One of the Pack (Rivamika)

Chapter 2

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"You made a friend?" Mikasa asked surprised, glancing to her blonde friend who gave a shy nod.

"She works in the cake café, the small one that mostly take cake orders but have a small sitting area for some to have a cupcake or a slice of cake with a drink inside" Armin started to say with a shy but happy smile, stopping as he glanced to his slightly taller friend and feeling embarrassed.

"What's her name, has you spoken to her or did you become to shy and just watched from a distance. Drawing her in secret and coming up with a one sided conversation in your head" Mikasa asked, she knew what her friend was like. He was rather shy around strangers and never made the first move with them, even if he wanted to talk to them his nerves always got in the way.

"I didn't need to hide up and just draw her in my art book as another failed attempt to speak with someone. While I was trying to think of what to say, knowing I won't ever say it and just image a conversation with her, she came up to me instead. She gave me a cupcake and asked me over my drawings, she noticed I was in the middle of drawing her and she didn't even freak out. She complimented me and even asked about my other drawings, she rather sweet and has the most prettiest smiles I've ever seen" Armin answered with a bright smile, his hands fiddling with his backpack straps.

"Well, does this miss who have the prettiest smiles and is the sweetest girl ever have a name?" Mikasa asked with a slight smirk, her hand holding her handback strap as she walked.

"Historia" Armin answered with rosy cheeks as he looked to the floor why they walked.

"A nice name and she sounds rather nice as well, gonna make the cake café your weekly spot" Mikasa asked, raising an eyebrow as she glanced to him. She and Eren got use to Armin popping out once a week, since he started drawing to visit a café, watch strangers walk past the windows or enter and live their life, ideas throwing threw his head along with new names or type of people being noted down for him to use later.

"Yeah, she's hoping I become a regular and she's even willing to save a table for me on the day I choses to come for my once a week visit. Only if I need a certain view or a more quieter part of the café. I didn't give her my answer since I never really talked to a girl before, not one as cute as her who was actually being nice to me instead of making fun of me. Well, of course I'm not saying your not a girl but your my sister and my friend .. of course I'm not saying your not cute or nice .. because you are .. urg, you know what I mean, right?" Armin rambled back before panicking as he didn't want to upset Mikasa since she was still the greatest women in his life to him but Historia was different. 

"I know what your trying to say and I'm glad you made a soon to be friend, maybe something more one day. It's good to hear" Mikasa answered, coming to a stop and ruffling her friend hair a little as he smiled.

"Thanks Mikasa. Now, tell me how you may be feeling. You might get a real job, who knows, it might be your forever job if you enjoy it. Are you getting nervous yet, do you feel exited or what .. tell me!" Armin grinned, a bounce in his step as they started walking towards Mikasa job offer.

"It's just a job as a bartender in a pub, it's nothing special like you meeting someone who's made you smile like a boy on his birthday. Anyway, I don't even know if they'll take me or not, I've never worked in a pub before. Sure, I worked as a bouncer during our later collage days but after Eren got drunk that one night and got in that fight .. well, I lost my job. I don't have high chances they'll take a skill less person like me, I'm sure someone with skill or experience will be hired instead" Mikasa sighed as she glanced away not holding much hope for herself being hired.

"In your defence Mikasa, Eren was hammered and picked a fight with older and more experience vampires who held a hold on their own strength. While Eren can barely keep control over his own vampire strength and as he lets his emotions, mostly anger or frustration take over, he loses all control and is a right mess. You had to step in and stop the fight otherwise Eren would have been slaughtered and he almost was. Sure, you kicked the other vampires butts but it was needed and I don't think you should have been fired for standing in, the night club would have been in greater trouble if someone did die inside" Armin replied with a knowing look as he was there the night it all happened, mostly hiding behind Mikasa as she worked and Eren drank then hiding in the crowd once Mikasa stepped in as Eren started a fight.

"I sent two of the vampires to the hospital and they tried suing the club. It was either fire me or they lose thousands of pounds, It was a clear choice" Mikasa reminded as Armin gave a weak smile.

"Well, we're slightly older now. It was two years ago and now we started a new life here. I'm sure they won't care and give you a chance. The only way you can learn is by being there and who knows, if you tell them you can handle yourself against magical beings drunks, they might just hire you straight away" Armin replied hopeful as Mikasa just gave an unsure look.

"I'll just be me, well more professional and less scary looking while in the interview" Mikasa answered with a slight nod, like she was telling herself more than Armin. 

"I'm sure it go just fine, if I was the owner of a pub that mostly deal with magical beings who no longer hid their magical side after eleven and get mostly drunk. I wouldn't trust anyone but you to work in such a god awful place that would clearly be rather dangerous once they were all drunk. You way stranger and more deadly than anything else in this world, you'll be great working there" Armin grinned with pride, truly believing every word he spoke and having full faith in Mikasa being chosen for such a place.

"Armin" Mikasa spoke up as she glanced to him.

"Yeah" Armin asked with a happy nod.

"Just, shut up" Mikasa sighed, feeling less hopeful than she did before they left the flat.

"Sorry" Armin nervously smiled. 

"You really think they'll only choose me because I'm scary looking and know how to take care of myself in a fight" Mikasa asked in a small voice, keeping her eyes fixed on the ground as they walked.

"Of course not Mikasa, you hold other skills as well. I was just, well, you know, I was just being mindless .. sorry for that. You're way more better then just a strong and scary figurer, you deserve to become anyone and anything you want. You hold the heart for it and if these guys can't see how truly great you are, than they don't deserve someone so amazing. I would always have a person I can trust working under me than someone who just hold a simple needed skill" Armin argued back, an honest and determine look in his eyes as he took Mikasa hand in his and giving it a slight squeeze like she use to do for him whenever he got scared or felt down.

"Thank you, Armin. I needed that and I won't just accept any failure from this interview, I know I can be the person they need and work better than anyone else inside. I'll prove them my worth" Mikasa promised, determination in her eyes and she gave their linked hands a slight squeeze to show her friend she was okay again.