Amaranth

Chapter 19: Blue Violet

!WARNING: There is a VERY brief mention of attempted suicide in the beginning of this chapter. There's nothing in depth, it just mentions that it happened. I didn't put a trigger warning before it, but if this makes you uncomfortable, please read at your own risk. (It's about 4 lines of dialogue that mention that it happened)!^^For those wondering, I may or may not explain this attempted suicide more in depth. It depends on what you guys do and don't want to see/read^^

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A few weeks later, it was the middle of October, and Mikasa was finally getting her cast removed. After waiting for a few hours, she was finally getting the disgusting thing sawed off her foot.

When it finally popped off, she sighed a breath of relief. "You healed rather quickly," the doctor commented as they inspected the foot, "I suggest you wrap it up for a while and stay away from sports until this weekend. Other than that, it's good as new."

"Thank God," Mikasa said quietly.

"You're free to go," the doctor said as they handed her something to wrap her ankle with after properly wrapping it herself, "Make sure to unwrap it at night, ice it whenever possible and please, try not to do anything too strenuous."

"Got it," she said with a smile as she accepted the wrap and left the hospital with Carla.

"Happy now?" Carla asked once in the car.

"I could die," Mikasa said happily with a sigh. When she opened her eyes, Carla was giving her an unamused look through the rearview mirror. "I didn't mean it like that," Mikasa reassured her adoptive mother with an annoyed sigh, "If I wanted to die, I would've done it a long time ago."
"You did," Carla reminded her, "If I remember correctly, so excuse my concern."

"Yeah, yeah," Mikasa sighed as she crossed her arms, "It's not like it was on purpose."

"'Not on purpose' my ass." Carla said as she began driving.

When they made it back to the house, Eren greeted her happily as he looked at her foot. "You're free!" he exclaimed, happy for her.

"Finally!" she exclaimed just as happily.

"What are you going to do now?" he asked.

"Great question," she said with a nod, "I want to play soccer, but I don't think the doctor would be happy."

"Correct," Carla confirmed.

"I guess I can just ice it for a while," Mikasa decided, "It'd be a shame if something like this became permanent."

"Perfect," Carla agreed as she brought her daughter an ice pack, placing it on the girl's leg as she laid on the couch.

"Eren, can you grab my book?" Mikasa asked.

"What? No, you have legs," he said as he crossed his arms.

"Please," she said with a pouting face and puppy dog eyes.

"No! Stop!" he commanded as he covered his eyes.

"I'm still so crippled," she complained, groveling.

"Ugh, I hate you," he said as he threw the book at her.

"I love you too!" she yelled after him as he ran up the stairs. She smiled a little before laughing and cracking the book open.

After a few minutes, there was a knock on the door. "I'll get it," Carla told her as she raced across the bottom floor of the house to the door. "Oh, come on it," Carla said as she greeted whoever was at the door.