Not Just an Act [ArminxEren]

~ not what we thought? ~

• Armin's P.o.v. •

We started practices yesterday afternoon, and they will be on Mondays,Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. We will learn the the importance if our characters this afternoon.

"See Ar? What did I tell you. I knew you'd do well," Eren said, patting my back twice before walking off. I nodded and mumbled "you too."

• Time skip (/)•3•)/) •

Eren and I sat on the bleachers of the gymnasium, once again sharing pocky. I had blushed when he took it out and handed me some, seeing we had started a little tradition.

The instructor arrived around 2:45, fashionably late, and gave us our scripts. She was a nice and sweet petite woman we called Petra-senpai. After explaining a the story line, she began to become a little more serious. "Now, in this wonderful musical, there is also," she sighed heavily, "romance. In the traditional version, the two main characters were played by a man and a woman. I'm not saying our little ladies here are untalented, but none of them had the kind of chemistry our other instructors saw in between our Luca and our August..."

"Anyway, our play will still be the way it's supposed to be, as long as our dear Luca is alright with being a girl..." She looked over to me expectantly "H-honestly, I've been in situations like this, it's not a bother... Uh.." I stuttered, and looked over to Eren. He was biting his lip slightly and blushing... Could he?- no.

Petra smiled and nodded, continuing with her talk about roles, and gave us a little pep talk and some basic pointers. By 3:30 she had dismissed us, and I immediately ran to Eren. He had stood up and made his way over to the place we had been sitting.

"E-Eren!" I squatted down to meet his eyes, which wore no expression. "I'm sorry- I uh.. I should've saw if you-" I stopped ubruptly- feeling a stick of pocky on my tongue as he placed it in my mouth to silence me. "Don't apologize. I would've done the same thing." He gave me a reassuring smile. "It's not what we thought, but that doesn't mean it's not what we wanted." He walked off before my shellshocked self could respond.

And I lost my shit.

• Author's note •

Okayyyyy stupid short chapter.

Now we're kinda getting somewhere

I guess it took me a while since I couldn't decide wether to keep Armin a boy in the play or nah...

I'll try to make the chapters a little longer and more meaningful- a lot of the better fics I've read, the start out as friends have meaningful back stories, lots of ups and downs, then a final relationship.

Next chapter shouldn't be a while!

Sincerely your sincere friend,

GoatBooty🎌💕