A Marine and His Experience with Tankery

Season 1, Ep 7: Aftermath and Reconsiderations

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*insert Japan Sensha Do Federation opening

Dededo, Guam, a few hours after An and Miho fell asleep next to each other

An's POV:

I slowly begin to wake up from the, well, peaceful slumber of sleep. When I woke up though, I saw that almost everyone, including McPearson and Maho, were looking at us and secretly taking pictures of me and Miho sleeping together.

HSAW infantrymen and crewmembers, TIAW, Kuromorimine, and Ooarai crewmembers: Dương and Miho sitting under a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G!

I felt my cheeks heat up when they said that. Luckily for me, Miho was still asleep on my shoulder.

Hưng: Có bạn gái rồi hả tư lệnh? (Already got yourself a girlfriend?) (he chuckles)

Me: KHÔNG! (NOPE!)

Hưng: Tư lệnh đỗi rồi hả? (Commander, are you getting salty?)

McPearson: You can keep denying yourself that, Commander. We all know it's true, even Commander Briggs here.

Briggs: Saw it all with my very own eyes. Nice moves, Commander.

Me: And how are things going between you and Maho, hm? Did any both of you confess to the other yet?

As soon as I said that, McPearson and Maho's cheeks both went red.

Me: See, told you McPearson, it isn't just me.

McPearson: Shut up.

Me: Ha! Like that's going to stop me from teasing you as well.

Just then, everyone went back to doing what they were doing while Maho and McPearson came back into the T-15 Armata to talk about something.

Maho (IJ): Commander Dương, Vice-Commander McPearson, I need to talk to both of you and Miho something. Dương, can you please wake my Imouto awake.

Me (IJ): Okay.

I then tap Miho gently on her shoulder.

Me (IJ, whispering): Miho, it's time for you to wake up. Your sister needs to talk to you about something.

Miho (IJ and still dreaming): -I love you, Dương.

Okay, that was something I was not expecting as I felt my cheeks burn again in embarrassment.

Me (IJ, whispering): Miho, it's time to wake up now.

Miho (IJ) (slowly wakes up and yawns): What's happening?

Me (IJ): Your sister wants to talk to me, McPearson, and you about something.

Miho (IJ): Okay. Maho, what were you about to say?

Maho (IJ) (sighs): Fighting against you guys gave me a realization I had never experienced before. Normally I would just follow the orders from the Kuromorimine high command to the letter and beginning this match, I was determined to win it so that you guys (points at me and McPearson) can stop the heresy known as American Tankery and boys participating in it, as according to the Mishizumi style. But after fighting with the HSAW and TIAW, I see that my ways might be in the wrong direction. The fact that you boys didn't take us prisoners was consideration enough to doubt that the Federation had right intentions all along.

Miho (IJ): I'm also starting to see that side too. Much like my sister, and when I was at Kuromorimine, I was taught to keep the Nishizumi style sacred. Even into my Ooarai years, I would still follow that order of code, thinking that the heresy of boys was a shame to Sensha Do, though now, as Maho stated, this is different. We've seen you boys show compassion when you aren't fighting, by not taking us prisoners, and Dương here (she blushes) helping me when I got a broken leg from his RPG round. When I looked into his face, he looked very sorry about it. That was what opened my eyes to the other side. They weren't fighting to try to shame us, they were just fighting to protect their sport, just like when we at Ooarai fought the All-Stars University Team, even after they just came out of war.