gяя мσи∂αуѕ - Amino Olympics #Mikannie

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Cover art drawn by: Meatkasa

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A story by ɓεℓℓ

For the Yaegarists Olympics team

and for Aika, Dimwit and Jester :heart:

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Many eyes would normally flutter open gently at the dawning of a new day in the early hours of morning, and all were expected to have this start for the day if one was a soldier in training. And yet, as the sun had begun to set on the first Tuesday of April, Annie Leonhart of all people chose to deviate from the norm of the society she acquainted with. Her pearled blue eyes jolted open at near mach speeds, from the loud sound of Keith Shadis kicking down her dormitory door. As the man strolled in with the expected confidence accompanied with his simply irable kick (I mean seriously the core strength of this individual had to be unparalleled), the poor blonde soul struggled out of her bed in a hurry, ultimately losing her clumsy battle with herself with a thump to the floor.

She arose quickly and shifted her body straight into a salute to her commander, and donned her usual eerie glare, to combat Keith's protruding eyes of anger. Thankfully, due to the cold weather that swept the grounds these past few days, Annie had worn her typical colourless jumper and pants to sleep the night before. So at least there wasn't much for Keith to look at other than her unwavering eyes. There was no escape from the uncomfort she exuded with those puppies.

"Annie Leonhart! What time would you call this to still be asleep?! Training has already been complete for the day, and you had me think you had fulfilled your duty for humanity eary and gotten yourself eaten!"

Annie was still shaken from her sudden departure of heavenly dreams, and yet she still knew what was afoot. The night before, she was training in private with Bertholdt after he had failed considerably terrible at hand-to-hand combat. And it had turned into a long night, the poor lanky fool. But she shared a room with the one rat that would hold a grudge after kicking the shit out of her precious 'Eren'. Mikasa hadn't woken her up. Her frustration was maintained, there was no reason to get mad at the person who had all the power in the situation, and was already going to punish her. Her mind was split on two desires, the longing to curl up into a ball, cradling herself against her soft jumper and let the world go on, or get her own back at the raven-haired scoundrel.

"Sorry sir. It...won't happen again." She muttered, still maintaining her valiant salute in an effort to lessen her punishment. Her voice, despite being mostly monotone, had tinges of drowsiness sprinkled throughout despite only being a few meer words. And in a moment that not even Annie could believe despite witnessing it first-hand, Keith Shadis laughed. She realised that she would probably be the only human in existence to hear such a noise, and took it in as best she could. It was like a sailor's, whom traveled far and wide across the ocean. Like a kind souled man who knew of all hardships, who had lived through them all and dare I say it, a man who understood.

"Well you still need to eat, and let your comrades know your still alive. You will help me with demonstrations gor the next week, and if your not the first woman out of this dorm every other day, you are out of here. You have one minute to get out of this shithole."

He turned with a flap of his long coat and marched towards the door with discipline. Annie sighed, and lowered her fist from her chest. Her gaze followed her hand as it sank, and she looked down at her triple-socked feet. Damn, it was cold. With a light sigh, she walked over to her bedside dresser, pulling out her jacket and cadet corps equipment and flinging them onto her bed. Unsure if her commander was stood outside, timing her, she did not waste any time gearing herself up and walking out her dormitory door to head to the canteen.

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As soon as Annie set foot inside the thriving warm building, there was an obvious hush. Annie was mortified and tried to bury her nose into her hoodie, managing only her chin. No one had seen her all day, so many were quick to jump to conclusions or begin rumours. Most notably worried out of her comrades was of course Bertholdt, followed by an unusual surprise, Eren. She knew both were worried of course because as soon as she shuffled to get herself a loaf of bread she was met with the two blithering boys either side of her.

"Annie! Are you good? You were inside that dorm of yours all day I'm guessing, are you sick? Hurt??" asked Bertholdt. Unfortunately for the lanky fool, she found herself even more annoyed than she was at his presence. If he hadn't been so useless at hand-to-hand combat, she wouldn't have all the eyes on her that night, and she wouldn't have to do extra work for a week. But of course, this was only her anger talking. And Annie truly was cruel when provoked. Yet she didn't speak a word, Eren spoke for her.

"Bert, if she was sick why would she come to canteen where we ALL eat? You are such a dumbass....I just came over to see if you were okay Annie?" Although Annie didn't want either of their presences at the time, she appreciated Eren's remark, and gave him a small nod as she plucked a second loaf of bread from the table.

"...yeah, I'm fine guys." Annie replied, in a hushed tone. She noticed that most of her friends had sat at the one table, the table that both Eren and Bertholdt had come from, no less. There was a spot beside Armin that she spotted, and so she strolled quietly to him with her two followers close behind. As she sat down, Armin gave a small smile to his comrade. Across from her was her new rival since 10 minutes ago, Mikasa. It seems the Ackermann had noticed Annie's presence too, and had given her a slighty frustrated look.

That was Eren's spot..." Mikasa stated, and as Annie shrugged Eren sat down opposite Armin. "It's okay, I don't mind Mikasa, it's just a seat..." Eren replied, which caused both Annie and Mikasa to give him their respective signature death glares. Eren shifted uncomfortably in his seat, as the two girls turned their gazes to each other. "Well....if he doesn't mind then you shouldn't." Annie retorted, and quickly turned her attention to the food that lay in front of her. As she tore off a significant chunk off her loaf, Armin spoke up.

"Hey Annie, us three and a few others were planning a campfire night tomorrow, if you...want to come? We were talking about it earlier today, and you seem like a camping type of person, plus like all your friends would be the-" As the awkward blonde awkwardly invited her, Annie interrupted him, along with a suppressed chuckle. "Yeah...yeah I can go, if you want me there. Tomorrow....after dinner I'm guessing?". Armin nodded, with a small smirk, and scratched his neck.

"Yeah! It'll be a cool way to get to know everyone more I think, we're all looking forward to it. It'll be us four, Sasha and Connie, and then I think Reiner and Bertholdt will in as well. And that's just so far, maybe more will in once they get word tomorrow. Obviously we'll have to keep it quiet, we don't want Shadis to find out." Annie nodded, and just as she finished her first loaf, the aforementioned Keith Shadis opened the canteen door.

"Cadets! Time is up, everyone get to your dormitories right now! And Annie, you stay behind and clean up after everyone. When your done, get to your dormitory." Annie groaned and rested her head on the table, as a few of her comrades snickers to themselves about her misfortune. After about a minute of shuffling, chairs screeching against the floor and the general hustle and bustle of teenagers leaving a room, Annie raised her head, letting a few strands of her soft blonde locks fall down onto her face, one in particular finding itself right on the tip of her nose. She shrugged to herself and brushed it all back, before standing up to assess how much of a pain this job will be.

Well for a start, her own table was quite the wreck, with bits of bread everywhere from Jean trying to hit Eren in the head with scraps of food, missing everytime. And on the other sude of the room, Sasha's table was spotless. The first time her ion for anything edible wasn't annoying to Annie. And, as she continued to gaze, she realised that every table in the vicinity was also clean. It was a miracle that she managed to keep in shape, that girl......

Annie decided to start at the end of the room with the least amount of food scraps, and work her way to the other side of the room, coincidentally saving her table till last. She got through most of it in just over 10 minutes, but when she finally came to where Mikasa sat, she came across a scrunched up piece of paper. She was immediately intrigued, although she would have been interested no matter who it belonged to. She tossed her broom to her side and picked up the paper, unraveling it as it revealed the plans to the campfire 'party' tomorrow. She had a list of games she wanted to do written out, like mock wrestling, dares and 'spin the stick'. And, to Annie's dismay, her name was written beside spin the bottle. With a light blush growing on her face, she stuffed the paper inside her hoodie pocket, and dismissed it as a prank Mikasa was planning to pull....right? I mean, that was the only reason that her name could've been there....

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After another five minutes of cleaning up all of Jean's misfires bread bullets, Annie was finally finished, and strolled out the canteen door to get to her dorm. It had only occurred to her that she had slept for about 16 hours, and would hardly be able to sleep again. A long night to be alone with her thoughts, perhaps. As she entered the dorm, she noticed that Christa was already conked out in bed, asleep, and Mikasa was doing pushups on the ground by the bathroom. Annie rolled her eyes, it always seemed more like she was trying to impress everyone, rather than actually doing it for her own wellbeing. Annie threw her jacket onto her dresser and kicked off her boots, slumping down onto her bed with her hands inside her hoodie pockets. She ed the piece of paper as it rested against her hand. She took it out of her hoodie pocket to scrunch it up once again into a ball, and threw it at Mikasa, striking her right in the head with it. Mikasa stopped her pushups and lay down on her side, recognizing what it was and made it her top priority to grab it and stuff it away into her pocket. "Oh...was that supposed to hurt?"

Annie rolled her eyes as she poked her head out from her hoodie. "Consider it the beginning of my revenge for not walking me up, asshole." She retorted, which made Mikasa scoff and stand up from the floor. "Its not my job to walk you up, Annie, I have better shit to do." Annie smirked slightly, as she leaned towards Mikasa from her bed. "What, like plan spin the stick games? Why was my name written down on your sheet?" Mikasa looked away from Annie for a brief second, as if she had to plan her reaction. She turned back with a shrug, shaking her head. "I don't know, Eren wrote you name down, not me. But speaking of spin the stick, if you would playbit who would you want it to land on?"

Annie was taken aback by her question, and she looked down to her knees as she tried to hide her embarrassment. Kissing wasn't really something she thought about, and especially not kissing her comrades. Well, the term comrades being used lightly of course, she was supposed to be an enemy of these people. "I...don't know, whoever the stick tells me to, I guess. What about you?" As soon as the questioned was shifted away from her Annie looked up, intrigued to hear Mikasa's answer. Mikasa let out a yawn, and sat down on her bed, beginning to pull off her equipment and get ready for bed. "I guess I don't know either. Maybe both of us will know who we want to kiss once we've already kissed them..." She replied, and Annie remained confused at her suggestion. As soon as Mikasa was in bed, Annie reached for the lantern on their side of the dorm. "Night Ackermann." She said, in a hushed voice, and blew out the candle that was inside. "Night Annie" was all she heard back.

Mikasa went to sleep almost instantly when the light shut off, but Annie stayed awake for quite some time, not really feeling very tired. The longer the time that she had last spoken with Mikasa, the more Annie realised that this was a person she despised an bour ago. How did they get along so well that spontaneously? Why did Mikasa ask her who did she want to kiss? Why did Annie get so embarassed.....the tension that was building within Annie was making her so hot that she actually had to take off her hoodie and de-sock herself during the night, despite it being a very cold night. She didn't understand anything, and that was right before she finally fell asleep, drifting off into her dreams.

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Annie's awakening was alarming yet again, yet this time it was from vastly different circumstances. The thoughts that made her so hot and bothered that night had festered into her dreams, what with the kissing and the stick spinning and the Mikasa...doing push-ups, and it had all resulted into a very sapphic situation, which lead to Annie dreaming of kissing that raven-haired soldier. And who was to awake her but Mikasa, shaking her from her slumber, almost nose to nose. Annie almost had a panic attack, and his herself underneath her covers to hide her blushing face.

"C'mon Annie, we need to get up for training!" Mikasa stated, and Annie let out a moan before planting a barefoot on the ground by her bed, making a comedic slap effect. Despite her lazy way of getting up, she was ready for training within the minute, walking out ahead of Mikasa while she did a set of knee crunches. Annie couldn't look at her directly, the dream still lingered in her mind, taunting her own sexuality. Today, Wednesday, was hand-to-hand combat, Annie's favourite day to train. She loved sweeping idiots on their asses, despite the face she made and the convincing one would have to go through to make her participate. And then with the campfire party they were going to have afterwards? A truly splendid day indeed.....

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As soon as she stepped outside into the cold air, she noticed Keith Shadis awaiting his troops in the yard, a box of wooden weapons by his foot and a whistle hanging by his neck. Not that he needed a whistle, his piercing voice was enough to grab the attention of any young soldier. Annie strolled over to him, as did other recently risen soldiers behind her who were eager to start their training. Keith gave Annie a small nod as she came in close proximity, before waiting for all the other cadets to them. As the crowd gathered, Keith beckoned Annie over to his side. Annie had completely forgotten about her deal to be the demonstrator for the week, so with reluctance she trudged to the tall man's side. Even for Annie's size, he towered over her, but she didn't feel as uncomfortable as most would. Instead, she was regretting ever helping Bertholdt with his dumb training.

"Alright! As you know cadets, today is hand-to-hand combat. Annie Leonhart has elected herself as lead demonstrator, so look closely. I am going to do a simple roundhouse kick, which Annie will block with our move for today, a forearm deflect. Last week I saw a lot of you unable to block any form of kick attacks, so this is for you idiots!"

Annie brushed a small tuft of hair back to her ear, and turned to her Commander to get into position. Although it was a simple block, she felt a pressure within, and it began hacking away at her from nerves. 'What if she screwed up in front of everyone? Would they tease her at the campfire tonight? What would Mikasa thin-' her raging thoughts of paranoia were interrupted by Keith emitting a short yell as he swung a roundhouse kick towards Annie. Because of her small size and combat experience, she didn't have much work to do, yet still she subconsciously deflected the kick with ease, following up with a small jab to Keith's lower abdomen. It was harmless, and he laughed it off, but Annie couldn't help but look to the ground in embarrassment, her face tempering into a light pink.

"Perfect! Now off you all go off and practice that blocking move right away!" The crowd dispersed quickly to fulfill Keith's commands, giving Annie plenty of time to gather herself before walking around observing her comrades trying to execute the move as best as possible. She noticed that Eren and Jean had paired together, something that no one wanted to miss as evident by the overbearing crowd 'practicing' around them. Hell, Sasha and Connie wee literally just staring, not even trying to make it look like they were busy. With a slight snicker to herself, Annie strolled over to investigate.

"That's not how she did it idiot, it was more of a duck and block than just standing there and blocking me like a lazy shit!" Jean's complaints were received poorly, and even Christa rolled her eyes along with Annie in annoyance. This of course, prompted an angry reply from Eren. "Well maybe I could do it better if you could actually do the 'simple' roundhouse kick right you dumbass! I have nothing to block against!" With a sigh, Annie interjected, just around the same time as Mikasa did, and both found themselves in the position of example givers.

"Look....both of you shut up. This is how it's done, c'mon Annie I'll do the kick you block it." Annie nodded, with light gay panic, and got herself into a stance, far more ready to block this attack from an even-heighted target. Mikasa assumed her combat stance soon after, and within a few seconds she swung a roundhouse kick towards Annie, which she blocked once again with ease and countering it with a harder jab on accident towards Mikasa's rock-hard abdomen. Annie winced slightly, and Mikasa smirked, not expecting such a powerful blow. She threw one back at Annie's chest, and though she wasn't paying attention Annie Annie subconsciously blocked it once again. But as her mind was preoccupied on the surprise, Mikasa had kicked her legs out from under her, allowing her the opportunity to straddle Annie to the ground.

It all happened so fast, Annie had no time to even comprehend what had happened before it did. She was usually never outpaced...and yet here she lay in the dirt with her sudden love interest on top of her, in a rather pleasing position staring down at her assuming a powerful stance. Annie blushed, as did Mikasa peculiarly, and both laughed it off as Annie shoved Mikasa to her side. Some looks were exchanged by onlookers, and in usual Annie Leonhart form she took off to hide her embarrassment and reddening face, making it seem as though she was off to judge other blocks from other cadets. And it was there that she remained the rest of the day until dinner time - away from Mikasa.

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As most cadets headed inside the canteen for their evening meal, Annie had snuck behind the building to go to the campfire that had been lit by her friends, eager to in on the night time banter. Everyone else was already sitting by the fire, as she was caught up with tidying up the combat equipment for Keith the freeloader. As she approached, Armin gave her a warm smile and pointed to the only obvious spot remaining......surprise surprise, right next to Mikasa. Annie buried her face into her hoodie as she walked past a few of her friends to sit beside the girl. Thomas had a guitar resting on his legs, and as Annie sat down to warm up, he gave a light smile. "I was saving this song until we were all here. I heard it from my grandad, before he died of sickness. I think it'll...boost our spirits for the days to come. It goes like this," he explained, before strumming his guitar gently, before starting to sing his song.

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Oh father dear I often hear, of word beyond the walls

The lofty scenes, the valleys green, the mountains rude and wild

They say it is a lovely land, where once we all did dwell

So why did we abandon it, the reason do me tell

Well son I loved my native land, with energy and pride

Till a plague of giants rose all around, and my neighbours all did die

We tried our best to avoid the fate, and make off with all our haul

And that's the cruel reason, we live within these walls.

As well I do , the bleak November day.

The titans came with hungry mouths, and drove us all away.

They ripped many a man apart, and their screams a parting call,

And that's the cruel reason we live within these walls.

Your mother too, god rest her soul, lay on the stony ground.

She fainted in her anguishing, seeing the desolation round.

She was plucked up by a Titan scourge, from life to immortal dream.

We lost not only our liberty, but aswell my own esteem.

Oh well father dear the day will come, when on vengeance we will call.

And both humanity, both stout and tall, will rally one and all

I'll be the man to lead the band, in freedom we will thrawl.

All titans will one day fall, and with them these great walls.

original song - Skibbereen.

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As Thomas sung beautifully, Annie turned to Mikasa slowly. "You know....you don't need a campfire game for the chance to kiss me. I'd do it anyway." As she saw the black haired girls warm smile, and the tears that calmly rolled down her face, she knew that feelings were in fact mutual, so she pulled her face out from her hoodie and nuzzled into Mikasa's scarved neck, like sad young puppy. Mikasa, in response, hidden by everyone's warped teary vision, gave Annie a peck on her forehead.

"We can do more in the dorm tonight, Leonhart."

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A story written by Bell (me). Hope you enjoyed that mess :sweat_smile: love you all :heart: :sparkling_heart: