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Chapter 8
"I'm glad you could join us Eren. We have much to discuss."
Eren sat down and stared at the floor not knowing what to do all the while dreading what was to eventually come. The two girls stared at a silent Eren with Mikasa worried that something was wrong with him and Historia having a clue as to what provoked such a reaction from him.
"Eren, are you feeling sick?" Mikasa worriedly asked.
"I'm fine Mikasa."
"Are you sure? You seem to be under the weather. Anything troubling you?" Historia asked in a snarky tone.
"Yeah I'm okay...what are you doing here Mikasa?" Eren nervously asked.
"Historia said that there was something she wanted to talk about with me." she answered to Eren's dismay.
Their conversation was suddenly interrupted by the door opening and three maids walking in with trays of food and glasses in their hands. They carefully set the trays on the table. Once it was properly set, they bowed their heads to Historia and quickly left.
"I know that I most likely called you before you could have your breakfast, so I took the liberty of having the kitchen prepare you some." Historia said.
"It does smell good." Mikasa said as she caught a whiff of the food laid out on the table.
"Don't be afraid. You can go ahead and eat." Historia told them as she took a bite of her food.
"Thank you." Mikasa said as both she and Eren started eating.
They both ate their food in silence but Eren couldn't stop himself from glancing at the two ladies in the room. Mikasa ate her's oblivious of the tension in the room. As for Historia, she ate her's calmly while occasionally stealing a side glance at her friends.
"What did you want to talk about?" Mikasa suddenly asked causing Eren to pause eating midway.
"I think that due to the importance of the matter it would be better discussed after our meal." Historia cooly answered.
They went back to their meals each with different emotions. Historia being slightly nervous as to how she would broach the subject. Mikasa being curious at what was so important that Historia had to talk about with both her and Eren.
As for Eren, he was inwardly panicking. He tried coming up with countless scenarios in his mind. They were outrageous to say the least but not improbable to happen. He tried eating as slow as he possibly could to prolong the upcoming topic, but he couldn't evade the inevitable.
Soon, they were all done with their meals, albeit a certain someone did take their time. "Well...I think it's time I told you why I asked for us to meet." Historia began. "But first Mikasa, I'd like to apologize beforehand if what I ask you would seem intrusive. I'd like to know, what are your feelings towards Eren?"
"I love him." Mikasa replied without hesitation.
Eren on the other hand was completely shocked at the question and the answer. He had a clue as to the manner of the sudden meeting but he did not expect for Historia to start of like that.
"Good. And if I may ask, would you be okay with him if he chose another person over you?" she asked.
Mikasa took a deep breathe to steel her nerves. "No I wouldn't...but I would still respect his decision. Why do you ask?" she answered with a question of her own.
"It's simple really, I asked Eren to marry me." Historia calmly answered to Mikasa's and Eren's shock.
"What?!" a shocked Mikasa asked.
"I asked Eren to marry me and I'd like to ask you if you would find it possible to marry both of us." Historia added to the equally shocked looks of her friends.
"Huh?" they both asked not knowing what Historia was implying.
Historia clasped her hands together and took in a deep breathe and released it. "I propose a marriage between us." she told them.
The room fell silent and the only sound that could be heard was of the wind blowing through the windows. Mikasa didn't expect such a conversation when Historia sent a letter to her wanting to talk.
"What do you mean by 'a marriage between us'?" Mikasa cautiously asked.
"I mean exactly that. Both you, Eren and I would be married to each other." she answered to the equally shocked looks of Eren and Mikasa as they tried to process what they had just been told.
"What the hell Historia?! Is this some kind of joke to you?!" Eren yelled at her.
"I'm dead serious Eren." she answered back. "It's the only way."
"The only way to what exactly?" Mikasa angrily asked.
"The only way we can be happy." Historia answered. "Eren...Mikasa loves you and I care about you too. We both know that you care for both of us." she calmly told him.
"How would we be all happy?" Mikasa asked.
"You would get to be with the man you love, Eren would be with two people who both care for him and I would be able to put a stop the ceaseless marriage proposals from most of the persistent lords and wealthy merchants." she explained.
Eren and Mikasa took a moment to firmly grasp what Historia had just said. "There's a problem with your plan." Mikasa told Historia.
"And what's the problem?"
"You're just marrying Eren to starve off your other suitors. It's just political to you." Mikasa glared at her.
"You are both wrong and right. Yes there is a political aspect to it but I do care about Eren. With Eren I know that he would treat me better than any of the other leeching lords ever could because he doesn't see my title...he just sees a normal teenage girl...you both do." she told them. "Plus, our marriages would be considered political to an extent." she added.
"How?" Eren asked.
Historia turned her focus towards Eren and answered, "Let's start off with you Eren; you are a titan. You hold not only the attack titan but the founding titan, which has been passed down through royalty for countless generations. You basically are a king but most people still distrust you as we have always considered titans to be the enemy."
Mikasa; you are an Ackerman. You are one of the most capable soldiers Paradis has ever had and because of your Ackerman abilities you are one of the strongest, fastest and most agile people on this island we call home. With that power you not only have people who adore and revered but also those that fear you and sadly see you as an anomaly because your power and their jealousy. But if we were to unite, we could hold and solidify each other."
"How exactly?" Mikasa asked.
"I've only been queen for a short while and my reign is still seen as a military coup and I am seen as nothing but a puppet by some, but one thing that a queen must do for the sake of her people is to have heirs. And I for one would prefer to be with someone who doesn't see me as a baby making machine. But it only takes a few minds to think of overthrowing and killing me, or worse...killing my children. But with you two, it would be next to impossible to do so as you could possibly take on an entire army on your own.
And with you two having the backing of the royal government, those who wish to harm you would be against me and the government.
In short; if someone fucks with one of us, they fuck with all of us. And they better prepare themselves for a bloody war." Historia said with conviction.
Eren and Mikasa stared at her amazed at how Historia explained the political aspect of their conundrum. She had come a long way from their training years. Before them was a confident, strong and fierce woman.
"This is all fine to you but what will people think." Mikasa said.
Historia reached out and took Mikasa's hands in hers and gave her soft smile. "I understand your concern." she told her. "Yes the religious faction will be troublesome to say the least but a generous donation from the crown to the church will shut them up, and when it comes to the law, there isn't anything that stops a king from marrying more than one wife. Especially when the king is the only one left of his bloodline." she added with a smirk.
"Wait what?!" Eren said.
"Barring Zeke, you are the only other Yeager in this world and the only one in our island. Upon saying our vows, your are allowed to take another wife." Historia said.
"But why?" Eren asked her.
"Upon marrying me, you would be king. And even though it's sometimes not uncommon for a king to have a mistress, I would be damned if I'd treat Mikasa like that, with people spreading rumors and talking behind her back. Plus with her marrying you and becoming queen, it would portray us as a united front." answered Historia. "But do know this Eren, just because you get to marry two wives does not mean you can add another. Well, without our say so that is." she warned.
"Understood." gulped Eren.
"But we don't know how to rule and be a king or queen." Mikasa said as she drank a glass of water as she tried processing everything she was being told by her friend.
"Neither did I but I learnt." Historia said. "I will be honest with you, it isn't easy being king or queen as some might think. Almost every decision that you make affects your subjects but it will become a little less challenging with time. I'll teach you." she told them with a smile.
But her smile fell when a small chuckle came from Eren. They turned towards him to see him spotting a sad look on his face.
"How can you be okay with planning this while knowing full well that I only have eight years to live? I'll only end up hurting you when I die." he told them.
"Eren, even if we wouldn't be married, we'd still be hurt if you died. Death is something that none of us can escape, but we can live a life that we can be proud of." Historia told him.
"But if we go through with this, I'd be leaving you as widows." he said while his eyes were brimming with unshed tears.
"And I would be happy that I got to spend however much time with the man I love." Mikasa told him as she clasped his hands in hers all the while close to tears herself.
Historia stood up from her chair and went to Eren's side and slowly turned his face towards her. "I think I speak for both of us when I say; we'd rather spend a handful of years with you than a hundred without you." Historia told him as she slowly placed her lips on his.
She slowly pulled away from the kiss The feel of his lips still lingered on hers. Eren was stunned at the sudden kiss that he was left speechless.
But before he could properly process what just happened, his focus was turned towards Mikasa as she turned his face towards her. "She's right. Just spending even a day with you is a gift to me, a gift that I cherish every moment of. And I wouldn't have it any other way." she told him as she too gave him a kiss on the lips pouring every emotion and feelings she had into that one kiss causing a small tear to run down her face.
As she reluctantly pulled from the kiss, she couldn't stop the smile from forming on her face. She was more than happy, she was overjoyed.
Eren could still feel the feel of their lips on his. They both had a different feeling and each felt unique on it's own. Both kisses may have lasted only a few seconds, but to him it felt far longer than that. It felt like he was soaring through the clouds free from any restraint. It felt like freedom.
"I think with that, we have come to an agreement." Historia said to a response of a soft laugh from the other two.
"I think we have." Eren and Mikasa nodded. "It won't be easy, but we'll find a way." Mikasa said.
"Good." Historia nodded. " I hope I don't seem like I'm rushing things but what do you think of the wedding being about four weeks from now? Possibly the first weekend of next month" she nervously asked.
Eren and Mikasa looked at each other and gave a nod. "But we'd have to tell the others about our engagement." Eren said.
"We can tell them over the weekend." Mikasa said.
"Yeah, I think that it would be best if we told them together." Historia added. "I think that since we've finished up with our little talk, I should let you leave and go about your day."
"Yeah, I think our day is going to be packed with preparing the new scouts for their training." Eren chuckled.
"I truly am grateful that we came to an understanding of some sort." Historia told them.
"I'm just glad that no one ended up getting hurt." Eren said. "Though I gotta ask, how did you know to have Mikasa over for the talk?" he asked.
Historia looked at Eren wondering how oblivious he was. "Eren, I thought you knew that MIkasa had feelings for you." she told him earning a small blush from them. "I'm not stupid enough to make a move on you when everyone knew that you were her's. I very much like being alive." she added.
"Good to know that everyone knew apart from me." he muttered to himself. "I guess we'll be leaving you then. Have a good day."
"Have a good day too. See you on the weekend." she waved as they left her office holding each other's hand.
Another chapter done. Hope you enjoyed it. Don't forget to review and I'll hopefully update soon. Til' next time. Stay safe.
