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Sooooo, I'm new to the fanfiction world. LWA is one of my favorites and I love the characters so I thougth I'd start here! Please let me know what you think. I kinda hope to expand on this but it could also stand on its own so I guess I'll see if anyone likes it. Hope you enjoy!

Summary: Diana has never been fond of any kind of skinship. Her friends know this and accept it, well most of them accept it. There is always an exception, though, isn't there?

It had been several weeks since the missile crisis and things at Luna Nova were finally settling back into a normal routine. There were only a few weeks left before the start of final exams for the year and in preparation of the upcoming stress Akko and her friends could be found outside lounging in the sun.

Well, almost everyone was lounging. Despite being dragged outside, mostly willingly, Diana had her head buried in a book already starting to study for exams. "Come on, Cavendish!" Amanda jeered from her broom, "I thought you'd loosened up, you're being a kill-joy." Diana simply turned a page, acknowledging nothing. Huffing in irritation Amanda dismounted gracefully and plopped next to Diana, draping her arm around Diana's shoulders.

While Hannah and Barbara technically continued their separate activities with Jasminka and Lotte respectively, they paused long enough to lock eyes, both sharing the same worried look. Despite Diana becoming much more approachable and friendly in the recent weeks, her teammates were very aware that she was not fond of any kind of skinship. "O'Neill," Diana's voice was calm as ever as she continued to read, "While I do not find you nearly as irksome and have come to tolerate your company, I do not remember giving you permission to invade my personal space."

At this point the rest of the group had paused their respective activities and conversations watching the interaction with slight concern. "Eh? Dang Cavendish. 'not as irksome'? I thought we were pals?" Amanda pushed her luck further by pulling Diana in closer.

Finally looking up from her book Diana replied curtly, "If we are 'pals' then I politely request you remove yourself from me." Amanda grinned mischievously as an idea struck her. However, as she raised her arm to muss Diana's hair, she suddenly found herself airborne. Diana had gone back to the book in her lap but with her free hand had drawn her wand and cast a levitation spell.

"Oh, come on!" Amanda whined as she gently and slowly rolled through the air unable to control her direction of motion. "Cavendish, knock it off! I'm flashing the whole courtyard!" Amanda attempted to hold her skirt down as she slowly rotated so she was floating upside down.

"I assure you, its not on purpose, however your screaming is drawing unnecessary attention to yourself." Amanda only growled in response finally giving up and simply crossing her arms and pouting. Diana finally looked up, "Perhaps this humiliation with teach you to respect other people's personal space."

"Fat chance," Amanda muttered followed by, "OW!" as the spell was discontinued dropping her soundly on her head.

Diana turned to the next page before delivering the final blow, "I didn't know they made underwear with the Shooting Star on them. A little childish for you though, don't you think, O'Neill?"

"Ok! That's it!" Amanda had leapt up and taken a step towards Diana before anyone could blink. Constanze shooed her Stan bot to intercept Amanda while Hannah and Barbara had risen to their feet to stand between the two, anticipating another fight. Sucy had somehow procured popcorn, likely from Jasminka, and sat watching everything unfold with a toothy grin. Only Lotte noticed when Sucy paused in munching on her popcorn, glanced up, and started cackling to herself.

The tension was suddenly broken with a loud, "Diana!" Akko came pelting from the sky in a barely controlled dive. Later no one would be able to decide if she crashed or landed. There was a lot of tumbling and yelling involved, but to be fair she did somehow end up on standing rather than in a pile on the ground. "Diana!" Akko cried again. "I'm getting better! I only got a few scrapes today see?" Diana immediately smiled warmly, clearly forgetting everything that had just happened with Amanda. Before anyone could say anything, Akko seemed to notice what Diana was holding, "Are you studying?"

Diana didn't get a chance to respond before Akko dropped her broom and dove at her. The book was promptly dropped from Diana's hands as she was forced to catch Akko to keep them both from tumbling backwards. After quick squeeze Akko immediately resituated herself, laying her head in Diana's lap and placing the blonde's hand on her head, demanding attention. "Diana-tan we are supposed to be relaxing before exams start! We won't have time to just hang out during exam weeks we are supposed to be enjoying ourselves!" Akko declared loudly.

Everyone was in various forms of shock. No one was particularly surprised by Akko's chaotic entrance or her noise level or even the fact that Akko practically tackled Diana. All of those things were normal for Akko. What shocked everyone was the fact that Diana did not voice a single word to reprimand Akko, she only smiled softly before beginning to gently run her fingers through the brunette's tangled hair. "Of course, Akko, you know what they say, bad habits die hard." Akko's eyes were closed so she missed Diana's smirk as she spoke and the eye roll that immediately followed. And, of course, completely missed the sarcasm.

"That's alright, Diana-tan, that's what I'm here for!" This time Diana's face turned the slightest shade of pink at the nickname, however she carried on as if she hadn't noticed her own blush.

All of this would have likely gone mostly unnoticed if it had not directly followed Diana and Amanda's minor scuffle over the exact same supposed taboo. A moment of silence passed before being broken by Amanda, "You have got to be kidding me!" Everyone jumped in surprise and turned their attention to Amanda, suddenly Lotte started to giggle. Before long the entire group was lost in a fit of laughter.

Amanda huffed and collapsed on the grass. No one would address the unicorn in the field, for now. After all, everyone already knew that Akko was the exception.

"By the way, cute undies Amanda."

"Akko, so help me!"