I just wanted to let you know how much I value our friendship love. πΈπ
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Thank you for being there for me during the winter π¨οΈ, spring π·, summer βοΈ, and fall π. You truly are a friend for all seasons. βοΈπΈβοΈπ
Let's spread kindness like a garden full of beautiful flowers! π»πΉ
Please pass this βοΈ message βοΈ on to 3 π―ββοΈ special friends π―ββοΈ who brighten up your world! πππ¬π« If you don't, you will turn into a bitter gourd ππ₯ and no one will want to be your friend. π’ Send it to people now! My neighbour's eggplant πππ also turned into a worm πππ because he ignored it! π±
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Not that I think the last part would really happen, but I thought it was cute, so why not spread it around, you know.
[He left all the strikes in in case she does want to spread the message around. She'd just need to take off the wife stuff.]
[Jean's been preparing for the very cold trip to Winter Segment, but he always has time for cuddles with Mikasa. Which is exactly what she gets. Cuddles on their couch. Just relaxing and spending time together before he's going to be away for a while.]
[Last chance to tell / ask / coax / persuade / demand him into taking her with her or making plans of how she'd sneak in there... But no, she's not going to do any of that.
Instead Mikasa also cuddles closer to have as much time as possible by being as close to him as possible before he'll go to his trip.]
[ At some point when they're taking a break while training Jean, and after having a little exchange with him, Levi awkwardly stomps over to Mikasa. She gets the same treatment - a tiny brown paper package insistently shoved into her hands while Levi stares her down as if he's passing over a live grenade. ]
[ (It's not. It is, in fact, a Safety Pin, hopefully with instructions included in the package.) ]
You probably won't need it. But I wanted you to have one anyway.
[ He honestly hadn't been sure if he should get them the pins at all. Mikasa is about the one non-titan-shifter person he trusts to get shit done with the same or similar efficiency as he does, so naturally, she should be able to handle most dangers here swiftly enough. But, well. It can't hurt. ]
[ She stalks watches that exchange with Jean from where she is and thinks they'd go back to training right after that. But no, surprise, surprise - and yes, it is a big surprise to her - the midget walks over to her.
What? It looks like the same package, it is technically the same, so he had two of them. Mikasa could be a brat and start arguing, that she really doesn't need it, especially not from Levi or that she wants it from anyone else... ...But instead she apparently accepts it without complaining considering how she holds it tighter in her hand. ]
No one ever knows what kind of bullshit happens in these other worlds out of nowhere. You better get at least one for yourself too.
[That's like saying "thank you, I really appreciates it. And her time in another world without all of her skills and physical strength has A LOT to do with how much she actually really appreciates it. Obviously almost no one ever knows about what happens in their home worlds either but that's not the point.]
I'm going to be taking pictures of a couple of our friends, and I'd like to take some of you as well. I've been practicing my photography lately, as you know.
[ The week of 12/24, Mikasa will find a somewhat lumpy wrapped present on her doorstep. On top of the package is a plastic-wrapped paper plate of cookies; they appear to be sugar cookies with cranberries mixed in. The bottoms are a bit more brown than golden, but they taste delicious!
[ Levi would really rather do this in person, but it's urgent enough that he'd rather start off like this than wait until he can make his way across the city. Jean and Mikasa will receive the same message; ]
Are you okay? [ And, a little more worried, concern almost making it into the Captain's dull tone; ] What did you see?
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[What? ...Why does Levi sound worried, concerned, whatever of her out of nowhere?]
I'm fine.
[It's not even lie because Eren threw her and Jean out of Paths so fucking fast, that she has absolutely no idea what the hell that even was... Or that it even was anything.]
Lots of blue for a few seconds or less? [She sounds surprised, even confused that Levi would know anything about her seeing something?] And then I went back to continuing my usual day. Why?
Jean's Holiday Gift for Mikasa is made of a few parts;
1. A giant bouquet of flowers that mean eternal love, devotion, friendship, passion etc. 2. A trip to the Sauna Spa that can be cashed in anytime. 3. A painting of Mikasa and all their pets on the same canvas. 4. A delicious dinner in candlelight. 5. A pretty pink dress.
With an extra promise of taking better care of himself from now on, so he's not always away training or exhausted once he comes back, so he can give her even more attention.
[ On the Solstice, a package appears on Mikasa's doorstep. It is full to the brim of pink hair accessories. Ribbons! Clips! Ties! Scrunchies! Anything and everything that a long-haired, pink-loving woman could want. They're all very cute and also practical.
A note accompanies it, written in Reiner's neat (Eldian) script: ]
Mikasa,
I've never had long hair, so the lady at the store helped me out. She assured me these won't slip, tangle, or pull.
Eren, weirder in his head than usual, hasn't been very communicative with really anyone the past few weeks. Armin disappeared. Eren let that destroy him and hasn't let anyone put him back together yet. He has never once in his life taken loss well. This is better than death, sure, but their world is still a hellscape and he and Armin both know what waits there.
Will Armin remember this place? He has no idea.
Somehow Mikasa and Jean are lucky enough to have been removed from their nightmare world for years. Eren himself has had more than a year, something like a year and a half (time in his head is so hazy). It feels like nothing. It feels like forever. That's just his normal state.
Instead of calling like a normal person, he just shows up at Jean and Mikasa's place. He could talk to Jean about this, maybe, but he's not here for Jean. Mostly he's here to confirm that Mikasa is still here and real and tangible. (Logically he'd know if it were otherwise, since he'd have heard from Jean if nothing else. He's not exactly Mr. Logical.)
He fidgets on the porch after ringing the bell, hands clenching and unclenching in his jacket pockets.
She's been trying to give him space. If Eren doesn't want or isn't ready to communicate with her right now, that's totally understandable. Besides smartphones are nice; she can see Eren on her contact list to check that he's still around, so as tempted as she is to check up on him so much that it would possibly get annoying or whatever, she's been mostly frantically checking him still being here from there.
Mikasa can't lose Eren. Or Sasha. She just-- she can't. Nor Jean, obviously, but he's always been everywhere with her, so she doesn't want to even think about that as even the tiniest possibility. Out of everyone, whom she hadn't seen in years, either of those two leaving this world would absolutely destroy her. That isn't to say that Armin leaving didn't do the same, she's been crying her eyes out about that too and it both helps and doesn't help that she's so used to not having any of them around at all in these other worlds. If anyone asks her, they all should get out of Titan Hell and live here forever. Too bad these worlds don't give that kind of happy endings to everyone...
She's keeping herself busy today by doing normal, everyday things. Meal prep, cooking, baking, cleaning, laundry, and just so happens to be wondering what to do next when the doorbell rings. She stops, gasps and stares at the door as if she's expecting even more bad news. Stupid. Mikasa and Jean have told many people, that they are always welcome to their home, she's just more used to knowing about any visitors in advance even if surprise visits are nice too. Sometimes she wonders if it has a fuck ton to do with that day when her father went to open the door...
She shakes her head and walks over there to open the door, really not sure who or what to expect but no one's surprised when she is always hoping for the best but expecting for the worst or more bad news---
Eren being behind that door is obviously one of the best news, or things, ever. Mikasa is so, so relieved and happy to see him, but he's still getting one of her rare, emotional smiles because oh boy, it's like being hit by a tidal wave or an entire storm of so many different emotions all at once right now.
"Hello, Eren."
Yes, Mikasa is still here! And she doesn't even hesitate at all when she closes their distance to welcome him with a short(?) but tight hug. It's still her favorite way to make sure, that they're both real.
I'm moving. This does not affect training; I'll still be there as usual. You may join me as long as you want and as long as you feel it is of benefit to your skill.
[ There's an address along with coordinates included for a house in Coldreach. Probably a picture, too, just to make sure it's as easy to identify as possible. ]
[ It is, in fact, the house he bought with Hange; he feels some ways about moving in without them, but in a way, it will serve as a shared memory, too. Besides, he himself only agreed to move because Hange and Erwin wanted more space, and the latter is still here. It's just as well that they honor their shared effort. ]
I know you have a home of your own, but I want you to know that you are always welcome here. You don't have to have a reason to visit, nor anything specific to discuss. The roads in this place are suited well for horses.
Levi
[ Is that a transparent invitation to continue their silent horse rides? It might be. He's certainly not drowning in those empty nest vibes, either. ]
[ Eren, Jean, Sasha, Historia and Falco will have received similar messages. Reiner and Marco will probably be informed as well, if with less (relative) familiarity. ]
... jfc time isn't real aka so sorry for the delay and maybe pretend she sent this earlier
[... It really takes her way too long to think of what to say to this, not like that's very unusual for her anytime but somehow it's always more difficult to think what to say to him. It shouldn't be, or at least it really doesn't need to be, when she could say similar things, that she would say to anyone else, who'd send a message like that to her. Yeah. She'll go with something like that. And yes, yes let's say there's a picture too.]
That's a beautiful house, so congratulations both for that and moving there. Good, because if it affected any of it without a good reason, I would personally come drag you back to training myself. And yes, I will join you until that day.
[ She almost wrote she'll drag his ass right back there. He might have found that amusing, but she's not trying her luck that much.
... But it is still in fact really great to have Levi here after spending all of that time in other worlds and hoping he'd be there at least a few others too. Despite how she always makes it be much more complicated than it really has to be but maybe she'll calm down completely someday or maybe that will just be how they'll always be.
That last part is . . . Really cute. Not something she expects with how she's been treating him sometimes but also should have seen that coming. Still. Guess she is smiling behind the screen.]
Yes, it's a very good district for riding and that's one of the reasons why I visit Coldreach quite often.
[Even if Coldreach really reminds her of her childhood back when she still lived with her parents in the mountains. So it's sort of a bittersweet place for her but it's still easily one of her favorites here. Or maybe it's one of them because of that. Who knows.
Is that it? No, actually it's not even if she could just leave it there and maybe it wouldn't even surprise him at all. Hell, the fact that she even replies anything might surprise him the most out of everything in this message unless the last lines of hers do that even more.]
Thank you for letting me know about your move and thank you so much for the invite. I'll visit your new home whenever I'm in the area. Of course you're always welcome to our house even for any reason or no reason at all too.
πΈ Mikasa
[So really, right back at him without repeating everything that he just wrote to her.]
[After having a "few" drinks with Reiner, Jean comes home just a bit tipsy. Not the first time, but last time he promptly fell asleep on his face on the couch (but woke up in bed, thanks Mikasa). Now he wasn't that tired. Progress?]
Hey. Sorry, it took a bit longer than I thought... You didn't stay up just because of me, right?
[He still felt so blessed to have Mikasa as his roommate. So blessed.
[ . . . y e a h? Maybe this time he will fall asleep wherever and wake up on a couch or the floor. That's what he'll possibly get if he'll call her his roommate. ]
Not really. I had other things to do.
[She really did, even if she had all the time to wait for Jean while she was busy with other things but she could have been in bed by now if she had wanted to sleep. So it's fine.]
Do you want anything? Food?
[Aren't people usually hungry when they are tipsy or drunk or whatever? Not like Mikasa would know from her own experience. Oh and by the way, Jean? That's an oddly soft, warm and gentle smile from a roommate, who is also reaching out to him to do-- whatever a "roommate" would do at this point. (Spoilers: it's a hug, but of course he is free to think it's something else or nothing.)]
[After very great memory share with Reiner, Jean seeks out Mikasa and just attaches himself to her. It's clear that he's sad about something, but he doesn't say anything yet. He just needs her close.]
[Mikasa doesn't even ask anything, even if she's a little surprised by that. What happened this time..? She'll ask later unless Jean tells her before that.
For now she gives a kiss to his cheek and another to his forehead before she wraps her arms around him, pulling Jean into a tight embrace.]
Of course Jean has also painted paintings for Mikasa. One is of Armin, Mikasa and Eren, similar but not identical to the one he gave Eren. Another is of himself and Mikasa with their zoo of animals.
But the final one was the actual proper present: a portrait of a small Mikasa with her parents. He's seen pictures of them from a memory camera picture, after all.
[ On the Solstice, a package from Reiner is delivered. It contains a pegboard created from intricately carved and manipulated wood. The wood is a glossy red; in direct light, it looks pink.
There is also a note written in Reiner's neat Eldian script. ]
Mikasa,
This is to organize your scarves, hair supplies, and anything else you think may be useful. Happy Solstice.
[Jean had ended up falling asleep on their couch, due to the glitter menace outside. It wasn't the first time he's randomly fallen asleep. Luckily, he had never been doing anything too dangerous, even at the forge.
Now he's waking up from a dream he had shared with Eren. It wasn't a nightmare, not really, but it has left Jean uneasy anyway.
Thankfully Mikasa's not too far away. He seeks her out and wraps his arms around her.]
Sorry I guess that annoying glitter stuff is still working on me.
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Hello, my dear
friendwife! π€πI just wanted to let you know how much I value our
friendshiplove. πΈπYou are like a beautiful flower πΌπΊπ· in my life, adding colour πand joy π₯³ to each day. π€π¨π
Thank you for being there for me during the winter π¨οΈ, spring π·, summer βοΈ, and fall π. You truly are a friend for all seasons. βοΈπΈβοΈπ
Let's spread kindness like a garden full of beautiful flowers! π»πΉ
Please pass this βοΈ message βοΈ on to 3 π―ββοΈ special friends π―ββοΈ who brighten up your world! πππ¬π« If you don't, you will turn into a bitter gourd ππ₯ and no one will want to be your friend. π’ Send it to people now! My neighbour's eggplant πππ also turned into a worm πππ because he ignored it! π±πΈπΌπΊπ·π»πΉπΈπΌπΊπ·
Not that I think the last part would really happen, but I thought it was cute, so why not spread it around, you know.
[He left all the strikes in in case she does want to spread the message around. She'd just need to take off the wife stuff.]
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So you want me to go spread it around by calling everyone my wife, who values the love between me and whoever gets that message from me.
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action at home
I love you so much.
[Snuggles even closer.]
. . .
Instead Mikasa also cuddles closer to have as much time as possible by being as close to him as possible before he'll go to his trip.]
I love you too.
[He gets a kiss on his cheek.]
never too late for cuddles β₯
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Do any of them look like they'd be good for the party? I'm on a break and I was browsing options.
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[ surprising absolutely no one with that but honestly, she loves all of them! ]
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[ (It's not. It is, in fact, a Safety Pin, hopefully with instructions included in the package.) ]
You probably won't need it. But I wanted you to have one anyway.
[ He honestly hadn't been sure if he should get them the pins at all. Mikasa is about the one non-titan-shifter person he trusts to get shit done with the same or similar efficiency as he does, so naturally, she should be able to handle most dangers here swiftly enough. But, well. It can't hurt. ]
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stalkswatches that exchange with Jean from where she is and thinks they'd go back to training right after that. But no, surprise, surprise - and yes, it is a big surprise to her - the midget walks over to her.What? It looks like the same package, it is technically the same, so he had two of them. Mikasa could be a brat and start arguing, that she really doesn't need it, especially not from Levi or that she wants it from anyone else... ...But instead she apparently accepts it without complaining considering how she holds it tighter in her hand. ]
No one ever knows what kind of bullshit happens in these other worlds out of nowhere. You better get at least one for yourself too.
[That's like saying "thank you, I really appreciates it. And her time in another world without all of her skills and physical strength has A LOT to do with how much she actually really appreciates it. Obviously almost no one ever knows about what happens in their home worlds either but that's not the point.]
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I'm going to be taking pictures of a couple of our friends, and I'd like to take some of you as well. I've been practicing my photography lately, as you know.
Would you do that for me?
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Of course I'd do that for you. If you want even more targets, you can always take pictures of all of our pets too.
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Gift Delivery!
Inside, it's a chic black leather jacket that's been cropped high. The inner lining is pink florals instead of the normal silky black. There's also various cat and dog toys for their pets and PokΓ©mon!
There's also a little handwritten post-it from Marco. ]
Mikasa! I hope you like this jacket, it reminded me of you. Please enjoy the cookies as well!
adorable!!
Thank you so much, Marco, I love the jacket and the cookies are delicious too. And you can come check out yourself how much the dogs, cats and PokΓ©mon enjoy their new toys anytime.
I'm so glad you're here, we really missed you♥
voice; immediately post-brainblast
Are you okay? [ And, a little more worried, concern almost making it into the Captain's dull tone; ] What did you see?
yes good more reasons for her to bring that pin to him ... even if she was gonna bring it anyway
I'm fine.
[It's not even lie because Eren threw her and Jean out of Paths so fucking fast, that she has absolutely no idea what the hell that even was... Or that it even was anything.]
Lots of blue for a few seconds or less? [She sounds surprised, even confused that Levi would know anything about her seeing something?] And then I went back to continuing my usual day. Why?
:> or she can bring it for his bday~
Gift
1. A giant bouquet of flowers that mean eternal love, devotion, friendship, passion etc.
2. A trip to the Sauna Spa that can be cashed in anytime.
3. A painting of Mikasa and all their pets on the same canvas.
4. A delicious dinner in candlelight.
5. A pretty pink dress.
With an extra promise of taking better care of himself from now on, so he's not always away training or exhausted once he comes back, so he can give her even more attention.
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A note accompanies it, written in Reiner's neat (Eldian) script: ]
Mikasa,
I've never had long hair, so the lady at the store helped me out. She assured me these won't slip, tangle, or pull.
- Reiner
Birthday
Happy Birthday, my love.
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Thank you, my love.
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in person, around Eren's birthday
Will Armin remember this place? He has no idea.
Somehow Mikasa and Jean are lucky enough to have been removed from their nightmare world for years. Eren himself has had more than a year, something like a year and a half (time in his head is so hazy). It feels like nothing. It feels like forever. That's just his normal state.
Instead of calling like a normal person, he just shows up at Jean and Mikasa's place. He could talk to Jean about this, maybe, but he's not here for Jean. Mostly he's here to confirm that Mikasa is still here and real and tangible. (Logically he'd know if it were otherwise, since he'd have heard from Jean if nothing else. He's not exactly Mr. Logical.)
He fidgets on the porch after ringing the bell, hands clenching and unclenching in his jacket pockets.
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Mikasa can't lose Eren. Or Sasha. She just-- she can't. Nor Jean, obviously, but he's always been everywhere with her, so she doesn't want to even think about that as even the tiniest possibility. Out of everyone, whom she hadn't seen in years, either of those two leaving this world would absolutely destroy her. That isn't to say that Armin leaving didn't do the same, she's been crying her eyes out about that too and it both helps and doesn't help that she's so used to not having any of them around at all in these other worlds. If anyone asks her, they all should get out of Titan Hell and live here forever. Too bad these worlds don't give that kind of happy endings to everyone...
She's keeping herself busy today by doing normal, everyday things. Meal prep, cooking, baking, cleaning, laundry, and just so happens to be wondering what to do next when the doorbell rings. She stops, gasps and stares at the door as if she's expecting even more bad news. Stupid. Mikasa and Jean have told many people, that they are always welcome to their home, she's just more used to knowing about any visitors in advance even if surprise visits are nice too. Sometimes she wonders if it has a fuck ton to do with that day when her father went to open the door...
She shakes her head and walks over there to open the door, really not sure who or what to expect but no one's surprised when she is always hoping for the best but expecting for the worst or more bad news---
Eren being behind that door is obviously one of the best news, or things, ever. Mikasa is so, so relieved and happy to see him, but he's still getting one of her rare, emotional smiles because oh boy, it's like being hit by a tidal wave or an entire storm of so many different emotions all at once right now.
"Hello, Eren."
Yes, Mikasa is still here! And she doesn't even hesitate at all when she closes their distance to welcome him with a short(?) but tight hug. It's still her favorite way to make sure, that they're both real.
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text message;
I'm moving. This does not affect training; I'll still be there as usual. You may join me as long as you want and as long as you feel it is of benefit to your skill.
[ There's an address along with coordinates included for a house in Coldreach. Probably a picture, too, just to make sure it's as easy to identify as possible. ]
[ It is, in fact, the house he bought with Hange; he feels some ways about moving in without them, but in a way, it will serve as a shared memory, too. Besides, he himself only agreed to move because Hange and Erwin wanted more space, and the latter is still here. It's just as well that they honor their shared effort. ]
I know you have a home of your own, but I want you to know that you are always welcome here. You don't have to have a reason to visit, nor anything specific to discuss. The roads in this place are suited well for horses.
Levi
[ Is that a transparent invitation to continue their silent horse rides? It might be. He's certainly not drowning in those empty nest vibes, either. ]
[ Eren, Jean, Sasha, Historia and Falco will have received similar messages. Reiner and Marco will probably be informed as well, if with less (relative) familiarity. ]
... jfc time isn't real aka so sorry for the delay and maybe pretend she sent this earlier
That's a beautiful house, so congratulations both for that and moving there. Good, because if it affected any of it without a good reason, I would personally come drag you back to training myself. And yes, I will join you until that day.
[ She almost wrote she'll drag his ass right back there. He might have found that amusing, but she's not trying her luck that much.
... But it is still in fact really great to have Levi here after spending all of that time in other worlds and hoping he'd be there at least a few others too. Despite how she always makes it be much more complicated than it really has to be but maybe she'll calm down completely someday or maybe that will just be how they'll always be.
That last part is . . . Really cute. Not something she expects with how she's been treating him sometimes but also should have seen that coming. Still. Guess she is smiling behind the screen.]
Yes, it's a very good district for riding and that's one of the reasons why I visit Coldreach quite often.
[Even if Coldreach really reminds her of her childhood back when she still lived with her parents in the mountains. So it's sort of a bittersweet place for her but it's still easily one of her favorites here. Or maybe it's one of them because of that. Who knows.
Is that it? No, actually it's not even if she could just leave it there and maybe it wouldn't even surprise him at all. Hell, the fact that she even replies anything might surprise him the most out of everything in this message unless the last lines of hers do that even more.]
Thank you for letting me know about your move and thank you so much for the invite. I'll visit your new home whenever I'm in the area. Of course you're always welcome to our house even for any reason or no reason at all too.
πΈ Mikasa
[So really, right back at him without repeating everything that he just wrote to her.]
or did she-
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Hey. Sorry, it took a bit longer than I thought... You didn't stay up just because of me, right?
[He still felt so blessed to have Mikasa as his roommate. So blessed.
...
Wait. What?]
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Not really. I had other things to do.
[She really did, even if she had all the time to wait for Jean while she was busy with other things but she could have been in bed by now if she had wanted to sleep. So it's fine.]
Do you want anything? Food?
[Aren't people usually hungry when they are tipsy or drunk or whatever? Not like Mikasa would know from her own experience. Oh and by the way, Jean? That's an oddly soft, warm and gentle smile from a roommate, who is also reaching out to him to do-- whatever a "roommate" would do at this point. (Spoilers: it's a hug, but of course he is free to think it's something else or nothing.)]
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a little backdated to september
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For now she gives a kiss to his cheek and another to his forehead before she wraps her arms around him, pulling Jean into a tight embrace.]
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Holiday Present
But the final one was the actual proper present: a portrait of a small Mikasa with her parents. He's seen pictures of them from a memory camera picture, after all.
gift delivery
There is also a note written in Reiner's neat Eldian script. ]
Mikasa,
This is to organize your scarves, hair supplies, and anything else you think may be useful. Happy Solstice.
- Reiner
during dreamshares
Now he's waking up from a dream he had shared with Eren. It wasn't a nightmare, not really, but it has left Jean uneasy anyway.
Thankfully Mikasa's not too far away. He seeks her out and wraps his arms around her.]
Sorry I guess that annoying glitter stuff is still working on me.