──✮───୨ৎ───✮── Texts with Personal Assistant!Armin
fic contains: Modern AU, Two blind idiots head over heels for each other. professional relationship if openly longing was considered professional. Armin being more of a stay at home husband than an assistant. He's in grad school here and reader is 4 years older than him. Mikasa being tired of trying to make this thing happen.
2 installment of ? aot work romance stories (fic pending, check the others!)
texts cw: armin being too cute, the insinuation of a sex toy, yearning (especially in those smiley faces armin sends)
pairings: eren jaeger x gn!reader, armin arlert x gn!reader
summary: transferring to your childhood friend’s college seemed like a good idea at first. until you meet his friends, and have to make a choice that’ll possibly effect the future of a friendship immensely.
a/n: haiii sorry for disappearing for a year😅😅🤗but i’m back and better than ever💯 also ramandan mubarak!!! <3
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"i'm doing it right."
"no you're not, eren."
"i am, you don’t even work here." is what eren said, right before the top of the dreaded machine popped off. the sudden spurts of coffee coming from said machine caught eren off guard, retracting his hand from the handle as soon as the brown liquid pinched the skin of his palm.
the yelp that managed to escape eren’s lips seemed to send ymir into a fit of laughter, controlling it as much as she could so that she wouldn't distract the student studying in the corner of the cafe.
eren's new job at the bear themed cafe that just opened shop not too far from his apartment— he was told about their hiring by a classmate who overheard a conversation him and connie were having about being jobless(and broke)— the owners were a nice couple and the pay was good; he didn't see a reason not to apply.
the first few days were regular, the place seemed to be doing really well. then by the second week, the shop would be packed on the days he worked, mostly with people around his age.
unfortunately, eren was painfully unaware about his ability to draw customers in, so he couldn't understand why there were less than usual today.
the lack of customers didn't seem to bother him as much as soon as sasha and ymir walked into the shop. he hadn't thought it was a bad idea asking them to come, wanting as much company as he could get. that was until they watched him burn his hand with hot coffee— and laughed.
“is this thing broken?!”
"how'd you manage to break something on your third week?"
"better than the first," sasha chirps. taking a sip of the iced latte eren brewed up for her not too long ago, she looks over the pink counter to see how her friend was handling the situation. "eren! you have to turn the machine off so it can stop fizzing!"
"don't let my coffee go to waste eren," ymir buds in.
still focused on the spill, and his hand, a look of disbelief takes over eren's features. "my hand is burnt and you're worried about your coffee?" he scoffed, quickly unplugging the machine so that he could go back to holding his palm. “who drinks hot coffee during this season anyway," he mumbles.
right before ymir could throw a sugar packet his way, a figure walked through the doors of the back room, sporting the same white and pink apron as eren, her name tag reading 'cherie'.
she doesn't make a move to come any closer to the three friends, standing by the pastry rack as she waves eren over.
she sends him a bright smile as he makes his way. "hey, thanks for restocking the syrup. did you finish grinding up the-" she stops mid-sentence as she notices eren cradling his right hand in his left, worry immediately taking over her features. "are you alright?"
eren's eyebrows furrow in confusion, not sure what the girl was going on about until he remembers how unlucky he got a few seconds ago. "oh this? its nothing,'' he chuckles, "was just being dramatic."
"you seem really hurt though. here, let me see." she insists, reaching out in an attempt to take his wrist in her hand.
the confused look on eren's face comes back. was he not loud enough when he told her it was fine? "i'm good cherie, really," he says a little louder, gaining the attention of his two friends who made themselves comfortable by the window seats.
she doesn't budge, reaching her hand out for him anyway, and eren swears ymir was about to tell her off if it wasn't for him backing up, creating some well needed space between cherie and himself. she seems to finally get the hint, mumbling a 'sorry' as she retracted her hand, heat rushing to her cheeks.
eren only laughs it off. the last thing he'd want is to be on awkward terms with the person who he works with every day. "it's alright. and yeah, i finished up the coffee beans a while ago." he said, sending a small smile her way. "is that all?"
cheeks still hot, cherie brings her hands up to fiddle with her fingers. "uh, no i actually, um," she rapidly taps the tip of her sneaker on the recently mopped floor. looking anywhere but him, she continues. "i wanted to know- i mean, i was just wondering if-"
before she could finish, her sentence was cut short by the sounds of the wind chime as the front door opens, causing both their heads to whip in that direction.
eren can't tell who it is exactly, but as he sees the figure make their way to greet the two girls seated, along with a cheerful call of your name from sasha, he lets out a faint gasp.
a more brighter, genuine smile takes over eren's features almost immediately when he sees you approaching him. "sorry cher, one sec," he doesn't even spare the poor girl a glance before excusing himself, making his way over to you.
not wanting to potentially get caught off guard by his boss, he settles for hugging you from across the counter, smiling harder (if it was even possible) when the two of you finally make contact. he wishes he could stay like this forever.
he holds his frown back as the two of you pull away, reminding himself that you guys are in public and are not dating.
"i thought you couldn't come?"
"nope, i just didn't reply. i never said i wouldn't," you grins eren started to pout. you poke at his sides through the pink apron, successfully breaking his frown. "i just wanted to surprise you. surprise!"
"well you're better than sasha, she can’t do surprises to save her life." he says a little too loudly, as sasha heard him from her spot by the window. "your coffee sucks, by the way!" she counters, empty coffee cup in hand.
"my coffee is great!" he rolls his eyes, giving you his full attention once again. "you want some? it's on the house," he insists, already reaching for the essentials. "i should probably finish ymir's before she kills me, though."
leaning your arms against the counter gave you a better look at his work station; glass and paper to-go cups stacked neatly in the corner, four different coffee bean bags placed neatly alongside the straws and one too many flavored syrups. there were many other components to the organized counter, but what caught your eye was the spill of coffee next to the big jug of the brown liquid.
"looks like you had a little trouble along the way," you tease, pointing at the spill when he sends a confused glare your way.
he rolls his eyes once again. "don't even remind me. it's basically ymir's fault i got this burn." a frown pulls on his face when he's reminded about the slight stinging on his palm.
your teasing demeanor is quickly replaced with worry when he brings up the mention of a burn. "you got burnt?" you frowned, gesturing for him to display his hand out for you. "does it hurt?"
he doesn't even wait for you to tell him to give you his hand, happily placing it in yours. "yeah." he pouts, trying his best to hide his smile as he hears a faint scoff come from ymir. as much as he hates to admit it, he loves being babied: especially by you. it made him feel like the most important person in the world, and he’s sure he’d trade anything to be cared for by you forever.
from the spot eren left her, cherie subtlety watches the two of you speak as he prepares your drink in pure disbelief. why do your conversations seem to flow with more ease than when she and him talked? how're you making him beam like he was the sun itself? and why did he give you his hand so willingly? did you even ask? who even are you?
she swears she's never seen you around campus before, or around eren, and she sees him pretty often. the only reason she told him about this place was so that they could spend more time together, get to know each other better, possibly confess her crush on him along the way. but to her demise, it doesn't seem like that was happening any time soon.
how could she not have fallen for him? with his warm smile and his painfully effortless charm; she swears she feels her heart skip a beat any time she hears him call her 'cher'. despite it being just a simple nickname, she believes it brings them closer. well, at least she thought it did.
eren never mentioned being in a relationship before, but the sight in front of her leaves her to believe he just might be.
of course she can't do anything about it at the moment, she doesn't even know who you are. but she believes she still has a chance, still has a chance to show eren that him and her are meant to be, so she doesn't let the display in front of her bring her spirits down. instead, she takes a deep breath, straightens out her apron, and walks back into the storage room.
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“can i get another cup? pleaseee”
“oh? i thought my coffee sucked?”
“please eren, you know i didn’t mean it!”
you and ymir idly sit back and watch sasha practically beg eren for another iced latte, and it’s not until she threatens to show a particular dance video from middle school that he gets back behind the counter to make her drink. she does end up feeling bad, and tells him she’ll pay for it.
as you watch eren work his magic, your phone vibrates on the table. when you pick it up, a notification from twitter appears.
cherie.xoxo started following you!
eren😭is😭so😭cute😭😭😭💗
requests are open for aot, jjk, and tokyo revengers!! ♡
Hellooo if you’re okay with it can you do texts where reader asks any of the guys from AoT ‘how does it feel to be a short king’ or something like ‘thank you my short king’ I saw this on tik tok and it’s so triggering tor guys😂even tall guys get upset and/or offended and start saying shit like I’m 6’2 but 6’1 with no shoes I’m not short 😡 it’s so entertaining
HIII OMG yesss I've seen this trend! they really do get MAD mad lmaoo i hope u enjoy!! was rlly tempted to throw levi in this one but he would honestly leave you on read and maybe block u too and thats no funnnn
Short King Prank w/ Jean, Bertholdt, Porco, Eren & Armin | SMAU
pairings: eren jaeger x gn!reader, armin arlert x gn!reader
summary: transferring to your childhood friend’s college seemed like a good idea at first. until you meet his friends, and have to make a choice that’ll possibly effect the future of a friendship immensely.
a/n: eid mubarak everyone!! i hope everyone has an amazing day <3
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i kinda suck at writing comfort i’m sorry😭
also i started watching/reading demon slayer... i’m in love with muichiro ❤️
