"'Roar' is the word for 'I love you' in the language of the dinosaurs, although there is no proof that dinosaurs even had a form of language as they were animals and animals communicate mostly through body language.
<insert lettering that, when viewed from a sideways position, looks like a laughing person> I am so spontaneous."
-Albert Einstein, 2006

Fire in the Rain- Måns Zelmerlöw

Armin cried himself to sleep on the night before the picnic.
The meetings had been going well up until that point. All the group members were friendly to each other with the exception of Eren who didn't speak much but at least didn't skip either. Armin felt so alive and accepted by them all. He had never been happier.
But on that Friday, just as the household was getting ready to settle in for the night, Armin's grandfather got a call from the hospital.
The test results were in.
And they didn't look good.
Four months.
Armin was scared. He didn't know what he would do without his grandfather around. This newly foreseen future was terrifying.
The best he could do was cry it away. There was no coping mechanism to make this pain bearable.
By morning, however, he had forced the thought out of his mind. He was going to spend as much time with his grandfather as he could. It was the only thing he could do.
But for today he would keep his mind on the picnic.
"Armin! You made it!" Marco was the first one to greet him. He had another male in tow, one that the blond hadn't met before.
"Hello." Armin smiled back. "This is my grandfather." He waited until Marco shook his kin's hand.
"This here is my boyfriend, Jean!" Marco introduced, blushing with the sugar sweetness of a girl in middle school.
"Hi there!" Armin waved at Jean who smiled faintly at him.
The others slowly made their way to the picnic spot they had all agreed on. Crista brough along her girlfriend, Amir, a brunette who somehow had as many freckles as Marco. The two were a sweet couple. Ymir kept trying to propose to Crista but Armin couldn't tell if it was serious or not.
Then came Levi. Armin had expected him to come alone, but he brought along a girl with strawberry blonde hair. Her name was Petra, apparently. She was Levi's partner at the police station he worked at.
Bertholdt, Reiner, and Annie arrived as one. They didn't bring any friends.
Hanji, however, brought this tall blond guy named Erwin who had thick eyebrows and just happened to be Levi and Petra's boss. Apparently the scientist was pulled over and spontaneously decided to invite the cop who did it. They may have been living in the second largest country in the world, but it sure felt small.
Eren was the last to arrive. He was drug along by a raven haired girl who looked ready to murder anybody who hurt the boy.
That must be his older sister? Armin guessed. She just had that air about her.
"Now that everybody's here!" Marco waved them all to a bunch of picnic tables clumped together and covered in food.
"Oh...it's you." Jean glared at Eren and Eren glared back.
So these two knew each other?
They were in the biggest city in the country, but it sure was a small world.

It's short but I really liked the ending. Stay tuned for more.