"I've already set one up." Jean said at heir meeting. In the other room you could hear the faint clanking of dishes being washed. Everyone else sat at the table now staring at Jean, waiting for an explanation. He hadn't contributed to the Plan once, up until now.
"Actually, Armin helped me set it up, but, you know, I came up with it." Jean ranted. Armin sat quietly in his chair. He already knew Jean's plan and was trying to think of other things to do instead of this one. These plans kept getting worse and worse. They've only managed to hurt and freeze his two friends so far, and Jean's plan was pretty harmless, but may be a bit too much. There wasn't much they could do now though. The whole thing was already set up.
"We locked their bedroom doors." Jean said his arms crossed and chin up. He was pleased with his plan, he thought it was genius. He pulled the keys from his pocket and held them out in front of him for all to see.
"I figure since locks have come in handy so much with these plans, why not use more?" He set the keys on the table.
"Where'd you get those keys?" Levi asked glaring at Jean. Jean's smirk faded but he managed to keep a slight smile.
"The office…" He responded. Levi sat back shaking his head.
"Whatever, I'll let it slide for now." He slid his hand across the wooden surface and grabbed the keys, slipping them into his pocket.
"Go on." He added.
"… Uh… okay. Well I think that they'd just have to share the empty room at the end of the hall with the queen sized bed." Everyone stared at him. Some thought it was pushing them a bit far. Sharing a bed is pretty… awkward at their age. Of course Eren and Mikasa have shared a bed before, but that was 6 years ago. Everyone was silent. You could still hear the dishes clanking in the other room.

"Isn't that a bit… much?" Historia said at the end of the table.
"Of course I thought about that at first. That's why I asked Armin before I actually did anything." Jean defended. All eyes went to Armin. He noticed their gaze and sat silent for a moment. How much more could he tell them before this got any worse?
"Well… They did share a bed a long time ago, so it might still be okay now." He mumbled. It was quiet but everyone had heard him. He's been regretting saying anything since this all started. But now that it has begun, he couldn't stop it. Everything about their relationship, that he knew, had been spilled out for everyone to take in. But he did agree on one thing. Eren and Mikasa DID have feelings for each other. They just haven't realized it yet. So Armin figured that all they needed was a push. And that's why he was actually going through with all this.
"Okay, that works… Now, how do we tell them?" Connie asked. A good point brought up. Whoever told them would have to face awkwardness beyond what they've experienced. Then, there was a silence. No noise at all. What was bad about this was… they couldn't hear the dishes. The clanking of the plates had stopped, and everyone had noticed. Everyone watched as Eren and Mikasa stepped into the dining room and reclaimed their seats. Noticing the eyes in all directions staring at them they started to feel a bit uncomfortable.
"What happened?" Eren asked. Levi was the only person enjoying all this. He just sat back and watched everyone's faces flush. Silence was all to be heard as everyone sat awkwardly at the table. It was broken by the sound of Sasha pulling her chair out and sprinting to her room. The others soon followed in the same pattern. All to their rooms. Eren and Mikasa stood up to leave too but were stopped by Levi. In their own rooms, everyone pressed their ears to their doors, trying to listen in on the conversation.
"So you two are going to have to share the room at the end of the hall tonight." Levi motioned to the open room.
"Why?" Mikasa asked.
"Because Jean was being a dumb ass and locked your rooms from the inside."
"Hey!" Jean yelled from behind his door. They ignored him and continued.
"Anyway, there's only one bed so you'll have to share." Levi raised his hand and pointed at them switching from one to the other.
"Boundaries. Got it?" There were a few chuckles from behind the closed doors. Eren and Mikasa stood there confused as Levi walked away to his office. They stayed in an awkward silence for a moment. They had heard the chuckles. They figured out what Levi had meant by "boundaries" and they flushed. They glanced at each other then back to the ground.
"O-okay…" Eren said as he turned around and started towards the open room. Mikasa followed behind him in silence staring at the ground as she walked.
"S-so… which side do you want…?" She asked bothered by the awkward silence.
"Does it matter?" Eren said his cheeks turning a shady red. They continued down the hall. Mikasa caught up next to him and they were now walking side by side. He noticed red dripping down her left arm and in his head he felt an alarm go off.
"Mikasa, you're bleeding!" He said as the blood reached the palm of her hand. She felt the liquid running down her arm and pulled it up to get a better look. She noticed a large cut across her arm gushing out blood.
"Oh God." She turned and went to the sink and put some water on her arm. Eren went into Levi's office and grabbed the medical kit. He found some binding and brought it out to Mikasa by the sink. As he walked up to her, he noticed the look on her face. She was staring into the sink if a ghost were popping it's head through the drain. Once he was next to her saw what she was staring at. A knife.

"Mikasa? Hey, you okay?" He said moving the knife to the pile of clean dishes. He grabbed her arm and started wrapping the fabric around her wound. He knew she had this thing about knives and he knew exactly why. He wrapped the last layer and used a safety pin to hold the bindings.
"Okay, let's go to sleep now." He said packing the bindings back into the medical kit.
"Yea." Mikasa said rubbing her wounded arm. They walked into the room and closed the door. It was awkward enough sharing a bed, but having people peek in on them, no, that would make it insanely awkward. Mikasa folded the covers over and entered the bed pulling the sheets over herself. Eren slowly did the same. They stayed near the edges of the bed. Then they soon drifted off staring into the dark.

Mikasa tossed and turned as her dreams shifted into nightmares. A bloody knife falling before her eyes. Strange men taking her life away. Blood staining the floors of her home. The familiar scream of a woman saying words that can't be heard. Suddenly she felt like she was falling. Falling into black nothingness, a light fading before her eyes as it became distant. As soon as the light became nonexistent, Mikasa felt a strike of pain course through her. Her eyes snapped opened. She covered her mouth as she shot of the bed, preventing a monstrous shriek from escaping her lips. She held her hand to her mouth for a moment then let it fall to her lap. Her forehead was moist from sweat. She wiped it away and sat with her legs crossed. She glanced over her shoulder to see Eren staring at her.
"You okay?" he asked. She nodded.
"Did you have a nightmare?" She dropped her head and nodded. She used to get nightmares constantly after she moved into his house. And it wasn't multiple nightmares, it was the same one every night. She was pretty much reliving that one day over and over again. Tonight, they finally returned after 6 years.
"Mikasa." Eren said sitting up.
"You don't have to hold back you know. It's okay to cry sometimes." He said laying her back down to the pillow. Her face towards him. She had her scarf around her neck still and she pulled over her mouth. She wanted to stay strong. But she also wanted to cry so badly.
"It's okay. Just let it out, this one time." He watched her facial expressions change. She released the scarf from her hand and left it slide back to her neck. She pulled herself into his chest and started to sob. She couldn't hold it in anymore. Eren pulled the covers over them and wrapped his arm around Mikasa, his other hand on her head. Just as he did when they were 9.
"Why… am I forced… to watch them die…" She said through her stuttered breaths. She curled up into him and let her sobs soften. Eren held her in his chest, he knew that at this moment, this strong girl was fragile for once.

The room over, Connie lay in his bed staring at the ceiling. He couldn't sleep, he was too bored. He didn't feel like getting up though. He thought about what could be going on with Eren and Mikasa at the moment. And as soon he thought this, he heard sobs coming from the other side of the wall. The walls were pretty thin which made it easy to hear anyone's conversations. But, this was Mikasa's crying. He hadn't heard her cry since she found Eren that one day in Trost. What could she be crying about?

Morning came bringing soft rays of light through the windows. Enough to peek through the thick curtains and create an orange glow throughout the room. There was movement throughout the house as everyone began their morning routines. Eren and Mikasa's door untouched. Their room was silent, but you could hear everything through those walls. The curtain shuffled a little creating a gap of bright light shining onto the single bed. A loud knock hit their door.
"Get up." Levi's voice was loud as always as it went through the room. There was no response. He heard a slight shuffling, then silence once again. He knocked harder.
"Don't make me come in." His team stood in the hall eager for him to open that door. They knew what awaited him and wanted to see it all. When there was silence once again he pushed through the door.
"I said get up." Eren and Mikasa lay in the bed still asleep, Mikasa in Eren's arms with the blankets pulled over them, same as when they fell asleep. Levi looked at them in surprise. He scratched his head and sighed looking towards the window. He walked over to the curtains and opened them wide. Letting the light flood in. The blinding light woke them up almost immediately. Eren moaned covering his eyes. They sat up out of their bed and watched Levi walk back to the door.
"I said boundaries." he said then closed the door behind him. Eren and Mikasa sat there half asleep. Oblivious to what he had just said they got up and went to their rooms. Now unlocked thanks to Levi who didn't bother unlocking them until morning. Eren closed his door, changed out of his clothes he had slept in and carelessly threw on whatever clean clothes he could find. He walked out the door and walked to the dining room for breakfast. Everyone was already seated and were more talkative than usual. Eren took his seat. Mikasa appeared from the hall and took her place next to Eren. As lively as everyone was, they seemed tired as well as Eren and Mikasa.

They managed halfway through breakfast before someone finally asked.
"So, how was last night?" Sasha asked from across the table. Everyone's attention turned to the conversation.
"It was okay." Eren responded ripping off a piece of bread then popping it into his mouth.
"Are you sure? Because I heard crying coming from your room." Connie said stating what he had heard. Eren glanced at Mikasa, she was looking down, trying to ignore Connie.
"It's okay, everything's fine now." Eren said trying to avoid further conversation. Connie would't except that answer.
"But… it was Mikasa I heard crying." He said. This made everyone more interested as to what all looked at Eren and Mikasa, waiting for someone to talk.
"Well, yes, but like I said, everything's okay now." Eren said as he finished what was on his plate. Connie wanted an explanation, he wanted answers. Mikasa doesn't just randomly cry, and everyone knew that. Connie looked over to Mikasa. Her head hang low and he noticed a little bloody binding around her arm.
"Hey, Mikasa." He said making her raise her head. He pointed to her arm.
"What happened?" She lifted her arm and remembered the cut.
"Oh… I accidentally cut myself with a knife while doing the dishes." It was partially telling the truth. What actually happened was when she picked up that knife from the sink, she stared at it as she was reminded of that day. She held it in her hand with her other holding the cloth, ready to dry it. The blade was familiar as she held it ready to strike her opponent. Eren wasn't paying attention as the knife slipped through her hand and sliced her arm. She didn't notice the sting of the blade as it drew a line through her skin, in fact she wasn't even aware she had dropped the knife. Her mind was being rushed with memories. Eren shook her shoulder waking her.
"… Hey, Mikasa…" Connie's voice echoed. She had zoned out. There was complete silence with all attention on her as she stared off. She lifted her head again.
"Sorry… I kind of spaced out for a second there…" She answered. She could feel all the eyes on her. They knew she wasn't telling them something, and that Eren was a part of it.
"If you don't mind my asking…" All eyes turned to Historia as she spoke.
"Could you tell us… what happened in your past?" Eren and Mikasa's eyes widened. Everyone turned back to them. Mikasa could feel her heart sink a little. She had never spoken about that day, and the Jeager family hadn't brought it up once knowing she would be uncomfortable. She shifted in her seat. They were her comrades and her friends, she and Eren had left Armin in the dark for so long, she didn't want to have to do the same with all of her other friends. Eren looked at Mikasa noticing her uncomfortable expression.
"You don't have to-"
"No…" Eren was shocked. He never brought it up, knowing it would make her uncomfortable.
"They have the right to know…" She said sitting up. Everyone moved to the edges of their seats so they could absorb every detail. They had wondered about this for a long time and were way more fascinated than they were about the scarf.
"… about what happened."

Well this was a fun chapter to write! I was trying to add some kind of drama since the beginning, and here's what I got! Ever tried strawberry Pocky? It's amazing! Next chapter coming shortly! Review!