Complexity- Armin x Reader

Chapter 22: By Chance

The boy was stupefied. Out of all of the people that he could be friends with, Hitch Dreyse was the last person he expected. The girl was self-obsessed and popular, so he questioned why she had chosen to pursue a friendship with him. He was thinking that maybe there was something in it for her, something that she could benefit from. What it was, Armin had no clue. And he also had no clue that Hitch was simply doing this out of lust for the boy.

Armin saw no problem with the proposition so far, so he reverted back to his usual kind nature and accepted.

"O-Oh, um...well, ok!"

Armin smiled shyly, and Hitch grinned.

"Cool," she said as she unlocked her phone's home screen. "So, what's your number?"

~♢~

Y/n was listening intently to Armin's retelling about his shift the other day, when Hitch Dreyse showed up out of the blue to talk to him.

"I was going to climb back up the tower to keep watch, and then I felt a tap on my shoulder, and you'll never guess who it was."

Armin paused dramatically, waiting for Y/n to guess and knowing that she would never figure it out.

"Uhhh...the actor for Thor?" Y/n asked as she shifted to sit criss cross applesauce on Armin's bed.

"Wh-What? That's completely random!" He laughed as he moved to sit next to Y/n.

The girl threw her hands up in the air.

"Well, you made it sound like it was someone famous or something!"

"Well, popular at our school."

"Uhh...Reiner?"

"No, more popular."

Y/n hummed in thought, tilting her head up to stare at Armin's blue walls.

She sighed in defeat and pouted at Armin.

"Shoot, I can't think of anyone. Who was it?"

"Hitch Dreyse," he said plainly.

"Hitch Dreyse?" she questioned as her brows lifted in intrigue. "What did she say to you?"

"Well, she saw me help that kid from earlier--"

"And once again, I'm going to call you Aqua Man," Y/n interrupted with a grin and Armin rolled his eyes.

"Hush!" he said as he pressed his finger against his lip. "Anyways, before I was so rudely interrupted..."

Y/n stuck her tongue out at him and Armin smiled. He continued.

"She saw me help the kid and she called me--God, this feels weird to say-- brave," he said apprehensively, finding it to be strange since he was never one to boast about himself.

"Well, she ain't wrong. I'm proud of you, Min! And you should be proud of yourself, too!"

Armin turned red and scratched at his cheek. He smiled sheepishly.

"Would you quit saying that already?" His heart drummed against his chest, and he felt warm hearing Y/n's praise.

"Nope!" the girl said with a bright smile.

He sighed and changed the subject.

"But, there's more."

"Oh?"

"She told me that we should hang out."

Y/n stared at Armin blankly, not knowing what to make of the information she was given.