Chapter 17 - Hand To Hand Combat

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"Nn..." (Mikasa)

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"Nnn....?" Mikasa slowly opened her eyes and looked up. She saw that Asriel was looking at her with warm eyes and noticed that she was still hugging him and leaning on to him. So she did the most logical thing to her...she nuzzled her head on his chest, curled up her body and went back to sleep.

"Hey, wake up, Mikasa. It's already 8 pm, we missed dinner." Asriel said with a helpless smile, dinner was served at 7 pm and if you missed it, you can't go back and have it.

" It's fine...I don't need dinner." replied Mikasa with a hint of pride in her voice.

" No, you do and if you continue sleeping, you won't be able to sleep later. You would be drowsy in the morning with dark circles under your eyes." (Asriel)

" It's fine.....I don't need sleep either...." said Mikasa while rubbing her head on his chest.

" *sigh* What will I ever do with you." replied Asriel with a soft smile and petted her head.

" But we should probably go. The curfew will be in a few minutes." (Asriel)

" It's fine.....I don't need curfew...." (Mikasa)

"...." Asriel didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't say anything but lifted her up in a princess carry. Seeing that she's not loosening her hold but even tighten it he decided to try something.

" Come on princess, you should go back to your bed now or this knight will give you a loyal smooch." said Asriel with a mischievous tone.

"....." she didn't reply but her hands hugging him increased in strength. Her face was now burried into his chest. If Asriel was a normal human he would've broken some bones now. Asriel raised one of his eyebrow and looked at Mikasa's face through the gaps. Her face was red with embarrassment and steam was starting to come out.

" I see, so our little spoiled princess wants a kiss then?" asked Asriel with an amused smile.

"....." Mikasa was now heavily blushing while trying to hide her face as much as she can with her scarf. Asriel put her legs down so that she was now standing and leaned her against the tree and did a kabe-don. Mikasa could feel her heart beat increase and her breathing increase. Never in her life was she so embarrassed and her beloved Eru's face so close to her's before. She looked down as she couldn't continue to look into his mesmerizing eyes which were filled with love and affection for her. She felt sweet and warm in her heart, her whole body was trembling slightly as she couldn't think straight anymore.

" So.....where do you want it?" whispered Asriel softly. He lifted her face with his fingers holding her chin. She had this beautiful blush on her face while her eyes were full of love and affection. He cupped her face with his hands, softly rubbing her cheeks with his thumb.

" Mikasa....you look so beautiful right now....." whispered Asriel. She closed her eyes as she enjoyed his loving and gentle touch with a soft smile on her face. She could feel jolts running down her spine with each touch and with each words he said. Asriel closed the distance between them and kissed her....

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forehead and said "Come on, let's go back." he smiled at her and separated. He held on to her hand and led her back to the barracks. [I'll confess to her first before taking the next step and I want to do it properly.] thought Asriel while the readers go crazy with rage and curses for the author. Mikasa was dazed and only after she had laid down on her bed, did she got out of her daze. She remembered what happened and smiled to herself while pulling her scarf to her face and fell asleep. She had a beautiful dream that night.

Next day, the trainees were led to the training grounds where they were shown basic hand to hand combat. They were then ordered to spar with the seniors first to make sure they were doing it correctly. The whole day the trainees were thrown around by the seniors. Asriel and a few obvious trainees threw their seniors instead. The next day they were paired up with each other to do it themselves while the seniors walked around to inspect them. Sasha and Connie were doing some sophisticated moves, like Flying Crane style and Praying Mantis style. It was a close battle with neither of them getting an advantage. Sasha swooped in with a Flying Crane, Fluttering Wings of Death and Connie countered with Praying Mantis, Slash of the Mantis King. They were both panting hard with sweat dripping down their face. It was a life or death battle of the century. Sasha thinking of finishing this fight with an all out attack gathered her strength while Connie also did the same. A beautiful white Crane came out behind Sasha and screeched while a purple coloured Mantis King came out behind Connie. As they were about to clash, Martial King Keith came in with a crushing grip and held Connie in the air while using a Supreme Martial Arts called Might of the Drill Sergeant.

Asriel was looking at them from afar and couldn't help but laugh at them secretly. He was paired up with Thomas and they had just finished their practice, as Thomas disarmed Asriel and threw him down on the ground.

" *sigh* Why can't they take this seriously." said Thomas while shaking his head.

" They probably thought hand to hand combat was unnecessary since it was useless against titans. Well, they couldn't be more wrong. Our real enemies are not the titans you know." said Asriel while shrugging.

" What do you mean?" (Thomas)

" You'll know in the near future." replied Asriel with a wink. Thomas was doubtful but left it as is. Asriel was looking around when he saw Annie just walking around doing nothing.

" Yo, Annie. What are you doing walking around?" asked Asriel with an amused smile.

" Asriel...it's non of your business." replied Annie with a deadpanned expression and continued walking.

" Aren't you going to practice?" (Asriel)

"...." Annie ignored him and continued. Seeing this Asriel thought of something and with a mischievous smile he said " Hey, how about we spar for a bit. Seeing that you don't care about practicing, I'm sure you are pretty competent with fighting right? Or, are you scared to get hurt hmm?" (Asriel)

" Yeah just as Asriel said, are you afraid of your chest getting more flat?" snickered Reiner while walking towards them with Eren.

[Oi dude, you don't say that to a girl and besides her chest ain't flat.] thought Asriel. Annie hearing what Reiner said was pissed and glared at Asriel.

" Hey, I didn't say your chest was flat you know, in fact it looks really beautiful in my opinion. Stop glaring at me." Asriel said with his both hands up halfway as a gesture of surrendering. Annie blushed a bit but regained her usual cold face as she got into a stance.

" Come." (Annie)

" Well then don't hold back cause I won't as well." said Asriel while cracking his hands and got into a stance.

" Go! Asriel! Beat her ass!" Eren cheered from the side. At this time the other trainees as well as the seniors have gathered around them to see the top two fighters.