Our future signed in letter

Chapter 20

London:
A few days later, it is Sunday that Gabi and Falco will get married today.
Mikasas has her morning sickness regularly now. This thwarted her plan and her hope of being able to participate in it is getting smaller and smaller. She prepared a plum cinnamon cake for the day before the last evening. Things don't always go as planned, as Mikasa has often discovered.
Levi is with her all the time, caressing her back. He no longer feels any disgust when she empties, as it was the first time with her. He is half to blame for her condition and he tells himself that he has to stand by her as long as she allows it. After 20 minutes it goes slowly and he hands her a glass of water: "Better again?"
In response to that, another gush comes out of her. Tears well up, frustrated with herself. “I'm afraid I can't come with you. It just doesn't get any better, ”she says, crying.
Levi is reassured that she is correctly assessing her own situation and puts his arm around her shoulder. “I'll tell her later. She'll want to see you today. Then you can tell her again yourself, "he says reassuringly to her.
Mikasa nods sadly. He takes her in his arms, “I think it's good the way it is. It tells me that everything is fine with the little dwarf in you. ”His hand wanders to her stomach and he is looking forward to the time in a few weeks in which you can already see something of it.
Grow and get strong! he thinks of the unborn child in Mikasa. He kisses her on the forehead again, “take a rest today. I will come back to you with the other three after the marriage. I'll prepare another herbal tea for you downstairs. We'll eat your baked cake later. "
" All right ", she says goodbye to him resignedly and lies down in bed again to be able to calm down a bit.
Levi slowly moves along the railing and it gradually works better if he doesn't overdo it too much. When he arrives at the bottom, he prepares a chamomile and caraway tea for his wife. The right mixture for sensitive stomachs and then patiently waits for Onyankopon in his wheelchair. He arrives on time and sees that Levi is waiting for him alone in the hall.
"Isn't Mikasa okay?" He asks Levi, worried.
"Morning sickness," says the old captain curtly.
" Understand. I hope for her that she will be better afterwards when the other two join in, ”explains Onyankopon thoughtfully.
We'll see, ”says Levi, a little worried, and both of them make their way to the chapel together.

 

Two hours later:
The nausea has subsided and Mikasa has sat down in the tea room and drinks the cooled herbal tea. The feeling in your stomach area is calming. Her mood improves a bit, as it means that she can sit down with the others afterwards and her nausea doesn't completely prevent her all day. In a little over half a year she will be holding their child with Levi in her arms. Over the past few months she thinks about how quickly her life has changed. Almost 5 months ago she sat with Armin one last time, full of fear and doubt. On the way to an uncertain future; and now she's 11 weeks pregnant here in London. A mixture of happiness but also melancholy spreads through her. How gladly would she have told Armin about her change and not Onyankopon as the second.

“I thank you for giving me the necessary push in the right direction and I miss you. Take care of Eren and give him my regards, ”and she wipes a tear from her eye. To confirm this, her lower abdomen is stretching, “someone is probably thinking of you. I would have loved to show her to you in the future. "With a melancholy smile, her hand wanders to her stomach," someday in the near future my daughter will get to know Jonathan and your daughter and I hope that the three of them will become as close friends as we once had been ."

Mikasa is suddenly torn from her sad thoughts when the doorbell rings. A waddling, heavily breathing Gabi storms into the shop, followed by three very worried men. Mikasa looks at the young woman in her last trimester, who is about to give birth, with astonishment. Gabi immediately takes Mikasa in her arms, crying, “I knew what was wrong with you when the captain told us at the chapel that you were lying in bed sick. I am so happy for you."
"That's right, the coachman wasn't quick enough for Gabi and she wanted to see you straight away," explains Falco and he brings Gabi a chair.
Both bellies of the women touch each other, one so massive that it looks as if it is about to burst, the other is still hiding its changed state. Gabi’s unborn baby kicks Mikasas belly , appears to confirm it. As if it were making contact with her little bean. A strange, beautiful feeling.
"I wanted to tell you myself, but it didn't work," Mikasa weeps softly into Gabi's shoulder.
Gabi slowly eludes her, “it will be back. Look forward to the time from the 4th or 5th month. In time it will be easier for you and you will feel better. But the last part becomes more difficult again and you are happy when you have it behind you. "
Mikasa doesn't quite know whether the words are meant to encourage or worry her.
Mikasa changes the subject, “I wish you both all the best for your wedding. Something just occurred to me. "
Mikasa has just thought of the little dress and socks for Gabi’s baby and is getting them both out of the bedroom. Onyankopon takes the self-made cradle out of the pantry.
“It's from the two of them. They made everything themselves for your little dwarf, ”explains Levi.
Gabi and Falco are very touched for so much commitment and Gabi has to start crying again. She happily wipes away her tears and Falco sits down next to her, he holds Gabi’s hand reassuringly on which you can see two simple, shiny silver rings. Mikasa smiles happily for the young couple. She is happy for Gabi that she can finally let go of her worries and fears.
"We should have something to eat and drink," Onyankopon says and brings a large tray with dishes and a pot of tea, followed by Levi, who is carrying the cake on his lap.
Everyone eats in good company like in the early days and it is comforting for Mikasa to know that she has found a second family here and that she will soon start her own with Levi. He takes shyly her hand in front of the others. It is still unusual for both of them to show their affection for one another in front of the others , but it also makes things a lot easier for both of them because neither of them has to pretend to be in front of the others.
Everyone still spends the day together. Gabi keeps talking about the upcoming birth and that she would like to hold her child in her arms now. The calculated day is the beginning of January.
Thinking about her own birth on the subject, Mikasa realizes that Kuchel will be a summer child.
She feels Levi's worried look on her, his hand slowly wanders to hers. “Are you okay?” He asks.
When asked, Mikasa thinks of her previous thoughts about Armin and her old, lonely life on Paradis.
"Now yes," she replies tersely, but happily, and presses his good hand to confirm.