A/N: Yeah, writing at 2 a.m is not that good of an idea for me, I feel like I am a lot less creative.


The words played over and over in Erens mind.

'What? I always noticed her act different around me but was I that stupid to never clue in? Is that how she really feels about me?' Eren thought as he felt Mikasa tighten her grip on him.

'All this time I have been too blind to see the way things really are, I always thought she was protecting me because she thought she owed me some kind of debt... because she was family, but this... she protects me because she can't live without me... because she loves me.'

Eren could feel tears wage war against his eyelids as he held her tighter as well. Time seemed to freeze around them, it was the first time either of them felt true happiness in a very long time.

Eren once again loosened his grip and managed to pull away from Mikasa so that he could see her face.

"Mikasa..." Eren stopped as he saw her eyes, they had changed from joy to sadness as he increased the distance between them.

"Mikasa... I... I love you too." he said releasing all of his tears and closing the gap between them again.

Again, they just sat there on her bed cherishing each others embrace, but what they didn't notice was Jean peering through the door, his face filled with absolute rage at everything he just heard and saw.


"Jean, what are you doing?" Connie asked as he walked by.

Jean gave no response, he just quietly shut the door and stormed off.

"Hey Jean! What the hell is your issue?" Connie yelled down the hallway.

Jean was fed up with everything and wasn't about to take shit from Connie.

"Come here and ask me again." he said about to lose his temper.

Connie walked over and was about to speak when Jean grabbed the collar of his shirt and slammed him into a wall.

"You want to know what my issue is? You want to know what my fucking issue is? HUH!" Jean screamed as people stopped to look at the scene.

Connie had fear written all over his face, he had never seen Jean lash out like this at anyone, not even Eren.

"Well I'll tell you! That disrespectful prick doesn't deserve her! What the fuck does she see in him! All Eren does is push her to the side like she doesn't matter, all he does is yell at her and crush her spirits!" Jean screamed right in Connies face un aware that he had drawn a crowd.

Suddenly, he felt a small hand on his wrist and he looked down to see Christa, she had tears in her eyes from his violent outburst.

Jean dropped Connie as he scrambled to his feet, Christa still holding onto Jeans wrist as he collapsed to the ground.

Christa managed to get him up again and walked him down the hall into a courtyard.

"You have to let it go Jean." she said calmly as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

"I just... he doesn't respect her... I just don't understand." Jean said to her, but she was quick to respond.

"Eren puts Mikasa to the side to protect her, to keep her out of danger. He loves her as much as she loves him and he is willing to sacrifice anything to keep her safe."

Jean felt his heart drop, he knew she was right, but he just couldn't get over the fact that she actually loved Eren.

"Listen, anytime you need to talk... just come and see me okay?" Christa said with a smile.

Jean looked into her eyes, they sparkled in the sunlight.

"Yeah, that sounds nice." he said as he got up and went back inside the infirmary.

Once again, Eren broke the embrace looking Mikasa right in the eyes again.

"I should get back to those doctors." he said calmly.

"Eren, don't go." was all Mikasa could get out.

"Listen, the faster I deal with those clowns, the faster I can come back." he said with a smile.

Mikasa let out a little chuckle and nodded in agreement as Eren got up off the bed and walked to the door.

He looked back at her one more time and she looked disappointed as his smile faded with every step he took closer to the door.

Eren finally left the room and shut the door, the doctors were waiting at the end of the hall talking at a table.

One of the doctors looked up and saw Eren walking towards them and smiled.

"Alright, let's get back to business." Eren said as he arrived at the table and sat down.

"Eren Yaeger, do you remember what happened before you woke up in the hospital?" one of the doctors asked.

"Not really, the last thing I remember was anger, I was consumed by anger." Eren said as the doctor started to write things down.

"Do you know how injured you were?" the doctor asked.

"No." Eren responded.

"You were a quite literal broken man, there was few places in your body that didn't sustain life threatening damage." the doctor said.

All Eren did was look down at himself wondering what they were talking about.

"What did you feel when you woke up?"

"Well, the restraints were a bit tight, but other than that I felt like I do now." Eren replied again.

The doctor continued to write things down as Eren answered the questions.

"Eren, can you explain to use how in one month, you went from broken beyond what we could repair to fully functional? "

Erens eyes shot open.

"I was out for one month?" Eren asked, his voice stuttering.

"Yes, and during that time your body healed injuries that would have taken almost a year to fully recover from." the doctor said

Eren had trouble swallowing the news.

'But how? The way they describe it I healed like a... titan?'

Eren quickly tried to shake the thought from his mind, that was impossible after all but so was the fact he healed such major injuries in such little time.

"Thank you for your time Eren." the doctor said as he finished writing things down.

Eren just nodded and ran back to Mikasas room, the thought of healing like a titan kept popping into his head every time he got rid of it.

When Eren got back to the room, he was about to open the door when he heard voices inside.

"Mikasa, I don't know how to put this so let me just put it bluntly. I love you and want you to be my girlfriend."

Eren took his hand off the door handle, he knew that voice and the name shot into his mind like a bullet. Jean.

Eren just stood there and listened, he didn't dare do anything to give away he was there.

"Jean, you are a wonderful person, a bit ill-tempered, but still a reasonable and good man." Mikasa said. "Of course I will."

Eren had felt his heart-break many times before, but not like this. After what they had just said to each other, after the loving embrace they just had and now this? Eren could feel nothing, his body wiped of emotions.

Armin just happened to walk past when he saw Eren slowly moving away from the door to Mikasas room.

"Eren?" Armin called out, but no response other than a death glare before Eren stormed off.

Armin walked over to the door and he too heard the voices inside.

"Thanks a bunch Mikasa, I think I got it down. Do you really think Christa will say yes though?"

Armin realised what was going on and that Eren had only heard the first bit of what he presumed had been said. A look of horror had appeared on Armins face as he backed away from the door and ran to find Eren.


(Later that night)

Eren had gone to Mikasas room, he quietly opened the door and stepped inside.

He quietly walked over and carefully took a seat next to her on the bed. thankfully for him, she was a heavy sleeper and didn't wake easy.

Eren put his hand on her cheek , but removed it right away. He started writing a note and when he finished, he stood up slowly and placed it on her bedside table beside her scarf.

As Eren exited the room, he bumped into a Garrison Officer.

"Sir, I didn't look where I was going. My apologise." he said as he saluted the man.

"Are you Eren Yaeger?" the man said.

"Yes sir." Eren responded quickly.

"Good, I have been looking for you. Walk with me." the officer said.

Eren nodded and started to walk down the hallway.

"You have been re-assigned to my platoon as a squad leader."

"Begging your pardon sir, but I am not fit to be a squad leader. My actions are reckless and will just get people killed." Eren said with a bit of shock.

"Well, somewhere above me they seem to think you are capable, so you will leave with me now and head to the barracks."

"Let me just grab my-" Eren stopped. He knew what he wanted to do, but he wasn't going to submit to feelings he should bury. "Never mind. The faster we leave the better."

"Good, let's get going then."


When Mikasa woke up, she felt cold. The window was open and there was a breeze blowing on her neck. She looked to the table where it had been put by a doctor who came to check on her, but the scarf wasn't there, only a note.

Mikasa grabbed the note and started to read it.

'I really thought there might have been something between us, something that would make us both happy. I see now that I was a fool to think such a thing, a fool to trust my feelings for you. I noticed that you had already found your happiness and I figured you won't be needing the scarf anymore, so I took it back but not as a memory. I took it back as a piece of fabric, nothing special. I hope you enjoy everything your life offers you. -Eren.'

Mikasa felt tears come to her eyes as she crumpled the note up. She thought why Eren would do this, why he would just up and leave without saying good-bye, why he would think he was a fool for seeing something between them.

Armin came into the room with breakfast, but when he saw Mikasa crying and holding the note, he just set it down on a book shelf and sat on the bed next to her.

Her hands were shaking, tears pouring down her cheeks. Armin didn't understand why she was crying until she put the note in his hands and he read it.

Once again his face was filled with horror, Eren had stripped himself and Mikasa of everything they held dear and more importantly, Eren had just removed himself from her life.

Armin tried to give Mikasa a hug, but she pushed him away. All she ever wanted was to be with Eren, what could have made him leave her like this.

Right as she started thinking, Jean entered the room and it hit her.

Jean had a rather smug look on his face.

"Mikasa! Thank you so much! She said yes!" Jean said happily as he walked over to her, but his smug expression very rapidly changed to concern.

She couldn't look at him, she knew it wasn't his fault but it was her fault for agreeing to help him.

Jean kneeled down and was about to ask what was the matter when Armin handed him the note Eren left.

"Eren heard you practising asking Christa out with Mikasa, this is his end game with the situation." Armin said quietly.

Jean read the letter then looked back up at Mikasa.

"Hey Mikasa, you look at me now."

Mikasa refused to look at him.

"All I ever wanted was to be with him and now he's gone because of me." she said.

"Hey, you cut that shit out Mikasa, none of this would have happened if I didn't come to you."

Mikasa started to slowly look up at him.

"But I agreed to-" she was cut off by Jean.

"Mikasa, you need to show him that you care for him, he needs to see how you truly feel, I mean truly feel." Jean said calmly.

Mikasa started to cry again as Jean stood up.

"Armin." Jean said as Armin looked up at him.

"You make sure things get set straight."

Armin looked at him with a surprised expression.

"I will do my best." he said.

"Armin, that isn't good enough. You NEED to make sure things are set right between them." Jean said, this time sounding more serious.

Armin looked at him with determination and nodded and went back to tending to Mikasa.


Eren was settling into his new home in the barracks. He had never seen anyone else there in his life and most of them were twice his age.

"So this is our young new squad leader huh?" one of the men said bumping into Eren.

"Yes, but I don't know if I am even capable of leading you guys into battle."

"Hey kid, if you weren't capable then you wouldn't be here." a woman said

She walked over to him and stuck her hand out and he grabbed it and shook it.

"The name is Elsa Schwartz. Eren Yaeger aint it?" she said

"Yes, a pleasure to meet you Elsa."


A/N: So I hope you enjoyed this chapter, took me a while to write and get the ideas with Atroxify. As always, if you want please tell me what you thought of this chapter because in the end, all feedback is valuable for future chapters and stories.