CHAPTER 1: THE ODD MIRACLE
This is the day where Mikasa would start acting out the consequence. Will she be successful or would she give up so easily? Will Eren even care or less notice this?
The next day finally came. As Mikasa went to the dining hall to eat her breakfast, she met up with all the girls she talked with last night. They were smiling and showed her a synchronized thumbs-up. She simply smiled at them knowing what they were thinking about and proceeded to where Eren and Armin were seated.
Now, instead of sitting beside Eren, she decided to seat beside Armin. She was SERIOUS of doing the consequence, the girls muttered.
Before taking a bite from his bread, Eren gathered up all the courage to speak. "I'm sorry for yelling at you last night, Mikasa but it's still true that you're annoying most of the time, though." he said while scratching his head, confident that Mikasa would gladly accept what he just said.
Armin: "Eren..." he said as he realized that Mikasa did not move an inch nor even look at Eren.
To their surprise, Mikasa was done eating, stood up from the chair and said nothing more than "Okay" to Eren then left them.
Armin was surprised since it was rather a short and unusual reply when it regarded Mikasa talking to Eren so he immediately spoke to Eren, "I guess, she was still hurt from what you did last night, Eren. Everyone saw how you shouted at her yesterday. I think you should apologize better."
Eren was shocked for a moment then began blabbering
Eren: "I said sorry already, didn't I? She's just so annoying most of the time. She treats me as if I'm her little brother or even a child. I hate it! I think she should realize that already by now! I'm sick of being inferior to her"
Armin: "But...that's how a good girlfriend should act" he smiled
Eren: "No, that's how an overly attached girl- Wait!Are you stupid!? We are not dating! Not in a million years!" he said while his face heated up
Many scouting legion soldiers and some of Eren's classmates, including Mikasa and Armin gathered and witnessed his suffering as he succumb to Levi's violent beating and harsh words, trying to force Eren to transform. Everybody pitied him but no one dared to stop Levi from kicking and kicking him as he lay helpless on the floor, not even the Special Operations Squad and not even Mikasa. They just watched the horror unfolding in their eyes.
As blood trickled on Eren's face, Mikasa was tempted to run towards them and punch Levi at the face but she realized that if she were to do that, Eren would hate her for that, considering it as her "butting and butting in" because it was somewhat part of his so-called "training." She tried her best not to move an inch from where she was standing as she kept her rage.
Levi: "Didn't I tell you from the beginning Eren? You should be trained like a dog, not a man. The next mission is very essential to everyone and we need your titan powers for it to be successful. You should learn how to master it by now. Do you understand!? This is an order, transform into a titan...NOW!"
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"You should be trained like a dog, not a man"
Those words Levi told Eren agitated Mikasa even more to the point that she really was going to demonstrate what she just thought about earlier before the captain talked trash about Eren. As she was about to take a step, she suddenly heard Petra's voice.
Petra: "Heichou, please...that is enough..." she pleaded with a shrill voice while the other Special Ops squad members nodded at the captain implying that they agreed to what Petra said. It was enough, Eren should not be forced for now if he can't do it.
The captain looked at them with his usual expression then looked back at Eren, "Eren, I call it quits for now. Make sure to be able to do it next time! Tsk!" then he left the place without saying another word. Gunther, Eldo, Auruo and Petra immediately went towards Eren and helped him stand up. As they walked to follow their captain, Mikasa noticed that Eren was limping and felt worried for him but she managed to control herself and decided not to approach Eren as she was afraid to break the childish consequence and more importantly, Eren would think that she is being "clingy" again which Annie said. She left Eren to deal with his situation himself. She managed to look emotionless the whole time and she did not even realize that Armin was straightly looking at her the whole time too.
All the people gathered there finally left one after the other, Mikasa did too.
As the hours of their break came about, Mikasa hanged out with Armin. When I say hang out, they were both just together sitting in a corner, not talking to each other. After a few moments of silence, Armin finally spoke.
Armin: "Mikasa, please don't get angry if I say this..." he said softly
Mikasa: "What is it Armin?"
He let out a huge exhale.
Armin: "...I was looking at you earlier when Eren was getting beaten up by Captain Levi...It's kind of weird because...you looked like you did not care about E-" he was cut off when Mikasa suddenly spoke.
Mikasa: "Oh, well, isn't that what he wanted? He should be thankful, no, rather, I'm sure HE IS THANKFUL that I'm giving him what he wants." she said, not fully aware that her voice was louder than usual, shocking Armin.
Armin: "Never mind Mikasa. I'll talk to Eren about this...he should know that you are just concerned for him and he should stop getting angry with you when you show him how you care for him so much. Most importantly, he should apologize to you properly because he humiliated you right in front of a lot of people at dinner last night." he assured her.
Mikasa: "No. I guess everything is fine. Don't talk to him about this. This is our issue so don't mind us." What she meant was that Armin should not waste his time on them whom are unworthy of it but what Armin understood was what she was sort of implying was "Leave us alone! You have nothing to do with this!" so he quickly apologized to Mikasa which Mikasa got surprised for.
Armin: "I'm sorry, Mikasa..."
Mikasa: "Huh...? Armin..."
Armin then left for a while because he was called by some of the superiors of the scouting legion to discuss of some strategies for the upcoming mission which was fast approaching. She was then left alone.
"Was it really obvious that I did not seem to show Eren any concern earlier...? Was what Armin saw earlier a very huge difference?" she thought while crooking her eyebrows and placing her hand under her chin.
With nothing to do and being bored, Mikasa decided to walk on the streets, not having a specific destination in her mind. As she was murmuring to herself about if what she was trying to do (somewhat trying to "abandon" Eren in her perspective) was right, she met up with Krista and Ymir who were talking to each other about unknown topics. As their eyes gazed at Mikasa who seemed to be feeling uneasy, the shy girl quickly walked the opposite direction. They called out her name but she did not look back at them and continued walking, now on a much faster pace and suddenly went out of their sight. Ymir came to a conclusion that she was in fact finding it hard to do the stupid consequence.
Ymir: "Oi Krista! I think Mikasa can't do it. She is totally glued to that suicidal bastard forever!"
Krista: "I know...I know! I also think we should stop this girly and childish game. She's finding it hard but I also do think-"
Ymir: "What? Just stop it already. I'm also feeling embarrassed at participating in this girly scheme!" she said annoyingly.
Krista: "Don't barge in when I'm talking. Why does everybody love doing that!? Anyway, continuing to where you cut me off, don't you think it's a good chance for them? I think it is. Eren would no longer get annoyed with Mikasa for being overprotective all the time because Mikasa would learn how to be able to control herself when around Eren. Don't you think? Don't you think?" she said sincerely.
Ymir nodded, "Ohh so this was not just about romance stuff or something. All the while I thought everyone was acting cupid for those two. So you wanted to help them by 'changing their ways', huh? That's my angel, Krista! Please let me marry you now!" Ymir said while resting her arms on Krista's shoulders.
Krista paused for a moment then spoke again, "But I still do think it's such a burden to Mikasa so I think we should stop..."
Unknown to the two, Mikasa was hiding in a corner near them. She heard every word they said. She thought to herself "So I was so overprotective, huh? But can this little consequence help me change? Help Eren change the way he looks at me...as a nuisance to his life? Should I even take this seriously?" Without thinking, she went out of her hiding place, catching Ymir and Krista's attention.
Krista: "Mikasa...!"
Ymir: "Oooops! You were there the whole time!?"
They thought that she would get angry for what they were saying because they thought that maybe it seemed as if they were backstabbing her. As they were about to apologize and assure her otherwise, Mikasa began talking.
Mikasa: "Don't stop making me do this!"
They were both shocked with what she said. They did not really know what words to put together in order to be able to respond to what Mikasa just said.
Krista: "...Are you sure? Isn't this childish at all...?"
Ymir: "You still ask her if it's childish or not? It's childish of course!"
Mikasa: "Just please let me continue doing this!"
Ymir: "Huh!?"
Mikasa cleared her throat, held her breath and said "I think what you said was true Krista. Not just what you said but what Annie said, what everybody said. I did not really know that I was that overprotective. I did not really mind what Eren said from time to time about me treating him like a child. I thought he was just overreacting and feeling embarrassed when I show him my concern. I just really wanna stay by his side but I did not know I was overdoing it already. It's hard to change the way I am but with this simple consequence, though it's childish, to be honest, I think it can help me even just for a week. It's a good start!" then she let out a very huge gasp
Krista and Ymir was startled at how she talked a lot suddenly then Krista looked at her with sparkling eyes and placed her hands between hers.
Krista: "MMMM...YOU ARE SO CUTE MIKASA! Okay! We won't stop this game! Let us continue to let your relationship with Eren bloom!" she said while having tears of joy while Mikasa's face started turning red as a tomato. Ymir then patted Mikasa's back "Not fond of these kinds of things but since Krista supports you, I think I should too."
Mikasa: "You got it wrong! This is not something for romance sake! WE ARE FAMILY!" she protested
Krista: "YOU ARE SO CUTE! Always denying and saying Eren is family for you!"
Ymir: "Stop lying already, Hahaha!"
Mikasa: "..." she did not know what to say as the atmosphere around her heated up
"GO MIKASA!" was the last words she heard from them before they parted ways.
Mikasa sighed then exclaimed, "I'M GOING TO DO THIS!"
At a split second, she realized that Eren, with his beat up face and Armin were standing right next to her.
Eren: "Yo!"
Armin: "Hello, Mikasa!" he smiled
She felt nervous at the thought that maybe they heard everything.
Eren: "What's with the 'I'M GOING TO DO THIS'?"
With that being said, Mikasa felt relief for she knew that they did not hear what she was talking about with Krista and Ymir.
Mikasa: "I'm going to be a better person, that is" then she left the both of them not even asking if Eren was okay. "...for your sake and for mine too, Eren" she continued as she had walked quite a distance from them for Eren not to hear.
Eren: "Huh!? Oi, Where are you going!?" he said, not understanding what Mikasa just said.
Armin: "Hahaha" he laughed knowing what Mikasa meant
Eren: "Why the heck are you laughing, Armin?" he said as he turned his gaze towards Armin
Armin: "Nothing"
After a few moments, Eren spoke softly while looking at Mikasa as she was getting farther and farther from them
Eren: "Anyway, Mikasa seems to be acting oddly..."
Armin: "So you noticed. She did not even ask how you feel after getting beaten up."
Eren: "Thank God! I feel blessed that she did not ask 'Eren, are you okay?' for a hundred times now. A MIRACLE HAS COME! FINALLY!"
Armin: "If you're grateful and you consider it a miracle, why would you regard it as her acting oddly?"
Eren paused, thinking of how to answer Armin's question. In the end, he had not come up with a good answer
Eren: "Huh? Tsk! Well, simply because it's odd but nonetheless it's still a miracle...I guess..."
Armin: "What? I do not seem to understand"
Eren: "I also did not quite understand your question! Anyway, let's get going."
As the two boys have gone away, Sasha revealed herself while holding a potato. She heard everything that Eren and Armin said.
Sasha: "Odd miracle huh? I bet you are going to consider that so-called "miracle" of yours as a nuisance soon. Mikasa! Keep doing what you're doing!" she said to herself and bit the potato.
As she turned around, she saw Hanji adjusting her glasses, smirking. She was also there the whole time. Sasha went towards her.
Sasha: "Hehehe! Hanji-san, thinking what I'm thinking?" she said while chewing the potato
Hanji: "Hahaha! You bet! Our and Mikasa's efforts are going to be fruitful soon. We just have to wait! Mikasa will succeed!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" they both laughed so hard that everyone around them looked at them, thinking that they were stupid.
Author's Notes:
Well, Eren doesn't seem to affected that much about how Mikasa seemed like she did not really care for Eren, FOR NOW!
He even considered it as a miracle. But, Soon...soon Mikasa! Just wait!
Okay, this chapter was long
Anyway, thank you for reading the 1st chapter and I hope you continue to do so with the upcoming chaps! :)))
