Bertholdt x Mikasa (BeruMika)

Five

Eren was being tried for treason as most of us had all assumed the day before.

Bertholdt Fubar Hoover kissed me and didn't even dare look at me the next morning. He came back with toast, bacon, and one tall glass of milk.

"The interior really has it all eh? I mean like, we haven't had meat in forever-- unless it was every other month of course!"

I nodded in agreement, and munched on the delightful bacon. I never had this before, and I savoured every taste. Meanwhile Bertholdt just finished hogging his food down.

Armin came up and had a cup of milk.

"No food for me?"

"Armin oh! S-sorry!" Bert immediately started to apologise.

"Here, I'm full." I said, handing over two pieces of bacon and half my toast.

"Thanks Mikasa." Armin smiled, and sat in my seat.

I'm a light eater, unless I haven't eaten for more than a day, then I go Sasha Braus mode.

"I'll be changing." I announced, Fubar wiped his mouth and told me to hurry. I disregarded that and took my clothes.

~BERTHOLDT'S POV~

"Hey, do you think--that they'll really ki-kill Eren?" Armin asked in an almost baby like mannerism.

No of course not. The couldn't, they wouldn't. I told myself.

"No of course not. Poor poor Armin" I drank some more milk.

"Don't you get it?" I continued.

"What-- get what?" He asked confused.

"Okay so Eren just closed up wall Maria, we got land back and even though we lost people, our goal was accomplished. Imagine what else he could do?! Plus even though it's all risky, the men sitting on protection and piles of money are willing to go for it as long as it doesn't threaten their political stance or lives." I logically answered.

"That's just it! You're right. He's some kind of-of a weapon-- a commodity. And our superiors won't have to use more money to compensate soldiers when they'll just use Eren as man power and about the strength of 100 soldiers!" Armin had a eureka and drank all of his milk.

"Done." Mikasa announced.

"I'm going to change man." I told Armin.

"Okay."

I got my washed clothes and changed in a hurry. Mikasa took rather long.

"Armin, stop drinking so much damn milk. Hoover bought this, not the whole entire interior." I heard Mikasa scold Armin.

"Oh." I heard him say sadly. I had enough euros for about a week, two if I stretched it. But this is the last day we'll be here.

"Don't worry!" I shouted over to them.

"I have enough for days... it's fine." I finished.

I could just sense Mikasa looking at Armin not to drink the rest. I heard him gulp it down.

Give the man a break eh? We're all thirsty, hungry, and still kind of tired. I guess Mikasa just has more will power than us then.

We went to trial.

Eren's being tried for treason against humanity. Eren was beat up in front of everyone: by Levi Heichou. I held Mikasa back from attacking him. She has a pretty strong body for a person shorter than I am.

Eren scared the courtroom from a violent attempt to break from his chains. We were all jittered for some moments. All became somewhat calm once again. Mikasa kept her eye on him, and had one hand on her blade if anything. Not to Eren, but to the people around him. I tried holding her hand once more. And she lingered for a bit. Then softly took her hand back.

I'm getting there.

Idiots, selfish merchants, and religious heretic zealots were arguing back and forth. If you listen to them for too long, they actually start to make sense-- which isn't at all a good thing. Then, that was when Levi Heichou kicked the crap out of eren and blah blah blah. But, he proposed an idea-- a plan rather.

"I'll kill him myself if I have too, one little slice of the throat, and he'll be down. A little more difficult if he's in titan form, but I'll manage." Levi proposed to the judge.

The judge allowed Levi's proposal to keep eye of him, and to even kill Eren himself, if necessary. That Eren supposedly couldn't be trusted or left alone.

The court was shocked and the judge-- astonishingly accepted it and adjourned the case/courtroom.

"Thank God Eren!" Mikasa shouted and hugged him tightly as he was hauled away by scouts. I wish that was me right there in her arms.

I'll be a scout one day, hopefully Mikasa will too.

Eren was all bloodied up, he smiled to me. A smile of peace. A smile of "If I've gone this far, I can endure more." He smiled once more and the doors closed to him. Everyone dispersed and the three of us went to ask if we could see Eren: Mikasa more specifically wanted to.

I wonder if she likes him or just really cares about him in a non girlfriend way or whatever. I'm like that with Annie, I just wonder if Mikasa's like that with Eren too.

We weren't allowed and were told that we'd "interfere with the case"

What case? Isn't it done and all adjourned? Unless by case they mean the predicament of having a titan shifter in the scout's hands.

And "interfere"?

Bullocks.

Maybe I'll take Mikasa out to buy and explore the interior later before we leave tonight.