the fake boyfriend experience [eremin | shingeki no kyojin]

7

Chapter 7
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"Yo Armin, come to my new house to decorate and bring your cute sister." Ymir says down Armin's ear as soon as he sets foot into school.

"Fucking hell Ymir, you know... you could've waited for me to actually get through the door first."

"Sorry, I'm just super excited because my brother decided to buy a house rather than me having to live in some gross ass flat on my own."

"Moblit bought a house?"

"Yep. So I need you to come and help decorate and paint it with me tomorrow,, I'm gonna get Mikasa to come and help lift the boxes for me. I know I'm strong Armin, but I'm not that strong." Ymir states as they walked to the lockers.

"I thought you and Mikasa have bad history?"

"We dated for a while but we didn't get on because we kept arguing who would be the bottom one in the relationship. Especially because I prefer topping but whatever."

"Jesus Christ Ymir you have no shame. Wait... you dated Mikasa?!" I jumped in front of Ymir and grab her hoodie.

"Don't sweat it Arlert it's cool. She wasn't my type. But there's one problem, I'm sure you don't mind Mikasa coming over considering she is your friend although she'll probably bring Eren."

"It's fine I guess I just don't wanna talk to him yet."

They walk to class together in a comfortable silence.

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Armin groans as he trudged to lunch with Marco nattering down his ear.

"Are helping my Ymir paint tomorrow?" He asked whilst eating some ready salted crisps which, in Armin's opinion, were gross considering they had hardly any flavour.

"It's not like I have anything better to do." Armin shrugs as they take a seat at the lunch table.

Ymir and Krista were already there but they didn't pay much attention to us as Krista was braiding Ymir's hair.

"Are you excited about that new horror film coming out?" Marco asks, "I was gonna ask Jean if he wants to go on a date with me too it. Oh! We should all have a triple date!"

"Triple?"

"Yes, me and Jean, Ymir and Krista and you and Er-" Marco cuts himself off as he sees Ymir doing hand gestures to tell him to not cross that line.

Obviously Marco hadn't known what had happened to him and Eren.

"It's okay Marco you didn't know, I'll still go though, I mean I don't get fazed by scary movies plus Ymir can just look after me and Krista if it's so terrifying." Armin laughs.

"True." Ymir says taking a bite out of her tuna salad, "I'll protect these two till the end of time."

Armin couldn't help but laugh, he loved Ymir so much. She was always there for him.

The rest soon joined,, including Mikasa, Jean, Reiner, Bertholdt and Eren.

Armin just chatted to Marco, Ymir and Krista for the rest of lunch before he walked up to class with Mikasa.

"So you're coming to help out then?" Mikasa asks as we walk to science.

"Yeah I guess." I reply as we walk into our gross classroom.

"So you now who's going then right? Me, Marco, Ymir obviously, Krista, surprisingly Levi and Eren..."

"It's whatever."

Nothing more was said about the green eyed boy after that.

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Armin stood outside Ymir's new house with Krista at his arm.

"Come on Kris let's go I guess." Armin knocked on the door but before he could react he was pushed out of the way and Krista was pulled into a hug.

"Ah my beautiful blonde girlfriend I missed you so much." Ymir was cuddling Krista and Armin just stood there with his head to the side.

"Shut up." Krista laughed pushing her lanky girlfriend away.

Arming stepped into the house and it already looked neat and tidy, only a few paint cans littered the doorway.

He went and sat on a plastic folding chair and tied his hair back to avoid getting paint in it, it's a pain to get anything out of his hair considering its so thick.

"Sorry 'bout that Ar, I had to say hello to Krista." Armin snorts when Ymir says this.

"That was more than a hello, but when is everyone getting here?" Armin asks.

"In about an hour, so let's get started in the dining room while Krista gets started in the kitchen."

They walk into the dining room and grab the pale blue paint. Armin takes his hoodie off and clips his fringe back, which reminds him, he really needs to get it trimmed as its getting too long.

They began splashing some colour to the bare walls but mostly on each other.

"Oh there's the others I'll go let them in." Ymir walks out of the room leaving Armin on his own.

"Yeah, I'll go and help Krista, Armin's in there. You can help him." Armin can hear Ymir's muffled voice.

"Ymir I don't think that's a good idea..."

"Don't argue with me twat, get in there and help him." Someone gets pushed through the door.

"Armin hey..." Eren awkwardly scratches the back of his

Out of jumping in surprise he threw the paintbrush at the other boy making the paint fly all over Eren.

"I deserved that."

"Please don't surprise me like that." Armin groans, he feels like shoving his head into the paint can.

"Can we please talk about it."

Armin just sighed and sat back on the floor, "Lay it on me."

"Armin," And with that a whole apology fell out of Eren's mouth and before they knew it both of them were crying.

Armin sighs walking up to Eren and slapped him in the face and before the other could react, he then pulls Eren into a hug, "You're such a fucking idiot, please don't do it again."

"I'm sorry, so fucking sorry."

Armin leans up on his tiptoes placing a soft kiss to Eren's forehead. "Don't be a dickhead again. But I forgive you, but I swear to god, if you fuck up again I genuinely won't trust you again."

"That's understandable."

Armin pulls him into another hug, "I missed you a lot you know." Armin mutters into Eren's neck. "I missed this, I used to love cuddling with you."

"You can cuddle me all you want, I missed you too, I lost the world when you left. I'm such an idiot."

"Please don't Eren, okay look I'm still slightly mad but please don't hate yourself, it'll make me even more upset."

"Hey guess what?" Eren smiles pulling out of the hug slightly.

"What?" Armin asks playing along.

"I love you a lot."

"I love you too I guess." Armin laughs onto Eren's shoulder.

This was how it should be.