The Vigilant Prince

Metanoia

Metanoia

   The morning is peaceful to say, Eren had a good night sleep. He wasn't as troubled as before , some parts of him is on peace though his hatred still remain deep inside of him. It is something that won't fade away easily. It's like an ugly scar that even though healed would remain as a remembrance of how shitty life could be. The time was just good to  sleep or have fun but he doesn't allow himself to have much fun, who knows someday it could be taken away from you and you will be left with pain. 

Mikasa ate her food as she watch him relax , smiling a little. Seeing him have peace is something she would like to treasure. He always has a big scowl on his face and eyes glaring at everyone so seeing him like this for once is refreshing to her.

She wasn't dumb to know what she is feeling, perhaps she is just pushing it on the inside  because of their first encounter. She always ask her mother about love when she is younger and her mother once told her that she will feel it too in the near future.
She's falling for him or already have, maybe that's the reason why she offered to help him.

She recalled their horrible first meeting , every night she prayed that her father is ok, knowing that he had a weak immune system  as he grows old and her mother , she hope she's fine. Her annoying brother too, she wants him to settle down to the person he loves and not to the person chosen for him.

She really wished to know the person behind his grandmother's death and also the reason why they did that, the reason why he believed that Hizuru is the one who did that.  The person will pay for all the traumas that he gave. She sigh as she watched him, Gabi stood beside her.

"It's the first time I saw him happy." The little girl commented, Mikasa look down at her and gave her a curious look. 

"How did you end up here?" She ask.

"Well, I was sold to him along with Big sister Hitch, that girl in the island you know her right?"

Mikasa nodded at the younger girl as Gabi grinned big at her, puffing her chest big, like a proud person. " I really hate Eren Yeager."

"Why?" Mikasa ask, though it's an obvious thing why Gabi hates him. He is annoying and stupid, that won't change.

"He is cruel, " the girl slumped on
the floor. " I should be with my family right now, together with my mother and father. If only he didn't take me away from them."

" I guess.. " she muttered  in a low voice, a sigh escape her lips and she sat beside the girl . " You miss them right?"

" I miss them so much , I want to go home." Gabi replied, " How about you?"

" I want to go home too and see them again but I made a promise with him. I'm not planning to been it." Mikasa look at her and place her hand over her head.
" Family is the best, aren't they?"

"I guess so." The girl shrugged. 

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Mikasa just finished cleaning herself because it's her bloody day. It's really hard for her to ask him for something to change with. It's very humiliating for her, her cheeks is tainted red when she ask him for something she needed during this kind of times. She shifted uncomfortably ,  Gabi smiled when she brought her  the things that she will be needing and she doesn't feel as worse as she felt before.

Mikasa stretched her arms and look at him, an exhausted expression present on her face. She wants to sleep but can't sleep right now , the bed doesn't seem comfortable, not that it was comfortable in the first  place , it feels like sleeping on a polished stone with nothing else but stone alone. 

Eren is looking at the sea while commanding his few Vassals to move to another location , she doesn't really know what he is doing on the sea every single day and commanding them.  She wished they could go back to the island soon, the island is fun and lively. The kids are the best though they always mistaken her as Eren's spouse. 

She never corrected them,  she get used to it and doesn't mind as much as she did before. The cool wind breeze sway her hair, she really wants to cut it , only if she has a sharp objects infront of her to use. Her hair is becoming such a drag for her and it's so annoying. She step infront of him, he look exhausted and stressed.

She doesn't have the energy to insult him right now. She stretched her arm and lean her back on the railings, silently observing him.

"You look stressed." She said  , " Kind if funny if you look stress though, atleast you don't have a scowl tattooed all over your face."

At those words, he scowled and her mouth twitches in annoyance. " You look really ugly."

" I probably look even better than you, you pig." He replied and out the map down on the table , place a bottle on it so it won't fly but it's cloudy, it may rain at night so they have to get to the island  before that happens, the sea is a great enemy. 

It may look calm and peaceful buts it's also very powerful , who knows how many ships are swallowed by the sea? A perfect example of don't judge a book by its cover.

They have to be careful. 

"We're close." He rolled the paper and look at her. " What do you need now?"

"Nothing, I just want to annoy you." She replied and sat on the barrel. " Are you annoyed?"

"I'm not but your ruining the view." His deadpanned expression annoyed her but she won't give up. They are always like this anyway, annoying the heck out of each other. It's surprising that they don't try to kill each other during the night.

He could just give her to the sharks but he didn't, she could just let him die there but he didn't. 

They look like they had a friends - Enemies relationship.

Few changes here and there , not completely but she is seeing the difference between the first time they met and right now. It made her smile that she acts different from before, though the only emotions he probably showed her is his annoyance.

She like seeing him annoyed, it gave her massive amount of joy. He looks a little radiant, though there are still moments that he looks very gloomy. He look at her from the corner of his eyes before he decided to completely give her his full attention.

Mikasa gave her a soft look before shifting her attention  to the sea , she stepped closer and held her hands on the railings.
" You know even if you look like a homeless shit, you actually look handsome." 

Her praised sounded like an Insult , he can't tell if that's even a praised in the first place but she just want to lessen his stress.