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Mikasa did not think that she'd be spending her 22 birthday at work. It was completely different from the last year when she got completely wasted doing shots with Sasha, Annie, Historia, and Ymir. Originally she had taken the day off to spend time with her boyfriend, Eren but her boss offered her extra pay if she came in today and she and Eren were looking at getting a bigger apartment. So any extra money she could get would be great. It was now 7:52 PM which means she had eight more minutes until she could go home.
For the most part the only plans she and Eren had was to eat cake Eren was getting from the grocery store and then this weekend they would have dinner with friends. But despite the lack of plans, she was still very excited to go home. She felt her phone buzz in her pocket. Looking at it she saw it was from Eren.
“Hey babe, do you know where we put the air pump?” Eren asked through the phone.
“What?”
“The air pump. You know the one to blow up smaller things, like a ball?”
“I think in the closet near the front door I believe,” Mikasa answered.
“Okay, thanks babe,” Eren replied and answered the phone leaving Mikasa even more confused.
She arrived at the apartment complex at 8:20. When she got to her door she took out her keys and unlocked her door. The first thing she notices was how dark it was. Like completely, pitch black. If it wasn't for her already knowing the layout of the apartment then she definitely would have ran into something while she made her way to the light switch.
“Eren?” She called out but got no reply. Finally getting to the light, she flicks it on. Nothing was out of place and there was no Eren, “Eren?” She called out again with a little more worry in her voice. She walked to their shared bedroom but before she could flick and light on someone in the darkness grabbed her arm. Feeling she was about to be attacked she grabbed the person and chucked them to the ground.
“Oww,” Eren said in between groans of pain.
“Eren?” Mikasa turned on the light to confirm it's him, “Oh my God Eren I'm so sorry!”
“It’s alright,” Eren said and started to get up, “Trying to surprise my black belt girlfriend was probably not the best idea I've had.” Mikasa finally looked up around the room when Eren was back on his feet. The room was filled with balloons Of all sorts of colors. Above their shared bed was a banner that said “Happy Birthday!” and on the desk were half a dozen presents.
“Eren did you do all this?” She asked.
“Yeah, I know that spending your entire day at work wasn't exactly what you wanted to do for your birthday but I thought a surprise would help make this birthday feel special,” Eren replied, “I would have set this up in the living room but that's what everyone else does and I wanted it to be special.”
“Eren, I love it.” Mikasa gave, a still slightly dazed Eren, a kiss.
“That's good,” Eren replied, “Oh yeah, cake is still in the freezer. But we can save that till after presents if you want.”
An hour later the couple where eating cake in bed and watching Mikasa's favorite film on Netflix. Eren leaned in and kissed Mikasa on the cheek and whispered: “Happy birthday my love.” Mikasa couldn't help but think this might of been her best birthday yet.