Author's note: Agh, so much cheesiness! This one isn't that good, but keep in mind, this was before the last chapter, so it's like an preface...or something. Hey, btw, I have another fanfiction called the Legion. It's a 1920's AU of SNK, and you might wanna check it out. Please support it!

That day, everyone had expected it. They all waited, and waited for them to crumble to the ground as the footsteps came closer. At the time, Eren and Mikasa were defending the king's palace, though they knew it was no use. Once Wall Sina fell, everyone would die. Even Eren. And it happened. Two hours ago.

The six teams defending the palace were divided in two people; Eren and Mikasa, Sasha and Connie, Ymir and Christa, Levi and Hanji, Reiner and Bertholdt, and Jean and Armin.

They waited. Waited for death. Waited for their cruel fate to be crushed between the large fingers of what they feared most.

Eren was ordered to turn into a titan when the titan's were in sight, but Eren thought it was pointless, considering it wouldn't do any good to them. All of them would die. The titan's had won.

Mikasa shook with fear as she drew her blades, waiting for all hell to break loose. Eren stood beside her, gritting his teeth together and murmuring curse words, despite the fact that he was also shaking.

Mikasa gulped and said quietly, "Hey Eren?"

He looked at her, and she wasn't even looking back. She was staring straight ahead, her eyes wide and filled with despair.

She didn't even let him anwser, "What happens when we die?"

Eren was startled by the question, and he looked back towards the distance, where he swore he saw movement.

"I don't know what happens when people die." She said and laughed quietly, "People say there's a heaven out there. But how can I believe it? How can I know? So many people have died harsh and cruel deaths, and what for?" She looked at him, and tears filled her eyes, "How do I know that when I die, I'll be with my loved ones?"

Eren sighed and stood closer to her, where she looked away, and her mouth dropped. There, up ahead, was an army of titans walking there way.

His arm wrapped around her waist, and she glanced at him, and he was loading a flare. She watched as his hands shook as they fumbled with the ammunition, and then he raised it up in the air, and shot it.

With Eren this close, her heart pounded with a feeling she had felt before, that was warm and seemed bright like the sun, mixed with the dark, cold one that she called fear.

"I don't know if there's a heaven." He whispered and he sighed, "But I'm sure that wherever we go, it'll be better than hell."

"Mikasa, I know I'm stubborn, but I'm still going to fight. I'm going to try and keep you safe." He said sincerely, but then his cheeks turned red and he added, "And Armin and even that asshole Jean."

Mikasa smiled slightly, and she looked at the sky where the flares shot into the sky, one by one, signaling that the titans had arrived.

Mikasa grabbed Eren's free hand and he dropped the flare gun just to hold hers. She stared at the entwined fingers and she smiled at him, "Let's get this over with."

Eren smiled back, and nodded, and with that, they let go of each other's hands, and they shot out towards the titan's like lightning bolts.

Mikasa knew she was going to die. She knew that these were her last minutes of being alive. But if she survived, she'd hopefully be with Eren, even though they'd be under the hands of the raging monsters that scarred them for years, and probably for an eternity.

Goodbye Eren, Mikasa thought as she slashed yet another titan's neck, I've always-

The thought was ripped away when a titan's hand smacked her down to the ground where she thought of one word and one word only, love.