Jean's pov
It was the fist round, Eren vs Mikasa. I took my ballot and wrote down Mikasa's name and £250/$250 underneath, I knew she was gonna win so I could bet high, I guess I really believed in her.
"3,2,1 Go!" no one really saw what happened all we heard was the slam of Eren's hand on the table , it just happened so fast, like it was over as quick as it started,
"Yeah that seems about right " she stood up and walked up to me and kissed my cheek as if nothing happened,
"what'd you guys bet then?" Mikasa asked, I decided not to reveal mine till Last so I could watch their hopes go up and fall back down again,
"I bet 35 on Mikasa" Sasha said
"I bet 50 on Mikasa" Connie added
"Armin and I both put 45 on Mikasa"
Eren's face was somewhat shocked at the fact no one thought he could win
"that just leaves Christa and Jean"
"I put five on Eren, Jean?" Christa said
"I though we were betiing high so I put 250 on Mikasa" she was shocked. But the good kind,
"Here, you can use this to bet" I handed her some money.
She pulled on my arm, "hey can we talk?" I followed her back I to the closet,
"why did you bet so much on me?" I looked down
"it was obvious you were going to win." she took my hands,
"Jean," she stepped closer,
"why did you bet so much on me?" I put my hands on her waist,
"I guess I wanted to believe in you" she leaned in towards me and kissed me ever so gently,
"we should get back, the others are going to get suspicious" we came back into the room and sat down with the others,
"I'm all fired up now, could do with a good match. Connie wanna go?" I said
"fine." I sat down, looked at Mikasa and shot a wink, I heard that sweet giggle and turned back round to face Connie,
"3,2,1 Go!" this match didn't end as quick as Mikasa's but is was just as humiliating, I felt Connie's hand trying to pin mine down but when I looked down at our arms I saw that they weren't budging, I leaned forward,
"you need to use all the muscles in your upper half, not just your arms" I whispered in his ear.
I smirked, pushed back my chair back so that I was properly stood up. I readjusted my grip and slammed down his arm.
Mikasa's pov
"what are the bets then?" I cuddled with Jean when he came back from his match ,
"I put 50 on Jean" Sasha said,
"we did the same as last time" Armin said
"Christa and I put 35 on Jean" I watched Connie click his arm back and I heard Jean chuckle,
"well I decided to make a high bet" I felt Jean's head turn to me,
"I bet 200 on Jean.." I smiled at him, it feels good to realise someone's sense of self worth.
We kept playing until one o'clock, gambling, charades, board games all of it. Me and Jean were the only ones still awake, I was in the bed, Jean was out on the balcony,
" Jean come inside, I don't want to sleep alone" he walked back from the balcony and came in to the bed,
"hey, how's it going? " I laughed at his horrible flirting skills,
"how did you get girls when you're so shit at flirting?" he let go of me
"Well that's because they asked me, me being schizophrenic, depressed and shit I needed something to distract me. But since I was never into it, since I never fucked them, I got called a playboy, I ended losing all my friends, and sticking with my family, Sasha and Connie. " I smiled at his explanation
"why'd you half ass it? " he stayed silent for a minute
"because there was this one girl, I didn't know her name. I even met her a few weeks ago but I first saw her in a dream" he stopped. Why did he stop talking
"what dream?" he hugged me again
"well it was ten years ago when I was about six, at the time I was a lot fatter and unfit so I got bullied quite a lot, probably the reason I'm so insecure and muscular now. In the dream I was at the park, on my own just playing on the swings, and then these three guys came over to me, they left me there unconscious, lying on the floor. But when I woke my head was in somebodies lap,
'ah you're awake' she said she told me that I shouldn't let them bully me and that I should be a man instead of a baby. I got a good look at her, she had beautiful black hair, her eyes I could get lost in them, when I woke up the first thing I did was draw her, show her to Marco and then hang her up on the wall. " I was starting to feel uncomfortable hearing Jean talk about another girl like this,
" I'm so glad I found you again, I love you so much. " the drawing, it looks just like me.
"hey, Mikasa" he let go of me again "why didn't you tell me about the marks on your neck?" how did he find out, it must've been when we were in the closet,
"it didn't come up, just like blood on your bathroom floor " he sat me up,
" Mikasa he hurt you, sexually assaulted, do you understand that that is a federal offence, I need to know if you are okay?! " he said
"Jean he hurt you too, he still does, child abuse, also a federal offence but you didn't tell me, because what, you think I'm gonna tell the police" he looked down
"Jean I told you didn't I? No more stepping back"
I kissed him on the forehead and went to sleep.
Jean's pov
When I was sure Mikasa was asleep, I got out of the bed and headed downstairs. I went into the living room and surprisingly I saw Christa sat down on the couch,
"can't sleep?" I asked. She jumped at my sudden appearance,
"sorry I didn't mean to startle you" I said as I rubbed the back of my neck,
"I just wasn't tired, what about you?" she asked,
"I only came for a drink and I am actually tired so I'm going to head back upstairs" I had to lie so that she wouldn't ask questions which then forced me to head back to bed.
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Picking up the pieces - a JeanKasa story
FanfictionHe hides his emotions behind a smile and a bad attitude. The teachers hate him and his group of friends is very small. You think you know him but you have no idea... At home Jean's brother and mother both died leaving him with depression, anxiety a...
