Amaranth

Chapter 40: Honeysuckle

"Just get some sleep, okay?" Mikasa asked as Annie buried her face in the crook of Mikasa's neck.

"Mhm," Annie hummed weakly.

"Can you move over?" Mikasa asked in a whisper. Annie grunted at her discontentedly, but she obeyed nonetheless. Mikasa smiled appreciatively while turning to face Annie. She pulled the blonde into her chest, allowing her to cuddle her again.

Annie easily turned to face Mikasa. She brought her hands to her chest while practically burrowing inside of Mikasa. The ravenette laughed while putting her hands in Annie's hair. She twirled it and ran her fingers through it until she was sure Annie was asleep. After that, she moved her hands to Annie's back. She drew small circles absentmindedly while her other hand grabbed her phone. She sent a quick text to Carla, telling her she'd be staying the night at Annie's. Then, she allowed herself to fall asleep.

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Mikasa woke up later that night. She groaned slightly while checking her phone to see the time. It was 5 in the morning, and she grunted before rolling away from Annie and getting out of bed. She went into the bathroom, and she was about to pee before she realized what a mess the bathroom was.

"Wow-" Mikasa muttered to herself while looking around. The mirror was shattered, bottles of pills were scattered all over the floor, some even had pills spewing out of them, and the floor was soaked. She was surprised there was no obvious damage done to them.

She stepped around the mess to pee, washing her hands after. Then, she took the time to pick the pills up off the floor. They'd all been destroyed and somewhat disintegrated by the water on the floor, so she threw away the large chunks and took note of the bottles on the floor. She figured she'd tell Oliver what pills were destroyed in case he needed to get new prescriptions or something.

After that, she walked down the stairs, surprised to see Oliver awake already. She waved to him, and while he was surprised to see her, he smiled back at her kindly. "Why are you up so early?" he asked curiously. To his knowledge, teenagers liked to sleep as much as possible.

"I had to use the bathroom," she told him with an awkward smile while grabbing a broom and dustpan she'd found on the main floor.

"What do you need that for?" he asked.

"Oh... uh, I was going to clean Annie's room for her," she lied, not wanting to get her girlfriend in trouble for making a mess, "I figured I could clean the bathroom as well."

"Oh, dear, there's no need for that," he assured her.

"It's no problem," she told him with a smile, "I owe her anyway."

"If you insist," he sighed.

"Good," she said with a smile. "I noticed that some medications are empty," she added quickly, going on to list the medications that were empty.

"Ah, thank you," he thanked her sincerely, "I'll have to get some new ones."

Mikasa nodded to him before scurrying back up the stairs. She used the broom and dustpan to collect the shattered pieces of glass from the broken mirror. She had considered piecing it back together, but she remembered something about that bringing people bad luck. In the end, she decided to just throw the shattered pieces of glass away.

She did a quick wipe down of the sink before collecting a few towels from the closet to dry up the floor. She grabbed those and the towel she used to wipe the counter with and carried them down the stairs. "Where's your washer?" she asked Oliver.

"Over there," he pointed her in the right direction without a fight.

"Thanks," she thanked him, "I'll go run the load.... Actually, I'll bring Annie's clothes down first. May as well clean those too."