, which isn't easy as it may seem. Once he had finally gotten everything pinned and hung he pushed the basin back into the house and poured it down across the front 'yard' and then hung it up in the back of the house. After all of this he went into his area of the house and curled up on his bed and went to sleep.