(play this playlist for vibes )

Your day went by pretty smoothly after that. You and your partner, Armin decided that tomorrow would be the first day you guys could work on the project, since you didn't have practice and didn't have plans with Zeke.

Armin was actually pretty cool. He was very calm and was able to hold an intelligent conversation, which was something rare with Zeke. Also, it turns out that the two of you had a few things in common, academically anyways.

You and him talked about how the marine biome was something that was genuinely interesting to the both of you. From the fact that so much of the ocean is left undiscovered to the creatures that cover its entirety. All of it was amazing to the both of you.

Of course your new found friend had to go through Zeke's strenuous intimidation tactics. But Armin understood. That's what you liked about him. You still couldn't shake the feeling that he felt so.. familiar. Whatever.

Right now, you were sitting outside, snuggled up in Zeke's varsity jacket. Chicago was starting to enter the chilly months, so his jacket was definitely something that you would be utilizing the time you were at his practice.

As you continued to watch them do drills and run different plays, you saw how much of a temper your boyfriend really had. I mean you always knew he had one, trust and believe, but you were surprised at how his ass hasn't gotten the boot from the team yet. Well actually it probably has something to do with the fact that he is one of their best players but still. No win big enough is worth going through all his bullshit. Speaking in terms only of the team.. of course.

You started to get bored as time went by, so you opened up your phone and began to scroll through your notifications. Low and behold, Ocean sent you some songs to listen to while you were at practice. You told him you were going to go and of course, he gave you one of those little speeches. The same thing being said. That you needed to put your foot down and it's okay to spend separate time for your boyfriend.

Anyways, you turned on some of the songs. Picking and choosing which ones would go to whatever playlist. Just as the songs were starting to finish, he sent an exploration video of a very deep part of the sea. 

He knew you were into seeing all of the ugly and weird fish that were down there so he sent it to entertain you. You could've sworn that boy knew you better than you knew yourself.

"Babe !" is the word that snapped you out of the weird glowing plankton you were staring at on your screen. Zeke came jogging up to you, sweaty and with his helmet in hand. You stood up, thinking that it was time to go. But what you didn't expect was him wrapping you up in a tight hug. Gross.

"Zeke c'mon you're all sweaty," you laugh trying to wiggle yourself free from his hold.

"I'll meet you at my car in ten, kay ?"

You nod and head over to his car. You unlock it with the keys he gave you before practice started and sit in the back seat, knowing that Jean was going to want to snag the passenger's seat. Plus you didn't mind sitting by yourself for a bit.

And though he knew Jean was going to end up getting shot gun, Zeke didn't like how you already took it upon yourself to move into the backseat. It's like he was offended by it. You could never win with that boy.

"No Jean tell me if I'm wrong. Doesn't it seem like she doesn't want to be near me ?!" Zeke asked while angrily tapping on his steering wheel.

"Listen man.." Jean starts talking but you accidentally cut him off.

"Do you see how you're acting ? Why would I want to be around something like that ?!"

"Why don't we all just calm down ? Hm ? Zeke, the team get together on Friday. Let's talk about that."

And of course, since he loves talking about anything that remotely concerns himself, he indulged into that conversation. Jean shot you a reassuring look before he turned back around to pretend to be interested in whatever Zeke was saying. 

Within what seemed like an eternity, you arrived at your house. You said bye to the two boys and walked into your house. Your dad wasn't there. Must've had to be on the road sooner than you both thought. You walked into the kitchen and spotted an envelope on the counter. 

You opened to find a note from you dad. 

"Hey goober. 

I had to take off and I might not be here for maybe a month this time but i promise when we get back we'll go out to eat. as usual if you need any money you know where the stash is and don't talk to strangers. and since i'll miss your homecoming make sure you call me when you go dress shopping and when you're about to leave. 

oh and u gotta start showing up to work. miss mary has been on my ass since you've been calling out so much.

as always love, your dad"

You smiled at the letter and folded it up. You haven't been to work in over to weeks. You were surprised that you still had the job. Where'd you work ? An old video and videogame store. Not like one of the chains, like GameStop. It was more local but many people came each day, especially groups of skater kids. 

Your dad knew the owner of the shop, so he pulled a few strings for you to get it. Honestly, you would think he had a crush on the owner and she returned the feelings but it was clear they both stood in their ways. 

Anyways, you headed upstairs, throwing your phone onto your bed and logging into the Mac computer your dad got you one year for Christmas. You got your homework out of the way, without allowing yourself to get distracted since you were a little behind schedule because of you sitting in on Zeke's practice. 

After you were done, you felt a little antsy. You found yourself pacing around your room. Fuck it. It wasn't that late and the sun was just now beginning to set. You remembered how there was a skatepark nearby. So, you changed into leggings and a cropped hoodie. You slipped on a beat up pair of vans and dug around to find your skateboard. You barely rode it anymore.

But that would change for now. You put in your AirPods and put on a shared playlist you and Ocean had and headed out. You staggered a little bit when you first started riding your board but you got the hang of it again. 

You swerved through the somewhat busy city streets, inhaling the fresh air, watching the people that you passed. The skatepark was coming up but they looked pretty damn intimidating. The type of kids who would laugh if you fell. As you were looking at them, you didn't notice the person coming straight for you on their board. "Watch out !"

You looked back but it was too late for you to change course of direction. You ended up colliding with the person. Luckily you didn't fall but the person you bumped into did. "Shit I'm so sorry," you said turning around to help the person up. 

"It's fine I wasn't- woah. Hey baby what's your sign ?" You looked down at a boy with a buzzcut looking up at you, dreamily. You laughed at his corny pick up line and helped him up.

"Connie if you're gonna wipe out, don't get in other people's way." A familiar blonde called as him and two other people, one boy and one girl, walked with him up to you guys. "(y/n) ?"

"Armin ? What's up ?" you greeted him back. 

"Woah you mean Zeke's (y/n). Fuck fuck fuck. Don't tell him about me bumping into you or the 'what's your sign' thing. Shit shit shit." The bald boy pleaded.

You laughed. "I won't. No harm done." You turned your attention to the other two faces behind Armin. "Hi," you said sheepishly. The boy didn't look impressed at all but the girl was smiley, and quick to introduce herself and her other friends. They later went to go fuck around in the skate park and left you and Armin to talk.

"I didn't think you would be one to skate," he said, pointing up and down at the board you rested one foot on top of. 

"Oh yeah. I don't get to do it often because of cheer and everything."

He nodded. "Well if you're ever free, you should come skate with us. You know after our project."

"Speaking of I don't have practice tomorrow either. We should probably get started."

"Sounds like a plan. Text me the details."

You nodded and got back onto your board, replaying the music. "Yo Ocean ! Check this shit out !" the tall one called Eren, called to his blonde friend. 

Armin looked back at him and gave him a quick thumbs up before turning back to you. "I gotta go. See ya (y/n) !"

You waved back at him before taking off on your board. Ocean ?  you thought to yourself.