New start

Chapter 1

The snow fell silently to the ground, light as feather each with its own unique shape. Armin sat in quiet admiration. It was now mid-December, and the third quarter would be over in a week's time.

With the quarter coming to a close Armin took a moment to reflect on all that had happened in the last few months. Since the start of the first second quarter, he and Annie had begun to see each other more often slowly breaking Annies walls and intern making Armin a little bolder. Aswell Armin and Annie had begun living together off campus in one of the apartments close to the college, along with Eren and Mikasa.

Most days it was fine but every now and again things became heated. It was most often a conflict of opinion between Annie and Mikasa. Often times they would circle each other ready to strike like two panthers stuck in deadlock until Armin or even would pull them out. Often they would get into conflict only to claim it as a discussion.

Another usual occurrence these days was the presence of Jean and Marco who lived in the same building; as well as Sasha whose family owned shop was only a Stone's throw away.

In the past few months, Armin and Annie had become much closer to the point where the no longer felt awkward around each other. Slowly and bit by bit they crossed more and more barrier at this point they were at least past the touch barrier. Most days after class they found themselves snuggled together on the couch watching movies, reading or just enjoying each others company.

Armin found all these, the good and the bad somewhat comforting. Armin was pulled out of his thoughts as he heard the front door open and in walk Annie. Armin was hit by her beauty once again, like the first time he had seen her. Her pale blonde hair was tied back except for the right side which hung down close to her face. She wore her usual gray hoodie even though she owned plenty of warmer coats. She was so enthralled in the music she had going through her headphones she didn't even notice Armin sitting right in front of her all she knew was that it was a long cold day and she needed a nice hot cup of coffee.

After dumping her book bag on the floor by the door she made her way into the kitchen to fix herself a hot drink. Armin as quiet as possible got up and made his way to the kitchen where Annie was facing towards the stove. Armin slowly wrapped his arms around Annie's stomach pulling her close.

For a moment Annie pulled back surprised by the arms wrapped around her until she felt the warmth. For whatever reason Armin was always warm, and yet she always felt cold until that night when they first shared a hug and a kiss, with Armin she felt so cozy and snug. Slowly she eased back into Armin's warm embrace. Armin hesitated for a moment as Annie eased back into his embrace. Slowly he set his head upon hers almost enveloping her.

For a moment they stood there basking in each others warmth, completely forgetting the hardships of the day and just enjoying this one moment. Finally, the two lovers were pulled from there paradise by the whistling of the water Ketel. As Annie pulled out of Armin's embrace to pour fix her coffee Armin went to lean against the sink which faced towards the stove.

Once finished making her coffee, Annie pulled off her headphones and set them down on the counter. Taking a long swig of her coffee she moved towards Armin and slipped back into her welcoming embrace. Hesitantly she rested her head on his chest and just held there. A moment later she felt him shift under her, as she looked up into his deep hazel eyes than to his smile.

That smile… that was the smile that always brightened her day. Leaning down to her Armin planted a kiss on her forehead, then on her lips. Their kiss was no more than a bush of lips but it spoke thousands in only a few moments.

Slowly pulling away Annie could see Armin was slightly flustered, his cheeks had a slight tinge of red to them. It was at this moment Annie let out a small coy smile, pulling back to retrieve her coffee. As she leaned on the edge of the stove opposite Armin.

"So how was your day" Armin asked smiling at her as she downed more of her coffee.

Thinking about it for a moment Annie recalled the events of her day. She remembered particularly the events have transpired during her small group practice, how Hitch and she had gotten into another argument until Krista had to get involved. "Uh… fine, I guess." she said before taking another drink of her mug "nothing out of the ordinary anyway."

"Hitch still getting to you?" Armin said reading Annie like a book.

"Ya" Annie sighed annoyed at how well Armin could read people, "but nothing I can't deal with," she said knowing full well she could beat hitch if she really wanted to.

"Just don't do anything you'll regret…," Armin said knowing full well that once Annie set her mind to something she would go through with it regardless of the consequences.

"I'll be fine," Annie said trying to reassure Armin "how was your day off"

It was now Armin's turn to sigh, do to his high IQ he didn't really need to go to his calculus anymore "honestly…. Really boring." Armin had spent the whole day at home laying on the couch reading or watching tv.

"Aw, that's too bad," Annie said envious of Armin's situation, she would have loved to stay in the apartment and just sleep forever but finals week was the one week that she actually struggled with. "Well you were here and not out there in the cold"

Armin seeing an opportunity said "well if your that cold we could get a blanket" Armin waited then for Annie to get upset.

To his surprise thou, Annie said "alright" as she Armin by the hand and went back to the couch and sat him down and proceeded to lean up against him with a blanket covering them, both of them blushing like fools as they laid there snuggled together. Slowly they eased into each other and got more comfortable. Until the front door opened and in walked in even and Mikasa.

Both even and Mikasa were dumbfounded by the sight of Armin and Annie nestled up on the couch the smell of thick coffee in the air. As the two couples stared at each other all flustered it was even who spoke up "if you need a moment… we could leave" he said as he glanced at Mikasa.

Both Annie and Armin were taken back for a moment before they realized what even was insinuating "no it's not like that" Armin said as Eren keeled over on the floor laughing.

Alright, peoples, that's what I've got so let me know what you think thank you and ill try to get back to posting regularly.