Annie somehow managed to stop overreacting over a simple Taco Bell order and regain her composure, which was a good thing considering that she and Mikasa still had to drop off food to Eren and Armin. Thankfully, the interactions between them were quick. Mikasa didn't exchange many words with her other than "you're welcome" and "goodbye." Annie was internally happy about this since she just really wanted to get home.
Mikasa slowed down once they pulled up to the front of Annie's house, coming to a stop putting the car in park. She glanced at Annie with her bored grey eyes, unknowingly driving the blonde wild. The Omega took in a deep breath as they both sat quietly, not exchanging any words or signs as to what they should do next. Annie's stomach stirred with emotion, and that didn't sit well with her. She wanted to confront her feelings and talk about them with Mikasa, but... there really wasn't anything for them to speak about.
They weren't together, or even dating for that matter. Not to mention they hadn't even spoken to each other in months. What was there for Annie to address? She opened her mouth to speak, hoping that at least something intelligible would come out. However...
"Do you want to come inside and eat with me? I don't want you to wait longer to eat. Cold Taco Bell isn't the best."
Mikasa's face was expressionless as she accepted Annie's offer with a nod. She handed her own food and drink over to Annie then got out of the driver's seat.
"I'll take your bags in for you, just take in the food and I'll be right behind you."
Annie stayed for a second to watch Mikasa gather all her things before making her own way to the house, keeping everything under control as she got to unlocking the front door. Mikasa was right behind her within seconds as the door opened. They both walked in and Mikasa shut the door with her foot since her arms were full.
"We're going to eat up in my room so you can go ahead and put everything down up there."
Mikasa gave a simple nod and the two went upstairs immediately. The two of them fell into a familiar rhythm as they walked up those stairs. It made Annie's heart flutter as she remembered the first time they took these stairs up to her room to fuck. She hated it. Why was she so entranced by Mikasa all of a sudden? Annie literally hadn't thought about her at all in the past few months, yet here she was with a million emotions racing through her head. Seeing and talking to the Alpha was bringing back too many memories for Annie's own good. It slightly irritated her only because she couldn't grasp why it was happening.
Annie opened her bedroom and set their food on her bed. She ignored Mikasa for a moment as she grabbed some clothes and turned her TV on, tossing the remote to Mikasa and leaving the room to get changed. It may have been a bit silly to change somewhere else considering that they've already seen each other naked, but Annie wasn't in the mood for THOSE feelings to return as well. When she returned to her room, Mikasa already had their food opened and a show playing on the screen.
The Omega gladly joined in next to Mikasa and immediately dug into her food. She shoveled bite after bite into her mouth, finishing her meal way before Mikasa could. This behavior actually got a chuckle out of Mikasa, mostly because she hadn't seen Annie do this before.
"Wow, and you said you didn't want anything." Mikasa shook her head and Annie blushed heavily.
Annie wanted to fire back with some snarky comment, she really did, yet nothing came to mind. She ended up looking away in embarrassment and began cleaning up her things. It was a good distraction from the Alpha on her bed for her time being. Eventually, Mikasa did finish her food and she showed no signs of wanting to stay over longer. This immediately sent panic throughout Annie's chest. She didn't want Mikasa to leave yet. Something inside her just needed Mikasa to stay for a little longer.
Without thinking, Annie grabbed Mikasa's wrist when she stood up to leave and yanked her back down. She pressed their lips together for the first time in nearly three months and hoped it would get Mikasa to stay. Annie could tell that Mikasa was surprised by this, but within seconds, Mikasa kissed her back. They continued to kiss for several minutes on Annie's bed until Mikasa sat up and removed the Omega's sweatshirt.
Since Annie had changed earlier, she wasn't wearing a shirt underneath it, allowing Mikasa to get straight to work. Her larger hands fondled Annie's breasts through her bra as Mikasa's mouth sucked on her pulse point. Annie's eyes closed and allowed the Alpha to do whatever she pleased with her body as long as it meant that Mikasa would stay with her longer.
"A-Ah!"
Annie moaned out as Mikasa bit her neck hard, knowing that it would surely bruise within minutes. She clenched her thighs together as she felt wetness seeping from her core. It should be criminal that Mikasa could turn her on this much, especially in such a short time frame. She whimpered out and grabbed Mikasa's hair to pull her off, wanting to lean up and kiss her lips. But the moment between them stopped when Mikasa's gaze traveled down to Annie's stomach.
"You a little bloated from the Taco Bell? Your stomach kind of looks a little big."
Annie was immediately taken out of the mood and roughly shoved Mikasa. That was the last straw. She could handle her friends commenting on her body, but the woman she was trying to fuck saying it actually made it hurt. She retrieved her discarded sweatshirt and immediately pulled it back on as she held back tears.
"Leave, Ackerman! I'm not in the mood anymore." She picked up Mikasa's shoes and threw them at her.
"Ouch! Hey! I didn't mean it in a bad way!" Mikasa tried to reason with Annie, but the damage had already been done.
"I don't care, damn it! Leave now!" Annie screamed at her, making Mikasa know right then and there that she meant it.
Mikasa slipped her shoes on and grabbed her car keys, walking up to Annie and staring down into her eyes in a final attempt to try and get through to her.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." She grabbed Annie's chin to pull her up into a kiss but was given a hard slap instead.
"Don't touch me, Ackerman. Leave. Now."
The sudden pain in Mikasa's eyes clearly showed that Annie's strike had hurt. However, her face was devoid of emotion as she left Annie's room without another word.
Once Annie was sure Mikasa was gone, she allowed her pent up tears to fall. She hated it; she hated that Mikasa could make her feel amazing one moment and like shit the next. Why did it have to be her? They weren't going to ever be anything official, so why did the universe let Mikasa hold control over her emotions?
Not even ten minutes after Mikasa left, Annie's phone buzzed and she picked it up right away, already knowing who the message would be from.
Message from Mikasa Ackerman
Annie, I wasn't trying to make fun of you or anything. I was just concerned if you wanted to continue or not. I wasn't trying to be rude about it at all... I'm sorry, so, sorry... Please forgive me?
Just like the last time Mikasa texted her, Annie locked her phone and left Mikasa on read.
After the incident with Mikasa, a few days went by and everything seemed to be back to normal. Annie's morning nausea was almost non-existent and her body didn't feel constantly strained anymore. Her breasts were a little tender, but that could be chopped up to being an Omega. Annie was convinced that she had experienced a strange type of body cold. Whatever it was though, it was gone and she could go back to living normally.
Annie got to school and went through the day without any hiccups. She had to deal with Ymir's usual snarky comments, but other than that, nothing really affected her day. Well, except when she needed to take time out of her day to schedule her sports physical at the school clinic. That wasn't really going to ruin her day though, so she was fine with it.
What really made everything ten times better was the fact that she hadn't bumped into Mikasa in any way. It was like the universe was finally working in her favor for once. If it wasn't so out of character for her, Annie was sure she would've been smiling all day.
Once her last period came to an end, Annie was immediately on her way to the school clinic. She was as hasty as ever to get this thing over with so she'd be able to play, especially since she caught word about a scout from nearby state universities who would be watching. Annie, of course, already had a back-up school ready to go to, but it always sounded better to be accepted on a sports scholarship. That's why she HAD to pass this physical, especially since her future sort of depended on it.
She entered the clinic and gave her name, filling out some simple paperwork about her health background such as what allergies she had. Once that was finished, she waited for a few moments before a nurse came to retrieve her for the appointment. They took Annie's height and weight, to which the Omega was glad they didn't comment on. From there, they took her into a small room and left Annie to wait for the doctor to show.
Annie glanced around the posters plastered around her on the walls. Nothing was extremely educational; they mostly things on them like "don't do drugs" along with cheesy slogans. One thing that did get her attention was a poster of a pregnant woman holding a child. It seemed innocent at first, but as her eyes examined it closely, Annie came to realize that it was shaming teen pregnancy. 'Yikes... You'd think they would just educate kids better in sex ed so they could prevent it instead...'
"Annie Leonhardt?"
A voice called out to her as the door opened. Annie immediately snapped out of her own thoughts and swapped her attention to the doctor.
"Yeah, that's me. I'm here for my sports physical."
"You came to the right place! You're actually due for a regular physical too, so I'm just going to combine them both together. Let's do the sports portion first and get everything else afterward."
With that, they went through each step of the physical. Everything went smoothly, although Annie could've gone without the doctor commenting about her weight gain. He wrote it off as extra muscle mass, even though Annie knew that wasn't the case at all. She didn't care in the end because he signed off that she was good to play, which is all Annie wanted.
Once they got into the regular physical, Annie felt some dread go through her body when the doctor asked her to fill a form about her sex life. She didn't understand why it affected her; she's done this before. It was literally just a regular portion of a regular check-up. Reading the questions asking her if she was sexually active, having unprotected sex, or if she might be pregnant left her uneasy. Annie knew for a fact that she was doing the first two already, but the pregnant part? She didn't think that would be an option for her, especially since she was on birth control already... then again, she couldn't remember the last time she took her pill.
'Fuck...'
Annie quickly answered no to all of the questions, not wanting to put anything down just in case it would affect her being able to play in a few days. She handed the form back to her doctor and left ASAP, already calling Ymir as she was walking out.
"What do you want? I just got home."
"I'm picking you up. I think I'm pregnant and I need to get a pregnancy test. Keep your mouth shut about this until I get you." She ended the call and drove straight to Ymir's place.
Ymir opened the passenger door and slipped inside Annie's car. She didn't even get to buckle herself in when Annie stepped on the gas, forcing her lanky body forward from the sudden speed change. It took Ymir a moment to try and buckle herself in, but Annie's frantic driving stopped her from doing so.
"If you don't slow this fucking car down so I can put my seat belt on then I'm going to make sure to be reincarnated as your child!"
The car came to a harsh stop at a red light and Ymir's face slammed into Annie's dashboard.
"Fucking hell!" Ymir grabbed her face as she sat back and finally managed to get her seat belt on.
She rubbed her nose and shook her head, trying to get the pain to fade away. The pain subsided quite a bit, but Ymir still had a dull ache throughout her face. With her pain gone, for the most part, Ymir turned her attention to Annie and glared.
"Don't glare at me, Ymir. I'm not in a good headspace right now. I might have a gremlin growing inside of me as we speak." Once the light turned green, Annie stepped on the gas again.
"Why are you worried about being pregnant all of a sudden? I thought you've been on birth control for who knows how long," Ymir said as she grabbed onto her seatbelt out of fear.
"That's what I thought too, but I can't remember the last time I've taken one of my pills. Not to mention I barely realized that everything that was happening with me might be side effects of being pregnant. Morning sickness? Unexplainable emotions? My damn stomach? Ugh! I should've noticed this earlier!"
Annie pulled into the nearest Walgreens and hopped out of her car, barely waiting for Ymir to get out. Thankfully, Ymir jogged to catch up and tried to calm her down.
"But the throwing up stopped! You could've just been sick! Also, unexplainable emotions can just mean you're entering heat soon! As for your stomach, shit. I don't know, maybe you just did get fat... OW!"
Ymir got a fist slammed into her already aching nose as they walked into the store. She held back her urge to smack the Omega back for it, taking in a deep breath through her pained nose and tried her best to be at Annie's side. They both went into the health aisle and Annie grabbed a box of pregnancy tests.
"Wait, grab two more different brands. That way we can get more than one answer to go off of."
Ymir helped by grabbing two other brands of tests and handing them to Annie. "Go pay for them by yourself. I don't want them thinking that I was the one to knock you up."
Annie rolled her eyes at Ymir but didn't insult her. She went straight to the cash register, paying quickly while avoiding any eye contact with the cashier. She was already embarrassed as it was; she didn't need to make it any more awkward. Once everything was finished and paid for, Annie went straight to her car while Ymir took her sweet time coming back. When she did come back, Annie wanted to smack her again when she noticed that Ymir had bought loads of snacks.
"Are you fucking serious, Ymir? I'm over here worried that I'm pregnant and you decide to buy fucking snacks?!"
"Hey! You fucking made me hit my face earlier and you just hit me a few minutes ago! Even after all of that I still gave you advice on the pregnancy tests! So SORRY if I felt like I deserved a treat for being a good person."
Annie took in a deep breath, holding back her anger as Ymir got back into the car. This time, she allowed Ymir to buckle up before driving them back to her house. Annie's heart was thudding in her chest hard at the small chance her father might be home. When she got there and saw he wasn't home, that stress was whisked away. Now she was only worried about finding out if she was actually pregnant or not.
They got out together and once Annie got inside her house, she went straight upstairs to her bathroom. She locked herself in there and opened all the boxes, her stomach tensing up at the mere sight of them actually out in the open. She wished she could hide away and forget about everything, but deep down she wanted to know the results of the tests. Annie picked up each test with shaky hands and went to the toilet, taking them one by one.
Annie felt the world stop around her as each test came up positive. She didn't want to believe any of them, but she knew they weren't lying. Her eyes continued to stare at each test, wishing they would magically turn negative. Of course, they wouldn't, no matter how hard Annie stared at them and wished they would.
"Annie? You good in there? Did you take them yet?"
She flinched at suddenly hearing Ymir's voice. Annie couldn't find it inside her to say anything in reply. She opened the bathroom door instead and allowed Ymir inside. Now both of them stood in silence as they stared at each test. Ymir didn't know what to say or do, so she just wrapped her arms around Annie and held her close. No words were exchanged as Annie decided to break down in Ymir's arms. Ymir continued to hold her close and stroked her hair gently until Annie was the one to pull away.
"Ymir, I don't know what I'm going to do... I have my whole life ahead of me, and... This could ruin it all... What will my father say? He's going to be so disappointed in me!"
"Hey, just calm down. It's still early in the pregnancy, so you still have enough time to think it over. Just remember that I'll be here for you, no matter what your choice may be."
Ymir's voice and words soothed Annie's anxiety immediately, making the situation a little better. Knowing she had at least one person there for her was more than enough. She wiped off her tears and pulled Ymir into a hug once more, this time letting it last much longer. The two enjoyed the gentle moment until Annie pulled away once more and picked up her tests, wrapping them all up in a plastic bag and tying it off.
"Thank you, Ymir... For being here for me at a time like this... I'm going to go get ready for soccer practice, then I'll take you home. Sound good?"
"Fine by me, Annie. Just... think this over okay? But not to the point where it ends up stressing you out."
"I know, Ymir, I know... Like you said, I still have time to really think about this... I'm going to take my time and really think this one through."