91 Family Part 3

Annie gasped while grabbing her chest, her back drenched in cold sweat as she remembers what she just experienced. Annie couldn't believe that behind that always calm smile was so much pain hidden and it cause a complicated light to flash in her eyes

Before she could react she felt a hand grip her throat and lift her into the air, Annie struggled as the fingers dug into her neck, looking down she came face to face with an eerily calm Mikasa, but the dark look in her eyes caused Annie to shudder before she found herself calming down as she's experienced something much scarier

" it was you " said Mikasa in a cold voice, startling Annie " you're the one who made him - " Mikasa's words were interrupted when her mother grabbed her wrist causing Annie to finally fall to the floor and take a deep breath as the bruises on her neck started healing

" it's not her fault " said Mieko calmly though her face was twitching heavily as if she was suppressing something , when Mikasa was about to argue Carla continued from the side

" Mieko is right, as much as I wanna break the little twats neck " said Carla with a dark expression, her fist clenched so tightly that her nails dug into her palm, causing blood to drip from the wound " If it wasn't because of her, we wouldn't have learned that about Michael " explained Carla before she released a sigh

" I .... I just never thought he was going through something like that " muttered Mikasa as she slumped to the floor as tears gathered in her eyes, causing her mother to hold her in her arms, as mist filled her eyes as well

" I know baby, he just seemed so perfect, like nothing could ever go wrong or get him down " said Mieko

* boom *

A loud sound was heard as Carla's hand connected with the ground, causing it to crack and indent. This continued for several times, each time more and more tears poured from Carla's eyes

She's never felt so useless, so helpless since she gained all this power, she couldn't fathom that the man she claimed to love was carrying such a burden she couldn't even realize

A sad and gloomy atmosphere fell over the trio, as Annie fell into her thoughts as well

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Unknownst to the trio, Michael stood on the roof, his figure completely hidden as he watched the actions of the group, a sly glint flashing through his eyes before his figured disappeared

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The next couple days, Carla, Mieko and Mikasa showed up on the training grounds and volunteered to assist in the training of the group, which garnered the cheers of the boys until they started training, glancing at Michael from the corner of their eyes

Michael noticed their actions when he was supervising the groups sparring , but didn't say anything but a slight smile appeared on his face when no one was looking at him

Sensing someone coming to him, Michael turned around and found that he had to lower his head, even more than usual to see who it was

Michael raised his brow when he noticed Historia pulling his shirt while looking at him hesitantly, causing him to smirk internally as he had the urge to tease the young girl, before he could ask what was wrong a rude voice came from the side

" Historia!!, this is where you were, I told you to wait on me " said the girl as she walked to Historia completely ignoring Michael on the side, causing Historia to smile apologetically, not seeing the glint that flashed in Michael's eyes

" even after all these months, you still don't trust me do you Ymir " said Michael with a hurt look, causing Historia to giggle at his actions which made Ymir's face worse

" why should I trust you dumbass " said Ymir with a frown as she raised her head to look at Michael, only for a blush to appear on her face when Michael brought his face a few inches away from hers, causing Michael to smirk

" here I was thinking you liked girls, seems I still have a chance " said Michael happily, chuckling internally when he smelt the envy wafting off of Historia even though she was still smiling

" wh...who would want to date your giant ass " stuttered Ymir as she's never experienced something like this as most males hardly find her attractive especially after receiving one of her glares

" giant? maybe but I'm sore your next form could take me to the base easily " said Michael with a cheeky smile, who was slapped on the arm by Historia as she caught on to his joke and her entire face was died red, completely missing the wary look that appeared on Ymir's face