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   "WHAT ABOUT THESE ONES?" You beamed as you put the matching headband over Jean's head. In response he grimaced, lifting his hand up to quickly take it off. You threw on the matching pair and gave him a cheeky smile. "See? It's cute."

Jean released a soft sigh before shoving his hand back in his pocket. He smoothly intertwined his fingers with yours without you even noticing. "Let's go already." He groaned and gently tugged on your arm "There's a really cool ride I want to show you."

"A cool ride?" Your head perked up at his comment, placing both headbands back on the shelf. Your E/C hues slightly lit up with curiosity. "Show me."

You felt your heart rate plummet as you looked up at the roller coaster. Unconsciously, you tightened your grip on Jean's hand and shifted closer to his side. He glanced at you for a moment with a small grin on his face.

"It should be fun right?" Your voice trembled. "Jean how could this possibly be fun? They're screaming at the top of their lungs. Whether it be from fear or from pure bliss, count me out."

Jean lifted your hand and planted a soft kiss on your knuckles. "Oh come on." He chuckled "It's not a complete first amusement park experience if you don't ride a roller coaster like this one."

Without listening to anything else you said, you suddenly found yourself seated at the front of the cart with Jean sitting beside you. His face was filled with excitement. Yours was the complete opposite, filled with dread and fear. Out of a habit your leg began to tremble immensely.

Jean placed his hand over your thigh and gave it a gentle squeeze. He flashed you a reassuring soft smile saying that 'everything was going to be okay' and that he was just beside you.

The harness came down on the both of you as the employee pushed it rather harshly against your body. You grunted softly feeling the pressure mainly around your abdominal area. Your heart was pounding wildly against your rib cage. You reached over for Jean's hand, immediately grabbing it.

"Y/N we're not going to fall off if that's what you're so worried about." He leaned back in his seat as the cart began to incline up the rails. Jean took his hand off the handle and let it hang lose beside him. "Arms up, okay?"

You shot him a bewildered look as your jaw hung ajar at what he had just said. "Arms up? Do you see how far up we are? I can even see Connie's buzz cut from up here!" You pointed out towards the other side of the park to the ant-size figure.

Jean drew his gaze in the direction you held your finger at. An amused expression grew on his face. He squinted his eyes and laughed, "Huh. You're right, I'm surprised you saw the idiot from all the way up here."

As the cart went up the incline began to grow slower and slower indicating that they were nearing the top. A nervous lump formed in your throat. You sank back in your seat tightening your grip around his hand.

"Here we go!" Jean raised his hand up in the air along with yours.

Screams of terror ripped through your throat as the roller coaster rapidly went down at almost a ninety degree angle. Those behind you did the same but instead of terror, they screamed with delight.

The ride went through various loops and multiple unexpected dips causing your stomach to churn with discomfort. Tears formed in your eyes in response to the wind beating against your face.

"Oh?" Niccolo pointed up at the coaster as he had caught a glimpse of Jean's ash-brown hair. "That's Jean isn't it?"

"That sneaky bastard." Connie scoffed and crossed his arms over his chest, his gaze following the cart you both were currently boarded on.

The two soul mates exchanged mischievous glances before giving each other firm nods. Niccolo watched silently as the pair planned something troublesome. He exhaled with defeat lacing through his voice.

"What is wrong with you two?"

Sasha fished her phone out of her pocket and opened up the camera app. She grinned with anticipation. "Nothing." She replied with a hint of sass in her voice "We're just going to mess around with Jean a little."

Niccolo pinched the bridged of his nose and shook his head disapprovingly. "Don't forget Y/N is also with him."

"So? It'll just make things even funnier." Connie shot back with a sassy tone in his voice.

"Nope," Niccolo inhaled sharply before throwing his arms around Connie and Sasha's shoulders. "You two have caused enough trouble for Jean. Come on, there's some really snacks over there." He dragged the two of them away from the coaster towards a food stall.

Of course, Sasha was quick to forget about the little prank she had in mind at the mention of food. Connie on the other hand was stubborn and left disappointed. But after putting some thought into it, he realized that crashing your first date would only make him feel bad.

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After the ride you couldn't stop shaking. Your legs felt like they were going to give out on you at any moment. All those sudden drops and loops made your stomach churn. Once you had gotten a few meters away from the ride you crouched down on your knees, wrapping your arms around your legs.

Jean kneeled down next to you, cracking a bottle of water open. "You look really pale. You're okay right?" He sighed and offered the uncapped plastic bottle your way.

"I'm fine." You shakily grabbed the water bottle and brought the opening to your mouth. You tilted your head back slightly to let the fluids smoothly go down your throat. After drinking nearly half the bottle you flashed him a tiny smile "It was fun. But very shocking."

He returned a relieved smile before helping you up to your feet. "Man, you scared me for a moment. It looked like you were on the verge of passing out." The taller boy planted a soft kiss on the top of your hand. He gently wrapped his hand around yours and brought you over to a nearby bench.

"Let's go somewhere relaxing next time for our date. My place has a huge library and surprisingly my parents own a lot of poetry. I think you'd like that." He plopped himself down next to you, letting his body relax a little more. He leaned his head onto your shoulder.

You spun the bottle between the palms of your hands and chuckled softly. "That sounds amazing. By the way what do your parents do? If you don't mind me asking. You look pretty well-off, they must have amazing jobs."

"Well-off?" He chortled, "I guess you could say that. My mom got married to this rich dude when I was seven. He invested in stocks and was a business savvy man. I never met my biological dad but he must've been one hell of a guy to have a handsome son like me."

"I'm sure he was." You laughed along with him.

"My old man was probably attractive as fuck. Of course, my mother is pretty as hell too. It's a shame he never stuck around to see how great looking his son is." Jean flipped his phone up in the air, letting out a quiet whistle that slowly faltered away. Like a chart as if it was descending.

You rolled your eyes and nudged your shoulder up causing the boy to cry out in pain. "You're overdoing it now. Stop it, everyone knows how attractive you are." You gently pinched his cheek.

"That's Jean Kirstein for you." He replied smoothly, propping his hands behind his head with a confident smile curling upon his lips. "Don't you think we're unstoppable as a couple? You're gorgeous and I'm gorgeous. A match made in heaven!"

The conversation quickly veered its way into playful bickering. Whenever you tried to pipe down his ego he'd just shoot back with his smart aleck responses. Whenever you tried to get a few feet ahead of him he'd quickly catch up and take your hand. It went on like this for at least thirty minutes.

"Oi lovebirds!" The familiar deep voice called out to the couple who was just ten steps away from them. It was Eren. "I was wondering where you two had gone off to! Historia would not stop whining about Y/N's disappearance. You'll get an earful from her Jean." He shoved his hands in his pockets and approached you and Jean.

Jean merely scoffed and draped his arm over your shoulder earning a soft grunt from you reacting to the weight of his body shifting on you. "Do I not have the right to spend some alone time with my girlfriend? Gosh, if I didn't know any better I would've thought Historia was Y/N's girlfriend."

"Then you should've told her you dumbass. Are horses space cadets or what? Earth to Jean~!" He teasingly waved his hand in front of Jean's face with an amused grin on his face.

Jean immediately smacked his hand away. "Jaeger you're walking on thin ice right now. I can't really lose my cool in front of my girlfriend so consider yourself lucky." An annoyed huff escaped his lips as he straightened his posture.

The stupid grin didn't falter off the brunette's face. In fact, it only grew wider. "Since when did you become so cool Jean? Usually you wouldn't hold back but I get it. Y/N is quite the catch isn't she?" He flashed you a quick wink. "But for real dude, you two should get back to the group. It's way more entertaining with you around, horse face."

Without any further arguments Eren managed to convince Jean to head back with you. Both Eren and Jean seemed be always getting on each other's nerves, to say they were just friends would be an understatement. To everyone else they seemed like best friends, making up so easily after teasing each other nonstop. That's just how their best friend relationship worked.

Your eyes landed on the short blonde who was currently talking to the freckled brunette; Ymir. She glanced at you for a second with a small pout set on her lips, the skin between her eyebrows creasing with betrayal. In return, you offered her an apologetic smile but she just turned away.

"She'll forgive you. Give her at least five minutes." The sudden insert of Armin's voice made you slightly jump. "As for Jean? I don't know." The blond laughed, shooting him a playful smile.

"Haha." Jean replied clearly unamused with Armin's statement. "Historia just can't stay mad at this handsome face for long." He smirked.

A light gasp escaped Armin's lips at Jean's bold claim. "Is that so? Tell that to Ymir, I want to see her reaction."

"Now that's a harsh joke Armin. If I did that I don't think I'll be able to sleep comfortably at night. I'll have to keep an eye open in case Ymir tries to break into my room and slit my throat." He placed a hand over his heart sending the blond a pained expression.

"I'll be there to catch it in 4K." Armin chuckled, giving Jean a hard pat on the back.

You rolled your eyes and slipped yourself away from the two boys. You skipped over to where Historia stood, a small smile spread upon your face. She snapped her head towards your direction at the sound of your footsteps approaching.

"So there's our little rebel!" Ymir tossed her arm around your shoulder giving you a hard noogie. You winced in slight pain, attempting to swat her arm away but in response she just gave you another one. Completely messing up your hair.

"Alright, I'm sorry!" You choked out, taking in deep breaths to suppress the laughter surging up your throat. Your looked at Historia, holding her large icy blue hues in your own. Her pale porcelain cheeks flushed a light shade of red.

She huffed, folding her arms over her shoulders. "We rode on so many rides without you! So you missed out. Can't believe Jean stole you away from me."

"Stole?" Jean scoffed in disbelief, his eyebrow arched with a amusement. "Y/N is not your girlfriend. She's mine."

"But the whole purpose of us going here was to have a fun-filled day together !" Historia stomped over to the taller figure, getting up on her toes to get closer to his level. She pushed her index finger against the sternum of his chest with a small scowl on her face.

"Calm down little princess." He lifted both hands up in defense with a mocking smile on his face. "Do I need to get you a stuffed animal?" He teased.

"Alright," Ymir furrowed her eyebrows and cracked her knuckles. She sent Jean a menacing glare, cracking every joint in her body. "say that again horse face! I dare you."

Here we go. You mentally palmed yourself in the face.

Reiner squeezed himself in between the two with a panicked expression on his face. He flicked short glances between the two, his irises growing cold and serious. "You guys are going to get us kicked out of here!"

"Catch me outside how bout' that?" You watched as everyone's faces twisted into disgust at what Ymir had just blurted out. Even you understood why. She quoted a stupid video off the internet.

Jean's face returned to a blank slate at her empty threat. He turned around and walked back towards you, his lips pressed into a thin straight line. "That was gross." He sighed, letting his head fall to your shoulder.

"Indeed." You mumbled back, gently patting his back to comfort him.

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