The second Book to my collection of Attack on Titan fanfictions. So if you enjoy reading Attack on Titan related stories including ones with Armin, Eren or Mikasa, feel free to read! Enjoy
If you want to read French version: https://my.w.tt/jrUZnBPk...
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It was another day, and a expedition was on hold. Scouts were originally fighting and losing their lives. Commander Erwin ordered everyone to flee on top the wall for the time being until he and another selected few of soldiers would think up a strategy to help them advance in their plan at hand.
They couldn't afford to lose or to retreat back into the walls without having accomplished anything. It's just not tolerable.
So all the survivors did as ordered. The fled on top the wall. Some cried, some treated the wounded, some rested, some were too angry at the Titans to been able to chill, and so on.
Mikasa Ackerman looks on over to see Eren talking to the commander. He was one of the selected few the commander wished to come up with a strategy with. But why Eren of all people? He's such a dumbass and a idiot who at times gets a tunel vision and allows his anger to take him over, and to blind him.
Honestly, Mikasa thought it'd been best just to have Eren follow orders instead of making a plan. And above all else, shouldn't Armin had been chosen to discuss a strategy with the commander? He is after all, a very smart soldier who has helped the scouts and humanity as a hole, get out of pesty pickles on several accounts. So why wasn't he there, discussing things with the commander? Was he not chosen?
Mikasa felt the need to go over to Eren's side. It was a old habit of hers. But she stops herself. Old habits die hard. It will take some time before that instinct goes away. After all, she's always been Eren's shadow ever since the two were kids!
But Eren...he was so hateful towards she and Armin the last time she spoke to him. He had a toxic tongue on him, and a fiery glare that came from the depths of hell itself. He said so many horrible things, things Mikasa often wished she'd forget. Things she wished he had never said. And did things she wished he didn't did.
He told her quite harshly however since they were kids, he's always hated her. And then after that was said, Armin had enough of Eren hurting Mikasa and started to yell and scream at him. And soon after, Armin began to throw a punch at Eren! But Eren dogged Armin's swift move and kicked him in the stomach and continued beating him over and over right in front of Mikasa.
"Armin, your smart. I know why it is you had never raised a fist against me in the past. It is because you know that you can never beat me. After all, your fucking weak." Eren whispered coldly into Armin's ear before beating him twice as worst.
The tears that was originally building up in Mikasa's eyes had finally released and she begged Eren to stop. And so he did.
It is clear that Armin will never ever forgive Eren for hurting Mikasa the way he did. Mikasa doesn't know if she really has any room in her heart to really hate Eren too.
After all, Eren was the one who made the biggest influence on her life. He was the one she cared for most. And he was the one, when people called them a couple or boyfriend-and-girlfriend, Mikasa's face would instantly heat up before she'd denied it by saying that it's not like that.
It was hard to look at Eren from afar, without feeling a pinch of pain throb deep inside her chest. And it was hard to ignore him, to no longer be there by his side, or to care for him or to love him. It was hard. It was one of the most hardest things Mikasa has had to deal with in her life. But... perhaps it's just as Armin stated a long time ago.
Maybe Eren is just meant to be far away. Far away from them. Far from their grasp. Eren has after all, always been the lone-wolf type. Maybe it's just the way that things are meant to be.
Mikasa turns her attention away from Eren, discussing the Scouts next plan with the commander. She fears if she stares at them for any longer, it might break her. And the last thing a soldier needs before battle is to break.
Mikasa spots Armin from afar and decides to approach him. She felt like she has always been able to be by Armin's side without getting yelled at. Without getting any fiery complaints. She felt like more than Eren, that Armin understood her best.
He didn't mind her company. And Armin's presence...it was always calming. Being near him, in a way, always soothed her. So she begins to approach and she sits down besides him, hugging her knees close. It was how she liked to sit.
"Oh, hi Mikasa."Greets Armin upon noticing Mikasa sitting besides him. She gives a small smile. But afterwards, Armin eyes shoots out big!
"Mikasa...where is your scarf?"
"Oh...it needs stitched up, so I left it back in my dorm inside the Private Quarters. But also...it's hard to wear anymore." Mikasa admits that ever since what Eren did and said to them both, she's found it hard to wear anymore. It didn't hold as much of a symbolic or special meaning anymore. Eren had changed drastically over the months. It was as if he died and the person before them was a completely different person. It was as if the Eren they once knew...was dead.
Armin nods sadly, understanding how Mikasa felt. After a few moments of peaceful silence between the two, Mikasa begins to stare at Armin quietly. Armin eventually senses her eyes boring down on him, and he looks up towards her.
"Um...Mikasa?"
Mikasa lunges towards Armin with a fast reflex a stray cat would act upon! Armin consciously found himself leaning away in surprise, but Mikasa grabs Armin by his arm and with her other hand, she gently strokes at Armin's lips.
Armin just sits there, dumbfounded and greatly confused. "Um...Mikasa?" Mutters Armin, confusion reflecting in his ocean blue orbs quite clearly.
"Your lips... they're...so soft." Mikasa quietly notes. "H-Huh?!" Armin's face immediately burns up a deep red. Mikasa continues to brush her fingers against Armin's lips. Armin's face only blushes deeper and deeper by the seconds.
And without realizing it, her face began to draw close towards Armin's. Was she...was she thinking about kissing him?
Upon realizing this, Mikasa's eyes shoots out big as she snaps out of whatever state she was in, and she swipes away her hand and let's go of Armin's arm.
"I-I'm sorry!" Mikasa apologizes rashly. "I-Its fine..." Armin awkwardly reassures Mikasa. But before anything more could happen, Commander Erwin announced to the rest of the soldiers that he and a few others thought up a strategy to help the scouts reach their goal in order to accomplish the plan.
By the end, everyone salutes, slamming their fist against their hearts, ready to dedicate themselves to the cause they were fighting for.
Everyone hurries down the wall, get themselves back on horseback, and proceeds with the mission. Armin however, couldn't keep himself from wondering what that was about. With Mikasa, that is.
