A/N: The promised chapter is here! After many months of not working on it and many months actualy working on it, I have finally finished it so I hope you enjoy!
Eren walked off leaving Mikasa blushing. Mikasa didn't know what to think, all she wanted to do was chase after him and hold him for all eternity, but she just couldn't move.
Eren made his way to the barracks where he found all his friends still at the table eating breakfast.
"I will be going to talk with Commander Erwin later today, you should all come with me to tell him you are enlisting in the Scout regiment." Eren said as he took a seat at the table.
Everyone looked at each other and nodded. As everyone finished eating, Mikasa came back into the barracks with her scarf covering her face, she didn't want to be seen blushing by the others.
Eren looked to the empty seat on his left and his smile faded away, so did everyone else's. They had al tried hard to forget about the death of one of their close friends, Armin.
"Nothing will bring him back guys, and I'm sure he doesn't want any of us to meet with him too soon." Eren said as he put his hand on the empty seat.
Christa started tearing up so Sasha escorted her out of the room with Jean. Connie stood up as well and went to the courtyard and it was only Eren and Mikasa left at the table.
Eren slammed his fist on the table startling Mikasa a little bit.
"Damn those titans, they took Armin… Jessy… they even took Elsa." Eren said angrily.
"They took everyone under my command when I was ordered to go hunt down that rogue squad… I am going to exterminate them, each and every last one of them." He continued.
Mikasa knew this look all too well, it was the same look of fury that Eren had when they had lost their mother to the smiling titan.
Christa had gained control of her emotions while Jean was hugging her, Sasha had left the two alone in search of food.
"It's alright, I won't let anything happen to you ever again." Jean said as he patted the back of her head.
"I don't want anyone else to die, I don't want to lose any more of my friends." Christa said as she pushed her head into Jeans chest.
"It's ok, I won't let anyone else be taken by those things." Jean said as he continued to pat the back of her head.
Sasha interrupted the moment when she came running down the hall with a basket of bread.
"Guys! I found some food! Let's dig in!" she bellowed.
"Jeez, you just finished eating breakfast, learn some restrain woman." Jean said with a sigh.
Christa let out a small laugh and grabbed a piece of bread from the basket. She split it in half and gave one half to Jean.
"Thanks love." He said as he ate the bread.
"So are you two sure about joining the scout regiment?" Sasha asked.
Jean and Christa looked at each other and then back at Sasha who looked intent to hear their answer.
"Yes, we are going to join up if it means we can prevent more people from being killed." Christa said.
"That sounds like a good reason, but I don't know if I'm really up for it. I answered like that because it was the heat of the moment." Sasha said.
"No one will blame you if you decide not to join with us, hell the last thing I want is to see another titan up close." Jean said as he looked down to Christa.
"Yeah but…" Sasha said quietly.
Jean and Christa started walking pat her, but Jean stopped and put his hand on Sashas shoulder.
"Only you can decide who you are going to be and what you are going to do… no one else can make this choice for you." He said as he patted her shoulder a few times and caught up with Christa.
Mikasa had taken Eren to the sparring field, she knew he needed to let off some steam.
"Alright Eren, show me what you learned with the Garrison soldiers." Mikasa taunted.
Eren launched himself at her, but she easily side stepped and shoved him to the ground.
"You have great speed, but far too much wasted move-" Mikasa was cut off by Eren tackling her down, he had recovered faster than she expected.
"Sometimes, wasted movement distracts the opponent" he said as he held her down.
"And sometimes.." Mikasa cut herself off as she wrapped her legs around Erens waist and rolled on top of him. "Getting cocky gets you beat."
Eren tapped and Mikasa got off of him.
"Didn't think you had it in you." He said as he dusted off his pants and uniform.
Mikasa did the same and signaled him to come at her again.
Eren charged in again, but this time, at the last second, he dropped down and slid along the dirt, grabbing her leg and causing her to fall to the ground.
Mikasa hit the ground with a loud thud, but Eren gave no mercy. As she struggled to get up, Eren grabbed her and put her into a choke hold causing Mikasa to tap.
When he released her, she was gasping for air.
"Sorry, I got really carried away." Eren said as he knelt down beside her and patted her back.
"No, no… it's fine." Mikasa said still trying to catch her breath.
Blood started to trickle from her nose onto the ground, when Eren tripped her she had landed face first.
Mikasa knew it wasn't his fault, she tried to provoke him to calm him down, but she never expected him to use so much force.
"Jeez, your nose… are you sure you are ok?" Eren said as he tried to make her face him.
Mikasa slapped his hand away. "Sorry… I'm going to go see the medic quickly." She said as she got up and walked away.
"I really took it too far this time." Eren thought as he stood up and watched her walk off.
A few hours had passed and everyone met in the barracks for lunch, Eren kept looking at Mikasa, but she acted like nothing had happened.
"So has everyone finalized what they are going to be doing?" Mikasa asked.
Everyone looked at each other and they all looked back at Mikasa.
"We have all decided we will join the scout regiment with you and Eren." Jean said.
"Ok then, Commander Erwin wants to meet with everyone in three hours." Eren said as he got up and left the barracks.
Once again, Mikasa followed shortly behind him.
"Eren, sorry about earlier, I just didn't…" She didn't know what to say.
"Listen and listen well Mikasa." Eren said as he turned to face her.
Eren didn't realise that everyone else was watching and listening from the barracks door.
"The last thing in this world I ever want to do is hurt you, no, the last thing I ever want in this world is to lose you. I don't want you to ever try and provoke me like that ever again, I can't control my rage, and you know that, yet still you wanted to fight me." He said sternly looking her right in the eyes.
Mikasa felt a slight chill, Eren had never been so cold to her like this before.
"I don't want to fight you, I want to protect you and I want to protect you because I love you." He said as he hugged her.
Mikasa just stood there, once again, all she wanted to do was hold him for all eternity, but her body refused to move.
"Listen, go get yourself cleaned up and ready for when we go meet the Commander." Eren said as he patted her shoulders and walked away.
Still, Mikasa just stood there, she didn't know how to react, she couldn't even speak.
"What do you think that was all about?" Connie said as the closed the door
"No idea." Sasha said with a shrug.
"We should just leave them be." Christa said
"I swear, if he did something..." Jean murmured, but Christa gave him a stern look making him shut up.
"We should all get ready for our meeting with the Commander as well." Christa said and everyone went their separate ways.
A/N: So I hope you enjoyed the chapter I was supposed to upload around a year ago, leave me some feedback, every bit helps!
