➕Gothic ➕- Mikasa Ackerman x fem reader

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The gym had been nicely decorated with bright balloons and streamers, and a couple tables were set up at the back with snacks and juice, which no doubt will end up spiked before the night's end. Most of the students were already there, standing around or dancing in small groups to the band that the school had hired for the night. The four of you make your way to one of the darker corners and Eren steps away to get some snacks for you guys. 

For a couple hours, you and your friends hung out, occasionally going to the dance floor and jumping around to the music, or just hanging out and talking. 

At one point, you heard a slower song start to play, so you tentatively grabbed Mikasa by the hand and dragged her to the outskirts of the dance floor. There had been a few girls dancing together so you just figured if you kept enough space between the two of you and kept your heart eyes to yourself, no one would pay much attention to you. 

You had been wrong.

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"What do we have here?"

The loud voice of Reiner Braun cut through the music. Because of his volume and his popularity, almost everyone stopped and turned to where you and Mikasa were standing, arms clasped around each other. Your arms snapped back, and Mikasa took a step back from you.

"Oh don't bother trying to hide it, we all saw hoe you two emo freaks were drooling for each other" his voice gets louder to attract the last of the students, and the band, sensing the tension, quiets down. 

"Now, I want you to tell me" he said, sticking his face in Mikasa's personal space "what you were doing with this freak?" he said, obviously referring to you. You could see Mikasa's pale face and you, already nervous, felt even worse. 

"Are you to dykes maybe?!" his voice filled the whole gym this time, and you felt your stomach drop to the floor. This was not going good, and the fun you were having was now utterly ruined.

"W-we're just friends" Mikasa says quietly, trying to cover for the two of you, but you could tell her strength was leaving her.

"Oh really?!" Reiner boomed. "Because we can ALL see the boner you have for each other" his voice, venomous and cruel. 

"Just like how we call all see your boner for Bertholdt?" a high pitched voice breaks the the silence as Historia Reiss breaks through the crowd. Reiner's face goes red, first with embarrassment and then with fury, and suddenly a few of his comments make sense.  

"C'mon Historia; I've only got eyes for you babe" he tried to save himself, chuckling and raising his hands. 

"Don't call be babe, and just shut the fuck up. You are interrupting my dance time. Just because no one wants to dance with you doesn't mean you can stick your ass in other people's fun" Historia finishes, crossing her arms and jutting her hip out, letting her pink dress swing a little bit. Everyone chuckled at that last comment, and when Reiner didn't say anything else, the crowd dispersed like nothing happened. You look towards Historia, only for her to give you a short, but not unkind look, as she makes her way back through the crown, Ymir not far behind her. 

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The music starts back up again and you and Mikasa make your way quickly off the floor into one of the shadowy corners of the gym. 

"Are you guys okay?" Eren and Armin rush towards you, and you nod and sigh, glancing at Mikasa and seeing that though she was a bit shaken, she was fine. You knew rumours would spread after this, but you hoped that with the upcoming summer, people would forget.

The world was in your favour much sooner than you anticipated. By the end of the night. just about everyone had already forgotten. Someone had spiked the punch and kids were a little tipsy and gossiping instead over how Jean was caught kissing some girl from another school in a broom closet, and how Levi the janitor dragged him out by the collar of his shirt. 

The four of you made your way out to the parking lot with everyone else as the teachers closed the place up, and tracked down Carla's car from the mess. Climbing in, you make your back to Armin's house, receiving permission earlier that night after a last minute call to sleep over at his place. 

Bags with your things had been brought over, and the four of you wound down for the night, watching anime and talking over the events, focusing mostly on the best bits. 

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A/N: I know this was terrible but I wrote it to make up for the formal/prom i never got to have, but also somewhat grateful cus i went to a catholic high school and would probably have had that much fun.