(Mikasa P.O.V.)

Flash Back

I saw a boy sitting on the playground at recess by himself. Eren saw him too. He tugged on my sleeve and pulled me over to him.

"Hi there! I'm Eren and this is Mikasa! What's your name?"

"Armin." He said with a hopeful smile.

"Wanna be friends?"

"Yea!" He said with a smile from ear to ear spreading across his face.

I knew that's how little kids make friends, but I never knew we would stay friends. I was Still running after Eren down the hall. Then he stopped at... an elevator? Standing frozen. He looked at the floor it was headed to and then dashed up the stairs. I didnt follow him, up the stairs. I just stood there. Eren was chasing someone. The guy at our door that ran off right when Eren talked. My face went pale.

"Armin..." I fell on my knees, "No it can't be him." Tears streamed down my face and soaked into my pants, "Armin..."

(Armin P.O.V.)

I sat in the elevator afraid to get out. My hands were cupped over my face.

"I'm sorry!" I sat there crying.

Eren was right, in the hospital, "YOUR ONLY CRYING BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T DIE!" It was true. I'm a whimp. That's why I had no friends in 2nd grade. But... them. I was gonna get out of this motel and into the truck without them seeing me. I can't be seen like this. No I can't go back. I stood up.

"IM NOT GOING BA-"

DING

The elevator doors opened.

(Eren P.O.V.)

No. Not h-him. No. Not now. No. No.

"NO!" I screamed my face filling wth veins.

Was I angry? Was I sad? Was I relieved? Was I happy? The answer: none. Not any of those. But all of those.

"MOTHER FUCKER! WHY?!" I said then ran up to him and hugged him tightly tears squeezing out of my eyes, "Why? Armin."

"I'm s-sorry." He squeezed my shirt and I could feel tears of his on my shoulder.

"Your an idiot." We sat there in silence after that.

In an elevator.

(Mikasa P.O.V.)

"MOTHER FUCKER!" I knew that voice.

"EREN!" I got off my knees, and started sprinting up the stair case.

No one was... there? No one was in the hallway. It was silent.

"Why Armin?" A voice emerged from the elevator.

No, I didn't go to it. I just fell to me knees (again) and cried. We had found him. It was a good 15 minutes before I got up and opened the elevator. And there he was. More tears just streamed down my face looking at his face. I hugged Armin. I squeezed him tightly against me. Then I gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Armin, I love you like your my little brother. And big sisters are supposed to pro-protect-" but I didn't finish my sentence I just started crying right there, again.

"Cmon." Eren said obviously done with crying.

I looked at Armin with an asking face. He nodded. And with that we were out.