Armin awoke to soft sounds of discomfort coming from beside him. Rubbing his eyes, he looked beside him at the sleeping face in front of of him. Eren lay there, a stressed look creasing his face as he mumbled something incoherent and tightened his arms around Armin's waist.

He smiled softly at the brunet, raising one of his petite hands to shake the boy's shoulders gently. "Eren hey, Eren wake up." He muttered groggily.

Said boy groaned, eyes fluttering open. "Ar..min?" He muttered quietly, blinking away the sleep in his eyes. "What time is it...?" He asked, bending his head down and burying his face in Armin's chest.

Armin shrugged his shoulders lightly, absentmindedly stroking Eren's soft, brown hair. "Dunno." He barely said

After a few moments of silence, Armin was the first to speak. "You had another nightmare again, didn't you?" He half asked, half stated. Nightmares were expected, as of being a soldier. However Eren rarely spoke of them, only on a few occasions has he ever talked about them, most of being with Armin.

"...Yeah," Eren replied a moment later, tightening his grip around Armin subconsciously. "It was...you know..." He struggled with words, not feeling very comfortable with admitting weakness, even if it was with Armin.

"Yeah, I know..." Armin mumbled in reply, resting his head in the crook of Eren's neck. He breathed in deeply, inhaling Eren's scent. He smelled like sweat (seeing as neither of them showered before resting) and something else that he couldn't define.

"Hey Armin?"

"Yes?"

"We're still going...going to see the outside world someday, right?"

Armin raised an eyebrow. "Of course we are," he said, yawning rather - in Eren's opinion - cutely. "Why are you asking?"

Eren shrugged. "It's just...I don't know, just the tiredness getting to me, most likely. Forget what I say." He quietly murmured, snuggling deeper into Armin's chest.

Armin's brow creased slightly. "Eren." He said firmly. "Is there something you want to talk to about?"

Eren opened one eye and looked up at the blonde, grinning one of his rare, genuine smiles. "It's nothing, Armin." He stretched his neck up to plant a quick kiss on his lips. "Just go back to sleep, okay?"

Armin gave him a doubtful look, but nevertheless dropped it. "Yeah yeah, whatever. Goodnight." He said, turning his back towards him.

Eren chuckled. "Goodnight, love." He barely whispered, wrapping his arms around the small blond's figure.