sweater girl - aruani college au

party

Armin stepped out of the shower and changed into a grey sweatshirt and a flannel, along with baggy tan cargo jeans.
He sprayed a little bit of cologne and brushed his hair. It had been short and fluffy for years now, he decided his long hair was too long and had cut it the summer after graduating middle school.
He checked his phone. There was 5 texts from the group chat with him, Mikasa and Eren.
Someone had named it "buddies💓" a few years ago, and for some reason they'd never changed it.
"Mikasa I met her" Eren sent. "oh my god i'm so excited" Mikasa sent back. "guys, be nice to her please😭" Armin sent, with a sigh. "obviously. sash and i have this covered". Armin laughed.
"i'm coming in 5" Armin texted Annie, putting on his shoes and turning off the lights.
He knocked on her door. "Just- just a moment!" Came muffled from the door. "Are you alright?" He said, confused. "I think the door is unlocked if you want to come in," she shouted.
He walked in. She still had stuffed animals on her bed. How cute, he thought.
He heard the shower on, and then what sounded like a blow dryer. "I'll be out in a second." He saw a skirt and a black tank top laid out on the bed.
Annie emerged from the bathroom, in a towel, her hair dried. She had mascara and lip gloss on. "Okay, is this good?" She looked down at the clothes. "Yeah," Armin said, "I can wait out here, if you wanna change," She nodded at him.
She came back out of the bathroom. "You look pretty," he planted a tender kiss on the top of her head. She sprayed perfume onto the sides of her neck, and put on some shoes. "You too," she said with a smile, taking his hand.
"Oh," Armin had almost forgotten. "I got this for you," he pulled out a box. "Oh-?" Annie opened it. It was a silver necklace with a little shell pendant on the end. "Sorry- I wasn't sure what to get-"
Annie giggled. "I love it." She put it onto her neck, closing the clasp. She intertwined her hand with his again.
"Armin- i'm a little nervous," Armin turned back at her, and put his hand on her cheek and stroked it with his thumb. "Everyone's gonna love you," he grinned. "I mean, how couldn't they?" Annie looked at her feet. "I'm flattered," she said, jokingly. But a part of her felt warm inside when he said that.
They approached the party, which was pretty much a big dorm that had an outside place connected to it, with a fireplace.
Connie opened the door. "Hey, Armin! Hey..." Annie laughed softly. "Annie." Connie was obviously embarrassed. "Everyone's out back, you should go see them," Annie and Armin walked in. Armin gave her a quick hand squeeze.
They walked outside, quickly stopping holding hands. "Hey, Armin!" Eren punched Armin's shoulder.
"Hey, Annie," he nodded. Eren walked Armin and Annie over to where Mikasa and Sasha were. "Ar-" Annie started, visibly nervous. "You'll be fine," he said, whispering with a smile.
"Mikasa, Sasha, this is Annie," Annie waved at Mikasa and Sasha, who were giggling out of excitement.
"Annie, Mikasa and Sasha." They smiled at her. "Armin's told us about you," Mikasa smiled.
"He's told me about you, too," Annie said. "Hey, I'm gonna say hi to the guys," Armin said, looking down at Annie. "Oh, okay," She replied. "Get to know each other... or whatever girls talk about," he rolled his eyes as he walked over to where the boys were.
"Sit down!" Sasha said, patting the chair next to her. "So, where'd you go to high school?" Mikasa asked. "Just my local one, kind of a nobody school," She replied. "Oh, that's alright. Sash and I did too,"
Annie noticed that the girls had white claws. Sasha took a sip. "You want one?" Don't be boring, Annie thought. "I've never had one, but sure,"
"Jean!" Sasha yelled. He didn't respond. "Horse face!" He turned around. "What, potato girl," Sasha flipped him off.
"Pass us another white claw," Mikasa nudged Sasha. "Armin said she was a lightweight," Sasha looked at her. "Armin also said that she wasn't very social. If she is a lightweight, this will loosen her up,"
Annie cracked open the can and took a sip. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either.
"So," Sasha asked. "How do you know Armin?" Annie laughed. "We have first period together most days," Sasha smirked at her. "Yeah, but you're close with him," she took another sip. "He usually took girls to parties in high school because-"
Mikasa jammed her elbow into Sasha's stomach. "Shut up," she turned to smile at Annie. "That's fun, Eren, him and I have been friends since like forever. He used to be, like, in love with the ocean and shit,"
Annie looked down at her necklace. "I see," Mikasa continued. "He's so funny, you'd never expect the star of the football team to love reading," Annie giggled. "Yeah, he's always reading something."
"So, are you guys, like..." Sasha asked. Annie's face went bright red. "Oh- it's not- like that, I swear,"
"Ah, okay then," Sasha said, before realizing that Annie was finished with the white claw. "Hold on a moment." She left to talk to Jean, and came back with a few more drinks. "Here."
"Oh, thanks," She realized that when she was halfway through her second can that she started to feel dizzy.
"Here, let's go inside." Mikasa said. "Okay," Annie felt too drowsy to refuse, so she walked with them. She was on her third white claw, and although the taste wasn't great, she didn't want to look boring.
They sat down on a couch. She was visibly drunk, and  even though Mikasa protested, she had drunk 4 white claws already.
"Okay but seriously, have you guys ever... done it in his car?" Sasha asked. "Sash..." Mikasa said, in an angry tone. "Shh, Mikasa,"
Annie shook her head. "No," Sasha laid back on the couch. "Okay then, how many times have you made out in his car,"
Annie giggled. "Only like, a few times," Mikasa gasped. "He said you guys were friends,"
"Well, we are," Annie's words were slurred. "We got milkshakes at this cute place at like one in the morning, then he asked if i'd be his date to the party, as- as friends, of course,"
"Wait that's actually so cute," Mikasa said, her eyes lighting up. "Yeah, can someone take me for milkshakes?" Sasha said, looking at Annie.
Annie laughed. "And then in the car home we just kinda... well, we didn't do anything like that," she said, emphasizing the "that".
"We're just friends though," Sasha laughed. "Okay, but you like him," Annie's face got stern. "Uh," she looked as if she was thinking about it.
"Yeah, but don't tell him," she looked up, realizing what she had said. "Of course not, between us girls," Sasha grinned.
"Hey, they're playing beer pong. We should join," Sasha said, holding out a hand for Annie. "Alright," Mikasa answered.
"Room for a few more?" Mikasa asked. "Bet," Eren said, waving them over. "So, what did she say," Eren asked Mikasa. "I'm not telling you, of all people,"
"Alright, if you lose, Armin, you and..." Sasha smirked. "...Annie have to go in the room,"
"Can't we just play normally?" Armin asked. "If you want to be a loser, go ahead," Armin rolled his eyes. "Fine,"
He was against Eren. They were tied, but Eren won the last cup. "You know the rules," Sasha brought Annie into the room along with Armin. "See you," Sasha winked at Armin, before locking them in. "Wait-" but it was already too late.
"What's going on," Annie could barely stand, and she kept giggling. She ran into him.
Before he could answer, she started sloppily kissing him. He kissed her back, surprised. "Annie- what are you-"
She took off her tank top and threw it to the other side of the room, she had only a strapless bra under. She sat on his lap, facing him.
He tasted the alcohol on her lips as she started running her hands up his chest. He removed her hands from him and broke the kiss. Her eyes were tired, she felt hot. "You're drunk," He didn't want to believe it. Did they want him to invite her just to do this?
"Y-yeah..." she barely mumbled out before kissing him again. "...I know what I want though,"
This time, he didn't kiss her back, but pushed her off. "No. You're drunk." He picked her up, and scanned the room for her tank top, which he couldn't find. He picked her up, her laying in his arms.
She let out a giggle under her breath before falling asleep. Or passing out.
He unlocked the door, angrily. He ran over to Sasha. Without thinking, he slapped her across the face. "Ow!" Everyone turned to stare at them. "You don't hit a woman!" Mikasa pulled Sasha back.
"You know what else you don't do to a woman?" He looked down at the still passed out Annie, whose head was nestled in his chest.
"You don't get her drunk and set her up!" Sasha looked angry. "She wanted it!"
Armin stepped in front of Sasha. She was short, so he towered over her. "She was drunk."
Jean and Connie's jaws had dropped. "I told you two," he sighed, "to take care of her. And you couldn't even do that."
"I was doing her a favor." Sasha muttered. "She just needed the confidence."
"I'm not the kid I was last year, okay?" His tone was a little quieter. "Stay out of my fucking life," He looked back down at the girl in his arms, and looked back at Sasha with a death stare.
"Armin- wait!" Eren said as Armin walked back to his dorm.