Welcome, Darling (Eremika) (ErenxMikasa) | (COMPLETED)

005: Wrong

Two hours flew by.

Eren was working on Mikasa's car as the owner of the aforementioned rusty vehicle spoke with Zeke.

Zeke informed Mikasa about why her car was acting, and his words basically summed up to him telling her to get a new car.

"So, should we even bother to fix it, or do you want to just dump it here?" Zeke asked Mikasa, his button up shirt barely even buttoned up at the top.

'Jeez. Way to openly boast about your abs.' Mikasa thought, her eyes slightly drifting down to his torso before back up to his eyes.

He wore jeans that had been dirtied up at the knees, as they were also rolled up to his calves. His hair was in a tight bun, and his glasses were still on.

He obviously didn't feel the need to wear contacts.

Zeke looked just like he did in the photo of him and Eren, despite that picture being taken a few years ago.

"I think I'll just dump it here. I'll ask Eren or someone to take me to my meeting." Mikasa stated, sighing as she knew that she was bound to get rid of the car anyway.

"You have a meeting to attend to? You should've told me. I wouldn't have kept you here then." Zeke said, dumbfounded.

Mikasa took her phone out of her pocket to see the time, since she hadn't been keeping track at all. She held her phone up to her face and nearly dropped her phone from shock when she saw the time.

'Fuck.' She thought.

"It's okay. It only happened two hours ago." Mikasa said, her voice trailing off as she tried her best to keep her cool.

'Nonononono! No way in hell! This is not cool! Levi is going to kill me!' She thought.

"Mikasa. Have you decided?" Eren asked Mikasa as he approached her, his jeans also rolled up. However, he wore his shirt properly.

"Oh, y-yeah. I'll just leave it here." Mikasa admitted, her voice slightly trembling as she came to terms with the fact that what Levi had warned her about, just happened.

"Mikasa? Are you okay?" Eren inquired.

"Yeah. I just need some fresh air." Mikasa proclaimed. Her heart sank to her stomach as she walked out of the garage and sat on a curb.

She placed her hands on her head in frustration as she shook her head, furiously. She ran her fingers through her hair as she let out a shaky breath.

"Shit. Levi is going to kill me, and I'm definitely losing that offer!" Mikasa stated, still shaking her head.

"Okay. Ya'know what? I'll figure out a way to fix this. I've done it before, and I can do it again." Mikasa said as she desperately tried to convince herself that she was okay.

"We've done it before, Mikasa-san. We'll go home and call Levi to clear things up. Then, we can try to call and get that offer back!" She muttered to herself.

Whenever she tried to calm herself, Mikasa often referred to herself as Mikasa-san. It reminded her of her somewhat blissful childhood with her biological parents before her mother's death.

Mikasa was trying to cheer herself up, but her fear and frustration overcame her. A lump formed in her throat and she felt like she couldn't do it.

"I won't be able to. Levi isn't going to forgive me this time. I'm not getting that offer back. I'm going to lose my job because of my stupid car. I should've left the house earlier. If—" Mikasa rambled.

"Mikasa?" Eren butt in.

Mikasa feebly lifted her head up and turned around. Eren stood upon her and those emerald eyes of his looked at her.

Eren held an apprehensive expression all over, and judging by his eyes, he was asking Mikasa if he could sit beside her.

"Go ahead. I'm not stopping you." Mikasa said as she moved over for him to sit. He did exactly that and sat next to her.

It was silent.

The leaves rustled in the wind as birds sang in the sky.

Eren got irritated of the silent that lingered between him and Mikasa, causing him to speak up.

"Are you okay? I heard you rambling." He asked Mikasa.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She answered half-heartedly.

Eren didn't look like he believed Mikasa.

Eren looked at Mikasa as if she were lying.

Eren saw straight through Mikasa.

"Are you really okay, Mikasa?" He asked in a sterner tone. Mikasa finally turned her head to look at him, her silver eyes locking with his emerald.

Eren's enticing emerald eyes challenged Mikasa to lie again, but she didn't dare to.

"No, I'm not. I'm really stressed. This isn't the first time this has happened, and I'm just really scared. I don't want to lose my career and have to go back to Japan. I want to stay here." Mikasa finally admitted.

'With you.'

"It's okay, Mikasa-san. I know that I barely know you, but it'll be alright. Just like you said before, we can fix this. You can go talk to Levi Ackerman again, and I'll be here with you every step of the way." Eren said.

If this was any other time, Mikasa would've felt embarrassed by Eren calling her Mikasa-san.

However, hearing Eren call her that now comforted her.

Mikasa looked at him and his beautiful smile. Her eyes teared up and became glossy, but she blinked the tears away.

She became blinded by her relief and wrapped her arms around his neck. She pulled him in for a hug and embraced him tightly. His warm body comforted her.

"Thank you, Eren. I really needed to hear that." Mikasa smiled. And this time... it was a genuine smile.

'Heh... looks like I was wrong. Turns out that Eren really did comfort me in the end.' Mikasa thought.