Bertholdt x Mikasa (BeruMika)

Fifteen

~Mikasa's POV~

We were running and running, I looked back to the clearing smoke as I held the nameless girl's mutilated arm, and thought to myself:

: Imagine how many people we could've saved if we all did what Bertholdt did. Eren briefly told me that whilst he was in the titan's pit, there was a girl in there who was weakly asking for help. . .then died.

Bert is so brave, one doesn't have to be confident nor have all the looks in order to be brave. Bertholdt is my brave. The girl was knocked out, but breathing. After a good 5 minutes of running we finally reached base and ran into many faces that turned into shock, awe, and horror. Hannah was quietly screaming to herself and was walked to the cabins by Annie. I hope she's okay. I glanced over to Bert who'd had a short but thick stick lodged into his arm! I pretended not to notice and kept trying to find my way to shadis.

"Gah!" I found him. " What the hell is thi--" he quickly stared at the nameless and unconcious girl then said "QUICK! FUBAR GET HER TO THE INFIRMARY! THAT'S AN ORDER SOLDIER!" He potently pointed his arm out towards the infirmary. Bert was about to run when he winced in pain from the stick, I guess all of his adrenaline rush was wearing out and he could feel the pain now. Reiner ran over and grabbed the girl into his arms, and continued off towards the infirmary in a rush. Bertholdt fell a knee so dramatically in a slow motion, yet present visual.I felt a worried gasp escape my breath.

"Sasha!" I yelled to her. She made eye contact with me, and I lobbed the arm over to her.

"Gyah! Eeeeehhhh!" She made some disgusted sounds, but didn't drop the arm.

"Get moving you lolly gagger!" I heard myself say to her. Bert was holding his stomach, on a knee, and his other hand supporting him to stay up. "Get it to nameless! Now!" I frantically demanded.

Sasha looked at me, then to bert with a calmer tone, and then a worried look. She understood, nodded, and scampered off after Reiner's direction.I looked back down at Bert, he was coughing and expressing sounds of anguish.

"B-Bert?!" I asked worriedly.

"I-I'm f-fine. . . .j-juh. . .just help me up." His voice was almost inaudible. I put his arm over my shoulders and struggled to help carry his tall frame up. Bert was leaning over me, his blood was spilling peacefully and moderately out onto my back. Then I felt cold liquid on my stomach? I looked down, there was another lodging in him! Oh my gosh that's why he's falling! It's deep into his hip, it's gushing out quickly! I started to cry as i kept my strength, staggering across the base to the infirmary. I saw Reiner leaving from there with his top blotched in blood.

"Reiner!" I yelled over to him in order for help. His head moved towards my direction and he tilted his head towards me as if a wolf would when confused. He squinted his eyes and finally rushed over to his realisation.

I looked up to Bertholdt, and to my surprise, he was sweetly smiling down to me.

I, unbeknownst to myself, softly smiled back and a tear exited my right eye. Bert, with his unharmed arm, softly caressed my cheek with the back of his hand. He made me stop in our tracks, and I was silent. I could faintly hear Reiner's footsteps approaching with each heart beat of mine that dropped.

"Mikasa?" Bert asked.

"Y-yes?" I sadly smiled

"Wanna hang out again?"

"Yes!" I giggled with streams of tears singeing my flushed cheeks.

"Good." Bert smiled and softly brought my face up to him for a kiss.

We released unexpectedly. I dropped to the ground from his body weight and He toppled over my body. His eyes were levelled to mine as I struggled with each gasp to get up. I stopped squirming a bit, Bert wasn't trying to get up-- he wasn't moving.

"I love. . .you" those three raspy words escaped from him.

His green sparkling eyes were beginning to fade out.

"I- I love you too!" I screamed in a whisper.

He gave me a small grin and the lights shut slowly off without flicker in his eyes. It snapped in me, he's--he's dying! No! No! My pants and upper shirt were soaked in gore and blood.

I sprinted to shove him off me and gently on the ground. I flipped him on his back and stared at him. My sight was foggy and i noted Reiner's feet a few centimetres away from me. I was banging on Bert's chest. he can't be dead. No! No! WHY DID HE HAVE TO RESCUE THAT GIRL!? THIS IS HER FAULT! IF SHE WOULD'VE DONE HER JOB RIGHT AND LIVED, BERTHOLDT COULD'VE BEEN ALIVE! NO! NO!

Burning lava hot singeing tears are drowning me. I tried giving him CPR, but nothing! Nothing. NOTHING! I heard some yelling in the background and felt strong arms strain me back away from Bertholdt.

"LET ME GO! LET ME GO!" I was kicking in the air as Reiner lifted me up.

"Mikasa! I-It's over!"

"ITS HER FAULT! HER FAULT! THE DEATH IS ON HER! ON HER!" I kept screaming that and angrily yelling out sounds. He's dead, my love is dead.

The unbelievable is happening.