Cats and Dogs

Eren's P.O.V.  

        "Okay, guys, before we go and see Armin, we are going to need some help from some people that know more than I do about cats," I told the blonde tykes as I walked, them in tow.  They nodded and followed behind me merrily.  

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        "WHAT!?"  

        Marco paced back and forth, hands behind his back.  Jean leaned against the fence of Marco's parents' house, chewing on some mustard flower weeds.  His arms were crossed and he seemed to be trying to be as aloof as physically possible.  

        "I have already explained this to you three times, Marco!  What do you still not understand?" I huffed, frustrated.  The mini-Armins were hiding behind me, since Jean had growled at them right when he saw them.  When I chastised him for it, his reason was simple and blunt: "I don't like kids!"  

        "What I don't understand is why he didn't freaking tell me!"  He stopped pacing and looked at me, exasperated.  I sighed and met his eyes.  Marco scoffed and stalked over to the edge of the fence.  "What's with him and all these secrets now?  I mean...  First, it was you," he said, angrily waving his hand back at me, "Now... this..."  He breathed deep and long.  

        "Marco--" I tried.  

        "Eren, stop," Jean spoke, holding up his hand to tell me to shut up.  "Marco, babe," he walked over to the tall boy and grabbed his arm.  Pulling him to face him, Jean spoke.  "People have secrets.  Every single one of them.  People have secrets for so many reasons -- good and bad.  I have secrets, ones that I don't want to share, because I am scared of the repercussions.  I am sure you have secrets, things you're scared of sharing or embarrassed of.  I'm one of those secrets, remember?  Your parents still think you are in -- what was it -- jousting club, don't they?  They still think you're into chicks.  Hell, they still think you're a virgin!"  Marco was redder by the sentence.  

        "Okay, okay, we get your point!  Get on with it, Jean..." Marco murmured.  Jean rubbed the other boy's arms.  

        "What I'm saying is...  You have had your own secrets, and Armin didn't blame you for it.  Maybe you should extend to him the same courtesy."  

        "He used to tell me everything..." Marco mumbled.  I could see droplets forming in the corners of his eyes.  

        "And, you did the same.  People grow up.  They change, baby," Jean said, lifting Marco's face and wiping the droplets away as they fell from hazel eyes.  

        "Okay.  Yeah.  Let's go get our Alpha!"  

Armin's P.O.V.  

        Once I was "clean", I began to search for anything I could use to cover my shame.  I found some maple leaves that didn't cover shit, so I decided that I was far enough away from society that clothes and shame were unnecessary.  

        "This is nice, considering last night," I said to myself.  I got up from where I sat near the stream and walked into the meadow-ish area I had woken up in.  I took a deep breath in.  Something was in the air, but I couldn't put my finger on it since the trees and nature were so overwhelming.  

        I heard rustling from the treeline.  Curious, I took a few steps forward, towards the sound.  After a few tense moments, the sounds retreated, and I was left in silence.  I had assumed it was just a rabbit or another small animal living in the forest.  

        Then, I felt eyes on me.  I couldn't tell from where, but I could feel someone -- something -- watching my every move.  I turned back to see a glowing pair of emerald green eyes.  

        Eren!  I felt my heart leap into action.  Eren was standing at the edge of the forest.  He was shirtless, sweating.  Did he run here?  The sun shone and reflected off of his firm figure.  My heart wasn't the only thing to "leap into action".  

        "Armin, what the FUCK!!??" Marco said as he emerged behind Eren.  Jean followed him.  Then three little blondies.  

        Well, shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.............