🙈 don't feel pressured but from the prompt list "how do they achieve a fully-assembled piece of IKEA furniture?" Sounds very interesting 🙈🙈 with almost any character I think 🙈
AAAAAH THIS IS SO LONG OVER DUE. I hope you enjoy~
IKEA day is a dangerous day.
It wasn't even the shopping that was problematic, but the monumental pain that came after, once her very first purchase from IKEA got delivered.
"Minor assembly needed my ass."
When she saw that everything came in a box, a box that when she opened was filled with all sorts of parts and a manual, the young collegiate knew where the rest of her afternoon was going to be allotted to. Seriously, how dare IKEA make her assemble her own furniture after having gone through all of the trouble earning the money to pay for it. Was it not enough that she's working part-time to afford the little necessities in life as she goes through Uni? Was it not enough that she spent hours in their store walking amidst a sea of diversity just to finally meet the sofa bed of her dreams which realistically meant the sofa bed within her budget?
Apparently, not so. Not when she had to furrow her brows over a manual that looked no more than scribbles and doodles to her. Or how she was trying to make sense of the other attachables that were needed in order to make sure the damn thing worked properly.
The audacity.
She simply couldn't get a break. And this was JUST the sofa bed. God forbid what she'd have gone through had she gone and purchased a cabinet or a table instead.
Now, on most occasions, she would just do things herself because Kristina didn't want to bother anyone with her personal belongings. But she just… couldn't be bothered to read a manual. It was a her problem, yes, but one that she was slowly trying to fix; however, not today. So, she called for her partner in crime…
"God, you're such a fucking asshole, I hate you."
…Zeke Yeager WHO she didn't think would come armed with the blonde star athlete of their football team, Reiner Braun.
"But do you really?" Zeke looked as amused as ever as his gaze went from Reiner who was busy with the manual, and Kristina who had walked up to him for complaints. Then again, seeing her flustered annoyance gave Zeke the feeling that she wasn't as angry as she let on. After all, he was doing her a favor. She asked for help, he was there to deliver. "That's the most hostile thank you that I've received from you, Krissy. This is worse than the time I brought you to the Warrior's victory party."
And just for that comment, he won himself a smack to the arm before the girl finally left him– fuming– to once again join Marley U's jock in making sense of her little IKEA conundrum.
"I'm sorry that he roped you into doing this." Kristina was particularly apologetic to Reiner as she continued to fit each piece of her sofa bed with its designated covers. Reiner on the other hand simply waved it off. It wasn't every day that he came over to do this sort of work, and every once in a while, it wasn't too bad. Everyone thought that all he was was a giant meathead that thought about nothing other than sports, and for the most parts, they weren't wrong. However, he wasn't opposed to doing a little bit of charity work or manual labor when he had the free time.
Besides, it's not as if he could really turn down their manager's invitation… let alone, his requests. When he heard about Zeke needing some help fixing up some furniture, it seemed like an easy enough job since he had some experience. The young football star had a modest dorm room when he didn't spend his days at his mother's house; and his dorm room had furniture that he himself assembled… also from IKEA. He could call himself a pro at this by now… after all the trial and error he'd had figuring it out himself.
What he didn't expect was for Zeke to bring him to a girl's place. And if he remembered correctly, it's the same one who he arrived with at the team's victory bash a few weeks ago.
"You new 'round these parts? Don't think I've seen you around that much before." Reiner asked, using the free Allen key to begin assembling some of the pieces that had been fitted with the covers.
"Kind of. To the neighborhood at least." She explained, dragging one of the parts to the 'assembly line'.
It's been a week since she moved from her father's house to this nice little complex. Definitely closer to school, and thankful far enough from the toxicity that came with living with her judgmental old man. She couldn't stand having to hear another reason why she's making a mistake by taking up teaching courses, rather than the path of medicine which he had planned out from the start.
"That so? You enjoying yourself so far— it's Krista- no, sorry, Kristina, right?" He fumbled, slightly embarrassed for mistaking her name for someone else's. A crush who happened to share the first five letters of the name.
"Y-yeah, that's me. And really, you don't need to apologize." She responded. "It's an easy mistake to make."
"Strange, most would expect an apology. Always thought people hated it when others got their names wrong— pass me that bolt, would you?"
And so Kristina did, passing him one of the bolts that would eventually keep the sofa bed together.
"Well, we've only met once. It'd be pretty unfair to assume you would remember. I keep my standards low."
At that sentiment, Reiner found himself lofting a brow, his head raised from what he was doing just to look at her. Did he just get dissed? "You got quite the mouth right there huh, you sayin' I can't remember names?"
"Was I wrong?" Did she hit a nerve? But then he chuckled, returning to the task at hand.
"Nah, I got it wrong the first try, yeah? Won't happen again, I promise." He reassured. For a moment, Kristina had her breath held. She thought it was over, that she wasn't ever going to have a chance to become friends with him all because of this damn mouth of hers. But he seemed more of a sport about it, more than her fears suggested at least.
"Hey, c'mere. I'll teach you how to put this part together. It's pretty easy." He called her over as he aligned the side panel with the storage space that made up one part of the girl's sofa bed. Reiner showed her the bar and screws that were needed to connect them together, and demonstrated screwing one of the screws using the Allen key.
"Pretty easy, right?" He confirmed.
"It is pretty easy, now that you've shown me how." She agreed.
"Pretty sure your boyfriend over there coulda shown you how too." But Reiner knew that Zeke had a bit of laziness in him. If it wasn't at all interesting, he wouldn't be too compelled to lift a finger. Or he'll find a different way to do it… which he guessed is what happened here.
Suddenly however, the blonde felt a sharp smack on his arm, catching him by surprise, followed by a horrified "He's not my boyfriend!" from her part.
"You don't have to be so shy, my dear Krissy. You can tell Reiner here how we've professed our undying lo—" Zeke chimed in, taking a drag of the cigarette that he had lit just a while ago as he watched them both work. Kristina's expression as she snapped her attention towards her best friend's direction almost caused Reiner to laugh, had he not caught himself. He had never seen someone looking so offended over a statement before.
"He sure is trying to sell it." He said, chuckling once again as he hands her the Allen key so that she can try it for herself.
"Please, don't take him seriously. He likes to embarrass me, as a hobby." Kristina explained, focusing on doing what she had been taught. There was a small glimmer in her eyes when the screw locked in place; and when Reiner himself inspected the rest that she had done, he raised his hand for a high-five that she had so rightfully earned.
Small talk persisted between the three of them as the work continued. Reiner had called out Kristina's dislike for manuals and watched her try to reason it out. Zeke often interjected to taunt the girl; finding some strange amusement in her being quite defensive.
It was, all in all, a leisurely day; the work prolonged due to the chit-chats and bickering. A peaceful time for three college kids, and an eventful day for one.
When they had finished with the assembly of the sofa bed, they bid their farewells. Kristina had offered to make them dinner as a form of repayment, but both Zeke and Reiner decided to take a raincheck for today. Zeke simply had something else to do for the night, and Reiner, well, he didn't want to be a bother even if the host had insisted.
"Next time." She remembered him say, with an apology to match. The girl, not wanting to press on for too much, compromised with that. It wasn't a bad deal at all. It would at least give her an excuse to meet Reiner again.
As she stared at her phone, she fondly looked at the new number that had been saved along with a message,
⌊ Reiner Braun ⌉
Hey, got practice in the afternoon tomorrow. Wanna drop by? Not sure if football's your thing, but I can introduce you to the team. Haha! Promise not to get your name wrong this time 'round.
it read.
Kristina never would have thought that this name would become part of her contacts. Maybe being friends with Zeke did have some benefits. Maybe him knowing that she liked the Warrior's 104 was a silver lining.
I'll be there ♪(´▽｀)
… and sent.
IKEA day was a dangerous day, because who would have thought that a little trouble was all it took for her heart to skip a few beats all throughout the day?
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WAIT!!! YOU’RE TELLING ME THE SPANISH DUB OF ADVENT CHILDREN FOR CLOUD IS JIM????? I need to watch Advent Children in Spanish again
RIGHT?! And there are certain voices that I adore, and his voice is just 😍 So of course I love these two cuties, and they happen to be voiced by the same guy in Spain...
gotta love how this is getting out of hand.... it's just fantastic
Yes, YES EXACTLY. I thought I’m gonna get cute stuff like people telling me about their day, people telling me about things that happened to them but a few minutes later it became a debate about foreheads.
(Not that I don’t appreciate it ty y’all ily but please no more foreheads)
Freeze! You're under arrest for being so nice and cute. Copy this message to 10 other blogs that you think are beautiful and deserve it. Keep the game going and make others feel beautiful!!! 💞
T0T <333 BRUH UNFAIR
I’d send it back at u BUT TUMBLR KEEPS DENYING ME FROM U THE FIEND so I’ll send it in spirit <33
I'm starting to feel bad for all those people not getting Arthur when I'm here with 750+ SQ. LET ME GIVE YOU ALL SOME 😭😭 YOU ALL DESERVE HIM. I would even give some tickets for everyone if I could. DAMN IT DW GIVE US OUR HUSBANDS WE DESERVE THEM
BIG MOOD
i mean i wouldn’t donate sq - simply because i never have any left lmao🤓
but taken that apparently i’m such a big Saber lucksack i’d def donate my saber luck to aaaaalll of you who want Okitan or Arthur!
And no, Noa, although your offer is a very noble one - please keep all your hard earned and saved sq for your Demon and bring him home once his banner drops!! (I really do hope you’ll ping me when you pull so i can cheer for you 💝)
- miss you and the discord server xx well you, not the server lmao
Now that I failed to NP5 him but instead only NP4ed him like ALWAYS LMAO got him I can finally relax. I will definitely be rooting for you when Hiji comes around!!! ✌🏻💝
