Chapter 1

It was a bright sunny morning, the perfect spring morning bringing the students of Luna Nova out of hiding after a harsh overbearing winter. The grounds were inhabited by young witches milling about, some sitting under trees reading their favorite books, some flying through the air on their brooms for the first time in a long time now that the bitter cold air had been replaced by the warm rays of the sun. While most of the students were enjoying the new spring morning, one witch in particular was happy to be left alone in the glorious silence of her room. Sucy Manbavaran moved ever so slowly between the yoga positions that had become her morning routine to deal with the chaos of being the roommate of a certain Japanese witch. Her meditation time was essential in order for her to refrain from literally killing the girl in her sleep most days, especially after the red team would be punished for Akko's idiotic schemes. But right now her roommates had left Sucy alone for the morning, much to the purple haired girl's absolute delight. She soaked in the silence for all it was worth knowing that at any minute it would be interrupted by Akko's inability to shut her mouth. Just thinking about it raised Sucy's blood pressure.

The pale witch shook her head in an attempt to redirect her focus to her own breathing as she moved slowly into a fairly difficult position on her bed, so close to succeeding before the door to her room opened with a crash. Sucy then crashed onto her face from the sudden bang and groaned as the intruding person began to talk a little too loudly as she would always tend to do.

"Ouch ouch ouch." Akko entered, holding her nose with both hands as a red liquid oozed out between her fingers. Lotte followed right behind her looking distressed as she guided the Japanese witch to her bed, assuring that she didn't run into or trip over anything on the way before closing the door.

"Akko are you sure you don't need to go see the nurse?" The orange haired girl asked meekly as she sat down next to Akko.

"No I'm okay." The brunette's voice came out nasally as she look up toward the top bunk, still holding her nose shut. "The bleeding should stop soon."

Lotte looked on in worry for a moment before finally noticing the other girl in the room staring at the two witches in annoyance. After a nervous laugh and a small wave at Sucy, the orange haired girl patted Akko on the back softly.

"I'll go get something to help you clean up." With those last words, Lotte rushed out of the room, leaving Akko and Sucy in an uncomfortable silence.

The two stared at each other for a very long moment, the pale witch narrowing her eyes as she contemplated on asking why the Japanese girl was in such a state. She knew it was probably something stupid but Sucy couldn't help to be a little curious, as the sheer idiocy of the brunette never failed to amaze her. After a long sigh she relented.

"What happened this time?" The pale girl deadpanned, eye half lidded in disinterest.

"Amanda. Volleyball." Akko replied simply, still looking up at the top bunk as she waited for the bleeding to subside.

"Amanda hit you in the face with a volleyball?"

Wait, when had Sucy learned to speak 'Akko'? As the brunette nodded her affirmation, the door opened again suddenly and Lotte rushed back in with a damp cloth in her hand. After a mumble of thanks, Akko took the offered cloth and began wiping the blood away.

"Akko, you should have been paying more attention! You know how competitive Amanda can get." The orange haired witch stated in her usual motherly tone.

"I knooooow," Akko whined in frustration as she balled the cloth up in her fist, "but Diana just had to walk by at the very moment with her stupid perfect face and her stupid perfect hair blowing in the wind and her stupid...stupid..." She pulled at the cloth as if to rip it apart but failed before slumping in defeat.

"You were staring at Diana's ass, weren't you."

"Sucy!" Lotte chastised the pale girl, causing her to shrug and roll her eyes.

"But am I wrong?" Sucy then raised her eyebrow and looked between the two girls on the bottom bunk, to which Akko blushed furiously and avoided eye contact completely.

"Diana did look nice today." Lotte spoke up softly, attempting to quail some of the brunette's embarrassment, but instead caused a groan to escape Akko's mouth as she fell back onto the soft mattress of her bed.

"Don't remind me! I don't need another bloody nose!"

"Unbelievable." Sucy mumbled under her breath as she slid off of her bed and sat down at her desk. Her voice was barely a whisper but was audible in the otherwise silent room.

"Huh?" Akko's head tilted to better see the purple haired witch who was now adjusting her flasks in preparation for some sort of experiment.

"Why don't you just tell Diana you like her so I don't have to listen to you constantly talk about how stupidly perfect she is." Sucy grumbled in irritation as she uncorked some bottles. "It gets really annoying."

"I...I do not like her." Akko scoffed and folded her arms, but the way her wide eyes darted between the two girls and the ceiling gave away her lie, although neither Sucy or Lotte had believed her in the first place.

"Really?" The pale witch droned in disbelief.

"W-why would I like someone like her? She's...she's stuck up and arrogant and...she obviously knows how beautiful she is because she walks around in that dress with that perfect fig...ure..." The brunette trailed off as she saw Sucy smirk at her from the other side of the room. After opening and closing her mouth a few times, attempting to get back on track she buried her face in her hands and groaned. "Shut up."

The purple haired witch snickered as she turn back to her experiment while Lotte smiled warmly and rubbed Akko's shoulder reassuringly.

"Sucy and I have known for awhile, Akko."

"What? It's that obvious?" The brunette's voice raised an octave as she removed her hands from her face and paled. "Oh gods what if she knows? Lotte what if she knows?!" Akko took hold of Lotte's shirt collar with both hands and shook her slightly in panic.

"Akko," The orange haired girl giggled nervously as she pried the brunette's hands off of her and opted to hold them in her her own, "I doubt she knows."

"She'd probably see it if she didn't have her nose stuck up in the air all the time." Sucy mumbled to herself, but nonetheless earned a scowl from the Japanese witch.

"I just don't know what to do about it ya know?" Akko's eyes met Lotte's, her shoulders slumping in defeat.

"Maybe you could try confessing?" The orange haired witch's eyes sparkled at the idea. "Oh, Akko you could do it in a really romantic way!" She dropped the brunette's hands and held her own to her heart.

"No! Nope nope nope." Akko began to scoot away from her friend and waved her hands in front of her. "I can't tell her! She'll probably hate me! We just became friends and I can't risk that all going away because of a stupid crush!" The brunette covered her mouth immediately after saying that last word loud enough that anyone passing by the room could have heard it clearly.

"It was just a suggestion, Akko. You don't have to-" Lotte said in a rush before being cut off by a loud growl coming from Akko's empty stomach.

The brunette blushed slightly before clearing her throat and rubbing the back of her neck.

"Well let's uh...just get something to eat. I can't concentrate on an empty stomach."

"So what's your excuse when your stomach is full?" Sucy turned in her chair and stood up, ignoring the pointed glare from Akko as she and Lotte disappeared into the hallway. The pale witch made to follow but paused when she caught sight of her latest batch of potions sitting on the wooden shelf above her bed. She suddenly had a genius idea to help Akko with her situation, or rather to help herself by maybe, possibly helping Akko in the process. Sucy needed a guinea pig for her new experiment and she knew just the person. With a joyous cackle, she reached over her bed and retrieved the bottle of the dark purple liquid and shoved it inside her pocket before heading toward the door with an evil grin securely in place. "This is going to be fun."

"Hey Diana," Barbara called out after she and Hannah had come back from their walk through the woods and were now standing over Diana, who was sitting under her favorite tree reading her favorite novel, "we're going to get some lunch. You should join us."

The blonde lifted her tired eyes to see that both Barbara and Hannah were standing there giving her worried looks. She couldn't blame them though, as she had worked herself quite hard lately. With her school work, doing tasks for her professors, and helping with the new influx of young witches that had decided to attend Luna Nova after the missile crisis, she hardly had any time for herself. Her closest friends had noticed the obvious neglect and all but forced her to take breaks, like this little outing in particular, and even having to remind the blonde to eat but she was thankful they cared about her enough to do so.

"Of course. Thank you girls."

The two girls smiled in relief as Diana joined them in their trek to the cafeteria, Hannah and Barbara linking arms as they always did as they walked over the grass and stone pathways. The blonde witch had always thought it an odd sight but never questioned the pairs preference for being as close to each other as possible because she had never let anyone become so close to her, physically or emotionally.

The trio entered through the large wooden doors, stopping just inside as they looked out over the vast space, surprised to see so many empty tables. But what they weren't surprised to see was a lively brunette waving wildly at them as if they couldn't see her. Hannah and Barbara both rolled their eyes and sighed in unison, but Diana seemed to perk up at the sight of the excitable witch. She smiled and waved back conservatively before making her way through the maze of tables with her friends in tow, but as they grew closer they could see that Akko had a wad of toilet paper sticking out of each of her nostrils. The blonde grimaced, remembering the incident from earlier right after she had walked by the volleyball court. Diana had stopped immediately to help but the brunette had run away as fast as she could when she approached. The blonde was relieved to see that Akko seemed alright now, however, she wasn't relieved to see that the Japanese witch hadn't changed out of her athletic attire. She wore impossibly short shorts and a loose tank top that showed off more than Diana deemed acceptable, but the things Akko's attire was making her feel was too much for the blonde's mind to process, so a proper scolding would have to wait.

"Hey Diana!" The brunette called out as the trio approached, finally sitting back down in her seat between Sucy and Lotte.

"Hello, Akko." Diana smiled warmly before nodding to the girls on either side of her. "Lotte, Sucy."

"Hello, Diana." Lotte replied as she smiled back while Sucy just let out a grunt of acknowledgment.

"How are you feeling? Is your nose still bleeding?" The blonde furrowed her brows as she turned her attention back to the Japanese girl, eyeing the toilet paper warily.

"Oh, heh," Akko blushed slightly in embarrassment as she hastily pulled the paper out of her nose and hid them in her lap, "just...a precaution. I'm fine."

"That's good to hear." Diana replied softly, smiling adoringly at the brunette and missing looks of utter disbelief from every other girl around them, the usual whenever Diana and Akko had any sort of interaction that screamed 'GAAAAAY'.

And right on cue a brash redhead joined the group, snaking her hands onto the blonde's shoulders and whispering into her ear.

"Your gay is showing, princess."

Diana stiffened immediately at the words, smile fading into a practiced neutral expression as Amanda chuckled and made her way around the blonde to sit at the large table followed by the remaining members of the green team. Without another word, Diana quickly stalked away toward the food line, Hannah and Barbara both glaring at the redhead before falling into step with the blonde witch.

"What did you say to her?" Akko furrowed her brows at Amanda, narrowing her eyes accusingly as the redhead settled in.

"Nothin' she didn't already know, Kagari." The redhead smirked before putting her hands behind her head and leaning back in her chair. Her eyes then flickered toward Sucy, the two exchanging the slightest of nods before the pale witch stood and scooted to the empty chair beside her, eliciting a confused looked from Akko.

"What are you doing?"

"I'd rather not be in the middle of you and Diana." Sucy deadpanned as if it was obvious before making a gagging motion.

The brunette looked around the table and noticed that there were two empty seats between Lotte and Amanda, and now the one next to herself. Although the girls would have most likely moved to allow Diana to sit with the blue team, she wasn't complaining about the opportunity to sit next to her crush. Before the group knew it, the blue team had returned with their food trays. Hannah and Barbara automatically took the two open seats between Amanda and Lotte, leaving Diana pausing as she looked over the table for the lone empty seat. When the blonde witch caught sight of the open seat next to Akko, her lips pursed slightly, an almost imperceptible blush dawned on her face as she walked around the table and settled in between Sucy and the Japanese girl, the latter already digging into her food to satiate the black hole that was her stomach.

The meal went by relatively normal at first, quiet conversation breaking the silence regularly as the three teams had grown rather comfortable with each other since the missile crisis. The only ones not actively conversing were Sucy and Constanze, the latter for obvious reasons. The purple haired witch however was busying herself with watching every bite Diana took, and to her dismay, the blonde ate painfully slow. But the moment Sucy was waiting for finally arrived when Diana picked up her spoon to delve into today's dessert, chocolate pudding. The pale girl's eye lit up as she turned and shot a meaningful glance across the table to where Amanda sat. Luckily the redhead had been as excited for whatever Sucy was planning and had been keeping an eye on the blonde as well. Without needing anymore confirmation from Sucy, Amanda leaned closer to Hannah for moment before gasping loudly enough for everyone at the table to pause and turn their heads to see what was going on.

"Hannah! You're cute and all but I'm not gonna just make out with you at the table!"

"What?!" Hannah shrieked loud enough for her voice to echo around the large room. "What the hell are you talking about?"

Sucy grinned evilly when the distraction was enough for Diana to put her spoon down and abandon her dessert for the moment while she attempted to defuse the odd situation on the other side of the table. The pale witch took the opportunity given to her to switch the blonde's pudding with her own, which of course already had the potion mixed in. It was easier than she thought it would be as the bickering between Amanda and Hannah had held the attention of everyone at the table, and anyone on the tables close by. Sucy balled up her napkin and threw it at Amanda's head, hitting her target easily. The redhead stopped mid-sentence and turned surprised eyes to the pale witch.

"Stop." Sucy deadpanned before taking a bite of her newly acquired dessert and turning her attention to her open notebook.

All eyes turned back to Amanda in expectation of some sort of outburst, but when the American only shrugged and leaned back in her chair as she abandoned her argument with Hannah, everyone's jaws dropped in awe. Diana looked between the two with her brows furrowed in suspicion, not believing it could possibly be that easy before she eventually let it go and finally took a large bite of her pudding. Sucy tried desperately to hide a pleased smirk as she picked up her pen and readied herself to take notes for when the effects of the potion finally kicked in. After the blonde took a few more bites, the pale witch grew impatient as she tried very hard to not obviously stare at Diana, but she knew it would be any second now-

Suddenly the blonde's eyes closed and her body fell limply to the side, almost knocking Akko out of her seat as the brunette struggled to keep Diana from falling to the floor.

"Diana!" Akko squeaked, looking around the table in desperation. "Help!"

Hannah and Barbara were already out of their chairs and rushing around the table in a panic, followed by the always calm but concerned Jasminka.

"Diana!" The two girls yelped in unison as they gently tried to shake the blonde witch awake but failed.

"We should get her to the nurse!" Lotte jumped into the conversation after getting over her initial shock.

After murmurs of agreement, Hannah and Barbara tried in vein to hoist their friend up off of a still struggling Akko before strong but gentle hands pushed them aside and proceeded to pick Diana up easily into a princess carry. Jasminka then began to walk quickly toward the exit with the blonde's limbs flailing lifelessly around her, followed by a train of girls until the only ones left at the table were a shocked Amanda, a disinterested Constanze and a very intrigued Sucy.

"What in the hell did you give blondie?" The redhead asked in exasperation as she watched her friends disappear through the door. When she was met with silence, Amanda turned back toward the pale witch, who was cackling quietly and writing furiously in her notebook.

"Very interesting. Kehehe."

Diana woke some time later, coming back to consciousness but her eyelids were so heavy. She was so tired. She was laying on something soft. A bed? When had she gone back to her room? No, she had just been having lunch with her friends. What happened after that? The blonde's mind was swimming with unanswered questions, but her utter exhaustion began to overcome her curiosity as she began to slip back into unconsciousness.

"She's so cute when she's asleep."

What?! Was that...Akko? Did she just say-

"I wonder if her hair feels as soft as it looks."

She wouldn't! Diana's eyes shot open immediately to find Akko frozen in place, eyes wide and her hand inches away from the blonde's locks. The brunette pulled it away immediately and laughed nervously as she scratched the back of her neck.

"H-hey Diana."

"Don't you dare touch my hair without permission, Akko." Diana glared at the nervous girl next to her. The blonde's hair was a point of pride, the upkeep was rather difficult and Akko had no sense of personal space. Okay, if Diana were being honest, she had imagined the brunette's hands entangled passionately in her hair once or twice but that's beside the point, so she maintained that steely glare as she awaited an answer.

"Gods she's hot when she's angry."

Wait.

Diana's eyes widened as she stared dumbfounded at Akko. Surely she had just heard the Japanese witch's voice, but her mouth hadn't moved in the slightest. Was she going crazy? Was this a dream? Did Akko just say she was hot?!

"What's wrong Diana?" Akko asked in concern as she scooted her chair even closer to the terrified witch.

"I…" Diana started, but words failed to come to her mind as she tried desperately to figure out what on earth was happening. "I don't feel well."

Not a lie.

"Oh, I'm sorry Diana." The brunette reached out and took the blonde's hand, attempting to comfort her friend. "Is there anything I can do?"

"I..I don't think so, but thank you." Diana replied, grateful for the comfort as she smiled tiredly and squeezed Akko's hand gently as the brunette smiled back in relief.

"Are you sure? Because I can think of plenty of ways to make you feel reeeal good. Heh."

"What?!"

"Eh?"

"W-what did you just say?!"

"...I didn't say anything!"

The two witches stared wide eyed at each other for a long moment, one in shock and the other in complete confusion. The room was completely silent save for the ticking of the large clock on the wall before Diana finally let out a long, drawn out sigh before the back of her head hit her pillow once more and stared up at the ceiling at a loss. 'By the nine I think I've gone insane.'

Hey y'all! Hope you enjoy this silly little fic I've put together. It'll give you...and me a little break from the angst of my other story. (The Last Song) Lol

Thank you for reading! See you next time!