For safety reasons, the love making scene will take place off-screen or off-panel, but noises such as moaning and movement will be seen in short parts. In short, this is not an NSFW story. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Sumeragi, Tieria and Anew are watching Setsuna from the monitor while he was recovering in the sick bay. "How's Setsuna's condition?" "We're seeing more regeneration defects in the cells around his shoulder injury." "The effects of pseudo GN Particles." "However, they seem to be spreading extremely slowly. This is very different from Mr. Lasse's condition. It means something to suppress the damage."

"I see. Then where's Reina?" "I gave her permission to see Setsuna while he's recovering. I think she wanted to tell him something, something that she's been keeping inside of her." Tieria then thinks about what Anew said to Sumeragi earlier. 'Times like this, I wish I could access Veda.'

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Reina is walking down the hallway of Ptolemy to the sick bay where Setsuna is recovering from his shoulder injury. 'Setsuna, why were you so reckless? Why?'

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As he is lying in the recovery pod, Setsuna begins to think over about what happened and right now. 'This is a scheme by Ali al-Saachez, no, by the Innovators who want to get their hands on 00.' He then remembers his confrontation with Ali and Ribbons back in Krugis. 'Which means, they don't have any information on the Twin Drive. My Gundam is our trump card.' But then he heard the door to the sick bay open with someone walking in.

"Setsuna?" He turned his to see who it was and he saw Reina thee, looking down at him with a smile on her face. "What's wrong, Reina?" She then begins to sit down as she faced him. "Nothing much, why?" "Well you came in here wanting to talk to me. Is that right?"

"Yeah, I do. But there's something else I needed to tell you about." "I see. So there's something else then?" "Mm-hmm." "I got the feeling the Innovators wanted to get their hands on 00 and they didn't have any information on the Twin Drive, now I know what." "Yeah, about that."

"I mean my Gundam is our one and only trump card." "Yep. And so is my Gundam. We'll always fight with you, Setsuna." "I know that, Reina. I know." Reina then looks down sadly. "You know, my heart felt weird about something. It didn't seem right for me to have this feeling. I'm alive because of what you did and because of me, you were shot in the shoulder by Ali al-Saachez. It felt like... like he was trying to take you away from me, I guess."

But Setsuna gave her a reassuring smile. "Reina, whatever happen to me happened. So, don't go blaming yourself about it. I don't have any regrets because in the end, because I'm where I'm supposed to be... with you and everyone in Celestial Being." Reina was taken aback by it, but she smiled at him.

"After you and I were in hiding for four years, you're still a smooth talker." "Oh.. I am?" She then stands up and smiled at him. "I get what you're saying, Setsuna. But before you came along and saved me, I thought I'd always be alone in life. And here I am as a Gundam Meister for Celestial Being. You made that possible, so thank you."

Setsuna then begins to think back at what she said. 'She said "thank you". But I don't understand what for.' But Reina noticed that something is off with him. "Setsuna? Are you okay?" "Yeah." "I shouldn't have sprung this on you, it's a lot to process." She then walked towards the door as it opens before she turned around and face him. "Well, I'll see you soon." "Yeah. See you soon." She then leaves so Setsuna could recover.

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As she walks down the hallway, Reina's mind begins to wonder about her feelings toward Setsuna. 'Why didn't Setsuna notice that I love him? I mean, he stated that he was never in love with the Azadistan princess, Marina Ismail. So why didn't he notice that I was in love with him?' She then continues down the hallway.

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Setsuna is now seen in his quarters as he stared at the bullet wound on his shoulder that is already starting to heal. He then heard the door knock. "Setsuna." He then turn to the door after he heard her voice. "Reina?" He passed for a brief moment before he noticed something.

"Oh, right. You wanted to talk to me more, huh? Okay, come on in." He then turned back to where he was facing as Reina enters his quarters. As the door closes, she started locking it so that no one can come in. As Setsuna was looking at his shoulder injury, Reina started removing her red jacket and her brown gloves before taking her boots off, making them float around due to a lack of gravity.

She then unzipped her red shirt and tossed it aside before removing her undershirt, leaving her only in her bra. As Setsuna was staring at his wound, he felt a pair of arms wrap around his bare waist and a head resting on his bare back, causing him to let out a surprised gasp. He suddenly felt a bit tensed at the moment when Reina was behind him almost bare.

"Um, Reina?" "Tell me, Setsuna. I need to know: Why are you trying to protect me?" Setsuna was taken aback by her question, but slowly resolves this moment. "Because I... I belong with you. I want to be by your side. I'm protecting you because I need you. Life without you isn't something I can imagine."

"Do you mean I'm like family to you? Or do you mean... you want to be with me as a girl?" Setsuna was a bit surprised by this, but smiled at her question. "Reina, what I mean is I'm in love with you." Reina then gasped and then smile at this.

'He really does love me.' Her grip on his waist then tightened. "Then, make love to me." Setsuna was surprised by her words before he turned to see Reina in nothing but her bra while her clothes float around the room. "Or maybe... maybe I'm too impure for you. Just look at me. I know I am. I simply stepped inside your room and I'm overwhelmed with desire. What's wrong with me? Even after you were injured, I can't stop worrying about you. I... I can't worry about anything but you, Setsuna. I'm so... so disgusting!"

Tears started to form in her eyes as Setsuna raised a hand and touched her cheek gently before wiping a tear away with his thumb. "No you're not. You're not disgusting at all. You're beautiful, Reina." She then smiled at him. "Oh, Setsuna." The two then locked lips for a bit before pulling away. But they leaned in again and kissed each other hard their tongues enter each other's mouths as Setsuna wrapped his arms around her and Reina wrapped her arms around him before they fall onto the bed passionately.

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Clothes are seen floating around the room as moaning noises are heard throughout. Movement can also be heard as they made love with sweat covering their bodies. Reina was on top of Setsuna as her hand went down his arm and grasped his hand in hers.

"I... I couldn't take it. I got so scared. When I heard that you were shot in the shoulder by Ali al-Saachez, I thought... I was afraid he was going to take you away from me...!" Tears started to fall but floated around as Setsuna was shocked to see her face covered in tears as she was crying and sobbing.

He knew that he hated to see her cry like that as he sat up and embraced her lovingly, holding her in his arms. "I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm sorry." Her eyes widened at his words before she wrapped her arms around his neck as she embraced him with a smile. "Ah, Setsuna." He smiled back when he saw the scars on her back that were slowly but surely fading away.

He felt tensed at this before his grip on Reina began to tighten. "Reina." She looked at him for a bit but couldn't help but smile at him before she returned to her embrace on him. "I love you Setsuna, so much."

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After their love making, Setsuna and Reina are seen under the covers as sweat covered their bodies. Her head was resting on his chest while his arm was wrapped around her waist, holding her close to him. "Setsuna?" "Hmm?" "Are you sure you'll continue to fight again while protecting me?" "Yeah." "I see..." She then sat up while holding the blanket up to her chest. He saw her like that as he sat up to look at her.

"What's wrong?" She faced him before she looked away with a blush. "Well it's just..." "It's just what?" "It's just that... I wish... I wish I could have been reborn as your heart, Setsuna. Then I'd always be with you, wherever you went. And I die when you died."

"But then we wouldn't be able to kiss, now would we?" Setsuna raised his hand and pulled Reina into a kiss. Their tongues started dancing in each other's mouths before his tongue won and entered her mouth. She moaned a bit before pulling away with a string of saliva connecting their lips.

"Reina, if we win this battle against the A-Laws and the Innovators, I'll come back for you. So that we can share a future together." Reina's eyes widen in shock at his statement. "Are you saying that you're trying to propose to me?" He slowly nodded at her. "That's right. So Reina Hozumi, will you marry me?"

With his words pulling at her heartstrings, tears started to form from her eyes before she pushed him down onto the bed with her arms wrapped around his neck. "I will... I will marry you, Setsuna F. Seiei." He smiled at her before he held her close to him, holding her in his arms as they lie there.

'I'm glad, Reina. Thank you.'

'I love you, Setsuna.'

Reminder, that the love making scene took place off-screen or off-panel, but noises such as moaning and movement was seen in short parts. Reminder, it is not an NSFW story. We apologize again for the inconvenience.