𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗗 . armin arlert

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the sun was already beginning to set when armin made it to his friends dorm room across campus. the bells would ring every hour, so armin figured he was tardy after hearing the fifth.

him, eren and mikasa had plans to eat together at eren and reiners dorm, although the blondes encounter with jean on the way out of the library pushed his schedule back.

generally, they would knock on each others doors after reiners a large speech on intruding on peoples privacy, but it had just slipped his mind that day.

once armin had stepped through the doorway though, all he could hear were the cries of his brunette friend in the living room.

''but mikasa! i dont want to draw four cards!''

the boy peered his way around the open door, his two childhood friends sat on the floor with colourful cards laid out before them.
''eren?'' the blonde spoke, wandering towards the two.

''armin! youre late! and mikasas trying to make me draw four cards!'' eren cried.
''eren, thats how you play" mikasa sighed.
"change the rules!" the brunette sobbed.

the other placed her fingers on her forehead in the bridge formation, looking down at the ground,
"eren, i cant change the rules"' she groaned.
"well, i want to play a different game then! this one makes you mean!" he sniffled.

"eren stop being a crybaby and play the damn game!'' armin snapped, elbowing his friend in the head.
''armin!" mikasa scolded.
'and to think i did you a favour too' eren scoffed.

the blonded eyes his friend, sitting down beside him,
'eren you arent allowed to do people favours, remember?' he reminded.
'of course, but i think youll be really happy about this one he smiled.

'okay, what did you do eren?'
'i got you a date with y/n' eren announced.
'what?'
'i got you a date with y/n' he repeated.
'how!?' armin shrieked, jumping back in his seat.

'i wrote her a letter!' the brunette exclaimed.
'eren, you cant read.' the shorter boy stated firmly.
'but mikasa helped me!' eren explained.
'thats not reassuring, mikasas an emotionless wall!' armin wailed.

erens eyes widened and he shuffled back a bit, offended,
'mikasa isnt an emotionless wall! earlier i heard her say: i like to hurt people' his eyes shifted to mikasa who was now staring into nothing.

'mikasa?' the fair-haired expression became concerned, 'are you okay?' he gulped.
'we are just meaningless flakes of dust floating around the universe in this cruel world' she responded, still staring into seemingly, nothing.

the boy sighed,
'whens the date?' he asked,
'next week,'
'eren?'
'two days'
'eren'
'one day
'mikasa, whens the date?'
'an hour' she replied.
'both of you suck at lying when it is?'
'ten minutes,' they both said in union.