Because Magic's Revenge is a more serious story, I created this one where I can write all the happy and sweet Dianakko and Chariox that I want. Suggestions and themes for One-Shots are welcomed, and can go from Years Later to Alternate Universes. But, all of the stories will follow a timeline that starts with this first chapter where Akko and Diana get together and continues towards domestic bliss.
After stopping with Diana the missile, becoming the hero of Luna Nova, and well, basically saving the whole world; Akko had believed things would be different once she returned to school. In fact, she had been expecting her fellow witches to acknowledge her efforts and praise her on her spectacular magic. She, the girl that had been the laughing stock of the school, had broken the seal of the Grand Triskellion and had brought magic back! I mean, who could even say that they had done something similar? Or as magical as that?
Apparently, everyone failed to realize and fully grasp the extent and repercussions of Akko's actions and involvement during the missile crisis. Instead of having a heroes' welcome after they returned from, yes, outer space; Akko and Diana had arrived at Luna Nova and realized that not many people were aware of what had transpired outside the school.
And that was when Akko remembered that there were no televisions, or radios, or cellphones at Luna Nova…
So, Akko's debut as a magical performer did not help her to become a celebrity at school. Instead, and to the brunette's chagrin, things went back to the way they were. Or, as close as normal as they could be with young girls learning how to use magic.
Specially if one of those girls was Akko…
"Miss Kagari!" Akko hears the exasperated voice of Professor Finneran calling her. "Were you even listening to me?"
Looking up from her notes, she sees the older woman staring at her menacingly. Gulping and making her best apologetic face, Akko remains quiet and waits for the professor to start talking again.
"As I was saying, in an effort to introduce you to modern magic and the many artifacts that can be found outside Luna Nova, the school and Ministry will hold an exposition on magical objects and nullifiers. All students, and I mean all students…" she stares at Akko. "Must attend."
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"I mean, I get why we need to see this…" Akko says after making sure that Professor Finneran is no longer in the classroom. "But did you hear her say that it was going to be a talk and that the objects would be sealed? Where's the fun in that?"
"They probably don't want people touching them and activating them." Lotte reasons with her. "Professor Finneran did say that they were dangerous."
"Then why even bring them here to begin with?" the brunette girl asks exasperated.
"To prepare us in case we encounter them outside Luna Nova." a familiar voice explains to her and Akko notices Diana had come to stand next to her.
"Diana…" she says with a warm smile that the blonde bashfully reciprocates.
Diana… Was another aspect that had changed completely in Akko's life after the missile.
She was not sure of how to define their relationship. She liked Diana and considered her a friend. But, there were times when the two of them would look at each other and all these feelings started brewing inside of Akko. Feelings that were definitely not there when she talked to Sucy or Lotte.
Akko had decided to act on those feelings and had started to hang out with Diana more. It had all began with casual encounters at the library, followed by tea trips to town and late nights where Akko escaped curfew and only allowed Diana to find her because she knew that the blonde girl would not turn her in. Those moments together had only confirmed to the brunette what she was feeling and the way she was going to act from now on.
Because, although Akko was naïve, she was not that naïve. She knew that she was developing feelings for Diana that went beyond friendship. Romantic feelings that were making her see Diana in a different light. But she also knew that to many, a change in their relationship would be seen as detrimental for the blonde heiress. As a backwards step on her path towards greatness and excellence. But, because Akko was Akko, she refused to think about what others would say. Instead, she knew that the only opinion that mattered when it came to the two of them was Diana's. And, as long as the blonde witch didn't tell her to stop her advances, she was going to continue courting her.
"Although not many at Luna Nova were aware of what we did a few months ago, the professors noticed and started to realize that keeping the newer elements of magic away from the school was detrimental in the long run." Diana's voice makes her focus on their conversation.
"I'll say they were detrimental enough." Sucy murmurs bored. "Their lack of knowledge about Magitronics and modern magic is what prevented them from realizing the true intentions of Professor Meridies."
This made Akko look down in sadness.
Although things had been forgiven and forgotten between the two of them, she knew that Croix-Sensei was away from Luna Nova working for the Ministry and trying to find a cure for Ursula-Sensei. Akko, honestly had no ill-feelings towards the lilac-haired witch. She even understood her point of view once the older woman told her the truth about her life, her relationship with Chariot and her years after leaving Luna Nova. In fact, after a long cry and promise to keep in touch with each other, Akko had received a cellphone in the mail and used it to talk to the lilac-haired woman. That, had led her to quickly realize that Croix-Sensei was a teaser and liked to play pranks on their favorite red-haired teacher.
"Indeed." Diana agrees with the pink-haired girl. "So, instead of complaining about the talk, why don't you consider it an opportunity to safely learn about different types of magic?"
"But I won't be able to try the magic!" Akko whines dramatically while holding the blonde's hands. "And where's the fun in that?"
"You're such a child." the Cavendish girl chuckles tenderly.
"Will you at least go with me?" she asks her friend and notices her blush brightly. "If I can't touch anything and will be forced to listen to some boring professors talk, at least it will become bearable if you're with me."
This makes Lotte and Sucy exchange knowing glances between them.
Akko had not been shy about confessing to them her newly discovered feelings. And, because they were good friends that truly cared about her, they had offered Akko their support in helping her 'get the girl'.
"I think I must in order to keep you out of trouble." Diana tries to say nonchalantly but they all see right through her.
"Great!" Akko says happily and hugs the blonde tightly. Come pick me up at my room at 7pm!" she exclaims excitedly and goes out of the classroom before Diana changes her mind.
She had a date to prepare to.
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"Ursula-Sensei!" Akko screams while opening the door to her room and sitting in her chair. "I need you!"
Frightened about the panicked tone and way Akko had just entered her room, Ursula runs down the stairs and takes her wand out to check for any kind of injuries.
"What happened?" she asks tersely while moving her wand over her student. "Did you fall off your broom? Did Sucy give you a poison made with expired ingredients? Did you curse yourself?" the woman continues rambling. "Where does it hurt?"
"Hurt?" Akko asks confused and smiles cheekily when she realizes how her words could also be interpreted. "Oh, I'm not hurt…" she appeases the older woman who closes her eyes and relaxes.
"Akko…" the red-haired woman admonishes her. "You know better than to scare me like that."
"I'm sorry." she apologizes honestly. "I'm just too excited and freaked out that I can't contain myself."
This makes Ursula stare curiously at her pupil.
"I asked Diana to come with me to today's talk and she said yes!" Akko exclaims happily. "Like, only the two of us and she agreed!"
Ursula chuckles warmly. She had seen first-handedly the way those two girls interacted with each other and had waited for Akko to tell her what she felt before suggesting to the brunette witch to make a move.
After that, Akko had been informing her about every development and event that pertained Diana and their blossoming romance. She had come for advice, for talks about her own insecurities regarding her sexuality, background in the magical world and the possibility of being accepted by a witch like Diana. To Ursula, all of those insecurities that Akko had confessed to her were very familiar and she had made sure of explaining and sharing with Akko her own experience. Which, in return, made their relationship grow and blossom, making the two of them become even closer than before. And, Ursula had been elated about realizing how much the brunette witch trusted her and cared about her opinion.
That she had truly forgiven her for what happened months ago...
"That's great Akko!" the older woman promises her happily.
"But now that she said yes I don't know what to do…" she looks down in contemplation. "And she did say that she was doing it because she wanted to keep me out of trouble… So maybe she doesn't see this as a date…"
This makes Ursula groan in exasperation.
Sometimes Diana was too much like Croix.
Like a Tsundere.
"Knowing Diana, if she accepted to go with you then she did so because she wanted to accompany you." Ursula promises her surely. "Besides, we know how closed-off Diana is with her emotions and the special ways in which she shows she cares."
That had been a talk of an hour in which Akko recounted every reaction the blonde witch had to her words and their interpretations of said reactions…
"You're right!" Akko says rejuvenated. "I must stop questioning myself and just prepare to sweep Diana off her feet. Although, how will I do that in a boring talk?"
Ursula also knew her favorite brunette well enough to realize when she was planning to start some mischief.
"Akko…" she warns her immediately. "I'm sure that Diana will be happy enough to spend the evening just with you talking with each other and sharing the experience."
"But this is our first official date! It has to be a memorable one!" Akko exclaims determined. "Don't worry Sensei, I won't do anything that will get me expelled!" she promises her and grabs her stuff from behind the door.
And the fact that Akko used the word 'expelled' is what makes Ursula's danger sensor turn on.
"Akko…" she tries to stop the younger girl.
"Thank you for the help! Bye Sensei, bye Alcor!" she says happily and closes the door before Ursula can finish her sentence.
Ursula had a bad feeling about what was going to happen tonight.
Closing her eyes, it seemed like she now had plans for the evening as well…
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I need to find something that will make my date with Diana amazing, Akko thinks while walking through the corridors.
She had considered going to the kitchen and steal a pie. But she had already done that during one of Diana's night patrols. There was also the option of escaping the talk, but she knew that Diana enjoyed things like this and that she would be really bummed out if for some reason she wouldn't be able to attend the talk.
"What can I do?" Akko asks mournfully to herself while closing her eyes. "There must be something that Diana will like…"
"All items are in display." she hears the voice of Principal Holbrook say happily.
"Indeed, most items have been nullified and are already in their cases." a younger woman promises.
"Most?"
"Yes, unfortunately the Clawlefill was not reacting to the nullifiers and we decided to just leave it out of the exposition."
"What a pity." the principal says softly. "But then again, those Clawlefill are stubborn like that."
The younger woman chuckles knowingly.
"I assume that you have taken the necessary precautions into making sure that the artifact is kept away from the students."
"Yes ma'am. We have placed a protective spell around the room it and it has been moved to the safe."
Luna Nova has a safe?
"No one should find it if they don't know they're looking for it." the woman finishes and that's the moment Akko realizes that's something she can use for her date.
"Splendid." Principal Holbrook congratulates the woman and both walk away from Akko.
She had just found out the perfect artifact to show Diana and make sure the blonde would never forget this date.
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"You look very happy…" Sucy says bored to her while finishing to put her clothes on.
"I have a date with Diana!" Akko shrieks in excitement. "How can I not be happy."
"A date at a talk." the pink-haired witch reminds her.
"Sucy!" Lotte admonishes her. "I'm sure that Akko and Diana will enjoy their date because they will be going with each other."
This makes Akko chuckle knowingly.
"That chuckle…" Sucy tells absently. "It means trouble."
"Why do you have so little faith in me?" the brunette says dramatically. "But you were right Sucy, I will not just take Diana to a talk. If I want her to like me and agree to another, better date, I must show her how fantastic and interesting I can be."
"But I think Diana already knows that." the blonde-girl tries to stop her roommate from doing something crazy.
"Diana deserves the best!" Akko says proudly. "And I will give it to her."
"What you will do is create chaos." Sucy smirks. "And hence make this talk become more interesting."
"Sucy is right!" Lotte says. "About you creating chaos. You're like a trouble magnet."
"Now you're just being negative." she reprimands her friends. "Positive things come to positive people."
Knowing that there was nothing they could do to stop Akko once she made up her mind, Lotte and Sucy just decided to finish dressing in order to give the brunette some privacy before Diana arrived.
"We'll be seeing you there." Lotte tells Akko and closes the door.
Looking at the clock on her cellphone, the brunette realizes that she has twenty minutes before Diana arrives. Sending a quick text, she runs to the shower, finishing her bath in five minutes. After drying her hair, and making sure that it was perfectly combed and brushed, she takes a look at her phone again and sees that her text was answered.
Croix-Sensei: Every magic school must have a safe for the storage of magical artifacts. Why do you ask?
Akko: Because I need to know where the safe of Luna Nova is. And since you used to work at the school, you must know where it is.
Croix-Sensei: Why ask me and not Chariot?
Croix-Sensei: I'm sure it is because you're planning to do something that will get you into trouble.
Akko: Croix-Sensei please, it's important!
Akko: It's for my date with Diana *embarrassed face*
Croix-Sensei: You finally asked her and she said yes?! That's awesome Akko.
Crois-Sensei: But still, I can't just tell you where it is because you want to take Diana there.
Akko: Please Sensei, tell me where the safe is so that Diana doesn't get bored with me or realizes that I'm not good enough for her. I promise you that we won't do anything dangerous.
Croix-Sensei: If Chariot were to find out that I helped you, she would kill me.
Akko: It will be our secret.
Croix-Sensei: Third floor, second door to the left. You need to say "Alberti Ponti" so the doors open.
Akko: You're the best Sensei!
Croix-Sensei: I'm too soft… Go get the girl!
Akko: Will do!
With five more minutes before 7pm, Akko checks herself once again in the mirror; and after realizing that there was nothing else she could do about her image, she just decided to open the door and wait for Diana outside her room.
But, pleasantly enough, the blonde witch was already outside her room, a bright blush adoring her face.
"Diana!" Akko exclaims happily and hugs her tight. "You're early."
This makes the blonde witch blush even more.
"I finished getting ready earlier than I expected. I was about to knock." she murmurs embarrassedly.
"You look beautiful."
"I'm just wearing my uniform Akko."
"Well, you always look beautiful in it and I've always wanted to say it to you." the brunette says smoothly and fist bumps when the blonde witch grabs her hand.
"Thank you." Diana whispers bashfully and both start walking towards the auditory. "I know I said earlier that I was coming with you in order to keep you out of trouble…" she looks away for a couple of seconds. "But the truth is that I wanted to come with you." she gives Akko a bright smile.
"I also wanted to come with you." Akko reassures her and feels like everything is falling into place. "Although I hope you won't get too bored with me accompanying you. Since I'm not the smartest witch around…"
This makes Diana stop walking and focus her whole attention on her.
"There's no one else that I would want to be with." she promises the brunette girl passionately. "And you are a very capable and smart witch, Akko. So don't sell yourself short."
"Ok!" Akko smiles happily and again starts walking towards the auditorium. "Are you excited about the talk?"
"A little…" Diana admits softly. "Although I'm disappointed that we won't be able to see the artifacts in their true form. All of them have been nullified in order to prevent any kind of accidents."
This makes Akko perk-up. She had the perfect solution for Diana's trouble.
"So you're not that interested about the talk?" she needed to confirm that.
"Not really." the Canvendish girl replies simply. "But then there's nothing we can do about it."
"What if I told you that there is?" Akko whispers to her and notices Diana blush because of their closeness. "What if I could show you something better than this talk?" she continues saying to a flustered Diana. "Would you come with me?"
She only has to wait a couple of seconds for Diana to nod in confirmation.
"Then follow me!" Akko takes out her wand and tugs her friend away from the doors.
Running quickly, the brunette guides Diana through the many corridors of Luna Nova. Fearing that the artifact was moved at the last second, Akko prays to whoever is willing to listen to her to help her make this evening a success. Arriving to the door, she sees that Diana recognizes it immediately but still doesn't say anything to her.
Closing her eyes, she says Alberto Ponti and the doors open just like Croix had told her they would. Entering the room, Akko is surprised at the many mirrors and objects that are inside the room.
"So this is where they moved the mirror after that incident…" Diana murmurs absently while going in. "I was wondering where Professor Finneran had placed it."
"That's the mirror that put the spell on me?" Akko asks and gulps when her friend confirms it.
"Not that I'm not surprised about you knowing of the existence of this place, or the fact that you knew the password to open the door…" she continues explaining. "But why bring me here?"
"You said that you wanted to see one of the artifacts of the exposition without it being nullified." Akko starts to explain to her. "And earlier, when I was coming back from Ursula-Sensei's room I heard Principal Holbrook and another woman talk about one artifact that had not reacted to the nullification."
"And in order to keep the students safe they placed it here." Diana can see where Akko's story was going. "So instead of staying away from this room and artifact you decided to bring me here? To show me said artifact." she emphasizes the last part.
Akko gulps uncertainly. Diana had her poker face on and there was no way for the Japanese girl to know what her friend thought of the situation.
"I just knew that you wanted to see it. And, I also know that you're a very capable witch Diana. That you will be capable of protecting me if something were to happen."
This makes Diana blush.
"That's very cheap Akko." the blonde complains.
"But true and effective." Akko gets closer to her and makes sure their bodies are touching. "So since we're now here, don't you think we should at least take a look at the artifact?"
Closing her eyes and knowing that there was no way she could refuse Akko, Diana nods in confirmation and makes sure that Akko is behind her. Walking towards the unfamiliar object in the center of the room, Diana can't help but admire the beauty of the stone in front of her.
"Wow, that's pretty…" Akko murmurs besides her and Diana agrees. "It looks like the Sorcerer Stone."
"It's pretty similar to it." Diana explains to her. "This one is a Clawlefill. They're not very common and hence are difficult to control with nullifiers. It surprises me that the Ministry even brought it here while knowing of its personality." she continues murmuring. "The Clawlefill is a magical artifact that combines energy and alchemy. Meaning that, the material of the rock has magical properties itself."
"What do you mean by magical properties?" Diana sees Akko ask while trying to touch the stone.
"Don't touch it!" the blonde witch screams and moves her hand out of the way, managing to make Akko fall away from it.
Unfortunately, the opposite happened to Diana.
Meaning that Diana had been the one that touched the stone.
Quickly standing up from the floor, Akko rushes towards Diana and helps her move away as well.
"Diana?" the brunette asks worriedly while taking a look at the blonde who didn't seem to be hurt but was not reacting to her voice. "Diana?" she chokes out. "Please tell me you're ok?"
Instead, what happens is that Diana focuses on her and takes one big gulp of air before closing the distance between them and planting a kiss on her lips.
Shocked at the way things had developed, Akko is incapable of responding to the kiss because a part of herself immediately thinks that the rock must have had similar effects to the love bee.
Realizing that her kiss was not being reciprocated, Diana immediately separates from Akko and runs away from the room, leaving behind a very confused and dazed brunette girl.
"No Diana, wait!" Akko reacts after the blonde is out of the room and berates herself for being so careless and naughty.
Taking her phone out, she calls the only person that would be capable of helping her.
"Akko, I thought you were on your date with Diana?"
"What is the Clawtofill?" she goes straight to the point.
"There's no object called that way." Croix chuckles. "Did your date go badly and that's why you're calling me? To distract you?" Akko hears the care and is touched by the woman's words.
"No Sensei! Well, yes, but not because of me. In a way it was because of me, but it was an accident and Diana touched that rock…"
"A rock?" Croix asks softly. "And you said that it was called Clawtofill?" the woman thinks about it. "What color was it?"
"Pink." Akko answers her quickly.
"And is Diana with you?"
"She kinda ran away after she kissed me."
"You two kissed and after she ran away you didn't chase after her?!" Croix berates her. "That stone Akko, it allows the person that touches it to lose all their inhibitions and fears."
This gives Akko hope.
"So if she kissed me, she did it because she had wanted to do so beforehand? Not because the feelings were fabricated."
"Yes Akko. The stone cannot create feelings. It only takes away what prevents a person from showing them."
It takes away all the walls and protections that Diana has placed on herself and her heart.
This was bad. No, this was terrible.
"This is bad Sensei! How can I stop it?!"
Before Croix-Sensei can answer her, Akko hears a shriek coming from the hallway and she knows to whom that voice belonged to.
"Don't hang up!" she tells Croix and runs out of the room.
"Miss Cavendish!" Akko sees Diana laughing and running away from a very annoyed and wet Professor Finneran.
"Don't tell me she got Finneran?" Croix asks her gleefully.
"She so did." the brunette chuckles and continues running towards Diana.
"Miss Kagari! No running in the hallways. And also, you know students are forbidden from using electronic devices!"
"Sorry Sensei, no time to talk!" Akko ignores her and continues running. "Have to save Diana from herself."
"She's so going to punish you tomorrow morning." the lilac-haired woman sing-songs.
"She likes doing that." the younger girl groans. "You still haven't told me how I can fix Diana."
"The magic of the stone is tricky." Croix informs her. "And the effect is only deactivated once the person under it believes that they have released all of their true thoughts to the person they're talking to."
"That's even worse!" Akko exclaims.
"But she's not being controlled by the stone. Diana is capable of choosing the person she wants to talk to and can leave a conversation at any moment. I'm pretty sure that Diana must be aware of what the stone does and knows how to eliminate the effects."
"So that means that she may be looking for a specific person?" Akko asks but doesn't need Croix to answer her because she sees Diana holding Ursula Sensei tightly to her.
"Diana?" she asks confused by the two women but it's like the blonde girl can't hear her.
"I have always admired you Chariot…" Diana says with complete awe. "You were a secret that my mother and I shared. A secret because you knew the way people in the magical world reacted when they heard your name… And how those who liked you were treated by the rest of witches." she chuckles sadly. "But my mother, she allowed me to see you. She told me that there was nothing wrong with using magic to make people happy."
"Diana…" Ursula whispers softly.
"Seeing you like this..." Diana says while touching her red hair. "Closer to the way you used to be when I was a child..." she whispers softly. "Reminds me of all those times with my mother. Of nights listening to her tell me your stories and teaching me the magic that you used. So when I now see you, it's always bittersweet."
"I'm sorry…"
"Please don't apologize." the blonde hugs her tighter. "Not when you have nothing to apologize for." she looks down in contemplation. "I know you have noticed the way I have kept my distance with you."
"I thought it was because of what I did all those years ago." Ursula admits softly to her. "Not that I would blame you if that were the reason. In fact, everyday I count my blessings when I realize that Akko still sees me the same way she used to. Before learning that I was Shiny Chariot."
Because that means she has forgiven me... was left unsaid.
Diana gets close to the red-haired who had created some distance between the two of them and grabs her hands.
"You Chariot, were the one thing that my mother and I truly shared. She also loved your magic and story so much. So seeing you this way, it reminds me of my mother and the way we used to be."
"I didn't know and I'm sorry for..."
"I was avoiding you because I was embarrassed of admitting all of these things to you." the blonde confesses smoothly. "And I wanted to explain it all to you."
"I… I don't know what to say…"
"You don't have to say anything at all. And I know the way you feel about Akko, how much you care for her and love her." Diana looks away for a couple of seconds, almost as if the effects of the stone were diminishing with the ongoing confession. "So I was thinking of a good way to say all of this in order to ask you for a favor."
This surprises the three women listening to the conversation.
"Of course!" Ursula tells her immediately. "What can I help you with?"
"I was wondering..." Diana blushes profusely. "If it was not too much to ask... If I could start taking magic lessons under you as well. If I could get to know you better and vice versa."
This makes Ursula smile brightly at the blonde girl in front of her and hug her tight, knowing that a wall between the two of them had been destroyed.
"I want to get to know you too, Diana." she smiles at the younger girl. "And teaching you, will be an honor."
Once those words were said, Akko and Ursula noticed a pink dust coming off Diana's hand.
"Is that what I think it is?" Ursula asks her favorite brunette knowingly and the younger girl tries her best to not run away.
Because although she was scared of her mentor, she was more terrified of what Diana was going to say. In fact, Akko was preparing herself for the worst. Getting a knowing look from her mentor that seemed to say 'don't even think about escaping', the brunette witch knew that she had to stay and embrace the consequences no matter what they were.
So, when Diana finally turned around and looked at her, Akko was surprised to see tears in her eyes instead of anger.
And Akko, being Akko, ran straight towards her in order to comfort her.
"Diana, why are you crying? If it is because of what happened then I'm sorry. As always I screwed things up and ended up getting the people I care about in trouble." she says dejectedly. "I'm sorry you had to say those things because of a spell and not because you wanted them to. And I'm sorry you were forced to kiss me when you didn't want to."
This makes Diana stop crying and stare incredulously at the brunette witch.
"You think that I am this upset because of the stone?"
This makes Akko make a double take.
"You're not?" she asks shocked.
"I'm actually thankful to it because it allowed me to express my true feelings to Ursula-Sensei. In fact, I'm actually not surprised at how things turned out." Diana chuckles softly. "As you said, trouble tends to find you Akko. So it comes with the package."
"Comes with the package…" Akko keeps repeating dumbly.
"What I'm upset about…" the blonde whispers embarrassedly. "Is that you didn't kiss me back."
"You didn't kiss her back?!" they hear a scream coming from the phone and Akko remembers that she had not hung up.
"Is that Croix?" Ursula asks surprised and then starts to put things together. "Hang up, Croix…" she takes out her own cellphone and calls the lilac-haired woman. "Were you the one that helped Akko enter the safe?"
"That's not important right now!" Croix admonishes her. "You can scold me all you want later, but I need to hear what is happening between those two. I'm far too invested…"
And because Ursula was just as invested as her friend was, she decided to admonish her behavior later.
"I have wanted to kiss you for so long." Akko admits shyly to the blonde witch. "So when you did it after touching the stone, a part of me wanted to let go and show you how I feel. But I didn't know the effect. And I thought that it made you fall in love with me. Like the Love Bee."
"You, Akko, are so unbelievable." Diana says while laughing out-loud. "You take me to a magical safe, you show me a cool artifact and when I kiss you you chicken out because you thought I didn't like you."
"Yes?" Akko asks confused by the emotions going through Diana. "But you touched the stone because of me. Because I didn't listen to you and acted like a child."
"And that's what I like most about you!" the blonde witch tells her immediately. "It's what makes you so charming and endearing. Think about it, do you think I would break the rules in such a way if I didn't have feelings for you, Akko? I would never go to such lengths in order to be with you if I didn't have feelings for you."
"So you going to the safe with me, it wasn't because you wanted to go but because you thought I wanted to go?" Akko asks confused.
"I thought you were planning on confessing to me. You had lately been very aggressive in your courting and I believed that I had given you the necessary signals for you to take the next step."
"So you do like me? Like in a romantic way, not a best friend way?" Akko cannot believe what she's hearing and has to ask the blonde girl again.
"You silly girl…" Diana gets close to her and wraps her arms tightly around her. "Of course I like you." she tells her while closing the distance between them and kissing her soundly on the lips. "Too much for my own good."