The beginning

Chapter 1

It was a peaceful afternoon for the scouts and the two titans at the headquarters. The sun was high in the air and the temperature was just right. It was a perfect day. Over the span of a month, Rogue and the scouts have grown to trust Ansgar. Gradually more and more scouts had warmed up to the ex-enemy and started accepting him. Rogue was now 2 and a half months through his pregnancy and it had started to show. His gut had gotten bigger and his abs were no longer present, his skin having been stretched to make space for the pup or pups. Rouge was on a strict human food diet with an occasional piece of titan meat that his partner would bring back for him.

After Ansgar informed Hange that in order for a pup/pups to grow stronger, they must consume titan meat, Hange practically begged Erwin to accept her request about letting them go beyond the walls to get titan meat for her "Mama Rogue". Thus the commander gave in, seeing that it would benefit the titan couple, and issued that once a week, a squad of veteran scouts were to go with the armored titan to get meat for Rogue.

What surprised rouge the most was that after he ate, it did not force itself out, instead staying in, what he had to guess, was his pup/pups' stomach. The titan's mate had also become more protective during this time. Every free second Ansgar had, he was spending it with his mate, only leaving when he went hunting. Rouge's and Ansgar's relationship grew as they spent more time together. After only 2 weeks, Rouge had accepted Ansgar as his mate and began to love all over him, which Ansgar soaked up after Rouge had been scared and mad at him for the first week. Throughout the week, the pup/pups were kicking harder than usual which was good but also bad. Good because it meant that the pup/pups were getting stronger. Bad because it brought more pain to Rouge, making Ansgar and the scouts more careful and caring to him.

With his mood swings, the scouts had developed a way to deal with Rouge's emotions. If he was sad, pet him and tell him reassuring things, if he was happy, try to keep him as happy as long as you can, and if he was mad, well, that one they didn't have a way to deal with his anger. Sometimes he would have small bursts of anger that could quickly be dealt with by playing his music box and playing catch with him but the big bursts, they could not calm him down. They had tried everything. They tried to comfort him, play with him, turn on his music box, and more but nothing worked. The only person that could calm him down was Ansgar. It seemed that whenever Ansgar entered the barn, Rouge would calm down almost instantly as Ansgar would go over and comfort him until he calmed down and passed out from exhaustion.

And now here Rouge was snuggling with his little ones as he waited for Ansgar to get back from his hunt. Every day, no matter how tired he was, he would wait for Ansgar to get back so he could sleep soundly with a filled stomach, but today, he was more tired than usual. The night before, his pup/pups were kicking harder and keeping him awake long hours through the night. Unlike him, Ansgar could be woken up in the middle of the night, something he wished he could do. Knowing that Ansgar could be woken up easily, Rouge had bit his tongue to avoid making noise knowing that today, his mate would go out to hunt. Rouge was worried that if he woke up Ansgar, then the titan would be tired and may get killed on his hunt, something Rouge DEFINITELY didn't want to happen. That morning, Rouge woke up still tired but wanted to stay up and greet his mate when he came back. Rouge, not able to keep his eyes open, drifted to sleep, thinking of his pup/pups, Ansgar, and his little ones nestled in his arms fast asleep.

(Pov swap)

Ansgar continued his hunt for a good-looking mindless titan to feed to his mate as the 4 experienced followed him from behind keeping him in check and looking out for nearby titans. While hunting his mind started to wander formulating many questions about himself and/or Rouge. But the biggest question in his mind was what the pup/pups would look like. ' Would the features be the same as rouge, with pointy ears and a lipless maw, or would they be more like him, with armor plates and skinless, or maybe they would be a combination of the two, with both some of Rouge's and Ansgar's features?' The possibilities were endless but no matter how many pups Rouge had or what they looked like, Ansgar would still love Rouge and the pup/pups all the same.

He snapped out of his daze as he heard a somewhat loud rumbling in the distance, already knowing it would make a great meal for him and his mate as he changed directions, the squad following after him. Thankfully, the breeze was in his favor, allowing him to easily track the lumbering titan. As he got closer he slowed, making sure the titan didn't hear him as he got ready to get in a place to ambush said titan. Just as he was about to pounce, the wind changed directions, shifting a different smell towards him, a familiar smell, no, there were 3 smells.

As he sniffed harder he suddenly realized why those scents were all too familiar to him. It was Luana (female titan), Goliath (colossal titan), and Mehr (jaw titan). Remember their mission, that he abandoned to be with Rouge, to retrieve the coordinate. He couldn't waste time by trying to figure out why Mehr was with them before he dashed hoping to get to them before they got to his mate.

The squad of scouts looked at him, shocked before they started following the direction he was heading. Realizing they were headed back to the wall, the scouts were confused. Why hadn't Ansgar gotten food for Rouge? Did he find a different titan and decided to go after it instead? Questions continued to form in their heads as Ansgar pushed himself to go faster.

' I have to get there before they do!' Ansgar thought. He knew that Rouge was in no shape to fight or run away so he had to be there to protect him. As he approached the wall, he couldn't see them but he could smell them. Their scents were coming from a nearby forest. Figuring that they were still planning their attack, Ansgar spent no extra time wondering and dashed for the wall, the scouts hooking onto the flesh between his plates.

The soldiers on the wall, although confused, opened the gate to let Ansgar and the other scouts in. As soon as he made it in the walls and the scouts detached from him, he bolted for his mate, hoping he was still safe. The surprised scouts were about to after him till they realized he was heading in direction of the scout's headquarters. They let him be, think that he was just worried about Rouges condition but they were wondering what had gotten him so worked up that he was in such a hurry to get back.