Intro: This is a story that goes into the yuri pairing in the Strike Witches serie...

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Disclaimer: I do not own Strike Witches and all this is purely fan made


Operation Sphinx was a large joint operation in Africa participated by many witches and military personnels, notably the 31st Joint Fighter Squadron 'Afrika'.

It's the last night of Operation Sphinx. There was a big party on the bonfire, which is surrounded by every team's tents that formed a big circle area. Everyone made sure to have a good time since they all have to return to their own homes on the next day. However, there is one person that really wants to do something before going home tomorrow. But she never got the chance to throughout the party because she kept shying away at the last moment.

At the middle of the night in the tent of the 31st JFS, everyone was already asleep but one girl.

The girl in trouble was Sergeant Mami Inagaki.

She was flipping and turning as she was bothered about not doing it but think it's too late to do it.

Although her flip and turns were quiet, but her comrade who was next to her said to her quietly, "What's bothering you, Mami?"

Mami answered*, "Sorry. Did I woke you up, Ms. Raisa?" The comrade next to her was Ensign Raisa Pottgen, whom was also her good friend in the unit.

Raisa said*, "It's okay. So, what's troubling you?"

Mami said*, "It's about Charlotte..."

Raisa asked*, "You had another fight?"

Mami answered*, "No! But I've been wanting to tell her something... It's not anything important, but it's something personal. But I never got to because I kept shying out at the last second."

Raisa said*, "So that was why you were kind of jittery during the party. You like her?"

Mami blushingly answered*, "I guess you can say that... But we'll never see each other again once we leave tomorrow..."

Raisa said*, "Would you like to go outside and ease off your mind a bit before going to sleep? I'll go with you if you need me."

Mami said*, "I think I'll do that. You can go back to sleep, Ms. Raisa. I'll be fine by myself."

Mami got out of her sleeping bag quietly and went outside of the tent.

She went around to the back of the tents and look at the night sky of the endless desert. Then another person showed up by her side and said, "The desert can have some pretty nice views sometimes huh?"

Mami turned around and looked at the person and blushed instantly, it was Sergeant Charlotte Lueder.

Mami asked, "How long have you been up?"

Charlotte answered, "A few minutes ago, I was hanging around the bonfire in front of my tent when I saw you walk out of your tent."

Mami asked, "You can't sleep either?"

Charlotte said, "Yeah. It was a heated and victorious battle for all of us, but thinking that I won't be seeing everyone after today kept me awake so I decided to take a good look at this place one last time before we leave it behind."

Mami said, "Leave it behind huh... " She then got close to Charlotte's face and kissed her on the lips, much to Charlotte's surprise.

Mami said, "I've been wanting to express my feelings first before I leave this place..."

Then Charlotte embraced Mami and said, "I surely don't want to leave you behind... But there are family that I... No, WE want to protect, right?"

Mami said, "I love my unit more than anything... Which was why I came out here and prepared to leave this little crush behind, but I'm glad that I got to let you know in the end. Now I can go home without anymore regrets."

Charlotte said as she kissed Mami back, "Same here."

Then Charlotte let go of Mami and said, "Perhaps if our lives crossed path again in a Neuroi-free, peaceful future..."

"...Then we're meant to be together." Mami added to Charlotte's sentence with a smile.

They both held hands and walked around the entire units' tents and the surroundings to give a good look at this moment one last time before they finally separated and bid farewell to each other and went to bed.

The next morning, every single units returned to their homes or bases.

As the 31st JFS flying back to their home, Raisa asked Mami, "So, did you felt better after easing off your mind outside?"

Mami said, "Yeah! I actually got to confess after all! And we decided to let fate decide our future..."

Raisa said in surprise, "No way! What about being a pen pal?"

Mami said, "Both of our units move around a lot, so there's no way we'll be able to keep up with the addresses forever..."

Raisa said, "True... don't know how long would this "home" of ours would last."

Another comrade got close between the two and asked, "A confession? To who?"

"It's nothing! Lieutenant Marseille~" Mami said.

Lieutenant Hanna-Justina Marseille, the Star of Africa, said, "Who was it? Let me know too!"

Mami said, "It's a secret~"

Hanna said, "Come on, we're all family here!"

Mami said, "Family can have personal secrets too!"

"How about if I caught you, you share the secret?" Hanna suggested.

Mami answered, "No way! You'll always win no matter how fast I fly..."

Hanna said, "Come on~"

Mami replied, "No means no~"

Hanna kept on bothering Mami about it for the entire way back; Hanna gave up by the time they got home. Raisa and Mami talked a bit more about it later on the day.


Reference:

Mami - Sergeant (British: Sergeant) Mami Inagaki - member of the 31st JFS

Raisa - Ensign (British: Pilot Officer) Raisa Pottgen - member of the 31st JFS

Charlotte - Sergeant (British: Sergeant) Charlotte Lueder - private tank unit

Hanna - Lieutenant (British: Flying Officer) Hanna-Justina Marseille - member of the 31st JFS


Source:

Africa Doujinshi

31st Joint Fighter Squadron 'Afrika': A joint fighter squadron stationed in Africa


Author Comment: Brave Witches started, going on hiatus throughout the season to get new ideas.