There are some moments when Mikasa wishes the world would stand still.
These moments are rare and infrequent because she doesn't normally like to waste time on wishing for illogical and impractical things, but once in a while she stops and hopes.
As Eren is lifting up her shirt, tucking it beneath her breasts and exposing her stomach, she thinks about how this is one of those moments. He's kissing her body beneath the stars, the hot summer air making their bodies sticky. His lips kiss under the curve of her breasts, his tongue warm as he traces their outline. She's sure her normal composure has caved, that she's shaking and nervous, but she can't feel it; she's not aware of time anymore.
He creates a trail downward to her bellybutton, placing kisses along the way. He stops at the button of her pants. In the moments that follow she feels his hesitation, and swears the world halts; the stars stop twinkling, her heart pauses, and the earth is silent.
But just as quickly as her heart stopped it starts again, beating louder than before. She swears Eren will hear it and smile at her, cock his head and laugh, ask her, Are you nervous? But he doesn't, and although she can feel how much he wants her through his clothes, brushing against her leg, he doesn't do anything but rest his head on her stomach over the spots he had been kissing.
Time is stopping for him, too.
