"Armin!" You shout at your friend as he glides dangerously close to a titan's mouth missing its teeth by mere inches. "You're a fool!" You shout at him as you swing beside him, he just glances at you with an innocent smile.
"Sorry to scare you (Y/n)!" He shouted back over the loud hiss of your gas, you roll your eyes and make your way around an approaching titan easily slicing its weak spot with your sharp blades. You watch as the titan slowly falls to the ground with a loud thud that rumbled the ground beneath your feet. Armin swiftly landed beside you. "Nice kill!" He praised short of breath you sigh heavily and mount your awaiting horse Elizabeth.
"Thanks." You grunt snapping her reigns almost immediately she began to gallop forward. You and Armin were part of the elite squad in the Survey Corps with Lance Corporal Rivaille as you bold leader. "We need to reach the others." You yell over the thunderous pounding of your horse's hooves beneath you. Wordlessly Armin nods and snaps his reins causing his horse to bolt past you without warning.
"Back from yet another expedition." You grumble tiredly taking a seat beside Armin, Eren and Mikasa share a knowing glance before nodding at you. "Well at least it's over! Right Armin?" You look over at your best friend with a smile. Your smile slowly fades once you realize that Armin wasn't even paying attention, he was too busy staring off into space with a dreamy look in his eyes and a faint smile on his lips. "Armin?" You ask nudging him with your shoulder merely getting a hum in response. Rolling your eyes you snap your fingers in front of the blondes face to get his attention. "Aaaaaaarmin!"
"Huh What?" Armin jumped his head popping up in surprise, your friends chuckled at his inability to pay attention. "S-Sorry! I was daydreaming!" Armin shuttered his face turning a light pink, you grin and lean towards him batting your eyes.
"What were you daydreaming about? A girl perhaps?" His blush was your answer, you squealed and clapped your hands together like a little school girl. Mikasa and Eren rolled their eyes at your playful attitude. "You were! Is she pretty? Nice? Oh do I know her? Are you dating someone and not telling me?!" You bombarded poor Armin with millions of questions all the whole clinging to his arm excitedly.
"Uhh I'd rather not talk about it." He whispered looking away from you and rubbing the back of his neck with his feel hand, you sit up with a sad sigh and nod. You had to admit it was a little disappointing that Armin didn't want to tell you whom he had a crush on, you had always felt that he could talk to you about anything.
"Yeah sorry for attacking you…" You trail off giving him an awkward half smile.
That night went on slowly, you watched Armin's every move trying to figure out who the girl he liked was. "(Y/n) it's time for lights out." Sasha said walking past you as she proceeded to her side of the room, with a saddened sigh you nod and climb into bed slowly drifting off into a dreamless sleep.
*The next Morning*
You were awoken by a body lazily flopping on top of you a sharp elbow jabbing you forcefully in the stomach. "Sasha!" You yell glaring at her dangerously your roommate merely smiled and stood up bouncing with excitement.
"Look what I found!" She exclaimed her long arms waving something in front of your face, rolling your eyes you snatch whatever it was out of her hand an annoyed feeling washing over you. She woke me up for a piece of paper? You stared at the paper your tired vision slowly adjusting to the fine lettering. Your long fingers brush over the smooth surface a wave of shock running through you. "Who would've guessed that you would have a secret admirer." She said flopping in front of you her hands glued to her cheeks. You sent her an annoyed look before responding.
"How did yo- Sasha! You read it!" She smiled innocently at you and slid away, giving her a grunt you turned your attention to the small paper still in your hands. (Y/n) was spelled out in elegant letters that sent your mind on a wild frenzy full of unanswered questions. You opened the tiny letter hesitantly your small hands shaking ever so slightly.
Dear (Y/n),
I'm honestly to scared to tell you this in person because well I'm not the type of person you would call outgoing, but we've known each other for years now and ever since I met you that hot sunny day of our first day of training I haven't been able to get you out of my head. Your smile, the way you laugh everything about you is just 100% perfect (y/n) and I'd love nothing more than to be with you for the rest of my life. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm in live with you (Y/n) I've always have and always will
With all my love, your secret admirer
Your heart leaps into your throat as you read the love letter over and over again in your mind a huge smile taking over your features. Someone loves me? You ask yourself as you repetitively trace over the beautiful handwriting, now that you think of it that handwriting did see oddly familiar but you just could figure out where you'd see it. "So who do you think it is?" Sasha asks rubbing her cheeks excitedly, you roll your eyes and throw the covers off of your body and forcing yourself to leave the comfort of your warm bed.
"I've seen this handwriting but I just can't figure out where." You answer robotically still in a daze, you move past her and grab a uniform quickly leaving her behind to change in the bathroom. A while later you sit down at your usual table with a tray full of food and the note in your hands. As you eat you begin to read the letter over again your face turning a dark red as you scan the text for the umpteenth time. As you brought a large spoon full of scrambled eggs to your mouth two hands grabbed your shoulders causing you to jump and the hot eggs to land on your lap.
"Sorry." Armin exclaimed moving to sit beside you his face covered in an embarrassed blush, you sigh and put the note your note down to grab a napkin and clean off the eggs from your lap. "What's this?" Armin asked curiously snatching the note from your side and holing it in front of his face. You gasp and lunge toward him trying to remove the note from his grasp however he was slightly faster than you and doges you still reading it.
"Armin! Give it back!" You whine like a child reading so you were practically on your friends lap, you try again to grab it but as you do your green eyes friend Eren walks past snatching the note from Armin and reading with and evil grin, when he was done reading it he passed it to someone else and they passed it to another person.
"Ohhh (Y/n) has a secret admirer!" Connie shouted causing all eyes that weren't in the note sharing group to turn to you and giggle, your face glows bright red and you hide behind Armin sending him the darkest look you could muster from your embarrassment. He merely shrugs trying to contain his laughter, but only ends up failing. You sit up and slap his arm quickly turning away and crossing your arms over your chest angrily. After a few minutes of people commenting on your love note it was handed back to you by Bertholdt, he gave you a shy smile and you quickly thanked him glaring at the others around for not being so kind. With an annoyed sigh you stand up no longer hungry and walk away to dump the excess food off your tray, Armin quickly stands up and joins you.
"So who do you think it is?" He asks walking beside you keeping perfect pace, you flicker you (e/c) eyes to meet his electric blue ones.
You bite your bottom lip before giving him an answer. "I don't know Armin, I just can't imagine someone loving me like that." You reply staring straight ahead and not once looking at your friends face, suddenly Armin stood in front of you with a serious face.
"Your wrong." He mumbled not meeting your surprised gaze, without giving you time to reply he turns and walks off leaving you baffled. What was that all about? You ask yourself, quickly you shake your head and walk forward to dump your tray and start your daily chores.
You grumbled angrily to yourself as you continued to scrub the 'dirty' floor beneath you. "Stupid chores. Stupid Levi. Stupid floor. Stupid water. Stupid soap. Stupid dirt for being on this stupid floor." You continued on like that until your heard footsteps walking down the hall behind you, quickly you move to the side and out of the middle where you were working. You look up to see the exact face you didn't want to see. Levi. Great! You think sourly staring at your superior.
"Oi! (Y/n)!" Levi calls still walking in your direction, you immediately stand to your feet and salute him. "Stand down." He huffed in annoyed voice waving his hand at you. "I was asked to give this to you." He said holing out a piece of paper to you, you stared at the paper dumbfounded flicking you gaze from Levi to the paper. "Just take it brat and get your ass back to work!" He yelled causing you to jump and grab the note with lighting speed. Levi sneered and walked past you starting down the hall but your curiosity controlled you and you reached out to stop him.
"Wait Captain! Who gave you this?" Levi turned halfway and stared at you with amusement in his grey eyes.
"Tch. There's a reason I was trusted with that letter I've been sworn to secrecy." He smirked and walked away leaving you speechless. Is this a note from him? Without hesitation you open the note and read that familiar elegant had writing with your name written at the top, you smile excitedly as you start to read.
Dear (Y/n)
I heard you received my first letter. I'm thankful now that you know how I really feel…I'd like to hear from you if you don't mind I'd honestly love to know what you think. I've informed a handful of people my true identity so it's possible for communication here the list; Eren, Mikasa, Levi, Jean and Armin. I hope to hear from you soon my love.
With all my love, your secret admirer
You slowly lower the note a bit surprised that he would ask for a reply back, in a way this made you happy but it struck you a strange. Shaking you head and blinking you shove the letter into your pocket and go back to the task that you were previously working on but this time you had a large smile on your face. Once it was time for dinner and you were completely finished with your chores you skipped around HQ you even smiled at the grumpy woman as she handed you a bowl of tasteless slop with a scowl. "Good evening!" You sang to your small group with a cheerful smile, the others stared at you in astonishment.
"Okay who are you and what have you done to (Y/n)?" Jean asked eyeing you suspiciously, you only smile and shrug still in a gitty mood.
"I think someone's in a good mood because she has a secret admirer." Crista said giving you wink causing you to blush and look away but you still couldn't stop that over joyed smile from taking over your face.
"So (Y/n) any ideas?" Mikasa asked raising an eyebrow, you sigh and shake your head slowly you bottom lip poking out in a pout.
"No clue but I can't wait to find him!" You exclaim even if you didn't know who he is you're going to find out who was writing those letters to you.
"Don't tell me you've fallen for him already." Armin said nudging you playfully with his shoulder, he smiled at you with a joking spark in his eyes but there was another emotion that you couldn't quite make out but it wasn't a particular one you've seen Armin use.
"No silly!" You laugh nudging him back, as you did so his face fell slightly and the smile on his lips seemed a bit more forced than natural. You watched him curiously of a few seconds before shaking the strange feeling off. "I'm just…" You paused thoughtfully looking for the word to describe how your feel. "Happy. I'm happy that someone actually feels something for me." You answer truthfully blushing a dark crimson.
"He really dose (Y/n) thrust me he's felt like this for a while now and I'm glad he's finally doing something about it." You shoved another spoon full of tasteless slush in your mouth giving Armin a happy grin.
Once done you returned to your sleeping quarters immediately pulling out a pencil and paper while sitting at your small work desk, you stared at the blank paper and tried to figure out what to say back. Sadly after several minutes of heavy thinking you came up empty probably even more so then when you started. You stare helplessly at the paper you frustration beginning to leak out. What should I say? I really don't know anything about this guy. You slam you pencil on the desk and bring your hands up to comb them through your (h/l) hair.
The door to your room opened and you lifted your head only to see Sasha walk in halfway through a yawn and her hands stretched above her head. "Hey." She said walking towards you as she rubbed her brown eyes tiredly, you merely nod giving her a look that showed off your frustration. Almost immediately she stops smiling at you and stares at you confused. "What's wrong?" She asked tilting her head to the side and moving to stand beside you.
"I just don't know what to write!" You exclaim, biting the inside of your cheek. "I don't want to mess anything up." Slowly you puff your cheeks out with air and allow the air to seep from your lips.
"Well you could ask him something personal like…" She trailed off tapping her chin lightly, "What his favorite color is!" You look at your friends skeptically and slowly shake your head.
"No Sasha…" You begin slowly. "That's not what I'm putting in my letter." You say giving your friend an annoyed look, she merely shrugs and waltzes off to her bed her hair bobbing side to side as she skipped away. You sigh and stare down at the paper blankly for another good ten minutes until you finally slam your pencil back down in defeat. Maybe I should sleep in it. You think as you yawn loudly and stretch backwards on your chair. Getting up slowly you make your way to your bed noticing Sasha already passed out, rolling your eyes you pull the covers and prepare to fall in when a light knock came from your door.
"Why now?" You groan to yourself glancing at the still sleeping Sasha and walking past her slowly trying not to wake her. You sigh and swing open the wooden door, your annoyed glare softened when the familiar blonde stood in front of you his uniform traded in for a pair of black pants and long white shirt. "Armin it's late. What are you doing here?" You ask stepping out of your room and into the hall making sure the door was closed tightly behind you. Armin's face turns a bright red and he steps back slightly, you stare at him waiting from a response.
"(Y/n) I-I need to tell you something." He said his blue eyes staring into yours, your heart skipped a beat and you could feel your face starting to get red, his look took you by surprise it was so soft almost loving.
"This late?"
"Just hear me out." He says looking away from you, you tilt your head hinting at your confusion. "You know that secret admirer that you have?" He asked shyly, you quirk your eyebrow in a questionable manor.
"Of Course. What about him?" As soon as those words left your lips they became occupied by Armin's crashing into them. You gasped out in shock you (e/c) eyes growing to the size of dinner plates , to your surprise they were soft and moved perfectly against yours without even thinking about it you started to kiss him back with a sudden burst of passion bubbling up from nowhere making you deepen the kiss even more. It wasn't until you both pulled away for air did you realize why he was kissing you. "Armin Are you-"
"Yeah I'm your secret admirer." He said shyly avoiding making eye contact with you, you grin and suddenly wrap your arms around his neck catching his off guard the two of you stumble backwards unto he regains his footing.
"So you really love me?"
"Yeah (Y/n) I love you." He said softly wrapping his arms around you waist in a tight hug, once the words left his mouth you knew it was true, you couldn't help but feel your heart swell with love and happy tears starting to fall from your eyes.
"I love you too Armin." He pulled away surprised and stared at you for a few seconds before pulling you into another kiss this one more passionate than the last. You knew that this was the start of forever with your secret admirer and you love that.