A/N: Whew! I hope you guys enjoy this lengthy chapter my dears~
"Evening." Eren walked through the doors of the Honey Bee Factory yet again, making it his 14th or so visit. This time, he brought macaroons. Per usual, Eren had his wallet out ahead of time to request a walk-in with the Queen Bee.
The dark-skinned fellow flipped through the binder to find you. "Let's see...Okay! Our mighty highness is-" His hexagon-shaped iris shifted towards the left and did a double-take. "Unfortunately unavailable."
"Oh..." Not what he expected to hear. "Uh, then do you know what hour she'll be free then, so I'll know when to come back?"
"One second," he pled. "If you could just step off to the side so that I can attend to the gentlemen behind you, I'll get right back to you."
Eren looked over his shoulder and stepped out of the way for the straight-faced, blonde-haired male to step up in his place.
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His hands were tucked in his pants pockets with an expensive-looking watch just peaking out. Thick-rimmed circle glasses sat on the bridge of his nose to complement the rest of his chic fit.
"So sorry, I'll be back with you in just a moment." He pushed his attention onto Armin finally and welcomed him using a warm, "good evening, Mr. Arlert," and smile. "I didn't hear you were on your way here. Did you call earlier or..."
"I forgot," he bluntly replied. "Why? Is she scheduled this hour?"
"No, sir. Not at all. You're in luck. She's more than available to see you this moment..." he nodded. There was an awkward pause and a raised eyebrow before he realized. "Oh! My bad." He turned the binder around and placed it in Armin's hands.
One hand held the binder open while the other reached for the feathered fountain pen.
"Joy said you were away on another trip, how was it? Did you enjoy yourself?"
Armin skimmed down the page for your hours. His replied with a very brusk tone. "It was strictly for business. Whatever idea of 'enjoyable' you have in your head didn't happen." He drew a line through your hours and made a simple note at the top of the page reading, 'Gone with A.A til Saturday evening. Then he signed with his signature right under.
"Right..." He nodded along, tight-lipped. "But at least you got to have some fun before returning, right? Like-"
His eyes flicked upward. "Didn't you just hear what I said?"
"Uh, sor-"
Armin flipped to the back of the same page, over to the one beside it but didn't mark anything down. Only assessing what was written down. He dropped the pen in against the rings and passed it back to him. "Cancel any bookings or rentals she has for this week."
"Yes, sir. Consider it done, sir." He reached for the phone and was about to speed dial your room when-
"Don't." He stopped him. "It's a surprise." He pulled his hand out of his pocket with his wallet clutched in it and fished for his credit card, caught between two of his fingers. He then blinked out the corner of his eye at Eren. No words just a quick size up of his character. Then he snapped a friendly smile on his face. "Which Bee are you here to see?"
