Day 10 - Set Up By Friends - Armin Arlert College!AU
“Please, just give him a chance, he’s nice I promise you.” Marco whined, sitting cross-legged on your bed, laptop open, glasses falling down his nose as he spoke, watching you pull the zip up on the back of your dress. A long dark purple with a modest — but not prude — neckline.
You walked over to the bed, shooting him a look as you squatted down to pull out your shoe drawer, looking for a pretty pair of heels to match. “Would I lie to you?” He sassed, raising an eyebrow at you.
“You’ve lied to me on countless occasions, Mr. Bodt.” You squinted back at him, sticking up a middle finger which was quickly thrown back at you. He peered over the edge of the bed, pulling off his glasses so they didn’t fall. He reached an arm down, pointing at a pair of back heels with little purple bows attached to the back.
“Those are cute, have you ever even worn them? Oh! You should add a bow to your hair to match.” He spoke excitedly, watching you pull the heels out from the drawer, holding them against your dress. Nodding at him. You stood, pulling your black stockings high before sliding and buckling the shoes onto your feet. You straightened out, giving a little spin. “Love it, oh my god Armin is gonna go insane.”
His phone pinged and he pulled it out his pocket, immediately up on his feet. “Are they here?” You asked, walking over to him as he grabbed your purse and a black scarf off the back of your chair.
“Yup!” The front door creaked open, Mikasa’s voice echoing through the house. “Here!” she was loud enough, heard throughout the small one-bedroom apartment without having to shout. Marco turned to you, grinning cheekily.
“Let me know if you need me and Mika to clear out.” He offered with a wink before heading out into the main living room. You followed in his wake, walking out into the main room, Marco’s bed pushed up against the wall connecting to your room, surrounded by bookshelves for privacy.
When the two of you first moved to Trost he insisted you took the actual room, then he ended up building bookshelves to essentially give himself a bedroom within the lounge. It was odd, but he was just gentlemanly like that. It’s not like he spent many nights at home anyway, most were spent with his girlfriend or Jean. In all honesty you weren’t sure why he hadn’t moved in with the two of them yet, Jean was still living with his mother; and you weren’t sure about the girlfriend, but you were 90 percent sure — based off the overall vibe of her apartment — that she lived alone.
That was an issue for another day. You looked up, stopping dead in your tracks when you were met with a boy in a white ironed shirt and black slacks, ocean blue eyes wide and slightly petrified, blonde hair brushed to the side, though it looked like it wanted to return to a natural state in front of his eyes. He smiled, eyes squinting as he did, looking like he was struggling to see. Mikasa appeared behind him, sliding a pair of glasses into his hand, which were quickly unfolded, resting on his nose, wide rimmed and so dorky looking that it made your heart warm.
He offered out a hand for you to shake, voice coming out gentle and kind. “Armin Arlert, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” He introduced, you shook his hand, introducing yourself back.
Mikasa informed you that your reservation was in 20 minutes and so the two of you bettered get going. The restaurant was nice, the two of you got a table in the corner of the place tucked away by some plants and shielded by other tables. He pulled out your chair, letting you sit down first before sitting down himself. Once drinks were ordered and a bottle of wine was flowing, conversation started flowing naturally, and that’s when you truly realized how much of a nerd he was.
Not in a bad way — he was just passionate about things that most people wouldn’t be interested, niche if you must. “You’re in med school, right? I think I remember Marco mentioning it being one of the top in the country.” You spoke up when conversation fell quiet. He chuckled arkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck.
“I wouldn’t say it’s the ’best in the country’” He mumbled, “It’s only Scouts.” Your eyes widened upon hearing the name, leaning a little forward on your seat, tapping the back of your palm against his forearm.
“Holy crap are you joking? That’s arguably one of the best Med schools in the world!” You let out a quiet yet sharp chuckle. “What are you studying?”
“Well, Neurosurgery. It’s uh, kind of been something I’ve looked at for a while.” He laughed it off, meeting your eyes. “What about you? Anything interesting?”
Your mind blanked out, how the hell were you supposed to compete with Neurosurgery? “Uhm, I’m working in a lot of music based fields right now. Marco and I have been kind of… erm… applying to a lot of open shows at the moment, more covers than anything else, only a few original pieces that Jean has written but that’s about it.”
“Hey, that’s cool! I did try joining a school choir at one point… but up, Eren told me a couldn’t sing and so I quit. I can play the piano though, Eren’s Mom used to teach me.” He reassured, his own little story making you laugh.
Dinner was nice, natural conversation, him nerding out, you just about following along. The night ended with the two of you heading back to the apartment, he stopped you before you could unlock the door.
“I liked this.” He said simply, shoulders relaxing a little.
“I did too. Uhm… I think that, if it’s okay with you, I’d like to do this again. There’s a museum in Shiganshina that you might like, it’s pretty. We can grab lunch or something. If that’s okay, of course.” You offered. He nodded, staring at you for a moment, cheeks going pink all of a sudden.
“Uhm, I know it’s kind of sudden and that we’ve just met but… can I..?” He trailed off, you lifted a hand, resting it on the back of his neck and bending down to press a soft kiss to his cheek.
“Thank you for dinner. It was nice.” You mumbled, pulling away and unlocking the apartment door before he could say anything else.
The apartment was relatively quiet, two bottles of wine — one empty, the other on it’s way down — rest on the coffee table, Mikasa fast asleep on the sofa, Marco sat quietly in the kitchen, eating while on a video call with his girlfriend and Jean, looking a little droopy as he ate. You weren’t entirely sure why they drank, both were light weights, especially Marco.
You laughed softly, Armin going to wake Mikasa up to take the two of them home. You settled in the kitchen beside Marco, filling him and the other two in on your date. Armin left with a tired girl at his side, waving and blowing a kiss to you as they headed out the door.
You were glad — and so incredibly grateful — that you knew such amazing people who were able to find you a seemingly perfect match.
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