{ Live For You }
Attack on Titan
Sibling! Eren x Mikasa
It was yet another expedition, and I had a bad feeling. Luckily I was in Squad Levi, so I could keep an eye on Eren. I need to take care of him. The last time, he almost died, just because I didn't keep an eye on him
And that's what Mom wanted.
Before Mom died, she told me to take care of Eren, that we would be each other's support when he goes off to the military.
Her last word was "Survive"
I know I needed to make her wish come true. I would survive for her, and I would protect Eren with my life for her.
Not only because I love him.
But because his family was kind enough to take me in, to help me, to adopt me.
Eren was riding right next to me, and I was glad for that. Even though he might think that I baby him, that I think he's not capable, it's really not true. I don't baby him. If I did, I would have done anything in order to make him stay safe, to not join the Survey Corps. And I think that he's very well capable of many things, even stuff I'm not capable of.
It's just that the last time, in the Battle of Trost, I almost lost him.
And I can't.
I sailed through the air with my gear, somehow sensing that something was wrong. As I passed the biggest tree I've ever seen in my life, I saw Eren.
In a grip of a titan. And its hands were going towards its mouth.
In a flash I was there, pulling Eren out of the filthy titan's mouth. He was barely conscious, even though I felt his heartbeat. I took him out and flung him out of the titan's mouth, and I tumbled out also.
I had saved him, but soon, I was in the same titan's hands. Corporal Shorty came and caught Eren, and I flashed him a sad smile, showing gratitude, something that I haven't done in a really long time. I saw Eren stir, and in a moment, his eyes were on me. I was crying now. The titan pulled me closer to its mouth.
I saw Eren struggling from Levi's death grip, to get to me, and I smiled once again, knowing now that Eren did care about me, as much as I did about him.
"Live." My last words. And as I closed my eyes for the last time, I felt relieved.
Because he had survived.
Eren's POV
I felt tears roll down my face. Mikasa was dead. My only family left. I went limp in Captain's arms, and I knew now.
I would live. For her. For them.
Mikasa, Mom.
I stood at her grave. It held one of her arms, because Captain Levi was able to retrieve it after killing the titan. I sat down, tears already decorating the corners of my eyes.
"I did it. You didn't die for nothing. I killed the last one, the last titan. I got revenge for Mom. For you.
I hope you're happy. I hope you watched me. I didn't let you die in vain. I saw the outside world with Armin. My first thought when I saw the ocean: you would have liked it.
I hope you're watching me now, listening to me. I now know why you protected me so much, why you saved me. You mean so much to me too, and I sometimes blame myself, for being not strong enough."
He put his hand on the grave, the tears now coming out freely.
Little did he know, a spirit with a red scarf was there, listening to every word, crying, with her hand on his back.
"Don't blame yourself. Live for me."