geek | armin arlert

1.2 | aquarium

"and that concludes todays lesson."

you had awoken to the loud ear-booming bell sound, abruptly being disappointed when remembering tutoring awaited you. the day has been sufficiently long and agonizing, having to answers millions of questions and seem pleasant while doing so, was that not enough torture?

as you yawned, stretching out your limbs leisurely, smith had been seriously death glaring you. he'd stopped pausing mid-lecture to wake you up a while back, though the lack of attention still boiled his blood.

historia had come by your desk yet her eyes seemed to survey another sight. you turned your head with curiosity, realizing eren jaeger had been in the same class. it was no wonder she enjoyed this period!

he stood on the side of armins desk, who'd been cleaning up his own things while chatting up a storm, most likely about today's topic.

"hi eren."

historias tone was assertive, she knew her self-worth and you loved that. it was almost as if she'd been calling him forth, a tint of playfulness lying beneath the calm demeanor. the brunette simply glanced up, same clueless expression as before. this kid was as blind as a bat.

"oh, hey historia."

a malevolent thought came to mind.

"hey eren," you purred, innocently focusing your attention on his frail body "you should walk historia out to practice."

jaeger looked a bit taken back, slightly confused but considering he was put on the spot there was no room to back out. plus, who would chicken out on walking beside a gorgeous girl such as her? that was rather obvious, but bearing in mind how visually impaired to hints eren was the thought was short-lived.

as a way of persistence, you winked at armin secretly. he shuddered faintly before understanding, turning to give a look of approval towards eren.

armin had been revived with anticipation seeing how you'd wanted them to head off so you two could be alone. in reality, you'd just been following up with the get-reiner-to-move-on-from-historia plan. it wasn't expected to take two days, though historia and eren seemed to be taking it slow, perhaps because he was clueless. regardless, the thought came.

finally the green eyed freak agreed, which led to the smallest genuine look of happiness taking over historias usually mundane expression. the four of you began walking out, historia and eren hip to hip. you subconsciously smiled as she cutely turned back to wave, walking off alongside the boy whose hands were stuffed inside his washed out blue jeans pockets boyishly.

"hey, i was thinking..." the squeak of armin's voice spoke up, quick to remind you of the oncoming study session "why don't we skip tutoring today and pick back up tomorrow?"

was armin arlert, history classes brainiest individual, really defying smiths orders? he'd have to lie on the study check-in too, what was in the air these days?

"there's uh...this place i wanna take you, and i figured you probably didn't wanna deal with studying today after what happened."

although agreeing, you dwelled on it for a bit. armin seemed like the type to say 'i know a place' then take you to a museum, and not the fun kind. it was a bit of a gamble since it'd been a surprise, but anything sounded better than tutoring in that moment.

"alright, sure."

considering you'd always have cheer practice after school, leaving campus right after your last period felt odd. there were lots of new faces and cliques you noticed. you seemed to be noticing a lot more today.

you wondered if armin drove, for all you knew he could be a total nerd with a nice car. maybe that would give him redemption points, enough to actually be seen with him at least.