An alarm clock went off at 6:15 A.M. A hand slowly made its way to the clock and turned it off though it took a few hits to fully turn off the alarm clock. Slowly the body of the person starts to rise and gets up from bed to head to the bathroom to get ready for school. As he is done with the shower and puts on clothes. He was about to head to the kitchen until he realizes he forgot something. That something was his glasses. He picked up his glasses and put them on as he headed to the kitchen. When he enters the kitchen, and old man was sitting reading the newspaper while a cup of tea sits on the table.
"Good morning Armin." The old man greeted him as Armin began to sit down the old man.
"Good morning grandpa. How you are feeling?" Armin asked concerned for his grandfather health. Three days ago, Armin's grandfather catching a cold from a rainstorm when the Arlert were going grocery shopping.
"I'm getting better Armin. It's just a little cold. Enough about me now, how's school treating you? It's already been a month since you started." His grandfather asked
"I've been doing great in classes. Making sure I'm trying to pass all my classes." Armin said while rubbing his neck. While school hasn't been a problem for him as they have been a piece a cake so far. Although he had two friends, he thought they were enough. But there is one thing that has been bothering him since the second week of school, well that something is more like someone. That someone is name Jean Kirstein. Jean has been giving him hell every chance he gets. Armin knows that he should probably tell a teacher, but feels like it would worsen the situation.
"I'm proud to know that Armin, keep up the good work." Armin's grandpa said with a smile and Armin smiled back and drank his tea and toast. As soon he finishes, he bids his grandfather a goodbye, grabs his bookbag, and leaves to a house across the street from his. Armin knocks on the door and is greeted by a blond-haired man and golden eyes.
"Good morning Mr. Ackerman. Is Mikasa still home?" Armin asked with an ever-glowing smile.
"Good morning Armin. Mikasa is getting ready, she should be out here in just a sec." Mr. Ackerman said with a smile as well. Mr. Ackerman turns around, not closing the door.
"Mikasa, Armin is here." Mr. Ackerman calls out to upstairs with a reply from Mikasa saying "Be down in a sec". Mikasa quickly came down stairs with a bookbag in hand, and went to the front door where her father and Armin was.
"Ready to go Armin?" Mikasa ask.
"Ready before you were." Armin said with a smile and thumbs up.
"Later dad, and tell mom I'll see her later." Mikasa said as she and Armin walked out the gate and heading off to school.
"Later sweetheart, will do, and have a good day." Her father said while waving at the teens.
Armin met Mikasa during the fifth grade. She was the new transfer student the fifth graders kept hearing about from their teacher. When half of the class tried to talk to her, she never said saying to them, so they gave up on her. Armin at first tried to talk to her, but failed as he got nothing out of her. He didn't give up like his other classmates and kept trying by being nice to her, sit with her at lunch, offered to be her partner in partner classwork. Until one day, she finally spoke to him and cracked her first smile he ever saw from her. They talked almost every day at school and ever since then they became best friends. They both later found out that they lived closed to each other, so that was a plus for both being able to see each other.
"Guess what I found Armin?" Mikasa said as she was fishing for something in her book bag.
"What is it?" Armin asked looking at Mikasa
Mikasa then brought out a book with a upside down cross as the cover.
"What is that Mikasa?" Armin asked a bit shocked at the book Mikasa has in her hands.
"It is my book of incantation. I could be able to cast spells or magic from this book so that way Jean would leave us alone." Mikasa said while opening and reading the book.
Armin wasn't the only one having trouble with Jean. It seems that Mikasa ended up catching the attention from the bad boy. This all happen within the second week of school when Jean started to pick on Armin. Armin was grabbing his stuff from his locker and was about to head home. When Armin was heading towards the exit with two textbooks in his hands near his chest, that was when he accidentally stepped on Jean's feet. Armin tried to apologize, but Jean didn't take the apology. So, Jean slapped the books off Armin's arms to the ground and walked away. Later, when word got out that there are certain people that are absolute pros when it comes to almost all subjects, they started becoming targets from some people. Armin was one of those targets. Jean would always ask Armin to do his homework for him and as Armin kept saying no to him, he would get beat up or put into lockers from Jean. Jean give him hell almost everywhere when he gets the chance. Mostly in public because it seems like Jean was trying to impress people.
When Armin was getting his daily nuggies from Jean, that's was when Mikasa was there to stop Jean. Jean was absolutely stunned by her gothic beauty, and stopped nugging. Jean tried to win Mikasa with compliments, trying to impress her, talk to her, and once gave her a rose. But all that failed with her not even giving him a glance at all. The whole month was basically Jean bullying Armin and trying to win over Mikasa. It continues to this day.
"I like this one Armin." Mikasa points at one spell.
Armin looks at it and reads the "The Knight of Darkness". This spell would bring out a knight to protect their caster and or the caster's companion. Armin was about to say something until Mikasa is already reading off the spell out loud. Armin shaking his head smiling. Each class was so far going well until they hit gym class. Another thing that Armin wasn't so fond of when it comes to school. When it comes to sports or exercise, Armin wasn't an all-star. When the class was required to run three laps around the track, Armin was dying on the second lap. When he finished his laps, he laid on the grass exhausted.
"Are you okay Armin?" Marco said approaching Armin with a water bottle in hand.
"Not …even the... slightest…" Armin said between huffing breaths.
"Here, you need this more than me." Marco hold out the bottle of water to Armin.
Armin looked at him. "Are you sure?" Armin's arms slowly reached for the water.
"I'm positive." Marco said with a smile.
"Thank you!" Armin said with glee as he took the water and drank it slowly, enjoying the cold liquid going down his system cooling him off little by little. When the school was finally over, Armin felt relieved that it's been great so far and Jean hasn't bother him at all. Maybe Mikasa spell did work.
"Oi coconut head." A familiar voice Armin dreaded to hear. Well there goes that great day. Jean wrapped his arm around Armin.
"I see that your buddies with Mikasa. How about you try to put in a good word for me with her, and I'll stop bothering you. Does that sound good?" Jean said with a shit eating smile.
Armin didn't even need to think about it to give Jean an answer. "Absolutely not. You don't seem her type and why would I put in a good word when all you did was bully me." Armin got out of Jean's arm and was about to leave until Jean grabbed Armin by his shoulder again.
"Well I offered you a good deal ad you said no to it. Well that's such a god damn shame." Jean then gave Armin the hardest nuggie he ever given. This started to hurt Armin's head as tears started to flow down his eyes, but he rather have this than submit to him.
Mikasa was leaving the building from office hours until she saw Jean bullying Armin again. She was about to walk up to them, her book of incantation in hand. Until Mikasa, Armin, and Jean heard a booming voice.
"HEY!" They all turned to the owner of the voice. That voice belonged to none other than Eren Yeager.
"Is it fun to pick on him?" Eren slowly approaching to them with a glare on his face.
"Who are you and why not you mind your own business?" Jean said glaring back with Armin still in his grip.
"I'm in your all your classes Jean." Eren said with a deadpan face.
"It seems that I never notice you. I only notice the best and you aren't the best." Jean said with a cocky grin. Eren was already in front of Jean and Armin.
"Let him go."
"Make me."
Eren stared at Jean for two seconds when he finally punched Jean right in the kisser. This caused Jean to let go of Armin and touched his lips and saw his lips were bleeding.
"It's on now." Jean said and he punched Eren in the gut. Eren were going at it for a while until Jean grabbed a hold of Eren's shirt and ripped the sides.
"You ripped my shirt!" Eren yelled.
"I'll remember your face. This isn't over." Jean said wiping away the blood from his lip and walking away. Eren said "stupid horse face" under his breath and then turns over to Armin.
"Are you alright Armin?"
Armin was a bit speechless that someone stood up for him other than Mikasa.
"I'm fine Eren." Armin fixed his hair and then shook Eren's hand. "Thank you and you looked so kick-ass beating up Jean!" Armin said with admiration on his face.
"It worked my spell. You are the knight of darkness from my incantation." Mikasa said with a hint of pink on her cheek as she walked next to Armin.
"Wait what?" Eren looked at Mikasa with a raised eyebrow confused. Mikasa then showed him the page of what she was talking about from her book. Eren nodded slowly understanding what she is talking about. Somewhat.
"Well I should probably go home. I know my mom is going to kill me when she sees these bruises on my face." Eren said dreading already knowing what his mother is going to said.
"Yeah Mikasa and I are about to head out as well". Armin said walking along with Mikasa and Eren as they headed towards the exit.
"See you tomorrow Eren" Armin waved at Eren with Mikasa smiling at Eren. Eren smiled back and did a two-finger salute.
"My spells worked Armin. My incantation brought forth a knight to keep Jean away." Mikasa said with a smile on her face. Armin looks at her and smiles back, and he noticed this is the longest she ever smiled.
"Well I'm glad it worked." Armin said looking up at the sun setting. Although Eren was in the same advisory as them, didn't mean they talked a lot. But after today, who knows if that could change. Armin and Mikasa hoped so.
Author's note: I hope you don't mind a shift in characters. It will happen from time to time. Thank you for the support again and until next time my fellow knights ;)