Complexity- Armin x Reader

Chapter 23: Competitive

Hitch smiled at Armin before turning to Y/n.

"Hey, Becky, you think I can sit next to this cutie?" She asked, pointing to Armin, who's blue eyes went wide.

Y/n's lips parted subtly in awe for a moment. She looked at Armin briefly before looking back up to Hitch, cracking a small, stiff smile.

"Sure," Y/n said disingenuously as she scooted over to let Hitch sit next to her best friend.

Hitch brightened.

"Thanks!"

"Cutie?" Armin asked, flustered.

Hitch settled down and smoothed her mini skirt before turning to Armin and smirking.

"Yup. Anyways I wanted to tell you about what I got at the mall!"

Hitch nestled next to Armin and talked his ear off about how there were sales at the mall for perfumes, and the boy nodded, attentive, but slightly on the verge of drifting off towards the game.

The bubbly girl shrugged off her knit sweater and revealed her new crop top that she had worn underneath. Armin blushed and looked away. He felt a bit awkward.

"What do you think? Do I look good, blondie?" Hitch asked, lightly setting her hand on top of Armin's and looking at him expectantly, all with a suggestive look on her face.

"Y-Yeah. It looks...really nice on you, Hitch." Armin smiled nervously as his blue eyes diverted their attention towards the field below.

Hitch, upon seeing that Armin wasn't ogling at her, pouted briefly before shaking it off and switching to other tactics.

Throughout the game, she would lay feather-light touches along the boy's arms and hands, and at one point, she moved close enough to him so that their shoulders were touching.

Armin's heart beat rapidly out of slight shock and nervousness. This was the most affectionate Hitch was with him out of all of the prior times they had hung out, with the girl keeping her distance most of the time. Why was she so close to him now, he wondered.

He remained calm on the outside, a small smile masking his current state of panic.

Ohmygodohmygod Y/n was right! How do I get out of this?!

Y/n was completely miffed.

Sitting next to Hitch in a public setting felt weird on another level.

And hearing the girl call Armin a cutie was...well, it wasn't a pleasant experience for Y/n.

Armin had told her that he and Hitch were starting to hang out more, with the two even sitting next to each other in German class.

It was all strange, but Y/n kept her lips sealed.

She needed to keep the tight feeling in her chest down, for Armin's sake. Because all she wanted was for the blonde to be happy with his new friend.

Marco, Mikasa and Annie had curiously looked over to see Armin and Hitch talking, with Marco raising a brow.

He turned to Y/n and mouthed "what the hell?"

Y/n shrugged. "It's new, I guess."

Mikasa tapped Y/n's hand.

"Are you ok?" she asked discreetly.

Y/n blinked.

She moved her head down to look at the field, where the players held each other in tackles. She caught a glimpse at Jean ramming himself into another player while covering for Eren, who carried the ball and sprinted towards the goal.