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Mikasa sleeps forever after their arrival. How long exactly doesn't really matter but at least she doesn't really sleep for a week like she may have said right before passing the hell out. But that's norm-- ...Okay honestly, it's not normal even though it's not new for her to sleep a lot when she can. It may be one of her longest times sleeping ever but these happen sometimes after their long fights and she's here from right after one the worst battlefields of her entire life. ...So technically Jean is used to it, at least it's nothing to worry about when she keeps on sleeping as much as possible.

When Mikasa finally gets enough of sleeping, it's unsurprisingly from a nightmare with a jolt that makes her sit up before she's even really awake.

"E R E N!!!" That's the least surprising part. She looks around, taking a moment to wake up enough into the reality of not being back in the world of Titan Hell. Right. Empatheias, their new home that is a huge farmhouse and her head drops towards her knees with a sigh at the knowledge that she and Jean are the only people from there in this world. More people from there would absolutely deserve to be here.

Mikasa walks out of her new room and around the house. She's not a morning person, she'd gladly stay under the blankets for a long time even when this girl usually keeps running as part of her work out even in the morning... But she didn't want to say there for any longer now. She doesn't look into any mirrors or whatever, she knows what she looks like after so much sleep... But Mikasa's hair being an uncontrollabe, shaggy mess, her skin being pale and her face looking like she's still half-asleep make her kind of look like a zombie or something.

So, good morning, Jean as soon as she arrives to the kitchen to find him. He looks like he's about to start making food, she wonders if the sound of her waking up has anything to do with his timing for it...

"Mind if I take a shower or can I help with that?"

Jean has been making the house a bit more cozy while Mikasa's been sleeping to recover her strength. Of course he slept as well, but he required a lot less of it and he's honestly too full of different thoughts and emotions to actually sleep more than a four hours at a time. He kind of envied the way Mikasa slept... but then again, also not.

Hearing Mikasa wake up is definitely one reason he's preparing to make something for them both to eat. He'd gone out to get some ingredients once, but didn't stay away too long because he became too worried about Mikasa. But at least he managed to get basic ingredients. The kitchen equipment seemed to come with the house.

"Good morning. How about you-" he turns to look at Mikasa and freezes. Of course being him and hopelessly in love with Mikasa he imagined her look like the perfect maiden in the morning with her straight hair and everything and not this. He tries not to look too amused, but likely the sparkles around him give it away.

"Uh, how about you take a shower and then help me? You slept for a while so it'll help you... freshen up." He bursts into a small laugh. "Sorry, your hair is just... it's just very messy and... cute."

Mikasa looks so confused when Jean freezes. What? She glances behind her, giving the young man an even better look at the mess that is her hair. There's nothing.

Once she looks at him again, there are sparkles and Mikasa has no idea what those mean! Except they are clearly positive emotions, she doesn't need a translator to tell that.

Just when she is about to say something to his plan, he laughs and explains it all. Mikasa sighs with a pout but there is some blush on her cheeks. "It's not cute but take one last look I guess before I go fix it with that shower... That said, sounds like a good plan to me."

Here she almost thought that he would be in ~~need for a hug~~ moooooood after hearing Eren's name, if he even heard it... So in a way she is also glad that her hair helps to make him laugh.

Mikasa gives him one more good look at it while she's leaving and then another while she is looking for a towel... Just to realize that they are obviously in the room where she is about to go, duh.

She looks over her shoulder at Jean one more time before she'll really go and collecting courage to say this before going may be the real reason why she isn't there yet...

"Your laugh is cute."

Okay, she says that and then she escapes out of sight to the bathroom. Bye!!

Jean almost comments back that denying makes it all the more cuter, but instead he just looks amused as he looks at the hair for a while longer. She told him to, of course he would - while looking all the more like he could burst into more laughter but he's able to hold it back.

He continues with more preparations as Mikasa walks around. Idly, he wonders why she's taking so long to go, but doesn't really question it out loud. A new house which she's only looked around between her long, long sleeps. Of course she would be disoriented.

Then she says that and Jean freezes again, but this time it's because he's blushing like crazy. The piece of bread he has before him suddenly turns into a toasted bread - actually no, it becomes more like charcoal with how the area around Jean now is. Not that he notices it when his mind is racing with 'Oh my god did she really say that - she did - she called something about me cute' and he's trying his best not to broadcast it on accident.

He spends a very long time just standing and trying to cool the area around him and just continue like normal. Normal, but very much happier than before.

Although the bread is now kind of useless. He doesn't really want to throw food away so he just munches on it as he works to get some pans out. Even a bread made of charcoal actually tastes alright when you're happy.

That's what she gets for asking for Jean to look at it even more while he still can! She doesn't seem to mind, it's certainly weird for her in a way because she isn't used to this at all and she's not sure if she'd mind even if he'd laugh. The hair looks like a ridiculous mess!

She can't believe she actually says that or that he says the cute word into her direction either, more things that she isn't used to!! That comment is what he gets for saying cute things to a brat like her. Then again maybe it would also work vice versa in another situation, he's ... that kind of a person too. She sighs as she gets ready for that shower.

Mikasa returns from the shower, all fresh and clean and now her hair is not a mess anymore. She's still drying it and then starting to brush it when she walks back towards the kitchen, seeing him munching something over there but not asking what it is. She figures he's just really hungry by now. And she's probably wearing something that he's gotten to her while she's been sleeping, she will thank him later but at least they both know how quiet she often is.

The girl doesn't continue her way to the kitchen before she's done with her hair, leaving the brush away and towel to dry before really returning there. Jean's working with the pans, she goes to get some vegetables and whatever else for her to chop for both of them.

There definitely would have been a similar situation if things were reversed. At least it's all done in good humor from both sides and they both know it.

Jean is thankful she doesn't ask what he's eating - and that he's almost done with eating the bread anyway. He notices the clothes she's wearing, a small blush forming on his face again as he realizes it's the ones he bought.

"Looks like the clothes were the right size... good." He smiles at her before turning back to the pans. "How many eggs do you want?"

What is humor and does she really have any sense of that?

Mikasa doesn't notice his blush at first because she is looking into another direction but then he says that about the clothes and there's a beat before she looks at Jean.

"Yeah. They're great. Thank you." She really likes them! Even though it's all said in an apathetic tone and with that look on her face too. She turns back to doing whatever she is doing... How many? "Whatever works."

That's ... Not a good answer at all.

"No problem." Yeah, that apathetic look is something that really worries him. While some might think it's just normal Mikasa behavior, it definitely isn't. But... it's still only been a few days. Maybe she'd improve.

'But Eren and Armin aren't here, she's not going to improve. You're not good enough to save her.' Thanks brain, he doesn't need that inner voice. Luckily, it doesn't show in the surroundings because Jean is instead of focusing on being annoyed at Mikasa's answer. So very helpful there!!

(Or perhaps the coldness of the thought and the warmth of annoyance just null one another.)

"Just say a number between zero to three. It's not that hard."

Jean, Jean, Jean... It may be the best thing for her ever to be away from them, she just doesn't know it but it might certainly help to see anything else in the world around her. And maybe it would be great for her to move on from a certain someone, good luck with that though.

Either way, she's going to buy an outfit to him one day to thank for this but Mikasa doesn't say anything about that.

"Three." It stings because she's from a group of three but this is talking about healthy things to eat for someone, who trains a lot, so of course she goes with that!

It's a thought he's not had yet, but one he might in time. Maybe then he will stop being focused on how he's not Eren or Armin and can't help.

Jean nods, calming down now that he has a clear answer. He continues in the progress of making food. Something he's pretty good at it seems.

"I wasn't sure what you wanted to eat, so I just decided to make something really simple." Which is mostly Scrambled eggs with vegetables. Simple.

"...Anything works, you should think what you want to eat and I can eat that too."

She's not picky! But she could appreciate his way of thinking about what she wants if she ... cared at the moment anyway. Either way, she's done with chopping the veggies, she's bringing them closer to him and he can tell her where to put them.

"I wouldn't do food I don't want to eat, too", Jean assures her as he makes way for her so she can put the veggies into the pan now.

"We could start making lists of things to eat..." It's just one idea... And yes, she puts the veggies in.

"Why not. We can increase it as we find new things that we enjoy." He continues to cook once the veggies are in. "It won't take too long so want to get the plates out?"

"That's obviously the whole point of a list like that... Ummm, not that I mind only eating whatever you can make now." She could eat just one thing or a couple of things through her whole life, no problem, but they really don't have to do that here. "Mm, I'll get them ready."

Plates, glasses, everything, she's going to do that now.

"Oh, uh, yeah." Jean blushes a bit over saying something so obvious. He silently focuses on finishing the food before delivering it over to the table.

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