Pairing: Eren/Mikasa
Setting: Sometime when Levi's squad is still in a house together. You know I'll milk that for all eternity.
Rating: T (For sexual situations and language)
Words: 2852
Notes: I originally was gonna make it an AU but then I thought it would be cute for them to get some bubble bath in canon. Idk how in canon this would be lol but hey, bubble baths are always cute and with two teenagers not always innocent for long lol
May 6th - Bubblebath
Eren stared at the box sitting in front of them on the table. It was still unopened, though Connie already tried to pry it open.
"We need to wait for Levi. God knows what knows what kinda mail we'd be getting," Jean snorted from his chair.
"Maybe it's something useful," Sasha shrugged. "It has no return address though so it could be dangerous."
Armin shook his head on the matter. "It probably has no return address because whoever sent it didn't want the town to know who they were. I mean, it doesn't even have a name for us, just the town. My guess is it's something to help us."
"Then let's just open it already."
Jean kicked the leg of Connie's chair nearly knocking him out of it. "Hanji went to go get Levi. Do you really want to clean this damn place for the fifth time this week?"
Eren looked over at Mikasa who was sitting quietly next to him in her chair. She was watching the others but not really saying all that much; she didn't look upset, just content. He nudged her leg with his.
"What do you thinks in it?" he asked once her eyes met his.
The others were still talking over him but that was okay; he really didn't care what they were saying anyway.
She shrugged but there was a smile pulling at her lips. "Hopefully something worth our time. Whoever sent it risked both themselves and us."
"That's not what I asked." He gave her leg another nudge as he turned in his chair to face her, his hands brushing against her arm.
Mikasa rolled her eyes but made no effort to move away, smile still on her lips and Eren was having a hard time not grinning back at her. She was always beautiful but when she smiled her whole face lit up; he loved seeing her like that, especially when he was the only one who got to so often.
"I don't know, Eren. Maybe a blanket."
"A blanket?"
"Yeah, stop laughing." She kicked her leg at him but not nearly hard enough to hurt. Eren merely placed his hands on her leg to stop her and decided not to let go. "Mine's really itchy, okay, so a new one would be nice."
He felt his lips pulling up into that grin he was trying to hold off as he looked up to meet her eyes. "You know mine's just fine. I never mind shar-" Eren felt something hit his head, cutting him off. He looked down to see a crumbled up piece of paper that must have bounced off his head.
"Hey! What the hell was that for?" He looked up at the other faces at the table but once Armin's blue eyes caught his, he knew who was behind it.
Armin just gave him that look; it was a mix of "Eren, knock it off" and amusement. He glanced over at the others next to him causing Eren to notice they became rather quiet and were watching him. He felt heat rise to his cheeks as he sat up straight in his chair, arms across his chest.
Armin tried to warn him that trying to keep his relationship with Mikasa quiet in a small house with seven other people was gonna be nearly impossible, though Eren chose not to acknowledge Armin's comment about it mainly being because Eren was the opposite of subtle. Regardless, he wasn't ready for Levi to find out Eren was sleeping with the best solider in their squad.
"Alright, you shits." Levi stood in the doorway with Hanji standing nearby. "If this is an explosive of sorts thanks for your service and crap."
Eren thought he had very good reasons for thinking that.
Levi pushed Jean and Connie's chairs out of the way to get to the large box on the table, before held the crowbar up and easily pried the cover right off the crate. Eren tried to look over the top of the box as Levi tossed the cover away but it was a bit difficult considering everyone was also leaning in to get a look. He pulled out a note, his eyes scanning over the words. "It's from Erwin," he said as he tossed the paper aside. "He sent shit from the inner walls so have at it." He seemed pretty uninterested as he stepped back to where Hanji was, and pushed her back against the wall to get her to stop moving towards the crate herself.
Connie was the first one in the box, digging around in its contents. Eren still couldn't see what was in it, but he wasn't about to risk getting his hand crushed for sticking it in there.
"Here, Sasha." Connie pulled out something wrapped tightly in a thin cloth. He tossed it over to her, and she wasted no time unwrapping the small cake. She let out a deep sigh, with a big grin on her face. Well, at least someone was happy.
"There's some bottles here too." Connie tried to read the labels when Jean pulled them away from him.
"One's some kinda cleaner." Jean waved it over in Levi's direction. "I take it this is for you, Sir."
"Just leave it there," Levi grunted.
"Oh, the Commander knows you too well." Hanji nudged Levi with her elbow but he didn't say another word on the matter.
"And the other is bubble bath." Jean looked around the table. "Here you go, Jaeger."
Eren caught the bottle, only so it wouldn't break and have Levi test out that new cleaner on him. "What the hell am I going to do with this?"
"Get that grime off your body that's what," Levi said.
Great. Of all the things, just more ways to be clean. Thanks for nothing, Commander.
Eren vaguely paid attention to the rest of the items but they were fairly normal. There were more cakes which Connie promptly stuffed in his face making Jean keep digging through the box; a few notebooks to which both Armin and Hanji managed to get, some alcohol that Levi promptly snatched out of Jean's hands, and a few nice sheets that weren't exactly blankets but both Mikasa and Historia seemed fine with them.
"Alright, you've had your fun. Get to bed." Levi had passed off the alcohol to Hanji and reached for his cleaner on the table. Everyone seemed to be in good spirits as they headed off upstairs but all Eren could do was look down at the bottle. Everyone else had gotten useful things, how'd he end up with this? What was he supposed to do with it? He didn't want to waste it since Ewrin risked a lot to send them this stuff but still.
He heard Armin chuckling as they walked up the stairs. "What?"
"Nothing," Armin said, but the look on his face said otherwise.
Eren felt a light hand on his shoulder.
"Goodnight, Eren, Armin." Mikasa waved as she headed down the hall with Sasha and Historia to their room.
Eren watched her as she walked away, and he couldn't for the life of him remember why it took him so long to see her standing right in front of him.
"You know." Armin's voice over his shoulder nearly made Eren jump out of his skin. "It's not like you have to keep that bubble bath just for yourself."
Eren glanced over; he wanted to ask Armin what he was talking about but Connie and Jean brushed by them, Armin following them to their room. Eren looked back to where Mikasa was closing the door behind her.
Oh.
Oh.
Eren tried to wait till everyone was asleep but aside from Connie snoring he could never tell if the others were actually asleep. He slipped out of his bed, careful not to let any of them hear the door creak open, and then click shut as he stepped out into the hallway. It was easier getting into the girl's room; Sasha was always passed out and even if Historia was awake she minded her own business.
He saw Mikasa wrapped up on her bed, the sheet draped over her. "Hey," he tried to whisper, not wanting to scare her. "Mikasa."
She rolled over, blinking up at him. A yawn pulled at her lips as she sat up in her bed, one hand rubbing at her eyes; just like she always woke up when they were kids.
"Come on, I have something for you." Eren held out his hand and Mikasa took it without a question asked. He led her out of her room and down the hallway; there was an empty room they normally hid in, but he stopped short this time and opened a different door.
"The bathroom?" she asked, her eyebrow arched.
Eren waved her off as he shut the door behind them. He grabbed the matches he left on the small table by the bathtub and lit the lantern so they had some light in the room. He reached over and turned on the facet so that water started to pour into the tub.
"You want to take a bath?" She wasn't being sarcastic with him; he knew when she was doing that. Instead, her face was a mix of surprise and confusion.
Eren nodded, pulling his shirt over his head and tossing it aside. He reached out for the front of Mikasa's shirt, tugging her into him. "I thought we could use that stuff I got today. Might as well get some use out of it."
She placed her hands on his chest as he leaned in to brush his lips against hers. It had been a few months now, but he didn't think he'd ever get tired of this, ever get tired of her. He reached for the hem of her shirt and pulled it over her head, her bare skin brushing against his and sending chills down his spine.
Eren turned around to turn off the water before the tub got too full; he stuck his hand in just to make sure they weren't about to burn themselves. He didn't even have to turn back to get Mikasa, she was already at the side of the bathtub, the rest of her clothing on the floor. It took about all the strength he had not to just reach out and touch her, pull her into him, but instead he dropped the rest of his clothing as well, and slid right into the tub. The warm water covered his body before he gestured for Mikasa's hand. He helped her keep her balance as she sat down in front of him but he couldn't keep the sigh that fell from his lips when her body rested between his legs, her back against his chest, and her head rolling onto his shoulder. There was officially nothing more relaxing than this.
"I think this needs to happen more often." Eren wrapped his arms around her waist, pressing his lips against her neck.
Mikasa laughed as she reached over for the bottle on the table. "Okay, let's just write to the Commander asking for more bubble bath of all things." She popped out the cork as she tried to read the instructions, if there were any. "Do I just…pour it in?"
Eren placed his chin on her shoulder, eyeing the bottle. "I guess so."
She shrugged and tipped the bottle, the sweet smelling liquid pouring right in. At first it didn't seem like it did anything other than make the room smell good, but Mikasa started running her fingers through the water and bubbles started to form.
Eren reached out as more foamy bubbles started to cover the top of the water; there were just like soap bubbles but softer almost and thicker and it really did smell good. "Who would've thought we'd see such luxury." He rubbed his hand covered in suds on Mikasa's face causing her to splash him with the water.
He brushed his now soaking wet bangs out of his face, and wiped the soap off his face before looking back down at the laughing girl in front of him. He couldn't even pretend to be angry at her when she looked so happy, not after all the pain he had seen her in. "You're just lucky everyone is asleep." Eren leaned back against the back of the tub, Mikasa falling against him. He put his arms around her again, pulling her close to him.
It was hard to ever imagine his life without her, not when she had been with him for so long, always right by his side. He regularly wanted to go back and hit himself for the way he had treated her, what he had pushed her to do. It was his fault she risked her life every day and his fault he almost lost her in front of his eyes.
"Do you ever regret joining the military?" Eren felt Mikasa place her hands over his under the water, her head turning to look at him as he spoke.
"No."
"That simple, huh?"
"Yes, that simple."
Eren shook his head, but he felt a smile pulling at his lips. "Even though-"
"'Even though' nothing," she said, cutting him off. Mikasa carefully flipped herself around in the tub so she was facing him, easily sliding down in his lap.
Eren's breath caught in his throat as Mikasa faced him, her breath on his face as her eyes met his.
"I joined to be with you, and I'm with you. " She reached up to place both her hands on the side of his face. "I'm happy."
Eren placed his hands on her hips as she leaned in to kiss him. It didn't erase the guilt he felt sometimes, he wasn't sure what would, but it was a very good distraction. His hands tightened on her while he moved his mouth with hers, pulling her body in as close as he could, the water splashing lightly around them.
By the time his lips hit her jaw, trailing down her neck, her head rolling back as he did, Eren forgot where he was trying to go with that conversation. All he could feel was warmth filling the pit of his stomach that had nothing to do with the bubble bath and everything to do with Mikasa tightening her legs around his hips. He tasted the soap on her skin as he nipped at her collar bone. Her hands grasped onto his shoulders while his mouth moved lower to her chest.
He didn't necessarily plan on this when he decided to use up the bubble bath, but Mikasa was so irresistible he couldn't keep his hands to himself the moment she kissed him. The water around them moved against his skin as he kissed the top of her chest; she was light in his arms, almost weightless as he lifted her up slightly to continue trailing downwards.
She let out a small cry, her hips rolling into his and only making his arousal even more known as he pressed back against her; a groan slipping through his own lips against her skin.
Eren mentally took back everything bad he said about Erwin and the bubble bath.
Until he heard the familiar creak of the door opening wide.
His head snapped up, pulling Mikasa close against his body to prevent whoever just walked in from seeing her bare chest. She had both her hands over her mouth, eyes wide, and Eren felt his heart sink. They were in deep shit.
"Oh for fucks sake." Levi looked like he just woke up standing there in his pants. He didn't look furious, but that never exactly meant anything with Levi.
"Uh, Sir, I can explain?" Eren tried. How he was gonna explain why they were taking a bath together in not the most innocent position he wasn't quite sure but Levi held his hand up stopping Eren before he could start.
"I'm utterly thrilled you shits found a way of bathing." Though Levi sure didn't look or sound thrilled. "But how about not fucking around in the only bathroom in the house. Out."
Eren grabbed the towels off the nearby shelf before he stood up, holding it up for Mikasa and then for himself. Not wanting to be in there a second longer than they had to be, Eren quickly grabbed their clothing and hurried out with Mikasa at his heels. Levi slammed the door behind them, leaving both of them soaking wet and in their towels.
"Do you want to just…?"
"Ah, yeah," Mikasa said, leaning in to press her lips to his. "Goodnight, Eren. Thank you." He handed her the clothing she had left before she walked down the opposite side of the hallway.
Eren had been tempted to grab the bottle off the table, for another time, one were Levi was far away, before he remembered they poured the whole thing in. Regardless, he was gonna be sure to thank his good Commander the next time he saw him.
