~ New Look ~

In the bliss that he was experiencing it was hard for Matias to actually feel bad for accidentally making Annie swallow. Honestly as she complained much like a child would and looked at him in vague disgust he had the urge to laugh more than he did to apologise.

He did neither as he slowly leaned up and watched Annie run into the bathroom, a smile settling on his face. He looked to the stains that she'd left with her coughing and then his own member that was sticky with his release and saliva.

"I should probably clean up." His hand weaved through his black hair and slowly he slid out the bed, his feet landing somewhat shakily on the ground as a wave of exhaustion passed through him.

"Jeez. I forgot how exhausting this whole thing was." He muttered with a sigh and a walk over to the second smaller bathroom in his bedroom. It wasn't as well-equipped as the other with only a toilet and sink, but it was good enough for what he needed to do.

He quickly cleaned his limp member with a cloth and then upon walking out the small room immediately dug through his cupboard. His hands procured a pair of grey sweatpants that he immediately put on his hips and a change of purple sheets. He replaced the previous ones covered in stains and after flattening out this new one took a seat on the bed.

By the time that he was done with this, Annie walked out the shower with a towel around her neck and in his opinion a strange sense of fulfilment. He could guess why and smiled softly as she sat beside him on the edge of the bed, the way she was avoiding his "stain" getting a short chuckle out of him.

"I changed the sheets, Annie. You're in the clear." His chuckle only gets louder when she looks at the sheets and then awkwardly scoots a little closer to him, but then it stopped when she asks him about their relationship.

The shyness in the question and the bluntness create an effective combo that silences him and then got him to break out in real genuine laughter. It's loud and uncontrollable and an all around amazing sensation he hasn't felt in years, the reaction as strange and off-putting it may be to Annie being one that he needed after the stress that was the past few weeks.

When he calmed down to answer the question that she bravely asked him, the former military man moved his hand around her shoulder and brought the two of them that much closer.

"Sorry about that, Annie but as blunt as you are you aren't exactly wrong." His hand at her shoulder moved to the back of her head and gently brought her head to rest on his lap. He knew that she'll be a little off-put by the action and quickly worked to get rid of that by massaging her scalp.

His fingers slowly weaved through her blonde hair, nails occasionally scratching at her scalp in between gently playing with the golden strands.

"The only difference in our relationship should really be honesty. We don't need to keep secrets and we should have complete trust in one another, none of this "did he do this" or "did she do this" bullshit. Also..." His fingers trailed across her cheek in a smooth glide.

"It wouldn't hurt to show your cute and honest side a little more. It might earn you a reward or two from your Commanding Officer." He gave a playful smirk and wink as his hand continued to trail across her cheek and back into her hair.

When Matias had began to laugh uncontrollably, Annie's face turned hard and grim, almost snarling up at him as he laughed. When he finally did stop and began to stroke her head and laid her on his lap; she began to calm down a little, having been about to yell at him for laughing at her after what they did.

Simply staring up at him as he spoke, she let him play with her cheek and her hair.

"I will try to be honest." She admitted. She wasn't going to lie to him now.

"I've been taught all my life to lie. From living in the Ghetto's and avoiding the police and army, to the training for this mission. I've been told to lie and to do what I must to get the mission done. Now the mission is over. I failed." She looked down solemnly.

"I should actually kill myself or go out in a blaze of glory according to the mission specification." She explained to him. "But I don't want to. I want to stay with you. I wanted to go home but I know I can't. I want to stay with you. I never thought I would fall for someone here."

"There was Armin, I knew he had a crush on me, it was the reason I did not kill him when I was searching for Eren outside the second wall." She explained.

"I kind of liked him too." Annie admitted, looking up at him as she spoke.

"When he betrayed me, when he tried to trap me, I couldn't even kill him then either. I had a plan to kill you too." she told him without lying, he wanted honesty and he was getting it now.

"On the day I was going to finish my mission and infiltrate the palace, I was going to come into the bedroom, right here. I was going to either get you to fuck me like this or if that failed, I would have just slit your throat in your sleep." She looked away for a moment.

"But I messed up and got hurt, badly. You helped me back to healthy and I fell for you, even before you helped me. I did not realise what it was but now I do" Turning onto her side so she faced him, but was laid with her head on its side on his lap.

Closing her eyes she began to drift to sleep; exhaustion filling her body after their fun.

"I love you... Matias..." She sighed as she drifted off to sleep.

Matias was silent all throughout Annie's confession of who she is and what she's been through.

He softly smiled when she mentioned wanting to be with him, and even chuckled as she mentioned the crush that she had. It proved that even back then she was a human and not a monster as everyone claimed that she was.

He wasn't the least bit surprised when she mentioned that he was on her chopping block, the older man gently running through her hair to show his understanding in the confession. When she continued and eventually ended with a look to him he smiled and then watched her slowly drift to sleep.

"Love you too, Annie." He slowly moved her from his lap and then laid her on the mattress with a gentleness that he hoped wouldn't rouse her in the slightest. He made sure to put the covers over her and then took a seat on the bed with a stare at the ceiling and heavy sigh.

"Hope I'm doing right by you, sis."

Matias went to sleep later that night on the chair that he'd been sleeping on just because he didn't want to wake her. It made his sleep somewhat uncomfortable but he still woke up feeling refreshed compared to the rest of the week.

The next morning, Annie was up before Matias, when he came through the house to look for her, she was gone. Some clothes had disappeared and his wallet was gone too. No note, no nothing. She was gone.

Matias immediately looked to where Annie was sleeping and wasn't surprised that she was gone. His wallet was gone as well alongside with some clothes that he'd bought, the groggy male scratching the top of his head in a lazy manner.

"Should probably make breakfast." He muttered as he made his way into the bathroom and into the shower stall. His hand slowly turned the shower knobs and released the warm and cold water across his skin, the exhaustion that hazed his mind and hampered his reflexes ebbing away. He walked out feeling good and then got dressed in some black slacks and a white shirt before heading back downstairs.

"Oh shit. I forgot about this mess!" Matias muttered with a grimace, the "mess" that they'd made all over the ground and the table. He walked over to it with clear disgust and then slid a hand through his hair with an exasperated sigh.

"Guess I'll clean this up quick." His eyes turned to the sink and the single cloth that waited for him.

"And I've only got one choice. Great." He grabbed the single cloth and with some water via the sink got to work on cleaning up the mess. It was not an easy task or a likable one but was one that must be done all the same. A good house is a clean house as they say.

The cleaning and scrubbing took its time, the ragged nature of the cloth resulting in him having to take things slower then he'd like. Still it got done, his hands falling underneath the sink just as Annie came through the front door.

It was in the late afternoon when Annie came back, walking in slowly with a hood up, she would turn to face him and pull down the hood.

Annie looked completely different. Her long blonde hair that she had in the little pony tail was gone; the right hand side of her hair was shaved down to a thin blonde and her right side long and curving down her right side of her face. She wore lipstick, which was something she never did before, and make up! She looked so beautiful.

She wore new clothes too, and had some bags in her hands.

"I went out to shop. I hope you did not mind." She asked nervously. She wanted to surprise him with her new look, she wanted to be able to go out with him but if someone recognised her by her hairstyle or her look, she'd be straight to prison and he'd probably be execute for treason.

She put the bags down on the table and turned to him. "I went to the local barber and got my hair cut. I looked at all different styles but I liked this one. Then I went to get some new clothes, as we only had a few we bought together. If I'm going to stay here with you, then I need to have more clothes."

She did not mention the makeup, although it was clear why she did it, she wanted to look pretty for Matias. Before she did not care about her looks because she was in the Military, and more importantly she was on a mission to find her target and bring them back. Not look pretty for some guy.

"Well look who…" What was going to be a sarcastic greeting died in the taller man's throat with a single look at Annie's new appearance.

The haircut was the first thing that he noticed, the style not quite his preference, but he could see the appeal considering it gave her a new look and kept up the bad ass aura that she seemed to like having. It would probably be cute to see her blush with that look as well, so that was an added bonus as well.

Then there was the lipstick and make up. He was almost positive that she'd never worn anything like that before and it didn't show in the least. She was positively stunning and a part of him wanted to undo all the work he'd done in cleaning the kitchen right then and there. He relented with the more rational part of his brain, his lips curving into a smile as she continued to explain her actions in this stiff manner that had him almost rolling his eyes.

Even with everything they'd done she still had this need to explain everything to him with an alibi and excuse behind it.

"Good grief." He muttered as his hand roped around her waist and brought her into a quick passionate kiss to silence her nerves.

"You look beautiful and I don't mind, although I'd like a note next time." He spoke gently as his thumb ran across the bottom of her lip.

"I like the lipstick and makeup by the way. You should keep it." He gave another quick peck to her lips and then turned back to the newly cleaned kitchen, an idea coming to mind and a smirk on his face.

"Oi, Annie. Want to do some cooking with me? I haven't started breakfast or lunch and I'm guessing that you haven't eaten, yeah?"