Mikasa X Eren: An Unknown Love

A New Look

Mikasa's POV

After jogging for an hour I got changed and headed towards my locker.

I put my kit in my locker then I went outside to the entrance to wait for Eren. While I was waiting I saw Armin running somewhere. ‘Annie! Annie you forgot your notebook’ Armin was holding a white notebook and gave it to a girl who had blond hair which was tied back. This girl that was called Annie was extremely pretty and her features were amazing. I was jealous of how pretty she was. She used her index finger to tuck her blond hair back revealing more of her face.

‘Thanks Armin’ she blushed brightly. I see, seems like Armin has an admirer. Armin grinned and then covered his smile with his hand. ‘See you tomorrow Armin’ she signalled a goodbye at him then left. I saw Armin look at her walk away, and then eventually he walked off too.

‘Sorry have you been waiting for long?’ Eren had his bag slung over his shoulder. I shook my head and grinned at him. We then began walking out of the school, Eren asked me with curiosity ‘So where is it you live?’

‘I live on Maria Road, it’s a twenty minute walk from here. What about you?’ Eren looked totally surprised then burst out laughing.

‘I live on Maria Road as well! My house number is 45, what about you?’ Oh my god! Eren lives right next door to me, this was too weird.

‘I – I – my house number is 46.’ Both of us looked at each other then exploded in laughter. We then began talking about our hobbies, what our favourite things are. It turned out that we have…

NOTHING IN COMMON!  

It was really unusual, whatever I loved he hated, but we didn’t care. It was fun to get along with someone so easily, even though we didn’t have the same interests. Who said we had to be identical to be friends?

‘Mikasa you shouldn’t cover your face so much with your hair you know,’ I was totally surprised that he’d say that, most people prefer me to cover my face ‘Why don’t you cut your hair to show your face more?’ He touched my hair where I should cut it. ‘It was only a suggestion though, so you don’t have to’ Eren looked away from me, drawing his hand away from my hair. After he drew his hand away from my hair I was sort of disappointed.

When we began to approach our homes we both stopped and looked at each other. I brought out my hand ready to shake his hand, ‘I know I’ve only just met you, but thank you for being so kind to me. I think we’ll end up being close friends in the further future.’ (MIKASA JUST FRIEND-ZONED EREN!) Eren’s eyebrows rose then he smiled at me mischievously, he shook my hand and smirked.  I turned around and pushed my front gate open. When I turned around Eren was still there waiting for me to go inside, as I waved my hand I unlocked the front door and went inside.

The hallway walls were white. Next to the front door was a white table with a key bowl on top of it. There were picture frames on the wall of me as a child with my parents. I overlooked the pictures and slipped my shoes off. ‘I’m home’ I whispered silently to myself pretending that someone would reply to my call. I went to the kitchen and began cooking dinner for myself. When I finished cooking I grabbed a water bottle from the fridge and silently ate by myself. After eating I washed the dishes in the sink. Quickly grabbing my bag and rushing upstairs, I tried to ignore the empty master bedroom.

Shutting my bedroom door shut I sat down starting my homework whilst finishing it quickly. My curtains were still drawn as I was rushing this morning to school. I looked at the time on my alarm clock, it was only 8pm. I want to see Eren. As soon as I thought that I blushed. I slapped myself on the face, get him out of your head Mikasa! I wonder if I would be able to see Eren’s bedroom window from here. Getting out of my chair I drew the curtains. From plain view I could see Eren sitting down with his headphones on listening to music. I wanted to laugh as he began mouthing the words to a song, he then began to fling backward and forward.  

I couldn’t hold it in and I burst out laughing. He must have incredible hearing because he immediately looked up and saw at me. I covered my mouth trying to conceal my smile. Eren removed his headphones and pushed his window up. I pushed my window up as well so I could talk to him. Eren asked me with an amused voice, ‘What’s so damn funny?’ I giggled at him and smiled at him. ‘What a coincidence that our rooms face each other, are you perhaps stalking me?’

‘If anything I should be asking that to you, I moved here before you!’ I exclaimed at him.

‘Are you home by yourself?’Eren questioned me. I didn’t want to exactly tell him about my past, after all he’d probably pity me all the time. If he ended up pitying me, I wouldn’t know that if our friendship was mutual.

‘Um, no. My parents are downstairs watching TV.’ I felt guilty for lying to him but it was probably for the best.

Eren gave me a devilish grin, ‘Your parents won’t be happy to see you talking to a boy would they?’ I clicked my tongue at him then waft my hand in the air.

‘They wouldn’t give one seriously, there’s no reason to worry. Why, you scared?’ I questioned him slightly provoking him, it was funny to see him as he stammered.

‘Of – of course not!’ A giggle erupted from my throat. I threw my head back laughing at the now cute blushing boy who was opposite me. Eren and I ended up talking for two hours then I realised what time it was.

‘Well, I need to go to sleep now. Night Eren’ Eren gave me a puppy look, I just laughed and shut the window. Before closing the curtains as well I gave Eren my biggest gleaming smile.

When I went to the bathroom I quickly brushed my teeth. My mouth and breath tasted and smelt minty. I looked at myself in the mirror. I touched my hair with the tips of my fingers. Before I knew it I was reaching over to grab the scissors. I cut it exactly where Eren had told me to. The strands of black hair fell to the fall. I looked back at the mirror to see myself with short hair, my face was shown more and my eyes were visible for anyone to see now.  

‘Eren you were right, I shouldn’t be hiding my face anymore.’