Part two has arrived, enjoy!!

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She wore her red scarf despite the warm day and so her cheeks were pink. She was hanging up a washed sheet on the drying line, just as he knew she would be. As she bent to the clothes basket, she hugged her bulging belly as though to protect the growing baby inside. Then, stretching up, she began to slide a clothespin onto the sheet.

"Mikasa," Eren said.

"Mm, I know you're there," she answered, though she was hidden behind the sheet. Laughing, Eren stepped around the clothesline post and paced toward her.

"I missed you," he said and reaching forward, he ran his hand over her hair just as he did every day. Gently, he dropped his hand to her rounded belly and caressed there too, but she swatted his hand away.

"Don't touch my belly. It makes my muscles tense," she said irritably. "It's uncomfortable."

"I know," Eren said. "Sorry. Let's go to bed and I'll massage your feet like I did the other day."

Her face brightened at this idea for a moment. She continued her laundry work as she said, "But, I haven't started making dinner..."

"I'll make dinner tonight. Or maybe we could go to the pub. I know you've been craving-" But she cut him off by kissing him. He felt her tongue lick into his mouth and tickle its way along his top lip.

"Mmm, Eren you taste like honey."

"I just had tea with Levi-" Her tongue licked into his mouth again but this time he fought back with his own tongue. She moaned into his mouth.

Then, wrapping her arms around him, she pulled him toward herself so her back was pressed against the wall along the edge of the roof. He worried that she was pulling him too hard against her belly and tried to pull away a little.

"Please, Eren? I've been thinking about you all day."

"Really? Right here on the roof? Armin will see us from next door."

"No he won't. Eren, please..."

Mikasa's scarf started fluttering as the wind picked up a bit then. And then, somehow, it was unravelling itself from her neck.

"My scarf!" she yelled, reaching over the edge of the roof as it flew away in the wind. Eren caught her hand and kept her from falling but the scarf was gone.
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Eren woke with a start. The dream had been so real, for a moment he thought he'd only been remembering earlier that day. But no. Today had been better than even what he'd dreamt... He vividly recalled laying with her on the beach this afternoon, the taste of her skin on his lips...

He was staring at the tent's roof a few feet above him. The sand was warm under him despite the fact that it was the middle of the night. The air smelled briny and the waves were loud despite the fact they were dozens of yards away. Inside the tent, he was wedged between Armin on his left, and Mikasa on his right. Both of his best friends were fast asleep.

Everything had changed today. What did Mikasa think about what they'd done together? Did she imagine that they'd get married now? Isn't that what followed?

He was suddenly aware of how hard his heart was beating.

He wasn't ready to be a father and have a wife and a house. He wasn't done doing what he set out to do. He needed to cross the ocean... and then once he did that, there was still so much more to do...

Of course, Mikasa would probably want to come with him for it all.

"Mikasa," Eren whispered, rolling on his side to face her. He gently shook her shoulder until her eyes batted open and closed again.

"What's wrong?" Her hand caressed his cheek and then heavily fell to his chest.

"I... sorry... go back to sleep."

"No, what is it? Tell me," she said groggily. Her eyes were still shut.

It was quiet while Eren listened to Armin's deep, even breathing behind him for a moment. Good. He was asleep still.

"Are you going to try to cross the ocean with me?"

"Yes," she said without hesitating. Her eyes battled sleep as she yawned. Then, she slid both her hands to Eren's face as she turned to face him and she pulled him into an open mouth kiss. He didn't even try to resist.

Their kiss was lazy and slow. He thought she might be dreaming as she kissed him and he wondered if he hadn't kissed her in his sleep while he'd dreamt of kissing her too. Thankfully he hadn't kissed Armin... at least, he probably hadn't kissed Armin?

"We should get married," Eren said as she pulled him on top of herself.

"Because I want to cross the ocean with you?" Her eyes were open just a tiny bit now. She reached down between their bodies and stroked Eren through his trousers. He wasn't wearing a shirt.

"Mikasa..." He rested his forehead against her temple.

"Eren." She unfastened his trousers and pulled them down enough to free him.

With a quick glance at Armin's closed eyes, Eren unfastened Mikasa's trousers and pulled them down and glimpsed her firm, very-non-dreamlike belly.

She kissed Eren's cheek as he glanced over at Armin once more. Looking back at Eren again, she whispered, "I'm ready. I want you now."

Eren lightly covered her mouth with his palm, his eyes wide. Slowly, he nudged her legs apart with his knees and pushed into her.

She moaned a little too loud against his hand and they both stilled as Armin rolled over so his back was to them. Then they listened to his quiet, even breathing for a moment before Mikasa trailed wet kisses down Eren's neck as he thrust into her slowly again and took his hand away from her mouth.

"I dreamt that you were my wife," he whispered into her ear that was further from Armin.

"Is that what you want?" Mikasa whispered back into Eren's ear as he thrust into her again.

Eren pushed his hand up under Mikasa's shirt and grabbed her breast. "I want you with me." He thrust faster this time. "I want you with me every night and every day. Always."

"Eren... yes..."

He nipped her skin where her pulse thudded in her neck and noticed then that she wasn't wearing his scarf. He remembered how, in his dream, it had slipped away in the wind and she'd almost fallen as she tried to catch it. But he'd caught her.

As she arched against him, he slid his arm under her waist and held her so she couldn't get away. "Mikasa," he whispered onto her lips. He wanted to tell her that he loved her but she kissed him again.

"Mm..." They were nose to nose. He was vividly aware of her breasts, hidden by her shirt, as they pressed against his chest. He wished she was naked like she had been this afternoon.

She squinted up into his eyes and he couldn't help but stare back. He felt as though his eyes couldn't widen far enough. It was too dark. He wanted to see more of her.

She turned her face away from Armin to the makeshift wall of the tent as she let out a stifled moan. Eren kissed her neck. He wanted to hear her make that sound again but at the same time he was terrified she'd make that sound again. If Armin woke up they'd have to stop...

As he arched back to see her face better, he accidentally drove harder into her than he'd meant.

"Sorry-"

She shook her head and sat up a bit to whisper in his ear, "You didn't hurt me. I liked it." And she kissed him deeply as he did it hard again. And again. Another moan escaped her lips as she turned her face away once more. He couldn't help it when he moaned quietly too.

He never saw a woman so beautiful as she was when she scrunched her eyes closed and bit her lip.

"Don't ever leave me," he grunted softly as he watched her. He couldn't control himself any more. He pushed hard into her, faster and faster.

"I could... never..." she said and then she bit her lip again. She clenched her knees into his sides as he kept driving into her. And then he felt something amazing: she tightened around him inside and then it was the strangest feeling... He knew he'd done something good without really knowing what was happening.

He grunted as quietly as he could when he came after the strange feeling stopped.

"You are... amazing... Eren," Mikasa whispered shakily.

He collapsed half onto her and half beside her with his back to Armin's back. Softly he kissed her lips and smiled into her smile. "I never could have dreamed of having you like this. Even yesterday, I never..." he said, still smiling at her.

"I think I dreamt of you every night for the last three years. I always dream of you," she whispered.

Eren tried to hide his surprise at hearing this. How long had she felt this way toward him? Was it possible she always had? Had she even, at least somewhat, when they were both still kids? "I'm sorry I didn't love you better back then."

She shook her head and kissed his cheek. "You loved me. You just didn't realize it maybe."

Eren nodded and tried to smile. He kissed her gently and reveled in how soft her lips were underneath his.

As she started to fall asleep again, Eren helped her pull her trousers back up and fastened them for her and then closed his own trousers. Once they were dressed again, he pulled her toward himself, and so she used his chest as a pillow.

"When will we cross the ocean?" she asked sleepily.

"We have to rebuild more before we think of leaving," Eren said, absently running his hand over her hair.

Quietly, with his back turned to them still, Armin said, "We need to learn more about what is across the ocean first. I think the only way to do that is to first figure out a way to wake Annie up. She will tell us what is across the ocean. It's the only way."

Eren felt Mikasa tense but he just kept running his hand over her hair as he said, "As expected, Armin, you're exactly right."

I'll begin with the last chapter of After the Ocean, shortly

Doctor1661 out...