𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 | 𝘆. 𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘅 𝗮. 𝗺𝗶𝗸𝗮𝘀𝗮

PART 16 - ENVIRONMENT

"Mikasa!" Mikasa looked back and saw Kelly waving her hands at her. Mikasa smiled and waved back at her too.

She sighed and look up into the sky. Another day, another pile of work. She inhaled a small amount of fresh air. Once she'll have her vacation, she'll surely do want to go back at Tokyo again and spent her vacation there. It's been a while since she left, without everyone knowing where she is. Only Armin knew because he's the one who accompanied her all the way here at the New York.

"Goodmorning!" Kelly said in a excited way. Mikasa look down on her and smiled back.

"Goodmorning," Mikasa greeted back.

They talked a bit before they decided to go on and continue walking towards the company they're working on. It's not  long walk since Mikasa choose a condo unit that's not so far.

It's been like five years or so after she left Tokyo. She lost count since she's enjoying her alone time here.

"Vacation's already near. Where do you plan to go?" Kelly asked when they entered the entrance of the company. Mikasa smiled and nodded on the people greeting goodmorning and such to her before she turned her attention to Kelly while looking at the path they're taking.

"I don't know. Maybe on Tokyo? I'll visit my friend there since it's been a while since I left that place," Mikasa answered.

"Tokyo? You live there, right? And your ex boyfriend…?" Kelly became hesitant to ask the last question to her but she still manage to ask.

Mikasa nodded. "Yeah," she answered shortly.

"They're married now, huh?" Kelly said and look up at the number on the top of the elevator after it close.

Mikasa nodded once again. "Probably. It's been like 5 years or so, maybe they already have children living with them," Mikasa answered and look on her reflection on the elevator.

No matter how much she hide it, she's still hurting. She never dated anyone again after she got her heart broken. She thought that she can't love anyone anymore except him.

The elevator stopped and when it open they both went out. They both waved their hands before they parted ways. Kelly's the head of a different section and so did Mikasa. After working so hard at her first ever company, which is where she's working at right now, she got the supervisor place.

After greeting all her workmates she sat down on her seat. She put her bag down on the table and just when she was about to start, her phone vibrated so she pick it up. When she saw who's the caller is, she shook her head and still answered it.

"What do you need?" She immediately said after pressing the answer button.

"I just want to know if you're okay, you're getting older every passing day. And by the way, stop creasing your forehead whenever I'll call you, you'll look even more older than you already are," Armin said.

Mikasa chuckled. "If you're just going to insult me, goodbye!" She said trying to scare him off.

"Hey, wait! I'm just kidding! I really just want to know if you're okay right there since you didn't want me to visit you again." She could imagine Armin pouting like a child right now.

"I said you'll pretend you didn't know my location right now, right? All of them will keep on asking you if you'll went out from the country," Mikasa said and heaved sigh.

The line fell silence. Whenever they're talking about them, they'll ended up being silent all of a sudden.

"They missed you, you know? They're so worried about you. Especially, Sasha. Whenever we go out, she'll ended up being emotional whenever she realized you're not with us."

Mikasa looked up when she felt her tears wanted to escape. She missed her so much. Mikasa wants her to know her thoughts and whereabouts but she really needed some time and space to think. To think what's good for herself to continue living.

"I know. I missed them too…" Mikasa said but her voice broke at the end of the sentence.

Mikasa covered her mouth. She sobbed as her tears flow down.

"You can go back here anytime, Mikasa. We will welcome you again with wide open arms. Just… be back home," Armin's voice filled with sadness.

"Hmm." Mikasa hummed in return. "Soon, I'm home, just wait," she said.

They fell off silent once again so she end the call and put her phone back inside her purse. She sighed deeply before wiping her tears off. Mikasa doesn't have a problem worrying about her make up because she doesn't wear one. She won't wear even one.

Her day started like usual. Working her ass off and then take a break on lunch then get back to work again. It's just her everyday cycle in life. But after a long years of working, she still feel like this kind of environment is new to her. And she doesn't want to get used to this. She wants to get back to her old house and stay there watching some shows and only get up when she's hungry.

But of course, whenever she'll think of that scenarios, Eren will always get a chance to insert. No matter how she says that she had moved on from him, she truely aren't. She's still into him all this time. And it feels so unfair for her. It feels so unfair that she doesn't have a choice but to accept it. Accept what happened from the past and accept what will happen to her right now and in the near future.

"Great job, everyone! See you again tomorrow!" Mikasa said to her co workers.

They complimented her again by her hardworks and Mikasa could only answer some smile and small thank you's. And when all of them were now gone, she sighed before she decided to keep all of her things and clean her mess up.

She closed her eyes and massaged the bridge of her nose. Her eyes were swollen from looking at the computer all day. She finished cleaning and fixing her things up quickly so she could get herself a nice rest on her condo unit.

Walking through the elevator, her eyes barely opened due to exhaustion. And right after that, she bumped into someone and she fell right into the floor.

"Aww…" She murmured and get up. "I'm sorry, that was so stupid," she said. It's her fault for not watching the way. But on the other side of her head, she thought that she's the only one left inside this floor so she was confident enough to closer her eyes. She's looking down on her skirt while saying her sorry.

"It's fine. Are you hurt?"

Mikasa felt herself stilled on where she's standing. That voice. That deep baritone voice. She's sure that she knows that voice. And she'll admit it or not, she missed hearing it. Finally, after 5 years, she got to hear his voice again.

She looked up with wide eyes and she wasn't wrong. It was him. Standing right in front of her with carefree smile on his lips. Mikasa could only stare at him with no emotion on her face.

"It's been a while," Eren said while staring right back at her eyes. "…Mikasa."