Prom Queen (Eremika AOT high au)

' Chapter Eight! '

Eren, who noticed almost every small detail about her, noticed it. "Mikasa.. are you crying?" He asked in a soft voice, his expression changing. "...No." Mikasa responded. Eren moved a bunch of wet, silky, hair covering her eyes, away from her face with his fingertips. "Yes you are, your eyes are all puffy." 'Please don't be crying because of me.' Eren thought.

Eren, unsure of how to comfort her, puts his umbrella over Mikasa, leaving himself in the rain. Mikasa almost immediately recognized that it was the same exact color as her scarf. Isn't it strange to be gifted the same colored gift from the same person again. The dark red umbrella stood out from the gloomy, rainy, and gray weather of today.

"I'm not taking it." Mikasa said, pushing the umbrella away. "Take it, you clearly need it more than I do." Eren said, pushing it back towards her.

This continued, eventually leaving the two of them soaked in the rain.

Every time Eren and Mikasa pushed it back and forth, they got closer, putting them nose to nose at some point. Eren noticed this first, feeling Mikasa's cold breath against his face, and her body ever so close to his. Mikasa didn't seem to be crying anymore, instead she was focused on getting the umbrella to cover Eren.

He caught himself staring at her, and moved back a little, his face a little red. Eren felt a strange feeling in his chest. He never realized how happy he was to be here with her, back to normal, even if they were fighting.

Mikasa noticed that he had stopped struggling. "Eren, what's wrong?" She asked. "Nothing!" Eren said quickly.

They stopped pushing to stare at each other for a minute.

Mikasa was starting to feel a bit uncomfortable, standing out in the rain, and looked around. She looked up and realized that the two of them were standing under the same tree that they had kissed under... before everything. Eren redirected his gaze to where Mikasa was looking, and noticed that too. The tree was now fully bloomed, due to it being near the end of the school year, and raindrops were weighing the branches down. Some of the soft pink petals have fallen off due to the weight of the raindrops, and are now floating in a stream of water flowing down the street. They didn't realize it, but they had both stopped fighting and were now sharing the same umbrella, watching the pink petals float along.

"The atmosphere of today is quite pretty." Mikasa said, breaking the silence. "Really? Rain is literally pouring down on us." Eren said. "Yea, that's why I like it. It's calming, now that we're both out of the rain." 'and now that Historia is gone.' Mikasa thought. Silence again.

Eren thought about wanting to make up with Mikasa, and how now was the perfect time to. Eren used his free hand, touched Mikasa's fingers, and grabbed her hand gently. Mikasa hesitated, but she then held onto his hand too. Now the silence was even more awkward. The cherry blossom petals were getting more scarce as they floated down a stream of rainwater.

"Hey Mikasa, you know I'm sorry right?" Eren said, in a low voice. "Mhm." Mikasa said coldly. "No but really, I am." He said, looking at his shoes. "For what? Wrecking our relationship right before prom?!" Mikasa snapped, letting go of his hand. "I was just trying to help Historia..." He said, clearly feeling guilty. "I thought I would be more important to you than Historia! You two barely even talk! And on top of that you signed up for prom king knowing Historia would be queen!" She said, raising her voice a littlle. "Wait, I signed up for prom king?!" Eren said, now very confused.

"Yes you did... you're name was on the sign-up sheet, so I signed up for queen too. Looking back, that was probably a dumb idea because we all know Historia is going to win, and you're winning by default for being the only guy." Mikasa explained cautiously. "Wait a minute, I never signed up for prom king!" Eren said, with a mixture of confusion and worry. "Then who did?" Mikasa asked. The rain started pouring down even more heavily, and the wind started to blow harder, causing the two of them to struggle with staying under the umbrella.