she’s been trying to endure spilling out all at once now that armin is there. perhaps it’s the first time she’s allowed herself to cry in front of her like this—so vulnerable, so desperate, and so painfully real.
the moment she feels the other woman’s weight sink into the couch, mikasa reaches for her almost instinctively. she doesn’t stop sobbing, not even when she finally finds her; her crying is so uncontrollable that every attempt to form a word dies before it can leave her throat. +
Then, the screwing sound of the inserted key and twist. The door opens.
She’s theres her hair a mess of fluff, her button up is scuffed.
“Mika…sa…?” a voice calls out.
She steps into the living room, and pours herself over the backside of the couch.
“Mika, I’m here…”
she simply clings to her and buries her face between her shoulder and neck, her breathing coming out broken and uneven, almost hyperventilating as her tears soak through the fabric of her shirt.
it’s not anxiety. not this time. it’s grief in its rawest form, everything +
to overcome her.
she could only hope the other girl would arrive soon. mikasa didn’t know how much longer she could bear all that pain on her own.
her life was ruined.
📲: armin…
it was the last message the raven-haired girl managed to send the blonde before letting her phone fall onto the couch beside her. she rested her arms against the back of it and buried her face between them, finally allowing the sobs she had been holding back +
📲: it’s a long story.
📲: but not anymore… we’re not together anymore. i think.
📲: i have proof of everything, though…
📲: they have more power and money than i do.
📲: thank you, jean… really.
📲: Shit what
📲: Also ur w Annie? How did I not know this
📲: Makes sense tho
📲: Do u have evidence of them doing all that shit to u? Contracts, texts, voice mails…
📲: Ur stronger than u think Mikasa u will be able to get through this
📲: We’re all with u
📲Don’t you have them on defamation?
📲They can still sue you for breaking your contract, I’m pretty sure.
📲Maybe you can scare them with a defamation countersuit? Have you asked your lawyer?
📲: yeah… for breaking the contract and for everything i said about them.
📲: armin, they have lawyers. they have money. i don’t know if i can win against them.
📲: my lawyers thought they’d take longer… that i’d have more time to file my own lawsuit.
text to: @WolfgangArlert
📲: where are you?
📲: i just got back to the apartment.
📲: i checked my email…
📲: the company already filed the lawsuit.
📲: i just got the legal notice.
📲: armin, i need help.