I do not own Girls und Panzer in any form. This is a work of fanfiction.

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Yukari had always looked up to Miho, not only as a friend but also as a leader and as an inspiration. She was beyond overjoyed when she joined the tankery team with her. Yukari knew there was something else that she liked about her tankery teammate, but she didn't know just what. She wrote nightly about it in her diary. Everyone had made assumptions about her feelings, but out of respect for her, they didn't say anything to Miho.

She started feeling more attracted to Miho during the match against Pravda in the snow. She wasn't attracted in simply the physical way, although she did feel something physical for her. She admired her resolve, not wanting to quit but also for pepping up the teams with the anglerfish dance and spurring everyone on to victory. She felt as though she wanted to be even closer to her idol because Miho put her friends first and she loved that kind of selflessness.

Yukari was up late one night, writing in her diary again. 'Today, Nishizumi San took a punishment for a first year student who hadn't done anything wrong herself. The girl was blamed for something nobody had even done, and Nishizumi San took her punishment. She's so selfless. No wonder everyone likes her. I know I do u. I hope she'll return my feelings.' She finished that thought with a sigh. "I think that's enough for tonight." She said to herself quietly as she closed her diary. She should've made sure it was locked before she slipped it into her bag.

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The next day, everyone was gathered in the locker room near the tank hangar, getting dressed before practice. Yukari sat her bag down on the bench while she dressed for the day, unaware that her diary had slipped out and fell under the bench, laying open. After everyone was dressed, they headed out to the hangar to perform checks, reload and refuel their tanks. Miho ran back to grab her canteen and looked down to see the diary laying open. She bent down to grab it, hoping to see whose it was so she could return it. She saw her name and figured that since it was about her, maybe it wouldn't hurt to just glance at the page it was open to. She read the nice things that were written about her, and how it seemed that the author had a bit of a crush on her. "Awh, someone likes me." She said as she picked it up and closed it. That's when she saw the name of the owner, which was Yukari. "Oh. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. She's a nice girl. I think I'll have a word with her after practice today. I'll return this to her, though." Miho finished, locking the diary before grabbing her canteen and heading out.

Once she joined up with everyone in the hangar, she walked up to Yukari and gave her back the diary. "I guess this slipped out of your bag. Saw it under the bench." Miho said with a smile.

"Thanks, Nishizumi San. I think I'd just about die if someone read this." Yukari chuckled as she put the diary in her pocket.

The whole time during practice, Miho had what Yukari had written in the back of her mind, but she didn't lose focus. That would occasionally glance at her, and Miho would look at her from time to time as well. Yukari was unaware that Miho had seen one of the pages inside her personal book.

Miho saw through the commander's periscope what some of the other teams looked like they were trying to do and ordered the tank into the treeline where she was planning on setting up an ambush. Once the tank was safely in cover, everyone jumped out and started covering the Panzer with branches and leaves. Once the Panzer was covered, everyone got back in to wait for their prey to roll right into their sights. Everyone opened a little snack to pass the time. Yukari also took the time to write more in her diary. 'Nishizumi San gave my diary back to me. Whew. I would've had an awful lot of explaining to do if she found out about my feelings.'

Waiting patiently paid off for the Panzer crew. The high profile of the M3 Lee was giving away its position as it drove down the path across from where the Panzer lied in wait. Once the moment was just right, Hana squeezed the trigger and sent a round hurdling toward the M3. The round struck and the white flag popped up as the tank rolled to a stop. They decided to displace, so as to not leave themselves exposed to fire from any of the remaining tanks.

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After practice was finished for the day, all of the crews parked their tanks in the hangar and headed back to the locker room. Everyone showered up and changed back into their regular attire, and everyone except Yukari and Miho had left. Yukari walked over to Miho to thank her. "Nishizumi San, I can't thank you enough." Yukari started as she bowed. "I can't imagine what would've happened if a gossip had seen what's in here."

"Actually, there's something I needed to talk to you about." Miho responded.

"What's up?"

"I feel kind of bad about this. Your diary was open when I picked it up, and I caught a glance of some of what was written." Miho bowed in apology. "I'm so sorry for that."

Yukari felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest. "Um... What exactly did you see?"

"Nice things about me. Thanks, by the way."

"Thanks for what? I don't think I did anything special."

"Don't be modest. I only saw the one page, and you seem to really like me. If you had feelings, you could've told me."

"But... I didn't want you to think..."

"Think what? If you like me, you like me. I already like you as a friend, and we've gotten really close thanks to tankery."

Yukari didn't know what to make of this response. She couldn't tell if Miho was putting her in the friend zone or if she was going to go the other way. "I suppose we have gotten rather close. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. I didn't want you to find out like this."

"Again, I'm sorry for reading what I did. It'll never happen again. Can you forgive me?" Miho asked as she took Yukari's hands.

Yukari started thinking that it might be going her way after all. "There's nothing to forgive, since I was going to tell you eventually."

"You sure? I mean, if we're going to be dating, I want to be straight up about everything."

"Yes, I'm sure. I didn't..." Yukari stopped on a dime. "W-what did you just say?"

"If we're going to be a couple, you know dating and all, I think we should be open and honest."

"You mean... You'll" Yukari started, but Miho put a finger over her mouth.

"Be your girlfriend? Yes. Just please, tell me you'll forgive me. I don't want to feel bad going into this."

Yukari could barely manage to get the words out, knowing that Miho was indeed returning her feelings. "Okay, I'll forgive you."

Miho wrapped her arms around Yukari and gave her a warm, loving hug to start things off. "From now on, you can tell me everything."

Yukari looked at her diary and slipped it into her bag. "I promise, I'll tell you everything. Now... Would it be too soon to ask for a kiss?"

"Yes. I don't kiss until after the first date."

"Okay. Next time we make landfall, let's go out. Okay?"

"Sounds good!"