Unexpected Love (Mikannie)

(6) Valentines Day

A new semester had just started. Some classes changed around.
But more importantly it was Valentines Day, not so different from any other day aside from the fact that most couples were going to be on very romantic dates.
Mikasa was debating calling Eren when her thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door.
She opened the door, sure enough, Mina Carolina stood with a pink envelope in hand.
"Mina," Mikasa said, leaning on the door frame. "I assume you're here to see Annie?"
"Yep,"
"She's on her bed. Should I let you two have private times?" The Asian started to inch out of the door.
"Oh no, we haven't had sex," Mina said with a light blush.
"It happened once," Annie said from behind Mikasa. "But it took some wine to coerce you,"
"Oh right, I assumed I had fallen asleep next to you." Mina said, clapping a hand on her forehead. "Naked."
"You're kidding me, right?" Mikasa said, half laughing, half incredulous of such a situation. "Who would sleep strip?"
"Strippers?" Mina shrugged.
"Now, I wouldn't pin you to be a stripper-"
"Ackerman, I was kidding,"
Mikasa turned to look at Annie.
"Your tone doesn't often change, how the hell am I supposed to tell whether or not you're serious?" She asked, somewhat annoyed.
Annie shrugged.
"Well, if it's a comfort, even I couldn't tell," Mina sighed. "I just bullshitted my way through that."
Mikasa shook her head lightly.
"You guys are a weird couple."
"Oh come on, it can't be any weirder than dating your brother." Annie deadpanned.
"What--? We--" Mikasa started, her cheeks coloring. How did Annie know?
"Mikasa, I thought you'd know better than to have an incest relationship." Mina said, clapping a hand on her forehead.
"He's not my brother! We aren't even blood related!" Mikasa said through gritted teeth.
"Oh I guess it's okay then." Mina said.
For a split second, Mikasa caught Annie's smirk.
That did not serve well for her anger.
"You're just teasing me again." Mikasa accused.
"That's what friends are for," Annie replied.
"I'm sorry, Mikasa," Mina said with a sigh.
"It's okay, Mina, I guess I should have seen it coming," The Asian sighed.
Her phone rang, and she picked up upon seeing Eren's name.
"Hey Eren," She said, stepping away from Annie and Mina, and in doing so, stepping out into the dorm hallway.
Annie was putting her finger between her index and thumb and then cackling.
"Hey Mikasa," he said. "Just calling to wish you a happy Valentines Day,"
"Happy Valentines Day, Eren, I just need a moment to speak with my roommate," she covered the phone and said, "Annie what the fuck, this is college not middle school. Grow up a little." She returned to the phone. "Sorry, my roommate was being annoying," she made eye contact with Annie as she said this. Annie stared right back.
"Jesus, this tension is so thick you could make soup out of it." Mina said quietly.
"It's fine," Eren replied. "So maybe if I could get a lift to your school and we could go on a date?"
"Eren, no," Armin's voice said from somewhere behind him. Armin then said something she couldn't hear.
"Ah damn, Armin's right," Eren said. "Maybe this upcoming weekend?"
"Sure, sounds like a plan. We'll flesh it out later." Mikasa said. "I love you,"
"Love you too, bye," Eren said.
Mikasa turned to enter her dorm again, but found herself faced with a closed door and the sound of Mina giggling.
"Don't do anything weird on my bed."
"Fuck, Ackerman, where's the fun in that?" Annie replied in a still deadpan.
"Don't worry, Mikasa, I got your back." Mina said, though it was muffled as though she were speaking through something over her mouth.
At this point Mikasa decided she didn't want to hear her roommate having sex, so she walked off, with possible images of what was going on following her.
"Hey Mikasa!" Hitch said.
Mikasa waved.
"What are you doing out and about?"
"Annie and Mina are in the dorm, I thought it would be better to leave them be."
"Understandable," Hitch said. "I went to talk with Sasha, until I saw Connie walking towards her room with a bouquet of flowers and at least five condoms."
"Seems we're in relatively the same boat." Mikasa laughed. "So, do you want to hang out for now?"
"Sure, it can't take them more than an hour," Hitch said and then gesticulated vaguely.
The pair made their way to the vending machine.
"What do you want?" Hitch asked, leaning in front of the vending machine.
"I don't know, I'll buy it myself..." Mikasa patted her pockets. "Son of a bitch. I don't have my wallet."
"That sucks, so just let me pay for it, you can reimburse me later." She said putting in two dollars and pressing one of the drinks.
"Alright."
"Hope you like Pepsi," Hitch said, handing her one.
"I can tolerate it."
"Fuck, Mikasa, you're making me feel bad."
She waved a hand as if to pass it off.
"I'm fine." She clicked the tab and took a sip.
They strode out of the dorm building and into the main area, a large courtyard.
"There's a good tree right there to sit under." Hitch pointed. It was in the center of the courtyard and had a bench wrapped around it.
"So you aren't trying to woo any of the boys today?" Mikasa said, sitting down.
"I figured I got three more years. So, y'know, fuck it." Hitch waved her Pepsi can around. "I'll just improvise later on. But last week, the new semester started, so I'm no longer in my Macroeconomics class, now I'm in General Psychology, and so we walk into class. There's a kid in a big hoodie on his phone, the professor is nowhere to be seen. We take our seats. More file in. About ten minutes into the period we were wondering where the fuck the professor was. And then the kid on his phone jumps up and hops across the desk. He takes off his hoodie to reveal a dress shirt and tie. And he says 'Shall we begin class now?' And the entire class is in shock. Like our professor is really young, he's like two years out of college and he just completely fucked with us like that."
"Wow, I'd say that Coach Levi is pretty young, at least that's how he looks." Mikasa said. "But I doubt he'd pull something like that."
"He would never do anything along those lines." Hitch said, shaking her head.
"The day he pulls a stunt like that is the day he retires or gets fired." Mikasa laughed. "He's somewhat of an asshole, so I wouldn't mind either occurring during our years here."
"Doesn't he have the same last name as you?"
"And what? Should I pretend to care? Since he may or may not be a distant relation?" Mikasa raised her eyebrows.
"Forget I said anything." Hitch said, draining her Pepsi. She then hummed a tune. Mikasa listened and joined in.
"I like that, what's the song?" She asked after a minute of humming.
"Oh god, only from one of the best movies ever, Monty Python's Life of Brian!" Hitch said.
"I've only seen Holy Grail." Mikasa said. "Grisha and Carla love the witch scene."
"'She's a witch! Burn her! Burn her!'" Hitch said with a horrible British accent.
"'A witch you say?'" Mikasa replied with an equally bad British accent of her own.
"'Yeah! Yeah!'" Hitch said.
"'Do you have proof?'"
"'She turned me into a newt!'"
"'A newt?'" Mikasa looked at her scrutinizingly.
"'I got better...'" Hitch mumbled.
"Maybe we should be actresses?" Mikasa suggested.
"Pfft. Nah, I'd never get anything done." She said. "The director'd be like," she made her voice deeper, "'Ms. Dryese, why aren't you in the studio?' And I'd be like 'Oh fuck that's today?' It'd be a fucking mess." She shook her head and tutted. "You'd be a better actress than me, you'd be a good fit for action movies." Hitch added.
"Thank you." Mikasa pulled out her phone. "Jesus Christ. It's been like half an hour... do you think they're done?"
"As a woman who avidly watches porn, I'm gonna say no." Hitch said. Mikasa rolled her eyes. "Aren't you dating your brother?" Her fists clenched.
"He isn't my brother!" She said through gritted teeth. "How many people know? I thought I was doing decent at keeping it under wraps."
"I can't say for sure, but I'm sure that it's Historia, Ymir, Mina, Annie, and..." She thought for a moment, pausing in counting on her fingers. "Me. I think that's it."
Mikasa rubbed her temples.
"Fuck." Was all she said.
"Are things going well with him?" Hitch said quietly.
The Asian had to wait one moment before replying.
"Yes, things are fine." She said with a sigh.
A brief silence fell, it was awkward and thick enough to make soup from.
"I think they might be done now." Mikasa said. "I've got plans to make with my boyfriend." She stood up and walked away. "Thanks for the Pepsi." She called.
Hitch jogged over.
"Hey, sorry, I just listened to the rumors, I shouldn't have brought it up." She said.
"It's okay." Mikasa sighed, though there was clear annoyance in her voice. "I shouldn't have snapped at you..." She took a deep breath. "See you around, Hitch."
"See ya."
-The Date with Eren-
Eren and Mikasa sat in a cafe together.
"So, how has school been?" Eren asked, sipping his coffee.
"Been well." Mikasa replied. "You?"
"Good grades, Armin helps me sometimes when I'm struggling. My other friends help too. Oh!" He snapped his fingers. "I'm trying out for the college's baseball team."
"That's awesome!" Mikasa said. "I hope you get on the team!"
"Do you think I'll be able to get into the MLB?"
"Depends," She laughed. "If you'll think you'll be good enough."
"I think so, I mean, Wii Sports had trained me for this." Eren said proudly.
They both burst into laughter.
"I'd always beat you." She said.
"That was only like five times, so, shut up." Eren rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, but I always got home runs." She tapped her head.
"You want to play for old time's sake when we go home next time?"
"Of fucking course I do." Mikasa said.
They both laughed again.
"So..." Mikasa said, after wiping the tears of laughter from her eyes. "Have others pestered you about dating me?"
"Not really," Eren said, his smile faltered. "Why? Has this happened to you?"
Mikasa shrugged.
"I think only five people know." She said. "My roommate, Annie, has found it to be a way to annoy me." She shook her head.
"Damn, do you want me to fight her?" Eren asked, a smile returning to his face.
"Nah, I've gotten used to it, it's how she shows her friendship." Mikasa replied hastily. "She's kinda warming up to me. I think."
Eren nodded.
"Well," he leaned over the table and kissed her. "If she continues to tease you, tell her I have a baseball bat with her name on it."
"Will do." She said.
They paid and before they parted, they kissed and hugged again.
"I'll call you later." Eren said.
Mikasa gave him a thumbs up before walking off.