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I've made it my goal to write one SNK story a day, but I suppose updating this one with a new chapter will count as well!

This chapter will contain spoilers! As of now, the story's gone through a time skip. It has been two weeks since her chat with Jean, and a week since Eren's kidnapping. This will lead me to stray from the manga, since I'm working with a timeline of the unknown events. However, I hope you like it anyway. uvu

'I miss him. Ugh, I was such a fool. I should've never tried giving him space. I broke my promise to his, no, our mother. I told her I'd keep him safe, stick to him forever and always, yet...,' Mikasa had been contemplating for a couple hours now. It was night and she knew she should probably go to sleep soon, since every day could be the big day; the day to go retrieve Eren.

Oh, how she despised her higher ups. They all spoke against her, telling her that they couldn't retrieve Eren at this time. Even Armin suggested to play it safe and wait it out. 'What bullshit.'

In none of this time had she gone to talk to Jean. She knew she said she'd try being friends with him, but how could she now that she's lost Eren. She had to set her priorities, remain focused on getting Eren back. That's all she wanted; that's all she needed. Mikasa couldn't be herself without Eren by her side. Before all of this, because of that stupid Annie, Eren strayed. He strayed from her, Mikasa. How could he do this to her. It made her rethink the whole "avoiding him" thing and it made her want to leave even more. Yet, no matter what she did, Eren just seemed so torn over Annie's betrayal.

She felt tears coming on, her heart pounding as if it was ready to leap out of her chest since it was just drowning itself in all her sorrows. 'I can't cry! I have to be strong! I have to fight!' Though she thought like that, her tears had a mind of their own, caressing her face and seeping into her clothes.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

What the hell was that? Mikasa slowly sat up, clenching her fists, ready to lunge into action if she needed to.

"Psst, Mikasa...," whispers came through the door.

Wait. She knew that voice. It was pretty distinct.

"Mikasa, it's me, Jean... uh, you're probably asleep...," he paused, murmuring to himself about how he forgot that these were shared cabins. 'Idiot, how could he forget that, he shares one too,' Mikasa thought to herself.

"Sorry for disturbing you, ah, but I wanted to talk to Mikasa..."

She turned this way and that to check if it woke up any of the other girls, and then she made her way to the door as silently as she could. She cracked the door open a bit. "Shut the hell up," she whispered, glaring at the man standing before her. Checking around once more, and seeing no one stirring, she stepped outside, shutting the door behind her.

She stared at him, awaiting for him to say something. When he said nothing, looking surprised and apologetic, she told him, "Let's move away from the door." She walked around him, and stood in the middle of the field a ways away from her cabin. She heard his footsteps, following behind her. Yet she was hit with silence once more.

"What is it? What do you want?" She paused, recalling him saying he wanted to talk to her. "You wanted to talk to me?"

Jean had been looking away, trying to avoid looking at her, nervous. He turned his head to look straight at her, taking in a deep breath and sighing. Perhaps even building confidence.

"Yeah, you seemed down lately. I mean, I know you said you wanted to try being friends, but then all that shit happened," he paused, "I know Eren means a lot to you, and it must be really hard on you, having him gone and all."

She glared at him; he was making her emotional and she wanted to cry more. Jean noticed this and was about to open his mouth to say more, but Mikasa spoke before he could say anything.

"What are you trying to get at," there was hurt evident in her voice, though she did her best to hold it and just hoped he wouldn't notice.

Jean scrunched his eyebrows together, concern written all over his face.

"Well, I kinda... I thought you would want someone to talk about it to... to open up to. And, well, I want it to be me."

"What?"

It was Mikasa's turned to be concerned. 'You think I would open up to someone like you? Someone I have nearly no relations to, and not Armin first?' Although she thought this, she didn't realize that tears were now streaming down her face, her body convulsing into a sobbing mess.

"Ah-," Jean was now panic stricken, he made her cry... What should he do?!... Taking yet another deep breath, he confidently wrapped his arms around her and held her close to his chest. He wanted to shush her and tell her that it was gonna be okay, that they were gonna get him back, but he knew that would only upset her more. He knew she just needed someone to listen to her and protect her, not treat her as weak and hurt.

She wanted to punch him in his guts, tell him that she didn't need babying and that she was no wimp. But she couldn't bring herself to do it. She knew she was making an ugly face and didn't want anyone to see, so she just shoved her face closer to Jean. Ah, he was warm... his arms were really welcoming. She could just cry in them for hours, and melt away till she was nothing but bliss. However, she pushed him away and quickly made her way back into the cabin. She wiped her tears as she went, and did her best to not slam the door.

Jean was left there alone, his hand reaching out in her direction, but not making any movement to stop her. He put his arm back down and glanced down at his now-soaked shirt. 'How cute', he thought to himself. She cried on him... Even if she didn't open up and speak to him, he considered this as a start; a really, really big start. He honestly didn't think she would show her weaker side to him, but he's really glad she did.

The next morning, at breakfast, you could barely tell that Mikasa's eyes were puffy and that she stayed up all night racked with emotion. Jean quickly made his way over to her, smiling at her and saying good morning. She nodded at him, whispering thank you as she made her way to get some food. Jean just stood there, quirky. 'She just thanked me!'

Armin was in shock, 'What was going on? Jean was talking to Mikasa? And she was acknowledging him back?! What kind of world is this...?'

Aaah, thanks for reading! I feel my chapters are kind of short, and I'll try to lengthen them a bit if I can!

I hope you liked this chapter, I'll try to keep updating it fairly regularly. ; v ;