Our future signed in letter

Chapter 17

London:
The weeks go by and the quarantine has been relaxed a little. The residents of London are again allowed to establish contact with a small, permanent group of people. It is now December.
Onyankopon and Falco are regularly in the store again and, together with Levi, are preparing for the reopening in January.
Gabi has to take it easy in her pregnancy for the last few weeks. Mikasa visits her regularly and she keeps wondering about Gabi's waist size. In the meantime it has grown so big that she can comfortably put her cup of tea on it.

"And how are you?" Asks Mikasa, worried about her and she sips the tea that Gabi has made for both of them.
“It won't take long. Based on my last bleeding, I am somewhere in the 8th month and the midwife said that with the size of the uterus, this would probably do well. "
Gabi smiles, “soon we'll be holding the little one in our arms. "
Then Gabi looks thoughtful, “…. Mikasa, I'm starting to panic. Falco and I… we haven't been able to get an appointment with the pastor because of the epidemic, ”Gabi says sadly and tears form in her eyes.
Mikasa tries to encourage the young woman, “then you will marry after the birth. Neither of you can help the fact that this epidemic is here in London. None of us will say anything bad about it or even judge you for it. "
Gabi tries to be brave and sighs in frustration, “We won't have any other choice. Falco has already told me that he will change the name on our door before the baby arrives. Whether with or without a marriage certificate, so that the neighbors leave us alone. He doesn't want me to worry about something like that now. "
Gabi can slowly calm down. In doing so, she has a question about Mikasa's situation.
She throws Mikasa a look over expectantly, “How about you? Are there any changes in you? "

Mikasa looks differently to the side when it comes to this direct question.
What should she say? That she and Levi sleep together almost every night? That both can not do without the proximity of the other? That she had her bleeding again a few weeks ago? It was a little weaker than usual, but it was there. Or that she is currently suffering from mood swings because she has the feeling that it doesn't really work out and she is constantly tired. She has started to take a short nap in the afternoon, which Levi luckily allows her to do. He even shares the concern and is afraid that she might get sick too.

" No nothing. Striking ... “, she sighs in frustration and tears well up. Jeez, she doesn't really want to start crying in front of Gabi.
Gabi immediately hands her a handkerchief, “It'll be fine. Sometimes it just takes time. It is said that infections can delay a pregnancy and Levi has had to recover from his illness for the past few weeks."
Mikasa dries her tears and tries to smile. It's not that easy at the moment. Annie and her family are still missing, the mourning for Armin, Jean and Connie and the fear of not being able to have a child from Levi make her depressed.
"AU !!! “, Gabi exclaims.
Mikasa looks scared over at Gabi and wants to help her. Gabi waves her off,
" there is nothing. It just kicked me, "she strokes dreamily over her stomach," would you like to feel it? "
Mikasa looks Gabi in the face in surprise. The young woman takes her hand and places it where the baby is. Mikasa immediately feels a step on her hand. Mikasa can feel the spine of the unborn child and she keeps wondering that something like this little wonder can grow in the human body.
“It wants to say hello to you,” the mother-to-be says to her. At the kick, Mikasa is reminded of the little guy and a tentative smile forms on her lips.
“How do you want to call it?” She asks Gabi curiously.
"We'll only say that when it's in the world," replies Gabi with shining eyes. Falco wants a girl and I would like a little boy who looks like Falco ... But the main thing is that it is born healthy. "
"I will probably not be able to fulfill your wish to be pregnant with you," she remembers Gabi's wish in August that Mikasa would also become pregnant as long as Gabi is still heavily pregnant. She feels how lively the little one is in Gabi's stomach and Mikasa notices how the tears rise up again. Gabi takes her in her arms, "have a little patience with yourself, like Levi had with you."
And Gabi is right about that. He had to wait a full 3 years for an answer from her and then another 3 years until they finally saw each other again. A couple of weeks or months of waiting doesn't really matter. The pressure comes more from her . Levi, however, leaves her largely alone with the topic and just waits for the time and stands by her.