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Misinterpretations

Miriallia glanced curiously at Neumann as he sat down beside her in the mess hall. Though he always seemed a bit quiet, the young pilot seemed especially withdrawn today. Miriallia frowned as she watched the officer stare blankly at his tray of food, gently prodding a piece of meat with his fork.

Leaning over towards the officer, Miriallia took the fork away and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Neumann stared at his empty hand for a second before turning to Miriallia. He opened his mouth as if to say something but changed his mind and returned to staring at the green tray.

"If there is anything wrong, I would gladly offer my assistance," Miriallia said kindly.

"I..." The officer blushed brightly and mumbled something incoherently.

"What is it?" The girl asked, irritably. Miriallia didn't have unlimited patience and the officer was really getting on her nerve. "Just spit it out!"

"Isawthecaptainandlieutenantkissingonthebridge!" Neumann blurted out.

"Um... pardon?"

Neumann took a deep breath before repeating, "I saw the Captain and Lieutenant kissing on the Bridge!"

"They..." Miriallia's eyes widened as the full meaning of the words finally hit her. "THEY DID WHAT?"

"Ouch!"

Miriallia fell, sprawled on the cool floor of the spaceship. The girl remained dazed for a few moments before realizing she had something important to do. Looking franically around for the person that had bumped into her, she spotted Kuzzey lying slumped on the floor beside her.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah," The slumped figure groaned.

Wincing slightly, Miriallia pushed herself off the floor and quickly offered a hand to boy. She was in a hurry. Smiling appreciatively, Kuzzey accepted the hand and slowly clambered onto his feet.

"Why are you in such a hurry, Mir?" he asked, rubbing his head.

"Something horrible just happened!" Miriallia gasped, dancing around impatiently as if she were standing on hot coals.

"What is it?"

The young woman hesitated before leaning over to Kuzzey and whispering, "The captain and Lieutenant were kissing the bridge."

Kuzzey scratched his head, glancing at Miriallia curiously. Perhaps he had heard wrong but he was quite sure that Miriallia just said that the Lieutenant and Captain were kissing the bridge. How was a person suppose to do that? He supposed that it was possible but the bridge was... well, it was awfully big... and hard... and cold. Not something he would want to kiss. Perhaps the Captain and Lieutenant had very distinct taste. Or perhaps they were showing how much they appreciated the ship. Kuzzey turned to ask Miriallia but she had already left in a rush.

"Hey, Sai!"

The young man looked up from his book as Kuzzey burst into the room. The dark haired boy was panting heavily as if he had just run a marathon. He leaned against the doorway, breathing heavily.

"What is it?" Sai asked, closing his book with a snap. He waited patiently for Kuzzey to regain his breath but was itching for the boy to leave so he could continue reading his book.

"Why would a person kiss the Bridge?" Kuzzey asked. He knew Sai was a very intelligent person and if he couldn't answer his question, no one could. That is why he ran straight to Sai's room after Miriallia had told him that the Captain and Lieutenant were kissing the Bridge.

"Kiss the Bridge?" Sai asked, completely baffled. He was sure he had heard Kuzzey ask him why a person would kiss the Bridge but decided that that was impossible. "Could you repeat the question?"

Kuzzey repeated the question, making sure that Sai heard every word loud and clear.

Sai took off his glasses, wiping them on his shirt. Finally, he placed it on his nose and looked back up at Kuzzey. "Who's kissing the bridge?"

"The Captain and Lieutenant," the boy replied.

Sai looked even more baffled than before, if that was even possible. The Captain and Lieutenant? Kissing the Bridge? Now, that did not make any sense at all! They were both very respected people.

"Who told you this?" Sai asked, making sure that Kuzzey had received the information from a reliable source.

"Miriallia."

Sai frowned. Miriallia wasn't a person who lied. He raked his fingers through his golden-brown hair, causing them to stick out awkwardly in different directions. He could not find a possible explanation at all for this and didn't like that at all.

"I have a theory," Sai said abruptly, getting onto his feet. "They were kissing the ship because they are lonely."

"Lonely?" repeated Kuzzey incredulously. "So... what should we do?"

"We should go over to the bridge right now and give the Captain and Lieutenant a big hug!" giggled Sai as he sprinted out the door with his arms spread open and headed towards the Bridge. Kuzzey stared after him for a moment and decided to follow suit, running down the hallway like a crazy maniac and giggling like a little school girl. After all, Sai was the smart one.

Little did they know that there was a figure standing hidden from view behind the door that had been listening to their entire conversation.

Kira Yamato frowned as he reviewed the information that he had just heard. He wondered aimlessly through the hallways, staring blankly at the ceiling. It was so quiet that Kira could even hear the lights humming softly above him. The silence allowed him to concentrate easily on trying to explain what he heard earlier outside of Sai's room. The young man continued to walk, but still couldn't quite understand.

"Omph!"

Kira snapped his attention back to what was happening in front of him and realized that he had just bumped into, none other than Natarle Badgiruel. She glared angrily at him, clearly displeased.

Just my luck, Kira thought as he stepped back.

"Would you pay attention to where you are going?" The female asked irritably. She was not in the mood to deal with incompetent teenagers, especially ones which stared idiotically at the ceiling while walking around.

"I'm so sorry," Kira said, apologetically. He glanced over at the officer, unsure of what to do.

"Just pay attention next time," Natarle said, giving Kira a long hard look. These teenagers did not belong here. They were all too young to experience the life of a soldier. Yet, there was no other choice. Already, she could tell that these young students have changed since they first boarded the ship, especially this one. Shaking her head, she turned to leave.

"Um... Miss Badgiruel?"

The onyx-haired woman paused. "What?"

Kira hesitated for a moment. Should he be telling the officer this? Well, if anyone needed to know, it would be the Ensign. "I heard this thing somewhere and..."

Natarle waited as patiently as she could for Kira to go on but the boy remained silent. Tapping her foot irritably, she asked, "Well?"

"Everyone is making a big deal about this thing, but I'm not sure why..."

"If you would tell me, maybe I could help you," the Ensign said impatiently.

"The Captain and Lieutenant were clipping their nails on the Bridge."

"Lieutenant!" Natarle shouted as she stormed into Mu's room. "I have been hearing things and I am very displeased! I thought that you would be more sensible than that."

The Lieutenant sat up in his bed, looking completely bewildered. It was the middle of the night, everybody should be in bed and yet there was this woman, Natarle Badgiruel, standing in front of his bed, yelling angrily. Seeing the Ensign, he grinned tiredly.

"What would you want in my room so late at night?" he asked, leaning back against the wall. "You have your own bed don't you?"

Natarle blushed brightly but managed to continued glaring at him. "You know very well what I want!"

Mu frowned for a moment, trying to think of something the Ensign might want from him. Seconds slowly ticked by and yet nothing came to mind. Suddenly, the Lieutenant's confused face lit up as he finally realized what Natarle was after.

"Oh, yeah," he said brightly, reaching under his bed. "How did you know?"

He grabbed the female's hand and placed in her palm a handful of many coloured gummy bears. Grinning brightly, Mu leaned back against the wall as he watched Natarle's shocked expression.

"That was the last of the gummy bears on the ship! How did you know I stole the last bag?" He asked, scratching his head.

"I... what?" Natarle asked, dumbfounded. She stared at the gummy bears in her hand and then back at Mu. "Thank you -- Wait a minute! That wasn't what I came in here for!"

"Oh?" Mu was completely lost now. If that wasn't what she wanted, then he had no idea what Natarle was here for. "Do you want a bed time story?"

It looked like Natarle wanted to rip her hair out of but thought better of it. "Listen La Flaga, you are a leading example to the other officers and it is expected that you act like one too. If you want to cut you nails, do it in your room --not on the bridge. Secondly, you have to clean up after yourself. If I find any of your nail clippings on the Bridge, I will..."

Mu stared blankly at Natarle as she continued to babble on and on. What in the world was she talking about?

"Hey Murrue!"

The Captain turned around and saw Mu running towards her and shouting like a crazy maniac. Naturally, when someone is running towards you like a crazy maniac, you turn around and run. She learned that the hard way earlier today when Sai and Kuzzey jumped on her when she was commanding from her chair on the Bridge. The chair was flattened and for the rest of the trip, she would have to command the crew standing up on the floor --with no seat belt either. She took a step back but was stopped when the Lieutenant enveloped her into a bear-like hug.

"Hey, let go of me!" protested the Captain, her eyes wide with shock. "What in the world do you think you are doing?"

"I didn't know you were that eager," Mu said happily, still clinging on to Murrue.

"What? What's happening?"

"I didn't know until Badgiruel stormed into my room, demanding that I take responsibility for my actions!" Mu grinned, ruffling the Captain's silky cinnamon coloured hair.

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"I mean it was only one kiss."

"Mu, tell me right now, what is happening right now!" Murrue demanded sternly as she continued to try pulling away from Mu's hug but the Lieutenant only held on tighter. What did Natarle say to make Mu act like this?

"We're getting married!"

THE END

Author's Note: Please forgive me if the story wasn't very accurate and if the people were out of character. I know Natarle wasn't there when Mu kissed Murrue but I thought it would have been fun to add it in.