Eren sat in his doctor's office, awaiting his the test results. His eyes drifted around the room in search for something to get rid of his thoughts.
He kept wondering why that girl looked so familiar earlier that day at the CVS.
About five minutes later, his doctor walked into the room.
"Alright. So, your results show no signs of any life-threatening medical conditions and your health is in check." He said. Eren nodded, following along with his words.
"However, you haven't been taking your prescribed pills which can lead to permanent damage to your hippocampus." His doctor continued. "I'm afraid that if you stop taking your pills, your temporal lobe will be out of action." He stated.
Eren frowned, his eyes flickering to the floor as he heard this news. He knew that this was coming, ever since he stopped taking his medication. "What do you suggest that I do, dad?" Eren asked.
His father, who is also his doctor, sighed.
"Son, the most that I can ask of you is for you to take your medication. If you stop—"
"I'll suffer from long-term memory loss, I know." Eren butt in, still looking down. His father's expression softened into one of pity as he approached Eren.
He placed a small bag onto Eren's lap, making him look up at his father.
"Trust me that you'll take these, son." His father pleaded. Eren stared at him in silence before letting out a long sigh as he picked up the bag.
His father watched as Eren just stood up and left his father's office, not even offering up a wave or a simple "goodbye" as he left.
His father sighed then, the door shutting as he looked down at the clipboard that he held in his hands. "Please don't stop taking your medication because of her." He muttered under his breath.
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Mikasa sat in Annie's car, nodding her head to whatever the hell she was saying as her eyes stayed focus on the world outside the window.
"Mikasa." Annie abruptly called out.
Mikasa snapped out of her thoughts and turned back to Annie. "Yeah?" She asked.
"What's on your mind? You seem preoccupied." Annie asked.
Mikasa bit down on her lip, his eyes trailing back to look outside the car window as she debating on whether or not she should tell Annie what's on her mind.
In the end, Mikasa gave in, since Annie had been her best friend for a while now and there's no use in keeping secrets.
"I saw Eren today." She muttered.
"You did? Shouldn't you be happy then?" Annie inquired.
"I should be, but because of my mom's stupid rule on me not being able to talk to him until I get married, I wasn't able to hang out." She admitted. Annie rose a brow as her car came to a halt at a traffic light.
"Is that it? It seems like there's more to this." Annie asked.
Mikasa let out a sigh. "I saw him at a CVS store and... he didn't recognize me. Which is strange because he always recognizes my voice, whether I have a disguise on or not." Mikasa said.
"Well, that's nothing to worry about too much. You should go see him today, check up on him. I'm sure that it's just your disguise that he didn't recognize." Annie suggested.
"But my mom's rule—"
"Fuck her rule! Miki, you're a grown ass woman, and you should do whatever the hell you want!" Annie exclaimed. Mikasa let out another sigh as she looked back to her friend.
"I'm serious!" Annie proclaimed, stepping on the gas as the light turned green.
Mikasa let out another sigh before she passed a weak smile to her friend. "Alright." She whispered.
"So, what are you gonna go do today?" Annie asked.
"I'm going to go see Eren..." Mikasa muttered.
"What?! I can't hear you!" Annie called out louder. Mikasa passed her friend another smile, her humor amusing her.
"I'll go see Eren today." She spoke louder.
"And?" Annie asked, raising a brow. Mikasa smirked, her eyes looking back out the window.
"And fuck my mom's rule."
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Mikasa stood outside of Eren's apartment building, a box with a cake inside in her hand as she tapped her foot on the floor anxiously.
The cake was vanilla, and it had white frosting with chocolate icing on the top that spelled out the words "I'm sorry."
Mikasa inhaled sharply as she rung the doorbell, her thoughts racing through her mind.
'Okay, I'll apologize for ignoring him and then I'll—' Mikasa's thoughts were cut short when she heard a sharp click on the other side of the door.
Her breath hitched in her throat as the door swung open, and from the other side stood a disheveled Eren.
His hair was messily tousled at the top of his head and he seemed to have changed from his flannel and jeans into some loose grey joggers and a black t-shirt.
"Hey, Eren." Mikasa greeted the male. Eren furrowed his brow, eyeing Mikasa up and down slowly and obviously.
Mikasa turned bright red at his actions and felt awkward, but didn't move from his sight. After a bit of carefully examining her, Eren's eyes lit up.
"Hey, I know you!" He exclaimed excitedly. Mikasa smiled, happy that he recognized her without her disguise on.
"Aren't you Mikasa Ackerman?" Eren asked, joy interlaced throughout his tone.
"Uh, Yeah..." Mikasa stated, a bit weirded out by his joy.
He knows who she is, so why is he acting like this?
"Oh, I love all of your movies!" Eren exclaimed. Mikasa bent her brows over in thought, wondering as to why he was like this.
"Eren, it's me. We've been friends for a while now." Mikasa proclaimed.
"We are?!" Eren exclaimed. Mikasa nodded slowly, confusion engulfing her.
"Look, I just wanted to apologize for ignoring you. It's nothing personal, and I hope that you can forgive me." Mikasa stated as her eyes flickered to the floor.
Eren's silence gave Mikasa an unsettling feeling.
"Is that cake for me?" Eren asked.
Mikasa looked up, but nodded. Why is he ignoring her apology?
"I'm sorry, I just don't know how to react. I've never seen an actual celebrity before." Eren stated.
"Are you pulling my leg? Eren, what's up?" Mikasa asked. When she didn't receive a response from him, she sighed.
"Can I just use your bathroom?" She asked.
Eren nodded, opening the door wider so that Mikasa could walk in.
"It's down the hall." Eren instructed, as if Mikasa didn't know. She just nodded, not taking note of him as she set the cake down.
Then, she walked into the bathroom.
She shut the door and leaned over the sink before she looked at her reflection. Why was he acting like this?
Her eyes trailed along the bathroom, only to see a container on the floor.
She bent over and picked it up to see that it was a medication prescribed to Eren Jeager. When she read over the medication name, her heart sank.
She immediately recognized the medication because it was the one that her mother took for because of her memory loss, and she also recognized it because it was the one her mother also overdosed on.
Flashbacks flew through her mind of her mother and she began to gasp for air, as if she were deprived of it.
Her mother's dead body, how pale she was, how much Mikasa shook as she looked at her corpse.
Mikasa felt her body begin to tremble again as she began to hyperventilate. She looked around, tears poking her eyes as she reached her hand out.
Where was she?
She found herself looking at her mother's dead body again. She found herself staring at her father as he attempted to wake her mother up to no prevail.
Mikasa couldn't help but let out a scream at the memories.
Not even a minute passed before she heard banging on the bathroom door, snapping her back to reality.
"Mikasa?! Mikasa, are you okay?! Why are you screaming?!?" Eren called from the other side of the door.
Mikasa sighed as she placed the medication bottle down and opened the door to view Eren in front of her.
'That was his medication... Eren has memory issues... does he not remember me?'
Mikasa felt a pit form in her stomach at that thought.
Without even thinking twice, Mikasa felt herself wrap her arms around Eren.
"M-Mikasa?!" Eren hailed in surprise. Mikasa listened to his heartbeat before she looked up at Eren.
"Tell me that you remember me." She pleaded under her breath.
"Wh-What?" Eren asked.
"Tell me that you know who I am!" Mikasa cried.
Eren was taken aback. Of course he knew who she was.
"Your Mikasa Ackerman, a famous actress." Eren spat out.
Mikasa felt her heart sink. "I-is that all you remember?" She asked.
Eren nodded, and a lump formed in Mikasa's throat.
She didn't know what to do.
He truly didn't remember her.
Why did it hurt so much?
Before she knew it, Mikasa didn't an action that she didn't expect to do.
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She kissed him.
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