The Library (Armin Arlert x Reader)

Chapter 33

On our way to the dorm I decided to check my mailbox. Upon opening it, a letter fell out and onto my feet. I could feel Armin glancing over my shoulder and I looked back up to him, shrugging.

He reached down and picked it up for me, but before handing it back, he let out a long, exhausted, sigh.

"What's up?" I decided to ask.

"To, (Y/N) (L/N). From, Shinganshina State Prison." He read the envelope aloud in annoyance. "I'm just gonna assume who I think it's from."

I shrugged and took the letter, grabbing Armin's hand and leading us up to the dorms so we could read it together. In privacy.

He swipped my ID card for me and in the room we went, we sat at the island counter table. He leaned forward to show he was interested, so I opened it.

Two words.

Glitter.

Bomb.

I was lucky enough to have had closed my eyes before glitter could get in them, but oh my god is my ex SERIOUS?

"Oh, c'mon!" I whined. "Is that even allowed from the prison?!"

'Glitter. So pretty, but so fucking annoying to deal with, and even harder to get rid of.'

Armin stood for the table and gestured for me to stay still. "I'll get the vaccum— you got a lint roller?" I could hear him trying not to laugh in his tone. Bastard...

"Yeah. In my room, on my computer desk." I wiped the glitter away from my eyes, being sure not to get any in them. "Fucking bullshit, man...I'm still so mad, Armin! How the hell do prisons allow glitter bombs?! Aren't...they're fucking illegal, aren't they??"

"Let's sue em, (N/N)!" Armin emerged from my room with a big smile and lint roller in hand, vaccum in the other.

After he cleaned me up a bit, and I gave him a smooch on the cheek, he sat eagerly back in his seat.

I finally got to the letter. "Want me to read it to you?" I asked. He hummed yes and nodded his head in response.

"Dearest (Y/N). I'm sorry I tried to kill you and Hitch. I don't know what came over me that day, but it wasn't anything good. I haven't hurt you since our sophomore year of high school (the recent attack doesn't count) so I—" I stopped reading, looking back at Armin unamused.

"What? What's it say?" He leaned over the table to try and catch a glimpse, so I continued on.

"—I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. I didn't mean to do it the first time, you know I love you. Right?" I sighed. I really don't wanna read this shit. "That's why I went back for you. Our court date is starting soon, I hope you can be there and let them know that what I did isn't how I really am. Abel." I finally finished reading.

"Such bullshit..." I groaned, resting my head on the table. I felt Armin reach across and gently stroke my cheek. It cheered me up a little. "I really have to go to court with this guy? Why can't they just- I don't know, throw him in jail? They caught him doing it, he literally slammed my head into a fucking wall! Fuck Abel!"

"Yeah- Fuck Abel!" Armin shouted with me. "We're gonna-...we're gonna go to court and kick his ass!" Armin and I laughed a bit, but then he got serious.

"I, uh..." He glanced down to the counter in between the two of us. "Do- is- fuck it. Is it okay if I get the whole story behind you and Abel? I mean, we're gonna take him to court so..."

He really looked like he didn't wanna say the wrong thing. "Hey, this happened a while ago and I've had a lot of time to process it. No worries." I smiled reassuringly when he looked up, and he rutned the smile. "Abel- or James as he now goes by - Abel and I met my freshman year of high school and we really hit it off. He was sweet and generous until he...he wasn't. He just started to do that abusive shit and-"

'Oh, God, this is effecting me way more than I thought it would.'

I took a deep breath in before resuming.

"Yeah...so about half a year passes and I find out about this girl Hitch. You know her, right?" I asked and he nodded. "We decided to confront Abel together but in secret- so she was hiding behind the couch and when I started to talk to him, I was all like 'aaahh I wanna break up with you, you two timing son of a bitch' and he was like 'nooo-' so he got a knife from the kitchen and stabbed me. Oh, and then Hitch took the knife from him and swing at his face with the bat my moms kept for protection- come to think of it, that's probably why he had plastic surgery."

"Damn, she's really got an arm on her, doesn't she?" Armin joked.

"Oh my God she sure fucking does."

"What happened after?"

"Well, she called the cops and stuff, I went to the hospital, and Uh- well. I'm here today!" I moved my arms up in a 'ta-da!' motion.

"Okay that's fucking incredible- I'm dating one of the toughest women on Earth! Apparently, second only to Hitch!"

Knock knock!

"I'll get it." I pushed myself away from the table and walked over to the door, and to my surprise, Mikasa was standing there. She looked so....happy. I mean she's nurmally happy bit this just felt a bit different. "Hey." I stepped aside so she could come in.

She mumbled a small thank you and waved to Armin as she stepped inside. She turned back to face me and grabbed me by my shoulders.

"Eren asked me out!" She giggled, and I gasped.

"Really?!" I grabbed her hands, so excited and shocked. "He has the balls now, huh?"

"Yeah." She laughed it off. "Ymir cornered him and told him to 'nut up or shut up' with his feeings- right infront of me too! It was a little awkward but- oh, man! I-I'm still in disbelief honestly!"

She seemed so excited that I almost wanted to cry- oh. Oh shit she's crying.

"Mikasa, that's great, but are you okay...?" Armin pulled us towards the couches. Mikasa nodded as we sat down, wiping away her tears.

"I'm just so happy. In our past life, it was next to impossible, but now...now we can. I'm sorry..." She looked down to her lap and smiled, continuing to wipe away her tears as they wouldn't stop. "I'll stop cause I'll just keep rambling on. We're gonna go out tomorrow after school! Its gonna be fancy~"

Mikasa nudged my shoulder with a wink. "I came here cause I wanted to tell you (Y/N), and I'm gonna need some advice on what to wear! I've never been on a date before!"

I gasped.

"What? No way! You're fucking gorgeous!" I said and Armin looked confused.

"Well, I have but they don't count cause I didn't love them like I- oh." She covered her mouth with her hands and gasped. "I love Eren!"

"Trust me, Mikasa," Armin cut in, "we know."