Your Steamy Birthday Celebration (pt. 1)
Summary:
Your boyfriend Bertolt wanted to gift you three perfect days as your birthday gift. He asked Sasha to ask you about your kind of perfect day. Sasha managed to make you treat her and the girls (Mikasa, Krista, Ymir) to a girls' night out at the bath house. The guys - Jean, Reiner, Armin, and Connie – decided to help out but ended up embarrassing Bertolt. So, what did the gentle giant had in store for you?
Chapter summary:
Bertolt asked Sasha to find out about your perfect kind of day. You and the girls went to the bath house. You got to tease Ymir and had some interesting boy talks with the girls.
Chapter tag: SFW, mature, girls night out, boy talk, gossip, bath house
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Bertolt sat beside Sasha during breakfast that day. Sasha was greedily munching her food, not realizing that Bertolt was trying to talk to her.
Mikasa came to sit across them and said, ‘Sasha, Bertolt’s trying to say something to you’.
Sasha looked at Berthold and spewed some crumbs toward him as she asked him what was up.
Bertolt took a napkin to wipe his face and said, ‘I need to ask you a favor’.
‘Our group will have some vacation days in two weeks. Scout Leader Y/N’s birthday will be around that time. She’s been the one initiating all the couple’s stuff, so I thought I should arrange something nice for her birthday. But, I’m not too good at deceiving her, so I can’t get the information that I need. Since you’re quite close to her, maybe you could ask her what would be a perfect day for her. Just so I could prepare it in advance’.
‘I didn’t think you could say that much in a single conversation. Verrry surprising, right Mikasa?’ Sasha replied.
‘Indeed’ Mikasa said flatly.
‘But, yes! Definitely! So sweet of you, really!’
‘Thank you,’ Bertolt told her, relieved.
Reiner who listened in to the conversation said, ‘We’ll also help to make the days memorable for her. Right guys?’
‘YEA!’ Connie said excited.
‘You don’t have to, really,’ Bertolt assured them.
‘No, we want to. Not for you, man, for Scout Leader Y/N. She deserved to be spoiled, especially after taking care of all of us,’ Reiner said with an air of virtue.
‘If it’s about making Scout Leader Y/N happy, then I’m in. I think I know what you’d need,’ Jean said sincerely.
‘Then it’s settled. We’ll all help,’ Reiner decided.
Bertolt smiled sheepishly. He could trust Jean because of his sibling-like relationship with Y/N. But, Reiner, weelll, he had very limited experience with women, even though he’d proudly say that he had ample knowledge. Bertolt doubted that Reiner would come up with something helpful.
After the morning training, Sasha and Mikasa approached you. Sasha was cheerful as always, while Mikasa looked like her usual gloomy self. But you could sense an air of excitement around Mikasa as well.
You happily greeted them, ‘Okay, girls, tell me what you’re up to’.
Sasha squealed happily, ‘Ah, Scout Leader Y/N! How’d you know we’re up to something? It’s something good, I promise you!’
You smiled, ‘Okay, tell me, then I’ll judge whether it’s good or it’s simply just Sasha’.
Sasha pouted, ‘I don’t get what you mean’. She then continued cheerfully, ‘BUT! Never mind. Scout Leader, listen, we’ve been training sooooo hard for weeks, and as you said earlier, our performance was top-notch! So we need to reward ourselves. How about all of us girls go to the bath house and have a girls night out, what do you say?!!!’
‘Hmmm…’ You put your hand on your chin, pretending to think hard. You did plan to have Bertolt give you a sensual massage tonight, but the thought of going to the bath house to soak your tired muscle in the hot tub sounded so good at the moment.
Besides, you have all these girls who would be happy to scrub your skin raw so you could reward Bertolt with your supple and soft skin later. Oh, the thought of him caressing your clean skin made you shudder with desire.
Okay, Bertolt just have to wait, you thought.
‘Okay, I think this is an excellent idea. Let’s do this!’
Sasha jumped up and down in excitement. You could see Mikasa’s wide grin as she clapped her hands.
‘Gather the girls after training today. No need for us to have dinner here. We’ll eat out near the bath house, pamper ourselves, than have a warm drink afterwards. We go all out, my treat!’
You saw their eyes glimmering with happiness. Even Mikasa’s gloomy face was no longer there.
‘We love you, Scout Leader Y/N!!!’ Sasha screamed.
‘Bye succcckkkkeeerrrsss!!!’ Sasha jeered at the guys after the day’s training ended.
‘Hey! Where are you going?’ Connie asked curiously.
‘Scout Leader Y/N is treating us for dinner, bath, and warm drinks after this,’ Mikasa told them matter of factly.
Fuming, Connie said, ‘I didn’t hear anything like that! How come I’m not invited?’
Sasha sneered while doing a little dance, ‘It’s only us giiirls, boys not allowed! It’s girls’ night out!’
Connie pouted, ‘Not fair! I also want to go’.
Ymir suddenly joined in, ‘Bertolt, we have YOU to thank for this. Sasha came up with the idea to get some info about your be-lo-ved. Now, I get to SEE what’s the fuss about her that make you all jittery at the sight of her, ey ey ey?’ She teasingly winked at him.
Bertolt’s face turned crimson red as he knew about Ymir’s attraction to women. To think that she was going to feast her eyes on his girlfriend’s body made him feel territorial.
‘Now, now, now,’ Ymir told him smugly, ‘I won’t DO anything. I’ll only look. Though I’m sure I could make her so much happier compared to your inexperienced self’.
He had to control himself from fighting her. Him? Inexperienced? Ymir had no idea the way HE made Y/N convulse in pleasure whenever they made love.
‘Stop, Ymir, you’re making Bertolt uncomfortable,’ Christa reproached Ymir kindly.
‘Fine. I will still look, though,’ Ymir said stubbornly.
Jean, who had been listening to the conversation, felt uncomfortable at the thought of Y/N being violated by both Ymir and Bertolt. Besides, he saw Y/N as his older sister, so he couldn’t bear having her being objectified. He pulled Sasha to the side and told her, ‘You better get nee-chan as far away from Ymir as possible. Sacrifice Christa if you have to! If you don’t, I’ll stop giving you my share of crackers!’
‘Eh? Ehhh???!!!’ Sasha couldn’t say anything. Ymir was too intimidating, but she couldn’t stomach losing the crackers.
‘Let’s just go everyone. We don’t want Scout Leader Y/N waiting on us,’ Mikasa said flatly.
The girls went away happily, chatting animatedly.
The guys just look at them with jealousy.
‘I really want to go to,’ Connie said like a spoiled kid.
‘Maybe we should ask the Captain to treat us too!’ Reiner proposed in excitement.
‘Who? Captain Levi?’ Jean asked.
All of them fell silence. Imagining the scenario where they’d approach Levi with the idea.
‘I think he’d just work all of us to death the next day, saying that the only way to stretch our muscles is through more work,’ Reiner said.
‘Wash up in the stream?’ Connie joylessly proposed.
They all sighed and went to wash up in the cold river.
You and the girls, well, women actually – Mikasa, Sasha, Christa, Ymir – were comfortably full after eating some wild boar stew at the inn near the bath house.
All of you went to the changing area to take off your sweat stained clothes. The bath house provided towels to cover your body while inside the bath house and another to dry off afterwards. They also gave a pumice stone to scrub your body, a small bar of soap with the scent of your choice [you chose apple blossom], and some honey-based moisturising oil. You couldn’t wait to use them all!
As you took off your clothes, you felt someone’s stare at the back of your neck. You looked back and found Ymir still fully clothed, scanning you up and down, openly assessing your naked body.
She was clearly impressed as she said, ‘Now I can see why Bertolt is all jittery and act even more idiotic whenever you’re around. Damn!’
Sasha, who just covered herself in a towel, suddenly remembered Jean’s threat. She started to dance around in between you and Ymir.
‘A-ha-ha… Ymir, you need to change! You’re the only one still fully clothed,’ Sasha said in a sing-song voice.
Something about Ymir’s smugness made you want to tease her to submission.
‘It’s okay, Sasha,’ then you turned to Ymir and told her seductively, ‘Well, you can see all you want and, maybe, if I like what I see, I’ll let you scrub me raw’. You put your towel on your shoulder instead of covering yourself, flashing Ymir with a full frontal view of your naked body. Then you turned around, walked into the bath area with an exaggerated hip sway to make your plump ass move seductively.
You heard Ymir’s lustful sigh and smiled.
Once inside, you splashed some water on your head and body before you went into the hot room. You stayed there for a while and felt your tired muscles beginning to relax. Then you washed with cold water before you plunged into the first warm bath.
You sighed in comfort and closed your eyes.
You heard someone approaching and you saw Mikasa joining you.
‘Hot damn!’ You unintentionally blurted as you saw her.
Mikasa jolted in surprise. ‘Was it that hot, Scout Leader?’
‘Y- yea, you are,’ you said, embarrassed but honest.
‘Oh, right, yes. No! The water’s just the right warmth for relaxation. You, on the other hand, woof, damn. No wonder Jean’s crazy about you’.
At the mention of Jean’s name, you could see her cheek blushing pink.
Uww, what do we have here? You thought gleefully.
‘You’re too kind, Scout Leader,’ she said as she got into the bath and took her seat beside you.
‘Seriously, though. Thoughts on Jean?’
She blushed deeper. You knew it wasn’t the warmth of the water that caused that blush.
‘Well, he’s nice. Dependable,’ she said. She plunged deeper into the water, as if trying to hide her face.
‘Really? I thought he could be more of a hunk. It’s just that I can’t see that since I helped my mom to deliver him into the world. Then I’ve seen his snotty, stubborn face too often to take him seriously’.
Wow, way to go, Jean! There’s still hope for him, you thought.
Mikasa unexpectedly opened up to you, ‘when you see the snotty, stubborn boy grow into a handsome young man, how could you not see him in a different light?’
You knew she was no longer talking about Jean.
‘Emo boy???!’ You replied, appalled by the thought of Eren being handsome.
Mikasa went deeper into the water and blew some bubbles with her mouth.
Poor Jean, you thought. You know it’d be difficult to beat the childhood friend who was also one’s first love.
‘Weeeelll,’ You willed yourself to be nice, especially after she opened up to you a bit. ‘I’d say give it 2-3 more years, then maybe I could see what you’re talking about. Seeing his facial features, I’d say there’s some potential there’. Though you shuddered of the thought of ever finding that emo boy attractive.
You asked Mikasa, genuinely curious, ‘Do you think he sees you that way though? As a woman, not just a friend?’
Mikasa fell silent. Wistfully, she said, ‘What matters is my feelings. As long as he’s by my side, it’s enough for me’.
Ergh, this brat is too melancholic for her own good, you thought.
You wanted to promote Jean a bit, but then you saw Sasha, Christa and Ymir approaching.
‘What are you discussing about?’ Sasha asked cheerfully as she started to get into the bath.
‘Oh, nothing, just boy talk’. You knew how private Mikasa was, so you wanted to keep her secret.
Ymir groaned, ‘Argh, enough with boy talk already’.
‘Naw, just because you don’t want boys, doesn’t mean you can spoil our fun,’ you teased her.
‘Do you have any problem with my preference?’
‘Not at all. Should I show you how much I don’t have any problem with that?’ You gestured seductively for her to sit beside you.
She gulped, ‘Nope, I only have Christa in my heart!’
Christa looked at her, unsure of what was going on, ‘Ymir?’
‘We both know that who the heart wants may be different from who the body desires,’ you murmured seductively.
You saw her face flushed red as she started to breathe heavily. ‘I’m going to have a cold bath! Leave me be!’
‘Ymir!’ Christa called to her.
You laughed heartily, ‘Leave her be for a while, Christa, she’ll be back’.
‘You’re a bit mean,’ Mikasa muttered.
‘Okay, okay, I’m done teasing her. She’s been such a smart mouth ever since the first training, so I just want to tease her a bit. A cold plunge will do her good, Christa, don’t worry’.
You saw Christa took her seat in the warm bath and relaxed. Such a cute petite woman. No wonder men are hovering around her. She incited the manly urge to protect their delicate possession.
‘So Christa, any man on your mind?’
You saw a quick glance toward Mikasa before she looked down.
Oh, shit, you thought. What’s with the emo boy that made him so popular among the ladies. You just didn’t get it.
You didn’t want a fight to break loose, so you asked Sasha, ‘How about you, Sasha dear?’
‘Me?! I haven’t thought about that’.
‘Mh-hm, I’m happy with the way things are now. Maybe, if a man comes along and he could cook good food, maaaaaybe, I’d consider’.
‘Just as I thought,’ you smiled as you tousled her hair.
‘How about you, Scout Leader Y/N, why Bertolt?’ Christa asked timidly.
‘Yea, I never thought that you’d go for someone like Bertolt,’ Sasha added, bewildered.
Christa replied, ‘I thought Reiner would be more your type’.
‘R-Reiner???!!!’ You were appalled by the idea.
‘He’s strong, righteous, valiant. A great match to your strength,’ Christa said with admiration.
‘Uhm, is it more like a match to you?’ You asked teasingly.
You were taken aback by the overlapping love interests between your squad members. This is bad, you thought. If they started to fight, you’d be stuck in the middle.
Sasha excitedly joined in, ‘No, I think Commander Erwin is more fitting for Squad Leader Y/N!’
‘Wh- what? No!’ You retorted.
Ignoring you, Sasha said, ‘Imagine this! He’d be like, I will reclaim this titan territory and build a fortress for my love, Squad Leader Y/N, where she’d live like a queen! Then I’d put in 5 babies in her, all cute and plump like summer potatoes! Come at me, titans! Rarrrrr…!’
You just stared at her. You saw drool forming on the edges of her mouth.
‘Are you thinking about eating my plump children?’
‘Oh, they just look so golden and delicious, I can’t help it’.
You and Christa started to laugh.
‘I think the shortie is the most compatible with you. But he messed up. That fool!’ Mikasa said with spite.
The three of you were too startled to respond.
‘Now, now, girls, I appreciate your thoughts, but I truly think that Bertolt is the best for me’.
‘He may look timid and unsure of himself, but he’s actually very sweet and caring. He gave me such comfort that after a long, tiring training or a bad day after an expedition, I could just hug him and all the bad things just melt away. He fills up my heart.’
And my groin, you added in your head.
‘Nawwww…,’ Christa said dreamily.
‘How would you describe a perfect day with him, Scout Leader?’ Sasha said eagerly, happy to finally get the chance to dig for information.
‘Well, I’d love a day where we don’t have to sneak around,’ you said wistfully.
‘You’ve been sneaking around???’ Sasha asked innocently.
You kicked yourself in the head. They were not supposed to know that you and Bertolt had been having steamy sessions in the privacy of your bedroom.
‘I mean, if we can just be a couple without worrying that others may see or judge us. I know some people are whispering behind our back because of our rank difference, like I could be exploiting him or him trying to sleep his way up the career ladder. It’d be nice to just forget about that. Me in a pretty frilly dress and him in civilian clothes. Take walks, have coffee, make lo-, m-make breakfast, just do things that civilian couples take for granted’.
You’ve witnessed too much death and suffering that you yearned for a mundane life with your heart-warming man.
‘That actually sounds quite nice,’ Mikasa said.
‘What kind of breakfast would you make?’ Sasha added.
You tussled Sasha’s hair and invited them to go the scrubbing room.
Ymir was nowhere to be found. Sasha was relieved that she wouldn’t have to protect you from Ymir. There, you scrubbed each other’s back and then scrubbed your own skin raw. Then you washed with the heavenly aromatic soap.
Mikasa offered to wash your long hair and you gratefully accepted the offer. There was something about Mikasa and hair washing or hair braiding. She was not only good at treating you hair, but her touch was always comforting. Just like when your mom helped you with your hair back then. You guessed that maybe Mikasa was recreating the tender moments she had with her mom too. Truly, this gloomy girl seemed to give you comfort in her own way.
Then you plunged into the final warm bath to wash off the remaining grime and truly relax. Ymir came to join in silence. No one talked as each was focused on relaxing their body and mind. You dried yourself, applied the luxurious honey-based oil and put on clean clothes.
Everyone was too sleepy that you decided to call it a day and postpone the warm drink session. Bed was what everyone yearned for.
This story is part the "Detours to Your Heart" series, comprises of stories of your friendship and slow burn romance with Levi Ackerman. You build many interesting relationships with other AOT characters, such as ambiguous friendship/ romance with Hange Zoe, a whirlwind romance with Bertolt Hoover, sibling-like relationship with Jean Kirstein, and many more!
