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Chapter 2
She opened her eyes and looked at Eren and asked, "What would you say about a marriage between us?"
"What!" Eren gasped at the question.
"What would you say to a marriage between us?" she shyly asked again. "I know that it's out of the blue and all, but if I am to marry I see no better man."
"I'm flattered Historia, but I thought that you preferred girls since you and Ymir were kind of a thing." Eren said as he tried to look anywhere but Historia as his cheeks stsrted to take a shade of red.
"Yes, I liked Ymir but that doesn't mean I don't like guys too." she said. "If anything, you're the only guy that I kind of liked back in our training days, even though you were kind of brash sometimes. "
"Brash?" he asked offendedly with a raised eyebrow.
"You had your weaknesses at times." said Historia. "You were brash, ignorant, gullible at times, an abysmal ODM user, aggressive and even reckless."
"Wow, if I'm that bad then why did you even like me?" he sarcastically asked.
"You didn't let me finish." HIstoria said as she gave his hand a love tap with a smile. "For all your flaws and weaknesses, you have your strengths too. Your courage never fails as you are willing to fight foes stronger than you to save others. Your determination is incredible...sometimes even terrifying, I've never seen you give up on anything you've set your mind to. Your ability to adapt to any situation is quite remarkable. You work excellently with a team. You also love and care alot about your friends to the point I'm sure you'd sacrifice everything for their safety" Historia said. "And as an added bonus, you are both cute and handsome." she added with a blush.
"Again, I'm flattered but I honestly do not know what to say about this." Eren said as he rubbed the back of his head. "I mean, I only have eight years left before I die...I don't want you ending up as a widow when you are so young and I'm sure there are other better guys out there." he added.
"And none of them would come close to you in comparison." she said as she reached over the table and held his hand in her's. "They would see me as a brooding mare and a way for them to gain power, but with you...I know that you would see me as a person and a friend."
"Are you sure about this Historia?" Eren asked. "I really don't want you to feel like you are pressured into doing something just so it can act as an escape."
"I know that. I may possibly be acting out of desperation but I do believe that it is the right choice for me as I would be in a marriage with someone that I know and who cares about me." she said. "Instead of my marriage being a sense of duty and obligation, I would be marrying someone that I know and have come to care about."
"Pardon my intrusion your grace." a guard from the military police came up to them and said." The head of the traders guild has arrived and is waiting for you."
"Oh, I completely forgot about my afternoon meeting with Mr. Reeves." Historia said. "Wilfred, please inform Mr. Reeves that I'll be with him shortly and tell Shae and the maids they can come and take our plates since it seems Ser Eren and I are done with our lunch."
"As you wish your majesty." Wilfred bowed his head and left to do as he was told.
"Again with the ser." complained Eren.
"Get over it will you." Historia chuckled.
"I don't know how to answer your proposal really." Eren told her.
"And you don't need to give me your answer now. Take as much time as you need to decide Eren." she said as she stood up and shook his hand. "The duties of a queen never end." she added.
"I suppose they don't, but it definitely suits you." he said as he shook her hand and parted ways but not before stealing a glance at her backside.
"Who would have thought that a simple lunch invite would turn to this." he thought to himself as he left the castle grounds and headed to scout regiment's headquarters.
It was a ten minute walk to the headquarters. Ten minutes of his mind running at a thousand miles per second as his only thought was of Historia's proposal.
He entered the building and took a seat and filled up a glass of water and gulped it all down as he was sweating bullets. He wouldn't lie as he thought of Historia as a friend who was intelligent, strong, funny and beautiful to a point it would put an angel to shame.
His thoughts were interrupted when Sasha gave him a hug from behind. "Hey Eren, where were you? We missed you at lunch." Sasha asked as she let go of him.
" Uhhmmm, Historia invited me for lunch with her." answered Eren.
"Why'd she only invite you?" she asked.
"It was a private lunch and she just wanted to catch up with me since we hadn't seen each other for a while." he answered.
"So you were all alone with the Queen for a private lunch huh." Sasha said.
"Yes I was." he said. "Is this conversation heading anywhere?"
"I think you know where this conversation is heading." Sasha said with a shit eating grin on her face.
"No I do not really." he nervously said.
"You and Historia were on a lunch date." she said. "Emphasis on 'date'." she added with a snicker.
"Who's on a date with Historia?" Connie asked as he, Armin and Jean walked in the room.
"Eren was." she answered while smirking at Eren as everyone else took a seat around the table.
"You're probably wrong Sasha and dreamt about it since there is no way in a thousand years would Historia willingly go out on a date with Eren because she's into girls." Jean said. "Unless one of Eren's titan abilities is turning into a girl, I highly doubt she'd go for him." he added with a corky tone as Connie chuckled.
Eren stood up and went to Jean and angrily yelled, "Hey, what's that supposed to mean horse face!"
"I think what Jean's trying to say is it's hard to believe that you and Historia were on a romantic date considering her preference when it comes to a partner." Armin said as he tried to defuse the situation before it got out of hand and led Eren back to his seat.
"Armin's right Eren." Connie said with a shrug. "Plus Historia isn't that suicidal as to cross into Mikasa's territory." he added.
"What do you mean by that Connie?" Eren asked with a confused look.
"Dude, Mikasa's quite basically marked you as her's since our training years." Connie said.
"Huh!" Eren said still not getting what he was talking about.
"Think of Mikasa as a wildcat." interjected Sasha. "Albeit a big, strong and scary looking one, she's still a wildcat. And you my friend are her territory which she has marked meticulously for years and would probably fight and kill whoever tries to cross or steal you from her." she added.
"You guys are wrong. Mikasa doesn't feel that way about me." Eren said as he shook his head.
"I know you're oblivious sometimes but this takes the cake Yeager." Jean said. "Even I can see that she likes you." he added.
"Eren, I thought you knew about Mikasa's feelings for you." Armin said. "After all these years, don't tell me you didn't even notice that she liked you?"
"I thought she liked me as a sibling." Eren said to everyone's shock.
"I can't believe I ranked behind you in our graduation ceremony." Jean said with a shocked expression on his face. "Better yet, how did you even make it to the top ten when you clearly have the deduction skills of a wandering duck."
"Are you trying to say that Mikasa likes me and you all knew this except for me?" Eren asked them.
"No," Connie answered. "What we're trying to say is that Mikasa LOVES you and probably every single person in our military knew except for you." he added with a laugh while the rest chuckled at the obliviousnes of their friend.
As they were all laughing at Eren's expense, they heard footsteps approaching from the stairs and in walked Commander Hange, Captain Levi, Mikasa and Floch. They all fell silent and stood up from their seats.
"I'd ask what's got you all in a laughing mood but I feel like I'd regret asking." Levi said in a bored tone as he leaned against the wall.
"Come on Levi, you need to know what's going on with your fellow comrades lives." Hange told him with a small chuckle.
"As long as it involves teenage drama, I'd rather not." he responded.
"Well everyone, today we'll be cleaning up the headquartes since the new trainees will be graduating in a few days and I'm expecting a sizeable number of recruits for the scout regiment." Hange said. "So we need to make this place as presentable as it should."
"Artlert and Kirstein will help Hange with preparing the food and cleaning the kitchen utensils. Yeager and Mikasa will deal with cataloguing and moving inventory and supplies and also checking on our ODM gear. As for Forster, Springer and Braus, I'll be supervising you three as you sweep and mop the rooms." Levi instructed them.
Sasha and Connie raised their hands to ask a question but were interrupted by Levi, "If anyone has qualms about the duties assigned to them, they can take it up with me personally." he said while staring directly at Sasha and Connie who instantly put their hands down. "Good...now get to work." he ordered.
As everyone left to do their duties, Levi turned to Connie, Sasha and Floch and said, "Just so you know, I want every room, shelf, chair, table and window clean and spotless to the point you can see your own reflection." As he left to get the cleaning supplies, Sasha and Connie gulped...loudly.
They all set out to their dutiess with Armin cleaning and sorting the dishes while Hange and Jean cut the vegetables for their supper.
While outside Eren and Mikasa were taking inventory on their supplies for the month. "This would go alot easier if I turned, we'd be done in five minutes." Eren said as he lifted a carton from a carriage to later take it to the storage room.
"Eren, you need to stop constantly depending on your titan form to perform tasks." Mikasa scolded him. "I'm just kidding Mikasa." he told her. "I have to say, it's nice that the Survey Corps is finally getting the respect they deserve." he said. "Even with the new recruits bound to join, we'll have more than enough supplies to carter for them." he added.
"It kind of helps that the queen was a member of the scouts." Mikasa said. "Historia's helped us alot in gaining more supplies and weapons."
"But weapons won't matter at the end of the day if the soldier doesn't know how to wield it." Eren said in a monotonous tone.
"Eren, what's wrong?" MIkasa asked him as she put aside a pair of swords.
"The outside world sees us as devils and would kill us all without a care in the world, even the Eldians in Marley want us dead." he said. "I used to think that outside the walls was freedom, but it's just more death."
"I'm sure we'll find a way to get through this all Eren." Mikasa said as she held his hand.
"You don't understand Mikasa, they wish they could eradicate us all from this world." he said with tears in his eyes. "I saw my father's sister's body that was fed to the dogs just because she left the internment zone while the bastard police said that she would take her back home safe. That's the world that waits for us all."
"And I'll protect you from it if I have to." Mikasa told him. "Eren, the day my parents were murdered, you saved me and gave me my freedom and I will make sure that you get the freedom that you wish and deserve in whichever way I can."
"Mikasa, why do you care so much about me?" Eren asked.
"EH." Mikasa said as she wasn't expecting such a question.
"Is it because I saved you when you were little?" he asked again. "Or is it because I'm your family?"
"Eh? Huh?" she stuttered with a blush creeping up and tinting her cheeks a small shade of red.
"What am I to you?" he asked her.
"You...you are...you are my friend." she answered him. "You're my family." she added.
" But most of all...you are the man that I love."
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