"Eren, I really should be going back to the nurse's dormitories now, I can't be seen like this…"
Rather unsurprisingly, the two new lovers found themselves lying down on the hospital bed together, bodies pressed against each other. They were both literally and figuratively joined at the hip, Mikasa's smaller frame nestled comfortably against Eren's chest while his arms wrapped protectively around her chest, both at peace.
Or, at least, Eren was at peace. Poor, shy Mikasa, on the other hand was mortified and scandalized by Eren's newfound love for affectionate displays.
He laughed at her newfound reticence. "You're breaking my heart, Mikasa. After all those embarassing things I said, you're just gonna leave me alone here?"
"Eren, this is serious! I'm supposed to be a nurse, I shouldn't be fraternizing with a patient!"
"Bit late for that, I think. Besides, aren't nurses supposed to help their patients? Just consider this a type of healing. I know I do."
"What if someone finds us like this, what would they think?"
"Damn, he's a lucky man?"
Mikasa mumbled something incoherent, as she was wont to do when embarrassed.
"You know, I really don't see the problem. We used the sleep like this all the time as kids. It's comfortable, isn't it? I don't know why we ever stopped." "It was… improper." Oh yes, damn military and their fraternization rules. Well, that didn't matter now. What would the Paradisian armed forces do, tell their only hope and world-destroyed superweapon he wasn't allowed to hug the love of his life?
"What was improper was us spending years hiding our feelings from each other. Glad that's over with."
"Even still, I shouldn't be here, Eren. It's only a few hours until morning."
"You know, you can leave whenever you want. I'm not even holding you that tightly and you could just use your Ackerman strength to break free." Eren didn't need a mirror to see how unbearably smug his face was.
"You actually want to stay here with me, don't you, Mikasa?"
She grew silent after that, no doubt horrified at the monster she had created. After some time, she twisted her body, but not to rise to her feet and leave his bed. Oh no. Instead, craned herself around so that the two of them was facing one another.
Eren couldn't help but be amazed at the rosy blush making it's away all the way up to Mikasa's ears, and the small pout of embarrassment that made her look outright adorable.
For a moment, they stared into each other's eyes. After mere seconds, all resistance left Mikasa Ackerman's body. She sighed, wrapped her arms around him buried herself into his chest.
"It's warm."