'a bittersweet end'
p/n=pronouns
a skip of 6 months
***
people say time flies.
but it didn't, with armin.
in fact time took it's time.
you weren't complaining though, you could spend the rest of your life with him. everything was just better with him besides you.
you cried in his arms, he cried in yours, laughed with him, allowed yourself to show him the most vulnerable side of you.
those nights were armin was on-top of you, or sometimes you on-top of him, there was never a second where he wouldn't look at you with so much love.
he would always come to bring you food at your job, one that was different from the one a while back. sasha had a friend of hers take you for an interview at a salon. to your own surprise you were pretty good and got upgraded to assistant manager in the hair stylist department quickly.
your boss was pieck, who you remembered from a while back. she was the one who took you into that restaurant for your birthday when armin was away. she owned the salon, and got along with you well.
armin was studying the endangerment of keystone species in marine ecosystems, still at his job. he wasn't really into the diving part, so he just did most of the lab and office work.
you two were successful in a short amount of time, because of the support you have each other.
**
"don't you think it's time, armin?" eren scolded him through the phone. you've been dating for like, "3 and a half years already. hurry up."
"i'm nervous, eren. y/n doesn't seem to be focused on that." he sighed, "what if it messes up what we have? i mean, what do i do if p/n says no?"
eren continued to rant, and armin zoned out looking at the pictures of you on his nightstand. specifically the one of you on the beach that one night, staring up at the moon.
he clenched his fist, looking down at the shiny ring in his palm.
was he truly ready for this?
something told him he wasn't, but something else was pushing him to asking the question.
it's not like he didn't love you, he did. armin loved you so much.
he heard sound of your footsteps coming towards the room,"i'll call you back eren."
you came into the room holding something behind your back. "guess what i have."
"if it's something live, i do not want it."
"no, trust me!"
"okay.."
you held out a black beaded bracelet, placing it in armin's hand.
"it's pretty," he put it on, holding up his hand and looking at it. "thank you!"
"i saw you looking at it the other day at the store." you sat next to him, laying back on the bed.
he laid down too, turning his head to look at you.
armin stares, but this time he stared for a pretty long time.
"what's wrong?"
"nothing! just, looking."
he wasn't lying, he loved looking at you.
armin kissed you, "you wanna do something tonight?"
you nodded, smiling.
"get dressed."
***
