Senior Year! (Armin x Reader)

Chapter 2: Setback

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Armin was far gone.

He was a loose canon all night, doing many things that Eren would have never imagined him to have done.

He had consumed vast amounts of tequila after multiple rounds of truth or shot, and Eren himself was beginning to lose himself. He couldn't always keep an eye on his friend.

At one point, Armin found himself outside on the front lawn amongst other stray party guests. He had kneeled down on the front lawn's grass and stared up at the moon in a daze, as others minded their own business, not really seeing Armin's behavior as anything too out of the ordinary. They all knew that everyone had wild nights once in a while.

Armin's blue eyes were wide in wonder as he admired the beauty of the glowing white against the stark night sky.

He would have been content in his drunken state with calling the night perfect at that moment, but he saw something else that made it far greater.

A shadow loomed over him, and he looked up, confused, before he felt his heart burst in excitement.

"Y/n, you're here!" he said, smiling goofily as Y/n L/n came from seemingly nowhere to look down at the boy.

He focused his dilated pupils onto the girl and looked her over. In his current state, his mind romanticized every little aspect of the world around him, even bringing him to believe that the moon worked endlessly to cast a light onto the very girl that stood before him.

"You look as pretty as ever! Like an angel!" Armin's face went red as he shouted up at her.

Y/n blushed lightly before shaking her head. She held a slight frown and she bent down to the blonde's level.

"Armin," she said softly out of concern as she lifted her hand up to brush off a blade of grass that had nestled on top of the boy's tousled hair.

"I missed you!" Armin exclaimed as he leapt forward to tackle the girl into a hug, taking Y/n by surprise. They both grunted out as they fell backwards onto the damp grass, with Y/n struggling to get up from Armin's tight grasp on her. 

"Come on, Min," Y/n heaved as she sat up and helped Armin off of the grass. "I'm taking you to my house so that your grandpa doesn't flip out," she said as she grabbed onto both of Armin's hands and hoisted the boy up onto his feet.

"Yay, sleepover!" Armin cheered as he swayed on the lawn. "Can we cuddle?" He asked bluntly, snaking his arms around the girl's waist and snuggling into her.

Y/n frowned and gently pried the boy's hands off of her, instead having him sling his arm around her shoulder.

"You smell good, Y/n," he said as he leaned his head on the girl's shoulder and nuzzled into her neck. Y/n tensed and Armin smiled obliviously. "You smell like fancy perfume," he mused in a daze before pausing for a moment. "Actually, a bit different than that. Something else."

"Ok, we're gonna walk to the car now. Can you make it?" Y/n asked and she got a resolute nod from the blonde.

As Armin let Y/n guide him, he admired the girl, looking down to see the oversized jacket she was wearing. It was covered in patches, with a couple of them being AOT-related.

"I like your jacket," he grinned over at Y/n. The girl smiled awkwardly and thanked him as they finally reached her car. She opened the back door and in went Armin. Y/n put the boy's seatbelt on and before she moved to close the door, Armin smiled up at her.