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(don't play the song yet)
(face reveal at the end so just take ur time <3)

❝ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢'𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 ❞

You waited until later that night when you got home to read the letter in its entirety. You got home at around ten so you went to take a shower and change into something more comfortable, coincidentally being a pair of sweatpants that belonged to Connie.

After lighting a therapeutic joint, that were starting to become more frequent, you opened the letter and fully read it. It was an invitation from your dear mother and father, to bring you and your friends to the family's annual family reunion in Dallas, Texas.

Them telling you to bring your friends, was pretty normal, especially since they've been tagging along for almost four years. Armin would talk to your aunties, you, Mikasa, and Sasha would usually talk to your girl cousins, and Jean, Eren, and Connie usually floated around, playing with your younger cousins or playing card games with your uncles and dad.

Despite the awkwardness between you and Connie, you were still going to bring him since if you didn't you would never hear the end of it from your family. You checked the dates and times written in the letter to see that the reunion itself will last a whole week and it started two weeks from now, on a Saturday, June 30th. So, you guys would leave to drive probably on that Thursday. This worked out great because the boys had their label's event to take care of that Tuesday.

You placed the letter back in its envelope and texted two group chats. One of them being the one with your siblings in it and the other one being the one with your friends, letting them know about the plan.

𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡🤟🏾🫂❤️💸

𝐲𝐨𝐮
yooo
ya'll going to this reunion right ?😼

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏
duh nigga😐

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐
yea we're the favorites😩
so we gotta go

𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢
no the hell yall not🤥
ur just the twins.. i'm the first born

𝐄𝐫𝐲𝐤𝐚𝐡
at least they not the youngest..

𝐲𝐨𝐮
....
that's why you bald now🤝

𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢
LMFAOOOOO

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐
why she do u like that ricky😹

𝐄𝐫𝐲𝐤𝐚𝐡
im bald by CHOICE😐😑

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏
LMFAOO🤣

𝐄𝐫𝐲𝐤𝐚𝐡
i'm telling mom and dad😄

𝐲𝐨𝐮
oop lemme go🧗🏾‍♀️

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐
here go erykah
always mf snitchin🚶🏾‍♂️

𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢
mmcht lemme go
mama ain't finna get me bc of y'all🚶🏾‍♀️

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏
👨🏾‍🦯man I ain't see shit

gangbang🥰🗣👺

𝐲𝐨𝐮
family reunions coming up & my momma invited yall
yall coming ?🗣

𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚🥔 / 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐟 #𝟐👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩
if the same people from last year are cooking then yes😁

𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐲 🖤
hell yeah
i havent ate that good in a while

𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐚 💜/ 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐟 #𝟏👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩
thats the same thing u said when i made pancakes
so which one is it🤨
im down asf tho

𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐲 🖤
oh yeah..
those were great, somehow a paint chip ended up in it ?🥲

𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐚 💜/ 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐟 #𝟏👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩
.. i accidentally made it hit the ceiling
..again

𝐲𝐨𝐮
LMFAOOO

𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐡 𝐦𝐜𝐣𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫🦅🤨
im down i have a score to settle with your cousins
they beat me in the potato sack race and i havent been the same since💔

𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐧 ❤️🌊
ur just trash..🤣🤣
but anyways yk im down

𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐢👺😼
mann im in the spot if ya sister is
sum ab her pixie cut make me wanna act up🤤

𝐲𝐨𝐮
....you finna get left

𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐢
chill damn

𝐲𝐨𝐮
um.. buzzcut you coming ?🗣

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞.
oh yeah wouldnt miss it🙂

𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐧 ❤️🌊
wait when is it

𝐲𝐨𝐮
we gotta be down there the 30th but we have to leave early
but ik yall got ur brunch thing so itll work out

𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐡 𝐦𝐜𝐣𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫🦅🤨
speaking of are you still going ?

You had completely forgot until now that you were supposed to be Connie's date for the event. Whatever. You can just go as friends. Right ?

𝐲𝐨𝐮
yup !

The next day was regular. Just like the rest. Except for the fact that today all anyone could talk about was the boys' event coming up and Connie wasn't there. You were touching up the braids Papi had in, listening to Armin stressing about what color your "group" was going to go with.

(play the song now)

"Okay so it comes down to either white or black," Armin said flipping through a fashion magazine with Denise laying her head on his shoulder, looking at the pictures as he flipped through.

"Mmm I like black," Mikasa says from her station.

"I'll wear whatever she wears," Jean chimes in as he flipped through the stations of the tv.

"Oh yeah you would look really good in black," Denise says squeezing Armin's arm a little.

His cheeks immediately turned a blushy pink. "Really ?" She hums a soft mhm. "Okay so we're going with black guys," he calls to the other boys in the shop.

"That's probably for the best since Eren drops literally everything he eats on himself," you laugh.

"Oh shit that's facts. It's like he's cursed," Papi says in between wincing with how tight you were braiding his hair.

"I am not-" Just as he was about to offer an argument, Eren dropped the pizza slice that he was holding, onto his jeans. You all tried to hold in your laughs but he saw and flipped everyone off.

The shop's door swings open, causing for the wind chimes to sound, drawing the attention of everyone in the shop. Connie then walks in in a burgundy red dress shirt and a black pair of dress pants. In his hands, he was holding a bouquet of tiger lilies, your favorite flower.

You go back to braiding, waiting to see if he was going to walk over to you. Rest assured, he did and everyone stared at him while doing so. He clears his throat. "Hey (y/n)."

You turn as if you didn't just watch him walk in. "Hi Connie. You look nice today, what's the occasion ?"

"Oh this old thing ? But um the occasion is actually up to you."

"What do you mean ?"

"Lemme um go.. take a shit real quick. I dunno." Papi got up from the salon chair to go talk to everyone else while Connie said whatever he wanted to say to you, in privacy. Kinda.

"These are for you by the way," he hands you the bouquet, which you take, examining the vibrant orange petals. "And what I wanted to ask was, are you busy for lunch ?"

"Connie.."

"I know. I know. We're not together. I'm asking just as friends," he flashes you a small smile.

"Mhm. And that's why you bought flowers here ?" you asked, jokingly.

"I just so happened to see them while I was walking over and I thought they would look nice in the shop. So.. whatcha think ?"

You sigh. You did miss hanging out with him and it was going to be strictly platonic, you would make sure of it. So why not. "Sure. I'll get my bag. Hey Falco find somewhere pretty to put these."

Falco gets up from his seat, that Shawn was spinning him in, and dizzily stumbled over to you. He took the flowers and ended up putting them on Historia's desk.

"I'll be back," you call to everyone.

"So where we goin' ?" you turn to him.

"It's a surprise," he responded. "By the way, put this on." He hands you a red blindfold. You were going to object but you tied it on anyways.

The car drove on for about ten more minutes until he stopped and you heard him get out and go to the trunk. He slammed the trunk closed before you hear nothing for maybe five minutes. When he was doing whatever, your car door opened and he softly grabbed your hand. "Okay cmon."

You followed him down the path he was leading you. Then, he gently sat you down on what felt like a blanket. He slowly untied the blindfold and you see a cute little picnic laid out. He definitely was stalking your pinterest again.

"You didn't have to go through all this," you say smiling at the aesthetically pleasing set up.

"Of course I did. I meant it when I said I would work my ass off. This is only the tip of the iceberg."

You didn't respond. Just looked around at his hard work. And he had no problem with your silence, since this one was the first comfortable one you've shared in a while. You squinted your eyes looking up at the bright blue sky as Connie put on some music.

The sounds of a take out box opening caught your attention. "Want some sushi ?"

You looked at him as he handed you a pair of chopsticks. "Yeah... California roll right ?"

"Mhm. Here." He held the box closer to you for you to reach in. "I feel like we haven't sat down and chilled out in forever. We've been so busy."

That wasn't the reason and you both knew it. But you let it rock.

"Yeah. So many people wanna get their hair done, I can't even fix up my own," you pointed to the slick back ponytail on your head.

"It still suits you though," he laughs.

"But how about you ? The whole band thing."

"We're still trying to get the Cupid's Chokehold song on the radio but who knows when that will be. But our manager says we have a good chance of being nominated for something this year."

"Really ? That's so good, I'm proud of you boy." You playfully nudge him.

For the rest of the time you guys were together, the two of you spent time talking and people watching. There was one point where a ladybug landed on one of Connie's freckles and he literally almost lost his mind. You had to remind him a few times they were supposed to be good luck and they were completely harmless.

Once you left the park, you definitely felt more refreshed. You had a little more pep in your step when you walked back into the shop together. You were content that things seemed to be turning back to normal, but not as happy with you going back to being just friends.