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Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury #1 “The Witch and the Bride”

Nicknames back home? "Um... Someone called me Mercurian Miss, and Miss Miorine used to call me "idiot" a lot, does that count?" It didn't happen as often these days. That was more before their reconciliation prior to the Plant Quetta incident.

"Uh, yeah, we don't have to talk about that. Anyway. I'm Thomas, Andrew's boyfriend." He really didn't expect anyone else to be on the shore with him as everyone got ready to go fishing. He had his charcoals with him, fingers itching after hearing about-

"You heard about this ghost fish?"

If he'd been seeing someone, then being forced to be an eligible bachelor for Miorine must have been even more awkward than she'd first assumed. It was awkward for her and she was Miorine's actual fiancée! "Nice to meet you too...!"

Thankfully he changed the subject before she could let that slip out!

"It is, and while nobody else knows our history, debuts are quite important-" she nearly trips literally as she stumbles over her words, with Suletta getting on one knee. They were already engaged, but she felt her heart skip a few beats, the blood rush back to her face and up to her ears, and heard her voice start sputtering-

And then Suletta got up, and was back to her normal self. Well-trained, she followed Suletta onto the dance floor properly.

"Of course, you're more a knight than a prince, anyway." Particularly with how they met.

She just thought the idea of a knight and a princess was romantic! She'd seen it in a lot of shows!

Honestly though, she wasn't sure why it mattered if they made a big debut. But it was something that Miorine seemed to care about, so she was going to do her utmost! "Hehe! Do you think so? You should have seen me when I dueled Mister Guel with a rapier! I bet I looked really cool and knightly!" Suletta's smile was a little silly, but she liked the idea of looking cool. More so if she could look cool for her fiancée!

When asked about dancing, Suletta paused for a moment. "W-Well... Imayhavebeentakinglessonsinsecret..." She was worried Miorine might be mad that she hadn't told her and she ended out blurting the whole reveal at once instead of presenting it in a cooler fashion like she had planned! That didn't stop her from taking Miorine's hands and pulling her close, though.

Andrew really tries to listen to the teacher’s lecture about how to identify different types of pine trees. About its medicinal uses. About how they should only harvest resin from trees that have already fallen, and about how the winter storms make this a perfect time of year for collecting the sap... But he’s too anxious, shifting from side to side nervously.

He thought there would be a spare handful of people in this class. As soon as more attendants than that arrive, Andrew starts to break down. Even now, he can see some of his classmates looking at him indiscreetly, wondering what his story is, no doubt. But Andrew doesn’t have a story to tell them, not one he’s willing to share at least.

When the teacher tells them to try to collect pine pitch by themselves, Andrew nearly panics until he sees a familiar mop of bright red hair. Breathing a small sigh of relief, he goes to the fallen tree Suletta is standing next to, scraping the dried resin off a broken branch with a knife.

“...I didn’t think anyone I knew would be here.” Andrew starts the conversation hesitantly. He tells his rabbiting heart to ‘calm down, it’s just Suletta—we know Suletta’ but it refuses to cooperate. It feels like there’s more pine sap in his throat than the jar he’s been scraping it off into—and with Andrew’s new anatomy, maybe there is.

Forcing out more words past the lump in his throat, Andrew tries again. “...Have you two started planning the wedding yet?”

She didn't really know what pine trees were good for. They definitely didn't have them on Mercury, and she'd never been to Earth even if she wanted to live there with Miorine someday. Her time in Spirale was the closest experience she'd had... assuming it was Earth, anyways. So, she'd been trying to learn as much as she could!

The pilot squeaked when she was approached outside. She'd been so fixated on the lesson that she hadn't been paying attention to who else was in attendance. "O-Oh! It's Mister Andrew!" She bowed apologetically while dressed in a fluffy coat and snow pants. "Mhm! I was wondering if pine might be useful to GUND ARM INC! W-Well, I'm not sure if it really is, but it's still good to learn new things!"

She fiddled with her own jar when he brought up the wedding, but clearly almost dropped it the moment the topic came up. "O-Oh! Well... Haha... I guess it's still a little strange to be thinking about planning one, e-even though I'm the one..." That ended up proposing in the end. "Miss Miorine is busy getting things ready for her company, so I didn't want to feel like I'm being too pushy..."