My New Life (Armin/ AOT)

Birthday!

(Armin POV)

"Okay, Mika's birthday is in four days..." I tell Eren, Mikasa, Levi, Sasha, Hangi, Connie, Thomas, Marco, and Jean.
"Her birthday is in four days?! Why didn't she tell us!!" Eren says pouting. Levi looks at him and scoffs, but he has a small smile. Cute.
"I only figured it out because we were arguing who was older. And I have a great idea for her birthday party." I say and everyone perks up.
"What are we gonna do??? Can we play party games???" Hangi says excitedly and I nod.
"Which ones?" Marco asks shyly, looking over at Jean.
"Spin the bottle and seven minutes in heaven???" Sasha asks while eating a bag of potato chips. I blush a little at my thoughts but nod.
"Oh cool. So what's your plan?" Levi asks me, and I smile.
"It needs to be 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' themed. It's her favorite movie, so I want to show her we care." I look down and everyone cheers at my idea.
"That's perfect! And add the games and a lot of good food!" Connie says, looking at Sasha. She nods, and everyone agrees.
"Okay, but what should I get her? I kinda wanna apologize for what I said on the first day..." Jean says sadly and I kinda glare at him.
"She loves reading. Get her a good book." I say and he nods. I look over at Thomas and he ruffles his blonde Afro thing with a huge smile on his face. What is he thinking? Hmmm... Nevermind.
"Okay, we will meet here everyday after school to plan. Someone will have to distract Mika though..." Mikasa says, an I nod.
"I will!!!" Hangi screams and I shake my head.
"Some one who won't tell her." Hangi pouts and Thomas speaks up.
"I will. I mean, you all need to plan and everything..." He says rubbing his neck and I nod. He's a pretty nice guy I think...
"Ok!!! Thomas, we'll go introduce you now!" Eren says as he walks to his car with Thomas trailing behind. I look at everyone who is left in my living room.
"Okay, see you guys in school tomorrow!!!" Marco says as he leaves, and everyone follows suit. I look around and sigh, letting my thoughts take over.
You really like her, this is the perfect chance to tell her!!!
Yeah, I guess it is...
And if you some how rig it to make sure it's both of you in the closet, you'll get to make your move!!
Maybe instead of spin the bottle, we put items in a hat from everyone and whoever the bottle lands on has to pick?
What if someone picks her first!?
I'll just have to go first and make sure I know what she put in the hat...
Or not put what she has in the bag until my turn, I'll just keep it in my sleeve!!!
Yeah!!! Perfect plan!!!
My thoughts are interrupted by my phone ringing.
"Hello?"
"Hey Armin... What are you doing?" I hear Mika ask and my heart melts. I really want to go see her right now but I need to plan...
"Oh, just helping my Grandfather around the house..." I say and she sighs.
"Oh... Well once your done can you like come over? I don't feel comfortable with this blonde guy... He's very... Touchy..." She says uncomfortably and I growl out a response.
"I'll kill him!"
"What?" Oh yeah... She doesn't know...
"Oh, I was talking to the vacuum because it won't start... What you should do is just tell him to kinda back off. He'll understand." I say calmly, but in my head I'm punching him for making her uncomfortable.
"O-okay... Please come over when your done?" She asks shakily, and I nod.
"I'll come soon, I'll finish up here and be there." With that we hang up and I plan a little and start to head over.

(Mika POV)

"Hey Mika, I'd like you to meet Thomas. He's a friend of mine an he said he was in a few of your classes and wanted to get to know you better." I look up from my book to see a tall boy with a blonde Afro? Eren says this and pushes the boy towards me and walks out of the house saying goodbye. I smile shyly and do a little wave and look down at m book.
"H-Hi Mika... I'm in your math, science, and art classes..." Thomas says and I look at him again. I truly don't remember him in any of my classes.
"I'm sorry but I really didn't know... I don't really like people..." I say, never letting my mind drift to far from my book, Inkdeath.
"Oh, well maybe we can get to know each other!!!" He says, sitting right next to me. I flinch and scoot over but it seems like he doesn't care about personal space because he scoots over with me. I move little by little so he doesn't come closer. When I'm partially satisfied, I look down at my book again.
"So, what's your favorite book?" He asks and I shrug.
"I don't really have one, I love almost every book I pick out." I continue reading, not really acknowledging him much.
"Cool! What's your favorite color?" Why is he asking these things???
"Acidic green. And because I know your going to ask why, it's because of an anime I watch."
"What anime is it?" Ugh he's annoying!
"Black Butler." Why does he wanna know about me???? Personal space exists!!!
"What else do you watch?"
"Host Club, Death Note, Fairy Tail, ect. I watch a lot, really."
"Sooo... I know you were adopted and everything, but how were your real parents?" He asks and I smile at my happy memories.
"They were everything anyone could ask for. Smart, kind people who cared a lot... Maybe a little too much to care about their own safety... I really don't want to talk about it." I say, brushing away the subject. Thomas then puts his hand on my knee like Armin did, but it doesn't feel like he's keeping me safe. It feels wrong.
"It's ok, Mikala." I bring my leg to my chest and his arm falls. I set my book down and curl up in a ball as he scoots over. "I'm here for you." I don't want that.
"Okay." Is all I say. He frowns at this and ruffles his Afro thing. He puts his arm over my shoulder in a little half hug thing, and I stand up.
"I need to use the restroom." I walk upstairs and pull out my phone and call Armin.
"Hello?" I hear him say and I mentally sigh.
"Hey Armin... What are you doing?" I ask him, partially hinting I want to see him.
"Oh, just helping my Grandfather around the house." Damn he's busy...
"Oh... Well once your done can you like come over? I don't feel very comfortable with this blonde guy... He's very... Touchy..."
"I'll kill him!" Armin growls and I get confused.
"What?"
"Oh I was talking to the vacuum because it won't start... What you should do is to kinda back off. He'll understand." Armin says and I smile at his advice. Now I want to see him...
"O-okay... Please come over when your done?" I shakily ask.
"I'll come soon, I'll finish up here and be there." I nod and we hang up. Then there's a nod at the door and I jump.
"I-I'm in here!" I yell through the door and flush the toilet so it doesn't seem like I was on the phone.
"Okay!" Thomas says and I hear footsteps leading away. I only have to wait a little bit longer...