104 Stories of The 104th
A/N: Well this is my first requested work. I hope you like it, kuroneko nnch!If not let me know and tell me what you want fixed and I'll do it.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. They are Isayama's beautiful characters.
'Words'= Thoughts
"Words"= Speech
-Auric
Chapter 3: Chemistry
Ship: Jearmin
Rating: K
Jean stared out of the window of his fourth period English class, wondering what he was going to go for the night. Maybe he'd hang out with Marco or maybe he'd just sit and his room and draw. He had been invited to play some pick up football with Eren and Connie with a bunch for the older kids that they knew, but Reiner always took it too seriously and Bertholdt was too tall to play defense against. Plus tackling Bert was like jumping into a pool of sweat and Jean hated it. Maybe he'd just help mom with dinner. Before he could decide, a ruler slammed down onto his desk, snapping out of his little mental battle.
"Jean! Pay attention in my class. I can smell your boredom from the front of the class," Mr. Zacharius, "Whatever fantasy you're having can wait. The Catcher and The Rye is going to be on the final!"
"Yes sir," Jean said with a sigh.
After attempting to look like he was paying attention in English, the bell finally rang and Jean bolted to his next class. He may have hated English, but his next class he loathed with a passion: Chemistry. It made little sense to Jean and he really didn't care to attempt to understand. The worst part of it was the teacher, Dr. Zoe Hanji. She was insane. She half screamed at them and had some weird obsession with chemicals to make supersized humans or something. She practically drooled whenever someone started her on the subject. When he arrived in class, his usual lab partner, Connie, was nowhere to be found. He looked around the room and realized that the only other person who didn't have a lab partner was Eren. 'Oh, please God, no!' Jean and Eren thought at the same time. They were friends and pretty good ones at that, but only if they were in a group of people. If they weren't and it was just the two of them, they'd try and one-up the other until something or someone broke. Luckily, Mikasa had just walked in behind him and she half ran to sit next to Eren. Eren put on a smile that said "Hi Mikasa! I'm glad we're partners…again!", but his eyes flashed with annoyance. She ALWAYS made Eren work with her in every class, but Chemistry, where they were forced to work with whoever Dr. Hanji wanted them to.
Jean sighed to himself and sat down at an empty lab station by himself, preparing himself mentally for doing actual work. Connie loved Chemistry so he normally did all the work. But Jean was in luck. As soon as he sat down, the door swung open.
"Sorry I'm late Doctor! I forgot about my schedule change!" Armin Arlert said quickly, slightly flustered.
"That's quit alright, my favorite blonde coconut!" Dr. Hanji half screamed. "So you started a small fire in Mr. Levi's only AP Chemistry class and he kicked you out? Hahaha! Sadly all my AP classes were full, but I'm sure you'll do fine in regular! I believe Jean is the only one that is missing a partner, so you can work with him today!"
Jean swallowed hard as soon as Hanji said this. Jean was one of the few students in Trost High School that could jump to either side of the fence (Come on, you know exactly what I mean) and the only other three that were like that were Marco, Reiner, and….
"Armin! Nice one, buddy! Sucks that you got stuck with Horse-Face though!" Eren said loudly
Armin just chuckled nervously and sat down a little too close to Jean for comfort. Jean had sported a small crush on the shorter boy since he could remember. He liked the fact that he was so calm and nervous at the same time. It was really cute. Marco always said he just had a thing for blondes.
"What's up, Jean? You look like you've seen a ghost." Armin commented quietly.
"I-I'm fine! Just tired is all!" Jean stammered out.
"Alright everyone! Just a simple lab today! You will be…" Dr. Hanji started, but Jean tuned her out.
After a couple minutes of uncomfortable silence, Armin turned to Jean and gave him an awkward look. He and Jean had been friends ever since Eren and Jean had their first fist fight and Armin had broken it up.
"Hey uh…Armin. How have you been? I haven't seen you since the end of summer party last month." Jean said fumbling with his words.
"I've been great! Eren and Mikasa have been super busy though, so I guess kind of lonely. Eren's got football and Mikasa has Taekwondo." Armin said with a weak smile.
"Oh. I'm sorry. That really blows." Jean replied quietly
"How about yourself? How's your art coming along? Going to sell any at the upcoming con?" Armin asked.
"Are you serious? No! I'm not that good." Jean fired back a bit too fast
"Oh please. Marco posts your art on Tumblr all the time. I like your Sword Art Online collection quite a bit, but your Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood collection is simply amazing!"
"Y-you really think so? I mean…if you want anything in particular, feel free to ask…" Jean said as he turned away to hide his small blush.
"Oh…I don't know about that. I'd have to think! I'll text you about it tonight." Armin said cheerfully
'Alright Jean. Time to grow a pair' Jean thought to himself. "Well, if you're not busy tonight, you could come over and…I don't know tell me what you want. Maybe stay for dinner?" Jean asked with a tad bit of hope is his voice.
Armin sat there and stared at him for a while. "That sounds awesome! I'll text you before I come over!"
They worked on the lab for the rest of the class in silence. When the bell rang, Jean darted out of the room to tell Marco, leaving Armin all by himself. Eren and Mikasa walked over, but Armin didn't notice until Eren put his hand on his shoulder.
"How was it? Weren't too nervous?" Eren said with a small cheeky smile.
"He…he invited me over! Oh my God! Jean Kirstein invited me over!" Armin said a bit loudly and completely out of character.
"Calm down, man. Don't be nervous. Just text me how it goes." Eren said as he lightly punched Armin's shoulder.
"You've had a crush on him since you broke Eren and him from their little fight." Mikasa added, "I'm sure you'll charm his pants off!"
"T-thanks guys…oh God, what am I going to wear!?" Armin half yelled
A/N: You know…not only was this my first request, it was the first time I've ever written about this ship…I like it! I really hope you liked it too, kuroneko nnch! Drop a review, pm on here, or tumblr (auric-polaris) to request something! Lelija, you're next, hopefully by Wednesday. Until next time!
-Auric