SnK x F.R.I.E.N.D.S One-Shot Book (Requests Open)

A Mess of a Proposal

(A/N: I'm SO sorry @JjdoggieS for taking so long!! It's just... you know, life 😂​ Anyway, I SINCERELY hope you enjoy this! Let me know what you think)

Mikasa stood alone in the kitchen of her restaurant chopping an onion for the next dish she was creating. She was lost in thought, and immediately snapped back when she'd almost cut the tip of her thumb.

"Ow," she yelped as she waved her hand around, as if that would make the pain stop. Today wasn't a particularly good day. Eren, who had been her boyfriend for a few years now, started avoiding her after she'd brought up the subject of marriage a couple days ago. When she'd finally got ahold of him earlier today, he started spouting on about how marriage "wasn't that big of a deal", that it was the last thing on his mind. She knew he wasn't the commitment type, but geez!

Mikasa grabbed the knife and proceeded with what she was doing when a waitress popped her head in through the door. "Mikasa! There's a customer here who wants to compliment the chef."

That brightened her mood a bit. "Really? Go on, send them in!"

The customer walks in, and when she sees his face she almost has a heart attack. "Levi!"

The man across meets her eyes. "Hey."

He waited a few seconds before the waitress finally left the room. Levi held his hands behind his back as he walked a bit closer to her. "Actually, I didn't come here to compliment the chef."

"Oh... What are you here for then?"

"I," he nervously fidgeted, "I-I came to tell you that... I still love you."

Mikasa's eyes widened, "W-What?"

"I know this may be a lot to take in, and I know you're with Eren. He's a great guy—and if you say he's straight I'll believe you—but Mikasa, I had to tell you. I want to marry you. I want to have kids with you."

That's when it came back to her. They were in a relationship years ago, but it ended when he admitted he didn't see himself spending the rest of his life with her. It broke her heart to the point where she spent days in her room crying herself to sleep. She practically became a pathetic mess.

Levi waved his hand in front of her face. She had been spacing out for a few minutes. "Mikasa?"

Mikasa snapped back to reality and shook her head. "You're too late, Levi. Besides, where was all this four years ago?"

"It was stupid of me to do that, I know. Look, I'll walk away and I'll never bother you again, but only if you can tell me that Eren is willing to give you everything that I am."

"Yes," she lied, "Marriage is all he talks about. In fact, I'm the one who's making him wait."

"You are," Levi asked in disbelief, "Why?"

"Uh," she paused before snapping her fingers, "Because of the government!"

Levi's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Okay..."

———

Eren could feel that something was on Mikasa's mind when he noticed she wasn't eating any of the pizza laid out in front of them. "Hey, Mika. You okay?"

Mikasa glanced at him for a second before turning back to looking at the table. "Mhm," she says meekly as she nodded her head.

"Mikasa, you and I have known each other since grade school. Do not give me that crap," he lectured before grabbing her hand, "Come on, tell me what's wrong."

"I know, its just," she shuffled in her seat, "That stuff you said about marriage. You don't actually mean it, right?"

Eren inwardly panicked before clearing his throat, "Yes, actually. The whole concept of marriage is just unnatural to me."