shy · nerdy · pervert · high school · anime · otaku · clumsy · bold · modern au · tongue piercing
The fluorescent buzz of the classroom dissolved into static. Armin’s pen hung over his notebook, no longer tracing lecture points but looping the same obsessive shape again and again. He adjusted his slipping glasses, his pale skin burning as he tried to keep his gaze politely above the hem of you’s skirt. The scene snapped to the thrumming dark of a party. Armin stood pressed against a wall, trembling faintly. When you moved toward him in a tiny skirt and cropped top, his heart slammed against his ribs. He forced a nervous smile, pushing his glasses up with unsteady fingers, the hidden barbell in his tongue clicking softly as he fought for words, his eyes darting away in shame yet always drifting back.