*Kingdom of Askr

*Evan/My POV

"We're back girls." I called out to my shipgirls after Elincia and I went back.

"What are you two doing back there?" Vauquelin asked me as all of us resume our journey back to the Order of Heroes Castle.

"Discussing about some stuff." I replied. "Should I tell them Princess?" I turned and asked Elincia.

"Not yet Lord Evan." Elincia giggled and replied.

"Alright." I acknowledged.

"What sort of stuff huh?" Vauquelin demanded.

"I can't tell you yet Vauquelin. I'm sorry." I apologized. I looked back at Elincia and she nodded. 

"Let me guess. You two are discussing about dating each other. Correct?" Vauquelin tried to guess.

"Dating?" Elincia gasped and blushed a little.

"Huh. What? Don't be ridiculous Vauquelin." I denied.

"It isn't? Then why are you blushing Commander? Eh?" Vauquelin pressured me even more.

"I'm blushing. No I'm not!" I denied. 

"Really? Then why are your cheeks red?" Vauquelin teased me even more.

"My cheeks aren't red! Girls. Are my cheeks red?" I turned to the rest of my shipgirls and asked.

"To be honest Evan. Your cheeks are a little red." Enterprise pointed out. Out of all of my shipgirls, Enterprise, my secretary is the one who said my cheeks are red.

"What? T-Traitor!" I denied.

"Just face it Commander. Your cheeks are red. Clearly you and Princess Elincia are planning on dating each other." Vauquelin resumed her teasing.

"S-Shut up!" I tried to deny again but I failed miserably. Meanwhile, Elincia is blushing madly while the rest of my shipgirls laughed at the three of us as we made our way back to the Order of Heroes Castle. 

*Timeskip

*Evan/My POV

"Alright fine. You got us. We are discussing about dating." I lied. I realized that the only way to stop Vauquelin from teasing me is to 'admit' that Elincia and I are planning on dating each other.

"Ha! I knew it!" Vauquelin remarked after I 'admitted'.

"Yeah. Right now, serious mode because we're almost at the Order of Heroes Castle." I reminded her.

"Oh yeah. Better go into serious mode." Vauquelin realized that we're about to meet Alfonse and the others so she quieten down.

"Good." I commented.

"Oh and Princess Elincia. You are welcome in our base at anytime." Vauquelin turned to Elincia and spoke.

"Shush." I nudged Vauquelin.

"Uhh. Thanks I guess." Elincia blushed and thanked Vauquelin for the offer.

*Order of Heroes Castle - Kingdom of Askr

*Alfonse's POV

"Brother. When is Evan coming back?" My sister asked me in the main hall.

"Very soon. Why do you want to see Evan so urgently?" I asked.

"I would like to know the battle report from his perspective." Sharena replied.

"I see. Interesting." I commented. I admit, I would like to know the results of the battle. Did we win or did we lose?

"They're here Alfonse and Sharena!" Anna informed us.

"Who is it?" Sharena asked.

"Evan and his shipgirls." Anna replied.

"They're back? Finally!" I commented. Sure enough, a few minutes later, Evan in his white uniform as usual, came into the main hall with his girls and surprisingly, Princess Elincia.

"Welcome back Fleet Admiral Evan and why is Princess Elincia here with you?" I asked, curious as to why the Crimean Princess is with Evan.

"Let me tell you." The long pale haired girl, I believe her name was Vauquelin spoke. "Princess Elincia and our Commander are planning on dating each other." The girl spoke.

"What?!" Elincia exclaimed in surprise

"Vauquelin!" Evan Protested. 

"Are they really? I'm so happy for you Evan!" I started congratulating Evan.

"Evan! Congrats to you!" My sister ran up to Evan and started congratulating him.

"....." Evan was speechless for some reason as my sister congratulated him.

"Lord Evan. What should we do now?" Elincia turned to Evan and asked.

"I-I don't know what to do anymore....." Evan replied.

"We better let everyone in the castle know about this!" Anna suggested.

"Yeah. We should!" My sister agreed to the plan.

"What?! Wait! No!" Evan went to Anna and tried to stop her.

"Please keep this a secret Anna!" Elincia joined Evan in pleading Anna to not let everyone in the castle know about their planned date. 

"Haha." I just stood at one side and laughed at the commotion.