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❧ "Y/n!" Iris whisper shouted your name as she tip toed behind you, gently grabbing your wrist to pull you back. The four of you had already left the book shop and were walking down the sidewalk to the coffee shop that was across the street.

Armin and Eren didn't notice Iris pulling you back to have a small talk with her. The two males continued walking and chatting with one another while you and Iris were far behind them.

"Yeah? What's wrong?" you asked worriedly.

"Hello? Attractive man," Iris exhaled a laugh as she pointed at the back of Armin's head. You glanced at Armin who was laughing at a comment Eren told him before looking back at Iris who was wiggling her eyebrows at you.

"Iris.."

"This can be your chance! He's cute, kind, I even peeped the way he was looking at you in the book shop!" Iris whispered to you with excitement, shaking your body from side to side by your shoulders.

You knew Iris was right. This was your chance to really get to know Armin and missing this opportunity to do so would be regretful later on. You exhaled a soft sigh with a smile cracking a bit, "I guess you're right...but-"

"Aht!" Iris quickly interrupted you with her finger striking up in front of your face, "No buts, you're gonna talk to him when we get to the coffee shop!" You stared at Iris and noticed that she was being serious, later giving in and going along to her request.

"Alright...you win," you laughed with your hands raising up as Iris crossed her arms and strutted proudly.

"Why are y'all so far behind? Come on, catch up!" Eren shouted with a smirk being plastered on his face. He continued to wave for you and Iris to walk faster as you all began to near the entrance of the coffee shop.

Iris speed walked past Eren to walk into the shop while you strolled purposely, giggling at Eren who was tapping his foot like an impatient mother, "Thanks," you whispered to him as he motioned his hand towards the door to let you walk in.

Walking into the peaceful coffee shop, you caught a whiff of the aroma of coffee brewing. The shop was barely packed, only a few people sitting together at their tables chatting or working on their laptops.

"When you wanted a place for us to chat, I didn't think it would be at your job," Armin chuckled as he stuffed his hand in his pocket, holding his signed book in the other.

"At least i'll have y'all get free coffee," Eren shrugged while snickering lowly. Iris continued to nudge your arm as she continued to wander her eyes back to you and Armin, laughing quietly as you shook your head, "Yo Guapo!" Eren hollered while walking up to the counter.

A short brown girl appeared from the back of the shop with her green apron in her hand that matched with her white polo shirt with the coffee shop's logo sewed to it.

Her hair was buzzcutted with defined coils at the top as she fully revealed herself leaving your eyes to widen at how attractive she looked. Her arms were decorated with tattoos along with both sides of her nose having studs, her ears being pierced as well.

"Go away," she mumbled at Eren while tying the back of her apron. Eren chuckled and rested his arms on the counter while smiling at Guapo.

"Stop with the resting bitch face," Eren joked while waving his hand in front of Guapo's face, quickly rolling his eyes as she continued to mean mug him.

"Whatchu want? You don't got your shift today," Guapo turned back around to grab her notepad and pen before standing back at the counter.

"Just brought some friends over," Eren pointed at the three of you behind him and began to whisper, "Don't snitch but can we get on the house?" Eren asked with one of his eyes closing shut.

"Free coffee? Imma have to get something in return, you know how I roll boy," Guapo clicked her tongue while stuffing the notepad and her pen in the back of her jeans.

"Alright alright...i'll think of something later," Eren spoke below a whisper as he slowly rose up straight. Guapo scrunched up her bottom lip, grabbing a cloth to wipe the counter while staring up at Eren.

"Fine," Guapo agreed, "Go ahead and take a seat unless you're gonna order now," Guapo tossed the cloth to side and placed on her hands on her hips.

"Appreciate it!" Eren clasped his hands together and spun around to look at you, Iris and Armin, "Are you guys going to order? Cause I can do it for you."

"Um- Eren and I, will order for the both of you," Iris quickly spoke out while brushing past you and Armin, "The two of you can have a seat!" Iris said rather excitedly when pointing at the booth seats. You slightly glared at Iris, quickly catching onto her slick plan to have you and Armin sit alone.

"Sure," Armin replied to Iris with a warm smile before looking at you with the same smile. You and Armin told Eren and Iris your specific orders before walking towards the other side of the shop to take your seats.

You pulled off your leather jacket and tossed it to the corner of the booth seats before sliding to the end of the seat, facing Armin who sat across from you. The two of you sat in silence, Armin leafing through the pages of his book while you looked at the portraits that were hung up on the wall.

You were able to sneak small glances of Armin as he kept his head down in his book. He was pretty for men that looked like him, especially with the stud that was on the side of his rounded nose.

"So," Armin cleared his throat causing you to rapidly blink your eyes to snap out of your thoughts. His chuckles were soft after noticing that you were gawking at him, "Do you do anything?"

You rubbed the back of your neck sheepishly that Armin caught you staring at him like an idiot would, "Yeah, I'm actually a professor."

"Really? Me too," Armin slowly cocked his head to the side as he placed just book down, "What college do you teach at?"

"Oh, I taught at Columbia University but I recently transferred to New York University," you rubbed your finger in circles as you stared at the table, feeling your cheeks warm knowing that Armin was keeping his eyes on you the whole time.

His elbows propped up on the table with his chin resting in the back of his hand, a smile appearing in his face, "I also teach at NYU, how recent was your transfer?"

"I transferred about 3 weeks ago," you answered his question, building up the courage to fully look at him. Armin hummed softly and looked over his shoulder to check if Eren was still ordering.

"Interesting," Armin muttered under his breath before adjusting the glasses on his face, "How long have you've know Eren? I don't remember seeing you when he's around, like ever?"

You laughed while thinking of the moment you met Eren, it was right here at this coffee shop. You remember being in a rush for work because you ended up oversleeping. You thought it wouldn't hurt to pass by to grab a cup of coffee- wrong. You were even more late for your teachings.

Only thing that made a positive impact to your morning was Eren being kind enough to let you go with free coffee.

"We just met here, I don't really hang out with him because, you know, work and teachings," you rambled on about how you met Eren, your ears perked up at Armin's laugh about Eren letting you off with free coffee, surprised that Eren would be that kind to a stranger.

"What's funny?" you asked Armin with a small grin on your face while crossing your arms. Armin brushed his finger against the tip of his nose before smiling at you.

"He wouldn't give anyone free coffee unless he liked you enough, you must've been special then," Armin tilted his head to the side with his eyes fixating on you. Your knitted your eyebrows a bit as you sat in confusion about what Armin meant exactly.

"I mean, who wouldn't like me?" you said with a cocky grin growing in your face, Armin smiling even more at your confidence after seeing you flip your braids behind your shoulder.

"Mhm..we should exchange numbers, if that's okay with you," Armin insisted as he slowly reached for his phone that was in the back of his pocket. You nodded and took your phone out, swapping your phone with Armin to add your number to his phone.

"We're gonna see each other tomorrow right, Professor Cole?" Armin asked while handing you back your phone. You titled your head to the side and clicked your tongue after realizing what Armin meant by tomorrow.

"Oh yeah, yeah we will," you laughed nervously while placing your phone on the table. Just as the both of you sat in silence again, your shoulders began to relax from the awkwardness after hearing Iris and Eren approaching the table.

"What took the both of you so long?" You asked while taking the cup of coffee and plate of cookies from Iris's hand. Eren plopped beside Armin, Iris doing the same while they began eating their brownies and muffins.

"Eren kept changing his order, his indecisive ass," Iris clowned Eren while laughing at him pouting like a baby. Eren rolled his eyes and began to stuff his face with the brownies he ordered, offering some to Armin who kindly declined.

"Cheers," Armin whispered to you while raising his cup to yours. You smiled faintly at him and rose your cup just like he did, "Cheers," you repeated and sipped your coffee with his blue eyes hooded over to you.