Disclaimer: I don't own Shingeki No Kyojin, nor the image. They belong to Isayama Hajime.

Author's Note: This one-shot goes between Imagine and A New Beginning. Author's Note continues at the end.


Title: What to Expect When You're Expecting

Prompt: Eren kisses Mikasa's flat (she's only 2 months pregnant) belly.

Summary: A lovely moment between Eren and Mikasa one hot day.

It was hot, terribly so, like nothing Mikasa had ever experienced. Though perhaps the hot she was feeling had more to do with her hormones than the weather. Normally, she preferred hot weather to feeling cold, but that day had to be the exception. The young woman had tried everything to relieve the heat, but to no avail. Now she lay on her bed wearing nothing but her underwear, sweating like a pig. Not even the open windows helped her, since not a single breeze passed through them.

As she lay down, she wondered where Eren could be. When he noticed how uncomfortable his wife was, he had promised Mikasa he'd bring her something to help her with the heat. However, he had been gone for too long ─in reality it hadn't been that long, but lately she had been very impatient about things─ and Mikasa was desperate for the remedy he had promised her. Feeling every second more desperate, Mikasa started cursing the weather, Eren for taking too long, Eren again for knocking her up, and Levi too just for good measure.

"Mikasa, I'm back~!" Eren exclaimed happily as he entered his and Mikasa's room, carrying a tray.

Mikasa turned to look at her husband with a murderous glance, one that was generally reserved to people that could potentially hurt Eren. "What took you so long?" She hissed.

Eren trembled at the tone of her voice. Sighing, he approached her and set the tray on the table. "I wasn't gone that long." Eren sheepishly said, scratching the back of his head. When he noticed Mikasa was still glaring at him, he sighed and decided to explain himself. "We ran out of lemons, so I had to go over Armin's and ask him─"

"Lemons? What for?" Mikasa interrupted, looking now curious instead of mad.

"Oh, well whenever I was too hot mom always made me lemonade, and I felt better." Eren said, a sad smile adorning his face.

After hearing his explanation, Mikasa sighed and smiled sadly. Remembering Carla Jeager was a bittersweet affair to both of them, even after all these years, especially in certain circumstances and events, such as the one they were living in that moment.

"Then, I hope it works for me too." Mikasa simply said, taking the glass full of lemonade that was on the tray. "It's delicious." She remarked after taking one sip. Eren beamed at her.

"I'm glad you like it! You'll see you won't be so hot anymore!"

After drinking a whole glass, and then two more, Mikasa felt much better. Though she normally preferred plain water, she found that the lemonade was actually very refreshing, so much that, in fact, it had decreased the heat she was feeling. Smiling at her husband, she said, "Thanks, I feel much better now."

Eren grinned and lay next to her. "Told you it'd work."

They both lay on their bed quietly, holding hands and enjoying their peaceful time together. It was funny how many years ago they didn't have even a moment's rest. They were always on the run, either fighting titans or fighting the government. Eren was glad that now they got to enjoy peaceful times, though something told him that in a few months things wouldn't be as peaceful as they had been lately.

The news that Mikasa was expecting a child had been a surprised to both of them. Even if they had agreed they wanted children right away and were trying to get pregnant, to think they were actually going to be parents was surprising, to say the least. They were happy of course, ecstatic actually, but they were also scared. They had lost so much already that they worried they would lose their precious baby too. Thankfully, Mikasa's pregnancy so far had gone splendidly, with just a few cases of nausea and morning sicknesses. Really, the only one who had suffered pregnancy symptoms had been Eren. Still, Mikasa was only two months pregnant, and they had a long way to go.

"I wonder how she'll look like." He suddenly whispered, his fingers barely touching Mikasa's belly.

Raising and eyebrow, Mikasa said, "How are you so sure it's a girl? It could be a boy, you know?"

"I already told you, Mikasa, I want a girl and we're having a girl. I just know it."

The young woman shook her head while an amused smile adorned her lips. It was amazing that Eren hadn't really changed─ he was still as stubborn as when he was a child. Then again, that was one of the features she loved the most about her husband.

"Well, I think she or he will be a very healthy baby." She answered his previous question, emphasizing the fact their baby could very well be a boy.

"Yeah, and a very beautiful one too. I hope she takes after you…"

"I hope our baby inherits your strength…"

"And your heart…"

"Your eyes…"

"Your nose…"

"She/He is gonna be perfect!" They both exclaimed at the same time, bursting into laughter a moment later.

"I love you, Mikasa." Eren whispered, looking at his wife with so much love Mikasa thought her heart might burst. It still surprised her whenever Eren said those three words.

"I love you too, Eren…"

"And I love our baby very much too." He said, inching himself closely to Mikasa's still flat stomach. "Heard that, baby? Daddy loves you so, so much. Mommy loves you too. We both will love you forever, baby." He exclaimed, and then proceeded to kiss his wife's belly.

Mikasa blushed and looked intently at Eren. She loved it whenever Eren talked to their unborn child, seeing him acting so caring melted her heart. And also gave her another kind of thoughts.

"Eren."

"Yeah?"

"I feel hot again." Mikasa said, her eyes full of lust.

"I know the perfect remedy for that."


Author's Note: Hey again! I know it's been too long, but I'm back after suffering from a severe author's block. Sadly, at the beginning of this year I missed the Eremika week since a terrible event happened to me a few weeks before the Eremika week and I was in no mood to write. I also know I've been neglecting the prompts you so kindly gave me, but I'm on my way to finish them. So, until I finish the last prompt you can begin sending me new prompts again. I'll also be participating on October's Eremika week ^^

Now, about this one-shot, it has elements of both Imagine and A New Beginning. If you don't remember, in Imagine Eren proposes to Mikasa and tells her he wants to have a daughter with her, a daughter that looks just like her. This happens after they get married and start trying to make a child, it still surprised them though. Now, in A New Beginning, Eren says they should name their daughter since they can call her "baby" forever, as seen in this one-shot, in which both call her just baby.

Anyways, I hope you liked this fluffy one-shot and that whoever sent me this prompt enjoyed the outcome. Until next time! See ya!