I never actually wanted to make an AOT fanfic but as I looked through the AOT fanfictions I literally couldn't find a single Eren x Mikasa fic, much to my surprise I think most AOT fanfictions feature Yaoi. So I had to make an Eren x Mikasa fic because I always wanted to see one. This AU will feature gangs, violence, drugs, sex, and sexual themes. Might start off slow as I'm sure all my fics do, things will get real later, you've been warned.
Disclaimer I do not own Attack on Titan, any of it's characters or anything associated with the Anime or Manga.
Surprises
Eren walked down the street gazing longingly at the stars wishing he could touch them and perhaps understand all the wild mysteries of the universe.
It was past midnight and the streets were deserted as was usual for his star gazing routine.
Eventually he found himself laying in a field in a public park gazing up at the sky as he contemplated just falling asleep outside. It felt good out and he really didn't see any reason why not.
Eventually he ended up doing just that not even knowing he'd been tired in the first place.
He woke up feeling a sharp pain in his side sitting up abruptly and clutching at his left rib cage as he swore and promised pain to whoever kicked him.
"Daamnit!?" A female voice said to his right causing him to turn as he felt his anger rise even more knowing he couldn't hit a female. Especially if she only tripped over him and the kick wasn't intentional.
"Next time watch where the hell you're going will you!?" He yelled scowling at the young woman as she was standing up.
Her look of puzzlement turned into a frown of irritation as she returned the glare and stood up fully gazing at Eren with the distinct air of someone who thought themselves to be above him.
"How's about you don't lay on the ground in the middle of the park at night time like a homeless person!" She bite backing causing the boy to frown and wonder just who the hell she thought she was.
"It's a public park isn't it!? I don't see anything wrong with sleeping under the stars if that's what suits me!"
She paused for a moment seemingly taken aback by his comment as her face developed a look of surprise.
"You were out here star gazing before you fell asleep?" She asked sounding skeptical.
He paused for a moment still upset, but surprised at her sudden shift in demeanor.
"Yea...I kind of walk around at random to gaze at the sky just about every night. It gives you a sense of calm and wonder you don't really get from anything else." He said thoughtfully looking past her towards the skies above.
The girl looked surprised at his reply but didn't comment further. She began to bend over to pick up her hand bag but found the boy beat her to it.
"Hey!" She shouted thinking he'd been about to rob her of her things.
"Relax! I'm just doing the gentlemanly thing!" He said extending the bag towards her.
She looked surprised again for a moment before she took the bag and turned away.
"Thanks." She said a bit reluctantly.
"Don't mention it." Eren offered in a dismissive tone and the two were silent for a moment.
"What are you out here for so late anyway? Isn't it dangerous for a girl to wander these parts of town on her own after midnight?" He asked curiously causing the girl to look at him with some suspicion.
"I can take care of myself." She said without looking at him. "We go to the same school don't we? I've seen you before."
He wondered why she changed the subject. The sad look that flashed in her eyes for a moment wasn't lost on him but he decided not to pry into her life.
"Actually I think we do, I've seen you in the halls and the cafeteria before. Your the girl who's always by herself or with that other nerd girl."
She turned to face him frowning again.
"And you're that dumb guy who's always shows up late to school." She said a lot more fiercely than she'd meant to.
She began regretting it when he turned to her looking very angry. She realized who exactly he was and that they were likely alone in the vast park with no one to assist her should she need help.
He must have noticed her change in demeanor she thought because after she'd taken a step backwards the rage dropped from his face and he looked away rubbing the back of his neck as she thought she saw a flash of guilt in his eyes.
"I guess you could say that, but don't expect to get away with saying it again. Sorry if I offended you by calling you and your friend a nerd. I didn't mean for it to come out that way." He apologized surprising the girl.
"Uhm.. that's okay.." She said looking at the boy curiously.
She'd heard all about him in school from kids who gossiped too loudly when they were around their other friends who liked to gossip.
Eren Yeager, the boy who'd beaten up three kids on the wrestling team at once for calling him stupid and thinking they could get away with it because he was alone. He had a reputation for thrashing anyone who either called him stupid or tried to pick a fight.
The group he hung around with at school were good enough but that couldn't be said for who he was rumored to hang around outside of school. He was apparently a part of a gang with three different sects. The group he was apart of called themselves the scouts if what'd she'd heard was right.
Apparently the scouts were the hardest part of the gang, they were basically it's soldiers. They fought other gangs over turf and basically just made it their mission to make like harder on other gangs, specifically the Titans.
Then there was the Garrison sect which was basically made up of a number of drug dealers and soldiers that held down the gangs turfs. The last sect of the gang called themselves the police and no one really knew what they did, although it was weird they'd actually reffer to themselves as police.
Eren himself was known to be not only unapproachable at school but it was said he was a real jerk who usually hurt people who tried to come around him without having anything to offer him or his friends. Strangely enough she'd kicked him in the stomach by accident and called him stupid all in one hour and he hadn't laid a finger on her.
He even apologized for insulting her and her friend.
"What's with that look?" He asked leaning in and eyeing the girl curiously causing her to back away and wave her hands in a none threatening manner.
"I-its nothing! I was just thinking you aren't as bad as the rumors make you out to be."
He chuckled at her comment before looking at her with a bit of mischief in his eyes.
"What...you think I'm the boogey man like everyone else in that school?" He asked smirking lightly and moving closer towards her.
She backed away nervously and took a moment to think over her response before shaking her head.
"Honestly you're not so bad." She said unsure if that statement was one hundred percent true or not.
"Although you may be a bit of a jerk, you have the qualities of a gentleman as well." She said resisting the urge to laugh as his smirk was replaced with a look of surprise.
He looked unsure of how to respond for a moment before he grinned lightly.
"I guess know you're not so bad either. Although for someone who calls me a jerk I don't remember getting an apology for waking up to a surprise foot in my rib cage."
Mikasa looked surprised for a moment not expecting that comeback.
"Well you didn't exactly give me a chance to apologise before you started yelling at me." She defended looking at him pointedly.
"Doesn't mean you can't apologise now though." He said as his smirk widened slightly.
She frowned upon realizing he really didn't care about an apology. He was just toying with the idea of getting one for his own amusement.
"I don't recall you apologizing for yelling at me before I could apologise." She said crossing her arms and looking at him expectantly.
Eren's eyebrow rose as he hadn't expected that kind of response. The brunette in front of him was a different breed than the usual ditzy girls who went to his highschool.
"Well then in that case I'm sorry." He said not bothering to hide his smirk.
Mikasa's stern expression fell at the boys reply. She'd been expecting anything but an apology and a playful smirk to follow it up. Eren Yeager was a different kind of person than you'd think based on the rumors you heard about him floating around.
Her brows furrowed a bit as she realized he apologized so she really didn't have any excuse as to why she shouldn't anymore. He'd played her into his hand just like that and then he had the nerve to smile about it. She frowned and turned her head not wanting to give him the full satisfaction.
She mumbled something under her breath and Eren placed a hand to his ear and remarked that he couldn't hear her. She spoke a little louder ensuring that he could hear her clearly this time but the boy only feigned ignorance causing her to frown indignantly as a bit of heat rushed towards her neck and she turned to walk away.
"Hey!" He said grabbing her wrist before she could take two steps.
Mikasa turned around and grew a bit nervous upon seeing the serious look on his face.
"I was just messing with you, but you really shouldn't be out here by yourself so late." He said looking at his watch and holding it up for her to see it was 2:09am.
"I should be heading home to get some real sleep before school tomorrow. I should walk you home too beforehand. Doesn't matter how strong you are, sickos usually travel in packs." He said looking at the girl questionly still curious as to why she was out here.
"No...that's fine. I'll be okay. She said looking down as her eyes grew sad again.
Eren inwardly sighed not wanting to pry but figuring she was having problems at home.
He sat down on the grass where he'd previously been sleeping and laid down looking at the sky once again. Mikasa looked down towards him in puzzlement at his action.
"I thought you said you were about to head home?" She questioned knowing the park couldn't be the home he spoke of.
"I was, but I'm not going to just leave you out here by yourself knowing there's a lot of scumbags in the world these days. You obviously aren't ready to head back to your house yet so I'll just kick it here with you till you are, or till the sun starts rising and I know you'll be safe out here on your own."
Mikasa's eyes widened and she had to replay his words in her head unable to believe what she was hearing. She couldn't recall anyone other than her mother who'd ever went out if their way for her sake in such a way.
After a moment she smiled at the kind gesture and pushed back tears she hoped he wouldn't notice threatening to well in her eyes.
"Thank you Eren." She said sitting down beside him and staring at the stars same as he seemed to be doing.
"Doubt mention it-" He said trailing off.
"Mikasa, Mikasa Ackerman." She said answering his unspoken question.
"Mikasa Ackerman?" He said testing the name.
"That's a cute name." He said still looking towards the sky unaware that he'd just caused her heart to do a backflip.
"T-thanks." She said blushing slightly. As she turned away from his face to gaze back up at the sky.
"You seem like a really a good person Eren. I don't know why people speak so lowly of you." She said making the boy want to sit up and look at her to see if she really thought so or was just saying it.
"Thanks for being the first person besides my mother to actually believe that about me-" He said pausing for a moment and turning to face her. "Just don't go telling anyone else. I sort of have a reputation to keep up with." He remarked causing Mikasa to chuckle.
For the next two hours they sat talking to each other about their likes and dislikes, their hobbies and other casual interest, both of them avoiding asking anything involving the others personal lives.
Mikasa eventually fell asleep on the grass facing Eren and he smiled when he turned and noticed how at home she looked sleeping in the middle of a park under the night sky. She definitely was different from the usual crop of females he associated with, besides Annie maybe.
The wind blew and as the girls shoulder length dark hair started billowing in the wind he noticed her for the first time. Her pale skin was a smooth ivory that practically glowed in moonlight, she was slim but definitely in possession of a well defined figure.
Her lips were the perfect shade of pink and while they weren't as full as some of the females who's company he'd known the 'pleasure' of having, they were definitely appealing even enticing in a way.
He became aware that his heart rate had increased and he turned away quickly wondering how he just noticed the girl he'd been talking to was in her own right very beautiful.
He tossed away his thoughts, knowing she wasn't the type of girl who went for guys like him anyway. He turned away from her and set an alarm on his phone before falling asleep beside her.
Two hours later she woke to Eren shaking her awake and asking her would she be good to walk home on her own. She replied with a yes and a kind smile thanking him for spending the night with her to which he replied no problem and began walking back towards his home.
When she got in the house she removed her shoes at the front door and the breathed a sigh of relief upon noticing her fathers work boots were absent. She walked upstairs having known before coming home that her father had likely already left for work, or at least she'd hoped he did. In her mind though nothing was better than confirmation.
When she reached the top of the steps she silently made her way towards her parents room and quietly opened her door peeking in to see her mother was still up and she appeared to be silently sobbing.
She pushed the door open and stepped inside the room and her mother quickly turned around with a look of fear in her eyes till she saw Mikasa and her fear was replaced with relief.
"Oh Mikasa, I'm so sorry." She remarked as she began sheeding more tears and Mikasa moved to comfort her.
The house was a mess downstairs, as if a tornado had run through their living room and proceeded to leave a trail of destruction all the way from the kitchen stopping just in front of the front door.
Mikasa's mother, Mrs. Masani Kazaki would be expected to clean up the mess created by her husband in one of his drunken rampages as she always would.
Mikasa would offer to stay home from school to help but her mother would tell her that her education was more important as she always did. Of course against her own wishes Mikasa would go to school to satisfy her mother's wishes, just like she'd leave out of the house whenever her step father Mr. Kabuyo Kazaki came home in one of his drunken rages, as he did pretty often.
In those times Mikasa would rather stay home and bare the brunt of his abuse alongside her mother but ever since she'd been old enough to walk the streets safely on her own Masani insisted she leave during those times. Mikasa only did so because her mother would cry much harder whenever Kabuyo abused her too.
Really she knew her mother had resigned herself to her second husband's abusive tendencies. She only cried so much because she hated that she'd dragged Mikasa into this life alongside her. She was constantly apologizing to her for it and begging her not to leave her alone, she promised it would get better one day, that she'd be able to find work to support them and divorce her abusive spouse one day but Mikasa knew it was just wishful thinking.
Kabuyo Kazaki made sure Masani never had the time to pursue a career of her own and Mikasa hated him for it but she knew there was nothing she could do about it. When lung cancer took her fathers life years ago her mother had been completely broken to the point of hardly being able to eat. When her period of grief extended far beyond that which was usual she lost her job and they'd been on the verge of losing their house when Kabuyo Kazaki stepped into their lives and picked up the pieces.
He was a good man at first or he at least seemed to be. Mikasa had even referred to him as father for a shoty time, but after being with her mother for four years after their first year of marriage he got a new supervisor at work that pushed him and his co-workers really hard, and docked their pay only to demand more out of them.
Kabuyo started taken to alcohol and before Mikasa and her mother knew it the man had a drinking problem. When he drunk he had a habit to become violent and take out his anger towards his supervisor on his wife and his step daughter, snapping at the smallest of things and going into a rampage that only ended when he tired himself out.
If he wasn't coming home drunk these days he was coming home and going straight to sleep. It really got to Mikasa because she knew her mother really loved the man and it'd been extremely hard for her to get over her father. The only thing that was keeping Masani strong was likely Mikasa herself and because of that she swore to always be there for the woman.
She could just move in with her uncle Levi if she wanted, her mother had even suggested it on more than one occasion but Mikasa always declined. She was her mother's world and vice versa, she would stay with her forever no matter how bad things got. Not only because that was really what they both wanted but because it's what her father had wanted too. He'd always inspired her to be the strongest little girl she could be and as she grew up she made sure to hold on to her strength.
Eventually her mother's sobs finally subsided and Mikasa stopped rubbing her back as she looked up and appraised her daughter with a sad smile.
"I'm so sorry Mikasa. I don't know what your father would think of me if he could see me like this. You must think I'm pathetic." She said sniffling attempting to hold onto to the composer she just reclaimed.
"It's okay mom, I don't think you're pathetic. I think you're strong..and dad wouldn't be think any less of you. If anything he'd feel guilty for not being able to do anything about the situation. He'd blame himself for dying early."
"I don't want him to blame hiself for my weakness Mikasa." Her mother said holding back a fresh wave of tears that began touching the corner of her eyes.
"You know dad though, there would really be no helping it, but he wouldn't blame you though. I don't blame you either mom, you're strong, things will get better for us eventually. I'll be with you all the way until it does."
Masani sheed some more tears and pulled Mikasa into another embrace grateful for her daughters strength. She reminded her so much of her father, she felt as if she didn't deserve the girl.
"You should hurry and get ready for school so that you won't be late. I prepared you a lunch yesterday evening and I'll go put together a quick breakfast while you shower and get yourself ready."
Mikasa opened her mouth to make the same offer she always did but one stern look from her mother told her there would be no arguing on the matter. She gave the woman a smile and nodded her head standing and making her way to her room to get ready.
After she showered and got dressed she quickly went to go check herself in the mirror wondering if she'd see Eren in school. A part of her wondered if he'd even act like he knew who she was. Really she didn't think so.
Guys like him hardly ever gave girls like her a second thought. He was probably in a good mood about something yesterday so he'd taken it upon himself to be uncharacteristically nice.
The thought of the boy acting like she didn't exist after he'd been so kind to her last night hurt slightly and she pushed it away figuring that was just how life was at both it's best and it's worst, disappointing.
Either way whatever happened she knew she'd still be the same Mikasa she'd always been. The same socially removed A student people always looked at oddly as if they couldn't understand her, not that she cared. She found she liked the fact that most people found her unapproachable for whatever reason.
She wasn't a social person and even if she was, she felt that most people were shallow and fickle. She'd rather have herself, her one friend, and her mother, she'd be just fine with that.
She rushed down the steps grabbing her hand bag and hurrying into her shoes hoping she wouldn't be late.
"Love you Mom see you later!" She called opening the door to the house and stepping out.
"Wait! You don't want to eat any breakfast before you g-"
"No time Mom, I can't be late!"
"Wait, Mikasa! You're forgetting your lunch!" Her mother said rushing to the door to find her daughter had already disappered.
Much to her relief she managed to make it to school with time to spare although she realized upon going into her hand bag that she'd forgotten her lunch. She was sitting in her usual set at the front row closet towards the right of the class. She spared a look towards the back of the class towards where the delinquents usually sat.
She was somewhat dissapointment when she didn't see Eren in the seat at the on the back row closest to the window, but then when does Eren ever show up for first period anyway she thought turning around to begin gathering her notes from yesterday.
Much to her surprise and the surprise of everyone else Eren walked in the moment she'd turned her head, beating his old record of attending class by a whole period. A number of people began remarking in low voices at the rarity of the sight before them but Eren and Mikasa were unaware.
The two held eye contact with one another for a few moments as if to ensure what happened last night truly happened or hadn't been some kind of weird day dream. Eren turned his head towards his desk at the back of the class before turning back to Mikasa and grinning slyly before approaching her desk.
"You wouldn't happen to have be looking for me when I walked in just now...would you?"
Mikasa opened her mouth to reply but closed it after a second realizing how dry it'd went. She settled for a frown instead and a raised eyebrow that begged he answer his own question.
"So that's a yes then?" He remarked, grin widening.
"It's a no." Mikasa replied hating that she found his confidence charming.
"Uh huh...just checking to make sure the boogyman isn't in the back of the class waiting to pounch on you right?"
"I don't think you'd pounch on me Yeager." She said reffering to him by his last name as doing anything else would raise a lot of questions while they were in school.
He raised an eyebrow, although whether it was at her statement or her use of his last name instead of his first, Mikasa didn't really know.
"Why exactly would you think that? Everyone's fair game to a scout you know." He asked curious as to how she'd answer. If the sly grin she was now sporting was any indication it'd be a good one.
"Because you aren't fond of waking up with foot inside your rib cage."
Eren's grin grew morphed into a challenging smirk as he appraised the girl in front of him.
"You think you could pull that off more than once Ackerman?"
"Oh I know I can Yeager. You often fall asleep on the school fields during fourth period if I'm correct."
Eren could help the look of surprise he adopted at her statement and Mikasa couldn't help a chuckle as she knew she had him beat.
"You'd kick the Boogeyman while he's unsuspecting? You know that action would come with it's own set if consequences right?" He questioned hoping she couldn't see his eyes soften slightly as he regarded her smile.
"Oh but I don't think the Boogeyman is as bad as everyone makes him out to be, or maybe he'll just find it in his heart to be a kinder person than usual towards me." She remarked hoping the warmth that was making it's way to her face wasn't noticable.
She'd really had no idea what she was saying till she'd said it. The words had just been leaving her mouth without her putting any prior thought or consideration in them.
Eren looked at her seemingly taken aback for a moment before he started grinning again and placed a shiny red apple on her desk.
"I was gonna give that apple to the teach, but I think you deserve it more, and who knows...The Boogeyman might just find it in himself to be more lenient with you than other people, but if you take his kindness for granted he'll still kick your ass." He said, grin still in place.
"Noted." Mikasa replied grinning same as the delinquent who began making his way towards his usual seat.
"Eren." She called behind him getting him to turn and look at her curiously. "Thank you for the apple." She said smiling sincerely.
"Don't mention it." He replied returning the look and heading towards the back of the class.
Mikasa turned back around and realized literally the entire class including the teacher were all staring at either her or Eren. Their very faces a canvas painted in all the colors of curiousity and disbelief.
She felt her face and neck grow hotter and she shrunk into her seat hoping no one would decide to try and befriend her all of a sudden for answers. She knew she couldn't do anything concerning any rumors but prepare herself to ignore them.
She felt someone nudged her lightly and turned towards the occupant of her neighboring seat, coming face to face with her best friend Kamori Hasada.
"What was that?" She whispered attempting to look inconspicuous as their teacher began running the class through yesterday and today's lesson plan.
"What was what?" She replied faking ignorance.
"You know what I'm talking about! Spill your gutts now Mikasa Ackerman or I swear it's the silently treatment for you!" Kamori shouted in a whisper, completely serious about her threat.
"Okay, but can it wait till after class?" Mikasa sighed trying not to feel embarrassed at what'd just happened.
There would no doubt now be a number of rumors about her and Eren flying around by the end of the day. She didn't really care much about them, as she didn't care about the opinions of others, but she wondered how he would feel about it.
"You've got till lunch and I will wait not a minute longer." Kamori said pointing a finger to show she was serious.
Mikasa sighed and wondered why she kind of wished she could have stayed with Eren longer last night, and why he decided to greet her in school. She'd really just expected him to just go back to paying her no mind like the rest of the student body council.
A few hours later Mikasa and Kamori sat on the roaf eating their lunch in privacy as Mikasa just finished explaining what had happened yesterday between her and Eren that explained why he acted like he knew her now.
"No way! Eren Yeager...The Eren Yeager star gazing? Offering to walk you home! Spending the night with you outside!" Kamori squeeled causing Mikasa to frown at her best friends obvious delight.
"Yes, but don't go telling anyone." She said looking at Kamori seriously.
"Don't worry I won't." She waved a hand dismissively. "It's so cute that he stayed with you all night though, and even woke you up to make sure you wouldn't be late for school. Do you think he has feelings for you?" She asked leaning towards her friend as her eyes sparkled.
"No, he's just a nice guy." Mikasa said looking a bit wistful as she recalled how kindly charming he'd been. She doubted he was even aware that his natural kindness was likely one of, if not his best quality.
"Oh my gosh! You're totally crushing on him aren't you!?"
"No! You sound crazy!" Mikasa denied as she blushed furiously.
In the cafeteria
"Hey Eren, are you even listening to me?"
"Huh.. oh no I wasn't actually. My bad Jean."
"What's got you spacing out?" Armin asked his childhood friend unable to recall the last time he'd seen him so deep in thought.
"It's nothing important but I sure could use a cigarette though. I'm about to head to the roof." He said getting up, hoping a cigarette would help him take his thoughts off the girl he kept looking around the cafeteria for for some reason.
Jean grimaced ready to chew him out about how he knew those things to be against school policy but a look from Armin silenced him.
On the roof
"Uhh huuh!" Kamori said teasing her friend.
"Nuh uuh." Mikasa denied.
"Uhh huuh!" Kamori teased harder.
"Nuh uhh." Mikasa denied knowing giving the girl the last world was the same as giving confirmation.
"Uhh huuh!" Kamori sing songed delighting in Mikasa's embarrassment.
"Nuh uhh!" Mikasa denied getting louder.
"Mikasa?" A voice said coming from behind the girls causing them to both turn around hurriedly and Mikasa's heart rate quicken.
"Eren, what are you doing here?" She asked trying to hide her nervousness.
She hoped he wouldn't ask why her face was red. She wanted nothing more than to kick Kamori in the shin right now.
"I could ask you the same thing, no one usually eats lunch up here." He said looking at her and her friend curiously.
"Where you two just fighting about something?"
"Noo! We were just playing around with each other." Mikasa said elbowing Kamori who was visibly nervous, but not because of Eren's presence.
It had much more to do with the presence of a certain aburn haired track star she happened to be carrying a flame for. Much to Mikasa's dismay though that track star seemed to be carrying a flame for her as he was looking at her star struck even now while Kamori looked at him star struck.
Mikasa sighed and turned away from her friend back towards Eren hoping to just evade his question with another question.
"Anyway, what are you doing up here. You obviously didn't come up here with eating lunch in mind since your hands are empty."
"Oh yea.." Eren said remembering his cigarette and pulling it out of his pocket.
Before he could reach in his other pocket for his matches the brunette girl who'd captured his attention snatched the cigarette from his hand and held it away from him.
"These are bad for you." She said plainly in a stern tone that reminded Eren of his mother.
"So? The air we breath is bad for you these days. Give it back." He said reaching for her hand.
"No." She replied backing up. "Breathing air isn't against school policy, but having these on school grounds is."
"So sue me, come oon...that's my last cigarette." He said pursuing her as she backed away.
"Well why not make the cigarette you smoked before this one the last you smoked." She fired back still backing away.
Eren stopped pursuing her seeing he was getting nowhere and she didn't plan on giving up. He'd have forced the cigarette out of anyone else's hand by now and he guessed that was just yet another way she proved herself to be different from everyone else.
"Okay let's make a deal." He offered wondering if he could play this to his advantage.
"What kind of deal?" Mikasa asked curiously still holding his death stick far away with her other hand.
"Spend Saturday afternoon with me and you can have the cigarette."
Mikasa's eyes widened and she froze at his proposition. She'd been expecting something else, like do my homework for me or something. Apparently Eren Yeager was just full of surprises.
Eren looked pretty calm on the outside but on the inside he felt a bit anxious as he awaited her reply. He knew Mikasa's type, quiet, reserved, and antisocial by choice rather than nature. Those females you were more likely to see studying at the library on a Saturday night rather than hanging out with friends somewhere in a public place. He'd always been attracted to those types and he found Mikasa the same, but different.
"Are you asking me on a date?" She asked unsure if she'd heard him right.
"If that's how you wanna think about it then sure." Eren remarked feeling truly off his game for no reason other than he felt nervous.
Mikasa's face grew even hotter and she looked away unable to face him without fidgeting slightly.
"S-Sure...but I've got a condition too."
Upon hearing her say sure and remark that she had her own condition Eren almost let himself say anything but instead he tilted his head slightly and looked at her suspiciously knowing it was probably something he wouldn't like.
"Name your price." He said knowing he was basically accepting a challenge of some kind.
"You stop smoking cigarettes till Sunday." She said grinning at him triumphantly as his face fell.
Eren looked at the girl dumbstruck wondering when she became con man of the century. One date for four days without a single drag of tabacco. She might as well be asking him to give up all that kept him sane.
"You can't be serious?" He said raising an eyebrow.
"But I am?" She said sarcastically, returning his skepticism.
"If you'd rather not go out with me you could've just said that you know." Eren said figuring she just asked him to do something she knew would be impossible.
"Who says I don't? I'd just prefer you not to wind up killing yourself because of these things."
"So you care about me?" He questioned grinning smugly after her statement.
"I didn't say that either." She smirked ignoring the heat she felt in her cheeks.
"But your actions are kind of insinuating that aren't they?" He asked leaning forward slightly so they were only inches apart.
"Maybe." She replied smugly throwing Eren off again.
"Maybe huh? This girl really is a bundle of unpredictability."
He took a second to observe the subtle pink tint of her cheeks before his eyes began to wander to the succulent light pink of her lips. He quickly pulled them back to her eyes and found her gaze to be curious.
"Hm.." He thought reaffirming that he was indeed both mentally and physically attracted to the girl. Not just that but he felt drawn to her and there was definitely no denying she'd caught his interest.
He reached out a hand and held it there between them and Mikasa looked at it curiously for a moment before pulling her back arm forward and placing the cigarette in his palm surprised at the dissapointment she felt. He removed a book of matches from his pocket and lit the cigarette, taking one puff before he threw it on the ground and crumpled it under his shoe.
"So starting now I won't smoke until Sunday. I'm just curious to know how you'll know if I break our little agreement though?"
For a few seconds Mikasa just stared at where he'd stomped out the cigarette till she registered his question.
Eren crossed his arms and began grinning as he leaned back against the gate surrounding the edge of the roof.
"You hadn't thought it through that much did you?"
"I didn't expect you to accept honestly." She said a bit sheepish.
"Oh?" Eren raised an eyebrow. "So you really didn't want to go out with me Saturday?" He said with a questioning look.
Mikasa stared at the ground cursing her blood for reacting so strongly to the delinquent who'd apparently taken an interest in her.
"It's not that... I just honestly didn't think you wanted to go out with me that bad. I thought by giving you a decision that'd be hard for you it'd show..."
"It'd show if I seriously wanted to take you out or if I was just doing it out of boredom or a way to satisfy some sort of alterior motive." He supplied figuring that was where she was going.
Mikasa nodded feeling kind of bad about it since so far Eren wasn't doing or hadn't done anything that'd lead her to believe he was that type of person.
"That's one messed up test you know." He remarked plainly. "You do that to everyone who ask you out, or do I get special treatment because I'm supposed to be the Boogeyman?" He asked sounding a bit resentful.
Mikasa turned to fix him with a glare that made it clear that comment wasn't appreciated.
"Yes it may have been messed up BUT...I've never even considered saying yes when a boy ask me out, so some might consider it a special privilege, and NO. I could hardly care what the rest of the school see's you as. The opinions I form will be my own. Don't lob me in with everyone else Yeager." She said glaring for a second longer before turning away and moving towards the gate next to him to look out over the school grounds.
Eren had his head turned to observed her as she stood beside him separated by only a few inches and he could only think one thing at the moment.
"What the hell was that about"
He pushed himself off the gate and turned fully to observe her but she continued to stare forward seemingly unaware or unconcerned with his gaze. Eren knew she was aware and he didn't know why his comment had upset her for the moment but he could tell she was over it now.
"Sorry." He remarked feeling that it was only right, even if he didn't know what he'd done.
"It's okay, I'm sorry too." She said not bothering to turn to look at him.
Eren frowned at the remaining tension in the atmosphere. Tension was only for fighting.
"So I'm the first person you've actually ever said yes to who asked to take you out?"
Mikasa's neutral expression became one of surprise and she tried to look towards the grounds rather than city beyond it's walls as a way to hide her blush. She nodded not trusting her voice not to waver or not to be too high pitched at the moment.
She didn't have to look at Eren to know he was grinning, she could feel it for some reason. He opened his mouth to say something but Mikasa quickly cut him off.
"Save it Yeager, and don't let it go to your head. You better still treat me nice on Saturday." She said with a semi serious, semi nervous frown.
Eren found it ridiculously cute she was trying to frown at him with a blush dotting her face and he couldn't help it when his grin widened.
"Wouldn't dream of doing anything otherwise. Especially if I plan on getting you to say yes to a second one."
Mikasa wasn't expecting him to be thinking about a second date for whatever reason and she could only avert her eyes as the heat in her face increased and the pink tint to her cheeks became not so subtle.
Eren found his heart rate increasing as he watched her react to his words. It wasn't missed on him that he'd never been drawn to anyone like he was the brunette in front of him.
"Hey." He said pulling a pen from his pocket and reaching for her hand.
She gave it and he began writing his number on her palm signing it with Eren much to Mikasa's confusion.
"Why'd you sign your name?" She inquired wondering if he really thought she'd forget who he was in the span of a few hours till school was over.
"So the other guys who wanna give you their numbers in the same way will know they've got competition. He said turning and walking back towards the door that'd brung them to the rooftop.
Upon turning around he realized he'd forgotten they weren't alone. Armin was looking at Eren as if he couldn't believe what he'd just seen, Jean was looking back and forth between him and Mikasa with a striken expression.
Eren temporarily entertained the idea of shooting his friend a threatening look but decided against it. If Jean looked so stricken about it then he obviously didn't have the same chance with Mikasa that he did, which brought him a strange sense of comfort.
Mikasa's friend looked just as surprised as Eren and he wished he'd of had the chance to introduce the brunette and her friend to his best friend but class would resume in three minutes and he couldn't afford to be tardy for Mrs. Sayori's class too much. The woman could be oddly intimidating for a chemistry teacher.
Once Eren exited the roof Armin and Jean were exiting soon behind him leaving Mikasa and Kamori by themselves. Kamori turned to her best friend who's now inked hand was still up while she looked at it absolutely confused, as if trying to separate illusion from what really just happened.
Kamori knew Mikasa didn't like it when she squeeled or raised her voice too high but this was one of those times she couldn't help it.
"OH...EM...GEE!!!"
Author's notes
Kasuf: Shy is currently writing two other fanfictions and she's co-writer to this so we'll probably only update this fanfic once or twice a month.
Shy:I really had no intention of writing any other fanfics at the moment but like I said, I needed to see one with this pairing.
Kasuf:If Eren and Mikasa don't seem to be in character like they should be it's for a reason. They'll grow more into who they are in the anime/manga as the story progresses, remember it's an AU.
Dialogue
Kabir: You're seriously letting Kasuf help you with this?
Shy: Kasuf is actually the one who did most of the writing.
Kabir: NO...
Shy: Seriously, he's much more of an AOT fan than me, so he's more suited to write an AOT AU that's actually readable. He'll be handling pretty much everything concerning the story besides Eren and Mikasa's romantic interactions with one another, I'll be writing those.
Kabir: So what you're telling me is this is basically Kasuf's fanfic? O.o
Shy: I know right! I was surprised too at first. I was struggling to even get past 2K words till he took over two hour ago, erased everything I had and started from scratch. He stepped back to let me proof read and I was seriously shocked. It's much better than what I had, I wasn't even thinking AU for one.
Kabir: You think he'll actually finish this fic without losing interest in it like he does for everything else?
Shy: Oh I know he will. Right, brother Eclipse?
Kasuf: I knew what I as getting myself into the moment I saw Shy struggling to throw together a first chapter, I got this.
Kabir: And you'll let her take all the credit too?
Kasuf: Why the hell not? It was her idea, this is her fanfiction, I'm just gonna do most of the story telling.
Kabir: This'll definitely be interesting lol
Shy: I think it'll be awesome!