"What do I do. Shit I really am going to die today." Eren says as he paces back and fourth trying to figure out some sort of plan. His father, who he had thought would come home late, decided to come home early. Of course this wouldn't have been an issue if it was any other person, however the person who Levi saw was Armin. And Armin was the person his father said not to engage in sexual conduct in. But the thing is, there was nothing sexual happening between him an Armin. It was all a misunderstanding, and Eren and Armin knew was he suppose to explain everything while his father was ragging outside past the door. Surely once he would open the door, his father would hit him. This was something the brunette so desperately wanted to avoid.
"Okay so we have to hide you like now!" Eren tells Armin who sits up and looks at the other.
"Why? Who in the world would be banging on your door like that."
"My dad."
"And why is he that angry?"
"He saw you in my bed, and with my reputation I think we both know what he assumed."
"Oh,ew, well just open up and tell him it was a misunderstanding."
"LIKE HE'LL LISTEN TO ME!"
"Fine...I-I guess I can do something. But I'm nor sure how well it will work."
"Anything is better than dying at this point."
"A-Alright..."Armin got up from the bed and put Eren aside. With shaky hands the blond grabs onto the door knobs. Slowly he unlocked the door from the inside and opened them slowly. There before him was an adult that carried himself well. His suit and tie told of a his status and the expression of anger on his face told of his mood. Shyly Armin gave the other a small smile and a wave before he chose to speak.
"H-Hello Mr. Ackerman. It's very nice to meet you." He says before bowing his head in respect for the elder.
"Armin, are you okay? Did my son do anything to you?" Levi inquired as he checked every inch of Armin's body with his eyes, ensuring that were no signs of bruises on him.
"Yes sir, trust me nothing happened between me and him." The blond replies holding his hands in front of him.
"I see, well then care to explain why you were on his bed."
"I was almost hit by a car today. Eren, saved me and took me here so I can get cleaned up. It was nothing too serious."
"You must go to the hospital then, and your father must know of this."
"N-NO! I-I mean please don't tell him. I'm fine really, I just don't want him to know."
"Why not?"
"Well it's just that," A growl from Armin's stomach interrupts his train of thought. Hearing this Armin looked at his stomach and hugged it in hopes to silence the sound.
"Hungry I see."
"J-Just a little bit. But I'm fine I'll just go home now."
"No, I assume that food I just dropped was suppose to be for you. So I insist we all eat together. After all we are going to be family soon."
"With all due respect sir can I take a rain check..."
"How come?"
"I-It's just that my father might have made lunch already. So I wouldn't want to eat something else while he made something."
"Hmm...I understand. But you won't get away from the engagement photos we will have our family dinner okay."
"Y-Yes, of course I'll tell my dead."
"No need to I will."
"Thank you then. W-Well then I'll go take the bus home now."
"Eren take Armin home."
"W-What!?"
"Either you do this or I chop off the thing between your legs."
"Sheesh okay I get the point..."
"Well that was something..." Eren awkwardly says as he drives along the rode as google maps tell him where to go.
"You're welcome by the way. I thought I would have a heart attack." Armin replies while looking out the window.
"You thought you would have a heart attack? I WOULD HAVE DIED!"
"Not really, there is a fine line between abuse an discipline. Plus I don't think he would hurt you with the intent to kill you."
"Yeah but still..."
"It's over, so there is nothing to worry about now."
"Sheesh, you almost sound like my dad."
"S-Sorry, just I'm not use to talking to people okay... I'm not exactly like you are."
"You can be. With you by my side you can have it all."
"...You make it sound like we'll be the school's power couple."
"We could be, we could even fool our parents."
"Then where would you be. Mikasa doesn't seem like one to take someone's partner. Stop joking around okay.
"I was only kidding. Anyways, so basically what I have to do is wait until our our photo shoot to apologize and ask her on an unofficial date."
"Yes, from there you two will go out to eat. I'll be in the restaurant a few feet away. I'll have a microphone and ear piece to tell you what to do."
"Wow, we're going that way?"
"Do you know what to say that will make her seem like you're serious?"
"No I guess not."
"Exactly, so after that. Just give her some space after that, and then I'll tell you the next step from there. Until the date we'll meet at the same place I told you earlier, and we'll practice do's and dont's."
"Alright coach. But now that you told me your game plan it's time for mine."
"Yours?"
"We're going to be King and Queen of Homecoming."
"N-No I told you I don't like the attention. Take my name out!"
"Too late, today was the last day to drop out."
"Are you serious!?"
"Yeah, they've been asking for nominations for a while now."
"Well I'm not going to win."
"We will, and all we have to do is make our homecoming committee like us."
"..."
"It'll be fine."
"Why do I feel like nothing good will happen from this. You know usually weird people like me don't win those types of things unless someone is planning something."
"Well I got friends who got my back, and were the most popular kids."
"I hate high school."
"Don't worry my masked friend. You're in luck since this year's dance theme is...masquerade you'll blend right in."
"Good so no one will notice me."
"They will trust you wear the queen's crown it'll make everyone look at you."
"I don't need it."
"No choice, and look we're here." Eren announces as they pull up to Armin's drive way. With a sigh the masked teen gathered his things and got out of the car then proceeded inside his house without another word to the brunette.
"This is going to be one hell of a year." Eren mutters to himself with a defeated sigh as he starts up the car once more.
Next Day (two days till photo shoot)
Armin had gone throughout the school day fairly easier this day than any other. Part of it he would assume was Eren's little announcement. The group of people who had beat him up last time now only stared at him with hateful eyes. Meanwhile Eren's friends who were trying to befriend him were nowhere to be seen the whole day. Which was another plus. So the whole day he hung out with the school's nurse chatting about nonsense. Everything was going great until he got a text message from Eren telling him that he would be going to the meeting place first. Shrugging it off casually Armin proceeded with his classes and then started slowly walking towards their meeting spot after school.
It didn't take very long for Armin to get there. After all it was only a few blocks from the building was old but still had a blue hue from it's earlier times. The cottage like structure was dark on the inside, however Armin came prepared with a flashlight and proceeded to walk through the structure. Once he hit the area that would be dubbed as the backyard, Armin saw Eren sitting at an old table.
"So what made you come here early?" The masked teen asked as he placed his backpack down to sit across from the other.
"I ditched class and had nothing to do. Plus this place is actually pretty nice. I always thought this place was creepy, but when I looked around it was actually pretty. Great place for a hang out."
"..."
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Like what? I'm not making a face."
"Yes you are."
"How do you know."
"Easy." Eren says as he gets up from his seat to approach Armin who arched his brow in confusion. Watching as Eren strutted on towards him, the masked teen took his backpack off and held it in front of him to ensure a distance between them. Seeing this Eren gave a chuckle before stopping right in fron of the other and putting his face about an inch away from Armin's.
"Your eyes tell me all I need." The brunette stated before tapping lightly at Armin's mask.
"S-Shut up...A-Anyways, let's just get your lessons over with so I can go home."
"Yeah yeah, but you have to agree to stay here for at least 2 hours."
"W-What why?"
"Well, for one you love the ocean. And two I invited the homecoming committee to come here."
"YOU DID WHAT!?"
"Hey if we're gonna win this thing, we have to campaign. Plus we have to make decorations for the school. Mikasa will be here too so you can help me everyday in real time."
"That was not apart of the plan! THIS IS MY SECRET SPOT!"
"Can't keep a secret forever."
"How could you!?"
"What you said you hate losing, and this is the only way I could get you to do homecoming."
"I WANT TO BE A NOBODY!"
"Well you're doing a pretty bad job at that. A guy who wears a mask everyday, if anything you're making yourself stand out. Sorry to break it to you dude."
"That can't be right. People ignore the strange."
"Well this is high school, and you're kind of engaged to the most notorious play boy of the school too. You will always be in the spot light. But as promised I'll make sure no one bothers you about it."
"Ugh, if that is suppose to make me feel better about you inviting the homecoming committee here then you're wrong."
"Let's just drop it and get to this Mikasa winning lesson."
"How can I when I-I'm so cross with you."
"Cross...Really?"
"You get my point! Honestly you're so inconsiderate."
"What, you'll thank me later when you have a bunch of friends who love you."
"Ugh, I don't want friends. You say that now but watch you'll need them.
"Anyways come on let's do this thing."
"Fine...I'm not talking to them though...I meant what I said when I say I don't need friends...They only hurt you in the end...Anyways first things first, stop looking at other people!"
Past (Middle School)
Years have passed since that faithful day in kindergarten, and Armin was loyal to the mask on his face. For years he put up with cruel children poking fun at him, and playing pranks on the worse was when they started getting more physical with them. In fifth grade he was pushed off the play structure because he looked at a his old crush for too long. There wasn't day in his elementary school years that he didn't get made fun of. Everyday was a struggle for him. The friends he thought he once had had all abandoned him and now here he was about to start his first year of middle school alone, and Armin was not excited about it. He had heard the stories of immature tweens bullying each other in far more harsher ways that he could ever imagine and was scared.
He had no one to turn to, and no where to go. Due to a stroke of misfortune, he was forced to go to the sister school to his elementary since the one he had applied for he was wait listed. Therefore meaning that he would have to put up with his bullies in elementary school once again. With sorrow in his heart Armin accepted this fate, and proceeded to put on his new school uniform. It consisted of blue trousers, white dress shirt, red tie, blue suit jacket, and black shoes. The mask that he had worn since kindergarten had long been gone due to the ware and tear it went through. So the day before school his father took him to the mask shop to pick another one.
Happily Armin picked a mask that matched the school's blue and red motif. Hesitantly he put on the mask before taking one last look at the face that had caused him so much grief in his earlier years. He swore to himself that things would be different in middle school. Some people weren't going to attend the same school so he was in the clear. All he had to do was keep a low profile, and make sure that he is exactly what he did. On the first day of school he walked in no one seemed to notice him or didn't want to approach him.
It was a nice thing in the long run, however he knew they were all judging him in his mind. But he didn't care so long as they didn't verbally say it he would be fine. Besides he had saved them from seeing the sight of his ugly face. To him that's all that mattered. The rest of his day continued like this, people would look and stare but wouldn't try to initiate anything. All was going well until his last class period of the to his wonderful luck he had some of his old elementary school bullies there. Once Armin had made eye contact with them he quickly averted his gaze.
Please don't say anything, he pleased in his head as he took a seat at the back of class. For a while it seemed like nothing was going to happen and all was fine, but then he felt a kick to his leg. Wincing in pain his leg to his torso and started to rub the area that was kicked. He then miserably looked up at his bullies who had just given him a smirk before beginning their new routine.
"Well, well, well look what we have here fellas. If it isn't the Phantom of the Opera himself." The boy with red hair states as he looks behind his shoulder to his friends behind him.
"Yeah you tell him Jake." One of them said from behind.
"I heard that rich bitch school you wanted to go to declined you. I knew you were smart but hell compared to them you must be dumber than a nail. Knowing that school they might have judged it on looks also." Jake states before bringing a hand up to Armin's chin to make him look at him directly in the eye. "And we obviously know that you didn't make the cut."
"Please just stop it...Can't you just leave me alone?" Armin inquired with a sigh as he stares the other with soulless eyes.
"Now why would we do that. It's just more fun messing with you. You know we're only kidding right?" Jake says in a sarcastic way that made the bunch of boys behind him laugh along.
"If you were messing with me it would have been funny. But it's not, you're a bully with nothing else to do. And yes I'm ugly I know that, I wear this mask because of you guys. I gave you what you wanted, can't you leave me alone?"
"No can do? We're friends and friends are always like this. It's called abusive love."
"More like just abuse to me..."
"You want to run that by me again girly hair."
"Wow how original..." Armin retorted back before he felt something grab the front of his shirt forcefully putting him against the wall in a flash.
"Say that again I dare you." Jake demanded with his hand held high in a fist ready to deliver the before Armin could say anything, a teacher had entered the room and called for the class to settle down. As quickly as everything happened it disappeared as the boys went back to their seats. Though that didn't stop them from muttering something about getting him later. And get him later they did. After class they had gathered a bunch of people to gang up on him in the courtyard. They had left Armin with a few cuts and bruises, but their main concern was getting the mask off.
Why did they want to do that? It doesn't make sense Armin thought. If all of this started because he was ugly why would anyone want to see that ugly face. Is it because seeing is believing? Or was it because it was just another way to humiliate him. He didn't know,all he knew was that it was going to get worse by each day. Now laying on the ground still trying to catch his breath from his daily life struggle, he failed to notice a hand. A simple cough allowed him to see this hand, which caused him to look up and see a girl about his age. She smiled so sweetly, and she smelled of vanilla. Taking the hand, he slowly got up and regained his balance before looking his savior in the eyes.
"T-Thank you."The masked teen states as he bows his head a bit.
"No I saw those guys leave I saw you and knew what happened. Are you alright?Is anything broken?" The girl interrogates as she circles Armin's body making him feel uncomfortable.
"I-I'm fine...J-Just a few bruiese here and there nothing too bad."
"Do you need help getting to the nurse's office?"
"N-No my driver is here. I-I'll have him take me to the hospital."
"O-Oh okay then, my name is Marianne by the way. What's yours?"
"A-Armin."
"Well Armin, I'm here and I'm going to be your knight in shining armor."
"Y-You don't need to, you'll only get hurt."
"What's a few cuts and bruises to helping someone?I'm not one to sit around and watch someone get bullied."
"Please just don't."
"Too late, there is no getting rid of me now." And stay with him she did. Marianne from that day on made a point to find Armin everyday. Rain or shine she would hunt him down and talk to him about all sorts of things. The two eventually became inseparable friends, though Armin was a bit hesitant at first. However, when she took a beating for him, he saw that she didn't just feel pity for him. She genuinely wanted to help him out. Everything was perfect for the first time in years. No longer did he worry about his friend judging his mask or his appearance. They hung out everyday and it was finally looking like Armin was going to have his happy school life back again. Sure he was still getting bullied but that didn't matter anymore. When they would write hurtful things on his desk, he would erase them with Marianne who replaced the bad words with good was a peaceful existence for once in his life. That was until another fateful day that will forever be burned into his mind. It was a rainy day, May 14 he remembered. He was going to a meeting place that Marianne had told him to go to.
Wondering what it was for he walked with the note in hand to the location. Once there he looked around and saw no one there. So he waited, and for five minutes there was no one there. But then once it was going on ten a group of his oppressors came with first thing the masked teen took note of was that his best friend was clinging onto the arm of Jake. Taken back by this he looked between the two to process a reason for her being so close.
"Miss us yet Arlert?I know we haven't been playing around a lot lately, but it's okay we can make up for it now." Jake states.
"M-Marianne what's going on?" Armin asked not caring about anything Jake said.
"You don't talk to her anymore. She isn't your friend,never was."
"W-What?N-No, that can't be true. You guys hurt her that one time!"
"That's called acting, and she was a wonderful actress. Isn't that right honey?"
"Of course, I plan to be an actress one day." Marianne replies as she clings to her boyfriends even more while a smirk had graced her in disbelief, Armin fell to his knees trying to process what had just happened. His friend of 8 months had pretended to be his friends, but why? Why did she pretend, what was her motive. So many questions ran through the masked teen's head but none were answered until Jake once again opened his mouth to speak.
"You see, we had made this plan up to top off all the things we done so far. Marianne here pretended to be your friend so we could know what makes you it was just so obvious. That mask you keep on your face, you keep it on for attention. You don't do it because you want to 'protect us' from seeing your disgusting face. You keep it on so people will feel pity for you. And I really hate that."
"N-No I swear! I didn't! I've kept this on for you all! That day in kindergarten I wanted to do you wall a favor I swear!" Armin explained as best he could.
"As if we all know how half the school pity you. You can get away with anything because you're rich and are a loser as if. But hey, since you did save us all from seeing your disgusting face we'll let you down on something a bit easier right fellas!?" Jake announces to his group of friends who in return gave shouts of approval. And then as quickly as it happened, Jake had snapped his fingers and two of his friends grabbed Armin by the arms dragging to the fountain that was across the yard. Struggling to get out of their grips the blond was forced to his knees in front of the fountain.
There he felt hands on the back of his head try to untie the strings of his mask. Thus Armin shakes his heads as hard as he could yelling and pleading for them not to take it off, however he could only feel that it was coming off. Shutting his eyes Armin could feel the tears that he had held back start to build up threatening to release when his eyes were open. It was horrible what was happening, but he wasn't strong enough to fight it. He didn't have that brute strength most boys had, he was average but average in this situation wouldn't cut it. Opening his eyes, he felt the mask come off. As two tears ran down his cheek, Armin decided that he had to escape before they could see his his foot he kicked his captor's knees causing them to fall. Once they were down, Armin ran to his right there there were no people.
Pumping his legs as quickly as he could, he heard the sounds of feet and yelling coming from behind him. Analyzing his surroundings, Armin calculated the best route he thought that no one would find him. Going behind the school, Armin hid behind a pillar to try and catch his breath. As if it were a scene from a movie his bullies were a few feet away looking for him. Using his hand to quiet his breathing, the blond closed his eyes and prayed they wouldn't find him. Tears ran down his face as he finally allowed more emotions to take over his body. However he knew that he couldn't stay this emotional for long, he needed to clear his head so he could escape. He felt naked without his mask on, and he needed to make sure that no one saw him.
Peeking to his sides, Armin saw that there was no one coast was clear for now. Letting out a sigh he began to walk out of his hiding spot slowly, however he failed to notice the person behind him. With one swift movement, they grabbed him by his waist and started to bring him back to the fountain. Once there, Jake went up to Armin who had his face covered by his long hair.
"Wow Smith, you almost had us there. But you see one against ten isn't really good odds you should know that. Now let's show everyone that ugly face of yours!" The leader exclaimed as he grabbed the bunch of hair that was covering his face and what he saw caused him to go silent. The ugly baby fat face he remembered had changed over the summer. It was now slimmer, but that was not the only thing. He observed the other's long lashes and light blue eyes. Bringing a hand up to Armin's cheek he felt how soft it was, and notices of pink his cheeks were. If he was honest the other was gorgeous, he was like an angel.
"What's wrong Jake?" Marianne inquired as she went up to see what he saw and instantly was jealous. Armin has a face that would make anyone fall for him, it was so feminine yet masculine at the same time. "I thought you said he wasn't on our level." She said defensively.
"Well I haven't seen his face in a while! No one has!" Jake replies.
"Look at him what do you call that!?"
"I don't know. I can't believe Eren lied to us. All these years he remained the same I swear."
"Well Eren must have said that because this kid likes him!Does Eren even know what he looks like now.I bet if he did the whole game would be changed, especially now that Eren is kid would be our boss and we would get punished." Marianne whispers into Jake's ear causing Armin to look at the two wondering if they were deciding his punishment.
"You don't think I know that! This guy is freaking gorgeous!" Marianne slaps him. "Hey but he ain't as beautiful as you."
"So what so we do now. We can't have the others spreading rumors that he is actually good looking. If Eren finds out he'll definitely fall for this guy and we could get the boot."
"I know! Here we convince this guy he is ugly, like he got uglier. He already is very insecure about it like you said. So you tell him that we make him look at himself and put his head in the fountain a bit and give him his mask. Then throughout the week we'll just keep writing things about his looks to make it in his mind that he is ugly."
"You think it'll work?"
"Yeah."
"Okay then," Marianne turns her attention to Armin and gives him a face of disgust. "Ugh, you're even more hideous than I thought. You were right you were doing us a favor. No one should see that ugly face of yours. Just looking at you gives me nightmares. No wonder you hid it away, but just to make sure you know this boys make him look at his reflection in the water. After a minute dunk his head in and do the same for ever minutes for a total of six minutes. Give him his mask after. Then let him go."
And that is exactly what happened. With that one simple command two people grabbed Armin's head and forced him to look at his reflection. After years of avoiding his looks for years he was finally forced to look at himself and what he saw made him cringe. If he were to explain to people what he disliked about his looks,he wouldn't have been able to explain to them. It was such a complex hatred that he couldn't put it down to one key feature. It was just him as a whole, and the more he looked at himself the uglier he got. Closing his eyes so that he wouldn't look anymore he failed to remember a minutes had passed and his head was forced into the water.
Holding his breath for as long as he could the blond waited for the minute to be up. Once it was he gasped for air and prepared himself for the other two with each time he saw his face it seemed harder to look at than actually having to hold his breath. Once the six minutes were up the boys holding him down left him where he was without another thought. And thus began his life of isolation and self hatred once more. The next day of school, his desk was littered with mean comments and slurs about his ugly didn't mind it much, he knew that it was going to happen. Although the one that hurt him the most was one written in Marianne's handwriting
No one will ever love a face like yours.
Present time
"So do you get it now?No looking at other girls or guys. No more drinking, flirting, sexual encounters of any kind." Armin list out to his fiancee who looked at him with a pained expression.
"Aww, but that's all the fun stuff what am I suppose to do when I'm bored or have sexual tension?" Eren replies shamelessly.
"Find another way to take it out that doesn't require a partner. Mikasa from what I see is a nice girl, and if you want her she has to be your one and only. You have to show her you're serious about her."
"Okay, okay. Gosh why the heck are there so much rules?"
"Because you will literally have sex with anyone that is human."
"What sex is fun."
"Honestly do you think of anything else?"
"Nope, I bet you haven't even had sex."
"Why would I need to?"
"It's fun."
"To an animal like you I'm more of a romance guy if anything."
"Have you ever kissed anyone yet."
"C-can we not talk about this?"
"So I'll take that as a no."
"It's not important right now."
"Really I kind of find it kind of exciting. So you haven't even felt the tough of anyone yet. So I bet if I did this it would make you feel weird." Ere leaned in close to Armin to the point where their noses were practically touching.
"Y-you're in my personal space right now...Please get away..."
"What if I don't want to?"
"Whoa what did we just walk into?" Connie says aloud as he walks in with a bunch of Eren's other friends. Shocked by this Eren immediately distanced himself from the masked teen to great his friends.
"Connie, Jean, Sasha, Mikasa , and everyone else welcome!Let's get this homecoming thing going!" Eren exclaims as he greats everyone else and completely ignored Mikasa in fear he would say or do something stupid.
"Thanks dude, but I see we are interrupting something. You almost had him too." Connie comments jokingly.
"Connie be nice, Armin obviously didn't want him near him. I'm so sorry for my brother's behavior Armin." Mikasa apologizes as she gives the other a faint smile. With a nod Armin returned the smile and looked away.
"Where should we start making the decorations? I want to win this year!" Jean states as he places paint buckets down.
"You can start over there in old living room. Looks like a great place, what's the theme anyways?" Eren ask.
"It's fairy tales, we figured it worked with the crowning of the king and queen and we haven't done it yet." Mikasa explains.
"Great, oh speaking of kings and queens we need to start thinking of ways to get Armin and I to win this year."
"Oh how about you and Armin being the prince and prince charming. Finally together and waiting for the coronation." Sasha suggest.
"I like that idea! But better yet, Eren has finally found his princess well prince this time. We can play on the idea of him finding his 'princess'. Since they're engaged it makes it even better don't you think. People love that stuff!" Connie corrects.
"Agreed, okay that's what we're going for! I like that theme a lot!" Eren gave a thumbs up.
"Why don't we ask Armin his opinion. Armin what do you thi-...W-Where did he go?" Mikasa ask as she notices the masked teen was no longer to her side.
"He left a few seconds ago. He said that he needed to finish an assignment." Jean explains to the others.
"And you didn't stop him?" Eren interjects as he steps furiously towards his friend who stands his ground.
"Why would I need to. He looked uncomfortable, and I'm not gonna stop him. I had no reason to. Why would I want a freak around us anyways."
"He that freak is my fiancee and you don't say anything about it!I warned the whole school and that includes you guys too!"
"Wow you we're serious? I thought you just did that because you dad told you to."
"No I did it."
"Yeah but that is just to get on his good side. He'll always still be a freak!"
"Will you stop it isn't a freak he is just shy boy. I will not let you talk bad about him." Mikasa says as she steps in front of Eren with murder in her eyes. "You are too quick to judge people on their appearance, and I am more than ready to report to the principal what you did last year."
"What, no, you said you would let me off the hook if I did the work."
"Well I change my mind for someone who doesn't have a kind once in life Eren is in the right."
"So what I'm just expressing what I think."
"Which was uncalled for. He is my soon to be brother-in-law so I will treat him like I treat Eren. I will protect him form people like you."
"It's not like I'm gonna beat him up."
"You still look down to him, that's why from now on you will have to make an effort to be his best friend."
"WHAT!?"Eren and Jean exclaimed in unison.
"Mikasa what the hell!?" Eren walks over to Mikasa now worried that with Jean around Armin too much it could ruin his plans on winning him over. After all Eren knew well that if another suitor would make his work load even harder. It would also make the chances of him winning his father's challenge harder since he would have to actively try harder. Not only that, but in doing so he would be too busy having to win over Armin that he couldn't get the person he truly wanted, and that was not going to happen.
"He needs to learn not to judge a book by it's cover. Jean will do this or else I will report what he did last year to the what do you choose Jean?" She replies confidently.
"Fine...I'll be his friend, but I'm not going to like it at all...Let's just start making decorations and campaign for those two." Jean defeatedly says as he starts opening buckets of paint.
Next Day (Day before the photo shoot) After school
"So care to explain to me how the heck you escaped homecoming yesterday?" The brunette asked Armin who sighs and sits down on the old dusty couch in the living room of the beach house.
"I didn't want to be here. It's not that hard to figure out." The masked teen said.
"Well don't do it again. I couldn't even speak to Mikasa yesterday since you weren't here!"
"Why."
"You were suppose to be my wing man and tell me what to do."
"To be fair you told people where my hiding spot is so I didn't want to help."
"But the photo shoot is tomorrow, and I have to ask her out. How the hell am I suppose to do that now that I haven't even warmed her up to it?"
"Well that's what we'll work on today. Me not doing homecoming will not change anything. Anyways, since tomorrow is the day you have to be on red alert."
"Why?"
"She will be more focused on us more than anything. So try to play it up a bit, be happy about it. I can see by the way she treats me she wants to be nice. So if you show her how caring you can be towards me she will see you're not a complete asshole."
"Are you sure you're not just trying to get me to be nice to you? You know if you wanted me to flirt with you, you could have just said so."
"That's not what I'm getting at here. If she sees you're trying to make this work, she'll see that you're trying to give up your ways. After that when the photo shoot ends you will go up to her and ask her out."
"What do I say?"
"Well that's easy you say something along the lines of this. Hey I know I've been really weird lately after what I said to you that one night. I know it's pretty hard to forget and all, but I'm sorry it happened. It was just my own selfishness getting out again. I really do like you, but I know you don't see me the same way.I understand completely, but let me make it up to you. Will you go eat dinner with me tomorrow."
"That sounds like a terrible thing to say."
"You have any clue on what to say?"
"No."
"Then say it, you have nothing to lose and when do you ever apologize?"
"..."
"Exactly so it'll catch her off guard make her feel guilty and we will use that guilt."
"What if she says yes then what?"
"Well that's simple we find a nice place to eat, and I'll tell you what to do during the date."
"How?"
"I bought an ear piece to put in your ear. You can hear things I say through a microphone, and then I'll sit s goo feet away from you."
"So basically you're stalking us?"
"You want to go in there by yourself?"
"No, not really I don't want to screw this up."
"Great, so here they are." Armin looks into his bag and grabs a small zip lock that had a body microphone and an ear piece in it. He then tosses it over to Eren who barely catches the little things.
"Now that you have that, what else is there?"
"Winning homecoming."
"Eren I told you I can't already okay!"
"You can and WE will!"
"No we won't not with me okay...Who is going to work for someone who hides their ugly face behind a mask."
"That's why we'll focus on more of what's behind that mask! We'll have everyone base things on personality and how you have to be pretty inside and out. Most fairy tales are like that."
"Fairy tales?"
"Yeah, the theme this year is fairy tales. And this year to help campaign the committee decided that making an original fairy tale about us will help the class win and us win!"
"That is ridiculous."
"Well it's happening, we're going to beat those stupid seniors once and for all!"
"Isn't it rigged for them to win?"
"Not usually, but this year we'll be so good they can't stop us!"
"I-I guess..."
"Anyways back to Mikasa. What should I do around her today?"
"Work hard and show her how involved you are in eh school event leadership has go to it. She'll pay attention and love it, and since homecoming is kind of apart of that it's a start."
"So that means..."
"Going to student council meetings, board meetings, athletic events, etc."
"Ugh that stuff is boring."
"Okay new rule."
"What already what did I say?"
"You keep thinking about yourself still, think about the end goal here. You want Mikasa to be your girlfriend, but what she does you won't even try to take interest in. So if you show you like some of what she likes she'll talk to you more."
"She talks to me a lot."
"About what?"
"School work...But most of the time it's lectures."
"Then that's not talking to her. You need to have a real conversation with her. So every time you complain about how boring something is when relating as a step to win her over, you have to go outside her and pick up a rock. You will then stack it up to see how many times you complained about trying to win her over. You do the same for every person from now on you ever flirt with, and for times you feel like your sexual tension is too much."
"That's stupid."
"You'll thank me about it later, now go outside and do it."
"Fine."
Admin: I was gonna add more but I wanted to save it for next time. Sorry this sucks and it took so long.
