Unfinished Mikannie stories.

Mikasa sighed as she walked towards the watering hole. This chore was such a drag, and this time, she had to do it together with Annie.

It had been a few weeks since she first noticed the blonde was always staring at her whenever she happened to look in her direction. At first she thought it was just a rivalry thing, and she didn’t care much for it. But even now the girl kept throwing glances at her, although there was no reason to.

As they finished their chore and headed back to the dorm they walked side by side. Annie had her hands in her pocket, nudging her head in Mikasa’s direction ever so slightly. She was definitely looking again.

Mikasa stopped, and after a few steps Annie stopped too, looking over her shoulder. This was not the usual Annie. Normally she would just walk on, not even bothering to spare a glance.

“Annie.” Mikasa closed the distance between them. “What is it?”

“What is what?” Annie replied in her usual tone.

“You’ve been looking at me a lot lately. Why?”

“Do I need a reason?” She returned her gaze to her front.

“I just wondered if something was bothering you.”

“Don’t play all nice with me. We’re not even friends.” She said and continued her way to the dorm.

After that Mikasa noted she didn’t catch her staring again. For two days at least. Apparently that was the length Annie could keep herself from staring. A week passed, and on one of the rare breaks during training Mikasa sought her out. And as she expected, the blonde had her eyes on her from the start.

“Having trouble keeping your eyes of me?” she asked.

“Get lost.” Annie looked away in an attempt to hide her blush behind her bangs.

“Why should I get lost? If you like looking at me that much, wouldn’t it be easier if I was with you?” Mikasa tried a different approach.

Annie visibly froze. “… training is starting.”

With that said, she joined the other trainees. Mikasa didn’t see her staring for the rest of the day.

A few more days passed, and Armin spoke up during dinner. “Mikasa, Annie’s been staring at you all day, did something happen?”

Mikasa sighed. “Not that I know.” He nodded and turned to Eren instead, talking about training. Mikasa looked over her shoulder, and sure enough the blonde was staring at her. Only when she raised her eyebrows as if saying “really?” did she look away. Mikasa returned to her plate, and decided it was enough. She would find out why Annie kept staring at her. Today.

The bell rang, announcing that it was time to retreat to the dorms. She said goodnight to Eren and Armin, then sought Annie out. “Annie. Do you have a moment?”

“Sure.” The blonde shrugged, following her to the side of their dorm so they could talk privately.

Mikasa crossed her arms and looked at Annie. “Could you finally tell me what’s so fascinating about me? Others are staring to notice it too, and it’s quite annoying to have you staring at me all the time.”

Annie sighed, crossing her arms. “Maybe I just like your face. Anyway, I’m leaving.” She turned, and Mikasa quickly planted her hand on the wall, blocking her path. When Annie tried to get away at the other side, she put her other hand to the wall as well. The blonde squinted her eyes shut and cursed under her breath before looking up at Mikasa.

“You must like my face quite a lot for that to be the only reason.”

“And what if that really is the only reason?” There was a tone to her voice Mikasa had never heard from her before, almost fearful.

“What do you mean?”

Annie sighed frustrated. “It doesn’t matter. I’m just here to train, then go do my job and you won’t ever have to see me again.”

Mikasa lowered her arms and looked at the shorter girl. “You don’t look very enthusiastic about it.”

“Do I have to?”

“You should at least try to do something just for fun every once in a while.”

Annie stared into Mikasa’s eyes before lowering her gaze a little. “Don’t tempt me.” She said as she squeezed her eyes shut. Before Mikasa could react, she had left, joining the rest of the girls in the dorm.

“You don’t make any sense at all.” Mikasa muttered to herself, staying outside a little longer while, pondering over their conversation.

It was utterly quiet in the dorm, save for a few soft snores. The daily training left them exhausted by the time they retired for the day, making falling asleep an easy task. There barely was any light, but for someone who knew the room well, with eyes adjusted to the darkness, it proved no problem.

Annie laid awake upon her bed, her mind going over her encounter with Mikasa countless of times. “Don’t tempt me.” She had said, but tempted was exactly what she was right now. Tempted to sneak between the many bunks to Mikasa’s and… she squeezed her eyes shut, she shouldn’t be thinking about that, she couldn’t. She had a mission. She could not allow anything to come between her and her goal. Besides, Mikasa would hate her if she found out.

If she’s going to hate me anyway… by the time her sleepy mind caught up to her actions, she had already sat up and swung her legs over the side of her bed. She knew what she was going to do, her heartbeat speeding up in response. She shouldn’t, she should just lie back down.

She rose to her legs, silently making her way through the bunks. There she was, sleeping soundly on her side, a hand wrapped around the end of her scarf. Annie crouched, simply staring at the beauty before her for a few minutes. She wanted to touch her so badly. So much her chest hurt. But she couldn’t. She’d wake her up.

Her hands betrayed her, gently touching the skin of Mikasa’s uncovered hand. Her mouth moved a little, but no sound came out. Annie leaned closer, reaching with one of her hands to stroke her hair out of her beautiful face. She was so close to doing the one thing she knew she shouldn’t, the one thing keeping her up for the past few hours. She could feel Mikasa’s shallow breath brush over her lips, and a voice in the back of her head shouted at her, telling her to get back to her own bed.

The hand below hers shifted and she froze. Mikasa was now holding onto her instead of the scarf, and a whisper left her lips, “Annie… look … me…” a moment passed, but she showed no sign of actually waking up, and Annie felt her heart warm at the knowledge she was dreaming of her. A sigh was the final push and Annie couldn’t hold herself back anymore. She placed a light kiss on Mikasa’s lips, lingering for a moment.

The hand around hers tightened, and before she had the chance to panic, Mikasa returned the kiss. It was slow and short, but it left her hot and wanting for more.