The speed at which they were moving seemed to escape the human eye. The only evidence of their presence was the leaves that fell as they zipped past trees, and the sound of their 3D Maneuver gear cords making the screeching sound.
In the front, leading the group, was a black haired man, who had an emotionless face, even though he was moving at a thrilling speed. 10 figures followed after him, but their faces held more emotion. Most were angry, some were anxious.
At last, the black haired man stopped on a tree branch and the others stopped on branches just ahead of him. They all turned to him, awaiting his explanation.
"We'll rest here for a bit. We will be heading back soon," he said. He sat down, grabbing a water satchel and chugging it down.
Over with the others, a brunette man stomped over to another boy, His face twisted in a furious expression.
"Jean, don't!" a blonde girl cried. But Jean didn't listen. He grabbed the boy by his shirt and started to yell.
"What the hell, Jaeger?! You almost got us all killed!" he shouted. The brown haired boy turned away from Jean. "Answer me, damnit! You have been distracted the moment we left for the expedition! What the hell is your problem!?" Another blonde girl grabbed Jean's shoulder.
"That's enough Jean…" she said sternly.
"Why!? Annie, you were almost ripped in half! I know you got your pyscho healing abilities along with this suicidal manic and those 3, but the rest of us don't!" Jean shouted. Annie rolled her eyes.
"Leave him be, Jean!" A brunette put in.
"You too, Sasha!?" Armin stepped up and grabbed Jean's wrist that was still clutching the boy's shirt, who hadn't said anything yet.
"It's not his fault…" Armin said calmly. "Eren is just distracted…" he trailed off. Jean looked at him. He knew why Eren was acting like this. Jean looked at the others. Ymir, Historia, Sasha, Connie, Reiner, Bertoldt and Annie, they all shared knowing looks. Except for Connie and Sasha, they were oblivious to just about anything. He looked back at Eren, who avoided eye contact.
"Jean, who are we missing?" Ymir asked. Jean thought, and suddenly, it came to him.
"Awe, you've got to be kidding me?" he roughly let go of Eren's shirt and took some steps back. "Now you realize it…" he muttered. Sasha and Connie were both confused.
"What?" they both asked.
"What do you mean "who are we missing?"?" Connie asked. Everyone looked at the two.
"You are really that dense?" Annie asked.
"Who are we missing?" Sasha insisted.
"Gee, I don't know, maybe, humanity's strongest?" Ymir said.
"SECOND STRONGEST!" they heard Levi yell over from the other tree.
"Ohhhhhhhhh!" they both said. "Mikasa!" they both shouted, quite proud of themselves for figuring it out.
"Yeah, don't tell her that you actually forgot she existed…" Annie muttered.
"I'm sure she would be so happy to hear that…" Jean murmured.
Eren flushed. "NO!" he argued.
"Oh, please, don't deny it! You're as obvious as Bertoldt," Reiner said. It was Bertoldt's turn to blush.
"HEY! Shut up, Reiner!" he said. Reiner shrugged, but smirked because Bert didn't deny it.
"Good luck getting her back, pal," Ymir said, swinging an arm around Eren's shoulder.
"And what is that supposed to mean!?" Eren said.
"Ever since Levi has been training her, the two have been getting close," Historia put in.
"Who knows, he might be giving her pointers on how to beat the absolute shit out of you when you piss her off," Ymir shrugged. The others murmured in agreement. "Besides, after all the shit she went through, not to mention how you treat her, she may be having second thoughts," Ymir added. Ymir knew she was being harsh, but Ymir had owed Mikasa one when she slipped her food when she accidently forgot to clean the bathroom. Not to mention Mikasa got the job done before Levi found out.
"Wait a second, what the hell did I do!?" Eren said, offended.
"Seriously?! You snap at her constantly, not to mention you never include her in anything and you seem to be a one man show," Jean accused. "She has feelings, Jaeger…maybe at some point you should consider them…" The words hit Eren like a truck. He looked down ashamed. After the whole fiasco with the Female, Armoured and Colossal Titans, and everything has now settled down, he took time to think and realize that nothing he said or did to her was fair on Mikasa. It came to him that maybe he should apologize, but he knows as well as everyone else, that apologizing for something like this just won't cut it.
Over with Levi, he was listening intently to the brats conversation.
"Idiots, all of them…" he said. Talking about Mikasa like that behind her back is just a recipe for disaster if she finds out. Not that he will tell her, they're not trainees anymore, he doesn't gossip. "As if someone like Mikasa would go for someone like that basterd…" he trailed off, taking another sip of his drink before putting it back in his pack. He knows that she always has had a soft spot for the green eyed titan shifter, but he just doesn't like to think about it.
Speaking of Mikasa, he wonders how she's holding up. She said before they left she would try and meet up with him to report, but he hasn't received any message that she is on her way. The point of this expedition was to locate and kill all the remaining titans within the wall. She would be okay, he knows she's fine. He likes to think of her as his pupil…his family. After the whole revelation that they were related in some way, he considers her like a daughter. Though, never in his life would he admit that out loud, to Mikasa at least. He already receives enough of that "Levi's gone soft" bullshit from Hanji.
He was about to tell them to regroup and move out back towards the wall, when suddenly he heard crashing and yelling.
"LEVI!" It was a female voice. He knew it was her, but turned around to get confirmation. He saw a figure wildly flailing on 3DMG. The gear seemed to be busted.
"Is that Mikasa?" he asked himself. His eyes widened when he realized she was heading straight for him. "Gah!"
"CATCH ME! CATCH MEEEEEE!" she yelled and she crashed right into Levi and they both tumbled off the branch and onto the ground.
"AHHHHHH!" they both shouted as they landed on the ground.
The tangled mess of their bodies flipped and bounced through the air before they finally stopped moving, both groaning when the crashing seized. As their bodies ached all over, they came to their senses and opened their eyes, only to see the others eyes staring right back. They became aware of their position and both flushed with embarrassment. Mikasa was on top of Levi in between his legs. Mikasa's hands were on his chest and Levi's hands were wrapped around her waist, as he had attempted to break her fall.
"Uh, sorry!" Mikasa said climbing off and standing up. The sound of 3DMG made them both turn to see the others hurry over.
"You okay, Mikasa?" Eren said stopping in front of her. Armin hurried past him and started to help Levi up.
"In case you're wondering I did survive too. I'm fine, by the way, considering I was the one body slammed into," he said. Mikasa turned to him.
"Hey! I said I was sorry!" Levi's small smile of fondness went unnoticed to anyone, except Annie, who chose to ignore it. "Besides, my 3DMG was busted. An Abnormal took me by surprise and swatted me out of the air faster than I could react. Luckily, Hanji was there or things would have gotten ugly," Mikasa explained.
"I find it weird, my friend," Annie said. Mikasa turned to the blonde.
"Find what weird?" she asked.
"The mere mention of you and you appear, literally falling out of the sky," the blonde said. Mikasa narrowed her eyes.
"You guys were talking about me? What were you saying?" She seemed more curious then angry, much to the relief of everybody.
"Just how someone missed you so much, he almost got us all killed," Jean scoffed. Mikasa tilted her head, cutely and innocently, making a few blush and other giggle. (A/N: Obviously the girls giggled, don't even want to imagine any of the boys giggling).
"Who?" she asked. Jean was about to continue, because he could he could see in the corner of his vision Eren glaring and gesturing as naturally as possible (not really naturally, but it seemed to fool Mikasa), warning Jean to shut the hell up. Jean doesn't miss an opportunity to embarrass his rival.
"Er-"
"ME!" Armin suddenly shouted, flushing madly of what he was doing. The extents he goes for his friends. "I missed you! Uh, it's just that I'm still anxious about, um," he pointed at Bertoldt, Reiner, Ymir and Annie. They shrugged. "And you're like a sister to me and I didn't want you getting hurt," Armin said. He was quiet for the last sentence. Mikasa smiled.
"Awe, Armin, that's sweet. I missed you, too," she said, giving him a side hug and ruffling his blonde hair. Armin smiled and returned the hug. (A/N: Armin and Mikasa, ultimate bromance.)
When Mikasa turned to Levi, Armin glanced at Eren. Eren had a pained look in his eyes.
'Thank you', he mouthed to his friend. Armin nodded.
As Mikasa explained to Levi about their plan of action, Bertoldt walked up to the green eyed titan shifter.
"You know, I know how you feel. My pride gets in the way of telling the one I love how I feel. We're scared to get rejected and ruin the friendship we already have. Just our luck we fell for the 2 most emotionless girls." He chuckled to himself Eren nodded.
"After Jean reminded me about what I did and how I acted towards her I, I don't know, I maybe thought I ruined any chance of being with her. I think she's been trying to tell me in her own way about how she feels, and I know deep down I realized, but I didn't think I was good enough for her…" Bertoldt punched him. "OW! What the hell, dude! Way to kick a guy when he's already down!" Luckily, they didn't catch anyone's attention. Everyone was too busy enthralled about Mikasa's story. She was explaining how during the fight with some titans, Hanji almost flipped shit when Mikasa killed a titan, which she had named Levi Jr. Levi was loudly protesting when Mikasa explained that Hanji thought Levi would be honored that a 15 meter would be named after a short man.
"I assure you, you are the only one that thinks that, besides Jean." Eren snorted. "I'm actually surprised you actually care about what anyone else thinks of you," Bertoldt said. Eren shook his head.
"I don't, I only care about 3 opinions, Levi's, obviously, Armin's and…and…" he trailed off.
"Mikasa's…" Bertoldt finished. Eren turned away. "I'll tell you what," Bertoldt piped up. Eren turned to him again. "If you tell Mikasa how you feel, I'll tell…" he physically gulped. "…Annie…" he mumbled her name. Eren took a breath and nodded.
"Alright, deal…but not now, that would be humiliating." Bertoldt nodded in agreement. Just ahead of them Armin smirked.
"About damn time…"
I had this idea for a while; I was just too lazy to actually write it. The part where Mikasa screams Levi's name and crashes into him I got from the scene in Fairy Tail. Where Natsu is on top of the dragon fighting Future Rogue (that basterd) and Lucy was stripped by the Jade dragon XD. Also, I know some of the characters may be a bit OOC but I prefer it like that. I like to make Ymir super sarcastic and sassy only because she reminds me of Cana Alberona.
Also, the relationship between Levi and Mikasa is one of my favorite things ever in AOT. May it be father/daughter or brother/sister, if that is their relationship, then I am hooked. I also like the crack ship of ArminxMikasa. But that is another story for another day, my lovelies. Until next time!
~Lexi Heartfilia
