Eren X Mikasa, Summer

8, Shards

Mikasa

   The air was filled with the scent of lavender when I woke up. Why lavender? What was the one place that always pleasantly filled the air with the strong scent?

My eyes slowly opened with the bright sun blinding my eyes till they adjusted. My head was resting gently against a rising and falling surface.

Where was I, and what happened? I asked myself as I looked up to discover Eren's adorable face. I felt a small smile crawl onto me as I watched his peaceful face snore softly.

His face was calm and steady, for the first time, he looked peaceful. This was the first time I woken up to someone's face, and I hope to continue to waking up to this-

GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF MIKASA!! NO WAY IS HE EVER GOING TO LIKE SOMEONE LIKE YOU!!

I mentally yelled at myself and slapped Eren across his cheek waking him. He kept his head facing the way I slapped him for a few long moments, then slowly turned his head to me with a blank stare.

"Mikasa..." he kept his cool (not for long).
"Y-Yeah..?" I asked innocently as my eyes twitched. I knew it, I'm dead now.

"Can you..."
"Can I wha-"
"CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU SLAPPED ME ACROSS THE FACE FOR NO GODDAMN REASON!!?"
"WELL CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THE HELL WE SLEPT OUTSIDE!!?" I barked back.

Both of our faces turned red as we looked away with a grunt. I decided to be the first to storm out, I stood up sharply and stomped my way inside, leaving Eren where he was.

"Where the hell are you going? Were not finished yet!" He yelled.
"Some where!" I said as I reached the paper screen door way.
"Where?!"
I stepped inside and turned around sharply allowing my hair to whip with my motion, I gave him my death glare, "Somewhere away from you!!" I slid the screen shut.

I walked past Petra as she opened the small window to the courtyard from the kitchen, she looked at the both of us with confusion as I slid the door shut.

"Were not finished yet!" Eren scowled as he jumped onto his feet and raised his fist at me.
"Stupid jerk!!" I hollered from the start of the flight of stairs.

I could hear Petra giggle and say that we're both cute as I stormed upstairs and showered.

Before I could jump in the shower, I texted Christa if we could hang out today. I really needed to get out of the house, I needed some space from him.

As soon as I got out of the shower my phone ringed as I grabbed a pair of scissors I found in the cabinet. I placed it the sharp object down as I read the new message.

Christa texted back saying that she'll meet me at 5:30pm today. I glanced at the wall clock, it was 3:45, I got some time as I sent her the address to here.

I glanced at the scissors that lied on the white sink. I took a deep breath, "Here goes nothing.." I mumbled to myself as I picked the sharp object up and began to cut my hair.

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Eren

That... was something else. I thought as I pulled myself up from where I sat and began my chores.

My mind kept replaying last nights scene and the this morning "episode". It was so adorable when she gets mad and I love the beauty of her face... it's just outstanding.

"Hey Eren!" I heard Petra call me from the kitchen while I swept the living room floor. I swept up the remains of what I had with the dust pan and made my way to the sound of Petras voice came from.

She was in the kitchen washing the dishes as Levy and Piano sat at the dinner table eating what ever Petra fixed up for them.

"We sold 100 Mason jars to the Ice cream shop down by the housing. Do me a favor and load them in a cart and take them to the shop? Use the horses so they arrive on time." She smiled sweetly at me as she rinsed the plate and placed it in the wash basin.

"Sure." I nodded my head in agreement.
"Thanks so much!" Her sweet smile grew brighter, "They're loaded in the shed up front." She said returning her eyes to the sink full of dishes.

I headed outside slipping on my work shoes and closing the door behind me. I walked at least for a solid 10 minutes to reach the farm as I found the cart and attached the horses to them. As I loaded the boxes of Mason Jars I kept thinking about Mikasa.

What was I going to tell Mikasa.. that.. that I have fallen for her.. I always seemed to mess up when I try, in the end I always got her pissed...

What was I going to do...?

~~~

Mikasa

I used the hand mirror to see the back of my head. I finally finished cutting my hair, after inspecting it for a while I was finally proud of my work and got my stuff ready.

Christa and I decided to do some bike riding to the mall. I've never been to the mall here and was excited to go.

As I tied my converse on at the door way I got a text from Christa saying she was outside. I quickly grabbed my phone, keys and bag as I hollered across the house that I was off and made way outside. The warm summer air hit my body the second I slid the screen door open.

Christa was pulling her bike towards the doorway as I grabbed mine from the side and met up with her.

"Hey Mikasa!" She smiled sweetly. I smiled back and waved hi. "You cut your hair!!" She giggled with excitement.

"Huh..?" I looked at my shoulders remembering that I did cut my hair. "Oh yeah, thanks." I flashed her a sweet smile.

I blinked realizing that some one was missing, "Where's Ymir?" I asked as I looked around cautious that she was going to pounce on me like tiger.

She waved her hand, "She had some things to do today, don't worry." I let out a sigh of relief.

Christa giggled as she asked if we should get going. I nodded as we rode our bikes to the city.

~~~

After some time of riding our bikes, Christa grew a bit tired and we began to walk.

"I'm really sorry about this, it's been forever." She smiled sweetly as we kept walking down the small hill.

I waved my hand, "It's okay." I heard a distant shaking as a cart drove past us. I looked closely at the driver that hauled boxes of Mason Jars due because he almost hit me.

I let out a scowl realizing who it was. I guess he heard me as he turned his head around.

He lifted his hand to wave and I yelled, "Stupid jerk!!"
"BAKA!!!"

The cart rambled a bit as the cart poured out a few boxes of  Mason Jars resulting to the pieces shattering all over the path.

"Be careful Mikasa." Christa said as we walked around the path full of broken shards. "That stupid jerk..."