Armin stood beside him, arms crossed, clearly rethinking his life choices. “This is a terrible idea.”

Eren grinned, flipping the camera to record. “Which is exactly why we’re doing it.”

Sasha bounced on her heels, flashlight already in hand. “I’m with Eren. This is peak content.”

“Peak getting murdered content,” Connie muttered, filming on his phone for ‘behind-the-scenes’ footage. “If I die, tell my mom I died stupidly.”

Mikasa, ever composed, adjusted the strap of her backpack. “If anything happens, stay close.”

“To you or to Eren?” Armin asked.

Mikasa didn’t even hesitate. “Me.”

Eren scoffed, nudging Armin’s side. “Rude. You don’t trust me to protect you?”

Armin gave him a flat look. “Eren, you run toward danger.”

“Exactly,” Jean muttered.

Eren ignored them, flipping the camera around. “Alright, guys, welcome back to another episode of ‘Bad Ideas With Friends’. Today, we’re investigating this totally not haunted, definitely structurally unsafe abandoned house because why not?”

“Who’s getting sacrificed?” Connie asked immediately.

Jean pointed at Eren. “You. Obviously.”

Eren rolled his eyes. “Funny. Alright, let’s get in before it gets dark.”

Armin sighed as they approached the house, stepping over weeds and broken concrete. “This is how horror movies start.”

“This is how great horror movies start,” Connie corrected.

Mikasa pulled open the rusted gate, the hinges shrieking. “Let’s get this over with.”

Sasha and Connie ran ahead while Eren aimed the camera at Armin’s hesitant expression, grinning. “Last chance to back out.”

Armin exhaled sharply but stepped through the gate, brushing against Eren’s shoulder as he passed. “If I die, I’m haunting you first.”

Eren laughed, adjusting the camera. “Fair enough.”

Behind them, Jean groaned as he followed. “This is the dumbest thing we’ve ever done.”

And with that, they disappeared into the house—doors creaking shut behind them, the camera catching every second of their inevitable chaos.