Hey there! I'm back again with a new charoix one shot and its dedicated to none other than to my dear friend Aki! Thanks for all the great charoix work you do!

Anyways hope you enjoy~

Chariot Du Nord hummed to herself as she began to pile breakfast into one of her old Shiny Chariot themed plates. The steam rising from the food fogged her glasses but in the temporary blindness Chariot was able to place the food on the small table that she owned. She looked up, the steam on her glasses dispersed on their own as her eyes looked on the clock she owned, once again, Shiny Chariot themed.

"This is odd," She murmured herself as the clock ticked past 9 o'clock. Usually Akko, her daughter, would be up by now especially with the aroma of her cooking in the air. Come to think of it, the house they owned was more quieter than normal. Her crow, Alcor would be in the room with her whilst her dog a big white Alaskan Malamute, Arcas would either be on the stairs running to meet Akko or in the living room playing with his 4 pointed star plushy.

"Akko?" Chariot asked as she moved out of the kitchen to the stairway, her worry increasing as she saw a discarded star chew toy on the floor. When she heard no response, not even the boof of Arcas, Chariot decided to investigate. "Akko?" Chariot repeated as she headed up the stairs as the sane parts of her mind tried to reassure her that there is nothing to worry about. However, those thoughts did nothing to ease the unwelcomed silence of the du Nord House.

Eventually Chariot found herself in front of Akko's room. If she wasn't so worried for her daughter then maybe Chariot might've stopped to admire the drawings that were taped to the door. They were small drawings of Chariot, Alcor and Arcas and herself; sometimes it was only one of them in the drawing, other times it was either a few or all of them. Either way each one made Chariot overwhelmed with parental love but right now all that grew was her motherly protection.

"Akko?" she repeated one final time as she knocked on the door, "Breakfast is ready, are you coming down to eat?" There was silence at first, then came the soft muffled noise of movement. Chariot sighed with relief, letting out a breath she didn't know she held. Without hesitation, Chariot opened the door as she went to wake her daughter. "Akko sweetheart it's time to wake up today we're having- ALCOR!"

The bird in question cawed back. At least, he tried to, but when he opened his mouth nothing came out. Next to him was Chariot's wand that rolled around as he tried to jump from the paper that was somehow glued to his feet that was on Akko's clean star constellation bed. Now this raised alarm bells to Chariot, not because her beloved crow was silenced and stuck to a piece of paper with her wand but because Akko never made her bed in the mornings. She always waited until it was in the afternoon when she needed to actually be on it again to clean it up.

Secondly, the old crow would never be in her room. Alcor would only be there briefly to collect Akko or to check up on her but never would he sleep overnight in the room nor be there of his own will unless Akko was in danger. Chariot grabbed her wand before she spoke the incantations of the reversal spells. A small pulse of white magic surrounded the space around them before it was filled with the croaks and caws of the agitated crow who flew up to Chariot's level.

"Alcor, what happened to Akko?" Chariot asked as she placed her palms out for Alcor to rest on them. Alcor cawed again before his head turned to the paper that was left on the bed. Alcor flapped up to perch himself on her shoulder as Chariot reached for the paper. Her eyes grew wider and wider with every word before Chariot discarded the paper with a rush to the stairs. "Akko!" She yelled, worry laced in her voice as she threw on a coat and rushed outside.

Dear Mum,

If you're reading this then I actually did what I planned to do tomorrow! Woo! You see I noticed that when we go out there are always two mummies and a kid and sometimes you look at them with a funny face that actually doesn't look that funny. I think it looked sad. Which is why I'm not in the house! I don't like it when you look sad so I decided to find you a new mum! Or find me a new mum, maybe, hopefully (I don't know what it's called when one mum likes another mum the google just gives me weird names like sweetie, honey and deer but I don't think you call another person you like food). Anyways I will be at the town trying to find a new mum for me and a new food? For you!

Don't worry I already got a lot of food and sweets to feed me in my bag and money as well to get home and I will be safe as well! I got Arcas to come with me (which is why he wanted to sleep with me yesterday)! Alcor wanted to come but he kept being loud so I made him be quiet and then made him sleep . Pleaseeee tell him I'm sorry, I wanted it to be a surprise and he wanted to ruin it (

Love Akko

P.S I think I decided to go to the park? But I think I might have changed my mind tomorrow or today when you read this since I am writing this at night, or yesterday night. Also are you proud of me?! If I did this then I woke up early for once! Like at 7am early!

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Akko sighed as she plopped down on one of the benches of town square, Arcas followed her and jumped on, the metal creaking a bit under his weight as he rested in Akko's lap. "Arcas," she sighed as she began to weave her fingers in between his long strands of fur. "Why is it so hard to find food for mum?" Arcas whined as he buried his face on her shirt with a small grumble in his stomach. "I know what you mean bud, I want her to be happy too." Arcas whined again as he went off her lap to find food much to her chagrin. The break didn't last as long as she expected it to but who was Akko to complain? The quicker they found a new mum the better, so she held tight to the lead as Arcas lead her on another walk around the town.

Originally Akko went to the park but, it was eerily quiet at 7:30 and there was no suitable "food" for Chariot which made them walk to the town where maybe someone who could be "food" for Chariot would appear. There weren't many people still; sure some shops were open, but they didn't allow big dogs like Arcas in. Therefore they just walked around to find a new mum but after searching for an hour the situation looked hopeless already, especially since the only food she knew were the chocolate waffles she has been eating for breakfast.

Arcas barked as he pulled on his lead, an act that surprised Akko as she almost bit her tongue instead of her breakfast waffle. "Woah, Arcas calm down a bit," Akko asked as she dropped her half eaten waffle to use two hands to control the lead however even using two hands didn't help Akko as Arcas began to run to a random direction.

"Arcas!" Akko yelled as she was pulled along, the big dog, barking in a wild frenzy as he ran across town whilst Akko still held on to his leash. Her wine red eyes were filled with fear and worry, growing wide as Akko and Arcas ran over near empty roads and into a street she wasn't so familiar with. "Arcas, heel!" Akko commanded in some attempt to stop the big dog as her knees started to colour red from scratches from the time she stumbled in an attempt to catch up with him.

Arcas however, did not heel. He did not stop at all as he rushed forward even more. He made a sharp turn to the alleyway whose long shadows began to grow as Akko descended further into it as her eyes watched the buildings become more darker and taller instead of watching the street in front of her. "Arcas…" Akko gulped as she looked at the bounding dog in front of her, "Where are we-" Akko couldn't finish her sentence as her feet tripped on a discarded rusted pipe on the floor.

She fell hard to the floor, concrete scratching her face as she still held onto the leash before she let go in a second's time, the pain on her legs becoming too much for her to bear. "Owww," Akko groaned as she looked up, her eyes that were once dazed with pain grew wide once more. In front of her Arcas was running out of the alleyway and out of sight.

"Arcas, come back!" Akko yelled as she pushed herself off the ground, a hiss of pain escaping her lips as she didn't even register the aches on her hands nor the ones on her knees and legs as she rushed out of the alleyway. Akko could afford a few scratches as long as she didn't lose Arcas. She was already having trouble finding "food" for her mum and if she lost Arcas too, Akko was sure that she would cry.

However any tears that were threatening to appear vanished as Akko heard his barking echo around her. A relieved smile crept up to her face, her shoulders sagged with relief whilst tension left with a long sigh. Arcas was fine, he was only in the supermarket parking lot…

Oh no.

With a full sense of worry, Akko quickly crossed the street to the supermarket parking lot, dread intruding her skin as it sent uncomfortable ripples across her body. Akko wouldn't lie, she knew she had an uncanny knack of finding trouble, or for trouble to smack her right in the face before she realised it was right in front of her. Trouble happened so often that she could say, at the tender age of eleven, she already had a sixth sense for it.

Arcas could be hit from one of the cars coming and going, he could be attacked by some random stranger, he could run into the store and cause panic and then she would be in big big biggg trouble. His lead could get trapped between the wheels of a cart and could hurt him, he could be taken away from her somehow and she would never see him again!

Akko's imagination grew wilder and wilder. It made her tired legs continue to run despite the ache that clung to the muscles, it made her forget to breathe or to stop. Her eyes constantly swept across and between the various cars she ran past, her ears were strained to hear something, a mere echo of her dog in the vast parking lot.

However all the worry and tension that was building up in her muscles vanished as she heard Arcas' bark in the distance. It was in the extra parking area just around the shop. Her shoulders sagged in relief as she jogged to the area before pausing when she heard something else, someone else. A quick firework display of worried emotions flickered on Akko's face before she gulped and edged forward but hesitance forced her to only peek from the building side.

The fear that shrouded her confidence to step out in a reckless manner slowly dissipated as the melodic laughter rang in the air, harmonising with the happy and playful sounds of Arcas. Akko couldn't help but gasp out loud, prompting her to cover her mouth in surprise but it didn't seem to register the woman's attention.

In fact, the woman was more focussed on Arcas, holding out a piece of bacon in the air which made Arcas stand on his hind legs before throwing it to Arcas's mouth with a laugh and a kind smile that matched the adoration in her emerald eyes. Her hair was lavender, short with a loose strand sitting near her eye. She wore a buttoned up red flannel with denim jeans and no jewellery apart from the necklace that hung from her neck and the jet black shades propped on her head, which didn't really make sense since it was only partially sunny with the clouds coming and going.

Though Akko didn't really care why this mysterious lady would wear sunglasses on a somewhat cloudy day, she was more focused on the word that was drilled into her mind, repeating like a broken record player. The sound made her blood buzz with excitement and gave her the final push to walk up to the woman who was tenderly stroking Arcas' fur as she checked his star printed collar.

"Food."

The woman looked up at her, confusion on her face, a brow raised in curiosity as her eyes glanced at the shopping bags scattered around her. "Oh hello, are you Arcas' owner?"

Her accent made Akko's smile grow even more as she clasped her hands together and leant forward to the stranger. "Will you be my mum's food?"

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If you told Croix that she was going to bombarded by a big dog, have her breakfast ransacked by said dog and then have to look after a child who owned said dog all before midday, she would've thanked you and just eaten instant noodles for breakfast and gone grocery shopping another day. But alas, nobody warned her about today and so she was here to suffer the consequences. Even if said consequences meant she had to suddenly pull over due to said kid.

"You're not joking with me are you, Akko?" Croix said with a hidden laugh as she rested her head on the steering wheel.

"Well, then what does it mean!?" Akko replied with a pout to her lips, making Croix chuckle as she leant back on her seat.

"Akko, when a woman loves another woman, they are each other's girlfriend, not food." She explained, completely ignoring the innuendo in her head that objected that claim. "The terms you saw are just couple nicknames they give to each other like honey, sweetie or dear with an A." She looked at the child as a sense of enlightenment captured her eyes.

"Oooh, so… you can be my mum's girlfriend and call her honey and dear with an A?" Akko asked and Croix swore she saw literal stars in her eyes that gleamed in the idea of her dating her mother.

Croix laughed at the idea as she ruffled Akko's hair, "Yes, but no, Akko," she answered before she pulled out of the lane to start driving again, focusing on the road instead of Akko's whines of disapproval. "Don't take it personally, kid, but I don't even know your mum and besides I'm sure she wouldn't be in the mood after this stunt you just pulled. I mean, did you even tell your mum about this?"

The sudden silence told Croix everything.

"Even more reason why I should bring you home," Croix sighed as she followed the gps.

"Wait. Is that where we are going!?" Akko screamed in surprise. "How do you even know where I live?"

"Your dog's collar has the address," Croix explained, glancing at the girl to make sure she was okay. Her face was pale, mouth open with dread and the smell of foreboding doom was anchored to her clothes. Croix could even hear the sound of her soul leaving the body but was probably okay, probably. "By the way, you really shouldn't include that on the collar. Some creep could easily use it to find your house and then rob you when you're gone."

"Please, I beg of you Croix, pleaseeee don't bring me back to my mum. She'll kill me!" Akko begged, but her words fell on deaf ears as Croix could see a small flag on the GPS which signified that they were near to her house.

"Well it's better than me being in jail after being accused of kidnapping or attempted kidnapping." Croix shrugged as she pulled up on Akko's driveway which made the poor girl wail in horror. "Besides, as you can tell, we're already here."

"I'm going to die." Akko confirmed as she curled up into a ball before she sent a glare to Croix, "And you aren't invited to the funeral."

Croix couldn't help but laugh at Akko's grumpy face as she unclipped her seatbelt then turned off the engine before getting out of her car. "Come on Akko, let's not worry your mum even further."

Croix went straight to the back of her car where she opened the door to let Arcas out. The dog barked at her and she replied in a friendly ruffle of his fur as he jumped from the car, racing to the door. "I never found the time to say this, but you have one friendly dog Akko," she said as the slam of her passenger seat registered in her ears. She closed the back door with the click of her button before looking up with a low whistle of appreciation. "You also have a nice house."

"If you like it so much you can live in it!" Akko couldn't help but shout out as she grabbed the spare key hidden under a plant.

"I don't like it that much," Croix said as she walked up to Akko, eyes narrowing at the impish grin that Akko bore. "And it's nice to know you have the courage to smile on death's door."

"I regret bringing you here to be my mum's food," Akko mumbled as she began to turn the key. "I mean girlfriend." Akko corrected after hearing Croix chuckle underneath her breath. Without further hesitation Akko opened the door, "Mum… I'm home," She called out before murmuring, "Please don't kill me."

Croix hummed in approval as she walked inside Akko's home, a laugh leaving her lips as Arcas barrelled past her with an excited bark followed by Akko who just took off her coat but left it on the floor. "Judging from the fact that you're still alive Akko, it's safe to assume your mum probably went out to look for you," Croix said as she glanced at the empty kitchen, breakfast still uneaten. Her eyebrows bundled together in concern as she went to Akko/ "Hey, did you have breakfast before you went looking for a girlfriend for your mum?"

Akko and Arcas paused in their rough housing before sharing a guilty look with each other. "Does three chocolate waffles count?" She asked with a nervous smile before it faltered under Croix's disappointed gaze. "I'm guessing that's a no huh?"

"It does explain why Arcas slammed into me before nose diving straight to my groceries," Croix said making Akko scratch the back of her neck after she pushed Arcas off her to go eat. "Which is also why I will be joining you since my only source of healthy food was ruined." She sat next to her and helped herself to the typical english breakfast whilst Akko helped herself to some pancakes.

"Your mum is a good cook," Croix complimented after eating a few things. "It's a bit cold but that's understandable." Her eyes looked around them in curiosity, her mind only paying half attention to Akko's words and praises as her eyes caught a framed photo on the wall and slowly Croix paid no attention at all, her mind fully fixated at the beautiful figure.

Her hair was fire, and like fire and the alluring dances of the flame, Croix couldn't look away. She was entranced by the laughter, the smile that was frozen in time. Her eyes shone with sunlight brilliance, they gave a sense of warmth that made Croix smile softly at the photograph.

"So… do you like what you see?" Akko said coyly, her eyebrows waggled, matching the coy smirk on her face. "She's available~"

Croix only glared at Akko, ignoring the heated embarrassment on her face before an idea lit up in her head. She smirked at Akko who only tilted her head in confusion as a response before leaning back on her chair. "Oh fine, you win, I think your mum is pretty and I would love to be her girlfriend." She sighed in defeat, placing the back on her hand on her forehead to further emphasis the distress.

Her eyes glanced at Akko to see if she was eating up the act and to Croix's delight Akko had fire in her eyes, a smile so big and excited Croix almost had the sense of guilt grow in her stomach. Almost. "Oh, if only I had her numb-" She said, voice low with fake grief.

"I have her number!" Akko yelled, not even letting Croix have a chance to finish her sentence.

"Oh really?" Croix said with the fake enthusiasm every adult uses on children, her grin extending as Akko nods her head before closing her eyes and reciting the number. "Thanks Akko," Croix smiled as she ruffled her hair before dialing her number, only half listening to whatever gushy words Akko was saying.

"Oh this is going to so cool, I can't believe I actually found food- I mean a girlfriend for my mum! I didn't actually think this was going to work but look, it's happening! Right now!"

Croix laughed at her antics as the phone rang once, then twice, then once more before it was picked up mid way.

"Hey, can this be quick I'm in the middle of something."

Croix's heart jumped to her throat as a blush coloured her cheeks. She did not expect her to have the voice of an angel, especially one with a cute french accent. Akko looked at her with wiggling eyebrows and a smirk, causing Croix to look away as she cleared her throat.

"Hello?"

"Hi, um, my name is Croix Meridies and you are Akko's mother, right?" Croix asked before mentally hitting herself with a hammer, she didn't even know her name! Why hasn't Akko told her her mum's name before?

"Yes, have you seen Akko!?" The woman pounced right way, voice full with concern and worry. "Is she safe? Where is she?"

"She's with me right now," Croix assured, glancing at Akko with a smirk. "And yes she's safe at home." Croix wished she could've photographed Akko's eyes sudden growth as her face paled, her mouth hung open with despair. The moment was gone as betrayal swam in her eyes, the question of why obvious in her glares towards Croix. She only shrugged in return.

"She's at home?"

"Yes and don't worry miss, I only found the address on your dog's collar and don't worry Arcas is safe at home as well," Croix answered as she stood straighter, hand out as Akko tried to jump for the phone as Arcas barked in the background at the call of his name.

"Oh thank goodness, I was so worried."

"I can only imagine," Croix mused as held her phone away from Akko, hitting speaker as she did so. "But you don't need to worry your pretty face anymore ma cherie, I'll take of the kids until you come back." Croix couldn't help but chuckle as the woman's words spluttered and stuttered through the phone.

"I've been aware of your daughter's quest for 'food' but, funnily enough, not your name," Croix explained, smirking at the obvious torment that Akko found herself in. How she reached out to grab the phone but her other hand grabbed her arm before it even went to Croix. If she reached out now then the mood would be ruined, but if she didn't then Croix would continue to snitch on her. To food or not to food? That was the dilemma Akko faced right now.

"I… I see," the woman mumbled which made Croix smile more. She sounded so cute. "My name is Chariot, Chariot-"

"Chariot Meridies perhaps!" Akko yelled out on impulse before her eyes grew wide once again as she covered her mouth with a gasp.

"ATSUKO KAGARI DU NORD!" Chariot's voice shouted through the phone. "WHEN I GET HOME YOU WILL BE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE, YOUNG LADY! WHAT WERE YOU THINK-"

Akko sighed as she pressed the end call button on Croix's phone, slumping in relief over Croix's body who she climbed over. Her head rested on Croix's shoulder as her arms were wrapped around her neck like a sloth.

"That was quite rude, you know. Your mother and I were having a lovely conversation."

"Shut up," Akko said, her voice muffled as she snuggled her head more into her shoulder. "You're not the one who's going to die in the next 30 minutes or so."

Croix rolled her eyes as she adjusted Akko's weight on her body, slipping her phone in her back pocket before she carried Akko to the couch. "I'm sure you'll live to tell the tale."

"I'm surprised you can carry me," Akko noted as Croix laid her on the couch. "Not even mum can carry me any more and I weigh a lot,"

Croix shrugged, "I carry a lot heavy boxes everyday at work, it's not much." She stretched her arms she felt Arcas' fur brush past her legs before he jumps on the couch to sit next to Akko. "You weigh like a box and a bit… did you always have those scratches before?" Croix asked as she looked at the scratches on Akko's legs and hands.

"Oh these?" Akko said as she turned her hands to inspect them before looking at her legs. "Yeah but it's okay I don't feel much, why?"

Croix face made a grimace as she looks at her, noting on the small scratches on a side of her face and on her hands and legs. "Stay there." Without saying another word Croix went outside to her car and came back inside the house carrying a first aid kit. "Your mum is going to kill me if she comes home to you having a bunch of scratches."

"I'm not coming to your funeral."

"There won't be one if you let me clean the scratches." Croix replied without skipping a beat as she crouched to clean and bandage her small cuts and scratches on her leg. "Now do you mind staying still?"

"After you snitched on me?"

"I will answer any question you have for me." Croix bargained as she began to disinfect the scratches. "These might sting btw."

"Deal. How old are you?"

"Wow, already asking the inappropriate stuff," Croix joked making Akko giggle, "I'm 24 by the way."

"Nice, Mum is 23 by the way, one year difference!" The statement made Croix pause as she looked at Akko with confusion. "What?"

"Chariot is 23… and you're 11."

"Oh, well… I'm adopted. My middle name is actually my old last name before I took mum's last name… since I didn't have a middle name before," Akko explained, Croix nodded her head in understanding before continuing on healing Akko. This made Akko be even more perplexed, a slight frown on her face. "So, why aren't you asking questions about it? Usually people ask me something about it or pull a face… you're doing neither."

Croix shrugged as she took Akko's wrist and swabbed it with some disinfectant. "I won't lie I am curious on how you two met but I know it's not my place to suddenly ask you something that is personal to both of you. Chariot adopted you, that's good enough for me, if anything I'm more impressed with your mum since not many would chose to be a single mother. I wouldn't pull a face either cause that's just rude and I wouldn't mind giving a good lecture to them about manners."

"What would a lecture on manners do?" Akko giggled.

"Drive them up the wall apparently," Croix scoffed making Akko laugh as Croix placed a few band aids on her arms. "According to a few students, I bore them to death. Except it's even worse, 'cause death was the easier option instead of hearing me talk for four hours straight."

"You teach?" Akko said with a gasp.

Croix shook her head as she moved on to clean Akko's face. "I am a guest speaker sometimes at the Luna Nova Academy for-"

"Wait… You go to Luna Nova? That's so cool!" Akko exclaimed. "Mum always talks about it being this really prestigious Academy for witches and I really want to go there when I'm older! Like you can learn so many cool things and all the best witches can go there to study and ugh Luna Nova is so cool and I'm jealous that you go there to speak."

Croix couldn't but stop and chuckle at Akko's enthusiasm. There was this passionate fire in her eyes, an inferno of determination and ambition. Seeing Akko in this light made Croix realise one thing: despite the lack of blood between them, Akko's eyes were like Chariot's in the photograph.

"Wait…if you can go to Luna Nova, then you're a witch!"

Croix stopped and leant back after she just bandaged the final cut on her head, smiling at the wondrous awe in Akko's eyes and the starlight gleam that seemed to illuminate from it. "I'm something even better than a witch, Akko," Croix teased.

"Is it my mum's food- I mean girlfriend?" Akko said before Croix could reveal she was a witch who graduated from Luna Nova.

Before Croix could answer her with a simple laugh and shake of the head, another voice, a different but familiar voice spoke. It was one that sent her heart into spiral, one that sent sparks across her bones, the one that made the butterflies in her stomach slowly leave their chrysalis.

"AKKO!" Chariot yelled with a flushed face from embarrassment and possible anger.

"Mum!" Akko yelped as she jumped up in surprise. "You're here! Hi! How are you? How're the kids?"

"The kids?" Croix commented with a raised brow. "Did you seriously just ask that?"

"I didn't know what to say!" Akko whispered to Croix except it wasn't much of a whisper since Chariot sighed and walked over and gave Akko a big hug.

"You can say an apology first Akko," Chariot whispered, hugging Akko as tight as she can, one hand stroking her hair gently whilst the other clung tight to her small frame. "You really worried me…. I thought… I thought I lost you."

Akko nodded her head as she buried her face against her hair, tears already lining the corners of her eyes. "I'm sorry, mum. I just wanted to find someone who makes you happy as much as I can, that way you can be even happier with me and you don't need to worry so much."

Croix didn't hear anymore as she moved away from the living room entrance. She had sneaked away when Chariot hugged her daughter, already seeing enough to know that if she continued looking she would be intruding on a private and personal moment.

She sighed under her breath as she scratched the back of her neck, her eyes lingering at the door. Should she stay or should she go?

Did they even want her to stay?

She wouldn't lie, she wouldn't mind being in a relationship with Chariot. Sure she doesn't really know her yet but Akko was a pretty cool kid. She was a bit impulsive but she meant well. Also they're a family of witches which was an added bonus. She would be a fool to walk out on this… so why did the door look so tempting?

Before she could consider her options even more, something soft grabbed her hand, grounding Croix from losing herself to this air of questions and mental conversations. To her surprise, the person holding it was none other than Chariot du Nord.

"Hey umm…" Chariot started before stammering, looking away as Croix turned to her to give her full attention, especially since Chariot looked cute with her face all red. "It was Croix, right?" Croix could only nod, once again quickly rendered useless at Chariot's voice, it sounded much more better than when she first heard it through the phone.

As if to kill Croix even more further, Chariot gave her a quick peck on the cheek before looking away, her cheeks even redder than her hair, her hand still holding hers. It took all the willpower of Croix to not have a system error in her brain at this very crucial moment in time. "That was to say thank you… for looking after Akko and bringing her home. I really appreciate everything you did for her." Chariot admitted in a soft shy voice.

Croix looked at her with a smile of admiration before bringing Chariot's hands to her lips. "The pleasure was all mine Chariot Du Nord," she grinned before kissing the back of her hand, ignoring how her heart beated feverishly as she did so. "Akko is a great and beautiful child just like her mother," she complimented, ending her words with a wink that made Chariot's blush become even more darker.

"I wish I could make you lunch since I think I ate what was suppose to be your breakfast but I think I need to get back home and sort my own groceries before they spoil." Croix apologised. "I hope you don't mind if I do it another day, does Wednesday sound good for you?"

"I-"

"Wednesday sounds great Croix!' Akko intervened, popping out from Chariot's side. "You can treat her to dinner as well if you want."

Croix laughed as she ruffled Akko's hair once last time for today. "I think a lunch date would be enough, Akko, but I appreciate the suggestion."

"I wouldn't mind dinner as well…" Chariot mumbled as she gave a shy but cute smile to Croix, ultimately sending an arrow to her heart.

"Well I guess I'll have you for the whole day," Croix smiled, her grin was the widest it has been for months, maybe years. "Aren't I lucky."

"Text me the details Croix," Chariot said, blushing as she did so and greatly ignoring how Akko was hitting her shoulder in excitement. "You have my number."

"Of course, ma cherie," Croix smiled as she let herself out. "I'll see you tomorrow."

Outside the air was warm, the sun was shining brighter and for once Croix didn't mind. There was the sound of birds singing accompanied by the slight whistle of trees when the breeze went through it. But the moment was cut short with the muffled screams that came behind the door Croix just went through.

"I ACTUALLY CAN'T BELIEVE THIS WORKED LIKE MUM I GOT YOU A DATE WITH A REALLY COOL WITCH LADY!"

"AKKO! Not so loud please, Croix could be still outside the door right now."

"BUT MUM! ONE OF MY PLANS ACTUALLY WORKED! THIS CAUSE FOR A CELEBRATION!"

"Akko please."

"WAIT CAUSE I GOT YOU A DATE…. DOES THIS MEAN I WON'T BE GROUNDED FOR A WEEK ANYMORE!?"

"AKKO!"