Annie wasted no time in making an appointment the moment she was able to do so. She got home, went to bed, woke up, got ready for school, and while on her way there, called a nearby clinic to schedule it for the Friday after school, which was two days away. She scheduled it so soon because she didn't want time for second thoughts to appear. If Annie was actually going through with this, she needed absolutely no distractions or hesitations.

She parked her car once she arrived at school and took a moment to sit in silence. Her heart was lightly thumping in her chest as if she was doing something risky. However, Annie wasn't able to dwell on the feeling because her attention was shifted to the soft knocking on her car window. She glanced in the direction and noticed Ymir standing there all by herself. Annie unlocked the doors and beckoned for Ymir to come in and sit with her.

"You killed it at the game yesterday, Annie! Reiner, Bert, and I were thinking of taking you out for dinner tonight to celebrate. What do you think?"

"I'm aborting the baby this Friday."

Ymir immediately went quiet as she just stared at Annie with wide eyes. Well, she wasn't expecting to hear THAT out at 8 in the morning. Nonetheless, Ymir let Annie's words process through her head and took the time to form a response.

"Okay… Like I said, I'm going to support you and if this is what you want, then I'm here for it. Is that all you wanted to tell me? Just needed to get it off your chest?"

Annie shook her head and stared blankly forward, not looking at anything particular. She was trying her best to not seem like she cared about this whole situation, even though it was all she could think about.

"I… I'm not sure how it's going to play out and I don't really want to be alone… So I was wondering if you could go with me to the appointment? You don't have to, of course. I wouldn't want you feeling uncomfortable…"

It was quiet once again, but Ymir made sure to reply in a timely manner. She knew that Annie was a bit on edge about this, so Ymir didn't mind helping her out at all.

"Yeah, I'll go with you. It's not an issue at all. Like I said, Annie, I'm here for you and I'm gonna support you. Feel free to ask for anything, and if it's within reason, then I'll most likely do it for you."

Annie allowed herself to smile at Ymir's words; despite all the teasing that went on, Annie truly did care and appreciate her. She moved her gaze to the side, allowing Ymir to see her smile. Ymir smiled in return and Annie climbed across their seats to hug her, holding her tight for a few moments before pulling away.

"Thank you for all of this, Ymir. You've gained the title of number one best friend, so you better be happy."

"Gained? Psh. I've always been the number one best friend! Reiner and Bert could never compete with me!"

She rolled her eyes at Ymir while taking her keys out of the ignition, reaching into the backseat, and grabbing her backpack. Ymir got the silent message of "We're getting out of my car" and exited through her passenger side door. Annie emerged seconds afterward then locked up her car.

"So, I'm assuming you already talked about it with Mikasa?" Ymir asked in a quiet tone as they began walking, just to make sure no passersby heard.

Annie side glanced at Ymir with a raised brow but returned her attention to her front to avoid accidentally walking into someone.

"Why would I need to talk to her? She's not the one having the baby, so why should she have any input on whether I kept it or not?"

"Maybe because she's the one who knocked-" Ymir lowered her volume even more. "The one who knocked you up. Wouldn't you want her to at least know and talk about it with you?"

"Again, Ymir, I don't need to talk to her about it. Mostly because I already spoke about it with you and made up my mind."

Ymir's eyes furrowed as she stared down at Annie, shaking her head in disappointment and pulling her aside. She made sure that they were secluded enough so that nobody could hear them.

"Annie, I know you don't want to speak with Mikasa and it's ultimately your choice in the end, but you need to tell her that you're pregnant even if you hate the idea of doing so. Listen to me. It's going to give you some type of extra closure if you talk things out with her. Just do it to get it off your chest."

Annie pulled her arm away from Ymir's grasp, a clearly irritated expression written all over her face.

"Why are you so damn adamant about me speaking with Mikasa? You don't know anything about my situation with her! You don't have a say about whether I should talk to Mikasa or not! I don't care if it would give me extra fucking closure! I'll have closure when this thing inside of me is gone!"

"I'm asking you to speak with her because I don't want you to end up like Historia did. She needed to talk with me, but I just pushed her away and it ended up destroying her. I was wracked with guilt, and I don't want you feeling the same way because you never talked about it with Mikasa and just pushed her away instead. I don't want you to wonder what could've been or happened. It starts to eat away at you and it's not a good feeling."

The Omega stared at Ymir in confusion, not really understanding what she was talking about. She raised an eyebrow and questioned the woman more.

"What are you even talking about? Historia? That freshman you dated for like, what? Four months last year? What does she have to do with you needing me to speak with Mikasa? You're making absolutely no sense, Ymir."

Ymir took a deep breath and stared down into Annie's eyes, staring at her with all of her trust. She gulped and began talking.

"I didn't tell you this because I was trying to completely erase it from existence, but last year… Last year within that three-month time frame, I ended up getting Historia pregnant. She told me and I immediately shut down. I didn't know what to do and I was ignorant about it. Historia kept asking me to talk about it, but I just turned away and told her to deal with it herself. She ended up getting rid of it and I wasn't even there to comfort her… Historia had to go through it all alone, but you don't have to go through it alone, Annie… I know you say you're not alone because you have me, but I'm not the one who knocked you up. You need to speak with Mikasa about it. I don't want this to destroy you. "

Annie was taken aback by Ymir's sudden confession. Her heart sank a bit at the sadness in Ymir's voice. Why hadn't she told Annie when it happened? Annie would've knocked some sense into her and maybe even forced Ymir to talk to her… Just like Ymir is trying to do with Annie right now. Annie understood now.; her friend just wanted to make sure that everything will work out. A soft sigh left her lips as she reached up to set a gentle hand on Ymir's shoulder.

"Okay… I'm… going to think about it, okay? I'm just really scared that I'll have second guesses and not go through with any of this. Thanks for worrying about me. I know you just want the best for me. I guarantee you that everything will work out and I'll be okay. so just let me figure it out. Okay?"

Ymir set a hand on Annie's and gave her a gentle look. She gave a soft nod and removed her hand, only to yank Annie into a hug.

"Okay."

Annie felt like crap for not speaking with Mikasa right away, especially after Ymir gave her a talk about it. Annie just couldn't bring herself to speak with Mikasa. Every time she tried, she would freeze up and run away. This continued until lunchtime on Friday, the day of her appointment after school. She STILL hadn't spoken with Mikasa and she wasn't sure if it was even worth trying now.

So, Annie decided that she wasn't going to; she would just tell Ymir that she tried to, but Mikasa shunned her. Actually, no, that wouldn't work, especially since Ymir would get angry and fight Mikasa because of it. Annie shook with frustration because she didn't know what to do, even more so now that she barely had any time to decide.

"Fuck it, Leonhardt. It's now or never. You HAVE to tell her now. Remember, it's not for you. It's for Ymir. You promised Ymir… But it's also for you too… Well, that's what Ymir said." Annie mumbled to herself, trying to gain more confidence before it all faded away.

After the confidence finally set in, she started her journey to find Mikasa. It wouldn't be that hard to locate the girl since she usually hung out with Eren. That loud-ass motherfucker was easy to spot from about a mile away. She searched for a total of around three minutes before finding the group under a nearby tree. Annie then walked straight towards it, a determined look on her face that scared people she passed.

"Oh! Hey, Annie!" Armin called out to her as she got closer to them, but Annie ignored him.

She walked up to Mikasa and stared down at her.

"Annie? What are you doing here-"

"Mikasa, I'm pregnant and you're the sire."

Sire? Interesting word choice. First I've heard of it being used like this. I dig it.