Characters: Eren and Armin (not mine)
Boy x boy
Warning: Some mature language, badly written fanfic 😭
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Eren always thought romance was dead. I mean how could he not as all the relationships he was surrounded by were callous and ended as soon as they started.
He made sure everyone knew this, for example, when Mikasa got her first boyfriend, Jean when she was 15, Eren constantly told her to dump him because it wasn't going to last, it never does.
So when it came to Eren's own feelings, the romantic ones, he didn't know how to approach it. Especially since this was his first crush
No way he could fall in-love, Eren Jeager the man who had made such a spectacle of love being the devils hoax, luring you in blind and then leaving you for dead, could never love another, yet here he was feeling undeniable butterflies in his stomach as his best friend Armin got on with his classwork on the other side of the room.
It wasn't hard to like Armin, he was a the kind of sweet that wasn't unbearable to the point it felt forced, but the kind of sweet that never failed to make you feel wanted, appreciated or loved. He was smart, not in a A+ on every assignment kind of way, but the smart that gained him an effortless pass with barely a bat of an eyelid and he would never gate-keep this knowledge, always sharing answers and helping his classmates. He was the kind of beautiful that wasn't overwhelming but the subtle kind that caught turnt heads as he walked. I could go on forever.
In Eren's eyes he was the most perfect human ever.
"Why me and why now !" , Eren thought, he knew he liked Armin, that no matter how hard he tried he could never deny, "I've made this whole thing about romance being a twisted curse of lust and lies and yet I'm here wishing to be romantic with ... him"
He hopelessly cast another glance to Armin, his cheeks feeling that all to familiar warm tingly sensation
"Shit, the one person I need to be with is the one I constantly claim my theory to, he would probably taunt me if I ever so slightly hinted I liked someone, my big ass mouth has punished me again" Eren ridiculed himself
At that point, while mentally criticising himself, he'd forget to avert his gaze, he'd been staring at Armin for at least two minutes and the uncomfortable feeling of eyes searing through him caused Armin to turn to face the owner of the pair.
From dazing of, Erens eyes had unfocused but once he brang himself back to reality and his vision cleared, he was met by a big ocean blue eyes staring right at him
The eye contact was definitely awkward and even Armin could feel the tension but neither one of them could bring themselves to break it.
"I could stare into his eyes all day, there's so mesmerising, every-time i look at them I in-vision the sandy coast, where I took him the first year we became "best-friends" it makes me relive everything: the sand in between our toes, the bitter salt water in my mouth after he surprise attacked me with a splash in the face leading to a massive water fight leaving us both drenched, the obnoxiously loud gull sparsely decorating the cloudless blue sky, and him still perfect as ever. I love it. I can't even put into words how joyous his eyes make me feel." Eren thought still staring at Armin
"I really don't know why Erens' staring at me but I can't help to stare back, he's ... intoxicating. His eyes pull me in and drown me in them. Everything about them makes me feel safe, treasured and reassured. God I really must like him. I could most definitely keep this up for eternity, everything about him is ecstasy. And his eyes, the ones I've literally fawned over seconds ago... there like the Amazon rainforest, reminding me of how perfect the things that this world can create can be. He's just perfect" Armin thought
