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*don't play the forking song yet 😃*

song: p.y.t. by michael jackson (slowed)

𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙫

            𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮

       ❧ 𝑨𝑹𝑴𝑰𝑵 rubbed his hand against his thigh as he rose his phone up to his ear, "Eren."

"Dude you sound nervous, just relax."

"I didn't think she'd actually show up," Armin stared at Dominique, who was standing on the other side of the street in front of the record shop. She clenched her handbag in her hand as she slowly moved her body side to side.

"Well she di- agh y/n that hurts!"

Armin held his phone up to his ear with his shoulder as he reached to the door handle to get out his car, "You and Y/n better not break anything."

"Armin he was tryna put his nasty hands inside my bag of doritos."

"I just wanted some?"

"You always tryna eat my damn food."

"Okay?"

"Fight me, fight me right now."

"Y/n i'm not fighting you."

"No fighting! Y'all are gonna break my flower vase!" Armin whisper shouted into the mic as he closed his car door after stepping out. Armin sighed as he heard muffled noises from the mic and quiet yelps.

"Good luck Armi- Yo Eren I was just pla-"

"Uh Armin I gotta go but call me late- ow?!"

Armin shook his head as he hung up the call. Just relax Armin thought to himself as he crossed the street, walking up to Dominique.

Dominique adjusted her blouse after the cool breeze blew through it and stroked her hair with her fingers, later adjusting the stiff wide brim hat that she had on.

Armin fixed his turtleneck as he neared Dominique, brushing off the imaginary dust from his jacket. He patted his pockets to check if he brought any mints and sighed in relief after feeling them in his pocket.

He popped a mint into his mouth and quickly shoved it in his pocket as he came up to Dominique.

"Hey Dom," Armin waved and gave her a warm smile. Dominique returned the same smile and opened her arms for a hug.

"Hey Armin, how you doin?" Dominique pulled away from the hug, gently rubbing both of her hands that were on his shoulders.

"I'm great, you?"

"Better, now that i'm with you," Dominique giggled as she went back to clenching her handbag, "Can we go in now?" Dominique asked eagerly, Armin chuckling at her excitement.

"Of course," Armin reached his hand over to pull the door handle, Dominique later walking in after saying thank you. The store music grew louder as Armin stepped into the record shop.

"Ayo Dom!"

"Billy? was good?" Dominique laughed as she approached the front desk and dapping up a tall black man that had a big afro with one braid in the front that kept hitting his eye.

"You back here again? Whatchu bouta get na?" Billy rested his crossed arms on his desk. Dominique looked around as she tapped her finger against her chin.

"Ion know, I already got enough for the Beatles, Mac Miller, Tupac, I even got some for Tyler the Creator."

"What about Michael Jackson or Stevie Wonder?"

"I'll look for some Michael Jackson, maybe Biggie or Childish Gambino."

"Ah Childish Gambino vinyl's are sold out," Billy drummed his fingers against the desk as he watched Dominique's shoulders slump in disappointment.

"Damn..."

Billy cleared his throat and looked behind Dominique to find Armin a few distance away from her. His hands was in the pockets of his jacket as he stared at his shoes.

"Dom who's the blondie behind you?" Billy made a quick nod, gesturing that someone was behind Dominique. Armin quickly looked up and roamed his eyes from Billy and back to Dominique.

"Oh this is Armin, my..." Dominique looked over her shoulder and gave Armin a small smile, "My date."

Billy pressed his hand against his chest, giving Dominique an adorable facial expression, "Aw, record shopping as a date? Man, if only."

Dominique giggled at Billy's joke and waved him off, "Aight I'll be back, I betta get a discount,"Dominique raised an eyebrow as she pointed her finger at Billy's direction.

Dominique beckoned Armin to follow her down to the RnB aisle. Armin trailed behind Dominique like a lost puppy as he watched Dominique look through the different sections of vinyls.

(play song neow)

"I can help you look?" Armin insisted. Dominique smiled and nodded, signaling that she would love that. Armin stood at the other side of the aisle, facing Dominique as he looked through the section.

"You've been here before?" Armin questioned, hoping to start a conversation with her. Dominique picked up a vinyl cover and looked at it before putting it back down.

"Yeah I come here often, why?" Dominique stuck her tongue out a bit to the side as she squinted her eyes to look at a cover.

"I really chose a shop that you were already familiar with," Armin chuckled in embarrassment as he kept his eyes down at the vinyl covers in front of him.

"It's okay Armin," Dominique chuckled as she pushed up her forest green colored glasses. She changed them again, Armin thought to himself, admiring the smile that appeared on Dominique's face.

Armin continued looking through the vinyls until he found a cover with Michael Jackson's face on it.

Thriller

Armin looked up from the cover that was in his hands and noticed Dominique's shoulder moving smoothly to the music that was playing in the store.

"Let me take you to the max," Dominique hummed to herself as she continued to look through the vinyls. Armin's ears perked up after hearing the song that was playing and looked back down at the vinyl cover in his hand.

"I want to love you," Dominique continued singing as she slowly bobbed her head.

"Pretty young thing," Armin hummed along, causing Dominique to quickly raise her head up.Dominique's cheeks grew warm as Armin flashed her a smile, still singing the lyrics to her.

"And I'll take you there, girl," Armin snapped his fingers as his eyes closed shut, still singing softly to Dominique.

"I want to love you," Dominique's smile turned into giggles as she pointed at Armin, smoothly moving her body to the beat. Armin peaked one of his eye open, watching Dominique dance slowly.

"You need some lovin, tender love and care," Armin winked at Dominique as he reached his hand out to her. Dominique chuckled and took his hand, feeling her body carefully being spun around, 360.

Dominique pressed her hand on Armin's chest as Armin looked down at her, still softly singing the lyrics to her. Dominique pulled away, still holding Armin's hand as they both began dancing from a distance.

Armin softly rubbed his thumb against her hand, neither letting go, "Here's the best part," Dominique stuck up her finger as she held Armin's hand, still bobbing her head.

"Nope the actual best part hasn't came up yet," Armin smirked at Dominique as he started tapping his foot against the floor.

"Actual best part? We skipped it hun," Dominique raised an eyebrow as she chuckled at Armin's comment.

Armin stuck up his finger in the air as a smile grew on his face, "Wait it's coming...aaaaand dun dun dun," Armin made a soft 'oof' noise as he pretended to be playing a guitar.

(bye the song and this scene not even in sync but that don't matter 🙏)

Dominique covered her mouth as she started laughing at Armin's attempt to copy what Michael Jackson did. She patted her stomach as she walked closer to Armin.

Armin chuckled as he looked down at Dominique. The two stood in front of each other, still holding hands as the song began to play out.

Dominique wiped her tears from laughter and looked up at Armin who was having googly eyes at her. The two quickly averted their eyes from each other, Armin rubbing the back of his neck while Dominique adjusted her glasses.

Dominique chuckled awkwardly as she strolled back to her side of the vinyl crates to finish looking back at vinyls.

"Um," Armin cleared throat as he picked up the vinyl that he found earlier, "I found this, coincidence," Armin handed Dominique the Thriller record, watching a grin appear on her face.

"You're awesome," Dominique smiled at the vinyl cover in her hand, trailing her finger tips on the cover, "Can we get ice cream after this? I need something cold down my throat."

Armin's eyes widen a bit and tilted his head to the side, "Woah," He chuckled after seeing Dominique quickly slap her hand on her mouth and shook her head.

"Omg that sounded so wro-" Dominique interrupted herself as she started giggling. She moved her hand away from her mouth and moved her hand around in front of Armin, "Okay but you know what I mean."

Armin nodded his head, "Yeah, I do."

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        ❧ 𝑨𝑹𝑴𝑰𝑵 held the small box that contained the vinyls that were bought from the record shop as Dominique and Armin crossed the street.

"You didn't have to pay, you know," Dominique played with the loom bracelets she had on as she walked beside Armin.

"I don't mind Dominique," Armin pulled out his car keys and unlocked his car, "Did you walk here?" Armin opened the backseat door and carefully placed the box on the seat.

Dominique and Armin both got inside the car and buckled their seatbelts on, "Yeah, I like walking."

"How long was the walk?" Armin placed his hand behind Dominique's seat as he backed out of the parking lot. Dominique felt flustered on how close Armin was to her.

"Uh just fifteen minutes," Dominique played around with the rings on her hand as she kept her eyes down. Armin hummed and sat back down, spinning the steering wheel around as he propped his elbow up on the arm rest.

Armin drummed his finger tips on his cheek as he began driving. Dominique caught small glimpses of Armin running his fingers through his hair then down to his undercut.

"Um," Dominique cleared her throat, crossing her ankles together, "Where we getting our ice cream at?"

"Daddy's dairy."

(this is a real place, in my towngo google it🌚)

"Is it close to here?" Dominique looked at the road and then back to Armin who was now trailing his fingers down his jawline.

"It's only twenty minutes from here," Armin chuckled as he rested both of his hands on the wheel, his rings making clacking noises against it.

"Mm tell me more about yourself Armin," Dominique puckered her lips as she kept her eyes on the blonde, "You told me a few things, I remember."

Armin hummed as he thought of more stuff to tell Dominique, "Currently working on being a fashion designer...that's probably the only thing interesting about me."

Dominique clicked her tongue and tilted her head to the side, "C'mon? That's it? You already told me that Armin," Armin pressed his foot against the brakes as the traffic lights flashed red.

"Okay...I like drawing," Armin added.

"I like drawing too," Dominique smiled at the blonde.

"I like fashion."

"I like fashion too," Dominique pulled on her blouse with her fingers tips and flicked the brim of her hat with her finger.

Armin chuckled and rubbed his lips together, "I like to be organized."

"Same here," Dominique's smiled grew wider as the two stared at each other.

"I like you," Armin said softly, matching Dominique's smile. Dominique tilted her head down a bit before bringing it back up to face Armin's face.

"I like you too," Dominique pushed up her glasses and rose her hand up to cover her face as the sun shined on her darkskin. Armin was too distracted of admiring Dominique's beauty to even realize that the traffic light flashed green.

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         ❧ 𝑫𝑶𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑰𝑸𝑼𝑬 scooped up some ice cream with her spoon as she walked to a table to sit down. Armin trailed behind her and sat on the other side of the table to face her.

"You got chocolate?" Dominique pointed her spoon at Armin as he nodded his head.

"And you got vanilla," Armin pointed his spoon at Dominique's cup of ice cream.

"Let's swirl them," Dominique scooped up a small amount of her vanilla ice cream as Armin did the same with his before they both traded ice cream cups.

dom and armin: (🤎🌀🤍 😋)

The two smiled at each other as they both slowly pulled the spoons out of their mouths, "Good mix?" Armin clicked his tongue after swallowing the ice cream.

"Yup," Dominique chuckled as she took back her cup of ice cream. Armin took small glances at Dominique as she continued to eat her ice cream. He was thinking of different ways of popping up the question.

He knows that the both of them liked one another, but was it too soon to as- "Armin, your ice cream is melting," Dominique interrupted his thoughts as she pointed at Armin's cup.

"Oh no," Armin pouted as he scooped up the melted ice cream and inserting the spoon into his mouth, listening to Dominique laugh. As the two finished up their ice cream, they got up and began walking down the sidewalk to get back to Armin's car.

Dominique twiddled her thumbs together as she felt her shoulder brushing against Armin's shoulder. Armin had one of his hands in his pocket while the other continued to rub the back of his neck.

A small smile kept appearing on Dominique's face as she looked down at her thumbs. Armin looked at Dominique in the corner of his eye, thinking of ways to break the silence between them.

Both took a deep sigh and opened their mouths to blurt out their words.

"Armin."

"Dominique."

Dominique quickly hovered her hand in front of her mouth as she quietly whispered an 'oop', "Um you go first," Dominique spoke out as she put her hands behind her back.

Armin smiled and reached his hand out, wiggling his fingers as he waited for Dominique to take his hand. Dominique slowly reached her hand back out to him and intertwined her fingers with his.

"So," Armin began as he rubbed his thumb against Dominique's hand, feeling his confidence built up. Dominique chewed her lips nervously as she stared at Armin.

"I was just wondering if you know," Armin shrugged as he looked up at the orange colored clouds before looking back down at Dominique with a huge grin on his face.

"If I asked you to be mine, would you say yes?"

Dominique's mouth parted open and closed again as she felt her heart pounding against her chest. She exhaled a soft chuckle, pulling Armin closer to her.

"Whatchu tryna say?" Dominique bit down on her bottom lip as her eyes went up from Armin's blue eyes and back down to his lips.

"What I'm tryna say is be my girlfriend," Armin whispered into Dominique's ear before pulling back with a smirk on his face. Dominique let out a giggle as she reached her hand to hold Armin's other hand.

"Looks like you've already got yourself one blondie," Dominique and Armin faced one another as both of their hands were held between them. Armin pulled his hands away from Dominique's and brought them up to her cheeks.

Armin fixed her glasses a bit as he caressed his thumb on her face. Armin tilted his head to the side until their lips locked with one another. Dominique slowly brought her hands up to feel his undercut, feeling her stomach flutter with butterflies.

The two giggled as they pulled away from the kiss, realizing that they were still in public. Armin and Dominique walked hand in hand across the street to get back to Armin's car.

authors note:

*sighs* another day being lonely 😋✌🏾