For the past 10 days, Tutul was living like a homemaker, even though it was embarrassing for him. He did not have that much freedom because Erwin told him that it would cause trouble if he goes out there alone. In addition, here he was getting bored. The only good thing ever happened to him was he could spend some time with Mikasa. However, this is too much for him. He was never a home person.
"Fuck this. Today I am going to explore Trost." Tutul said. "The only thing left is to let that motherfucking Dickhead Erwin know where I am going. No Friday?"
"I think you should probably get a permission from him." Friday said.
"Permission? Really? Do I look like a person who would ask for permission? I will just let him know that I will explore that city. Even if he refuses I will go." Tutul said. "About this whole new thing, Friday… I think I am becoming paranoid."
"I think you are over thinking this." Friday said. "And we've a lot of information about this place now. They believe you."
"Should I send flowers and a cheque then?" Tutul asked. "Give me a break Friday. I cannot take this suit today. I will have Mikasa showing me around."
"I thought you hated this place." Friday joked.
"I still do Friday, wait a minute. Are you trying to belittle me?" Tutul asked with a raised voice. Friday did not say anything and laughed.
"I wish you good luck." Friday said.
"I make my own luck Friday." Tutul said with a smirk as he left his room and headed towards Erwin's office. All the soldiers were thinking very highly of him, so they all greeted when he passed them. "May be this will take some time and I hate this."
"I think you loved getting attention." Friday joked.
"Not like this." Tutul said her while putting a fake smile on his face. Just before he was about to take a turn towards Erwin's office he fell down. 'WHAAAMMMM'
'What's this soft sensation' he asked to himself. After opening his eyes, he realised that he was on top of someone and one of his hand was on top of the person's breast. Holy shit!
It was Petra. Damn she has a great figure. Her face was crimson red. 'If only this was my bed' Tutul thought before realising the situation he was in. "I'm sorry." Tutul said as he stood up and helped her too. "I didn't mean that."
"I am sorry for not being careful too." Petra apologised.
"What! No… Do not apologise. It was my fault. I was going to Erwin and ask him for letting me see around the town, since I was getting a little bored." Tutul said.
"You could've told me about that." Petra said with a smile. 'Thank god. She forgot about that.' Tutul thought and sighed. He was relieved.
"That fucking asshole said I can't go anywhere for now. It will cause some trouble. Do I look like some monster? I am the most handsome guy in this universe." Tutul kept saying, on the other hand Petra was laughing so much.
"I will show you around." Petra said with a cheerful face. "Possibly everywhere in this city."
"Wait 5 minutes." Tutul said as he rushed to Erwin's office and came back within 30 seconds.
"That was fast." Petra said. "Did he allow?"
"Doesn't matter." Tutul said as he grabbed her hand and ran, pulling her along with him. After they passed halfway from Erwin's office, they stopped. "Let's go, take me with you."
"You know, I was also coming for you." Petra said.
"For what?" Tutul asked.
"Hanji Joe said that you might feel bored because you don't have anything to do here. I am also on an order. For today I will show you everything in Trost." Petra said.
"At least she thinks about me unlike some others." Tutul pouted.
"We all think about you, after all you are our hero." Petra said with a smile. "Everyone in survey corps does."
Tutul nodded, he thought something else. 'Hero! Huh'
"You did well, by the way killing those titans. Keep killing them for us." A soldier cheered happily. Petra smiled a bit.
"You have got many fans though." Petra joked. "Sad for you that it's not a girl." She winked.
"Listen girl, don't tease me." Tutul smiled as best as he could to the soldier. It was as if he was reborn. He was sure of one thing. They were not afraid of him. They made their way down the stairs and passed several soldiers along the way. Everyone looked happy to see him. He never did those heroics deeds like his dad, but a hero is always a hero, even if he lived in pure belief of Vengeance. However, deep down his heart he was happier than anything in the whole world. Their smiles made him happy. They then reached to a giant metal gate that led outside. The gate was closed and two guards were stationed on either side of the massive gate.
"Ready to go?" Petra asked. Tutul nodded his head in response. "We are going to have a lot of fun."
Petra was telling him about the city. Tutul felt like he was in 15th century when he looked at the houses. He had the feeling of time travelling. However, it was real. Part of him was thinking it was cool while other part was thinking that it was lame.
"I am hungry." Tutul said.
"There is an excellent restaurant ahead. She is a very good friend. You would love the food."
"How far this restaurant of yours is?" Tutul asked.
"Just few blocks ahead." Petra replied. Tutul noticed the city had many beggars. They were almost everywhere. He saw two men were chasing a kid who was at least 8 years old. She had an apple, most probably stole it from them. As expected, those two men caught her in a few moment and took back the apple. The kid was scared; she expected the worst, at least two or three punches. Before a hand could reach her, Tutul caught the man while twisted his hand, and pushed him away towards the other man. They fell after a few distance and ran away. Tutul took the apple from those men, which they dropped in this little fighting. He walked towards the kid who looked at him with the same innocence and fear. She had blond hair and beautiful green eyes. The eyes were indeed beautiful.
"Never steal from someone who you can't outrun kid." Tutul said before giving her the apple back. "What's your name?"
Petra was looking at Tutul with a smile. She was quite impressed. "My name is Isabel." The kid replied. "I am hungry. Haven't eaten anything for the past 2 days."
"Wanna come with me? I am going to a restaurant." Tutul suggested as he was also stuttering. He was not good at such things.
"Really?" the kid asked with shiny eyes. "Can I really come?"
Tutul looked at Petra and motioned her. "I will pay later." Tutul whispered. He didn't want the girl to hear that. Petra shook her head with a smile. The girl was also injured. Her ankle was bleeding a little. He then looked at the kid. He kneeled and offered the girl his back. "Ride on." 'Since when I've become so close to kids, even though they are one of the 8 things I hate the most.' Before Isabel knew, Tutul was giving him a piggyback ride.
"You can be a great dad." Petra teased again as she was smiling.
"Ohh, shut up." Tutul replied with a smile too. "So Isabel, Why are you stealing in the first place? What about your mom and dad?"
"My dad was killed 2 years ago. He had debts and the debt collectors killed my dad." The kid replied with a sad tone.
'Must have been tough for her.' Tutul thought, because he knew how it feels to have no one for you. At least Happy was there for him, but this girl is all alone. "And what about you mom?"
"She committed suicide." She replied. "But I am used to this now." She said with a forced smile, but Tutul could feel that she would burst into tears in any moment.
"My name is Tutul Stark." Tutul said with a smile. "You and I have something in common. My parents were also killed." Petra was closely listening to them. She could also feel the pain in Tutul's voice. "When I was 13 years old they were killed, by something that my Dad created."
"Your dad created?" The girl asked.
"Yeah." Tutul said. "But the past is past. I don't want to talk about this, besides who told you that you can ask me questions." Tutul said with his sassy voice. "You just listen, whatever I say." He then looked at Petra. "For fuck sake, where the fuck is this Restaurant?"
"We are already here." Petra said. "I think you should choose carefully with the language, a young one is present."
Tutul did not reply anything and looked at the kid. "You know kid, things happen. Dads leave. No need to be a pussy about this. You will get over with it in no time." 'Even though I said this, I still haven't.' Tutul thought. Then they entered the restaurant. There were few customers, but when they saw that kid, they felt disgusting. Tutul did not like that. He could see that Isabel was uncomfortable. "Ignore them. I also ignore the press and it's pretty simple." Tutul said with a smile.
"Hi, Helena." Petra hugged the girl. She was about the same age as her.
"Petra!" The girl also exclaimed and hugged Petra. Tutul was totally unrelated and felt awkward. He always wanted to be the centre of everything. What can he do? Attitude problem. "How are you?" Helena asked.
"I'm good. At least better than before. We were just wondering around and felt hungry." Petra said. Helena looked at Tutul and gave a grin to Petra. "What?" Petra asked.
"I've got to admit. Your boyfriend is too handsome." Helena commented. "Where did you get him? I would even kill to have someone like him."
"Whoa! Whoa! Easy sweetie! She should be so lucky." Tutul replied. Isabel laughed a little at Tutul's conversation. She also knew that he was a good person. On the other hand, Petra was blushing hard. "We're just friends." Petra stuttered.
"Easy Petra. I am just teasing you." Helena said. "What's your name handsome?"
"Tutul, it is and I am hungry. This kid is hungry too. Give me the best you got." Tutul said.
"Okay. Calm down. That kid?" Helena asked.
"I kidnapped her." Tutul said. Helena raised her eyebrow. "Just kidding. She is an orphan and I found her out there. Just stop asking." She showed them a free table.
They sat down to a plate of fruits, vegetables and potato soup. The restaurant was musty with smoke hanging in the ceiling of the room. The old wooden furniture was wobbly, but the food was cheap. The window next to their table provided much needed light as they started eating. Tutul saw that Isabel was gulping as if they were chocolates. Tutul felt sad for her and glad in the same time that he found her. Or else those thugs would have killed her. 'Is it safe for her to be there outside? Can't I do anything for her? I want to do something for her.' He then thought about Mikasa. He could feel the same pain and wanted to do something in the place where he could not help Mikasa at that moment.
"What happened?" Petra asked as she saw that Tutul was looking towards Isabel.
"It's nothing." Tutul said as he started eating. He could literally throw up at any moment but endured the food. 'This is shit.' He thought. "The food is good."
"What should I do about her?" Petra asked Tutul. Isabel could not hear what they were talking about. "If it was my world then Stark foundation would have handled everything."
"It's dangerous for her to be alone out there." Petra said with petty.
"I know." Tutul said.
"Another world? Foundation?" Helena asked. "What are you guys talking about?" They were shocked. Did she hear everything? What is wrong with these people? Erwin was right. They are not ready yet.
"I mean, I am not rich and I have no foundation. If I were rich I would definitely have a foundation to help orphans." Tutul bluffed. Helena raised an eyebrow.
"Orphan?"
"Excellent idea." Tutul said. "You can adopt her. She is a good girl."
"Yeah. she is." Petra also said. "You can adopt her."
"OK." Helena said. Both there face turned into 'are you fucking kidding me'. It was easy.
"You sure?" Tutul asked.
"Yeah. I can take good care of her. I am living alone so I could have someone with me." Helena said with a smile. "She can even help me out in my restaurant."
"If I ever feel like you are abusing her, I will sue you." Tutul said and then smiled.
"No need to worry handsome." Helena assured him. Tutul then looked at Petra and they both smiled at each other.
Tutul then looked at Isabel. "We found you a home. You can stay with her. She is a nice girl." Tutul said. Hough I don't know. But Petra is saying that she is nice, so she might be."
"Can't I stay with you?" Isabel asked.
"No. Absolutely not." Tutul said unexpectedly. "That's a terrible idea." Isabel looked down with a sad face.
'So straight' Helena and Petra thought as they looked at each other.
"Listen, Isabel! I don't know if you are guilt tripping me or not, but if you are really sad then, listen me out." Tutul said as he put his hand on her shoulder. "I am not a person that you would like to be around. I have many problems and I cannot really take care of a kid. I can't even take care of myself." Tutul said as he sighed. "Don't worry. I will come here to see you." Tutul smiled. Isabel hugged him. Tutul reluctantly put his hand on her back. "It's ok." Isabel kissed on Tutul's cheek. Petra and Helena smiled at her action, but deep down felt a little jealous.
"Thank you very much." Isabel said with tears. Tutul nodded and stood up. He looked at Helena who in reply also nodded him. Tutul smiled again. "I have to go then." He then walked towards the exit. Petra hugged Helena and patted on Isabel's head before following Tutul.
Tutul was walking ahead, but Petra was looking at him from behind. She fell for him on the same day. Her face was a little bit red. "So? Do not bore me. Tell me more about this place." Tutul called. Petra smiled and walked besides him.
"You think she will be fine?" Tutul asked.
"Helena is a nice girl. She will take care of her." Petra said. "Why not keep her with you?"
"I can't afford to hurt others." Tutul said as he looked up in the sky, remembering about Tony and pepper.
"Others?" Petra asked in confusion. Tutul got the feeling that he said something strange.
"It's nothing. I mean I can't cook, I am a little bit allergic to hugs with unknown persons. I have a pretty big ego and many more." Tutul said. "That's why I can't keep her with me, and besides I hate kids more than anything in the world."
"What will happen when you have a kid?" Petra asked.
"I will definitely send him to a boarding school." Tutul said. "That would be the happiest day of my life. Wait a minute. Can we not just talk about this?"
'What's this feeling?' Petra thought. 'I think I'm falling in love.'
"The worst thing about this place is there is no electricity, foods are horrible and everything sucks." Tutul continued his complains. "Your people are nice though but I can't compromise with…..
'Even his complains sound beautiful.' Petra did not say anything and just stared at his face.
"And even though it wa-" Tutul stopped as he noticed that Petra was staring at him. "You okay? Is there something on my face?"
She just blushed a little and shook her head. "Keep talking. I am all ears." She said.
"It would be really boring without a response. Anyway who am I to judge?" Tutul said. "Where was I?" Tutul asked as he closed his eyes and tried to remember, "Yeah, the foods. Whenever…..
They had a lot of fun that day, but mostly Petra.
Happy was wondering about whether or not he should ask Steve. Tutul had changed completely after all those things. He would never talk to the Avengers. He still remembered the day when he got the news about Tony and Pepper. He shut himself inside his room for 2 days without eating anything. When he came outside, he had completely changed. That kid also forgot how to laugh, or Happy never saw him smiling or laughing. He would avoid others, but he still had the same traits as Tony. Looking at his cell phone and opening the contact, he paused at the dial button. As his only parent, he dialled at last. He cared so much about him.
"Hello." The person from the other side said.
"Hello, Steve." Happy replied.
"Happy?" Steve asked. "It's been a while."
"Yeah." Happy said.
"Something happened? You don't sound good." Steve asked.
"No, I mean Tutul.." Happy paused for a moment.
"Tutul? Did something happen?" Steve asked with concern. "Is he all right?"
"No, I mean he is missing." Happy said with a depressed voice. "It's been 10 days."
"What are you talking about?" Cap asked. "Why didn't you say it earlier?"
"I couldn't. I think sometime he loves to bother the old man, but this time he also took the quinjet." Happy sighed. "Mark 68 is also not here."
"Mark 68? What's so special about that?" Cap asked. "We've every record of Tony's armours."
"This is an armour Tutul made himself." Happy paused. "Especially to fight Ultron. I'm really bothered about it."
"Listen Happy. Everything is going to be fine. You hear me?" Cap assured him. "I give you my word. I will bring him back." Cap wasn't aware that Nat was also listening to them from the doorstep. "Nothing will happen to him. I promise you buddy. I will bring him back. I will let the team know."
"Thank you Cap." Happy said. "I just want to know that he is safe."
"Sure thing. Take care." Cap said as he cut the phone.
"What happened?" Nat asked as she walked towards Steve. "Don't lie please."
"It's Tutul. He's been missing." Cap said as he walked away from the room to let the others know.
"Oh my god!" Nat sighed and followed him. "Kids."
Even though Tutul hated the Avengers, but they all cared about him. They all loved him as they used to when he was a kid and idolizing them. They were not on speaking terms either, but they had always opened the door for him.
"I HATE EVERY ONE OF YOU. YOU ARE NOT MY HEROES."
They still remembered the words Tutul said when he got the news about Tony and Pepper. He shut himself in his room for 2 days and never meet anyone, and after those days he became an entirely different boy. He wanted the past days to return to him, but he was helpless.
"Everything I said to you just require some brain to comprehend and I think you have the brain Lady boy." Tutul said to Armin who was taking Tutul's class. The group included many other trainees including Mikasa and Eren.
"I get it." Armin said. "it means that we can calculate the age of the universe by using Hubble constant."
"Exactly. It's around 13.79 billion years." Tutul said impressed by Armin's answers. "You are getting this so fucking faster than I thought."
"Um, sir! How will it help us defeating the Titans?" Eren asked unexpectedly. Tutul smiled at his question. He knew about Eren. He heard it from Mikasa.
"You see, Eren. Knowledge is everything. It's the greatest weapon that anyone can have. See my suit. I made it. How did I make it?" Tutul asked. "Because I have the knowledge and you could do the same if you had too."
"Your world lacks resources and freedom. You could have done much more if you had the necessary resources." Tutul said.
"Do you really think that we can get out of this whole Titan shit?" Jean asked. "My goal is to join the Military Police and live in the interior."
"As far as I've heard they are the shittiest branch ever. Even worse than the garrison. Why do you want to join them?" Tutul asked.
"He just want to be a freeload." Eren said.
"What did you say asshole?" Jean yelled as he get up to punch Eren.
"Be my guest horse face." Eren said as he also get up to punch him.
"Are they always like that?" Tutul asked to the others. They all sighed and nodded.
"Calm down you 2 idiots." Tutul said as he tried to ease the situation. "It's ok. Do whatever you want. But fight in front of me again and I'm going to kill both of you."
"See asshole, this happened because of you." Eren said glaring at Jean.
"No you started this." Jean yelled.
"No you did."
"You did."
"No, you did."
"For fuck sake just stop." Tutul yelled and got everyone silence. "See, just like that."
Tutul taught the other things and another day passed and he taught them something valuable. When the class was over and everyone was returning to their camp, Mikasa pulled Tutul's T-shirt and motioned him to stop.
"Yes, Baby. Tell me." Tutul said.
"Baby?" Mikasa asked raising an eyebrow.
"Or babes." Tutul said. "Whatever you like."
She turned red and looked at him. "What were you doing with that survey corps girl yesterday?"
"Huh?"
"I saw you two having fun yesterday." Mikasa said looking down. "Are you 2 dating?"
"Point one, you are so expressive today. Point two, she should be so lucky to be dating me. Point 3, I do not date. I jump to the interesting part." Tutul broke it down.
"Really you two weren't dating?" Mikasa asked again with her calm eyes.
"Nope." Tutul answered as he left the class. "You want to come?" as he stopped at midway. Mikasa smiled at his last answer and followed him. "I want to tell you something."
"Mm hmm." Mikasa replied.
"I'm going to my world with in two days." Tutul said. "I will be back in 2 or 3 days."
"Really?" Mikasa could only say. "Can I go with you?"
"Are you sure? Never mind." Tutul was about to say something else but said this as he closed his eyes and smile. He looked at her again. "I've always wanted to show you my world. You would've been there if I was a little manlier that day."
"It's not your fault. I told you so." Mikasa said as she hold his hands. Her hands were cold and soft. "Yeah, I know." Tutul lied to her before about his parents, so he was unsure how she would react if she knew the truth.
"It's ok. I am not forcing you. I just wanted to see your life for once." Mikasa said. "That's all."
"No No No. You can come. It is good. There are many things I want you to see." Tutul said. "Many things too, I want you to know."
"No, it's fine. I will come." Mikasa replied almost instant.
"Have you ever eaten Neapolitan Pizza?" Tutul asked.
"What's that?" Mikasa asked raising her eyebrow.
"We are going to stay there as long as you want." Tutul said. "We will do whatever you say."
"Can you take me to an ocean?" Mikasa said. Tutul became sad. He felt guilty. He was thinking about showing her something more beautiful, but she had not seen ocean.
"Ocean it is." Tutul said as he smiled and hugged her. "I will show you the ocean. We will fly above the ocean, until you tell me to go down. I will show you everything." Tutul said hugging her. She was a little bit red but also smiled, without even bothering to break the affectionate hug. He had to show her the basic things first. "We are going to eat chocolates, ice cream and many more. We will go fly around, my planet. Until you are satisfied."
"Thank you." Mikasa said as she broke the hug and gave him a heart-warming smile. The most beautiful smile he had ever seen in his life. Her smile would even cure Cancer.
"What will you tell others?" Tutul asked.
"I will tell the truth." Mikasa replied.
"Okay, as you wish." Tutul said. "I will let you know before I go." Tutul said. "Happy would kill me. So I want you to save me from him."
Mikasa laughed at his statement and they both started walking to outside. "1 month more till you graduate as soldiers. I honestly want you to live like a normal girl, not some badass chick who kicks everyone around."
"When this is all over, then I will." Mikasa said. Since when she had become so talkative? Mikasa asked herself. Has she changed? Nopes. She still had that much bloodlust as she had before, but why does she act differently in front of Tutul? What does he mean to her? Her heartbeat grows faster whenever she is near him. Sometime she gets shy in front of him.
"Spoiler alert. You are coming top." Tutul whispered in her ear. "Don't tell anyone else."
"Why would you do that?" Mikasa asked getting a bit annoyed.
"That's the fun part. I've always wanted to tease you." Tutul said as he laughed a bit.
"So, that was a joke?" Mikasa asked.
"Something like that." Tutul chuckled. "I also have a friend there. She would love to see you. She knows what happened."
"It's a girl?" Mikasa asked.
"Yep. Not my girlfriend though." Tutul replied. "Sometimes she acts stupid, but it's good. She is funny. I think you two will get along just fine."
"Hmm." Mikasa said with a smile.
"You world is full of mysteries." Tutul said. "I am still not convinced about the walls."
"They are there to protect us from titans." Mikasa said. "That's all I know."
"I know the same. It is exactly what Erwin told me. The problem is why there are no records about it." Tutul said. "You said the appeared 100 years ago. That's when they made it right?"
"Yeah, that's right." Mikasa said.
"But it's mentioned nowhere about how long it took to make them, or how they were made? Making them within a short amount of time would be impossible, with your resources, it's even unbelievable."
"Have you talked about this with the commander?" Mikasa asked.
"No, I think I would dig by myself." Tutul said.
"The wall cult will stop you from doing so." Mikasa said. "They protect the walls."
"Huh?" Tutul was shocked. "Those fucking black breads? They protect the walls."
"They worship the wall. I have also heard that they didn't even allow to put weapons on top of the walls. But now they did after Wall Maria fell."
"Seriously?" Tutul said. "Listen Mikasa don't talk with anyone about this."
"I won't." Mikasa said. "But why did you talk about this all of a sudden?"
"I just thought something strange." Tutul said. "Leave it." Before they knew, they were at outside of the training camp. "See you, Mikasa." Tutul said as he suit up and flew away, leaving Mikasa in awe. Mikasa only looked at his direction for sometimes, before Armin and Eren reached there.
"He left?" Armin asked.
"Yeah." Mikasa replied. "I am going to his world."
"What?" Armin asked.
"What does she get all the special attention?" Eren yelled. Mikasa didn't say anything and looked at that direction. Armin only smiled looking at Mikasa.
"I think he is special to." Armin said, getting Eren's and Miaksa's attention.
"What do you mean?" Eren asked.
"He changed Mikasa." Armin replied. "I've never seen her smiling this much."
"You are right." Eren said. "That doesn't matter though, as long as he helps me killing the titans."
"You haven't even killed a single Titan Eren." Armin said.
"I will. Trust me, I will." Eren said with commitment.
