Remembering You

Secrets

"Levi we should tell Eren." She frowned at her cousin and former Captain. Although Mikasa initially had her reservations about the plan, she reluctantly agreed it was for the best. Ever since Eren had used the Coordinate, there had been no further threats against his life. Everyone had forgotten her brother's abilities as a shifter and Levi's existence. History had been rewritten, and they were the only two that remembered any of what had truly happened.

"Why? It's safer this way and it's not like he'd remember." Levi pinched the bridge of his nose at the question, and she only sighed. The issue of whether to return Eren's memories or not was a sore spot between them. It was impossible to know what would happen if Eren remembered. One case would be that only Eren would remember, but on the other hand, it might also trigger his Coordinate to restore everyone else's memory and condemn her brother to an even worse fate. And since her brother was the one with the Coordinate, there was no telling what the fallout would be. The ramifications could be catastrophic.

In the best-case scenario, Eren and all those around them would be able to remember, and they could finally get the peace they had always dreamed of. There would be no more reason to hunt her brother and there would be those around him to help protect his secret. But as much as Mikasa wished it were possible, the chance of this happening was slim.

The worst-case scenario, in which all of humanity would remember that Eren was a titan shifter and want him dead, was more likely. The consequences could only be worse now if his ability to alter memories and control titans came to light. If she didn't know Eren as well as she did and if he weren't her brother, Mikasa could understand why one might demand an execution. There would be no telling whether someone's knowledge or feelings were true or if they were being influenced by the Coordinate's powers.

However, she did know Eren and she knew he was and would always be fiercely devoted to humanity and the extermination of titans, even if his rashness sometimes made him do stupid things. Sadly, not everyone thought the same as she did. There were too many that were afraid of a power they could not control, and after all that had transpired with the titan shifters who had infiltrated and hidden in their midst, it was unlikely her brother would be allowed to survive.

"But, what about Eirian..." Seeing the boy spending time with both his parents reminded Mikasa of both her biological and adopted parents. One of the things she wished she had more of was time with them when she was younger. Nothing could replace the loss of one's mother or father. Levi wasn't the best father material, but at least he tried hard to be a proper one. And then there was Eren, who didn't even know he had son.

"What about him?"

She could see the strain in his face as the dark-haired man ran a hand through his hair. Eren's key hung dully around his neck. Since Levi had left the military five years ago to raise Eirian, there was a constant sorrowful look in his gaze whenever the brunet's name came up.

"Are you sure you don't want him to know his father?"

"Tch, he already knows his father."

"You know what I'm talking about, Levi." She glared at her cousin. Levi had adamantly refused every time, and it had now become a common argument between them. Eren and their former commander had been the only two individuals she had known to be able to persuade the man to do anything.

It had been a chaotic period following that fateful battle against the titan shifters. With the former commander, Erwin, and a large portion of the Scouting Legion dead or declared MIA, there were only a handful of them to pick up the pieces. The only upside to the battle was that the titan attacks had gradually slowed. It was unclear if they had managed to lop off the head of the serpent, but no one was complaining if they did. The titans that came afterwards were much easier to deal with, even with the Scouting Legion's limited numbers. There were a few fifteen meter ones, but they were more or less mindless beasts. Compared to titan shifters like Annie who could harden, it was much easier dealing with them.