𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐞? (𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐱 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐞𝐦! 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫)

~♡𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟗♡~

-Third-person pov-
You walk up the stairs slowly but quietly, leaving Armin a hot mess. You suddenly hear your name whispered loudly.

"Y/n!!!" Armin whispered quietly as you suddenly felt his cold hands wrap around your exposed waist.

Armin thought about how he could possibly resist you in those short shorts and that sports bra. Even if it was a "lazy" outfit. You pulled it off, you made it look good. You made him want you even more with what you said in the kitchen.

You felt him pull you into an embrace as he hugged your waist, and rested his head on your shoulder.

He slowly, but sensually planted kisses on the side of your neck whispering slightly. "Y/n...I-I need you...please." You heard him beg as a grin appeared on your face.

You placed your arms around his arms and gripped his arms with your hands.

"What you need my love is sleep." You say as you pull both of his arms away from your waist.

"It's 3 am, please get enough rest, you have the Gala tomorrow." You turned around and planted a small kiss on his cheek

"I'll speak with you tomorrow, rest well my love." You said as Armin watched you vanish into your room.

-The next morning-
You and Mikasa woke up to the pleasant smell of bacon. You walk to your bathroom mirror and take off your bonnet as you apply a face mask and brush your teeth.

Since it was your first time attending a Gala, you knew you wanted to go all out and look nice for the occasion.

You started to remember what happened yesterday, what you found out. You couldn't understand how you felt so you decided to dismiss it, and think about what you would wear to the gala.

You oiled your scalp and threw on a silk scarf as you left the face mask on and went downstairs to get a quick breakfast before you would spend the rest of your day preparing with Mikasa for Zeke's company Gala.

"Good morning everyone!" You said as you waved to Eren, Armin, Zeke, and Mikasa who were sitting at the table, and all either waved or replied.

You quickly grabbed a glass of water as you also grabbed a plate and put some eggs and bacon on it.

You sat down next to Armin. But you really didn't have a choice seeing as all the other chairs were taken.

"So y/n...had a long night?" Zeke asked as he sipped his dark coffee, you looked over at Armin and saw him blush before taking a small bite of his food.

"Yeah, you know." You answered awkwardly before changing the subject. "So how's the gala coming along?"

"It's going very smoothly actually. I have to finish up some last preparations over at the mansion, so I have to stop by there right after breakfast." He said as he read his newspaper and sipped his coffee. You wondered who in the hell still reads newspapers anymore???

Zeke excused himself from the table as he left to go handle his reservations for the gala.

"Wait, a mansion?" You asked confused. "The gala is held in a mansion our family owns, we don't live in it because there's only three of us and it's way too big. So we usually use it for parties or in this case a Gala." Eren answered as he ate a bowl of cereal.

"Oh, and I thought I was bougie." You laughed as you ate your food. You looked over at Armin and he didn't look happy, he looked sad or upset.

You touched him on his thigh and asked, "Are you doing okay Armin?" You asked as you gave a comforting smile. He flinched as you touched him then you quickly saw the dark bags under his eyes and his red puffy eyes. You didn't notice before because his hair was covering his face.