armin has a crush on you
↳ armin arlert x gn!reader
↳ genre: fluff, modern!au, slight college!au
↳ w.c: 1.2k
↳ warnings: none
↳ a/n: this is the first time posting any sort of fic writing so i hope you enjoy! (criticism is appreciated but pls don’t be mean)! also, i use "reader" as a placeholder name rather than "y/n".
↳ not proofread/edited!
ok first of all armin best boy
i feel like armin’s the type to know how he feels but not necessarily know how to actually tell you
y’all probably share a few gen ed classes
maybe you were introduced by a mutual friend
like one day your friend mikasa invites you to study with her and armin and from then on you guys start to hang out together
is touched when you invite him to study with your friends
and when he gets there to the library and you wave him over to your table he probably goes to sit in the chair opposite you but you grab his wrist and encourage him to sit next to you so he takes an extra long time getting his stuff out of his bag bc he’s trying to hide the blush on his cheeks and ears
after studying at the library your friends are going out to eat but he doesn’t wanna intrude on like casual friend time so he says he has to continue working on stuff and starts heading home
armin is kinda surprised when you jog up next to him as he walks to his dorm once you say goodbye to your friends bc you’re “tired and want a nap”
you look over at him and smile and ask if you can join him
and he’s like,,, “i’m just gonna be working on some stuff it’ll be boring to hang out with me. didn’t you tell them you’re tired? you should rest” but rly he’s nervous bc he wasn’t actually planning on working on stuff he just didn’t wanna intrude in your friend group
and you’re like,,, “no it’s okay i just said that…” you kinda trail off bc how do you tell your crush you just blew off the chance to hang out with friends for the chance to hang out with him. “i can just keep you company while you work”
cue blushy min but who is he to say no really
so you walk together to his dorm and while he sets his stuff out on his desk he tells you to make yourself comfy
so you jump on his bed and take out a book
he gets butterflies~~ when he notices it’s one he recommended to you
actually melted when you asked him for book recommendations by the way
and when you fall asleep on his bed armin thinks he might just die
pulls a blanket over you and lets you sleep while he works or reads to watches netflix or smtg
when you wake up all flustered and embarrassed he brushes it off with smtg like “guess you were tired after all” but on the inside he thinks it’s so cute omg bye
oh backtracking to books!!!1!!1!1! if you ever offered book recs to him he would short circuit i think
pls could you image “armin! i read this book recently and i think you’d really like it here take my copy i hope you enjoy!”
he would combust bye
anyway after a while of you kinda inviting yourself to hang out/study with him often eventually he actually expects you to come w him/meet him/hang out with him
“aren’t you coming?”
“oh, i thought you were gonna hang out with eren, i was just heading home”
“eren doesn’t care, come with me”
now it’s your turn to blush omg
after a while of y’all hanging out regularly he feels himself get more and more comfortable talking to you and not so nervous all the time
probably finds it attractive when you are genuinely interested in what he has to say so if he rambles pls smile and nod and rest your chin on your hand dreamily
so when he realizes he’s rambling and he notices he gets embarrassed and is like “sorry,,, i was rambling, wasn’t i?”
you can respond with a smile and reassure him you like listening/are interested and encourage him to keep going
and he’ll look bashful on the outside
probably scratch the back of his head/neck and avoid eye contact
but is internally excited that you wanna listen so he does continue
he’d be so touched if you ASkeD quEstiONS bc like,,,, that tells him you’re actually listening and not just letting him talk absentmindedly
i can see it now; armin texts you to confirm that your weekly study date is still on and you respond with “actually,, i wanted to go see this new movie with this guy i like,,, rain check”
and he gets rly sad omg like his chest tightens up and he goes “oh. ok, have fun!”
but then the next day eren’s like,,, cmon man no use in moping around get dressed and armin is like
no disrespect bro,,,, but stfu and leave me alone thanks haha lol
but after a while he does get dressed begrudgingly and then a few minutes later there’s a knock on the door and eren gets a text and looks up from his phone w like a grimace or some shit and he’s like,,,, “oh shit,,, armin,,, dude,,, i forgot i had plans” and armin’s like
(ಠ_ಠ) you made me get dressed,,,, while i was brooding,,, for nothing
and then eren opens the door and looks apologetically at armin and he’s like “i’t’s okay reader’s great company” and that’s when armin notices it was you who knocked on the door
and you smile at him and he’s now starting to put two and two together as eren slips by you and shouts a farewell down the hall and when you smile at him nervously and wave two movie tickets as a greeting he realises that no he wasn’t reading the signs wrong, and yes you do like him back (he’s a Smart Boy) and when you’re like,,,, “so,, you are free, right?”
and he’s like “........you could’ve just asked me to see a movie with you” and he mumbles the next bit but you still hear and it makes you blush “instead of making me think all jealous and mopey thinking you liked someone else”
in conclusion yes he has a fat crush but yes you’d have to make the first move bc he would Not Know How
but you absolutely have a cute dinner+movie+walk in the park date that definitely ends with a kiss and both of y’all not being able to fall asleep bc the matching face-splitting grins are too distracting
like you both just sit in your respective beds for hours that night staring at the ceiling and probably eren and mikasa and sasha and connie are all giggling deviously over mikasa’s phone after you text her that the plan worked lmao and he kissed you goodnight and omg mika he’s so cute and sweet and it was such a good date and dsfjsnjfgijf
and when armin notices a sticky note on his computer monitor from eren that reads “took you long enough” he may or may not shake his head fondly at his best friend’s antics except he’s got a blush on his cheeks bye
and if you wake up to a “good morning❤️” text from him and your heart explodes who’s gonna know
thanks for reading!!











