Chapter 19: One Chance
(Natasha/Eveline)
Another week had gone by fast. Natasha or Eveline as most everyone here called her. She was busy doing Historia's bed neatly. Her grandmother or Queen HIstoria had interrogated her the day after of the miscarriage she had. She had to explain why she was in the infirmary wing that night.
(Flash back)
Eveline was walking to the queen's bedchamber. It was now morning. The doctor had insisted she stayed another day, but Eveline was stubborn. She thanked him and walked back to start her day. When the brunette got there, Historia was already having breakfast.
"Good morning, Eveline. I hope you are feeling better. Caroline told me she found you bleeding from miscarrying your child. I'm so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine the pain you are going through. I want you to take a couple days off." The queen said with a concerning tone.
"Your majesty, I'm grateful for your kindness, but I must reject your request. I prefer to resume my work. Please...I need to keep myself distracted." Eveline begged the queen.
Historia frowned. She doesn't want any of her staff or ladies in waiting to push themselves to work hard and forget to self care for themselves. Eveline is touched how her own grandmother was caring for others.
"I see. Already then, have you eaten breakfast at least?" Her tone said motherly. Eve missed hearing her grandmother's motherly voice. It gave nostalgic feelings. Eveline shook her head to gesture a no.
Historia used her foot to push the other chair a bit away from the table. "Come sit. If you want to work today, I need my handmaiden fed. This meal is too much for one person. I don't mind sharing." The blonde woman smiled at her. Eveline at first hesitated.
The brunette slowly walked towards the empty chair to sit. She scooted the chair closer to the table. Her grey eyes stared at the food on the table. There were bacon, sausages, eggs, fruit pastries, toasts, orange juice and teas. To be honest, she had lost her appetite when the smell of food had hit her nose. Eve tried to conceal her nausea as she doesn't want to be rude to the queen's generosity in sharing her breakfast with her. While taking her time, Eve grabbed a plate to serve eggs and toast. The handmaiden nibbled her toast and eggs. The young woman wanted to prove she was capable of working today.
The queen smiled as she saw her handmaiden eating breakfast. She needed to gain her strength. "Why haven't you mentioned you were pregnant?"
Eve paused and looked down at her food. The dark hair woman didn't know she was carrying a child. Despise, Ymir told her in her dreams that she was with a child, but Eve didn't believe it. Now, it was too late.
"I didn't know that I was pregnant." Her tone was quiet. She remembered last night how scared and heartbroken Eve had felt.
Historia sipped her tea and nodded from what Eveline said. "Does he know?"
Eve glanced at the blonde woman and nodded her head. "Y-yes. I think he was devastated when I miscarried, but it doesn't matter. We are not together anymore." The last phrase had left her tongue feeling bitter. Eve still felt the pain of his action.
HIstoria was alarmed at what made them end their relationship? Was Eren that devastated to break up with this poor woman? Relationships are difficult to maintain but they are worth it especially with the right person that is willing to get through the ups and downs.
"Don't tell me that Eren decided to ended the relationship with you all because of the miscarriage?" Historia was feeling upset.
"No, no it was I who ended the relationship. I just can't be with him not after what I saw that broke my heart." Eve gently pushed the plate away from her. She was done eating.
"What did he do that made you not want to be with him?" The queen was curious what Eren had done to hurt her.
"He betrayed me by being unfaithful. I saw him with some woman while walking back to my room. That's when I felt pain and loss of the baby that I didn't know I was carrying." Eve was fighting her tears. She doesn't want to cry in front of her grandmother. It was difficult for her to talk about what had happened last night.
Historia made a silent gasp. She carefully placed the tea cup on the saucer. "Really? That's seemed out of his character, but I'm sorry for the pain you went through."
Eve wanted this conversation to end. Just talking about Eren had made her on the verge to cry. Her anger, sadness, and pain begin to overwhelm her again.
"Your majesty, if I may be bold. May I be excused? I want to work to keep my mind on other important things." Eve looked at the queen.
The queen nodded in understanding and gave her approval. "Yes, of course. But if you're not feeling well, please go rest. I will have Lady Janelle to take over."
Eve nodded then got up to go begin her day working.
(End Flashback)
Eve was finishing organizing Historia's clothes into colors for aesthetic purposes. Today has been a good day so far. She grabbed the dirty clothes and placed them into a basket. The dark haired woman felt a wave of nauseous all of sudden. Her hand pressed onto her lips to make sure she doesn't throw up on the beautiful expensive rug. Her eyes looked all over to search for a safe place. She ran to where an opened window and leaned to vomit.
Oh god is she catching a flu? Maybe it's food poisoning. If it keeps happening, she might stop by the same doctor to diagnose her. Hopefully, it's nothing. She wiped her mouth then went to the bathroom which is all the way on the other side of the chamber. Eve turned on the water from the sink to rinse her mouth to get rid the acid aftertaste of the vomit.
After she was finished, the spy and handmaiden picked up the basket of dirty clothes to go give it to the staff that do laundry on the lower level of the palace. While walking to the laundry area, the female Ackerman spotted a familiar face.
"Hey Rick, you're on your break?" She gave a warm smile to her friend.
Rick smiled back at her. "Hey Eve, I see you have been busy." He chuckled.
"Yeah, these dirty clothes won't pick up on their own." She said jokingly.
"So what do you plan doing around lunch? I'm going on break in half an hour. Wanna get out of this stuffy place to get lunch. Maybe some fresh air will do good for us." He said.
Eve was going to decline since not that long ago she was feeling ill and didn't feel hungry. When Rick mentioned food, her stomach growled loud. She blushed embarrassedly. Looks like her appetite is back.
"Yeah, sure. This place is driving me crazy anyways." She chuckled.
"Good! I'll meet you at the gate in half an hour. See you soon." Rick had a happy smile and waved goodbye to her as he walked away. Eve waved him goodbye as well.
"Sounds good." She watched him leaving then resume going towards the lower level.
What both Rick and Eve didn't realize was that a paired of green eyes observed them a bit further away from them. The figure was scoffed then walked away.
Once an half hour had passed, Eve quickly walked through the halls until she was stopped by a blonde figure. She glanced at the figure to realize it was Zeke Jaeger, Eren's older brother.
"Ah, good afternoon, Miss Potts." Zeke said with a friendly smile.
Eve was at halt when she's standing before the infamous Beast Titan shifter. Her grandfather had always rant how he hated that giant apeshit as he liked to call it. Both her grandparents told stories of what Zeke planned on doing to the Eldians for the greater good supposedly. Eren felt no hate nor love towards his older half sibling. The one thing he didn't agree with his brother was the euthanization plan, but his plan was no better either. Both are extremists for the greater good of the Eldian people which it bothered her.
"Good afternoon. Mr. Jaeger. Is there something that you need?" Eve used her acting skill to play the nice newbie that some staff and Jaegerists talked about in the palace. Heck even some templars gossiped about her. It felt like high school all over again. Only with a bunch of adults with fucked up plans and ambitions.
"Oh no. I'm just wondering how the queen is doing lately? As her distant cousin, I am concerned for her health sometimes." He said.
"Her majesty is doing fine. I made sure she is properly taken care of." She said with a meek tone.
"Ah I'm pleased that Eren found a good handmaiden for the queen. We need to have her in the best condition possible." He said.
This gave a trouble feeling for Eve, but kept her act in place. "Don't worry. She will be in the best condition."
"Good, good." He was pleased to hear. A group was heading towards them and both Zeke and Eve saw it was Yelena, Eren, and that blonde woman. Just seeing Eren and her close made Eve's blood boil in anger. Of course, she was masking her true emotions. What kind of spy is she if Eve can't contain her emotions? She was an S.H.I.E.L.D agent before ending up in the past. The woman from the future had promised to herself that she'll do whatever it takes to survive this era and get back home. After all, maybe in the meantime the brunette could begin secretly working on a cure for the Eldians to be officially free from the curse of Ymir.
So much work to do, but she is a Stark. This kind of challenge will keep her mind occupied. Eve didn't make eye contact with Eren as it's awkward for her to be around him and that slut in the same room as her.
"Please excuse me, but my lunch break has just started. I have someone watching for me." The heiress said.
Eren finally said something. "Where will you be? I'm sure Queen Historia had let you eat in her chamber."
Of course, he has to be noisy about her business. It doesn't matter anymore. He can't be the overprotective boyfriend when he fucked things up between them.
"Eren, why all of sudden you wanted to know a handmaiden like her own business?" The same blonde who Eve saw her with Eren a week ago. She wanted to leave now before she snapped and caused a bloody scene.
"Because she's new around here. Plus, I brought her and the other man to work here." He said annoyingly.
The blonde woman rolled her eyes then trying to cling around his bicep. Eve literally tried to stay cool. She may have ended things with Eren but her feelings have not gone away. The heiress itched to teach this bitch a lesson on not to pissed off a female Ackerman. Deep in her subconscious, her titan screams wanting to tear it's competitions into shreds.
We must destroy our obstacle. She is touching what's ours.
Shut up. She can have him. I don't need him.
Lies! Who are you fooling, you insolent?
Have you forgotten what he did? We lose our child from the hurt and distress. Why should we be with him if he doesn't value our love?
Our mate...didn't mean too. He said it was to protect us. He loves us.
Oh for goodness sake! I'm not going to have this argument with you. He made his choice and I won't let myself be a victim.
Our offspring needs her father.
What are you talking about? Do you remember the miscarriage? There's no offspring. Not anymore.
You, stupid human. All those nauseous from having sensitive senses are still there because you are still carrying his offspring. Well, one of them. Your ancestor, Ymir was not lying, you are carrying a strong seed. It's painful to lose another potential offspring, but that's how life goes. Only the strongest survive in this fucked up world. You are an example of surviving the ordeal you had gone through as a child once.
We don't ever speak about that. Understand. After lunch, I'll go to the doctor to have a check up. Maybe you are wrong about me still being pregnant.
I am never wrong, Hostess.
Outside of her mind. Eve was in a trance. Until Zeke snapped her out of it.
"Miss Potts? Are you alright?" Zeke said.
"Huh? Oh sorry I was contemplating on which outfits the queen will wear for the charity ball tonight." She quickly came up with an explanation. Why was her Titan being a pain in the ass? Eve doesn't want to have her hopes up if she was still pregnant.
"Ah yes, the ball. I forgot it's tonight." Zeke said. "You will attend the ball, right?"
"Um, I don't know. I'm not a big fan of parties." Eve is trying to make this conversation short.
"Ah, I see. But you haven't been this ball. I'm sure the queen would want her handmaiden to have fun." Zeke was being persistent.
"If the queen wants me to go then I see no harm in attending." She sighed.
"Excellent! Well, we'll see you tonight." Zeke said excitedly.
"I'll see you all tonight at the ball then. My lunch date is waiting for me." Eve gave a sly smile. She glanced a bit to see Eren's jaw became tight. The dark haired woman turned around and walked towards the entrance of the palace to meet Rick at the gate.
You have angered our mate, Hostess.
Have I? That's not my problem.
You foolish girl. Don't expect me to save your skin when our mate confronts us.
Let me be clear. Eren is not our mate. Will never be our mate. He lost that chance.
How will you raise the growing offspring? She needs a father just as much as she needs a mother.
I'm a modern day woman. I can survive being a single mother if I'm still pregnant.
You are a prideful fool. Humph.
Eve rolled her eyes being irritated and felt headaches appearing. She saw Rick waiting for her. The heiress smiled at him then both walked to the plaza of the city. Right now she will have a nice normal lunch with her friend. Later, if the queen allows it; she will see the doctor if her titan was right about her still being pregnant.
(Mikasa)
Ever since that day Mikasa's titan appeared to Reiner, it had become a bit awkward for the both of them. Mikasa felt so embarrassed and upset that her titan took over her. She felt bad to make Reiner concerned over her. Mikasa just needs some time to figure how to confront him without humiliation from her titan.
The Hizuru government had responded to their plea. Lady Kiyomi, the ambassador and Mikasa's distant relative on her mother's side, wanted to have a meeting as kins. Mikasa agreed to meet alone with her kin.
"Mikasa, my dear girl. It's good to see you." The ambassador of Hizuru greeted her long lost kin.
Mikasa had learnt a little bit of Hizuran customs to at least properly greet the Azumabito ambassador.
The Ackerman bowed respectfully to her elder kin. Lady Kiyomi bowed back with a smile.
"Hello Ambassador Azumabito, it's good to see you too." Mikasa said.
"My dear, I'm pleased you have remembered some of the customs I taught you." Lady Kiyomi went to sit down on a sofa chair.
Mikasa followed her lead as well to make herself comfortable. "Yes, I remembered how my mother used to tell me to respect your elders; it shows my character."
"Ah, you're mother was a wise woman." The elder woman smiled. "Since we are now here. I will provide whatever resource you and your allies need, but I do have one condition."
Mikasa raised her eyebrow curiously. "What condition would that be?"
Lady Kiyomi gestured her hand at the man standing beside her. The man who looked like her bodyguard, handed her a folder. She grabbed the folder to place it on the coffee table and slide towards Mikasa.
"This document is for you agreeing to be Hizuru's heir to the once great throne. Besides, I'm asking you to be our rightful Empress. You have Azumabito blood in your veins. You can rule." The ambassador encouraged her.
Mikasa was reading the document. It's a good thing it's in Eldians since Mikasa barely knows a few words in Hizurian. The Eldian-Hizuran woman gasped at what her kin had said.
"You're asking me to take the throne that had been empty for a century? Won't the people of Hizuru protest to have some foreign ruling over them? This request is just too much. I'm just a soldier from Paradis who wants to protect the people who don't have a voice. I am tired of this endless war and hatred both sides are doing. I don't think I'm qualified to be a leader and lead a nation…" Mikasa said. A part of her felt scared that she'll screw up as a ruler.
"Mikasa, my dearest...the people of Hizuru will be rejoiced that their long lost monarch will take the throne as Empress. The throne was empty because we the Hizuran prayed our lost prince's or his descendants will one day take back their birthright as sovereign rulers. You may not believe in yourself, but I see so much potential in you. I have the heart of a warrioress who fights for humanity. You seeing this pointless conflict between the Eldians vs the world isn't bringing anyone's well being. Children were raised to be soldiers or to just hate a certain group that had no fault for being different. With you as our Empress, you will have the power to help your friends and allies. The great rulers from history have one thing in common." Kiyomi said.
"What is it?" Mikasa glanced at her kin.
"They will protect and fight for what's right and see each party is at fault in a conflict; but also see there are some innocence and monsters in each party." Lady Kiyomi shared her wisdom to her younger kin.
"I see...but I'm curious. Why aren't you ruling? You're also an Azumabito. Should it make sense since you become the Empress?" Mikasa had wondered why isn't she the one ruling.
The elder woman chuckled. "Oh my dearest, I may be Azumabito, but I'm not direct descent from the Crown Prince Hirito. I'm one of the descendants of his brothers. You are from bloodline. When the Emperor became devastated that his first born son was trapped on the island from King Karol's order, he shocked our nation that he'll be the last Emperor until one day his first born or his descendants claimed the throne. At first my ancestor felt injustice for not being named as heir, but he obeyed his father's wishes and made sure the nation had council members to run the country." The ambassador explained.
Mikasa was taking all this information. She sighed as her headaches began to appear which she was used to yet they still annoyed her.
"I understand..so if I accept this role; will I have the power to protect my friends and their innocence?" The young Ackerman said.
"Correct." Kiyomi confirmed.
"Alright, I will accept your request but I do have one condition as well." She said.
"Of course, I'm listening." The older woman smiled.
"I will keep my surname. I'm not saying to disregard my mother's last name. I want to hyphen both my parents' surnames until my children will pick which last name they want to inherit as they become older. My other kin from my father's side and I had talked about reviving the Ackerman clan that once was a protector to the Paradisian royal family. We're the last three in the world." Mikasa said.
"Three? There's another Ackerman?" This brought Kiyomi's attention.
"Yes, Captain Levi and Queen Historia recently had their son born into this world." She said.
"This is shocking news. A royal Ackerman. Well two if you include yourself." The Azumabito elder chuckled.
"Still I didn't know these two were lovers." She continued.
"Yeah, we were all surprised that both of them got married and had a child together. They may not act like a couple publicly for many reasons, but in closed doors they really love each other. I haven't seen Levi smile only when Historia was around. That should have been one of the signs. I'm happy for them. They deserve some happiness in their lives." Mikasa said with a soft smile appearing on her lips.
Lady Kiyomi nodded. "Love is powerful. It can motivate someone to protect or to destroy in the name of love."
Mikasa agreed with her since at one point she was in love with Eren that motivated her to be there for him no matter what. Even deep down she knew he had never felt the same feelings as she had done. Mikasa grabbed the pen and hovered on the sign here line.
"So it's a deal?" The raven haired beauty stared into her estranged relative's eyes.
Kiyomi nodded as she watched Mikasa finally sign her name on the paper. "It's a deal, my dear Empress."
This is it. Mikasa had agreed to be the sovereign ruler of Hizuru in order to protect those she loved and have a bright future for the next generation.
After they finished talking about important business, both of them talked casually to resume the bond that Mikasa had wanted to know more of her mother's heritage. As hours went by, Mikasa had left the ship where Ambassador Kiyomi resided temporarily due to the battle outside of Liberio city limit against templars' soldiers. The good news they won the battle from inside Liberio and pushed the frontline of the enemies out of the city. Her lover, Commander Reiner Brauns ordered the city to have barricades and other towns and cities that won too. He may be here commanding this small part of the army, but with better communication he was able to lead the soldiers of Marley and other nations that Marleyan soldiers were deployed.
Annie had surprised everyone with her creation of better equipment to send longer distance communication. Thanks to her trip with Armin to the States, Annie had learnt so much of the advanced technologies that existed. Mikasa felt a bit guilty for assuming Annie was just a reserved titan shifter who is good at kicking anyone's ass. The blonde Female Titan shifter was a lowkey nerd who likes to learn modern technologies to improve this side of the world. Mikasa finally understood that both Armin and Annie have some things in common.
This whole week was victorious for this side of the war. Reiner was a good leader whether he doesn't think so. The raven haired assassin thought about to finally confront Reiner since the day her titan made an appearance. Besides, she needed to tell him and the rest that they have an ally with Hizuru but also mention in order to gain their alliance; Mikasa will take the throne.
She walked on the empty streets. Kiyomi had insisted on sending guards for her as Mikasa had accepted to be Hizurian Empress. Of course once the war is over, the female Ackerman will have a coronation ceremony to be officially crowned as their sovereign Empress. She spotted some soldiers from Marley's army. This city most of them already were familiar with her so Mikasa doesn't have to worry of being shot or harassed.
Behind her, two guards walking to keep up with her pace. She was annoyed to have bodyguards. Can you believe it? An Ackerman needing bodyguards? Mikasa reached the entrance of the military base. One of the soldiers greeted her and opened the gate. She gestured to her bodyguards to follow her. When she entered the Headquarters, she searched for Reiner until one of the soldiers told her he was in an important meeting. She sighed but understood not to disturb him.
Mikasa decided to go to his office and wait for him. She told the guards to give some privacy. They bow to her and distance themselves from her. The uncrowned empress sat on Reiner's big chair. She sees he had left his jacket on the chair. Mikasa grabbed it to inhale his scent. He smelled like pinecones and his favorite aftershave. While she was busy in her own world, the door opened to reveal Reiner walking into his office. Once he closed the door, he was startled to see his lover on his chair nuzzling and inhaling his jacket.
"Oh shit Mikasa! I didn't see you there. Are you sniffing my jacket?" Reiner looked at what Mikasa was doing.
Mikasa peeked to see Reiner standing with a surprised expression. She blushed embarrassingly from being caught red handed from inhaling the scent of his jacket.
"Um...no. I was just admiring the material of the jacket." She gets up to neatly place the jacket how he left it. Oh god, he'll think she's some weirdo. Maybe it's best to leave before she does any more strange behaviors again. Her titan is having the time of her life laughing from how flushed Mikasa's face is.
"I'll just leave. I'm sorry." She walked past him, but he grabbed her forearm to stop her leaving.
"Wait Mikasa. Don't leave please...can we talk? I missed you. I try to give you space but sometimes it hurts you have been avoiding me all week." His voice was gentle. Mikasa felt her heart pounding from the sound of him begging to talk to her. She has missed him all week too. Her stupid pride made her difficult to confront him earlier. She didn't mean to hurt him. A part of her is scared he'll reject her because she's a monster.
She stayed still without saying much. Reiner gently pulled her to him as his arms wrapped around her to hold her from behind. His chin rested on her shoulder. Mikasa can feel his breath on her ear. Reiner was waiting for her to say anything, but he sighed. He broke the silence.
"Is this about that night when Styx appeared?" Reiner whispered.
Mikasa's body became tense from him mentioning her titan's name. The blonde man figured this is one of the reasons his girlfriend was avoiding him.
"Mikasa, I want to hear it from you on why you're avoiding me? I promise this won't change this between us. I love you. I love all of you including your titan." He continued whispering to her ear. It felt sweet to her ear the way he should affection to her. Her grey eyes closed tightly as tears formed and slipped down. Why is this so hard to say to him? Is her fear that great? The raven beauty took a deep breath and used the courage to speak.
"I was afraid...that you will not treat me the same and see me as a monster, a true devil. Just like the insults my fellow Paradis Eldians were called as. I was already heartbroken once; I don't want to go through again but this time with you. Whenever we spend time together, my walls from both my heart and mind crumble to let you in. I grew to fall for you until I know for sure I am in love with you." Her tone was soft.
Reiner leaned to give feather-like kisses on her neck. "Mikasa, my beautiful strong warrioress, don't ever say, feel, or see yourself as a monster. You are a pure hearted woman who sees good in others. I admired the way you see the world. I was envious at one point. I still see you as my future wife and mother of my children. Besides, Styx is very intriguing. I want to get to know her too. Will you allow that? For you to be one hundred percent of yourself? She is part of you and you're part of her."
Mikasa slowly turned around to face him. She had her arms wrapped around his neck. Reiner smiled at her while she leaned in to kiss him deeply with passion. Both lovers become lost into their heated make out session. Mikasa gently pushed him to his big chair for him to sit. She climbed on to his lap to straddle comfortably. Their kiss hasn't been broken during this. Her fingers quickly unbuttoning his white shirt. Their body temperatures rise with their desire and lust for each other.
Reiner takes off her tank top by lifting up then tosses it to the wooden floor. Mikasa let out a soft moan when Reiner began flicking his tongue on her nipples. The assassin pressed herself down to feel his bulge becoming hard as she grind slow. He pants hard from his cock throbbing. The Commander-in-chief of Marley's army resumed being attentive on her hard perky nipples. He gave sloppy kisses between the valley of her breasts then went further down to her stomach which arched her back from the pleasure Mikasa was receiving. Reiner lifted her up so he could get up from the chair and place her on the desk. Mikasa quickly tried to undo her pants to kick them off. The urge of wanting him to be inside her had increased.
Finally she was free from her pants and panties. Now Mikasa focuses on undoing Reiner's pants. When she saw his hard cock pop out from his pants and briefs, the raven haired beauty pressed her thumb on the tip to gently massage. She could hear Reiner growled from the pleasure he was receiving. She smirked watching him panting hard as her hand wrapped around his length to slowly pump it.
Mikasa kisses his neck up to his ear to nibble the earlobe. Reiner began to spread her legs wide and pushed her laying on his desk which she let go of his cock. She waited to feel his cock inserting into her wet hole. Instead, his tongue licked slowly on her clitoris. She closed her eyes to let the blissful intense pleasure kick in. Her moans became erotic and a bit loud. Quickly, she gasped while clapping her hand on to her mouth to be quiet. That would be so embarrassing if anyone passed by Reiner's office to hear her moans.
On the other hand, Reiner was too zoned out from eating her out. He felt pride in himself for making his girl moaning loud because of him. While he continues sucking her clit, the female Ackerman grips on his golden hair roughly from being lost into ecstasy.
"Mmm R-reiner….I-I n-need y-you." She barely could form a sentence to speak.
He chuckled deeply then pulled away from her sensitive area to level eyed her. He held her chin softly to take in the time to admire her flushed face that he caused.
"How bad do you need me, Mikasa?" His tone was husky and rough.
She let out a growl. "Reiner don't tease me. I want you now." Her eyes are glowing silver. Of course, Reiner smirked and kissed her passionately.
"Your wish is my command, baby." Finally, he positioned his cock hovering on her entrance and thrust it into her with a bit roughness. Mikasa rolled her eyes of how it felt so great of his cock stretching her walls.
"Ahhhh y-yes, R-reiner!" She yelped.
Her legs automatically wrapped around his waist as Reiner thrusted into her hard and fast. The desk made a screeching noise. Mikasa listened to him talking in very explicit words. She blushed and moaned. He was so close to reaching his climax.
"I'm so close, baby.." He grunt as his thrusting increased faster.
She nodded while feeling her orgasm being near too. Both moan rhythmically together as their orgasms made them cum. Mikasa felt the familiar warmth from Reiner filling up her womb. Since a month had passed of them being together, Mikasa hasn't felt any symptoms of expecting yet. She wasn't in a rush at the moment, but with him having almost a year left; she wanted at least to have something a part of him. Mikasa doesn't know what she'll do when he dies. She knew what she was getting herself into, but the fear losing him was already planted in her mind. The raven haired future empress wants to give her boyfriend the best moments he'll have before he passed away.
After they came, Reiner glanced at his girlfriend to see her crying. He kissed her forehead and cradled her with love and compassion. "Hey, don't cry. Shhhh what's wrong, beautiful." He coos her.
Mikasa cupped her hands on his face to kiss his lips. "I know what we're getting ourselves into, but it's still scary that soon I would lose you. I selfishly want us to grow old and be there for the memories we won't get the chance to share together."
Reiner uses his thumb to caress her cheek and kiss her temple spots. "I'm sorry, I will cause you heartache when I leave this world, but I want to say thank you for giving me joy and peace I haven't felt since I was a small child. I'm glad that I have the chance to know you, Mikasa Ackerman. If we don't have a child by then it's alright because you had already made me a happy man. This is the one thing I will never regret was to love you. I understand that it would be better if I have the chance to grow old with you. Our children grow up in a peaceful world with their own children. We would smile and hold each other while watching the sun sets."
Hearing his preferred ideal dream had made Mikasa sobbing. How much did she want that too? Sadly, she would do all that alone without him by her side. If the Hizuru government forces her to marry someone else, she will not hesitate to reject the idea. Her heart, body, mind, and soul belongs to Reiner Braun. His child or children will sit on the throne after her. Mikasa was capable of ambition when it's convenient to her.
"I don't regret loving you as well, Reiner. We may have once been just comrades then enemies and now lovers. You have made me the happiest woman. I will give you a child because I prefer any child of mine from you to sit on the throne instead of some man's child." Mikasa said.
Reiner looked at her confused. "Mikasa, what do you mean sitting on a throne? What I know Paradis has Historia as the queen."
"That's the thing I came here earlier. I finally got an alliance with Hizuru. They will assist us as long I order them as their Empress. That was the deal." Mikasa waited for him to process.
"So you are now Hizuru's Empress? I didn't know you have some royal blood in you." Reiner was still taking all in. He doesn't know how to feel, but he knows there's no negativity in him of how he felt about his girlfriend being a ruler.
"I found out on my mother's side, she was a direct descendant of the Crowned Prince Hirito of the Azumabito clan. Ambassador Kiyomi Azumabito told me of my family's origins." Mikasa showed him her tattoo of the Azumabito clan sigil on her arm.
"This is to prove I am the last living descendant of the trapped prince. With me being the Empress, I'll have enough resources to help win us the war. We'll bring peace and harmony." Reiner stared at the tattoo. He let out a smile and kissed her forehead.
"Who would have thought of us changing the world?" He chuckled. Mikasa smiled and nuzzled against his bare chest.
"Yeah who would've thought." She mumbled.
"That explained why I saw two Hizuran men glaring at me and not allowing me to enter into my office until I told them I am the Commander and this is my office." He gave a hearty laugh. Mikasa groaned from thinking she needed to have a talk with her bodyguards about the do's and the don'ts.
"I'm sorry about that. They are my bodyguards as it's a protocol for my safety which it flabbergasted me they forgot I'm a trained soldier and an Ackerman." She said.
"Oh that's hilarious; you need bodyguards? I'll have one of the privates to find them a room so they can rest when they need to." Reiner wipes his tears from laughing.
"Thank you that would be appreciative." She smiled and kissed him tenderly.
"Of course anything for you, my darling." He grinned. Mikasa blushed from giving her an affectionate nickname.
"So Empress Mikasa. That has a nice tone to it." Reiner said.
"Mhm it's Empress Mikasa Ackerman of the Azumabito clan. Reiner, will you willingly become my Prince consort if the war was over before your deadline? So basically, will you marry me, Reiner Braun?" Mikasa asked.
"I don't know how long this war will be over. We may be winning on this side, but we still have to defeat them in Paradis Isle. We don't need to wait for marriage. We can get married. I want to die as your husband. So, yes. I will marry you, Mikasa Ackerman." He smiled.
Mikasa hugged him while kissing him with joy. "Tomorrow, we'll go to Ambassador Kiyomi to have us be married unless you have a Marley's custom that you want us to do?"
"Not in particular we don't. I don't care how we get married as long as it's you." He said.
"Alright that's good to know. Let's put back our clothes. I need to talk to Armin and Annie so they can send the news to the Assassins and tell the troops about our alliance with Hizuru" She said. Reiner agreed and started to button his clothes. Mikasa had to pick up hers and put it on. Once they were fully dressed and looked presentable, both walked out of the office. Mikasa realized both her guards were standing by the door the whole time.
"Oh my god, how long have you two stand here?" Mikasa felt red from thinking they had heard her sounds.
One of them answered. "A long time, my empress."
Mikasa was so embarrassed. Reiner felt a bit shy but chuckled seeing Mikasa's face red. "I- please pretend you didn't hear anything."
"As you wish, Empress." The other one said.
Mikasa sighed and walked along with Reiner while the other two followed them.
(Eve)
Eve was at a nice café with Rick enjoying their lunch break. Both friends were laughing and talking carefree. This is what she needs to make her day. Just feeling normal and herself. Back at the palace, Natasha was walking on eggshells to make sure no danger of being harmed or discovered as a spy.
"Seriously this guy was weird. He stared at me then at you." Rick said.
"Rick, that's Yelena. She's a woman." Eve laughed from her friend assuming Yelena was a man.
"What?! Really? I thought she was a guy. That explained why she glared at me often." He chuckled embarrassingly.
"You'll be fine. She's too occupied giving puppy love to Zeke. She barely acknowledges your existence." The brunette sipping chamomile tea.
"True." He grinned.
"So, Eve...what's going on with you and Eren?" He asked boldly.
The handmaiden paused from sipping and set down her teacup to have his full attention. "We are on break until thnks are steady enough for us to focus on our relationship." Her tone sounded very diplomatic.
Rick feels it's more than a break, but the way she said it felt she doesn't want to talk about it. "Ah ok that's understandable. As long you guys are fine with it."
"Yeah…" She resumed sipping her tea. "So, I heard there's a charity ball tonight. The queen might force me to go to have fun, but wanna go together? I will feel weird and awkward around strangers." Eve was not into going balls or social events. Her grandmother Pepper Stark had dragged her to many events to represent as the Stark Industries heiress. She was never a people person. What had made her go through it was drinking to tolerate most of the people's bullshit.
"Ah, Eve I would have gone with you but I asked this girl who I like." Rick blushed when he was thinking of the girl he met at the palace.
"Really? Oh my god! That's great. Who is she? Maybe I have seen her." She said excitedly.
"Her name is Maggie. She worked in the laundry section." He said.
Eve trying to remember who this Maggie is. "Ohhhh I met her a few times. She's a nice person. I'm glad you found someone."
"Yeah, she's so cute, but you can join us at the ball. Maybe this time you will have a great time. It's a masquerade ball so no one will know who you are if you embarrassed yourself." He said jokingly.
Eve made a dramatic gasp. "Excuse me, I never embarrassed myself. Thank you very much." She said with confidence.
"Pfft ok." He was skeptical. "We should start heading back."
"Oh right, let's go before we get into trouble." She gets up and uses the currency to pay for her meal. Rick stopped her. "I don't mind paying for us."
"It's fine, I can pay for my meals." She said, insisting.
"I know but I invited you for lunch." He pointed out.
"Fine, but next lunch; I will pay for our meal and bring Maggie with you too." She said.
Rick nodded while placing his money on the table. "Alright I will."
After the meal was paid, both head back to the palace to their work. Eve was walking into the tea room to see Historia alone reading a nice thick book. The dark haired woman bows to the queen. "Your Majesty."
Historia glanced to see it was her handmaiden. "Oh Eveline! Did you have a wonderful lunch?" She said.
"I did, your grace. I hope you had a good lunch as well." Eve smiled.
"I have and thank you. So, I don't know if you have heard, but tonight there's a charity ball. So tonight I am giving you the night off so you can attend to have fun." Historia was in a chirpy mood.
"Oh, yeah I will go since my friend will go." Eve said.
"That's wonderful to hear! Do you have anything to wear?" The queen said.
"No, but I can ask a friend of mine to let me borrow something to wear." Eve doesn't know what to wear. She'll try to ask one of the ladies to burrow one of their outfits.
"Oh no, don't worry about that. I will let you borrow from my wardrobe. Come let's go pick out dresses for the ball. This will be fun." Historia grabbed Eve's arm to drag her to the queen's chamber.
Eve didn't get the chance to kindly reject as she was inside the bedroom of the queen's wing. She watched Historia open her wardrobe to check which dress will look perfect for her.
"Let's see. What do we have here for you to look drop dead gorgeous." Historia pulled out a few dresses for Eve to try it on.
"Let's start these first and we'll see how it goes." The queen said.
Eve nodded while picking the champagne color dress with embroidery of diamonds. The dress was silky and long but there's a slit on both sides. The sleeves were long but split to look flowy like a cape. The material fabrics on the sleeves are transparent golden-tan. The only thing was it was too scandalous to wear on this island.
"Your grace, where did you find this gown? It looks too modern and very revealing." Eve asked.
"Oh, one of the foreigners gave me a gift. He said it's the latest fashion from the other side of the world. It's really too much for my taste but I didn't want to offend the man." Historia explained.
"I think I want to try it on. Someone has to be brave to start a fashion trend." Eve gave her infamous smirk as she went to the fitting area.
Eve started to undress her current clothes then put on the gown. The only thing she struggled was zipping the back so she came out of the fitting area.
"Your Majesty, could you please zip up the dress for me?" She showed her back to the queen.
Historia nodded and went to zipped up the dress. Finally, Eve adjusted a bit. Historia gasped excitedly.
"Oh my goodness. You look stunning! You'll be the catch of the ball. You should wear it." Historia encourages her handmaiden.
Eve admired being praised by her grandmother. She blushed shyly which was unusual for her. "Thanks. I think I will take this one."
"Oh you can wear these emerald studs earrings I have. With your ring, it will look perfect for you. Now, let's find a pair of heels to go with the outfit and a mask. After all it's a masquerade ball." The queen gave a smirk. Eve smiled in agreeing.
By the time they finished finding outfits for tonight's ball, Eve left the chamber to go talk to the doctor. As she entered the hospital wing of the palace, the doctor was busy attending a patient who had a head injury. Eve patiently waited on a chair. Once the doctor finished attending the other, he turned around to see her.
"Ah Miss Potts! How are you feeling? Is there something bothering you for me to take a look?" He said.
"Right now, I'm well, but for a week I have been feeling nauseous and the smell like food has triggered. I have been vomiting random moments. I feel better after I did that. So is it possible to still be pregnant even thought I just had a miscarriage? Or is this some aftermath of miscarrying?" She said.
"I see, that should be impossible unless you were carrying twins and one of them didn't survive. Come to the bed and I will check by using the ultrasound machine." He gestured to her to lie on an empty bed.
The dark haired woman goes lay down and lifts her blouse to expose her belly while the doctor sets up the machine and squeezes the bottle of cool gel on her skin. Then he presses the rod that's connected to the machine to massage on her belly to find anything on the screen.
On the screen he could see a small circle. He turned on the heart beating sound. "Well, I was right. It's a miracle this baby had survived the miscarriage, but unfortunately it's twin didn't. I suggested you have to be careful from now on. Even though the whole pregnancy you should be cautious but during your first trimester is where normal miscarriages occur. Get some rest and eat and hydrate well for your and the baby's sake." He said.
Eve was in trance listening to the heartbeat. It was loud and strong just like Ymir and her titan said.
I told you so
Shut up!
Hehehe
She could hear her titan laugh in joy for being right. Eve can't believe her baby is still alive and growing. This is a second chance to try to be optimistic about her child. After checking everything is well so far, the doctor gave her prenatal vitamins.
"Alright, I want to see you here next month." the doctor wrote a reminder on a paper then handed to her. She took it and nodded.
"I will and thanks for everything." She smiled and left the wing.
Eve walked down the hallways until she was stopped by Eren. She frowned seeing him blocking her path. "Yes? May I help you?" Her tone was friendly towards him.
"Natasha, why were you coming out of the hospital wing? Are you ok?" Eren was concerned for her health especially when he found out of the miscarriage.
Eve was about to say something snarking, but her titan won't stop talking.
Tell him! He must know.
I- don't
Don't be stupid! This isn't the time to show your pride. He needs to know we're still carrying his offspring. Our mate deserves to know.
I don't know….I can't. I don't want to get hurt again. I don't want him to hurt the baby.
Our mate will never do such a thing! He will adore her. He still adores you. Why can you see that, you stupid child?!
Ok enough with the name calling. Can you just leave me be for today?
No, until you tell him right now.
Ugh, you're such a bitch.
"Eve?" Eren trying to get her snap out of her trance.
"I'm still pregnant." Eve was snapped back to focus on Eren. She realized what had come out of her lips and gasped. Oh great she blurted out to him.
"Wait what? Eve, is this a joke?" Eren doesn't know how to take this revelation news.
The brunette Ackerman sighed. "This isn't a joke, Eren. I was seeing the doctor because I still had symptoms from the pregnancy after I miscarried the baby. Apparently, I was carrying twins, but one of them didn't survive. So that's why I'm still pregnant. So yeah, you're gonna be a dad."
Eren looked at her then he hugged her. "This is the best news I ever had. Eve, let's get married. Our child deserves to be raised by us."
Eve would have agreed if it weren't his betrayal from a week ago. She shook her head and pushed him away. "No, how can I be married to you when you broke my heart."
She can feel tears forming. "Don't you understand seeing you with that whore made me distressed! I love you so much that you, Eren Jaeger, made me feel my soul was ripped away."
Eren felt the guilt from causing her pain. He really didn't mean it to hurt her again. He wanted to protect her. He slowly goes towards her. "You're right. What I did was terrible and I'm so sorry for hurting you. Natasha, I love you. No woman will have my heart but you. I want you. Only you. You're my future. Our baby is my future. I will figure out to end this war and bring peace for both of you. Our growing family is my first priority. Please, give me the chance to make up to you."
"It's not that simple. Every time I'm with you, all I can see is her moaning with you. Just imagine you being in my shoes? You would feel crushed too." She cried while confronting him how she felt.
Eren holds her again to calm her down for the sake of the baby and her. "I know I know. I'm sorry I don't know what I was thinking. You're the only woman I love. Natasha please try to be calm for both of your sake." He whispers to her ear then kisses her neck.
Natasha at first tried to free herself from his grip, but gave up as he continued whispering comforting words. She stopped and let him hold her. "One more chance, please." Eren begged.
She was scared to give him that chance. Will she be a fool for giving him that opportunity to make amends? Eve took a deep breath and looked into his eyes with courage to give her answer.
"Don't make me regret it, Eren. I will give you one more chance but my love for you is too strong. But this doesn't mean I forgive you yet. Don't expect me to show affection until I know for sure you have earned it. We'll have to be a team when our child is born. Right now, I need to go change for the ball so please let me go." Eve said.
Eren nodded to her and one last time he kissed her forehead. "Thank you. I really don't deserve you." He mumbled.
Eve didn't bother to reply to his comment. She nodded while feeling his warm lips onto her forehead.
"I'll see you later. I need to go." She said and walked away to leave him alone.
Somewhere hiding in the corners of the hallways, a blonde figure listening to their conversations. Zeke frowned from knowing his little brother is going to be a father soon. This is not going well with his plans. Zeke quietly walked away to make sure he was unseen to have a private meeting with a few important people.
A/N: So what do you guys think? Enjoy this chapter.