roughly two weeks had passed since you saw mikasa kiss eren. you had been avoiding the ackerman since then and everyone knew it. you spent less time with levi's squad when you were free from training and more with hange and moblit. it was a way to distract you from your thoughts of feelings of heartbreak. hange knew this and did her best to keep you distracted. she would talk about experiment after experiment to keep your attention on her and not your thoughts. you were thankful to hange for that.
mikasa could tell you were avoiding her. everyone could. whenever mikasa tried to approach you, you made an excuse to leave. if you were training, you made sure to keep your distance from the oriental girl. mikasa was tired of having to fight for your attention. she didn't know what she did wrong for you to avoid her like a plague.
unfortunately for you, mikasa had you cornered. you were on your way to hange's room to spend time with her and levi when mikasa had caught you, keeping a firm grip on your wrist to stop you from leaving.
"why are you avoiding me?" mikasa asked. her voice sounded pained. you hated it. you hated that you had made mikasa upset but being around her was too much for you. for now at least. you knew people can't choose your feelings, just like you told levi. it wasn't mikasa's fault that she liked eren and you knew that. yet you still couldn't stand it.
"i've been busy," you replied, pulling your hand back from her grip. you tried to walk past her to hange's room but mikasa grabbed onto your shoulder, keeping you in place. "let me go."
"tell me what i did wrong! please," mikasa begged, her grip on your shoulder loosening as you took a step back. "you cut me off for no reason. you keep avoiding me. what did i do to you? what have i done wrong? please tell me."
"you haven't done anything wrong." it was true. mikasa wasn't in the wrong. but being around her, talking to her, looking at her...you couldn't do it. "i told you i've been busy."
"with what?"
"with me," a voice replied from behind you. an arm wrapped around your waist and pulled you back. your back was pressed against someone's body, their arm not letting you move away. "she's been spending time with me. why?" you tilted your head back so that your head rested against their chest, eyes wide with surprise when seeing hange standing behind you, her eyes narrowed into a glare beneath her glasses as she looked at mikasa. "is she not allowed to do that?" mikasa didn't reply. "we're busy. you should go."
"i want to spend time with my friend."
"and i want to spend time with my girlfriend. don't you have a boyfriend to get to?" you tried very hard to hide your shock at hange's words. mikasa didn't bother hiding it. without another word, she had turned and left the two alone.
"girlfriend, huh?" you asked, turning around in hange's arms. hange nodded with a hum, letting go off your waist as she took a step back. she chuckled nervously, scratching the back of her neck.
"i know you thought i was joking when i said last time that you can come to me if things don't go well with mikasa. you love her, i know that, and i know i can't change that but i love you y/n and i swear with time i'm going to make you my girlfriend. if you give me the chance."
"i can't guarantee that it'll come to that."
"i know. but i'm not going to stop trying." you opened your mouth to say something but hange quickly covered your mouth with her hand. "no! don't say anything! i don't want you to say anything about it." you smiled as hange removed her hand. she was nervous and scared to hear what you were going to say. you could tell. so you nodded, silently telling her you wouldn't say anything about it.
