ʰⁱᵍʰ ᵗⁱᵈᵉ | ᵃ. ᵃʳˡᵉʳᵗ

3

Yup. Armin. I recognize that stupid blonde hair anywhere. 

why tf is this man always there. like litterally. he's everywhereigooo

I quickly turn away hoping the distance between us would come through and make things less awkward. I could feel my face heat up which I quickly covered with my hands. I can't piece together why I felt so weird around Armin. Maybe I just thought he was cute? There's no way I actually had feelings for him. I barely even knew the guy.

'we did go to high school together' 

no shut up.

"Y/n look alive!" Jean yelled from a distance.

"oh shitty" I said scrambling to turn around.

I was trying so hard to catch the wave. Paddling so hard my arms started to burn. and the bitch ass long board I was on didn't help at all. And to make matters worse, this bitch was sponge. 

I look so stupid right now.

But none of that mattered once I got up on the wave. The whole reason I even liked surfing was not because it was fun, but because I was good at it. The one thing in my life that I was truly good at. Growing up beside Mikasa was a blessing and a curse. She was the pretty one. She was the funny one. She was the smarter one. She was just the better one. I always got beat out by Mikasa. We did almost everything together, so that made me drop a lot of activities. But surfing was the one thing I could excell at. She tried it a few times, but didn't care for it enough. The one thing I liked about it. It was so fun to try to teach her to surf. It was even funnier to watch. I would do my best to give her tips, but sometimes I couldn't hold it together. Then Eren decided to teach her, which was the funniest thing you could ever watch. 

flashback

"No Mikasa you have to stand of your feet," Eren explained.

"Why can't I go on my knees? "I'll fall right off if I try to stand up."

"It's not surfing unless you stand on your feet," 

"Leave her alone dickhead at least she's trying," I cut in. 

"I'm sorry," Mikasa said with a saddened look on her face.

"No no baby your fine!" Eren frantically said. 

"I'm out yall can have fun. Mikasa if he's being mean tell me and I'll kick tatake outta this bitch." I said paddling away.

end of flashback

Shortly after I found my balance, I started shedding the wave like the cutie queen I am. 

"DAAYYYUUMMM!" Jean hollered as I got closer to him.

I took a sharp turn and sprayed him in the face with salt water. 

"FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING FUCK!" he shouted.

I finished out the wave with a clean snap off the top like a baddie.  As I look around for Historia, I notice Armin was walking away. I have no idea where this next part came from, but something in me really didn't want him to leave.

"Wait!" I blurted out of no where.

Armin turned around and cocked an eyebrow.

"yes?" 

"I- uh um," 

"You looked awesome out there." he said.

" uh yeah thanks. but you should've been out there with me asshat!"

"I just wanted to watch you shred it up. You looked pretty damn badass.

"Stalker much," I began to walk back to our spot.