When she opened her eyes and looked around, she was underwater. Everything around her was suddenly silent and peaceful. When she turned her head around, she noticed that Eren was behind her, holding her by the shoulders. Mikasa's eyes widened in confusion and Eren swam around towards her. He grinned mischievously as he leaned forward and gently touched Mikasa's face. Mikasa blushed furiously as she was overcome with realization. Eren, what are you doing?! She thought. But she didn't try to fight back or run away. Instead, she stood pefectly still and closed her eyes as Eren leaned into her…
Eren pressed his lips firmly against hers and formed a kiss. It was unlike anything Mikasa had experienced before. She always knew that Eren was determined and headstrong, but she never knew that feeling would show while he was kissing her. His kiss was bold and outgoing as if to stay You're already mine. Mine and no one else's. Mikasa knew that she had feelings for Eren, but she never had came to accept them up until now. As she nestled her fingers in his dark hair, she felt his hands slide down to the small of her back. His touch sent chills up her spine. She broke the kiss and opened her eyes to look at Eren. He looked back at her intently, but suddenly they realized the horrible mistake of opening their eyes in saltwater.
They both shot out of the water at the same time, clutching their eyes. The saltwater stung at Mikasa's, but she couldn't stop laughing. She was blushing fiercely.
"What are you two doing over there?" Sasha laughed. Mikasa scrubbed at her eyes and looked over at Sasha, who had momentarily stopped splashing Jean to look over at them.
"Nothing at all," Eren said to Sasha, laughing and running his hands through his slick hair. Sasha eyed Mikasa skeptically and raised an eyebrow, but Mikasa just beamed at her and shook her head, rubbing the last of the saltwater out of her eyes.
They played in the surf for a long while. Mikasa only noticed the sun setting in the sky when she looked up from watching Armin and Annie building a sand castle together.
"It's getting kind of dark," she said to Armin, gesturing towards the orange and golden sky. Armin nodded, not looking up from his sandcastle masterpiece.
"Yeah, I guess so." he helped Annie up and threw his arm around her shoulder. "What do you say we head back to the beach house?" Mikasa nodded vigirously, wrapping her towel around her shoulders. They then gathered up the rest of the gang and they walked back to the beach house together.