The second Book to my collection of Attack on Titan fanfictions. So if you enjoy reading Attack on Titan related stories including ones with Armin, Eren or Mikasa, feel free to read! Enjoy
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It was another day in the town of Shiganshina. All was peaceful, all was how it should be. Eren and Armin, two best friends, were heading up a tall, steep hill. In search of apples; for they wanted their dear raven haired girl to bake them some delicious apple pie.
"E-Eren... can we stop for a moment? P-Please? I need to catch my breath here." Armin heaves before stopping and holding down on his knees trying his best to catch his breath as quickly as possible.
"What? Your already exhausted? Sheesh, Armin you exert yourself too easily!" Complains Eren as he stops in his tracks for his ol' bud.
"S-Sorry..." Armin breathed out an apology. After a few more moments, he stood back up properly. "You good?" Asked Eren. "Uh-huh." Nods Armin, giving Eren the okay to keep moving forward.
It wasn't much longer till the two boys eventually made it to the very top of the hill, and there it was; was apple tree the two dreamed to demolish.
Yes, demolish. Demolish so they can steal all the yummy scrumptious apples all for themselves! Oh, and for Mikasa too.
"Armin, I always do the dirty work. Now it's your turn." Eren says before tossing and axe over towards Armin direction as he lets out a high pitched screech.
"E-EREEEEEN!! You don't throw axes!!! What in the world is WRONG with you!?!?!!" Screams Armin, his eyes widen in fear from the very idea of what could have happened if he didn't catch the axe without losing a few fingers... or worst, a limb.
"I don't see what the problem is. You caught it, didn't you?" Says Eren without trying to think for a moment, what he nearly did.
"Eren, my gosh..." Armin says, nearly feeling the urge to face palm himself. "Well, do it Armin. Chop down the tree." Eren persist.
"B-But... Eren... um, why don't you do it...?" Armin ask quietly. "Armin, as I said... I'm always stuck doing the dirty work! So you do it!"
"B-But... calling this dirty work... you almost make it sound like we are about to commit a crime." Says Armin, quite uneasily.
"Well... this is kinda a crime. I mean, apple trees only grow outside the borders of Shiganshina every three years. And this is the very last one. So... we need to hurry up before someone stops us all to hog the apples for themselves." Eren reminds Armin.
"B-But... why must I be the one to do it? W-Why me...?"
"Because you always keep a level head and know exactly what to do when we run into a crisis. I believe in you Armin... so... do it." Smiles Eren while giving his best bud a thumbs up.
"D-Do... do you really have so much faith in me...?" Armin questions in disbelief. "Of course I do, Ar! I wouldn't have said what I just said if I thought otherwise. So go for it!" Eren grins.
"W-Well... okay, I'll try." Armin nervously shoots a smile back before taking a firm and tight grip of the axe in his hands and raising it before the tree.
Armin stares at the tree, tightens his grip, and sweat begins to roll down from his forehead. Eren stares, the moment intensifying as the seconds pass into a moment.
"Come on... do it Armin!" Eren is barely able to wait anymore. Armin continues to stare and sweat nervously at the tree.
"Armin, snap out of it and do your shi--"
"B-But I can't!!" Armin suddenly burst out before dropping the axe to the ground and turning to face Eren with a teary eyed look.
"H-Huh?!" Eren becomes so terribly confused. "I-I... I just can't do it! E-Eren... I'm so sorry!!" Armin falls to his knees, becoming a sobbing mess.
"H-huh?! But why?!" Eren continues with his act of true confusion. "B-Because...! Chopping down the tree... kills the tree, right? I-I... can't become a murder! I-I'm so sorry, Eren... p-please forgive me...sniffle sniffle."
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"What the hell...?"
Eren couldn't believe what he was witnessing, and what he was hearing fly from Armin's lips. "Are you... for real?" Inquires Armin.
Armin nods shakily, answering Eren's question with a yes. "Your such a baby." Eren rolls his eyes. "Let me show you how the pro's do it." Eren says before picking up the axe, preparing to chop the tree down without an ounce of hesitance.
"B-But Eren...!" Cries Armin, extending out a hand, reaching for Eren vainfully. "But nothing, Armin. If I don't chop down the tree, others will. Apple trees don't grow in Shiganshina very often. They won't at least grow again for another three years. So you must understand why we must do this... not only for our stomache's sakes... but for Mikasa's, too."
"O-Oh... your right." Says Armin, thinking first about Mikasa. She would be so delighted and happy to receive apples to bake an apple pie! After all, that was her favorite dish baking for the family of three.
So Eren chops down the tree while Armin gathered them all, scrambling for the apples while he was on his knees and shoving them in the bag they brought along.
But as Armin was ready to grab out for the very last apple... a foot steps down on it, to stop it from rolling off any further.
"H-Huh?!" Armin lift's his gaze up to see no other than Jean Kristein standing there, smirking while looking down on him.
"Ooooh, what do we have here? Little Arlert and the cocky Yeager? This sure is a treat." Jean greets, his smirk never leaving.
"Jean, leave us alone." Eren annoyingly voiced as he stepped between Jean the horse face, and Armin. "Oh, why should I? Especially when you have what is rightfully mine." Jean speaks quite plainly in an obvious tone.
"What, these apples? We chopped down the tree first, so technically, they are ours for the taking." Corrects Eren. "Ah-ah, ah... that is where you are incorrect, Eren." Jean waves his fingers in Eren's face.
"My father owns the city, basically. And I am his son. And also, it's because of us you and Arm-chin there has food on your table. So give me the apples; NOW." Jean demands.
"A-Armchin?!" Armin cries in shock. Nobody has called him such a dirty and mean name before...
"Jean, just because you are the son of somebody important, that doesn't make you the same or any better. You don't deserve the respect your father has. And if we give you the apples... won't that rather be stealing the food off our table?" Eren remarks.
"Why you son of a--"
"G-Guys, please! We will solve nothing through arguing! L-Let's try to work things out! L-Like civilized people...o-okay?" Armin voices out anxiously.
"Civilized? The hell you going on about, Armfart? I'm already civilized!" Jean glares at the blonde. "What Armin means, Jean, is that we should settle things without getting into a fight and arguing pointlessly. Oh, and if you want to become a bit more civilized, why don't you clean up your vocabulary? The girl's will never crawl over you if you use terms like the word Fart!" Eren chuckles.
"WHY YOU--"
Before Jean could scream and rage the daylights out of Eren, Armin had enough and screams at the top of his lungs...
"QUIEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!"
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"P-Please... let's work things out! We don't need to argue or fight for any longer! J-Jean, we were originally planning for Mikasa to use these apples to bake an apple pie. If you behave, we might invite you for a slice--"
Before Armin could finish sharing his suggestion, Eren head butts Armin in the head. "Armin, the hell?! This was gonna be a trio thing!! Not a horse face thing!!"
"Wait... MIKASA BAKING AN APPLE PIE?!!" Screams Jean. "Oh, great... here he goes." Eren rolls his eyes. For Jean, devouring an apple pie made by his crush would be a dream come true!
Just the mere thought of it made the guy drool...
"Sigh, listen horse face. If you quit arguing with us and calling Armin names, we will let you come. Oh, and wipe the drool from your mouth, will ya? Or you can just forget it." Eren decides to go along with Armin's idea.
Armin always figures a way for both sides to get along. Armin always come up with a conclusion, no matter how difficult things become. So Eren thought that was worth relying on.
Armin isn't as useless as he may believe himself to be. And Eren knows it; so...
"R-Really?! T-Then... okay, deal!"
And just like that, Eren and Armin ran into no more troubles. Eren and Armin brought the sack of apples back to Eren, Armin and Mikasa's cabin house not so far from here.
The cabin house was located deep but not too deep within the woods. Eren, Armin, and Jean eventually made it to the cabbin and was greeted with Mikasa who smiled at the two boys... but then her brow furrowed in confusion when she saw another hidden besides Eren and Armin. "Jean...?"
"M-Mikasa! Uh, erm... you're looking... q-quite beautiful today." Jean stammered while blushing.
"...Thank you." Mikasa simply says.
The three are welcomed in the house, and when Eren and Armin revealed the apples to the girl, she fixed everyone up an apple pie right away.
Jean was in heaven, and so was Eren and Armin. Mikasa's apple pies were to die for. And having Jean along for this feast... it... it wasn't as bad as Eren thought it might had been.
But if one thing was for certain, they can't wait until the next three years when apple trees will regrow in the vast land of shiganshina, beyond it's fine borders.
