Battle of Marley v

Book Two

Volume 6

Ch. 75 Battle of Marley v

Pov.

-Kara-

What is happening?

I can't… move..

He sets me down with.. Sasha?

What Is she doing here?

This isn't making sense.

"Kara!" She shouts

Her voice sounded muffled as if there was a thick glass separating the two of us

"Where is it?!" Sasha shouts desperately as she sat down on my lap

Wait.. my vision.. it's finally

Gone

I can't see a thing

"J-just stay with me for a little longer, Kara!" She reaches inside my chest

And I could feel her squeezing my heart, as if forcing it to pump blood throughout my body

"N-no, no, no, no, no!" Sasha shouts "why is it closing?!" She scratches at my chest where I could've sworn I had a hole from earlier

Her nails dug deeply into my skin as she desperately tried everything she could to keep my heart beating

But it wasn't like I could feel them anyways

The only thing I could feel was the ground shaking as the Titans began clashing

At this point I could neither see nor hear a thing

I couldn't do anything

I was just.. here

I just laid here as my consciousness got hazier and hazier, drifting in..

And..

out…

…

Pov.

-Colt-

-Hours prior-

"Yeah, yeah, I love you too" I sigh

"See? That wasn't so hard now was it?" Pieck giggles as she bent over to scrub her legs

"Yeah.." I scrub my back with the wired brush she handed me

"Mgh* y'know" she grunts "you don't have to inherit the Beast" she stands back up

"What?" I ask as she turned to face me, though she had her eyes shut because of the soap on her face

"I mean how long have we been together?" She asks as I rub her face, getting rid of the soap

"Well.. uhh.. ten years?"

"Exactly we're 18. don't you think it's about time we started something for ourselves?" She finally opens her eyes

"I'm 18 you're still 17" I correct her

"Yeah but I'm turning 18 soon" "she tilts her head

"After, I turn 19" I tap her nose with my soapy finger

"Look, the point is. We're getting old" she slaps my hand aside

"You're old, I don't know what you're talking about" I grumble

But I guess she was right, back on paradise I would be 25 and she'd be 24

"Ugh" she rolls her eyes "forget it"

"I'm kidding, what is it?"

"No, you play too much" she pouts

"Tell me" I set my hands on her hips

"No!" She insists "c'mon let's get out"

"Fine, whatever" I grumble

"Should've told me you just wanted to get dicked down, y'know" I say, having to put on the same clothes I had on before

"What?!" She blushes "just get ready, the ceremony is starting soon" she rolls her eyes

Wait.. the ceremony… I almost forgot

I need to keep her away from there for as long as I can

But she's the cart Titan if anything's she's required to assist

"So what?" I ask

"Sooo, we have to get going soon" she says

"What? You're out your mind if you think I'm going dressed like this" I pat my clothes

"What? You look fine, c'mon" she grabs my wrist

"No" I throw my arm around her neck "come let's stop by my house real quick"

"What?!"

"C'mon, I won't take long" I lead her out

"Ugh, whatever" she sighs "you're just going to change, okay?"

"Yeah, I know-I know"

It took us about fifteen minutes to walk back to my house

I opened the door for Pieck when we were greeted by a heavy breeze of sweat and fish

Something must've gone bad

"Oh, God." Pieck punches her nose

"What the hell?" I look around trying to find the source of the stench when I heard someone pound the wall inside Falcos room

"Ah-Ah-Ahh-agh. F-F-Falco-ohh" Gabi moans

This little-

I look at Pieck who looked just as shocked

"Wow, uhh.. I'll wait outside" Pieck steps out

I take my time changing into uniform to kill time

Unfortunately I was forced to listen to my little brother railing his girlfriend in the room over

A few minutes went by and I laid in bed trying to think of how I could distract Pieck..

"Man, how annoying." I sigh

Think.. think.. think…

I shut my eyes

-

"Yeahh" Sasha sighs

"It was hard to tell people I'm married without a ring, so I made your father buy me this since he never really 'proposed' " she shows off her diamond ring

"But hey." she pulls it off "you're free to have it. I know one day you'll need it for Pieck" she hands it to me

"What? Are you sure?" I ask, examining the ring

"Sure. I'm sure your father won't mind" she smiles

-

At least that's what she thought

I remember how badly he beat her after she told him she lost it

To this day I've always been too weak to protect her

I've always been too afraid to even stand up to him

He's a different breed. His mere presence is enough to shake anyone..

"Hey." I sit up, "that's right, the ring." I turn around

I rummage through my drawers, trying to find the envelope I put the ring inside of

"Fuck man, how'd I forget? I was saving it just for today" I throw my drawer onto the bed

"Hey wait.." I stop

"I took it out of the envelope, didn't I?"

Then I put it…

The shoe.

I open the closet

I grab my old shoe

It was one I was wearing when we first stepped foot into Marley

Don't know why I had it for so long but I ended up hiding it in there

"Haha, alright" I giggle as the little box the ring was stashed inside of falls out

I open the box and sure enough, the ring was right there

After I give it a quick little rinse I slip it into my pocket before I decided to join Pieck outside

"You complain when I take long" she grumbles

"Shut up." I smile

"The ceremony began without us, cause of you."

"Yeahh, but the best part isn't till later. I'm sure everyone won't arrive till then"

"So what? As a warrior I should've been there already"

"C'mon do we really have to go?"

"What? Yeah.. c'mon Colt don't start," she sighs "I already told you we're going as soon as you got changed"

"Yeah but how about I take you out? I'll take you to your favorite place, what do you say?" I throw my arm around her neck

"What? No, we can't."

"Don't be like this, c'mon. I've got a surprise for youuuu" I pull her back

"What?! Ugh Collttt" she whines as I lead her away

After struggling to free herself from my grip she finally gave up and came along with me

"Fine, but there's no way we're missing the end." she takes her seat at the table for two

"I told you it's fine, even if we miss out on the whole thing, nothing will happen"

"Colt!" She puts her foot down "I already told you we're going so don't make any excuses, okay?!"

I smile "yeah whatever" I chuckle

"Here you go sir." the waiter sets our food down

"Thanks" Pieck smiles as they handed her food

"You order the same thing every time."

"What? Don't blame me, the chicken here is good" I chow down on my plate

…

"ahhh" I sigh in relief after I ask for the check "so how about it huh?"

"How about what?" She wipes her mouth

"Falco, Gabi, finally got it on"

"Oh god, yeah that sounded painful" she covers her mouth

"I wonder if that's what your parents hear.." I set a finger on my chin

"What?" Her eyes widen "hey.. wait your right.. oh god how embarrassing" she covers her face

"Hehe" I giggle "remember our first time?"

She blushes "yeah.. kinda"

"It was Falco's sixth birthday, my dad thought it'd be a good idea to let us drink"

"Yeahh.. but we were dating long before that" she adds

"Heh.. yeah. Falco just jumped right in there"

"We've come a long way since.."

"Yeah.. still can't believe you were chosen for the Cart over me"

"Heh, guess I'm lucky they found women are better at maneuvering the Cart"

"Yeah.." I sigh

"Alright" the waiter hands me the check

Total: 105.7

I put 130 inside the envelope they handed me with the check

I lead Pieck over to the indoor garden where we began slow dancing to the violinist that was playing

"Thanks a lot Colt. I really needed this" she sighs. "After being on the field for so long it feels nice to finally have a little break"

"Yeah, it's why I'm not really feeling the ceremony right now. We just got back from war and you're telling me they want to start another one?"

"Well that's our reality."

"Sadly."

"So what's up with your dad, he looks so.. I don't know.. intimidating? He's always covered up so I've never had the chance to see his face."

"Oh.. yeah.. back when he served his time in the military.. he was… he was captured.. and well.. they did horrors to him if you see him without sleeves you'll wonder if whoever captured him was really human"

"Oh.. wow that's horrible"

"Yeah" I agree "after he managed to get back.. he told my mom how he wanted to spend his life with her. He said he wanted to start a family before anything else we're to happen to him"

It's the story I remember Sasha telling me when I was younger. When he met my mother back in paradise..

"That's so sweet" she smiles

I smile

"I think about that story all the time, even a strong man like my father was.. terrified that he'd never be with the woman he loved. Like him, so am I.." I stop for a sec

"What?" She pulls her head back

"Pieck, I love you more than anything. I am terrified at the thought that one day this evil world separate the two of us before we'd get the chance to build something" I ease myself down on one knee

Her eyes widened as I held on to her hand "thirteen years ago we met as children, ten years ago we gave each other our hearts. Will you grant me the blessing of being my partner for the rest of our time in this world? Pieck, will you.. marry.. me?" I finally ask

"C-Colt" she sets a hand over her mouth not knowing what else to say

Her eyes were flooded with tears as she covered her face with her hand

She nods

"Yes" she finally says

I felt shivers run down my spine as she said it

My stomach felt tingly and a smile stretched my face

"Yes?"

"Yes, Colt" she jumps ontop of me "yes-yes-yesh-yes-yesh" she me all over

"Mgh-haha. alright-alright" I chuckle

"God I love you so much Colt" she sits up on my lap

"Here" I hold the ring

She holds her hand out, finally letting me slide the ring onto her ring finger

"Beautiful." she smiles

"So how about we ditch that ceremony and we go find us a hotel, huh?" I ask after helping her on her her feet

"Wh-what? Oh… alright" she smiles widely "only because of this" she holds her hand out, showing off her ring

"Hehe, yes" I giggle to myself

We're ready to get going when we heard someone clapping

Probably someone that had been watching

Though it was a slow and steady clap with a few seconds in between every.. clap

It almost made me uncomfortable

"Thanks I uhh.." I turn to thank whoever it was

"No problem can't believe I made it in time to see this. L" he smiles

I step back making sure Pieck was behind me

Eren..

What the hell is he doing here?

"What is it?" Pieck asks

"Hey Colt. It's been a minute" he opens his arms "Why don't you come give your uncle a hug?"

-to be continued