Ah, summer vacation. The time in which all the worries of the exam season simply wash away, making space for other more exciting things. Many people might opt for exciting trips up in the mountains with their friends, maybe drinking nights.. hell maybe even just cozy relaxing nights by yourself. But Reiner Braun, Bertholdt Hoover's best friend, had other plans for the gentle giant.

A blind date... how thrilling for the man that had the anxiety levels of a hamster with high blood pressure.

Reiner had justified this by saying "it was the right moment to open up to new opportunities and it was damn time Bertholdt stopped being a man with the personality of an old lady with 40 cats that knits".. which honestly didn't really convince Bertholdt per-se but before he could even object , Reiner had already informed him that the restaurant was booked and Bertholdt's blind date had been informed.

sigh

So... there he was , dressed in a black suit and tie type outfit, awkwardly sitting at the table in this fancy Italian restaurant - Reiner had mentioned the possibility of a Lady and the Tramp spaghetti scene reenactment which made Bertholdt's face turn into a tomato- with a box of chocolates and a single red rose next to it. Bertholdt thought about his choice for a long time , debating if he should even bring a gift... but that's what gentlemen do, no? And he was really trying to make a good impression.

His gaze kept drifting towards the entrance, his pulse quickening every single time a person entered the restaurant - feeling that only intensified every time he thought said person was approaching his table. He didn't know who to expect but he also didn't really care. Because he knew that if Reiner had set him up with someone , it meant Bertholdt will like them regardless of their appearance.