A/N:
'Words'=Thoughts
"Words"= Talking
Felt bad for ending chapter one on a troll note lol so tried to get this chapter done for you guys fast. Multitasking writing and playing Ghosts get's a bit difficult but i pulled through!
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"Eren?" He spun around at the familiar voice calling his name. It was Christa, and beside her Sasha.
"Something wrong?" She asks. He can see the blonde girl's eyes were shining bright like they usually do when ever the chance of helping people presented itself.
"Yeah, if there is I got the good stuff!" Sasha blurted out, causing Eren and Christa to fluster. She reached under her jacket and pulled out a half rack of pork ribs, her mouth began to water endlessly.
'This girl was weird, really fucking weird.'
"Erm nothing, just thinking." He turned his body back to the forest and continued walking. To his displeasure he can hear the light patter of footsteps running behind him.
"Eren where're you going?" The blonde carried a look of concern."Care if we join you? Levi Heichou will make us scrub the floors for days, if we let you leave unattended."
"Tch-Do what you want." He mumbled under his breath, picking up the pace. Even Christa whom he hardly spent time with seems hell bent on protecting him.
A faint smile pressed it's way onto her lips, as she signaled Sasha to follow along.
"B-but dinner's almost done!" The red head yelled back before giving in to Christa's hand motion's."Fine better make this quick."
The two followed him despite his clear displeasure on the matter.
A part of him felt irritated - and though he would never admit it, jealous of the solo training Mikasa was receiving from Levi and the fact that Jean is waiting to walk her back.
He knows Mikasa doesn't like that horse faced bastard and hates that Chibi's guts- but he also knows Mikasa doesn't see him as a man but more of a little brother who needs protecting.
He walked aimlessly looking for a suitable tree to practice his kicks on- one not to thick and not too thin either.
His eyes wandered around until spotting a near by tree and before he could enlighten the girl's on what he was going to do, an image of jean face appeared on the trunk of the tree. He started kicking it repeatedly out of anger. It felt good to get his shins busted, just like the pounding he received from Annie back in wall Sina. With every kick he could hear within his mind the neighing emitting from the 'Jean tree.'
After a few minutes his shins could no longer bear the torture he put them through, and collapsed. He could hear Sasha gasping and awing behind him, and tilted his head back to to return the attention.
He noticed Sasha's mouths was dropped, and her eyes were wide. While Christa didn't bother to look, blood always made the girl Squeamish, which confused him when she decided to join the scouting legion.
"What the hell did that tree do to you!?" Sasha exclaimed.
Eren's breath hitched, he just now realized how crazy he must've looked to the two just now.
A sad attempt to get back at jean.
"I-I was just training." Were the only words he can find that made the situation even slightly reasonable.
"Heck we don't do such crazy shit like that- even with Levi." Sasha retorted.
"Ha," Eren breathes weakly, because he doesn't know what else to say. He notices he might be stuck here all day as he struggled to get up. 'Well that wasn't the greatest idea.'
He felt a small hand grab his shoulder and turned to see who it was. "Christa?"
"It's always nice to have someone around who misses you and cares for you." She says calmly.
He saw her hand resting on his shoulder, slowly drop to her side as the words sank in. He knew she was referring to Mikasa and himself but also realized she hadn't had that someone now that Ymir had left with Reiner and Bertholdt.
"Remember that, okay?" She added.
"She's fa-" He couldn't bring himself to say the final word, and just sat there in silent contemplation. Simply at a loss of words he began nodding to acknowledge the blondes pleading eyes.
"Shes fat?! Who's fat?" Sasha yelled, directing her potato colored eyes to his, her stare was dead set on him daring him to say her name.
"No-not you, your body's fine Sasha." He said nervously, trying to calm the aggravated girl down.
"W-what?" Her cheeks began to glow as red as her hair.
Eren could hear Christa chuckling under her breath, as she reaches her hand out to him.
"Come, Mikasa and the other should be there soon."
He heaved a sigh, reaching his hand out to grab Christa small delicate ones. There fingers almost touched that is until Christa was suddenly pushed out the way, by Sasha.
"No i got him." Sasha said bluntly, reaching out and grabbing his hand.
The blush never seemed to have left her cheeks.
Mikasa readies herself once more, and as before, reassures herself that this time... She'll win.
Her muscle memory soaked in all it could on Levi's stance and moves, she remembered every counter and every grapple he had done so far.
'Just protect your ribs at all costs.'
"Is that all you got?" Levi scoffs. "Going to have to do a lot better if you want to get back at me for beating your boyfriend."
Mikasa returned to her stance, eyes narrowed, chin lowered to her chest to hide her blush. She gazed at him with taunting eyes, every muscle in her body remain tense, like a cobra ready to strike. She was determined to get back at Levi for the punishment he put Eren through, no better chance than now.
'Here he comes, focus.'
Levi lunges forward with a viscous right hand with no regard of Mikasa's offense and defensive prowess. She can see the right hand coming for her gut and narrowly adjusts her torso to slip the oncoming punch. Taking advantage of the opening he allowed, she quickly throw's a straight jab that caught him lightly in the solar plexus as he jumped back just barely in time.
He quickly moved back in and they exchanged a series of blocks and blows, every swipe, kick, punch, felt like it had landed cleanly even when she blocked it- an almost bone crushing power.
"I ain't gonna make it easy for you." He informed her.
"Good," She pronounced, launching herself at him with a combo that ended when he caught her by the wrists. Without hesitation he pulled a punch at her jaw but she edges her head to the side, just feeling the compressed air from his speed sip by her jawline. Her reflexes truly did catch on to his style, she threw a single left uppercut and succeeded in connecting with his ribs; although the blow did not land squarely enough to disable, he did not let out a single audible grunt in reaction. He grabbed her wrists before she could retract it back to her body and spun her about, using her own arm to effectively immobilize her against his chest. Just as he was about to bring up his other arm to secure her she stomped her foot painfully hard atop his recently fractured one, which was effective in getting him to release her.
He groaned in pain and sputtered out a curse.
'So he is human after all.'
This was the best opportunity she had to have her revenge on the bastard. She musters up her remaining strength to lunge with a powerful left hay-maker. It wasn't until his head shot up and meet her gaze did she realize that she had over committed -trying to take his head off of course. Levi quickly ducked below and slid beside her, forcing his hands under her arms shoving her across his waist and throwing her to the floor.
He quickly straddled her, "You know you'd actually be pretty good, if that brat wasn't dragging you down."
Mikasa gritted her teeth, "Get off me!" Her death stare didn't change or waiver Levi.
"Oh? Worried Eren will see us like this?" He questions, his face stagnate as ever.
A loud cough snapped Mikasa out of her anger and Levi out of his triumphant teasing.
"A-ahem!"
Her head shot up and saw jean staring at the two quite uncomfortably.
"U-um Heichou, it's getting late, we should head back." She could hear Jean's voice tremble with every word.
She quickly kicked the now occupied Levi off her, and quickly stood up dusting herself off. Like the countless times earlier she went in with the intention of revenge and paid the price. She let her emotions get in the way all day and it irked her that she had been taken advantage of.
"hm very well, we'll continue this another day Ackerman." Levi says coolly, and with that he turns and leaves the two alone to walk back to headquarters.
"Filthy, so filthy" Levi whispered to himself before disappearing into the darkness of the woods.
Mikasa walked at a abnormally fast pace trying to reach the headquarters as quick as she could, she knew Eren was probably still mad at her but she wanted to be with him, by his side nevertheless.
'A mad Eren was better than no Eren.'
She had giving no thought to it but this must've been the first time they were going to share a room in almost 4 years. Heck it took her the whole 1st year of training camp to get used to sleeping without him next to her.
A voice echoing behind her made it harder for her to hear her own thoughts.
"So yeah, what do you say?" Jean asks nervously.
"Hm? Sorry Were you talking?" She asked turning to look at jean continuing to walk backwards.
She raised an eyebrow but her stoic expression remained the same.
His face was completely mortified. "Never mind...look we're here."
Her body angled itself around to face the front porch of the cabin and she saw Christa wrapping Eren's smoke emitting legs. She noticed how Eren didn't bother resisting not even a flinch, and it drove her mad. Had it been her mending his wounds he would have showcased his famous Jaeger tantrum. Her fist clenched and heart raced as she stormed over to them.
"What happened? Eren are you okay?" She asks kneeling down grabbing his hand, her face slackened; her brow furrowed - eyes darting about in concern observing Eren for any permanent damage. Mikasa knew how to hide her emotions under her legendary demeanor, she was worried yet unsure about how she felt about Christa, whatever it was it carried a feeling of hostility.
'Jealousy? Frustration?'
"He over exerted himself training in the woods, me and Sasha carried him back." Christa said innocently. "Well Sasha did."
Mikasa turned her menacing gaze to Sasha. "Training?"
"Wasn't our idea!" Sasha said nervously. "Besides i think he's tired, I'll carry him to his room."
"No" She said sternly. "I'll take him to the room." she extends her arms towards Eren's legs and back, moving Sasha own away from him. She could fell his muscle's stiffen under her touch, an oncoming resistance she thought.
'Would he rather have Sasha carry him?'
Mikasa knew if he had pushed her away and accepted Sasha's help, that she would no longer have the strength to hold back the tears. To her shock he stiff arm's her momentarily, than reached his left arm over her neck so she can carry him in more manly way per say. A wave of relief and happiness washed over her, as small smile pried it way onto the corners of her lips, and a faint red hue found it's way onto her cheeks.
'He accepted my help. He accepted me.'
Mikasa was oblivious to the smug grin Eren was directing at Jean, and slightly gasped when Eren began to rub her shoulder in a circular motion.
"Why you little-" Jean retorted thru his teeth before being cut off by Mikasa.
"Come." she whispered softly to Eren, carefully adjusting him to his feet. She led him into the the cabin and up the stairs, the two made their way into room three.
She placed Eren on the bed to the left placing his head softly on the pillow and patted the sweet off his forehead. The two simply stared at each other awkwardly awaiting for the silence to break.
Her lips were about to move until she paused for a moment when the yelling from outside echoed throughout the wooden wall's. Mikasa could make out Jean's voice: "You better not try any funny stuff in there Jaeger!"
Eren scoffs at how easy it is for him to get under Jean's skin.
"Are you thirsty?" She asks obtaining Eren's attention.
Eren noticed she stuttered a little. He couldn't help but believe she was just a nervous as he was. Eren knew that she hasn't been behaving the same since that day, in what she believed to be their final hour.
'Was she going for a hug or a kiss?'
"Yeah." he replied, nodding his head slowly not wanting to turn this into an argument. He watched her leave closing the door quietly behind her, merely seconds after his reply.
It wasn't much but at least they're talking.
His eyes widened when he saw his gear and clothes placed on the bed opposite him.
"Fuck, she put me on the wrong bed."
A/N2: So um yeah hope you enjoyed this chapter, i have many ideas on where to go from here but would like your guys input.
The song i used to motivate me for the fight scene- if you really want to know was: Deliberation by Katatonia
And Ohheyilikeanime, There will be more fluff in the up coming chapters i promise and maybe something more than fluff (if you know what i mean.)0.o like you requested haha let me what you guys think about that!
What do you guys think Jean asked Mikasa! actually felt bad for him writing this lol he always seems to get blown off.
Oh and again hope my writing/ grammar isn't too much of an eyesore! I will re-read continually and fix some mistakes i didn't see before hand.
Any review/constructive criticism is always welcomed.
Until next time!
Random Out-take:
"Something wrong?" She asks. He can see the blonde girl's eyes were shining bright like they usually do when ever the chance of helping people presented itself.
"Yeah, if there is I got the good stuff!" Sasha blurted out, crossing her arms, hooking her fingers under the hem of her shirt, sliding it up over her head.
she spun it around her head like a lasso, screaming in joy jumping towards Christa straddling her lap.
"Don't be such a pussy Eren, come join!" The red head yelled, signaling Eren to come with her fingers.
Eren deadpanned at the two, but he couldn't cover his eyes.
As he began to walk back towards the now stripping Sasha and Christa, he could make out Connie's voice from within the cabin.
"Sasha! Ymir and Mikasa are going to Tag-team slaughter your ass once they find out! Dont mess with the OTP'S!"