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𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞

You woke up bright and early that morning and did your basic morning routine. Today was different though. You had a little more pep in your step than usual. As usual, people filled the shop and were surprised with your unusually energetic mood. You always came into the shop with positivity but today was a whole new high.

You found yourself dancing in the mirror at one of your stations in the salon, to some random love song that played on the radio, while doing someone's hair. As you swung your body from side to side, your plethora of waist beads clicked and clacked together.

Everyone in the shop noticed your bright chipper mood but didn't say anything. They silently acknowledged it by sneaking quick glances of each other while you were in your own little world.

"You got a lot of energy in you today ! Did they get here yet?" You turn around to see Denise entering the shop with the fresh finger waves you did for her yesterday.

"No. She's just been like this ever since this morning," Mikasa replies while restocking her supplies.

Your head was too high in the clouds to even pay attention to the conversation. You continued to glide your flat iron on your client's hair.

"Ai, mamá. Tu cabeza esta en las nubes. Que paso ?," Your client, Esperanza spoke up. Esperanza was a forty something year old Dominican women who treated you, Mikasa, and Sasha like her nieces.

She would fill your heads with stories about how she used to perform for sold out shows back in DR and has been coming to get her hair done by you since you were doing hair in your house. She too was somebody who so desperately wanted to see you and Connie together. She would always tell you that you two reminded her of her and her old lover and how she wants a "nephew in law."

Her question snapped you back to reality. "Nadaaaa, señorita," you whine.

Sasha chimes in. "No it's not nada. Señorita your future nephew in law is coming back today and she's been smiling all morning."

You suck your teeth. "Oh mija. That's wonderful ! Did I tell you that you two remind me- " Esperanza softly squeezes your arm and you finish up her hair.

"Of you and your old lover. Yes señorita multiple times," you cut her off. "I'm telling you we're only friends."

"Yeah. I mean come on, that Connie boy don't want her," an older woman who did hair with you in the shop jokes and lets out little snickers.

You turn to her. "And Edna your ex husband ain't want you either," you wave your iron at her. "Or the one before that or the one before that." Everyone in the shop howls of laughter at your snappy comeback .

"Ah shit, that was cold." Denise comes up behind you, trying to catch her breath.

"You need to respect your elders."

"She's right (y/n). She's ancient by now. She probably was there when God made the Commandments," Mikasa adds as she walks over to rub Miss. Edna's shoulders. Edna quickly shoos her fingers away and continues on her client.

"Come on now, Edna you know we love you," you laugh and spin Esperanza around in her chair. "Te gusta ?"

Señorita Esperanza squeals and pulls out a wad of money before flipping her hair like she was a movie star. "Si. You never disappoint (y/n)." She hands you the money before moving into an empty seat to make room in case another customer came in.

One thing that you loved about your shop was that it became a hang out for all the people who enjoyed classic beauty salon talk, whether they were cis, trans, man, woman, nonbinary, gay, straight, or anything in between. It was like your on little community.

Kinda like how the barber shop was for guys. It was filled with stories, debates, boy talks, gossip, and even petty arguments. Even if they weren't there to get anything done, everyone was welcomed.

"QUE LO QUE PARTY PEOPLE." A light skin, puerto rican boy with long curly hair walked into the shop with a girl with brown hair and tan skin.

"Hey everyone," the girl adds.

"Papi and Ymir. You better not be in here to scare out my customers," you say as you wave your finger at them.

"Cmon (y/n) you know why I'm here. What's up Historia." Ymir walks over to Historia's desk with a single tiger lily in her hand.

Historia's cheeks begin to glow a bright red. "H-Hi Ymir. How are you today ?"

You smile at their blossoming romance and avert your attention to Papi. "And you. What do you want ?"

"Why do I always have to want something (y/n)?"

"Because whenever you come in here it's to holla at a girl-"

"Or to ask me for a free manicure-"Mikasa adds.

"Or to beg me to fix up your eyebrows-" Sasha says as she takes his hat off, teasing him.

"Ight. Ight. Damn. But for real though, I came to see if my boys was back."

"Nope. They still ain't come through," Denise says as she comes out of the bathroom from taking Marcus for his "potty time".

"Great. So it looks like ya stuck with me until they get here."

"Nigga they don't want your sorry ass mixtape," Denise laughs.

"Damn Denise you still grumpy because you walking around here without a man huh ?"

"Boy I will kick yo ass-." Denise begins to walk up to him. With each step she gets more and more ready to lay hands on him before Sasha steps in front of her. Through all the sudden commotion, you weren't able to hear the door swing open again.

"Damn we leave for a while and ya'll fighting like this?" You turn to look at the door but all you see is Sasha clinging onto the big male figure.

"EREN JEAGER ! "

"DAMN SASHA I MISSED YOU BUT THAT HURTS!" She squeezes the life out of him as the other three familiar boys fill the shop.

"Hey guys," Armin says as he goes straight to you engulfing you in a warm hug. He began to rock your body back and forth. Jean walked straight over to Mikasa where they gave each other hugs and kisses.

When Armin releases you from your hug, your eyes capture Connie walking into the shop and towards you and DAMN did he look good. He had a few more tattoos and piercings than he did when he left. He was rubbing the back of his neck as he approached you. Armin saw the cheeky smile on your face and went to go greet the other two girls.

"What's up with that look (y/n) ?" The nearly bald boy laughs.

"Nothing. Just getting a look that's all," you smile.

He pulls you into a warm hug. He pulled your body close to him as if he was trying to become one being. Your hands went up and down, trailing from his back to his waist. His grip felt like he didn't want to let go. And he wasn't going to until-

"Mi hijo ! Te extrañé !" Esperanza came up to you guys with open arms ready to greet Connie. He kept his hand on your hip as she grabbed his face and placed two kisses on both of his cheeks.

"Te extrañé también. Comó estás ?"

"Hanging in there. How was tour ? Come sit down. Digame todo !"

Connie looks back at you, silently asking if it was okay. You nodded your head and Esperanza took his hand to lead him to the randomly placed seats in the shop, where the rest of the boys were sitting. You watch as they both walk off talking, as Mikasa and Sasha come sneaking up behind you.

"Soooo..." Sasha starts as she wraps her arms onto your arm.

"We saw how you looked at him," Mikasa giggles as she wraps her arms around your neck.

"Ya'll ain't see a thing." You shoo them off of you as all of you walked over to where everyone was talking, laughing, and catching up.

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You and the girls decided to close the shop for the day and catch up with your friends. Everyone who was already sitting inside, you allowed to stay, especially because they too were friends with the boys before they left.

"Wait so you mean to tell me Armin ended up in the back of a cop car and nobody got that shit on camera?" you say, with one eyebrow raised.

"Bro I swear. Eren and Connie left their phones on the bus and my shit died. The only person with functioning phone was Armin." Jean says.

"I still don't get why ya'll had to explore an abandoned warehouse," Mikasa replies.

"Because it seemed fun and we were high. And we would've gotten away with it scott free but Armin wanted to smart mouth the cops."

You hold up a black power fist. "Yup. I taught him that. Fuck 12," you turn your head to Denise, who was sitting next to Armin, who was bouncing her son up and down on his lap. "Told you he was a little gangsta Denise."

She sucks her teeth and fans her hands at you, laughing.

Papi comes up behind Connie, who was sitting next to you in an empty salon chair, and slings his arm around his shoulder. "So uh. Full disclosure. How were the foreign girls on tour ?"

You moan in disgust but Connie answers, a little too quickly. "Sheesh, they was kinda fire."

"Fuck that. They were fine as fuck. Like I remember this one girl. She had came back to the bus after a show and-"

Armin clears his throat while covering the toddler's ears. "Excuse me. There's children around." Eren's mouth forms an 'o' shape as he gets quiet. Denise begins to crack up at Armin's sudden protectiveness over her son.

Connie laughs, " Yeah there were some girls but the one for me was at home." Everyone's eyes looked at you but you were staring at your painted feet. You heard what he said but didn't know what to say or do.

"Anywho. Are you guys staying in a hotel tonight ?" Historia asks, looking up from her conversation with Ymir.

"Yeah. Just until we can move into our new house in two days," Jean replies.

"Why don't you guys come stay with us." Sasha slaps her hand over her mouth and gasps. "IT'LL BE LIKE OUR OLD SLEEPOVERS."

"I don't mind. (y/n) do you still have that Futon?" Armin asks. You nod and chuckle slightly as you remember how every time Armin came over to your house, he would somehow find a way to wrap himself up in YOUR futon.

"Then it's settled. We'll just kick it with you guys," Eren says.

"Sounds good to me," you reply. You suddenly hear somebody trying to get into the shop. You get up to go see who it was, expecting it to be a customer who must have not gotten the memo. And since it was starting to get dark outside and more and more wierdos filled the streets, Connie gently touches your leg, beckoning you to sit down, and went to the door for you.

You expected him to be gone for a few minutes but then you suddenly hear the words ," Then what do you wanna get into ?" escape Connie's mouth.

𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙮 𝙥𝙪𝙧. 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖. 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙢. 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙪𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙪𝙝. 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮