she just stayed at home and sulked, ignoring Hanji's comforting words or Levi's snarky, yet concerned comments.
she also had been ignoring the way her phone kept dinging every two minutes. appearently some one got a hold of her phone number and gave it to the others, and now they wouldn't stop bothering her.
Eren had even dragged Armin and Mikasa to the house and banged on the door until someone came out then demanded to see her. unfortunately for Eren, Levi was the one who answered. Levi had been in a bad mood that day.
he verbally assaulted Eren and threatened him that he'd tie him to a tree in the middle of a forest if came to the house again, then slammed the door in his face.
Annie had been sitting at the top of the stairs when that happened, it actually brightened her mood slightly. she also got a glimpse at Mikasa who was glaring harshly at Levi, it gave her the same kind of chills that the old Mikasa did whenever she glared at her.
she went back to her room before Levi could turn his attention to her. maybe it was time to go back to school.
x
Annie sat in her first class in the very last row next to window with her hoodie pulled up and her head laying on her crossed arms.
she stared outside, it was raining today. she liked the rain. it was quiet peaceful to watch.
she could feel her eyes getting heavy as minutes passed. the quiet and dull atmosphere is soothing. but as she almost drifted to sleep, she felt arms slip around her neck from behind and a body slam into her back. Annie's eyes shot open.
"where have you been this past week?!"
"home." Annie turned her head to the side and stared at the pouting girl on top of her.
"why haven't you replied to any text messages then?" she asked.
Annie simply shrugged.
"I've been worried about you" Mina whined.
"sorry" Annie replied.
more students have entered the classroom followed by the teacher, class was starting so everyone took their seats.
just as the lesson was about to start, the door slammed open and Eren staggered inside spouting an excuse to why he is late.
the teacher waved him off with a warning and Eren made a beeline for the seat infront of Annie's, he turned around and greeted her with a large grin.
"hey Annie! where have you been this past week?!"
she gave him a blank stare and gave the same reply she said to Mina.
"well you missed out on a lot, you should join us for lunch today if you wanna be filled in" he gave a hopeful smile.
"who's sitting there?" she asked.
"everyone else except Reiner and Bertholdt, as usual"
she turned to Mina, who was sitting next to her and asked. "do you want to sit with them?"
"yes, of course"
"great! Mikasa and Armin were waiting for you to come back. well, Armin is" Eren shrugged before facing forward.
what would Mikasa want her to come back for? Armin at least had a reason that made sense to Annie.
she spent the rest of the class copying all of the work she missed while she was gone, how could this much work be the load of a single week?!
x
Annie spent the duration ignoring everyone's questions about her absence, to think they'd understand that they should stop pestering her about it after being openly igorer but noo, they didn't.
it wasn't until Annie had enough and slammed a fist on the table with a deadly glare that everyone seemed to understand she didn't want to talk about it.
instead, they started talking among themselves and planning for their next meetup. they'd occasionally ask if their plans suited everyone and Annie replied to those. and so, the weekend plan was set.
"are you gonna say what you want to say or keep staring at me like that?" Annie looked up at Mikasa.
the question startled the girl and Mikasa didn't know what to say but she kept her cool as she thought of a reply.
"I was just thinking"
"about what?" Annie raised an eyebrow.
"nothing in particular" Mikasa shrugged.
"whatever"
the rest of lunch went uneventful, with Annie constantly catching Mikasa staring at her slightly and sending her a glare to make her look away.
unfortunately, the two shared a class afterwards. Gym.
Annie hated and loved this class at the same time, even though she was lazy she still enjoyed doing a good workout. too bad that every class up until now had been a crazy competition between the only two that actually take this class seriously. Annie and Mikasa.
everyone else would stop playing for two reasons, either to stare at the two compete for 45 minutes straight or because it was too dangerous to be in their play field anymore.
after each class the two girls would be sweating heavily and have bruised limbs from hitting the balls with too much force.
today, Annie relised she forgot her gym clothes. so she stood in the locker room with no idea what to do, would she ask someone to lend her an extra shirt? should she just go in her hoodie? no her hoodie was too precious to be stained with sweat.
appearently someone noticed the lack of a small, cranky blonde in the class and went back to check.
Mikasa tapped Annie's shoulder to get her attention.
"what do you want?" Annie asked.
"why are you still here and not out with the others?"
"i don't have any clothes to change into" Annie grumpled and crossed her arms.
"oh. i can lend you some if you want" Mikasa offered, moving to open her locker and rummaging through it to pull out a white piece of clothing.
"why do you have spares in your locker?" Annie raised an eyebrow and accepted the item.
"i like to be prepared" Mikasa shrugged.
"this is sleeveless." Annie frowned putting the shirt to her front, it was about two sizes too big for Annie and came down to mid thighs.
"is there a problem with that?"
"well, not really, i just dont like showing too much skin" Annie said and turned around to take off her hoodie.
Mikasa just hummed in response and didn't bother looking away while Annie changed. infact, she balantly stared at the exposed skin of her stomach and back.
feeling warmth creep up on her face, Mikasa exhaled and licked her lips to wet them before looking away and pretending she hadn't been staring the whole time.
"ok I'm done, let's go"
"the shirt looks like a dress on you. it's cute" Mikasa smiled with a chuckle and headed for the door.
"shut up" Annie rolled her eyes with a hint of pink on her cheeks.
x
"listen up maggts! today we're playing dodgeball! the rules are simple, no penalty unless blood spills on the ground. Reiner Braun and Jean kristein, pick your teams"
after the very welly educating speech from coach Keith Shadis, everyone got in line to be picked.
Reiner went first. "Annie"
and automatically Jean countered that. "Mikasa"
"Bertholdt"
"Eren"
"Hitch"
"Sasha"
Annie silently cursed at Reiner, Sasha was a valuable player, weird quirks aside, the girl was amazing at sports.
the game started with everyone running to the middle of the court to gather balls, Annie didn't bother and waited for Reiner to come back and give her one he snatched from a frightened skinny kid.
"Reiner, take out Eren, Bert you take out Armin. I'll handle Mikasa"
they didn't need to be told twice. both girls had been staring at each other since the whistle was blown and everyone had scooted away from their sight ranges.
Reiner threw first, hitting Eren in the face with a loud whack before he even relised what was happening. he laughed loudly at the curses Eren spat out as he stumbled back and was kicked out of the court.
Mikasa narrowed her eyes at him however, and Reiner knew she'd come back for revenge.
poor Armin was protecting his face with a ball so he didn't see the bullet of a ball come at his stomach minutes after Eren was out. Annie could hear his whimpering from across the room and she actually saw a few tears in his eye. she actually felt bad telling Bert to out him.
but she couldn't afford to get distracted now. Mikasa was still in the field and outing their team. she was making sure no one stayed for the final battle. between herself and Annie.
the rest of the class was doing the same, it seemed like everyone was just ignoring the two main threats and focusing on eliminating everyone else in preparation for the last two standing.
Reiner didn't even complain when he was eliminated, he probably was actually overjoyed that he'd be able to record everything before it was too late.
and so the moment came, no one was standing in the court other than Mikasa Ackerman and Annie Leonhardt. the two faced each other with stony expressions.
Mikasa stared very deeply into Annie's cold eyes, it seemed like the longer she looked into them the more something started to unblurr.
Annie played with ball in her hand, she knew this type of scene before. she had faced off like this a long time ago. this time however, there was no Keith Shadis to stop their fight. she could finally do this.
Annie waited for the perfect opportunity, she knew Mikasa was too. she prepared herself for deflecting any attack but taking her iconic stance with a ball in her left hand.
Mikasa didn't move, but she saw something. flashes on Annie in the same pose, diffrent clothes and expression staring at her dead in the eyes.
Annie glared at her with pure hate, she had deadly intentions in her eyes. but as soon as the flash came, it faded.
Annie saw Mikasa's eyes widen slightly, she didn't hesitate and shot the ball directly at her face.
barely able to dodge, Mikasa stepped away stealthily and shot out the ball in her own possession, Annie dodged easily.
they both hurriedly to pick up any near ball to have the upper hand. again, none of them wanted to throw and be at a disadvantage with no balls.
"hurry up! there's only 10 minutes left of class!" shadis yelled.
Annie huffed and started slowly walking forward with the ball ready, Mikasa did the same. with both picking up speed and throwing once they were sure there was no backing out now.
Mikasa had a solid hit at Annie's face due to her height, while Annie threw the ball at Mikasa's stomach so hard that it made her stumble and fall to her butt holding her midsection.
Annie laid on the ground across from her holding her nose, she wondered if Mikasa had something against her face. she seemed to like injuring it a lot.
"it's a tie! now you filthy kids go wash up and then head for your classes" shadis yelled before leaving.
"good match"
Annie removed her hand to see Mikasa above her with a hand held out to her and the other resting on her stomach.
"yeah, you did well too" Annie took thr hand and pulled herself up.
x
no one really needed a shower after today's class so everyone just changed and left.
Annie sat on a bench, fingers poking at her bruised nose. she could feel it starting to heal and briefly wondered if steam started coming out.
"are you gonna sit here all day? everyone already left" Mikasa said leaning on a row of lockers with her arms crossed.
"what if i do?" Annie raised an eyebrow.
"do what you want then" Mikasa just shrugged.
"maybe i will" Annie said but stood up to start charging. this time, she didn't bother turning around to remove her clothing. instead she just pulled the shirt up her body as she was standing up.
Mikasa did not expect that.
she had an internal battle with herself wither she should look away in embarrassment or keep her cool and keep looking.
both options didn't sound too good for Mikasa, because if she looked away then she'd give Annie the satisfaction of making her flustered. and if she kep staring, she wasn't sure if she could keep her eyes away from Annie's chest and abs. damn they looked good. so did her arms.
"like what you see?"
Mikasa's thoughs were cut off by a teasing Annie who looked at her with a smirk.
"maybe" she admitted.
"oh?" the smirk only got wider and Mikasa wanted to smack it off. maybe with her lips..
truth be told, Mikasa couldn't stop thinking about those two kisses at the party. Annie took her first and second kissed. she didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
"well you can look but you can't touch"
Annie wasn't ashamed of her body, she had killer abs and a good muscular frame. the benefits of starting military training and learning to fight ever since she was seven years old.
"i want to touch" Mikasa mumbled to herself.
"what?"
"i want to touch" Mikasa repeated clearly.
"oh." Annie was not expecting this kind of response.
Mikasa ignored all the logical reasons as to why she shouldn't do what she was about to do and did it anyway.
she marched up to Annie and grabber her by the shoulders, pushed her against the wall and slammed their lips together.
Annie held her breath, she was too frozen to do anything. she was torn between pushing Mikasa away and spitting insults at her, or kissing back.
Mikasa seemed to notice this lack of response and pulled back lightly to whisper against the blonde's lips. "kiss me back" and Annie lost control.
she kissed back with just as much heat and passion.