ATTACK ON TITAN ➳ IMAGINES

my darling ; armin

unedited

pronouns ; he/him

"armin?" you groaned, tired of climbing up the mountain as soon as waking up. it was almost dawn and you had woken up from someone banging into your bed. you didn't think much of it until you heard armin mumbling quietly to himself.

you had thought that he was looking for something in the room until you heard the door close. you got out of bed as armin left and followed after him. you were still in your night clothes and didn't think to change so, now at the top of the mountain, you were freezing.

"h-huh?" armin jumped when hearing your voice and spun around to face you. "how come you're awake so early?"

"you woke me up," you groaned and sat beside him. you ruffled his hair, ignoring his protests. "how come you're up here? we have a long day today."

"i'm just thinking." you looked over at armin who kept his eyes on the river below. you had known the boy since you were kids and you knew about armin's dream to see the sea so you weren't surprised he found comfort from being up here. "what are you planning on joining once we graduate?"

"wherever you go. i'm hoping it's not the military police because i'm not smart enough for that. so where are you going?"

"the scouts." you couldn't control your shock as you turned to face him. armin was already looking at you and expected that reaction from you. "i know i'm weaker than the rest of you but i'm doing this for me. it's my dream to see the outside world and, even if i am weak, i can look out for myself. i'm not going to stop until i can see the sea with my own two eyes."

"i'm still going to look out for you. i'll be joining the scouts too, i guess."

"why? i can protect myself!" armin sounded like a kid whining and it made you laugh, ruffling his hair again."

"i know that but you're my darling. i want to be able to look out for you, to protect you, all the time even if you can do so yourself."

"still using that nickname, huh?" armin mumbled, flattening his hair while groaning.

"yep. you used to love that nickname. do you not like it anymore?"

"no it's not that. if someone heard then-"

"does it matter? we are dating. besides i only call you that in private. you don't have to be scared of anyone finding out."

"i know. i'm sorry."

"it's okay. if you want, i'll stop calling you that-"

"no! i like it." you smiled and leaned over, pressing a kiss to his cheek. you never kissed armin on the lips unless he asked for it. you would never want to do anything to make him uncomfortable.

"we should head back down," you whispered, your lips brushing his cheek.

"later." armin lifted your arm that was resting by your side and placed it over his shoulders, leaning into your body. "it's about to be the sunrise. stay with me?"

"of course."

a/n ; kinda don't like this one but oh well. three updates in one day, four if including my other book. dunno when that's gonna happen again