☼ A Few Weeks Later

It was now late fall. The leaves were finishing their fleet from the trees and the city's cold hit you even if you were just opening your window. You and Armin were growing closer and closer to each other, with each day that passed by. You definitely wouldn't say it was love but there was definitely a feeling there. You would talk to each other every single day, as much as your busy lives allowed. Some nights, he would make his way up your fire escape to see you, even if it was just for two minutes. However, on the nights he couldn't come, you would fall asleep on the phone together.

Sun light streamed through your window, along with a chilling breeze. Your room was filled with the familiar aroma of the city and the noises of hispanic music mixed with the bustling people on the ground below. You slowly open your eyes, blinking a few times to fully wake yourself up. You look over to your phone, that was laying under the blanket with you, to see if the blonde haired boy was still asleep. He wasn't.

Throughout this little time you knew him, he proved himself to be a morning person. Every morning, he was up at a reasonable time getting ready for his day, while you were sleep. However today you had two online classes and a few errands to run with Connie. So, you put in your Airpods, grab your charged phone and roll out of bed, still on the phone.

"Good morning, sleepyhead," Armin says. His deep, morning voice swarmed the Airpods in your ears. He looked as if he got up not too long ago, he began to brush his teeth. His blonde hair was in a loose messy bun that hung down his neck and his blue eyes were a little glossy.

Unlike Armin, you were not a morning person. You squinted your eyes at him and mugged him, due to his high energy. He notices. "Oh you got your little morning attitude," he says with a faint accent. Though you were grouchy, there was something about his voice that gave you butterflies in your stomach.

You walk over to the bathroom and prop your phone up onto the bathroom counter. You put toothpaste on your toothbrush, wet it, and begin to brush. You lean against the wall and continue to brush your teeth.

You finally get finished and rinse your mouth out one last time. You clear your throat, "Good morning, Blondie." You begin to apply your facial cleanser, rubbing your hand around in circles on your face.

The boy looks down at his phone with floss between his teeth. "Good morning." You could tell he was trying to keep a straight face but nonetheless, a smile began to creep onto his face.

You had finished your basic hygiene for the morning. So, you tied your hair up and logged into your classes. All of them you barely paid attention to because you were too caught up in talking to Armin.

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You had finally finished with your classes for the day and Armin was still on the phone. His phone was propped up on his nightstand while he was playing Call of Duty on his playstation with his friend, Eren next to him. Both of their faces were a little scrunched up out of concentration. A minute later, Armin threw his head back, groaning, signaling to you that they had lost.

"Nah, run that back we're playing again," Eren says eagerly waiting for Armin to start a new match.

"Give me a second," Armin turns his attention to his phone screen to look at you. "Did you just get out of class ?"

"Yeah. Now I have to get ready to run some errands," you say getting up from your vanity. "You wanna help me pick an outfit ?"

"Sure," Armin puts his controller down, which earns a dramatic sigh from Eren. "Oh shut up Eren. Let me help my girl out real quick." Your eyes widen and your cheeks heat up.

Eren chokes," Your girl ? That's new." Eren takes the phone off of his friend's nightstand and runs to the bathroom, locking himself in. "Hey (y/n)," he says with a cheeky smile.

"Hi Eren. Is there a particular reason why you have the phone right now, bestie ?" you laugh as you began to apply your pair of lashes. You then begin to hear Armin banging on the bathroom door from the other side of the phone.

"Just to make your boyfriend mad. So, when will you guys go on your actual first date," Eren said while holding the phone so only his forehead would show.

"Whenever they free me from my prison ce-" you were interrupted to the sound of Armin finding his way into the bathroom. The phone drops to the floor and all you can see is the ceiling. You hear Eren grunt a few times, until Armin picks up the phone, smiling. "Is everything okay ?" you ask.

"Hm. Yeah everything is grea-"Armin is cut off by Eren screaming.

"HE'S CRAZY SEND HELP (Y/N)."

You laugh as Armin continued. "Now, can we pick out the outfit now?" You nod your head and show Armin the outfit choices you picked out.

"Mm. That one," he raised his finger and pointed through the screen.

"You do know I can't see which one you're pointing at right ?"

"Oh, my bad. I like the track suit thing."

You give him a quick "alright" and leave your phone on your vanity to get dressed.

You slip the outfit on and do a quick check in the mirror that hung on your door. You then took down your hair and let it hang down past your shoulders, combing your fingers through.

( 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙗𝙩𝙬 𝙞 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙈𝘼𝙊👩🏽‍💻)

(𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙩👩🏽‍💻)

After your check, you went back to your vanity, sat down, and propped your phone up, so that it showed your upper half as began to brush your hair. After, you applied some lip liner and lip gloss to finish your look. All the while, you felt an intense feeling of someone watching you.

You look at the phone to see Armin looking at you with admiration. He had his controller in his hand and was sitting with his legs slightly open, softly biting his bottom lip. A semi-embarrassed and semi-sly smile crept onto his face as he noticed you looking back at him.

"Can I help you," you say in a playful voice, grabbing your purse.

"Uh- Nah. Nah. My fault but you look really good," Armin responds. His cheeks begin to glow a bright red.

"Thank you." You smile.

"Woah (y/n), I might have to take you from Armin." You see Eren poke his head into the camera. Armin, without a word, shoots him, a death glare. Eren lets out a nervous laugh and exits the phone's view.

You begin to laugh but are interrupted by another incoming call from Connie. "Shit. Armin I have to go but I'll text you."

"Okay, be safe beautiful."

With that, you hang up and answer Connie's call.

"I'm outside, let's go." As usual, Connie's music was playing loud enough for you to hear in the background. You also heard another voice talking.

"Cool but who else is with you ?" You ask, putting on your Cactus Jack Jordan 1s.

"Jean, duh."

"Ew. Whatever I'm on my way down now." You hang up the phone and head downstairs to the front door. As soon as you go to turn the knob you hear your father's voice.

"Where are you running off to ?" You turn to see him leaning against a wall, sipping tea out of his "World's Best Dad" mug, you got him when you were 7.

"Out with Connie and Jean. I asked mom plus, I won't need protection since those two will be there."

"Jean and Connie both make up one and a half of a brain. I will be sending one of my men to watch over you."

"Whatever," you roll your eyes and head out of the door before you dad could give you anything that would completely ruin your day.