Getting Married Without My Badge

Noah was angry.

‘Were my conditions that difficult?’

The two hands that were about to grab the man in front of her by the collar were trembling in the rage.

She was angry and upset.

“…My condition.”

And she was sad.

“Did it sound funny?”

She tried to be as calm as possible, but Noah raised her voice without realizing it. The members of the special unit nearby were amazed.

In the midst of that, Ami and Hornes slowly got up.

“Was it that difficult?”

“Captain Bello.”

“So in this way…!”

“Noah!”

Ami hurriedly intervened.

“…Captain Bello.”

Ami, who had just called out her name, blinked at the beach.

“There are many eyes looking.”

The military police had not yet left.

They also began to look, perhaps feeling an unusual atmosphere.

“Let’s go back to headquarters and talk.”

“We will clean up the captain’s private ship.”

“We will follow you later.”

The members of the special unit sent the two of them back first.

However, the atmosphere between Noah and Leto became even more awkward to the extent that the crew’s consideration was negligible.

Even breathing was noticeable.

The two did not speak a word until they returned to the command room at headquarters in the military vehicle. Read only at pm tl.

“…First of all.”

Still, it was Leto who opened his mouth first.

“Captain Bello.”

Leto was the first to say what he had to say as a superior.

“Where did you learn to move freely without your supervisor’s orders?”

“Sorry.”

“I didn’t know the day would come when I would have to inform an active-duty soldier, who was neither a cadet nor a child, that the use of weapons without permission is a military offense.”

“I will be punished according to the procedure.”

Noah admitted her mistake. But there was no sign of remorse.

“…”

Leto, who was about to say something at the sight, finally only moved his lips.

And he sighed in exhaustion.

“…Do you have any injuries?”

“I’m fine.”

“Don’t let this happen again.”

“I’ll be careful.”

“Great.”

The conversation between them ended like that.

“…”

“…”

Now it was the turn to open up to each other with the rank badge removed.

They both had a story to share.

But no one spoke.

No, actually, they both knew who was going to speak first.

“…”

That party wiggled their interlaced fingers incessantly.

“…I know you’re angry.”

Leto’s voice, having managed to speak up, was completely different from what it had been before.

“But I don’t think I’m sorry.”

Being scared and intimidated, he was self-conscious about the way he talked.

Like a child on the verge of being scolded.

“Why aren’t you sorry?”

What a load of crap to say out loud.

Noah asked, suppressing her anger.

“Because I could handle it quietly.”

“Why did you want to end it quietly?”

“I was careful because I was looking for an insider traitor. If it leaks out after notifying it here and there for nothing, you give other countries a chance to look good.”

“…”

“Besides, the prestige of the navy as well as the internal discipline…”

Bang!

Lieutenant Colonel Ice’s innocent wooden desk had a large blemish.

“Leto Oceanus.”

Raising her fist from the desk, Noah said in a shrill voice.

“You know I didn’t ask that, right?”

Leto stopped talking and bit his lips.

Angered by his silence, Noah clenched her fists once more.

But this time, instead of hitting the desk, she barely managed to open her fists and rubbed her face.

“This is my question.”

The rest of her face, which could not be covered with her palms, was full of anger.

“Why didn’t you bring me into this matter?”

“…”

“I think that question was a bit difficult, so shall I change it to an easier question? When are you going to tell me you love me?”

“…”

“Don’t make me ask you twice.”

“…”

Questions and silence were repeated meaninglessly.

“…Okay, okay.”

Noah did not wait any longer for an answer.

“Is silence your answer after all?”

The blue eyes that were staring at Leto also shuddered. The heart of the man who witnessed that moment fell to the ground.

“Noah.”

Leto hurriedly stretched out his hand.

“It’s not like that…”

“It’s not like that?!”

But Noah slapped his hand toward her coldly.

It was Leto who was rejected, but now it was Noah who was the most miserable here.

“Please speak!”

Both before and now.

There was only one thing Noah wanted from Leto.

“Anything is fine, so please tell me what you think!”

A cry that was close to a scream struck the wall.

“Did you enjoy being with me? Were you happy? No complaints? Why did you suddenly become distant and awkward?”

In retrospect, that was always the case.

“Do you want to eat on the weekend?”

“…With the lieutenant general?”

“Then who are you going to do it with besides me?”

“You have a beautiful way of speaking.”

“That’s because the captain in front of me is pretty.”

“Crazy…”

It was wrong from the start.

Still, Noah fell in love with Leto.

And she wanted him to feel the same way as her.

But, with her eyes in love, even though he treated her with kindness as if it were impossible without her, he did not express his own sincerity.

“You’d rather play with me and throw me away!”

Then he should have let her give up without any regrets.

He was going to tear her apart by making her feel useless like this.

“Then I…!”

Noah was still shouting at the wall between them.

But no matter how much she knocked on the wall, the person beyond it still did not answer.

It was natural.

It wasn’t that Leto was behind the wall.

Because he was the wall itself.

Noah could no longer face this wall.

“You…”

A sob leaked from between her lips, shriveled in shame.

Leto, who looked at Noah like that, distorted his expression like an abandoned child.

“…You made me a fool.”

She lost love and became a pushover.

She pretended to lose that stupid bet proposal and said accepted it.

“But why are you…”

‘Why do you keep getting scared?’

‘Will I keep holding on to you like that?’

“…”

Exhausted, Noah shook her head.

At the same time, Leto’s red eyes sank into despair and fear.

His anxious, shaky gaze eagerly sought Noah, who had given up looking at him.

“I’m tired.”

But Noah couldn’t afford to look at him now.

“Isn’t it funny that I begged you?”

“…”

“Don’t say it again.”

“…Noah.”

Leto struggled to call her.

“I, so…”

The terrified voice was now clear.

For a moment, Noah was convinced.

Perhaps the opportunity to hear Leto’s sincerity has come.

The biggest reason Noah was by his side until he wrinkled his pride.

“It’s done.”

But now it didn’t matter.

She didn’t want to do that now.

“Noah.”

A large hand gently caressed Noah’s wet cheek.

And he slowly lifted it.

Blue eyes, wet from crying, contained the desperation that they would not embrace anything. Like a deep sea of ​​darkness where no life can survive.

Those eyes pretended not to see Leto.

That made Leto even more afraid.

“…”

But the coward didn’t say anything in the end.

This time, it wasn’t a deceptive misjudgment, it was knowing his subject and shutting his mouth.

He refused to listen, so he lost his right to speak.

“Lieutenant General.”

Noah took a step back. Naturally, the hand that covered her cheek also fell off.

“I’ll go now.”

The expression on her face, where even her anger had disappeared, was terrifyingly blank.

“Do you want me to take you?”

Leto asked. The voice he managed to bring out was so heavy that it mourned. When someone heard it, they wondered if that was actually crying.

“That’s enough.”

“…”

“The relationship between the lieutenant general and me.”

With those words, Noah turned around.

When she opened the door, the special unit members who had been secretly listening, quickly backed down.

Some were standing, leaning against a wall, or even prostrating themselves.

“Ami.”

Noah called one of them who was going to do their own punishment.

“Give me a ride home.”

“Huh? Uh, yes…”

That day, Noah got into Ami’s car and went home.

And the next day, Noah couldn’t go to work.

~*~

“This is a report from the military police.”

Lieutenant Colonel Ice, who entered the commander’s office early in the morning, reported while looking down at Leto, who was lying on the sofa.

Leto slept in the same sloppy trap suit he wore since yesterday.

He covered his eyes with one of his arms, so he couldn’t see well except his mouth.

Lieutenant Colonel Ice continued the report without paying much attention to it.

“We have evidence of the consolidation of illegal bonds in the mansion of Major General Francis.”

“…”

“The funds have already gone to the Empire, and they are being pursued now.”

After a brief report, Lieutenant Colonel Ice waited for the superior’s reply.

“…”

But all that came back was a cold silence.

As expected, but Lieutenant Colonel Ice didn’t really care.

“Lieutenant General.”

Still, he couldn’t leave it like this.

For the poor crew who couldn’t handle the brutal atmosphere outside the commander’s office.

And even for a boss he had been sympathizing with for a really long time.

Ice asked.

“Can I say something without being rude?”

“What? That I was dumped?”

Leto was the first to respond.

The arm that covered Leto’s face slid down.

“…Were you crying?”

“I’ve been up all night.”

Leto rubbed the corners of his red eyes with his hand roughly.

Lieutenant Colonel Ice took a breath in the atmosphere of a sharp edge that stabbed his skin.

“So?”

“Yes?”

“What were you trying to say?”

“Ah…”

Lieutenant Colonel Ice took a short deep breath.

“Lieutenant General.”

And he said,

“The captain is not the Lieutenant General’s mother.”

Leto’s eyes flickered.

“If yesterday’s conversation between the two was true, the captain deserved to be angry.”

She did her best in their relationship. It was really a sad love that claimed to be a loser.

But it wasn’t Leto.

“The lieutenant general didn’t love the captain, it was just like a little boy complaining to his mother.”

“…”

“I want you to know even if you don’t tell me.”

Lieutenant Colonel Ice seriously advised him as a life senior.

And asked.

“Do you love Captain Bello?”

tl/n: this chap broke my heart T_T