With You (Rivamika)

Chapter 16

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Side Note: They've all aged up a year, Mikasa is now fourteen and everyone else is a year older than the last chapter. 

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"Have I killed someone?" Mikasa asked as she glanced to Armin why they took a break in the woods during their extra odm gear training. The rest of the class deciding to train hand to hand combat instead but Armin wanted to try and improve his odm skills a little more and asked Mikasa for help. 

"It's a strange question but during that test, when they tried kidnapped Christa .. the look in your eyes. I've seen it in a murderers eyes before" Armin guilty admitted, rubbing his arm and feeling bad he was asking like this. 

"Will you no longer be my friend if I was?" Mikasa asked back, running a hand throw her short hair. She ended up cutting it on the night of their first day in training. She got use to Levi being the only to ever touch her hair beside herself. Than she started noticing that many were staring at her over her rare beauty. She felt like she was the only prey in a cage full of lions. 

She felt bad because when Jean spoke "That black hair of yours is very beautiful" with a blush over his cheeks, it was the reason to think over a hair cut. She new she looked different but her hair was special, she didn't want cheap compliments ruining the memories she had with Levi and Furlan. Asking if Eren would mind helping her to cut it since he helps cut Armin hair sometimes and Eren agreed her having long hair would over get in the way of training. Of course, this made Jean start to have a rivalry with Eren. 

"I'll always be your friend, we're stuck together forever now" Armin promised determined to not give up on her or walk away. He knew how lonely she secretly was and wanted her to be able to trust others enough to stay in her life even for a short time. 

"I was ten when I killed someone, I don't regret it. I was curious and snuck out, searching for my brother and my special someone. I took care not to be seen by anyone and I even tried using the alleys for once but that's how I found my special someone. He was dealing with a fight, I stayed hidden away watching but someone played dirty .. they held a gun at him to distract him long enough for the other person to hit him hard making him fall to the ground. They were going to shoot him and before I knew it, I had blood on my hands. I don't remember much of it, I just knew one might I silently watched and next I stood in horror. Blood covering might clothes and hands, a knife left in the gun back .. the one I saved was in shock for a bit as well before he moved in action as the last guy he was fighting with went to attack me. My special someone took him down with ease before rushing over to me" Mikasa spoke her story, looking to her hands like she could still see the dull red over them and yet she felt no guilt over taking the life. She only felt relief that Levi was safe, alive and untouched by their hands again. 

"I'm sorry, that must have been tough" Armin replied with a sadden frown, his head held low since he couldn't image living through someone like that at just ten. 

"It's fine, I got use to living knowing that I killed someone. I would do it again to save this person and I think they knew it because they tried everything in their power to make sure I won't hold up a weapon against someone again" Mikasa weakly smiled, her hands playing with a twig she picked up. 

"I won't stop being your friend and I'll keep this secret. Sure, you're a little scary but you're just Mikasa in my eyes" Armin smiled kindly, slapping his knee before standing up as Mikasa stared at him.