A five part story inspired by the one shot titled "Sleep Deprived" by decievingeyes. AOT has officially become my current Anime fixation, hehe, the series just has that hold on me. EreMika fluff fic, what can I say? This pairing is just precious but then their romance went sideways before it could even become one. It's as if they are an anime version of Romeo and Juliet, but much darker and filled with anxiety.

This chapter will pullout a scene from their childhood. Mikasa's nightmare of being kidnapped and Eren dying unable to save her.

I don't own the characters and places mentioned. They are all the creative property of Hajime Isayama, all credits go to him for creating this amazing manga!

Paradis

Shiganshina

It has been a month since the Yeagers took her into their humble home, a month since she was save by the impulsive Eren Yeager. Mikasa Ackerman was a raven haired, gray eyed girl who at the age of nine had lost her parents to three kidnappers. She had killed the third while her hero killed the first two. But the experience had left her traumatized. She has been having nightmares of that day, and it seemed the tonight would be no different. But in all of these scenes Eren fails to save her and dies, her captors laughing at her weakness.

The nightmare played once more, her struggling to get free while watching a the two men torture Eren, his screams haunt her dreams. Then the last look he gives her before the dream ends, his hollow eyes staring into her own, lifeless and still. She wakes gasping, breath hitching as her tears run down her face. She looked at the cot bed beside her, to see Eren half a sleep looking towards her as if he had heard her gasp.

"Mm. Mikasa. Are you alright?" He asks rubbing his eyes as he look towards her.

She sniffled, "I-I..."

He suddenly shot up, alert hearing her halting speech, the hitch in her voice was like a knife to his heart. Ever since that day he had found himself caring for the girl he had saved from the terrible fate that would have befallen her if he had waited moments longer. He scooted closer to her (they were in one bed due to the room not being large enough to fit two) and held her close, gently rubbing her back.

"What is it Mik?" He asks softly.

She shook in his arms, "Y-you died..."

"What?" He asked surprised by her pronouncement.

"Y-you tried to s-stab one of them, but t-then..." She was unable to continue as her tears got the best of her.

Realization dawned on him. She had dreamed of the day he had saved her again. But instead of saving her he had died trying to do so, he had failed. He held her tighter as she burrowed her head deeper into his chest wanting to feel his warmth, he didn't mind this at all in fact, he felt comfortable with this. He had grown to care for the younger girl, she was just two months younger then him. He thought of a way to comfort her, he took her hand and placed it on his chest right above his heart.

"Do you feel that Mik?" He asked quietly running his other on her back.

She nods into his chest, "Yeah. Your heartbeat."

"As long as you can hear or feel my heartbeat then you know I'm alive. There's still much we haven't done and seen in the world, I can't die yet knowing that we haven't gone out into the world along with Armin. I want you to remember that Mik." He says to her soothingly.

She lifted her head and looked into his eyes, "I want that too."

She smiled at him and placed her head on his chest, he placed his chin on her head taking in the scent of her hair. He pulled the blanket over them.

"Night Mikasa." He says.

She smiled onto his chest, "Night Eren. Thank you."

"Anytime Mik, anytime." He says before dosing off to her soft breaths.

A bit of comfort here. This paring is precious, I wish they had gotten together before hell broke loose but that wasn't meant to be! A cursed love eh. They weren't on the same page most of the time, regarding their feelings.

What did you all think of this short story? There will be four more of these coming up. A wholesome moment between them, a very refreshing thing to imagine. Tell me what you think about this through the comments. Any suggestions for future stories are welcome feel free to type it in the comments or send me a DM.

Signing off,

WL_17