( yk the drill play the playlist for vibes)

When you got home, your head still wandered about the familiar name you heard Armin being referred to as. You couldn't bare the suspense any longer. You threw your shoes off and tossed your phone onto your bed. You plopped yourself onto the rolling chair in front of your desk and logged onto your computer. 

You quickly searched for the Discord application and clicked on it. 

𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦'𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

๖̶̶̶ۣۣۜۜ͜ζ๖ۣۜ༺𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐧𝟒𝟕
hey ocean, you busy ?

𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤
just got in
wsp ?

๖̶̶̶ۣۣۜۜ͜ζ๖ۣۜ༺𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐧𝟒𝟕
were you skating today ?

𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤
i-
i skate everyday vixen

๖̶̶̶ۣۣۜۜ͜ζ๖ۣۜ༺𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐧𝟒𝟕
mmcht okay but like
where

𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤
where was i skating ?

๖̶̶̶ۣۣۜۜ͜ζ๖ۣۜ༺𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐧𝟒𝟕
yeah
BOY CMON NOW

𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤
OKAY IM SORRY
but just at this park in the city

๖̶̶̶ۣۣۜۜ͜ζ๖ۣۜ༺𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐧𝟒𝟕
did a girl bump into your friend today ?

𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤
yeah..
ur freaking me out
r u actually a creepy old white dude who's been following me ?
if so i wont be mad just surprised

๖̶̶̶ۣۣۜۜ͜ζ๖ۣۜ༺𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐧𝟒𝟕
hardy har har
shut up
anyways i was at a skatepark today and i thought i heard a guy say "ocean"

𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤
yeah my friends call me that all the time
..but wait you were there ?

๖̶̶̶ۣۣۜۜ͜ζ๖ۣۜ༺𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐧𝟒𝟕
can you video chat real quick ?
i know we havent before but i think we might've seen each other

𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤
istg if i get on this screen and see a old white dude

๖̶̶̶ۣۣۜۜ͜ζ๖ۣۜ༺𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐧𝟒𝟕
OCEAN
STOP PLAYING IN MY FACE

𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤
OKAY SHIT
i'll start it in a sec

๖̶̶̶ۣۣۜۜ͜ζ๖ۣۜ༺𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐧𝟒𝟕
okay bet

You waited for Ocean to start his call. While you waited, your stomach twisted and turned. Just then, you heard a ringing noise. Your heart dropped straight to your ass. You sat back down in your chair and quickly answered the call.

The both of your cameras were off. "So.. is there something you wanna tell me Vix' ?"

"I think I saw you today but I don't know if I'm just losing my mind," you reply. "So on the count of three, we should turn on our cameras."

"You sure ?"

"Yeah."

"Okay.. One.."

"Two.."

"Three.."

Neither of you clicked. "Okay wait do it again I got scared," you laughed. 

"All of this stalling is not helping the old white guy case, Vixen."

"OCEAN CUT IT OUT. Okay for real this time."

The two of you do the countdown again. And this time you actually turn your cameras on. You jaw dropped but Ocean couldn't stop laughing.

On the other side of the screen, you saw the online friend you knew for a year was in fact the guy that Zeke damn near hated and the guy you just met in class today. "Armin ?!"

"You know I would've never thought you, of all people, would be Vixen."

You pretended to be offended and put your hand over your chest. "What's that supposed to mean ?"

"I mean Vixen seems like.. I don't know. A sit in the library and has a pet snail girl. Not a cheer captain who's dating the football captain."

You raised your eyebrow. "Pet snail ? I don't know if I should be offended or not."

Ocean shrugs. "Don't be. Snails are cool."

"Of course you would think they are," you playfully shoot back.

"There she is ! So now that we know each other like officially.. what do I call you ?"

You tilt your head to the side. "Well I don't think calling me Vixen at school would be a good idea. So just anything but that in person."

"I have a nickname I wanna use instead of Vixen."

"You know you could just say (y/n)-"

"Nah Imma call you snail."

"Snail ?"

"Yeah." You shot Armin a stank face through the screen that causes him to start laughing uncontrollably. You took note of how his face looked when he laughed. His nose scrunched up and his cheeks would turn a bright red. 

In the midst of this, you feel your phone vibrate from underneath you. You pull it out and see that it was Zeke calling you but it wasn't a FaceTime which wasn't normal. But whatever. You hold your finger up to the screen, signaling Armin to shut up. He put two thumbs up and put himself on mute. 

"Hellooo ?" you answer pleasantly. 

"Hey I just wanted to apologize for earlier. I've been just really stressed about practice and whatnot."

You smiled brightly and looked down at your lap. It made you feel better when Zeke actually owned up to his wrongs in arguments. "It's fine I understand." Obviously it was a trap but "love" makes people blind. 

The conversation continued for maybe ten more minutes since Zeke seemed like he was in a rush. While it was happening, Armin was listening to you eat up every speck of bullshit Zeke was feeding to you but he liked seeing you smile and happy so he didn't say anything. When you hung up, you turned your attention back to Armin. 

"Okay where were we ?"

"We were at the part where I'm going to start calling you snail." You suck your teeth and flip him off in response."Honestly though, you should come skate with my friends tomorrow night."

"It's a school night though," you answer blankly.

Armin throws his head back and sighs. "Okay but you always go to sleep at a reasonable time. You're like my grandmother."

"Duh I need my beauty sleep."

"Okay but live a little. As a matter of fact, you don't have an option." Armin looked down at his phone and texted you the address of where him and his friends normally met up before skating in the night of Chicago's streets. 

You suck your teeth. "I dunno-"

"Hey Armin we ran out of- No way. EREN COME HERE !" The friend with the buzzcut whispered yelled as he poked his head inside of the room Armin was in. 

Armin rolled his eyes and looked back. While he was looking behind him, you saw the outlines of his crisp undercut and the obvious stick and poke tattoo heart behind his pierced ear. 

You heard there was fast footsteps coming up to where Armin was. You then see a second head poke through Armin's door. 

"No way is that Vixen ?" the one with the buzzcut continued to whisper yell as if you couldn't hear him.

"No it's (y/n) and can you two please get out of my room ?"

"We're not in here though, see ?" The one with longer hair stuck his hand in and out the room like an annoying little brother. 

Armin gets up from his seat and slowly walks to the door. Without a moment's hesitation, he takes his hand and face palms the both of them, pushing them out of the doorway. He locks the door behind him. 

"HEYY (Y/N)," you hear the one with the buzzcut yell from behind the door, followed by a few knocks.

"Ignore them." Armin sits back in his computer seat only to see you cracking up on the other side of the screen. 

"Baldie's mad funny." 

Armin noticed that despite how pretty he found your smile, you covered it when you laughed.

"They're annoying."

"By the way, since we'll be working on the project tomorrow, I'll go skating." You pause and shrug. "Don't have anything better to do."

Armin smiles. "Sounds like a plan."