Our Child [EreMika]

Prologue

12:47 A.M

"She's beautiful."

Just shy of nine months prior, the young, strong, and beautiful Mikasa Ackerman was trembling in fear once she got the news that she was pregnant. She could barely stand, and tears were dripping down her face as a million thoughts entered her mind at once.

Mikasa Ackerman, a sixteen, almost seventeen year old girl who just delivered her newborn daughter into the world under less than perfect circumstances.

Under her rock hard persona, Mikasa was a very caring and compassionate girl, but she didn't know the first thing about raising a child. That reason alone was enough for her to consider adoption. She didn't like the idea of giving up her own child to someone else, but she knew that there was no other option if she was going to keep fighting in the, what seemed to be endless, war against the titans.

The fact that her instincts just clicked with her came as a shock. It felt similar to how she felt whenever her Ackerman powers were awakened, but more pleasant as she held her dark haired baby in her arms.

The first hurdle of her pregnancy she had to leap over was telling her baby's father, Eren Jaeger about the news. At the time she couldn't have imagined anything scarier, and absolutely dreaded his reaction.

She knew he was going to be angry. There was no getting around that, and that wasn't the part she was worried about. She was worried about how he'd handle it after the news sunk in. The whole week before she told him she was absolutely restless, getting two or three hours of sleep at most whenever it came time to go to bed.

Eren had figured something was wrong with her, but the possibility of her being pregnant never once crossed his mind. Mikasa had been avoiding him, barely even being able to look him in the eye, so whenever he finally confronted her about it she was in tears. It took a few minutes to calm her down, but once Mikasa was able to deliver the news Eren was taken over by surprise.

Mikasa prepared for the worst. She knew he wouldn't hit her, but words can hurt a lot more than physical trials.

Eren's reaction shocked Mikasa. He stared at her with wide eyes for a few silent seconds before taking her into his strong, muscular arms, holding her as tight as he could without letting go. Tears of fear and anger spilled down his face, fear due to him being terrified of what would happen next, and anger due to the fact that he let this happen.

They didn't know much about safety whenever it came to intimacy, and went into it blindly, but they both knew how children were made and dismissed the possibility of a consequence coming from their actions. They used the methods they could use, and couldn't even begin to imagine their lives with a child.

And the consequence happened to be their newborn daughter, the one they waited oh so desperately for.

During the early phases of her pregnancy, Mikasa was able to stay in the barracks with everyone else. She couldn't fight, but during her spare time she would tidy up as best she could, and made meals for everyone after they'd had a long day of fighting.

Each night she would crawl into bed with Eren, his arms always wrapping Mikasa in a protective hug, making sure to lay a hand on her small yet noticable bump. Anytime Mikasa was out of his sight he would constantly worry about her safety, and whenever she was in his grasp he would treat her like fine China, not letting anyone come too close in fear of illness harming his small family, and guarding her as best as he could.

He knew Mikasa was a strong girl, but he couldn't help himself. He wanted to do anything he could to keep them out of harm's way.

Once Eren warmed up to the idea of being a dad, he found himself looking forward to the day where he'd be able to meet his child. He was scared, yes, and he knew of the hardships that would come with being a father, but he was still excited to meet his baby girl.