RM Side Story 7: 8492nd (Part 1)

RM Side Story 7: 8492nd (Part 1)

Usually, Bryn would be the first to wake in the household, rarely beaten by the ever-dedicated Einstein. Yet, this morning, Bryn's surprised to see Yuki peering down at her with a small smile right when she opens her eyes.

"Ok... Now that's surprising." Bryn said dryly, earning herself a smirk from her lover.

"What? Never saw me wake up before five in the morning?"

"Kinda, unless you are on the field or something important comes up, you rarely wake up this early." Bryn answered before slowly sitting up with a gentle aid from Yuki. "Thanks." Smiling, Bryn leans in for a kiss, hugging the smaller girl closer. It's at this moment that her hands feel the strange fabric that Yuki is wearing right now.

After sharing a loving morning kiss, Bryn pulls back, wiping her eyes to get a closer look at Yuki's attire. Unimpeded by the dim lighting of the bedroom, Bryn can see that Yuki is wearing a flight suit, a next-gen one if she remembers correctly. Yuki snickers when she sees Bryn's inquisitive look, with her usual crossed arms and fingers under her chin.

"Ok," Bryn breathed out. She could just feel what comes next would be troubling. "Enlighten me, won't you? Though I doubt I would like it, much."

Yuki chuckles. "Trust me, it will be fun." Without saying anything more, Yuki pats a corner of the bed. Bryn then notices an additional flight suit laying there, clearly fitted for her size.

Bryn gives a deadpan gaze at Yuki, saying. "Yuki, no."

Smirking, the girl answers. "Yuki, yes!" Yuki then hugs Bryn's waist, looking up at her from below with her puppy eyes. "Come on, Bryn! I promised it will be fun, no? Besides, the others have secured us a few days off. They can hold the fort while we go out and have some nice, relaxing fun!"

Bryn groans, the way Yuki delivered her speech has made it very hard to refuse. Especially more so when the girl feels so damn huggable right now. Giving up, Bryn allows herself to fall back onto the comfy bed alongside Yuki, whom she pulled down with her. Patting the girl's gray hair, Bryn asks. "Fine, what's on the itinerary?"

Only to earn a shock. "I don't know!"

Leveling an 'Are you serious right now?' gaze at Yuki, Bryn briefly wonders if she was still sleeping and in a dream right now.

Acting sheepish, Yuki answers." I know for sure that we will be testing out a prototype aircraft. The rest of our vacation, well, I haven't really thought that far yet. However, I do have a few ideas. Gonna be a surprise for you though."

Hearing that, Bryn sighs. "Have it your way then. As long as it's not something over the top." Although a part of Bryn is raring to see what Yuki has in store. It has been a little while since they have had a few days, just for each other.

Smiling, Yuki pats the flight suit that is to her side. "Well then, my Valkyrie, better suit up."

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"Oh! That's because this is another in-house design of mine and Dreamer. The aircraft's name is Aria, a multirole supersonic stealth fighter jet. And although it's only capable of atmospheric flight right now, we intend for future derivative designs to be capable of exo-atmospheric flight. This is important considering that we already have a space station up and running." Yuki explained with a chippy tone.

"No wonder... Just this plane alone is able to win wars, Yuki. This is like cracking a nut with a sledgehammer in the current era." Bryn exclaimed, partly out of exasperation, partly out of glee for being gifted with such a magnificent lady. "I promise you, I will take good care of her."

Chuckling on the other end, Yuki responds. "You better, Bryn! The Aria is hella expensive. Like, the Raven-kind of expensive! Granted, we can easily cut down on the cost in the future, unlike the Raven program. We just need to bring the rest of our industrial capability up to snuff. Right now, ONI is building this in their in-house factory with a rate of two aircraft per year!"

Bryn flinches heavily at that. "Dear Yggdra! Are you sure that I should have one of these!?" That's an extremely high price even for the current Belka!

Laughing, Yuki replies. "It's fine, dear. We already have eight prototypes working perfectly, these two are actually the first production runs of the Aria. Technically, we will be the first to experience the beauties from a hundred years into the future! After hearing that, aren't you excited?!"

"When you put it that way... You know what, screw this, I'm too emotionally invested in the Aria now." Bryn decided to accept her new attachment. Besides, Bryn will be doing her family a disservice for not accepting their loving prepared gift.

"Good!" Yuki said with obvious glee. She then continues. "Though the Aria is capable of VTOL, we will be using the runway today. This will give you a feel of her power."

With a snicker, Yuki adds while closing her cockpit. "Careful though, she is like a dragoness. Do treat her kindly and so shall she treats you."

Giggling, Bryn responds. "I wouldn't treat Aria otherwise, Yuki."

"I know. By the way, your aircraft's name is Aria. Mine is Morgan. Together, we will be forming the 8492nd Squadron, Avalon. Though I will leave the matter of who will be 1 and 2 to you. This is your honeymoon gift, after all." Yuki said that on a private channel.

Smirking, Bryn closes her own cockpit while quipping back. "You will be Avalon One then. However, we all know who will be number One in bed."

Though Bryn can't see or hear what Yuki's doing on the other end. She can know that Yuki is coughing in embarrassment.

"Anyway, enough dallying around." With pre-flight check A-ok, Bryn is raring to put Aria to her pace. "Come on, Yuki, I wouldn't want to keep the ladies waiting."

This time, Yuki does respond. "Let's go dance with the Angels!"

8492nd Squadron, Avalon, launch!