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Ocean blue eyes looked onward out to the sea, nothing in the world could distract those eyes from the sight it was seeing. The wind blew the ashy blonde hair in ways that would have made anyone put their hair up, but it didn’t seem to bother the boy who was so amazed by the way the world looked. Jean looked at Armin with such love and care as they stood shin-deep in the salty water for the first time. They had followed Eren to the sandy area covered in a vast amount of water that Armin told everyone was the ocean. The ocean was pretty but it wasn’t as pretty as the boy who stood before Jean, he couldn’t admit his love for the small-framed boy but he liked how things were at that moment. He wanted to go behind him and wrap his arms around him taking him in, resting his head on that small shoulder just to try and see exactly what those eyes were glued to if it was something he couldn’t see.
Jean turned at the sound of movement in the water to see the others heading back over the sandhill to go set up camp. He thought this would be his only chance to make a move on Armin without others making fun of him for doing so. He moved over slightly putting his hand gently around the small waste “There gone” He whispered softly in Armin’s ears seeing them flush red fast. “J..Jean don’t do that” he tried to pull himself away but knew he wouldn’t be able to after how tight of a hold he felt jean have on him. He sighed in defeat “What do you want?” he turned to look at the puppy dog-eyed Jean. “A kiss from those lips” he smirked moving a hand softly up Armin's smooth but rough face. His hand traced his lip with his rough thumb “We haven’t had a moment to ourselves since you told Eren about this place” he whispered.
“J..Jean you're being too risky” Armin grabbed his wrist looking at him with wide worried eyes “What if the others catch us… Levi would never let us be near each other... They would send you back with the others… you’d be away from me” Armin’s voice started to shake fearing the worst of Jean being torn away from him. “I’m not going anywhere… besides they would have to fight me to get me to be away from you” He pecked Armin’s lips softly “It’s a good thing I asked to share the tent with you tonight… even though we always share a tent… I want you for myself” he bit Armin's bottom lip “We have something to continue tonight… since you snuck out when things were just taking off” Armin’s face went beat red hearing those words “W…Well, Captain Levi needed me so… If he calls for you… you go no questions asked and you should know this” Armins hands were on Jean's chest playing with his shirt strings trying not to make eye contact.
Jean chuckled “Nothing's going to happen okay? You worry way too much since we started to see each other… Live life with a little risk” he kissed Armin’s head softly “Besides we all knew Levi and Erwin were together so where is the harm” Armin buried his head in his chest “But Jean… They could get away with that stuff” Jean sighed not letting go of him at all. He was willing to risk it all just to have some quality time with the boy he was madly in love with. He ran his fingers through his wind-tangled hair “You should cut it… I don’t think I've ever seen you with short hair” Jean played with the ends loving the feeling of this small moment Armin pulled away lightly “We should go back and help them set up… they could be suspicious of what we are doing right now… you know how Connie and Sasha can get, they seem to know everything without anyone telling them” Jean sighed knowing he was right about those two “Then don’t leave my side… let me at least take care of you where no one will even know about us… Mikasa says you are still weak and your body isn’t used to having this new power… so please for now let me take care of you in any way possible” Jean was always worried about Armin even before the sudden change in his life. Armin just nodded his head not really wanting to argue with him about him taking care of him.
They both started to head back out of the water holding hands, they tried to keep themselves touching as a sort of comfort for them both. Jean’s hands were warmer than Armins and always have been, they found that out during their trainee days when they had their first romantic encounter. Jean looked down and saw a seashell, he was quick to pick it up not messing up the rhythm of them walking. “Hey, Armin what's this?” he showed him with a smile really hoping that Armin would know. Armin's eyes lit up when he saw what Jean was holding “That's called a seashell! I saw it in one of my parent's books!” Armin took it quickly amazed that he finally got to see one in person “They have these creatures inside them and it seems the creature isn’t in this one” He pouted hoping to be able to see it “Maybe another time” he held onto the shell tightly not wanting to put it back since Jean found it.
They made it back up over the hill to see everyone unloading and setting things up. They quickly let go of each other's hands and rushed to help out. They knew they wouldn’t be around each other until dinner time but even then that would be a challenge. The sun started to go down and Jean had just finished getting the tent up, he wanted to work on the inside and make it as comfortable for Armin as possible. He didn’t care if he was going to lose out on the comfort for the night but he also knew that he would be Armin’s pillow no questions asked. He enjoyed being Armin’s pillow, everything about it made him happy. He loved watching him sleep peacefully knowing it must be really hard to sleep after hearing about the dreams someone with the abilities he had just received can be.
Jean stood slightly in the tent and smiled seeing how comfortable it looked, he made sure to have Armin’s seashell tucked away so it wouldn’t get crushed when they were having alone time. He slipped out of the tent closing it before going up to Armin who was sitting by the fire. He pulled a chair next to him and quickly sat down “Beds are made” He whispered touching his knee softly getting Armin's attention. “I can’t wait to sleep… today was such a long day” Armin yawned “I’m so happy we saw the ocean and found a shell… I want to take that shell home and keep it on display” Jean knew that Armin really didn’t have a home and it broke his heart knowing he was orphaned at such a young age. When the titans attacked Armin's home village he lost everything whereas Jean didn’t and he wanted to try and make up for the things that Armin had lost.
“Armin… when this is all over, I want you to meet my mother and come live with us until I can find us a place to stay… I will build us a house anywhere you want” He looked at Armin with serious eyes. “When this is all done? Jean… you know by the time that happens my life will be done… I only have thirteen years to live my life how I want before I die” He looked at his hands playing with his thumbs. He hated the idea that now he was a titan he wouldn’t be able to live a long life as he had imagined. He was already so broken up over the fact of being with Jean and having to say goodbye to him, he wanted Jean to fall in love with anyone but him but for some stupid reason, Jean picked him. Armin put his head on Jean's shoulder sighing softly just wanting to end that topic of discussion and he only wanted to spend time by the fire.
Armin was starting to get tired and nudged Jean’s arm “I’m going to go to the tent and go to bed if you wanted to join me” he stood up watching Jean shoot up. Jean grabbed Armin's wrist and rushed to the tent not caring if anyone was watching them, he didn’t have any plans of doing it with Armin tonight but all he wanted to do was hold him and not let go. Jean pulled Armin in and quickly closed the tent tight “It’s just us” He turned to see a beat red Armin who looked right at him “R…right in front of everyone” he bit his bottom lip “we are so dead” he whispered. Jean smirked pulling Armin to him by his shirt crashing his lips onto Armins, He took Armin's face and held onto it as they kissed each other more. The want for each other washed over them both as the kiss started to heat up. Hands were moving on each other bodies trying to find the buttons of the shirts. Jean got a good grip on Armins and quickly ripped it off not caring about the buttons flying. “Je...Jean” Armin said his name in a breathy way calling him out for breaking his shirt. Jean smirked knowing what he did and he didn’t care one bit of what he did, Jean pulled the shirt over his head. He touched Armin’s lower back leading him to lay down, he hovered over him looking at his eyes trying to figure out what he was thinking. “Do you want to?” Jean asked Armin softly not wanting to push this on him. Armin nodded slowly “Y…Yeah it’s been a while since we’ve done this” his hands were covering his chest being really embarrassed about being somewhat naked.
Jean watched him and chuckled “Your too cute” He shook his head smiling. He kissed Armins face softly, he made sure to kiss each and every inch. Jean laid next to Armin “I’m going to don’t worry… but I really want to just look at you before we do this” Armin smiled hearing him say that. It had been a moment since they had just them time, time to relax and talk. “I don’t mind that” Armin poked Jean's nose softly, He kept his eyes locked on Jean’s not wanting to break away from looking deeply into them. Jean started to get lost in Armin’s eyes as well and he felt his heart flutter fast knowing that this wasn’t going to last between them laying down like this before Armin became his meal.
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