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[sonderlivra]

Request: EreMika; Eren as a med student/doctor and Mikasa running on a treadmill while connected to a heart monitor as part of a stress test; the stress proving too much for Mikasa's heart, resulting in a massive heart attack and Eren must revive her

Oh, anon, anon. What an amazing ask this is! I’ve kinda maybe gone totally overboard with the prompt. Fair warning, though, I think you maybe wanted an emotionally intense Eremika fic, but it’s turned out pretty light-hearted, tbh. Still, thankyou thankyou thank you for this amazing prompt!! Especially after that clusterfuck in the latest manga chapter…

Ugh, what a shitty day. Mikasa tapped her foot on the aggressively clean floor, sulky and impatient. I never faint.

“This is a waste of time,” she muttered, not for the first time. Her cousin looked away from his phone, and his scowl somehow deepened.

“You really don’t want me to agree with you,” he snapped, “unless you want your mother here instead of me.”

She frowned right back at him. “We had a deal.”

He sniffed and turned back to his phone. “Not really a blood pact, was it? I could still call your Mom right now.”

“You do that and I’ll tell her about your boyfriend.”

“Jesus fucking Christ,” was all he had to say to that and he stood up to fetch himself more coffee. Mikasa watched him leave, her frustration increasing. Coming to the hospital was pointless, she was sure. She knew she was fine, she could feel it in herself. She had only fainted at the gym because she hadn’t eaten anything all day, but her stupid cousin had to get all protective and responsible and drag her here.

The nurse poked her head into the waiting room. “Mikasa?” She said, smiling sweetly. “We’re ready for you.”

Mikasa put away her phone and looked for Levi, who, of course, had to go away at that exact moment. With an irritated shrug, she gathered her things and followed the nurse.

A treadmill hooked up to an EKG machine awaited her. Thinking wryly that this wasn’t so different from the gym, she put aside her bag and jacket and stepped on the treadmill.

“Dr. Jaeger will be with you in a minute,” chirped the nurse in parting, and left her alone in the room. Mikasa sighed again when she left, tapping her foot impatiently.

She was looking at her phone, wondering if she should call Levi, when the door opened.

“Thanks for waiting, Miss Ack-uhhh.”

Mikasa turned to the doctor, who had frozen in the doorway. Her first thought was ‘he’s so young’, followed by an immediate ‘wow he’s cute’.

“Ackerman,” she murmured, feeling a soft flutter in her chest.

The young doctor gaped at her. “Huh?”

“My name,” Mikasa explained.

“Right. Sorry. Miss Ackerman. Hi. Thanks for coming. I mean, I hope everything’s alright.”

“Yeah. Um, I hope so too,” she said shyly, cursing internally that she didn’t have Annie’s guts or Sasha’s confidence.

“Right. So, I’ll just… hook these up.” He held up wires connected to sticky pads and glanced at her, and she felt a small jolt of excitement when she realised he looked nervous.

“You’ll,” he cleared his throat and gestured at her. “You’ll have to lift your shirt.”

She had on a tank top inside. Still, she could not help the slight blush when she did as told.

The doctor - Dr. Jaeger, she reminded herself - froze again.

“Wow, you’re beautiful,” he blurted, then gasped, “Built! I meant built!”

“I work out,” she said, trying to be nonchalant, holding back her smile and then the shudders when she felt the cool surface of the sticky pads below her collarbone.

He stepped away rather quickly when he was done. “Well, your base heartrate is a little high,” he said, watching the monitor, “but it’s nothing to worry about, I’m sure.”

Mikasa nodded; she wasn’t surprised at the heartrate at all.

“Just start with a gentle walk and slowly move faster,” he advised her, and Mikasa began to move her feet. They were silent for a minute or two until he spoke.

“So,” he cleared his throat again. “What do you do? To work out, I mean,” he added, and then grinned, waving at her toned midriff. “Clearly it’s pretty intense.”

Mikasa almost stumbled when she saw how adorable he looked smiling. She could tell he was trying to smooth over the first few awkward moments and hastened to play along. “Started with muay thai but I’m mostly into capoeira now.”

“No way,” he said, raising a thick brown eyebrow. Mikasa had to turn away from his sparkling green eyes, they were too unfairly pretty. “I do muay thai, too!”

Mikasa’s eyes shifted back to him. “Really?”

“Yeah! I go to this gym called Scouts -you know it? Some pretty good instructors there.”

“I’m - I’m an instructor there,” she admitted, excitement jolting in her once more.

Those beautiful green eyes widened. “No way!” He gasped again, leaning against the side rail of the treadmill. “What do you teach?”

“Capoeira,” she mumbled, her nervousness increasing and footsteps quickening when she noticed him lean closer to her.

“Probably why I haven’t seen you there,” he said, ruffling the back of his head ruefully. “Plus, since I started my residency I haven’t been able to go as often as I’d like.”

“You must be very busy,” she nodded. Her voice was starting to get breathy but she didn’t notice.

“Oh, you have no idea,” he snorted grimly. “God, it sounded amazing and all, wanting to be a doctor, but the amount of work involved is just…”

“Overwhelming?” She finished for him.

“To put it mildly,” he agreed. “When I get back home the last thing I want to do is stay on my feet.” His mouth twisted in a pout, and Mikasa had to fight the urge to reach over and do something stupid -like patting his unruly hair into place, or poking his frown until it turned into a smile once more. To curb this embarrassing urge, she increased her pace on the treadmill even more.

“I mean, I like muay thai,” Dr. Jaeger continued conversationally. “Been doing it for years. And I’ve had great instructors too, since I joined Scouts, but now I hate that I can’t make the time for it, you know?”

Mikasa nodded, pursing her lips tight to avoid wheezing. She was already jogging now, and the treadmill’s incline had increased, but she didn’t want to burst this little bubble of conversation that they had found themselves in, just the two of them.

So she took in a few quick shallow breaths to make sure her voice didn’t tremble when she asked, “So who’s your trainer?”

His face brightened. “Oh yeah, you probably know them! I started with Annie, and she's… you know. Kickass, literally.” He grinned and Mikasa nodded, muffling the jealous twist in her chest. “But I wanted much more of a challenge, so I-”

A sudden memory hit Mikasa at that moment - Annie’s smirking face, her voice slightly more animated than usual, “There’s this guy in my class. Wants more than he can handle, the idiot. I tried to get him to change his mind, but he’s gone and-”

“-got myself transferred to Levi’s class.” He finished blithely.

Weeks and months of her cousin’s griping suddenly crashed into her conscious mind, and Mikasa froze so suddenly the belt carried her a few inches back.

“You’re the medical brat?” She gasped, a bead of sweat trickling onto her eye.

A frown appeared on his face, deeper than before. “Yeah -how do you know-”

Somehow, her brain had filed away the rare instance of his actual name being mentioned in the numerous rants she had witnessed.

“You’re Eren.” She whispered, and right at that moment, her legs gave way and her world turned black.

She came to what felt like moments later, her lips tingling and shouts pounding in her ears.

“-the fuck did you do to her, you fucking idiot?!”

“She -she collapsed, I -I didn’t-”

“The fuck kind of doctor do you call yourself-”

She had never heard Levi shout like this before. Blinking blearily, she lifted her woozy head to see Levi red with rage, screaming down a very upset-looking Eren, the kind nurse from before trying tearfully, and failing, to calm him down.

“Levi…” Mikasa groaned, and his shouts cut off abruptly. She blinked again, and Levi was already kneeling on the floor next to her.

“What happened?” He asked, his thin brows twisted in concern.

She tried to sit up, shaking her head slowly. “I’m fine…”

“The hell you are.” He sounded angry again and shot a furious glare at Eren, who stood with his back to the wall, his face pale, his anxious eyes fixed on her face.

“It was just a BP drop!” Eren managed to yelp, but was quickly overruled.

“Aren’t you supposed to watch for that shit in a stress test?” Levi demanded, and Eren somehow turned more pale, even as Levi’s face turned red once more. “I’m gonna sue you and this hospital, you fucking brat-”

“Levi,” Mikasa said, her voice firmer than before.

“This is gross incompetence-” Levi argued.

“Just, stop, please. My head is pounding.”

That seemed to work, and everyone shut up instantly. The nurse hurried forward to help Mikasa to the bed, and Levi snapped at her to get a real doctor right away. Mikasa avoided Eren’s gaze as he slunk away from the room.

Her cousin didn’t calm down until his friend came down personally to check on her. Dr. Zoë was the reason they had come to this hospital in the first place, and Levi vented to her some more about how her new intern had jeopardised Mikasa’s life. Dr. Zoë absorbed it all with a sort of cheerful poise that left Mikasa in awe. Very few people could handle an angry Levi, after all.

“-and of all the things, the fuckin’ idiot is trying to give her CPR, as if that’s what she needed-”

Mikasa’s heart gave a treacherous lurch. Is that why her lips felt… strange?

Dr. Zoë was smirking. “CPR, you say?” Mikasa glanced away, embarrassed.

“Yeah, didn’t you hear me?” Levi snapped. “Anyway-”

“Levi, hun, we all think it’s sweet how much you care for your baby cousin, but you really need to chill, right now.” Dr. Zoë put away her stethoscope, and Mikasa stared at her once more.

“You want me to chill.” Levi grit out.

“She’s fine,” Dr. Zoë said airily and turned to her. “Maybe a bit of a diet change for your blood pressure, and ease up on the cardio for a few days, hmm?” Mikasa nodded dazedly. “Of course, if you still feel faint or get chest pains or anything, come see me right away, okay?”

Mikasa nodded again. Dr. Zoë turned back to her cousin and said grandly, “But I should prescribe you some pills, Mr. Boiling Kettle.”

“Oh, fuck off.”

“No dear, you get out of my hospital, now. My work here is done.” She scribbled something onto Mikasa’s patient form and nodded brightly at them both. “See you on leg day!” She beamed and walked away.

“Everyday is leg day, shitty glasses!” Levi called out, and Dr. Zoë left with a booming laugh and a wave.

There was a split second of silence. Then Mikasa sighed, “Let’s go home.”

But before he could respond, there was a soft knock on the door, and Eren slipped into the consultation room.

“Look, I just wanted to say I’m sorry,” Eren said hurriedly, and when Levi didn’t interrupt him, he continued, “I’m really sorry for -for not taking care of your…” He hesitated. “Niece?”

“She’s my sister, you incompetent loon,” Levi barked. “How old do you think I am?”

“Cousin,” Mikasa clarified with a half-smile.

“Right. Sorry. I’m sorry, really.”

Mikasa shook her head. “Wasn’t your fault.”

Levi looked close to murderous again, so she reminded him of the paperwork and medicines he needed to get sorted before they could go. Almost reluctantly, Levi agreed and left, pointedly ignoring Eren.

Leaving them both alone together, once more.

“What did Dr. Zoë say?” Eren asked softly, and Mikasa told him.

“That’s good,” he sighed. He took a hesitant step or two forward. “I really am sorry. Really.”

Mikasa shook her head hurriedly. “It wasn’t your fault.” His eyes were still so wide with remorse, that she threw caution to the winds and ducked her head and muttered, “I only blame you partially -indirectly.” A quick glance at his face. “You made me nervous.”

She heard the deep intake of his breath, saw his feet shuffle forward. “I made you nervous?”

She risked a glance at him, and felt the flutter in her chest again when she saw how his wide eyes were practically shimmering.

He stood right in front of her now, and placed his hand right next to hers on the cot. “Um. Wow.”

“Yeah,” Mikasa murmured, lips twitching into a smile. “Did you really try CPR on me?”

His dark cheeks flushed beautifully. “I panicked,” he admitted, his fingers twining between hers.

“You were stressed,” Mikasa said softly, moving her own fingers until they were holding hands.

Eren let out a bark of laughter at that. “Yeah thanks for that, by the way.”

“Anytime,” she grinned back at him, squeezing his hand.

They stared intently at each other for a long moment, before Eren let out a rueful chuckle. “Oh god, Levi’s gonna murder me in class.”

“He won’t,” she assured him confidently. “I can handle him.”

“I believe you,” Eren muttered admiringly. “Maybe I should just change classes or something.”

“Maybe you should try capoeira.”

His grin widened. “Maybe I should.”

“Whenever you’re finished,” came a sulky interruption from the door. Mikasa simply rolled her eyes and slipped off the cot, feeling suddenly bereft when Eren jerked his hand away. Pointedly ignoring her cousin, she smiled, “See you later, Eren,” and placed a quick kiss on his warm cheek.

His stunned face made her smile wider, and he managed a loud “Bye, Mikasa!” just as they left the room.

Levi was ominously quiet as they made their way to the lobby and out the front doors. He only spoke when they reached the car.

“If I catch the two of you up to some stupid shit in the gym…”

“Then you’ll do exactly as I did when I caught you.” Mikasa said calmly, slipping into her seat. “Right?”

“Tch.” Levi put on his seatbelt with a vicious click, his ears reddening. “Fucking brat.”

Mikasa simply smirked and looked out the window, feeling like a balloon of joy had expanded in her chest. For the first time ever, she understood why fictional characters sometimes randomly burst into song. She got it.

Levi reversed the car smoothly from their parking spot, then glanced at her.

“Ice cream?”

“Hell, yes!” Mikasa laughed, and finally, for the first time that day, Levi smirked.

All in all, an excellent day, Mikasa mused happily. 10/10, would faint again. 

#snk #eremika #eren jaeger #mikasa ackerman #eren x mikasa #snk fanfiction #i did like the bare minimum of research for the medical stuff so i could be hopelessly wrong #if you have mikasa's symptoms pls go to an actual doctor thank #also my need for an ackerconversation in canon has reflected here i think #poor levi lol #also yall know who mikasa caught levi with right? right??? #just have a looksie down in my blog if you're wondering :) #asks #delivras