Maybe in another life (Mikasa×Annie)

Prolouge

~ Narator's P.o.V ~

Mikasa didn't know how to feel. The war, Eren, Armin, everyone. She just felt so numb after all that has happened, she knew there will be a time where all of it will hit her, but she didn't care.

The only thing she cared about now was her dying girlfriend. Back when they we're just cadets, her and the beauty named Annie Leonhartd didn't get along well.

The blonde would always pick on Eren, so of couse Mikasa didn't enjoy that.

After she became a scout, she had recieved a strange letter from Annie, she was asking about her genuie being, about the others.

At first the brunette didn't know what to say, she was surprised, but also excited about the other reaching out to her.

After about 2 weeks of being pen pals, Annie asked the other to meet her, Mikasa of course obliged. Thats when the two shared their feelings, they had bonded, The Asian didn't know what those feelings were, they weren't like the ones she had for Eren or Armin.

She saw Annie as something, more than family, than a friend. She wanted to touch the other, to feel her cool touch on her skin, her soft breath and her heartbeat.

Mikasa remembers their first kiss like it was yesterday. They both we're sitting on top of a building, watching the beautiful night sky, the shorter girl silently sitting in the other's arms, covered in the Scout's cloak.

"Annie, look at me for a moment." Said the brunette while shifting her gaze on the other. After the blonde reciprocated her look, the two young women silently held their eye contact.

Mikasa almost got lost in those ice-cold orbs. She wanted to cherish them, to look at them lovingly till the end.

The two girls silently put their palms on each other's chests, seeking the other's heartbeat.

After what felt like an eternity, the blonde sighned out her nose and turned away, nervously. "Mikasa, do you trust me?"

Asked the shorter girl. Mikasa didn't know why would she ask something like that, it was obvious the brunette trusted the other with her life. "Yes."

Came her direct and quick response, sometimes the Asian hated her lack of emotion, her lack of vocabulary when it came to stuff like this.

Annie silently looked at her right hand, she stared at her simple silver ring, quickly getting lost in thought. 'Did I upset her?'

Mikasa didn't think more as she grabbed the other's hand and softly kissed it, Annie was always so, cold. She wanted to keep the other warm, to wake up with the blonde in her arms.

That's when it hit the Asian, that's when she realized how much did she actually love Annie.

The blonde once again looked into her gray eyes, a pink blush creeping up her cheeks as she slowly liked her lips.

"I care about you a lot, Annie."

Confessed Mikasa, the blonde took a shaky breath, trying to calm herself. "Please forgive me."

Said the brunette before closing the space between them, and slowly kissing the other's lips.

Neither of them knew what to do, the girls just followed their hearts, and expressed their silent love to each other. Even after so many years, they still loved each other dearly.

Both of them knew Annie didn't have much time left, so after the war ended, the two spent the rest of their time together in peace and harmony. It all went in a flash.

Annie now had about one day left, siletly sulking in her death bed, holding the hand of her loved one.

The other softly cried, Annie felt guilty, she wanted Mikasa to be happy, even after her death, she wanted the girl to move on, and live the life they both wanted to live.

The blonde could feel her own tears creeping out, she didn't want to leave the Asian alone, she loved her too much, and she was hurting all the same.

"I'm sorry."

Whispered the blonde to the other. She felt so much guilt, she wanted to show Mikasa so much more of her love, she knew she didnt have much left, so she would just say all she had to say till her last breath.

"W-why are you apologizing." Asked the other between sobs, Mikasa had been crying for hours now, never leaving her loved one's side.

She quickly took the other's weak and cold hand in her own, trying to share her warmth even now.

"You were always so warm." Said Annie, her voice was just above a whisper now. "Just shut up." Spat Mikasa while crying into the blonde's hand.

She had to seek any last kind of affection the other could give her. Mikasa can't live without the other. Annie smiled sadly and reached to wipe her tears.

"Look who's in a bad mood today." Teased the blonde. Mikasa just cried louder and louder till after a few hours her voice was hoarse, Annie would kiss her from now and then.

She would whisper to Mikasa apologies and soft things, all until there was only the other girl screaming and hugging her lifeless body.

Annie Leonhart died that day, with a smile on her face, and the tears of her beloved all over her clothes. It has been now over 12 years.

Mikasa had adopted some children, a boy and a girl. Both of them taking her deceased girlfriend's name, Leonhart.

~Time skip~

Groan. Annie softly punched her alarm, still having the hungover from Reiner's party from yesterday.

She softly got up from her bed, tripping over a few beer cans. 'Gosh even after moving out, I'm still so messy.'

The woman then started her day, but didn't she know someone very dear to her would come back, just like they promised all those 200 years ago.