Entanglement

Chapter 5

Annie woke up her head was pounding as her eyes fluttered, the room was still dark with the night of outside. She could make out the red numbers of the alarm clock on the bedside table, it was still early hours, she softly smiled in relief when she realised she had a few more hours to try and sleep off the alcohol.

She opened her eyes again when a thought crossed her mind- she didn't have an alarm clock on her bedside table ;but Mikasa did. Suddenly she became hyper-aware of her surroundings and the slow rise and fall of the chest underneath her. Her heart began to race as she looked up at Mikasa's sleeping face, Annie had her arms completely entangled around Mikasa's body with her head rested on her chest, her body was completely pressed up against hers. She felt embarrassed as she slowly peeled her arms away, trying her best not to disturb the sleeping girl.

'Annie what are you doing?' Mikasa's voice was quiet and breaking with sleep, her eyes were half shut, Annie felt relief wash over her as she realised Mikasa was too unconscious to know what was going on, if Mikasa woke up and saw Annie clinging to her like a cold kitten, she knew she'd have to be sleeping on the couch that night.

'Uh I think I rolled over too far, sorry'

'Hm'

Mikasa turned facing away from Annie with a soft hum, as Annie fell back into her side of the bed wrapping the covers around her as she shivered from how cold it was, it almost made her miss Mikasa's warmth. She hugged the covers tighter as she tried to fall back asleep her head still screaming, Mikasa warned her not to drink too much because it made her toss and turn all night but she didn't realise it would make her clingy aswell, she swore to herself she would never drink like that again, especially if it was going to make her do stuff that would make Mikasa think that she liked her in anyway- she didn't want her getting the wrong idea.

A few hours later she woke up to the sound of her phone buzzing loudly, it rung electrically through her brain like a bad song, she let out a loud groan as she opened her yes, the light from the window searing into the back of her head. Wobbling, she tried her best to walk out into the main room, the world felt like it was spinning along with the pressure that bubbled up in her head that felt like it was about to explode. Her stomach churned as the smell of food flooded her senses, part of her wanted to rush to the bathroom and throw up the contents of last nights popcorn but she continued forward into the kitchen.

She leant on the doorway as she watched Mikasa at the stove, she was wearing a patterned apron as she focused her attention on whatever she was making.

'What are you doing?' Annie groaned as she rubbed her brow line 'the smell makes me feel sick'

'You're awake, there's painkillers on the table' Mikasa replied gesturing to the table with the spatula she held in her hand

'Thanks?' She replied confused as she sat down at the table quickly downing the painkillers with a mouthful of water, Annie quickly dropped her head onto the table in attempt to stop the room spinning

'Eat.' Mikasa ordered as she sat down opposite Annie placing a huge plate of bacon and two chocolate milkshakes.

'What is it?'

'Hangover food, back in high school I did a lot of babysitting my drunk friends this combo usually went down well, just don't ask me how much chocolate spread I put in that because you don't want to know'

'Why are you doing this?'

'When I woke up I saw that the entire bottle of wine was gone, you need to learn some self control'

'You're right about that, I never used to drink this much'

Mikasa watch as Annie ate slowly, her stomach still felt uneasy as she chewed on the bacon, it was tough and burnt in places but overall it satisfied Annie's need for greasy food.