For the last bits of the drive, he kept your hand secured tightly in his, showing no signs of letting go. You may have to pry him off, but only if you were willing to let go yourself. This night felt like it could last forever and you would be content if it did.

Then you arrived at your house, the headlights of his car hitting the front of the garage and reflecting off of the top windows.

"I had a good time with you tonight," softly speaking, he glanced up at you and held his gaze.

You blushed with only the car lights and star shine left to point it out. You felt his thumb begin to caress your skin in loopty-loops. "Yeah, I had a good time with you, too."

Armin locked his eyes on yours, peaking at your lips every now and then. "I- I love you."

"ARMIN, YOU-"

BOOM, your hands slammed the tables surface, calling the attention of all nearby strangers to your second episode of shock. The scared teen in front of you stiffened and clasped the edges of the book firmly, digging his nails into the plastic.

"_(f/n)_..?" he peeped.

Cautiously, you attempted to hide your flustered face behind your hair that was falling out from behind your ears and sliding against your cheeks.

The book, Armin last night, the car ride, book, Armin, ride, book, Armin- Armin!

"I'm okay, keep going." you managed to spit out without stuttering or hinting to him your inner doubts of where this is going. Where is this going, exactly?

His grasp on the book loosened before his eyes hesitantly lowered down to it, easing back into the story; almost as if he were waiting for you to do something drastic again.

This chapter, this entire chapter is a perfect play-out of last night. Or was last night the perfect play-out of this chapter? Armin couldn't have possibly pulled this on purpose. He was smart but not this smart. Right? It's near impossible to guess if the night were to play out the way it did. You could imagine the scenario but that's it. ...unless you have a crystal ball.

You looked intently at the boy reading to you, his blue irises following the lines of the book, smiling to himself when a clever line was said. Nah. Armin couldn't possibly pull weird voodoo tricks or read palms. He's too literal for that.

So what was it, then? Is his intelligence all there was to go off on?

What about the fact that he took something out of the book and used it on you. And not just some random event from it, a romantic event that could have lead to kissing, him leaning over the compartment box by propping himself up on the arm rest while pressing against your lips softly and slowly, your smile making it's way into the event as you-

Cold fingers pressed against your face, touching from cheek to cheek; you were desperately trying to rid that ghost feeling from your lips. You held his hand but kissing him-? kissing him. Kissing Armin. It was an idea that didn't set in well.

After all, you've assumed he went after new book releases or maybe Marvel movie premieres rather than girlfriends. His nose is always stuck between the creases of book pages too often to even maintain a lady in his life, anyways. His passion is not a bad thing, that's not where you were going with this, it's just a little too strong to keep a relationship as needy as those are.

"Alright, I think we're done for today." Armin chirped as he raised to his feet, seconds away from tucking away Star Crossed in a hand bag.

"Wait, Armin," you held a hand up to him indicating for him to stop. It was such a sudden blurt, it even caught yourself off guard. What was this boy doing to make you so anxious? I wonder...

You grinned apologetically because you knew in a way this was an inconvenience to him, you asking this. "Could I, uhm, maybe take the book home with me? You read a few things in there I wanted to go back over."

A toothy sign of gratitude shown beneath his nose as he gladly handed it over to you.

"Sure, _(f/n)_. Glad you're liking it that much."

You cheekily returned the expression and thanked him quietly, taking the book.

~At Home~

Chapter 5: Drive In's

Drive in, huh? You thought to yourself, scratching under your jaw. Feeling a nuisance touch on your skin kept you on earth and in your right mind. If you weren't setting yourself straight, who knows where your mind would have traveled off to.

Armin could be planning his next move and you had a good idea of what it was.

Skimming through the chapters pages, you were relieved to see there was no kissing in this part, either. But, if it's not here... Where is it? When is it?

Will Armin-

BUZZZZ BUZZZZ

Your phone screen lit up and notified you of a new text message.

This couldn't possibly be happening.

You nervously reached out for your cell.

This is all a bit of a stretch.

Opened up Armin's text.

Armin wouldn't pull something like this.

*loading*

It's too cheesy.

*loading*

And he's to smart to end up inviting you to the

Armin: Drive in tomorrow? I heard from my friend that there was a good movie showing!

A-N: I'm sorry! I wrote this one in a hurry. I haven't updated in a while and needed to get something up. Don't worry. It'll get better next chapter!