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Epilogue
'Cheers to a very successful holiday', Historia squealed clashing her shot glass with everyone else's. The other girls all cheered in response. They were back on the yacht that they had been on on the first day of spring break. There were hundreds of people around them enjoying the last party of spring break. Mikasa sat squished up between Sasha and Annie at the bar. She had no idea where the boys had drifted of too, but she was grateful for this opportunity to rave about the holiday with her girls. She hadn't expected to be so disappointed to be leaving the Island of Paradis.
'I can't believe we have to go back to school', Sasha groaned, lazily flopping herself onto Mikasa, wrapping her arms around Mikasa's neck, 'I'm going to miss Jean', she sulked.
Annie giggled at Sasha's dramatics, 'The boys are literally dropping us off tomorrow morning'.
Annie made a fair point, but Mikasa couldn't help but indulge in Sasha's sulking. It wouldn't be the same once they went back home. Mikasa wouldn't be able to spend afternoons lazily cuddling with Eren, she would have to return to her everyday responsibilities. Plus, there was only so long that Eren could spend in Trost, eventually he would have to head back home and they would have to commence their long distance relationship. Mikasa wasn't sure if she could endure being so far away from him. Even now that she was sat a few metres away from Eren, she missed his presence. How was she supposed to manage when he was miles away.
She squeezed Sasha in return, 'I'm going to miss Eren', she pouted.
'There's only one way to fix this', Historia slurred, grasping onto a bottle of something. Mikasa couldn't read the label but she knew that it was probably some kind of strong alcohol. Historia tipped her head back and spilled the contents into her mouth. Sasha sat up, lifting her head up from Mikasa's chest and giggled. She reached for the bottle and guzzled half the remaining liquid. Then, she tilted Mikasa's head back and poured the rest down her throat. The drink burnt her throat, she would never get used to the sensation of drinking alcohol, but when it settled in her stomach it filled her with warmth. Her cheeks flushed as she giggled. She wasn't quite sure what she was giggling at. She leaned closer into her friends enjoying their warmth.
'You guys are the best', she whispered.
'Awh', Sasha cooed, 'I love you guys'.
Historia stuck her arms up in the air breaking them out of their embrace, 'I LOVE YOU BITCHES SO MUCH', she squealed. Mikasa almost fell out of her stool laughing, but then someone caught her. She was going to turn around to find out who it was, but then he stuck his head into the crook of her neck. Mikasa looked down to see Eren. He wrapped his strong arms around her waist and tucked his head in to her neck. Her friends began laughing at something, presumably Eren, but she was too focused on him to pay attention.
'Miki, I miss you', he muttered into her skin.
'I'm right here', Mikasa giggled as his lips tickled her neck.
'But, your going to leave me'
Mikasa raised her eyebrow and looked down at her boyfriend. He stared at her, eyes wide.
'Eren, are you drunk?'
'Obviously, baby. I'm drunk on your love', Eren slurred. Mikasa leaned back into his touch allowing him to trace his fingered up and down her stomach. She was wearing a slightly cropped tube top, that dipped just bellow her belly button. Eren had convinced her to get a belly button piercing a couple of days ago and honestly, she loved it. In return, Eren had gotten her name tattooed on her neck. Mikasa had not asked him to do so. In fact, she thought the decision was kind of stupid. She liked the look of her name on his skin anyways.
Eren pulled her shirt higher, his finger trailing around the piercing. He softly whispered the words to a song into her ear. She giggled hearing the lyrics to their song, the song they had sang at kareoke the other day.
Her friend's began to shuffle out of their seats. She looked up, wandering where they were going, 'You guys are going?'
'We're going to dance', Historia giggled, 'And it seems your occupied right now'
Mikasa pushed her hand out from Eren's grasp and waved her friends goodbye.
'Let's go find a couch', Mikasa whispered to Eren. At the moment, he was awkwardly leaning on her. His entire weight pressed up against her as he held onto her waist.
'I don't wanna move', he pouted. Mikasa flicked his head playfully and pushed him back slightly. She held his hand and dragged him over to a corner. They pushed through a crowd of people and headed over to an empty couch. She took a seat on the couch, spreading her legs over the furniture and Eren lay on her. His hands dragged through her hair.
'Baby, I miss you', he sighed.
'I'm still here Eren'
He hummed and leaned over her face so he could look into her eyes, 'I love you Miki'
'I love you too Eren and I'll miss you a lot', she smiled at him, before pecking his lips. Eren slipped his tongue through the crevice of her lips. Mikasa eagerly tilted into his touch, pressing her body up closer to his. Eren's hands trailed down her body.
'You two look cosy', Sasha giggled as Jean plopped himself down onto the edge of the couch. Sasha sat herself down into his lap. Eren grunted, but sat up from Mikasa anyways.
'You guys aren't interrupting or anything', he sighed with attitude.
'Good', Connie came out from nowhere and sat between the two couples. The group was reminiscent of when they played truth or dare on the first night.
'I can't believe spring break is over', Jean mused.
'Theres only one way to tie things all together', Connie said unusually loudly, he wrapped his arms around Eren and Jean's necks, 'One final game of truth or dare'.
'Okay then, spin the bottle Connie', Sasha beamed.
Connie flicked the bottle with his foot, watching as it span around the group. Finally, it landed on Eren.
'Truth', Eren grinned at Connie.
'That's a first', Connie raised his eyebrow, 'Fine then, What's the wierdest thing you've ever done'.
'Mikasa's the wierdest thing I've ever done', Eren smirked leaning into his girlfriend. Mikasa rolled her eyes and elbowed him in the side.
'I'm not wierd', Mikasa snarled.
'Sure, baby', he giggled, flicking the bottle. The end of the bottle landed on Mikasa. Mikasa narrowed her eyes at her tipsy boyfriend.
'I dare you-', Eren started.
'I haven't picked truth or dare yet'
'Okay then', Eren whined.
'I'll pick dare'
Eren grinned at her, 'I dare you, pretty girl, to jump of the boat'.
'Absolutely not',Mikasa recognised the date, it was the exact same one she had given him on their first day on Paradis.
'Why not, we'll all go with you', Eren pouted.
'Who's we', Jean challenged.
'Come on, it's the last day of holiday. Let's end it with a bang', Eren insisted.
'Yeah, fuck it, let's do it', Sasha squealed.
Mikasa's heart raced as Sasha and Eren took hold of either of her hands. Sasha squealed ran over to the rail of the boat, pulling everyone into the ocean. All five of them plunged into the ocean. Connie and Jean screamed as they fell in, whilst Eren and Sasha cheered like children. It was freezing, but Mikasa felt warm on the inside. She giggled as she treaded appon the water.
'Wasn't that bad right', Eren giggled as he floated behind her.
'You're fucking crazy', Mikasa laughed.
'Crazy, maybe', Eren came closer to her, 'But, also yours'.
Mikasa clung onto him. She was going to miss this when they were apart. She was going to miss doing crazy stuff with him. She was going to miss holding him and feeling his touch. She was going to miss him.
'I love you Eren', she muttered into his ear.
'I love you too'
3 months later
Mikasa shifted her weight from leg to leg as she eagerly stood at the airport. Summer had just begun, so naturally the place was crowded. Their were crowds of bustling people hurriedly heading of to flights. Mikasa waited impatiently. She looked down at her phone, his flight wasn't meant to be there for another ten minutes, but she was desperate to see him either ways. She sighed as she watched different people happily reunite with their loved ones. She couldn't help but envy them, she wanted to see the boy she loved. Where on earth was he?
For the past couple of months, Eren had been busy, spending his gap year travelling the world with the other guys. Despite their many many many video calls and messages, she missed him dearly. Eren's travels had actually concluded about a week ago, but Eren had to deal with family matters before he could reunite with his girlfriend. Mikasa was especially impatient, because all the rest of her friends had spent the past week being all lovey with their partners, but she had to wait a while longer before she could see Eren.
She checked the clock once again. He should have been there by then. She groaned, fustrated by her boyfriends lateness. He had texted her that he would be there at 1 on the dot and the minute hand was slowly ticking past thay time.
Suddenly, she felt someone grabbing her waist from behind.
'Boo', he whispered into her ear. Mikasa couldn't help herself but smile as she heard his soft voice in her ear. She turned around to face him. He looked gorgeous as ever in a blue hoodie an grey joggers. He had seemingly gotten more tanned during his travels, and his darkened skin tone made his green eyes stand out even more. He wore a warm smile on his face as he stared into her eyes. Mikasa grabbed the sides of his face, pulling him into a long awaited long kiss. She wanted to take in every part of him, she had missed this.
'Hey baby', he mumbled into her lips. Mikasa didn't respond she continued to passionately explore his mouth, nipping at his lip slightly. She didn't care that they were in a public space. She continued until eventually she ran out of breath and had to pull back. She gazed at him breathlessly, still maintaining their closeness by wrapping her arms around his neck. His hands were still on her waist, his fingers tracing hearts into her skin.
'I take it you missed me', Eren chuckled.
'Only a little', she bit her lip to fight the huge grin growing on her face.
'Well I missed you a whole lot Miks, it feels like I haven't seen you in years', he sulked, placing his forehead into the crook of her neck.
'It's been a couple of months Eren, plus we spoke everyday', Mikasa giggled, his soft hair tickling her neck slightly. He looked up at her and pouted at her. Gosh, she had missed his stupid childishness.
'Fine, Eren', she sighed, 'I missed you too baby', Eren grinned eagerly and pecked her on the lips.
'Let's get home quickly before my jet lag kicks in, I want to cuddle with you before I fall asleep', Eren hummed lazily. Mikasa
Mikasa grabbed his hand and tugged him towards the exit as he drearily carried his luggage behind him. He told her about his chaotic flight as she lead him towards her car. Eren shoved his luggage in the boot before mounting her car. He almost immediately fell asleep as soon as he sat down. Mikasa giggled at the soft noises he made as he slept. When they arrived at her apartment Mikasa barely managed to shake him awake. He was half awake, but he seemed to only have the capacity to walk. She decided to leave his stuff in the car, whilst she lugged him up the stairs.
When she got through the door to her home, Sasha snickered at the half asleep man leaning on her shoulder.
'Looks like you finally reunited with sleeping beauty', she laughed. Mikasa rolled her eyes, but smiled anyways. She walked through the apartment towards her room. The place was filled with boxes, seeing as all the girls woild be moving out next year. It was bittersweet. They would still certainly see each other, but Mikasa woukd miss living with her girls. Instead she would be living with her amazing, sexy boyfriend. She had no idea how she was going to get any work done when he was in the house. She was grateful that he had a job so that he would be gone for atleast a few hours everyday.
Modelling, she wasn't sure how she felt about the career path. Honestly, she felt like he was just using his pretty privilege, but at least he was going to be doing something.
She dragged him over to her room and lay him down on her bed. He immediately grabbed onto her waist pulling her into him as he slept. She traced circles over his arms, she was looking forward to living with him, specifically for moments like this.
'Miki', he muttered.
'Yeah?'
'I love you'
'I love you too'
5 years later
Mikasa stood awkwardly in the corner of the massive hall. It was fancy, much more so than she had expected. There was a brilliant chandelier hung in the centre of the room, a live band playing classical music and servers wandering around offering people hors doeuvres and wine made centuries ago. It didn't matter how nice the venue was though, she was bored out of her mind. She would much rather be at home celebrating the new year snuggled up on her couch with a bottle of champagne, but it was a work party so she had to show face. She couldn't risk disappointing her boss. At the very least, she had gotten to wear her new dress. She looked stunning in her opinion. It was a wine red sleeveless maxi dress that hugged her figure nicely. She had thought it might be overkill, but everyone else at the party was dressed the same way. The people at the party were just as mind numbing as the party itself, just a room filled with pretentious lawyers. Of course she was one of those lawyers as well, but she prided herself in being slightly more layed back than everyone else in the room.
'Mikasa, you look stunning', Mikasa looked up to see a familiar man complimenting her. He was one of the lawyers who worked along side her. His name was somewhere floating around her brain but she couldn't recall it ay that moment.
'Thank you', she smiled back politely.
'I've been meaning to congratulate you on winning your case the other day. You are both flawless in your work and in your looks', she man smirked at her. She had heard many ladies who worked around them claim that he was quite handsome, but honestly she had never noticed anything special about him. Maybe one of those ladies would apreciate his flirting, but she wasn't interested. She fought herself to stop herself from rolling her eyes. Her coworker should know better than to flirt with a taken woman.
'Thank you, I suppose', she didn't bother hiding her lack of interest, she looked around the hall, searching amongst the crowds of faces. The party started half an hour ago, he should be here by now. Despite her frustration at his lateness, as soon as she spotted him, her face lit up.
Her coworker was about to say something else, probably more unprofessional attempts at flirting, but she cut him off, 'Sorry, would you excuse me', she headed towards her boyfriend waiting for her in the crowd.
'Your late, Eren', She said to him sternly as she pulled his hands into hers. He looked good, she always thought one of his best looks was when he was in a suit.
Eren gave her a quick peck on the cheeks. Well actually he was likely aiming for her mouth buts she turned before he could kiss her properly. She knew he struggled to control himself. She began fiddling with his tie. She could tell that he had been in a hurry, because it was done very messily. She patiently neatened the item of clothing.
'Sorry baby, shoot ran over', he apologised as he left a trail of kisses down her neck. Mikasa squirmed under his touch, 'Not here, Eren'
He pouted at her, 'But you look so pretty in your new dress'.
Mikasa blushed at the compliment, 'You still can't kiss me like that here, my boss is around here '.
'Let's go find a cupboard then or somthing', he smirked.
'No, look at the time', Eren swivelled his head (almost pulling his tie out of her hands) to see that countdown for the new year, there was only about guve minutes left.
'Fine', he groaned, 'Let's go find good seats for the fireworks', her pulled her hand, leading her out of the main room. He lead her up the stairs of the building, so that they were stood on the roof of the building.
'How did you know where this was?', Mikasa's eyes glistened, impressed by the amazing view. She could see the entire gorgeous skyline and the way it twinkled in the nights stars.
'Instinct', he shrugged as he checked the time on his phone. Mikasa took a peak at the screen, there was one minute left. As the new year quickly approached, they began to hear murmurs of people counting down.
10
9
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6
Eren looked nervous. Mikasa could tell from the way he anxiously fiddled with the sleeves of his jacket. He looked away from her, biting his lip as he stared into the distance.
5
4
Eren began rummaging through hus pockets, before he brought out a small familiar black box. Oh my gosh!
3
2
Mikasa's beamed, her eyes widening as she looked at the small box. She knew it was what she thought it was. Eren had bought it years ago, but she had insisted that he waited until she finished law school.
1
Eren knelt down infront of her, grasping her hand tightly. Her eyes began to water as she looked down at him.
'Mikasa Ackerman, ever since the first day that I layed eyes on you, I knew you were going to be something special to me . As it turned out, you were both my firs, last and only love. Mikasa, can you meet me halfway and do me the pleasure of becoming your husband and your partner in life', Mikasa giggled at his reference to their song. She squeezed his hand tightly, tear drops fell into there intertwined hands.
'Yes', she squealed, nodding erratically, 'Yes, yes, yes, Eren, 100 times yes'
Eren slipped the silver band onto her finger. The ring was gorgeous with a ruby gem adorning the jewellery. She jumped into his arms, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him deeply.
'I love you so much', she smiled.
'I love you too'