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There was another moment of silence, except it felt less tensed as compared to the previous ones. The two found comfort in that silence, considering almost everything had been settled. Though, that silence was soon broken.

"Do you feel better now?" Eren had asked her suddenly, Sachiko gave a nod, about to question why he had asked such an abrupt question, but before she could, Eren continued, "Do you want to visit Mama…?"

Sachiko's eyes widened as she heard those words. Now wiping her eyes, she wore a genuine smile, an excited one.

"Yes… I want to see her."

With that, the two Jaegers left, to visit Mikasa.

"Levi, did you see that?" Armin asked as he gave Levi a nudge on the shoulder. "What?" Levi sighed. The two had just left the hospital, walking towards their own cars in the carpark area, about to make their way home until something caught the blonde's eye.

"I think I just saw Sachiko and Eren leaving the hospital…where do you think they're going? Isn't it a little too early for her to be discharged?" Armin frowned slightly, "I'll go see if—"

"Don't." Levi spoke sharply, his grey orbs glancing towards the blonde, before darting elsewhere. "Don't chase after them."

"Eh? Why is that?"

"If they're suddenly leaving the hospital after that mess, I can only assume they're visiting a certain someone." Levi spoke, a bit vaguely, his eyes darting back towards the blonde. "You get it, don't you?"

It didn't take long for the blonde to understand his statement. Letting out a sigh, the blonde glanced back to the direction where he saw the two Jaegers. "It's already time for that visit? Especially after that mess?"

"I suppose so." Levi scoffed slightly, "Though, it's about time, don't you think?"

Before the two Jaegers knew it, they had reached the cemetery, or rather the entrance of it. At first, Eren seemed rather hesitant to even take a step inside. It wasn't because of the fact he feared to become an emotional mess or whatsoever, it was more of he feared the fact that he may not know what to do if Sachiko were to be that emotional mess instead. After all, it was Sachiko's first visit to see her mother.

At that thought, the brunette glanced over to his daughter who seemed… excited, still. But Eren knew, emotions could change in a blink of an eye.

Sachiko had worn this gleeful look since the moment they left the hospital. "Nervous?" Eren had asked her suddenly, although that question seemed rather redundant, considering that genuine elated look she wore had said it all.

"Not at all." Sachiko responded, smiling softly, "Are you nervous Papa?" She asked back, and just before Eren could've responded, Sachiko continued. "Your hands are shaking a little." It was only when she said it, did Eren realized his hands were trembling. "Ah- sorry…" He apologised, he had been holding Sachiko's hand for the whole journey—he wasn't sure if it was to reassure her or himself at this point, though at this moment, the answer seemed obvious enough. Just as he was about to pull his hand away, having assumed it annoyed her, Sachiko only gripped his hand tighter in comfort. It made Eren wonder who the adult was in this situation. "Don't worry, Papa. I think Mama will be happy since we're visiting her... right?"

"Of course." Eren responded in a heartbeat. "There's no doubt in that." He murmured quietly, and with his hand gripping Sachiko's a little tighter, he spoke, "Let's go then, it's not too far."

"Eren, do you think our child will ever stop loving us?" Mikasa had once asked the brunette out of the blue. Mikasa was a few weeks before her supposed due date.

Raising a brow at her sudden question, Eren only let out a sigh as he moved forward, sitting down next to his wife on the couch. "What kind of question is that? Of course she won't, Mikasa. If you say that I'll be an amazing father, I'm sure you'll be an amazing mother as well!" Eren exclaimed a little, in hopes of cheering Mikasa up, yet to no avail—she still had a sullen look.

Eren's eye softened slightly, his arm wrapped around Mikasa's shoulders in comfort. "Mikasa… you don't have to worry. I'm sure—"

"What if I won't be able to be there for the baby, do you think she or he will hate me?" Mikasa continued, as her head slowly rested onto Eren's shoulder. "Mikasa… what's with all these questions—"

"It's nothing… sorry, just worries that's all, probably a 'mother thing'" Mikasa laughed slightly as she cut him off, flashing a reassuring smile. But even Eren knew, for one reason or another, that there seemed to be so much sorrow in that smile. Letting out a small sigh, Eren spoke, "That won't happen. I'm sure of it. There's so much to love about you, Mikasa—our child will of course love you! And knowing you, you won't just suddenly leave without a valid reason, even so, I know that the moment when the baby is born, you probably won't ever leave his or her side." Eren spoke confidently, smiling slightly. "And whatever troubles you have, I'll always be here, Mikasa. For you and for the child."

Mikasa looked up towards the brunette slightly, the worries which had reflected in her obsidian orbs seem to slowly fade away. "You'll always be there for the child, you say…" She murmured quietly.

"Of course! I'll always be there for our child, so you don't have to worry if you make mistakes—"

"Promise?" Mikasa spoke in a rather serious and solemn manner. The fierce and serious look she suddenly had on her expression seemed to have startled him a little, but nonetheless, with a reassuring smile, he nodded and spoke, "I promise." Eren then shifted slightly, planting a small kiss on Mikasa's forehead. "So, don't worry so much, Mikasa. I love you two so much, of course I'll be there."

Mikasa's eyes softened at his words, tears were forming in her eyes by then. "Thank you, Eren."

Back then, Eren wondered why she had teared up so suddenly over such a 'trivial' promise, to be frank, he had panicked slightly when he saw her tears back then. But now, he understood why she had said all those things, he understood why had the remaining few weeks, Mikasa had acted a little differently. It pained him so much to realize that the weight of those words had been heavier than he thought. But, that pain was only temporary. He didn't feel that pain now for whatever reason.

When they had reached Mikasa's grave, Sachiko had let go of Eren's hand as she took a few steps closer to Mikasa's grave. "So this is where Mama is?" Sachiko had asked softly. "Yeah." Eren responded quietly, wondering what expression his daughter wore now— was it still the same excited look, or was it something else?

There was silence for a while, until Sachiko broke it. "If… I say something to Mama now, will it reach her?" She asked quietly. Eren eyes widened at such a question, but he gave a nod at her question. "It will. Even if we can't see her, I'm sure she's watching over us." Eren responded firmly. Ah, those words sounded so familiar, Sachiko had thought.

"Okay…" Sachiko uttered softly. Taking a deep breath, she began talking. "Hello, Mama! I really, really wish you were here! I want to see you, I want to feel how your hugs are like… are they as warm as Papa's? Haha…" She started—and yet she was already tearing up.

"But! You don't have to feel bad that you aren't here, it's okay! Uncle Levi and Armin said something about you living on in my heart… that's enough for me… oh! And I have Papa! He's taking really good care of me! So you don't have to worry… you don't have to…" Sachiko trailed off, her body started to tremble slightly. Eren had taken notice, and just before he could say anything, a cold gust of wind blew by—causing Sachiko to shiver and tremble more. "Sachiko…" Eren murmured out, about to scratch the back of his neck until he felt something soft—Mikasa's scarf. Had he worn it subconsciously before heading out? He didn't know. But it wasn't time to be questioning that.

Walking towards Sachiko, he took off the red scarf, and wrapped it around Sachiko. Before she could ask or say anything, Eren spoke, "It was your mother's, It's yours now… is it warm?" He asked quietly. Sachiko only looked up at his father in tears, her hand now gripping onto the scarf that Eren had wrapped a little messily around her. Regardless of the way it was wrapped, she felt warmth. A different form of warmth that wasn't like her father's—was it her mother's?

"Yeah… it's warm and soft…" She spoke softly, Eren then proceeded to ruffle her hair slightly. "You have more to say don't you? Don't bottle it up anymore…"

With that, Sachiko gave a nod as she continued, "So… I went to the park many times with Papa, he makes so much time for me… we played and played… and I saw this... family. They had a… mother, someone to call 'Mama'… I was so sad and confused why I didn't have one—why I didn't have someone to call 'Mama'… but I'm here now! With you! Talking to you! Mama… Mama…" Before she knew it, her tears slowly became sobs— and it wasn't only her whose eyes leaked of tears.

"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry. Everyone says I don't have to be sorry, but Mama… I'm sorry." Sachiko sobbed, continuing, "But also… Mama… Thank you. Thank you so much for this life you gave me… thank you… I… I..." Sachiko started to stutter, choking on her tears as she struggled to say her last remaining words. She wanted to continue so badly but it pained her so much—that it had to be this way that she had to say it.

"You heard that, Mikasa? Sachiko's been a really good girl you know? She takes after you for that." Eren spoke out suddenly, chuckling a little, his hand then reaching out as he gripped Sachiko's hand in comfort. "You see, Mikasa, I told you… there was so many things to love about you, of course our child will love you. Isn't that right, Sachiko?" Eren spoke softly as tears flowed out from his emerald orbs which now glanced over to Sachiko. Sachiko gave a huge nod, her hand tightening around Eren's now. "On a count of three… and we'll say it together, okay?" Eren spoke softly, which Sachiko nodded as well, trying to control the tears that flowed.

"One… two… three!" Eren spoke, and then within a second, the two Jaegers cried out with love, "We love you!"

"Mama, I love you so much!"

"Mikasa, I love you so much!"

Words of love—filled with love were what they had cried out, spoken in sync.

A sudden gust of wind blew by, but it wasn't cold like the previous one, odd enough. And the two could've sworn, they felt some sort of warm embrace from behind—however it only lasted for a few moments.

Another gust of wind blew by, it felt cooling, yet it somehow warmed their hearts— as if the 'wind' were trying to say, 'I love you too.'

Whatever happened after was just nothing more than the two staying around longer, keeping Mikasa company as they continued talking about life, its events, and crying—crying about so many things, for so many reasons other than sadness.

Epilogue

It had been almost a year since those events, since that day. Now, it was Mikasa's birthday.

Sachiko had persisted Eren for them to pay Mikasa a visit— but even without persistence without being asked, Eren would've went anyway.

Once they had reached the entrance of the cemetery, Sachiko had spotted familiar faces. "Uncle Levi and Armin! Aunt Hanji and Annie too!" She exclaimed as she ran towards them, Eren following behind, holding a bouquet of flowers that he was going to give to Mikasa—flowers that the two had chosen, which were a mixture of white roses and white lilies.

"Sachiko? What are you doing here? Don't you have school?" Levi had asked with a raised brow, followed by a frown. Hanji had then picked her up, "Who cares Levi?! You got to loosen up grumps! And oh my, you seem to be heavier as compared to the last time I carried you!" Hanji laughed, as Annie continued, "Has the little beast grown?" She teased slightly, which Sachiko pouted at. Eren chuckled lightly, "She wanted to come as early as possible with all of us, so I called the school and manage to get her a day off." Eren explained as he walked over. "Well, the more the merrier, don't you think?" Armin laughed softly as they all nodded in agreement.

As they started to walk towards where Mikasa rested, Armin took notice of the scarf she was wearing. "Hey… isn't that Mikasa's?" He had asked, which Sachiko nodded at. "Papa gave it to me! It's so warm and soft!" She chuckled slightly, Armin smiled back, "Well you don't say… that scarf has a story you know? It's called 'The beginning of Eren's and Mikasa's love life'" Armin joked, though Sachiko's eyes widened, "Really? Tell me mo—"

"Oh look, we're here." Eren had cut Sachiko off, shooting the blonde a short-lasting glare before letting out a sigh. He proceeded to pass Sachiko the bouquet of white lilies and roses. "Go give it to Mama and don't forget to wish her happy birthday…" Eren spoke softly, Sachiko giving a nod as she took them, walking forward and then placing them down as she started saying her wishes first.

"So the truth is out and accepted?" Levi had asked, Eren giving a nod as a response. "There will be a lot more obstacles along the way, you know?" Levi sighed.

"I know." Eren responded, his eyes softening as he glanced over at Sachiko. "And I won't give up." Eren spoke in a determined manner, causing Levi to scoff a little, "I thought so, brat."

Eren rolled his eyes a little as he glanced over to Levi, "It's been so many years, and you still call me—"

Before he could finish, a strong gust of wind blew by. And out of the blue, Sachiko spoke out, "Papa! The flowers!" She exclaimed. The ribbon that had kept the bouquet of flowers together had seemed to loosen up, causing the flowers to spiral up and away along with the wind, in a… beautiful way.

'Mikasa…' Eren thought.

Sachiko had seemed disappointed and sad when that had happened, but Armin had reassured her, the wind would take the flowers to where Mikasa was—and that was all it took to get her spirits back up high. "Will they really go to Mama, Papa?" Sachiko had asked, only to be met with silence.

'Mikasa…' Eren thought.

"Papa?" Sachiko called out again, causing Eren to snap back into reality.

"Yeah… they will." He murmured out, smiling a little as he walked over to Sachiko, bending down onto his knees. "Papa…" Sachiko called out suddenly as she continued, "Is this what it feels like to be at home? We're not at home but I feel so…"

"I know." Eren responded, cutting her off as he continued, "Home is where the heart is after all…don't you think?"

"Yes!" Sachiko had agreed as she turned her focus back to her mother, "Did you hear that Mama? You'll always have a home and place in Papa's and my heart!"

As Eren heard those words, his eyes softened a little before closing them, feeling the breeze blow by.

"Mikasa… I'm home. We're home."

Author's Note: Last chapter haha, hope it was satisfactory. I might write a Mikasa version of this (Mikasa being the single parent instead, BUT, of course, the storyline will differ.) … I might write it… after my dreaded, painful exams. Thank you for reading. Please leave a review!