It was mid-October, the cool breeze blew pass the once green trees that had turned to different shades of reds and browns.
Mikasa was strolling towards her favorite spot near the river within the forest. As she was about to reach her destination, she had spotted someone sitting on the rock near the river with their head buried in their arms. She slowly tiptoed a little closer to get a clear vision of the stranger. The stranger was a girl in a hoodie with shoulder-length lustrous blonde hair; she seemed to have been crying for quite some time now. 'Who is this girl?' She tried to get an even clearer view of the girl without alerting her but in an attempt to do that she unconsciously stepped on the pile of fallen leaves.
The unusual loud rustling of leaves alerted the girl and Mikasa was about to sprint to the closest tree to hide but she reacted too slowly; the blonde had already turned her head towards her direction. The moment baby blue met cool gray, her mind couldn't think of anything else but how beautiful the blonde hair and baby blue eyes of the stranger are and of course, the rather prominent nose which stood out.
"Who are you?" the blonde asked, glaring at her.
"Uh…Hi, I'm Mikasa." She answered.
The blonde stared at her for a while as if she was trying to detect for lies. "Do as you wish." she said as turned her head back to the direction of the river.
"Can I….uh, sit with you?" Mikasa asked, feeling somewhat nervous but she wanted to get to know the other girl better.
The blonde slightly turned her head towards her direction, "Mm, whatever." She replied.
Mikasa walked to seat herself next to the other girl. Neither of them said anything, they just sat quietly enjoying the calm atmosphere around them. The sound of the wind and the river's steady motion, she loved how calming and peaceful her surroundings made her. They sat there for what felt like hours with no words exchanged between them just until one of them decided to speak up.
"What are you really here for?" the blonde asked without looking away from the river.
The sudden question startled Mikasa a little; she turned her head to face the blonde. "I was just taking a walk to here and saw you crying." She said in a rather calm tone. "Can I ask what happened?"
The blonde flinched slightly but no words came out from her.
"So, that's a no then."
The blonde didn't say anything more but she could see tears forming in the blonde's eyes, still the blonde refused to show any sign of weakness to anyone, she held in the tears. Mikasa wasn't sure of what to do to pacify her, then an idea popped up in her head. She grabbed the other girl's left hand, "I have an idea, come with me."
The blonde was still confused but she went along anyway. They ran through the forest until Mikasa came to a stop, "Wait here, I'll be back." she ran off into the flower garden or a place like it in front of them. The blonde decided to sit down under a tree; she grabbed a stick and started to draw shapes and pictures of things on to the ground. After a minute or two, as she was drawing she felt someone put something on to her head.
"Here, a flower crown." Mikasa said after she put the said item onto the other girl's head. "We're very lucky that there are still flowers left you know."
"Why are you putting this on my head?" The blonde asked picking at the flower crown that was filled with orange and violet flowers.
"You were sad, so I made this to cheer you up." Mikasa answered with a small smile.
The blonde's eyes widen in surprise but then what Mikasa hadn't expected from the other girl happened. She smiled a little, "Thank you." she said.
They walked around for a while until one of them noticed that the sun was getting close to setting soon.
"We should go now." The blonde said.
"Yeah, we should." Mikasa agreed.
They walked together until they reach the road outside the forest. It was getting dark, so they said their goodbyes and were about to part their ways. Then Mikasa realized something, "Wait!" she shouted.
"What is it?" The blonde turned back to face her.
"What's your name?" She asked.
"Annie."
"Annie, will you come here again tomorrow?"
"Maybe" The blonde replied with a smug expression, "Bye."
With that one last word she left. Mikasa felt a little depressed that their time together had come to an end for the day but now she had something to look forward to.
A/N: This is actually my first ever written fanfiction, so criticism and pointing out where I went wrong are more than welcome. It took me quite sometime debating with myself to publish or not, so I need your help to make me improve as a writer and I hope you would enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoy writing it.