Kate Elizabeth Black thank you so much for telling me! I can be such a dummy sometimes and try to add something in this chapter to correct it.
Wings of Freedom
Chapter 10: Rose and Sora
Yasmin had started going on expeditions now but this time she had brought her 2 katanas along. The young woman had cut her hair again, going back to her old hairstyle. She was always on the same team with Erwin. On every expedition, they went on, she had killed the most Titans. It had been 4 months since the soiree and they had finished an expedition. They were riding towards Wall Maria until Yasmin stopped her horse. She got off her horse and fell onto her knees. Erwin and Hanji noticed this and stopped their horses. They both ran over to her and looked worried.
"Yasmin, are you okay?" Erwin asked and she looked up at him with a smile.
"Just very tired." She said and covered her mouth. Hanji gave her some water which she drank.
"I'm gonna take you to Dr Grisha." Hanji stated and when Yasmin stood up and took a step, she fell on her side. Erwin grabbed onto her and put her on his horse. Hanji attached Kuro to her horse and they continued on to Wall Maria. When they got to the village, she told Hanji and Erwin to go on ahead and that she'd be fine.
Yasmin started walking through the village and went over to Carla and Grisha's house. She knocked on the door and Carla had opened it.
"Yasmin, it's so nice to see you again." She smiled. "Come in, come in."
"Carla, how has your health been?" The redhead asked curiously. The wife of the famous doctor was a few months pregnant.
"I've been alright, he's been kicking a lot lately." She served some water and they sat at the table.
"Little one is excited to get out into the world, eh?" Yasmin laughed. "May I feel?" Carla nodded.
The green eyed woman placed her hand on her friend's pregnant stomach and felt the child within her kicking. A sweet smile graced her lips and she felt this beautiful feeling inside her heart.
"Any ideas for a name yet?" She asked curiously.
"Grisha wanted to name him Eren." Carla answered.
"Speaking of the Doctor, where is he?" The young woman queried.
"He's upstairs. Grisha, Yasmin is here to see you!" She called and Grisha came downstairs.
"Good afternoon, Yasmin. It's so nice to see you." He smiled and sat across her.
"Doctor, how have you been?" She asked.
"I've been alright. What brings you here?" He asked.
"I haven't been feeling well." She answered. "I've been feeling rather tired on missions and vomiting a lot for the past few months. I love drinking tea but now I've been put off. And whenever I smell food it sickens me. I get weird cravings like butter. Like who eats butter on its own? It's so weird." She started going on and on and Grisha looked at his wife with a smile.
"Yasmin, I think Carla knows what is wrong with you." He stated and she looked at his wife. Carla grinned and took her hand gently.
"Yasmin, you're pregnant." The pregnant mother stated.
Yasmin's green eyes widened at this and her cheeks weren't pink. She gulped and placed her hands on her chest. Slowly her hands fell to her stomach and she held it. She rubbed her stomach and a tear fell down her cheek with a smile.
"Congratulations." Grisha smiled.
"I'm gonna be a mother…" There was this different kind of happiness which she felt in her heart like no other.
"You must be so excited." Carla stated.
"Yasmin, you know what this means right?" She turned to the doctor. "No more expeditions or missions, get as much rest as needed and eat and drink as much for you and your child. Try not to stress out too much either." He explained.
"Understood, doctor." She said and then turned to her best friend. "Someday, our children will be very good friends. I should get going and tell the father." She said her goodbyes to her friends and the unborn child within Carla's womb and then left.
The young woman got on her horse and made her way towards the abandoned Castle she lived in with her teammates. Whilst riding there, she kept thinking about how she'd breath the news to Erwin. Would she surprise him or just be direct about it? But she knew that he'd be happy. Erwin loved children and so did she. Then somethings crossed her mind which got her thinking. She had to be completely careful on not losing the child and her life, like her mother did.
Before she knew it, Yasmin got to the Castle and dropped off her horse at the stables. She entered the Castle and Hanji rushed towards her. She held the redhead by the shoulders and shook her with a worried look.
"What the doctor say?" She asked and her best friend smiled.
"Remember what you said to Erwin and I when we confessed?" She asked and she paused.
"I don't remember." The brown haired woman scratched her head and her friend rolled her eyes at this.
"I'm gonna remind you. Kiss and have babies! Well now I'm gonna be having Eyebrows' babies." She revealed. Hanji's eyes widened and her mouth was wide open.
"AHHHHHHHH! WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!" She cheered and yelled and people kept staring at her. Miche and Keith ran towards them.
"What's going on?" Keith asked.
"Miche, Keith." Yasmin grabbed their arms. "I'm carrying a child." She said.
Their eyes widened and they started cheering and hugging her. They couldn't believe it and were incredibly happy that Miche started crying.
"What's going on?" Erwin asked as he ran down the stairs. "Yasmin, did you find out what was wrong?"
Hanji was about to tell him but Miche covered her mouth. The blonde haired man found this a little weird and turned to Yasmin who kept smiling at him with teary eyes. She held out her hands and he walked towards her taking them.
Her eyes widened when she felt the child within her starting to kick and then looked up at her love. She placed their hands on her stomach and they felt the child kicking fast. Erwin's icy blue eyes widened and he felt his heart stop beating. The young man looked at his love and he couldn't control his happiness. He kneeled onto the ground, wrapped his arms around her and rested his face next to her belly.
"I'm gonna be a father." He cried.
"I want to feel!" Hanji stated and they all placed their hands on her stomach. She couldn't help but giggle at this.
"Damn he's kicking fast." Keith stated.
"It might be a girl." Miche commented.
"What does it matter? Yasmin's gonna be a mother." The young woman stated.
"That means no more expeditions for a few more months." Erwin stated. She smiled and nodded.
Her pregnancy went along smoothly and Yasmin would not go out for expeditions anymore. She spent most of her time in the Shiganshina District with Carla. A few months later, Carla had given birth to a beautiful baby boy and named him Eren.
Yasmin held baby Eren in her arms and cradled him gently. The baby opened his eyes and looked up at the young woman who held him. He had his mother's hair colour, eye shape and father's eye colour. She just smiled sweetly at him and had tears of happiness in her eyes.
"Hello Eren." The woman cooed and Eren started making gargling noises. "Oh you are so special!"
"He likes you." Carla smiled.
"You're gonna grown up to become such a handsome and strong boy." Yasmin grinned and the baby reached his hand on her face.
"Eren, in a few more days you'll be getting a friend to play with." His mother stated whilst wiping the drool from his mouth.
"Eren…" The baby looked up at her with sparkling eyes. "I promise you, when you get older, I'll protect you." Eren started smiled and made baby noises. "Oh you are so adorable!"
"Yasmin, do you think you have an idea on what your baby is gonna be?" Carla asked curiously and she turned to her.
"I'm not sure, but I have a feeling I'm gonna give birth to twins. It feels like the kicking is double." She stated.
"Have you and Erwin thought of any names yet?" The pregnant woman smiled.
"If it's a boy, Erwin wants to name her Rose. We agreed on using our second names so she would be called Rose Ackerman-Smith. But I don't know what I'd call the baby if it was a boy." She explained.
"It would be lovely if you gave birth to a boy and girl." Her friend stated and she agreed.
The young woman had returned to the abandoned Castle and met with her friends and love who were getting ready for their expedition.
"Are you sure you're going to be okay for 2 days? I can always stay here." Erwin asked worriedly and she shook her head whist kissing his cheek.
"I'll be fine, Erwin." She stated. "There are gonna be a few members here so if I need anything, I'll ask them." He nodded at this with a smile. "Be careful."
"You too, darling." He pecked her lips and then kneeled down to be eye level with her stomach. "Don't give your mother a hard time, alright? Daddy is gonna be home in a few days." He hugged his arms around her stomach and Yasmin smiled gently at this. "I love you, both you and your mother."
"We love you too." She stated and hugged him.
The young woman watched them leave for the Expedition and went to her room. She rubbed her stomach and sighed; her stomach was way bigger than Carla's when she was carrying Eren. 'Either this baby is big baby or I'm carrying twins.' She sat on the bed her and Erwin shared and took out her bag from underneath the bed.
She opened the bag and took out the music box her mother gave her. She would never show anyone this and kept it to herself. Within the box were letters, 2 bracelets one gold and another silver with shells around them, 2 necklaces one gold another silver with a jade pendant and another with a ruby pendant and some letters. Each letter had a little sentence on it as if messages from her parents, one she had already read. Titles including, when you fall in love from her father, when you get married from both parents, when you become a mother and when you become a grandmother from her grandfather.
The young woman opened the letter that was appropriate now and read through it. This one was from her mother.
To my dearest Yasmin,
You have just found out you are going to become a mother. I know what it's like because I am your mother. You may be worried at first whether you are ready or if you will be a good mother and I am here to tell that you will be. Every woman has this certain instinct within them that awakens when they become a mother. The happiest moment in your life is when you hold your child in your arms for the first time. The child you hold in your arms is the one you carried for 9 months, she or he is the evidence of the love you share with your husband. The moment you give birth, will be the happiest moment in your life.
There is something I had to tell you and hope to tell you in the future. I felt terrible for not telling you before, but you have the right to know. The day I gave birth to you, the happiest day of my life, I did not just give birth to you but to another child. Yasmin, you had a twin brother, Taiyo. He was a mirror image of you, with my hair colour and dimples, your father's skin tone and green eyes.
Whilst your father and I were travelling, I gave birth in a village and the morning after, I realised that your brother had been taken away. Your father and I tried to find him but couldn't. I had lost a child but still had you. We had a feeling why he was taken away, you see your father was not Asian, I was. I was the evidence of the love of a Japanese man and a Middle Eastern woman. There were very bad people after your father because he was an Ackerman so he changed his name and lied about his ethnicity in order for him and our family to be safe.
Yasmin, there is a chance you may give birth to twins, just make sure you be careful with them. I know that someday, when you are strong enough, you will be able to find your brother and bring him home. You are our future.
Yasmin dropped the later on the bed and tears streamed down her cheeks. She covered her mouth and started sobbing so quietly as her heart squeezed. She was supposed to have a brother. She was the child left alive out of the children. Her brother was taken away, she survived and her youngest sibling and mother were killed. She had to be the only one left…alone. It was always her left and she didn't want to be. The young woman started to imagine if her brother was never taken away. Her, Haru and Taiyo would have been a trio. When the Titan attacked their family, he would have been there by her side.
She went into the bathroom and washed her face with cold water. She stared at her reflection in the mirror and imagined what her brother would look like now. A young man at her height with red straight hair up to his jawline, dimples, a loving smile, sparkling green eyes. He would have been the opposite of her, a more quiet and calm person like their father.
She heard her name being called out and knocking at the door and wiped her face. She went back to her bedroom and opened the door. She saw a young woman holding a tray filled with food and water.
"Yasmin, I brought some food for you." She smiled.
"Thank you." Yasmin returned the smile with a grin of hers.
The young woman helped her sit down and sat with her as she started eating her food. After she finished, the young woman took the tray and went down. Yasmin laid in bed and the days kept going so slowly. She kept thinking about Erwin and the others hoping they were alright. She would always find herself watching out the windows and waiting for them to return.
One day she got fed up of resting and staying inside the Castle, so she stood out behind the gates, wearing an oversized dress and wrapped in Erwin's cloak. She begged him to leave his one so that when she slept with it, it felt like he was there. She waited there for an hour not wanting to sit or go inside. Her feet were starting to hurt but she ignored it.
The pregnant woman heard the sound of galloping nearing and saw the Survey Corps arrive. They got of their horses and Yasmin smiled at Erwin. From the looks of it, they didn't lose anyone on this expedition. The blonde-haired man was walking towards her until he stopped.
Yasmin's green eyes widened when she felt something wet between her legs. The smell was odd too. Her cheeks went red and she gulped. Erwin, Miche, Keith and Hanji ran up to her and stared at her oddly.
"What's wrong, Yasmin?" Erwin asked curiously.
"I…" She gulped whilst scratching the back of her head. "I think I just wet myself." She murmured quietly.
"Oh that's disgusting, Yasmin." Keith stated and her giant friend stepped closer to her whilst sniffing.
"Miche, again with the sniffing?" She pouted.
"You don't smell like urine." He stated.
"How do you know what urine smells like?" The young woman asked freaked out.
Suddenly she held onto her stomach and grinded her teeth together. She slowly fell onto her knees and she screamed from the top of her longs with so much pain. Her friends covered their ears but Erwin picked her up.
"THE BABY IS COMING! GET IT OUT! GET IT OUTTTTT!" She cried.
Erwin sprinted into the castle and she held onto Keith's hand. His eyes widened and he started screaming too, quickly pulling his hand out of her gasp. His hand was trembling and he felt like his hand was broken. He muttered something along the lines of it hurt more that anything, which earned him a glare from the redhead.
They got to the infirmary room and he placed her down on the bed. Hanji got changed into a white apron and took her goggles off.
"Alright, I'm the closest thing to a doctor here." She said whilst pulling up her sleeves.
"IT HURTS SO MUCHHHHH! HANJI GET IT OUT OF ME!" Yasmin yelled.
"Erwin, you stand outside for a while. Miche get some blankets and water and Keith get the infirmary staff here immediately." Hanji shot orders and the soon to be father kissed Yasmin's sweaty forehead.
"Yasmin…"He murmured and she looked up at him with a painful smile. "You're the strongest woman I know. You can overcome this pain."
"Erwin…" She kissed his cheek.
The young man got out of the room and more staff entered the room. Miche got what his crazy friend asked for and gave it to the staff. He, Erwin and Keith stood outside the infirmary room and patiently waited. Yasmin's screams kept getting louder and the young father to be couldn't take it anymore. He pushed through the door with his friends following her.
When they got inside, they saw Yasmin with tears falling down her cheeks, she was lying on the bed with her face covered in sweat gripping onto the sheets of the bed pushing with Hanji motivating her to push more. Erwin joined her side and took hold of his love's hand trying to comfort her.
"Erwin!" She groaned. "It hurts so much."
"I know you can do it, Yasmin." He smiled.
"Push Yasmin!" Hanji exclaimed.
"IM PUSHING AS HARD AS I CAN DAMNIT!" She yelled and kept pushing.
"Come on Yas, you can do it." Miche motivated her.
"You're Humanity's Fearless, you can do this!" Keith added.
Yasmin kept on screaming as she continued to push harder. It had been an hour since she's been doing this and the young mother to be was getting restless. That was until she had pushed as hard as she could. They heard a loud crying and Miche held gave the blanket to the brown haired woman. She wrapped the baby in her arms and cut the umbilical cord.
"Hanji…give the child to Erwin first…please." The mother panted.
Hanji gave the baby to Erwin who slowly yet carefully cradled the child in his arms. He looked down at the child and had tears falling down his cheeks. The baby had stopped crying. Miche and Keith watched on with smiles on their faces. Erwin kneeled down next to his love and showed her the child. Yasmin couldn't stop smiling with the biggest grin and panting heavily.
"Congratulations, it's a baby girl." She smiled.
"She's so beautiful, like you Yasmin." Erwin whispered as he held his baby girl in his arms. A beautiful kind of happiness and love filled his heart and he couldn't stop smiling and crying. The baby had olive skin tone, rosy cheeks and some red hair on top of her head. The baby opened her eyes and they saw that they were beautiful icy blue eyes; just like her fathers.
"She has your eyes, Erwin. She's so perfect." Yasmin stated. "Rose Ackerman-Smith, welcome to world, baby girl."
After 5 minutes of absolute peace, the young woman started pushing again and Erwin took a step back.
"Another one is coming!" She exclaimed.
This time, it only took a couple of pushed to give birth to her second child. They heard crying and Hanji wrapped a blanket around the baby and placed the baby in Yasmin's arms.
"It's a boy." The brown haired woman grinned.
Yasmin looked at the baby who stopped crying and looked up at her. Her eyes widened when she saw the baby open his eyes. Her green eyes filled with tears and she started crying so much. The boy had dark brown hair, fair skin and green eyes; he looked so much like her father. Erwin placed Rose in her arms and the mother held her babies. They both looked up at her and she smiled at them; it was as if her parents were reborn.
"What are you gonna name him?" Keith asked.
"Sora…Sora Ackerman-Smith." She cried. "Rose, Sora my sweet beautiful children." She murmured and kissed their heads. Her mother was right, this was the happiest moment of her life.