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(i had yall crying huh LMFAOGGHAKG)
(anyways don't play the song yet)

❝𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭 ❞

You managed to gain your composure after that situation. That same night when Mikasa, Sasha, and Armin came back to the house to comfort you, you put on a strong front. Honestly you started to believe yourself that you would be okay.

You woke up the next day, feeling like absolute shit. However, you continued on like nothing happened. You got dressed, did your hair, and headed off to work. You weren't as early as you usually were and of course a certain someone had a problem with it.

You walked in, not bothering to look at anyone. Gabi, Shawn, and Falco all exchanged looks with each other, wondering what was up. "Well. Looky here," you hear Edna say as you walk to your station.

However you chose to stay silent and set your things down on your table."You don't look sick at all. I would've assumed you only missed the meeting last night because you were sick."

"Edna maybe you should-" Sasha tried to get Edna to keep her mouth shut especially because she didn't know what she was talking about but of course she kept going.

"I should what ? It's just funny to me how the same person who claims they're doing everything to help Esperanza is the same one missing a meeting."

You slam your hand down on the table, trying to fight back tears that were starting to form. You take a deep breath.

"What don't tell me it's because of that boy. It seems to be a common thing for you. When will you learn to stick to yourself."

That was it. That was the final straw. The thing that finally made the time bomb within you go off. You swiftly took a container of hair gel and threw it in her direction, purposely hitting the wall behind her. "Have you lost your got' damn mind ?!" she cursed at you.

You grabbed a rat tooth comb from your station and began to walk up to her, twirling it in your fingers. One more step closer and you honestly would've found a way to take her eye out with the comb. Thankfully, Mikasa and Denise came to hold you back. Sasha quickly moved the kids in the shop towards the front, so that they wouldn't see everything happen.

It got to the point where Ymir also had to step in since your body was not going to let anyone get in the way of you causing Edna any harm. "I'm going to finally shut her ass up !"

"(y/n) don't start with me," Edna said from behind Historia.

"You're always talking shit. ALWAYS. You NEVER mind the business that's going on in your miserable ass life !" Since they weren't letting up on holding you back, you reach to your station and manage to throw a can of wig spray, nearly hitting her in the head. You continued to throw more and more things, making a huge mess.

But you didn't care. It was only so much you could take. You were tired. Tired of everyone thinking that there would never be a reaction out of you. Tired of being disrespected. And tired of people hurting you.

Denise grabbed your arm before you could throw anything else and looked at you into your eyes. "Listen baby, okay ? I know you're hurting. But let's go to the back alright ? No one else needs to see this."

You nod in agreeance and she holds your hand, taking you to the back. She closed and locked the door behind the both of you. You sat there in silence trying to catch your breath, tears staining your face. Your eyes spot a picture frame, with a strip from the photo booth you and Connie took pictures in together. From when you guys first started hanging out together.

You let out little whimpers and sobs as the picture reminded you of what could've been. "It's okay. Let it out."

"Everything was so much different then, Denise. Look at where we are now."

"You guys looked like babies in this," Denise responded as you sat next to her on your desk, leaning your head on her shoulder.

You sniffle, laughing a bit. "Yeah we were."

"Say, (y/n). I don't know if it will make you feel better but I've always wondered. How did you guys meet ?"

So you began to tell her.

What you thought we was gonna skip over ya'll backstory ? YO (Y/N) RUN THAT FLASHBACK SEQUENCE BACK.

flashback 4 years ago

It was a pretty hot day on campus. The sun was beginning to set. Around this time people were probably out trying promote a house party that would be happening later that night. You were walking around the courtyard, on your way to meet up with Sasha and Mikasa to get something to eat.

It was their way of making you feel better since you and your boyfriend Jay got into a pretty intense argument. Your eyes stung a little from crying and your throat hurt from all of the yelling.

You heard the faint strums of a guitar coming from small crowd but chose to ignore it. You walked further and further and with each step, the music got closer and closer.

You finally got to where the music was so you figured you would check it out. A quick one and done. That is until you saw a very attractive guy with a buzzcut and a brown acoustic guitar. You could take a little break from walking right ?

His eyes immediately went to you and a small smile was painted on your face. He continued to play, still keeping his eyes on you. You quickly snapped out of it, realizing that you had somewhere to be.

While you started to walk, you felt like the music wasn't getting any further away. You turned around to see the same boy from earlier, smiling with his teeth, still strumming his guitar.

"Are you following me or something ?" you teased. Kind of.

"You looked pretty upset back there. What's your name ?" He completely disregarded your question and asked his own.

"(y/n)," you answer still walking. When you answered, he stopped playing his guitar and continued to walk with you.

"So (y/n). What's got you down?"

You raised your eyebrow. "Just a little argument with my boyfriend." You knew that if someone was to catch you talking to this man, Jay wouldn't let you hear the end of it. So you threw the little boyfriend thing in there so this guy would get the hint.

He didn't.

"Your boyfriend ? Making you cry ? I'm not really a relationship expert but that doesn't seem like something boyfriends should do." Ironic right ?

You looked over at the boy, giving him a little glare. "Is that so ?"

"Like I said I'm not an expert." He shot his hands up in defense. You kept walking, now in an awkward silence. "What's that rock hanging on your neck ?"

You looked down at the necklace hanging on your chest. "Um. Amethyst."

"Does it have powers or something ?" He began fiddling with the guitar strings, as he waited for you answer.

"You could say that. It helps to calm you down and reduces anxiety." You grazed your thumb along the rock, wondering if this guy was a gift from it.

"So you're a stressful person ?"

"You're very.. inquisitive," you chuckle to yourself.

"I'm gonna be honest. I have no clue what that means."

You laughed at his ignorance, finding it cute in a way. "It means you ask a lot of questions. I mean I don't know anything about you."

"Well what do you want to know," he responded.

"I don't know." You didn't expect him to answer like that.

But luckily he knew what to do from here. "How abouttt I sing a little song to tell you more about me ?"

You shrug. "Mind as well. I got a ways to walk."

"Alright."

(play the song now)

He began to play a light hearted tune. Then, he started singing random facts about himself which honestly you found quite entertaining.

You continued to walk straight ahead but you took quick looks at him, playing the guitar. He was still looking straight at you, despite you barely looking at him.

Random people stared at the two of you walking, some whispering and laughing but you tuned them out, as you were genuinely interested in his song.

𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬
𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬
𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬

𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞
𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭

𝐢'𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭

𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭

As you walked, you looked down at your shoes. You didn't know what to do, never being sang to before. But you liked it. And in this moment, he was your amethyst.

Connie got a little tired of the unreciprocated eye contact and he started to walk in front of you, with his back turned to the path ahead. "You could trip walking like that ya'know," you said, slightly worried for him.

He held a finger up to his mouth, silently shushing you before continuing.

𝐢 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐠
𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝

𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐝𝐞
𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧
𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛
𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞

𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢, 𝐢'𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬
𝐢 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬 𝐨𝐧 '𝐞𝐦

𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞

And without fail, a smile spread across your lips, revealing your straight teeth. Already, you could tell by the look in his eyes that he was truly enchanted by it. And no matter how long it would take, he vowed to himself that he would be the reason you smiled one day. Even if the two of you ended up being friends.

Finally, you arrived at the little cafe you were supposed to be meeting your friends at but that didn't stop him. Just as you stepped in front of the door, he stepped in front still playing. And you didn't mind one bit.

You laughed and stepped away from the door, allowing other patrons to come out and some enter. Some of the people coming out, were Mikasa and Sasha. However they stood off to the side and allowed you to bask in this moment, seeing how happy it made you.

𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭

𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞

He started to wrap up the song still smiling very brightly. When he was done, he gave the guitar strings one last strum. "Ta- daaaa!"

You, along with the other people who just so happened to be watching, gave him a quick round of applause before the small crowd dispersed. "You're pretty talented. From that I learned, you like guitars, don't trust dogs, and you use the word 'dude' alot."

"That is correct."

"But you know the one thing I didn't learn?"

"What's that ?"

"Your name."

He laughed at himself, kinda embarrassed. "It's um. It's Connie."

"I like it," you smile.

"Soo.. I've seen you met Connie." Sasha came up slinging her arm around your neck.

"You two know each other ?" you raised an eyebrow.

And from there, the rest was history.

back to the present

"Damn. So ya'll have known each other since forever, huh ?" Denise asked, thinking about the story you told her. You shrug in response, surprisingly feeling a little better. "Can I be honest with you (y/n) ?"

You nod. "I know that the both of you are going through it right now. And I know that you guys have a really close relationship. So the only thing that I want to say is, don't let what you two have, end because of that wanna be Barbie hoe."

You laugh a little. "And I'm not saying you guys have to go be lovey dovey and shit because I know this is a lot. But at least remain friends. Ya'll came too far for allat."

You sat and thought about it for a while. "I guess I can talk to him next time I see him." Denise rubbed your back one last time.

"Sounds good. Now let's go back out there and try not to kill Edna, mkay ?" Denise laughed.

"Yeah. You know I never realized how hard it was to not want to strangle her."