Chapter 5. Well after this I will soon pick up the storyline of SNK (after training corps).
Well enjoy. I tried to fix grammar and stuffs for lots of time so I hope there's none left, if so put it in your review and I'll fix it.
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Little ray of sunlight started shining down to his face.
Eren woke up.
"What time is it?" - He mumbled, moved his arm and attempted to rub his eyes.
That moment, he realized Mikasa was sleeping in his arms.
"What! Why... How..." - He freaked out but quickly reddened his face.
Her sleeping face dazzled him. Beautiful parted lips, silky black hair covered her face.
She looked so peaceful that he could not believe in his own eyes.
"So...cute..."
Suddenly her eyes shot wide open.
"Mikasa! I didn't mean to!" - Eren panicked, quickly let go of her and moved back a few inches.
"Morning already?" - She yawned, then rubbed her eyes. "Let's get moving."
She acted like nothing happened, which totally confused Eren.
She started shooting her hook. Eren followed.
He saw her glancing at his leg. Her face seemed troubled, he wanted to ask, but she turned away.
At last they made it out of the forest. They quickly removed their 3DMGs and held them in hands.
"See you later." - He said, walking to the boy barracks.
She didn't answer.
Eren returned to his room. Armin jumped out without any spare seconds.
"Eren! Where have you been?!"
"I was injured in the forest, so..."
Armin noticed his friend's leg, bandaged with a jacket, slight red stained on it.
"We need to get you to the infirmary!"
Armin took Eren to the doctor right after that. He had worried all night and wanted to make sure his friend was OK.
"It's not a serious injury. Your wrist, though, looks bad. You shouldn't do combat battle for a while."
"BUT-" - Eren growled.
"If not you may never recover."
Eren calmed down. He wouldn't want to be fucking invalid forever. He decided to listen to the doctor.
"I'll talk to Shadis, don't worry."
When Eren was talking to the doctor, Armin picked up the jacket Eren brought back.
"It's...smaller somehow.. And the scratch from the other day isn't here either. Just whose this is..." - The smart blond quickly figured it out that this jacket belonged to someone else.
Lunch time, Eren walked to the dining hall with Armin.
Out of nowhere the potato girl showed up.
"Eren! Have you seen Mikasa anywhere?" - Sasha asked.
"No. " - Eren answered.
"Strange. She hasn't returned since yesterday 3dmg training." - Sasha said in concern.
Eren could feel a quick glance from Armin.
"She hasn't returned yet?" - Eren thought.
"I'm worried. She didn't join this morning work out with everyone. I wonder where she went."
"Don't worry. I'm sure she can take care of herself. Just...hope Shadis won't find out."
They entered the dining room. Mikasa was sitting alone in a table in the corner.
"Mikasa!"- Sasha shouted, ran to Mikasa and hugged her tightly. "Glad you're alright! I miss you!"
Mikasa sighed. "This girl is just as annoying as Eren." - She thought.
She removed Sasha's arms and continued with her lunch. Sasha came back with Eren and Armin with their trays later. They all sat in Mikasa's table.
"Mikasa, you're been out...all night? And this morning, too?" - Armin asked.
"Yes. I had some business to take care of." - Mikasa said.
"I see."
Armin examined Mikasa's jacket. A scratch on her jacket caught his attention.
"No doubt it's Eren's." - He figured it out. "Why they exchanged jackets anyway?"
"I'm finished. See ya later." - Mikasa stood up. "Take care, Armin, Sasha ... Eren."
Then she left.
Sasha grabbed her bread and ran after Mikasa.
Which left only Armin and Eren.
"Tell me Eren. What happened yesterday?" - Armin asked once again.
"I told you, I got injured and-"
"Come on. We're best friends. You don't need to hide it from me. You were with Mikasa, didn't you?"
"Well..."
Eren decided to tell Armin everything. He couldn't hide from this sharp-eye blonde anyway.
"I see. You're so reckless Eren."
"I don't want to hear another lecture. One was enough."
"Hey Eren, where is your key?" - Armin noticed that the key was not on Eren's neck anymore.
"Huh?"
Eren moved his hands around his neck to find it, but didn't find anything.
"What! How could I lose it!" - Eren started to panic.
"Maybe you dropped it at the forest yesterday. I still saw it before that."
"Fuck!"
"We'll find it at the next 3dmg practice. I'll come with you. Don't worry."
At time like this, Eren felt blessed to have such a friend like Armin.
It was around night.
Mikasa saw Eren checking up bushes, tree logs,...
"What are you doing?" - She asked.
"I lost my necklace."
"I still saw it the other day, before your combat practice with Annie. Didn't saw it after that though."
Armin told Eren he still saw the necklace yesterday morning, why Mikasa said differently?
But then again, she had no reasons to lie to him anyway, he thought.
"Are you saying maybe...Annie took it? - Eren asked.
"I'm saying I think she had it."
"...Why though..."
"Picked it up after you dropped and forgot to return..possibly."
"I'll go ask her then."
"Wait!" - Mikasa grabbed Eren's shoulder.
"What?"
"If you asked her straight and she didn't do it, it would turn out to be a disaster."
"Then what should I do?"
"I'll help."
Eren looked at her in confusion.
"You'll distract her and I'll check her bed in the barrack. We shared a room after all." - She continued.
"But if it wasn't her..."
"Then she's clear. She won't know about this. Couldn't hurt to try, you know?"
"Ok..."
He trusted her.
"Annie!" - Eren called.
"What?" - The blonde girl sounded annoyed.
"Uhmmm... You know I couldn't practice martial arts with you in the next few days, so..."
And then Eren just tried to make the conversation as long as possible.
Mikasa, in the empty room, checked Annie's bed.
There was nothing much, a few rubber bands to tie her hair, few belts,... Then Mikasa caught sight of a letter. It was slightly yellow, as she guessed it was written long time ago.
She opened it to find some blurry handwritting. It was a little bit too hard to read but Mikasa could figure the words out.
After finishing looking through, Mikasa returned everything to their original position.
No sign of the key in Annie's corner though.
Mikasa walked to her own bed, picked something up from the inside of her pillow, and left the room.
Eren then caught sight of Mikasa. He guessed she had found his key. He said goodbye to Annie and the girl left right away.
He ran to Mikasa in heavy breath.
"Did you find it?" - He asked.
"No. Sorry. Not in our room."
"Oh..."
"But I found it nearby." - She took a key out of her jacket pocket and gave it to him.
"OMG! This is it!"
"I don't know why it was near our room-"
Before she finished her sentence, Eren hugged her tightly.
"Thank you!" - He said cheerfully.
She sighed and pulled back.
"Don't lose it again." - She pushed him away and left.
She walked to an empty corner, placed a hand onto her forehead.
"He trusts me that much." - She smiled sarcastically "And yet, I..."
She took a deep breath in.
"How troublesome."