A/N: This is another short chapter. I am sorry. Also there is a little smut in here.

Chapter 10: Calm

Over the month that passed, Eren and Annie have grown closer as a couple. The time they stayed with each other after practice became longer. Their kisses have went on for minutes, their stares the same. Annie was even invited to come to Eren's house for dinner at times, and she has accepted a few times. She even was able to fight Mikasa once. No one won, as they were both tired by the end of it. For Eren and Annie, life has been going great.

"You are doing great, Jaeger!" Annie encouraged as she dove in to thrust at his chest.

Eren dodged out of the way, then swung at her right arm, "Thanks to you!"

Annie blocked the strike and feinted to his right, striking for his left, "Don't let it get to your head! Confidence is the number one killer of knights."

Eren blocked and pushed himself in close to her, his blade against her throat, and his smirking face close to her face, "Then I'll make sure to tone it down for war."

Annie smirked as well, as the tip of her blade was prodding into his chin.

Eren smiled before closing the gap between their faces, his lips connecting to hers. They both dropped their swords simultaneously to wrap their arms around each other, holding each other in embrace for this passionate moment. Their chest plates banged together, the noise echoing among the trees. Eren could feel Annie's lips curl up into a smile as they kissed.

Eren slightly pulled away, gesturing to the tree, "Come on. Let's sit down."

Annie nodded, being led to the tree by Eren, who sat down first so that Annie could sit in between his legs. Eren wrapped his arms around her, and she rested her arms on his, leaning her head back onto his chest. After a moment she turned her head to place it on his chest so that she could listen to his heart beat inside his rib cage. The noise calmed her and made her feel at peace. She closed her eyes, feeling his warmth envelope her.

While usually she is the tough one, she allows herself moments of weakness, and only with Eren. Ever since the festival, she loved to be treated like a woman at times. She loved to be the maiden of a handsome and skilled knight. Especially if she was the reason that knight was skilled.

Eren nudged her, "Annie...look." He whispered to her.

Annie slowly opened her eyes, looking up to see Eren smiling at something in the distance. She looked ahead to see the source of said smile, smiling herself at it. A deer family was stopping to eat some of the greens. The child looked over to them, it's eyes curious of who these two lovebirds were. Eren and Annie kept silent until the family eventually ran away.

"Beautiful." Annie muttered to herself, always loving to see nature. She used to climb in trees and wait for hours to watch the animals of the forest go about their business.

Eren kissed the top of Annie's head, "What do you think our children will look like?"

Annie tilted her head up in surprise, "Huh?"

Eren looked down at her, kind of panicked, "Uh-I...mean...i-if you want to...have children I mean…"

Annie looked down in thought. This was something that never really came to mind because she never had a person she loved enough to consider a mate. But now that the topic has been brought up, she knew her answer.

"Yeah, I do."

"Well, what do you think they will look like?"

Annie smiled at the thought of their children, "Well, if we are going to talk about our children...I hope they have your nose."

Eren gave a funny look, "Why? Your nose is beautiful."

"No it's not. You have a better nose."

"Well I hope our children have the nose of their beautiful mother."

"I don't."

"Green or blue eyes?"

"What if it was a combination of both?"

"Even better."

Annie turned her head to rest it against Eren's chest again, "Whatever happens, we will love our children. Which means we won't give them stupid names."

"Of course we will love our children, no matter what." He said, laughing at her second comment, "What...what is a stupid name to you?"

"For boys, I would say that Adolf, Meinhard and Norbert are not so good. And for girls, I think that Gertrude, Adelheid, and Konstanze are...really ugly."

"What are good ones for you?"

"Well, for boys, I believe that Benjamin, Alexander, and Nikolaus are winners. And for girls, the best ones that come to mind are Lara, Amelia… and, uh...Karla."

She could feel Eren's heart skip a beat.

"My mother?"

"Yeah, I think it would be beautiful to give our daughter her name."

Eren thought about it, then nodded, "Yeah, yeah, that would be great."

Annie put a finger on his shoulder, "But of course, before we even decide to have children, we need to get married. My father would kick your ass if he found out I didn't have a ring on my finger and we had sex, even if he knew."

"Yeah, of course. When are you going to tell him?"

"Whenever he decides to come home. I am guessing everyone you know has been bugging you about marriage?"

"Everyone except Levi, thankfully."

"Even Mikasa?"

"Yep."

"Mina has been annoying me endlessly. 'When do you think he is going to pop the question?' or 'What kind of ring do you think he will give you?'"

"Yeah, it is annoying." Eren said, reaching into his pocket to feel his mother's ring in his grasp. He has actually been thinking of asking her, but kept on getting nervous every time. He needs to push himself like when he asked her to the festival. Eren was actually tempted to ask her here. He shook his head and put it back. It's not time yet.

Annie turned around to face Eren, her eyes trained on him. In this light, her face was completely stripped of toughness. Her eyes were wide, curious, and begging. Her mouth was inviting. Her whole face was waiting for him to act. She was weakening him with this innocent look of hers. He knew exactly what she wanted.

Eren leaned in to her, connecting his lips with hers in passion. Annie raked her fingers through Eren's hair while Eren kept his hands on her waist, but they slowly crawled their way up her body. Eren could feel Annie's hands unfastening his armor, piece by piece they fell off. Eren did the same with her, tossing aside her armor as well. Eren undid her cloak, letting it fly off her and land in the grass not too far.

Annie pushed herself onto her back, allowing Eren to get on all fours above her, their lips not leaving each other for a moment. Eren's hands gripped her shoulders, slowly sliding down her body, feeling her up, and stopping at her thighs. His hands began to slide back up, gripping her breast through her arming pullover doublet, causing her to moan faintly, before moving up and over her shoulders.

Annie's hands reached down to unfasten Eren's belt. Eren sensed this and his hands grabbed her wrists. Their kissing ceased as they looked at each other.

Eren gulped, "Annie, trust me when I say I want to as well. But...we can't do this...not now."

Annie looked at him for a moment before nodding, "Yeah...right...of course...my apologies."

Eren shook his head, "No, please Ann, don't apologize." He pushed himself off of her, looking around at the pieces of armor that surrounded them, "Well, we got not only my armor off, but yours as well. Heat of the moment, I guess."

Annie got up, looking around, she chuckled, "Yeah, you're right. Anyway, I should get going. You did great, Eren...in both fields." She said as she gathered both of their armor pieces, putting them in her bag, she slung it over her shoulder, "See you tomorrow."

Eren gathered his swords, nodding to the girl, "Yeah, see you tomorrow. Love you."

Annie stopped in her tracks. She hesitated for a moment before muttering, "Love you too."

Eren turned towards his town and started in that direction. As he walked, stepping over stones and sticks, ducking under low hanging branches, he began to think about his future. His future with Annie. Hopefully it will be a prosperous one.

A/N: I hope I didn't make Annie out to be a slut (I did have them both get into it). Again I don't feel comfortable doing this. I might do smut in some other fanfic, when I am comfortable. My apologies.