Coming Out of Her Shell (Darjeeling, Girls und Panzer)

The Strategy...

Authors note: The picture above is of a different battle but is representative of the plan.

After walking back to his cabin James entered and flopped down on his bed.

"I still can't believe it~" he mused to himself as he drifted off to sleep...

---Darjeeling POV---

Darjeeling slowly walked over to her bed, her legs feeling shaky after what she'd just done. She let herself fall onto the bed and slipped off her boots.

"I actually did it~" she whispered to herself.

Just as she was getting more relaxed and her mind began to clear up and her heart stop racing, she was shocked to hear a loud knock on her door.

She quickly rose to her feet and answered it...

"Heeey Darjeeling~" Rosehip yelled as she ran into the room, Assam and Orange Pekoe following quietly behind her.

"Hello everyone" Darjeeling responded, with a confused expression, "now may I ask why you are all here?"

"We're here to find out how your date went!" Rosehip responded with a smile.

"It wasn't a da-" Darjeeling started, cutting herself off as she remembered what had happened, maybe it was a date...

"So how did it go?" Orange Pekoe asked tentatively, with a curious expression on her face. "Did he act like a gentleman?"

"Ah..." Darjeeling struggled to decide what to say, although they were her friends and she trusted them, telling them was still embarrassing for her.

"Come on! How was it?" Rosehip asked with urgency in her voice.

"I too would like to know" Assam added.

Darjeeling sighed and closed her eyes, looking down at her feet, thinking how to respond.

"I... I really liked it..." Darjeeling muttered under her breathe, her face heating up.

All three of the girls smiled to each other upon hearing this, "What was that commander?~" Rosehip joked, pretending she couldn't hear her.

"I... I really enjoyed going on a date with him!" Darjeeling said in an elevated voice...

All three of the girls stood around her silently with surprised expressions, before Rosehip broke the silence.

"I knew you would~"

Assam and Orange Pekoe chuckled at Rosehip's comment and at how Darjeeling looked when she was flustered.

"Congratulations Darjeeling" Assam said with a smile.

"I'm so happy for you" Orange Pekoe added.

"Thank you" Darjeeling responded, choosing to leave the fact the she had kissed him for another time...

---Timeskip James POV---

As James awoke he noticed he had received a text from Assam which read, "We told Darjeeling you'd come up with some kind of plan to show her for the match that is in a couple of days. We thought this would be a good excuse for you two to hang out again."

"Really?..." He muttered to himself with an exasperated expression, moving to his computer to notice Assam had sent him heaps of information about the upcoming match and the place in which it was going to happen.

"Good luck" Assam then added, causing James to chuckle.

---Timeskip---

"Okay so here is what I'm thinking. Since this battle will take place in a town, we shall use the unique terrain as best be can. Our opponent, Pravda has lots of both medium and heavier tanks which they like to use in massed formations. This works to our advantage as we can lure then into a trap down the main road of the town. We will position ourselves at one end and bait them to come towards us, due to its size this road is the only place they can attack us with large numbers at once so they should take the bait. While our heavy and resilient tanks such as Darjeeling's Churchill and the Matilda's hold the center at our end. Our lighter and faster tanks, like Rosehip's Crusader and our Cromwell's will move around the flanks and encircle our opponents on the main road." James sent to Assam, who responded rather quickly...

"This is very well put together, I think Darjeeling will be very proud of you"

"I don't know about that" James responded."Don't worry, she'll appreciate anything you create" Assam then replied, smiling to herself as she sent the message.