Niccosasha

"Son... I understand you did a lot for my daughter..."

- Mr Braus about Sasha to Niccolo

Niccosasha is the het ship between Niccolo and Sasha Braus from the Attack on Titan fandom.

Canon
Niccolo at first disliked Sasha due to her being Eldian as he was Marleyan. The people of Marley are taught that Eldians are devils and to fear Paradis Island which he believed in until he met Sasha.

The two are first introduced together in a flashback after Sasha's death. Niccolo is seen cooking seafood. At first the others were hesitant to eat it, since they've never seen seafood before. Sasha suddenly starts inhaling a lobster, sobbing and telling Niccolo that he's a genius. Despite the fact that Niccolo said Eldians are not free to eat it, Sasha is amazed by the new foods. Niccolo is taken back by her genuine compliment, and blushes. But he tells her to have some manners, and to eat more slowly since there is plenty more left. (it is implied that he falls for her at this moment.)

Because of Sasha's compliment, Niccolo would use her feelings as a belief where his cooking can bring happiness to the people. He also claimed that Sasha saved him from the war between Marley and Eldia.

After hearing the news when Sasha died, Niccolo went to go visit her grave but eventually gets harassed by the Military Police as he was Marleyan. Jean and Connie stand up for Niccolo, and Connie thanks Niccolo for cooking food for Sasha as she enjoyed it a lot. After paying his respect towards Sasha, her family arrives, and Niccolo offers to cook a meal for them as a way of respect. Sasha's father also realized that Niccolo was the one who looked after Sasha which most likely proves that Sasha talked about Niccolo to her family.

When Niccolo finds out that Gabi was the one who killed Sasha, he tries to kill her. He is shown enraged and even trying to attack her with a glass bottle. He tells Sasha's father to kill her, handing him a knife. (Mr. Braus ends up not doing it)

Chapters later, another Marleyan prisoner starts to call Niccolo a traitor for siding with the 'devils' as well for falling head over heels for Sasha. He begins to insult Sasha which makes Niccolo become angry. Jean tries to hold him back as Niccolo was threatening to kill him for offensively talking about Sasha. Griez eventually calls Sasha a 'whore' and then is later shot by Yelena in which Niccolo acts shocked.

While it is unknown if Sasha had any feelings towards Niccolo, the answer is most likely yes since the two were so close that even Kaya (a girl Sasha saved) believed Sasha and Niccolo were dating/in love.

Quotes
"I had someone important to me once, too! That's right...! An Eldian!! A descendant of devils!! But...she enjoyed my food more than anyone I'd met before...She saved me from this stupid, worthless war...She showed me who I was meant to be. Someone who brings people happiness through his food. That was Sasha Braus. The woman whose life you took."

- Niccolo describing Sasha to Gabi

Fanon
Most fans who see Sasha and Connie as a friendship more than romantically usually ship Nicosasha. The fan works amongst this ship are usually Sasha and Niccolo cooking together as both are known to be something involved with food. As well there would be fan art where Niccolo takes care of Sasha by cooking her favorite meals or Niccolo teaching Sasha how to cook different types of meals.

Although it's unknown if Sasha had feelings for Niccolo, most of the manga panels heavily hint that Niccolo had feelings for Sasha as the way he talked about Sasha and how she saved him. But it's known that Sasha most likely talked about Niccolo to her family as her father asked Niccolo if he was the one taking care of his daughter and cooking meals, as well the scouts understood how important Sasha was to Niccolo. In the anime, Niccolo brings white roses to Sasha's grave and white roses usually represents "young love and enteral loyalty" as well for everlasting love which most likely representatives at the end Niccolo truly loved Sasha. In the flower boutique of white roses there were twenty four roses which usually means "I will always keep you in my heart."

Nicosasha is the most popular ship for Niccolo but this ship currently rivals Springles. Most non-fans might oppose this ship due to Niccolo's racism against Eldians, however Marelyans were taught about the bad about Eldians instead said in the storyline. Niccolo was also shown to soften up to the Eldians after becoming close friends with Sasha.

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 * Both of their birthdays are three days apart from each other, with Niccolo's birthday being on July 23rd and Sasha's on July 26th.
 * As well it's possible they're the same age or a few years apart as it's said Niccolo is in his early 20s, while Sasha is 20 years old.
 * In the 3 year time-skip after the Battle of Heaven and Earth, Niccolo is still seen with the Braus family.