Day 1: Stars/Astrology


Diana rarely found herself overwhelmed, especially when it came to school.

On the rare occasions she did though, Diana tended to tackle the problem head on.

Often times it worked, and she came out on top.

The times it didn't work though…

Diana stubbornly glared at a book about the history of healing magic she had been reading for a research project.

Due to some rather unforeseen circumstances which forced her to return to her manor for most of the week, she was nowhere near as accomplished as she hoped to be. She resolved that, the moment she arrived in Luna Nova, she would make up for lost time.

She arrived in the morning and had since been reading various resources for research, making considerable progress. However, after hours of non-stop reading and research, her vision had begun to grow weary, and the words on the tomes had become all but unintelligible.

She peeked at her large collection of notes. They started off neat, detailed, and organized… and while they were still objectively good notes, the quality had dropped far below her usual standards.

Diana sighed.

She had considered taking a break… but every time she tried, she started worrying about the amount of work she still had left to do.

But perhaps… she could rest her head for just a momen-

"Diana?"

Diana looked up and saw Akko looking down on her, worry written all over the brunette's face.

"A-Akko?" Diana mumbled, "What are you doing here? Curfew must have passed a while ago."

"I could say the same to you!" Akko countered. "The first time I see you all week, and you look horrible. How long have you been here?"

"Since I arrived at 6 a.m." Diana admitted, bracing herself for the fierce scolding she knew would come from her fiery girlfriend.

"Six a- SIX AM?! DIANA! IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT!"

"… It is past midnight?" Diana blinked. "Akko, what are you doing out? Curfew must have passed at least an hour ag-"

"Oh no. Nononono, you're not changing the subject like that. You are going to get up, pack up your notes, and go to your room to sleep." Akko scolded.

"Akko…" Diana began, "I doubt I would be able to get even an hour's worth of restful sleep... not with," Diana gestured toward her notes, "all this work on my mind."

"Well, I've always helped you sleep when you couldn't right?" Akko turned her head.

Diana pursed her lips.

"I doubt even you could keep my mind off of this Akko… It has been bothering me all week while I was at my manor. Now that I am back in Luna Nova, everything reminds me about it."

"Oho, I take that as a challenge then." Akko smiled. "Operation: Give Diana a Peaceful Night's Rest. Start!"

Diana rolled her eyes at Akko's ridiculous naming sense.

"And what exactly do you propose to do?"

Akko hummed in thought, as she put all of Diana's notes away into a bag, knowing Diana was far too tired to stop her.

Once Akko got an idea, her eyes brightened.

"Oh! Why don't I show you where I was going tonight?"

"… Excuse me?" Diana cocked a brow.

"Yeah, it'll be so great!" Akko cheered, grabbing Diana's arm and urging her to get up. "I've been looking for a good enough excuse to bring you there, and it'll give you a chance to get away from your work and relax!"

"I apologize Akko," Diana struggled tiredly against Akko's pull, "but I must continue working… and you should not be outside of your dorm. Now… if you could please put my notes back on the tabl-"

"Nope!" Akko interrupted.

"Wha-"

"Nope, you're not staying here." Akko challenged. "I'm pretty sure you can stop working for now. Besides, you look way too tired to keep working on… whatever this is, and you're definitely too tired to argue with me long enough for me to give up. You know I'm going to get you out of here one way or another."

Diana sighed. Akko did have a point. The words on that tome Akko had just packed into her bag were becoming nothing more than scribbles.

Even more importantly, Diana knew Akko was right about how this would all inevitably turn out.

One of the things Diana loved about Akko was the girl's indomitable will when faced with anything that stopped her from getting whatever it was she wanted after all, and Diana knew she had nowhere near the fight nor the energy to even try to go against her.

Besides, there was always the slight chance that whatever Akko had planned could possibly help her forget her troubles just long enough for a good night's sleep.

If anyone could do so, it'd be Akko.

"Fine Akko, take me to wherever."

Akko beamed, knowing she'd won.

The bright smile Akko sent Diana relieved her of a bit of stress she had built up, allowing her to respond with a smile of her own.

"Alright! You're not going to regret it. Now come with me… Or better yeeeeet~"

"A-Akko?!" Diana yelped as Akko lifted her out of her chair and then immediately ran out into the hallway. "What do you think you are doing?!"

"Carrying you!" Akko laughed. "You look exhausted."

"P-Put me down this instant!" Diana scolded, her cheeks warming from the rather compromising position. "I can walk just fine."

"Neveeeer!" Akko exclaimed as she ran towards the exit of the school.

"Akko!" Diana yelled angrily, sending a glare Akko's way.

"… Fiiine." Akko pouted before slowly bringing Diana back down onto her feet. "One misstep though, and it's back to being carried."

Diana narrowed her eyes at Akko but agreed. She may have been tired, but she wasn't that tired.


After almost immediately tripping on a blank sheet of paper that had fallen out of her bag, Diana had been carried and plopped onto Akko's broom.

As the two girls flew through the sky, Diana couldn't help but wonder about where Akko was taking her. She would be lying if she said she wasn't curious about where her girlfriend would be sneaking off to in the middle of the night…

Though seeing as Akko was taking her to it, it at least couldn't have been all that bad.

Diana briefly considered that her girlfriend had found some magical creature's infant and was trying to take care of it… but she quickly shook that thought away.

From what Akko said, she had been doing this for quite a while, and she definitely would have already let it slip that she had been taking care of such a thing.

Knowing her girlfriend, Diana expected that wherever she was taken would be a rather extraordinary place…

So when the two of them landed in some field just a ways away from the school, Diana found herself immensely confused. She searched around, looking for any hint as to why Akko had wanted to bring her here, but found nothing.

"Akko… where is thi-" Diana began to speak, but was cut off by a pull against her hand.

"Come on Diana!" Akko smiled, "Before I carry you again!"

"Fine." Diana surrendered, following Akko's pull.

"Good, good~" Akko sang, before taking seat.

Diana looked down at her girlfriend, eyes narrowed as she tried to figure out exactly the purpose of all of this was.

"Well, don't just stand there." Akko said, patting on the ground next to her. "Sit down! I won't bite… unless you want me to." Akko waggled her eyebrows.

Diana rolled her tired eyes but hesitantly knelt on the spot Akko had offered her. "Now would you care to explain what it is we are doing here?"

"Sure." Akko shrugged. "Look up."

"Up?"

"Yup! Look up!"

Diana looked at her girlfriend suspiciously, before turning her head upwards.

What could possibly be so imp-

The moment Diana looked up at the sky, her mind stopped, nothing registering beyond the sheer awe she felt looking up at the night sky.

She'd seen clear nights before. She'd seen nights when the all the stars glimmered and twinkled in a way that demanded attention.

What she saw here in this moment, however, was leagues beyond anything she'd seen before. It was almost as if dark sky was adorned with the very essence of magic.

Stardust painted the black canvas of the night sky with luminescent blues and purples. Stars glittered the dark areas surrounding these splashes of color, shining more brilliantly than Diana had ever seen before.

"… Wow" Diana exhaled, her eyes shimmering under the intense starlight.

Akko chuckled, looking at her girlfriend stare up in the sky in wonder.

"Right? I remember when Professor Ursula first showed me this place… I couldn't look away either."

When she didn't receive any response or answer back, Akko rolled her eyes.

"You know Diana, any more than this, and I'm gonna start getting jealous." Akko joked as she snapped her fingers.

The sudden sound shocked Diana out of stupor, who immediately found herself growing embarrassed by how quickly she was mesmerized by the magnificence of the night sky.

"A-Akko I-"

"Don't worry about it." Akko teased. "It's really nice isn't it?"

Diana slowly drifted into a smile, hearing the earnestness in Akko's voice.

"It is… quite a beautiful sight… but why did you bring me here? Not that I do not appreciate it… this view of the stars was well worth the trip."

"Well… I thought this would be the perfect way to de-stress you." Akko smiled. "Stargazing with your cute girlfriend. Sounds like a great plan doesn't it?"

"… Akko, but why here specifically?" Diana questioned.

"You seemed… really stressed," Akko said, taking hold of Diana's hand as she continued looking up at the stars. "And whenever I'm stressed or need a break late at night, I come here to look at these stars… to just forget about it for a while. It helps a lot on those kind of nights… especially when you're already asleep. I thought this could maybe help you in the same way."

"I see…" Diana took a moment to process what Akko had just told her. "Do you come here… often?"

Akko guffawed, much to Diana's confusion. When Akko peeked an eye open through her laughter and saw her girlfriend's dumbfounded face, she tried to compose herself, settling for an amused and teasing smirk.

"Diana, we're already dating. You don't need to use any pick up lines on me."

Diana flushed upon hearing her totally innocent question misconstrued in such a way.

"You know that is not what I meant! J-Just answer the question Akko!"

"Yeah, yeah." Akko laughed as she watched Diana's cool façade break for a moment. "I was just kidding… But, yeah, I do."

Diana calmed herself before speaking once more.

"Do… you find yourself stressed very often?"

"Oh, no. No no no no no." Akko frantically denied; she didn't mean to make Diana worried. She sent her girlfriend a reassuring smile before turning back up to the sky. "I come here whenever I want to think too. Or for any other reason really. Sometimes just to talk to the stars about my day."

"You… talk to the stars?" Diana blinked. "You know you can speak to me if you have any problems right?"

"I know that, but… just, look over there." Akko pointed up to the sky.

Diana squinted as she followed her girlfriend's finger. Her eyes widened when she saw seven stars, all somehow shining more brightly and more pronounced than the surrounding stars.

"The Big Dipper?"

"Yup! You remember… That's where the Shiny Rod is now. I like to come here and talk to it sometimes." Akko smiled, focused on the seven stars off in the distance.

"You come here to speak to the Shiny Rod?"

"Yup. I talk to it about my day… or whatever's on my mind really. It probably can't hear me, but I like to think we're still connected in some way."

"I see…"

Akko looked away from the stars to look straight at Diana, tapping the blonde's arm so that their eyes could meet.

"You're going to talk to the Shiny Rod."

Diana blinked slowly. "Excuse me? I am going to what?"

"Talk to the Shiny Rod. We used the last spell together, I bet you anything that if I'm connected to it, you are too."

"Akko, I don't see how this wou-"

"If you're shy, I'll start." Akko smiled. "Hey Shiny Rod! It's been a while hasn't it? Look! It's Diana." Akko gestured to the girl next to her. "… Come on Diana, say hi."

"Akko I-"

"Please Diana?" Akko pleaded.

Diana tensed up before looking up at the constellation.

"Hello Shiny Rod…" Diana shyly mumbled.

"Yay~" Akko grinned, though her expression softened when she saw the discomfort on her girlfriend's face. "Though I guess you're not that comfortable talking to it… I guess that's fine."

Diana breathed out with relief.

"So how do you feel about making wishes on stars?" Akko asked curiously.

"Wishes, Akko?" Diana asked curiously.

"Yeah, you know what they say: making a wish upon a star helps your dreams come true."

"You… are aware that is a simple fairy tale right?"

Akko laughed.

"Fairy tale or not, all the wishes I've asked for have come true! After all, I'm not wishing on just any star, I'm wishing on the Shiny Rod… and if any star's making a wish come true, it's those ones."

Diana cocked a brow.

"All of the wishes you've asked for?"

"Yup! Though from what I can tell, the wishes have to come from my heart… I guess kind of like how using the rod was like before." Akko said as she stared up at the stars.

Curiosity piqued, Diana looked at Akko.

"What wishes have you asked for that have come true?"

Diana observed Akko intently. Her eyes focused in as she saw Akko nibble on her lower lip, her face beginning to redden. The heiress could also feel the pulse in Akko's hand beginning to race.

"Well uh… do I have to?" Akko quietly asked.

"I am sure hearing it would make me feel better." Diana teased, choosing to get a little payback for the earlier carryings Akko had subjected her to.

"… Fine." Akko grumbled, letting out a quiet "That's so unfair" under her breath. "I just… uh… well do you remember two months ago when I first asked if you wanted to go on a date?"

Diana smiled at the memory, remembering Akko's adorable effort to ask her to a walk through the town coupled with lunch.

"Of course I do Akko. I still have the rose you catapulted at me standing in a vase full of spring water on my desk."

"Yeah well… I kind of wished that all the preparations went smoothly… since everything was really complicated and one wrong thing could have been a horrible disaster."

"You know, Professor Finnelan would argue that the entire occurrence was a horrible disaster, considering it just happened to affect her class and only her class." Diana added.

"Well, the rose got to you and you said yes… so I say it was a complete success!" Akko beamed.

"Hm… you said you wished that your preparations would work?"

"Yep."

"… Why not wish that I would say yes?" Diana pondered. "Not that you needed any help in that sense."

"Because that's your answer Diana." Akko said nonchalantly. "If you say yes, I want it to be because that's how you feel, not because of some wish I made. "

"I see… have you made any other wishes?"

"Well… I made a wish hoping that the date we went on where I kissed you for the first time would go well. And that definitely happened." Akko grinned. "Oh, and I also wished that you would be able to come with me here one of these nights and ta-da~ here you are!"

Diana shook her head in amusement, her heart swelling from hearing each of Akko's innocent wishes.

Akko is just too precious.

"I know I am." Akko giggled. "Thanks for telling me though."

Diana blinked.

"D-did I say that out loud?"

"Mmhm." Akko hummed. "I guess you're more tired than I thought… Blurting things without thinking is my job!" Akko clung onto her girlfriend's arm.

It was Diana's turn to giggle now, a beautifully melodic sound that warmed Akko's heart.

"Perhaps I am just a bit tired." Diana agreed, scooting in closer into the bubbly girl's hold.

"You think you'll be able to sleep well tonight?" Akko asked.

Diana pondered. "I am not quite sure…"

"Well, if you don't mind then, I wanna talk to the Shiny Rod about my day."

Diana smiled. "Well don't let me stop you."

"I hope you're paying attention too~" Akko sang, hugging Diana's arm even more tightly.

Diana chuckled, "I would not dream of doing otherwise"

"Great! Now… where should I begin… Oh! Shiny Rod, you remember Sucy right? Well… Sucy woke me up in the worst way today…"

Diana rested her head on Akko's shoulder as she listened to the brunette recount everything that happened to her today.

She listened intently to hear about everything that she had missed.

She heard Akko talk and whine about all the crazy experiments her roommate put her through… Apparently at one point, that poison loving roommate of hers turned her ponytail into a flower that changed species to reflect the mood she felt.

Diana pouted, wishing she could have seen that. It probably would have been really cute, much like it was back when they talked to each other for the first time.

She listened to Akko whine about how much work the professors had assigned… something Diana was experiencing firsthand.

Before she could dwell on that thought for much longer, Diana felt one of Akko's arm release her own arm, only to wrap itself around the heiress, leaving her only with thoughts about how wonderfully warm Akko was and how much she loved the brunette doing so much to help her sleep.

She then listened to Akko speak at length about how much progress she'd been making under Professor Ursula's tutelage since the Shiny Rod had joined its place in the stars. Diana found herself taking mental notes as Akko talked about all the show stopping spells she was working on.

She knew she would be the first person Akko showed these to once she got them right, and Diana was beyond excited to see just what their idol was teaching the bubbly brunette.

The longer Diana listened to Akko's story, the more she found herself growing captivated by it, much like a child being told their favorite bed time story. In fact, the more she listened to Akko speak about her day, the more difficult it became to keep her eyes open.

Diana wondered just how Akko always managed to do it. How, without fail, Akko would find a way to make Diana feel better whenever she needed some sort of pick me up.

Diana struggled to look up at the sky one more time, so that she could silently thank whatever force it was that brought the both of them together.

She then happened a glance at the Big Dipper and smiled softly.

As each word Akko spoke continued to soothe and relax Diana, she found herself slowly drifting off to sleep, despite herself.

She tried her best to fight off the ever growing urge to sleep, not because of some desire to work on a project, but because she just did not want this time with Akko to end.

However, Akko's words were just too soothing, almost becoming Diana's own personal lullaby.

Realizing she was fighting a losing battle, she succumbed to her weary mind and allowed herself to give in to the sweet pull of sleep, guided by the sweet sound of her girlfriend's voice.

And as Diana drifted off, she had one thought in her mind, a wish she held with all her heart.

I sincerely hope that I do not wake up tomorrow without her.

When Akko felt Diana slump, falling onto her lap, she looked down at the heiress and smiled.

"That sure took long enough, I was running out of things to say." Akko mumbled softly as she brushed Diana's cheek with her thumb. "See, what'd I tell you Shiny Rod? She just dropped to sleep listening to me talk. She really needs to relax more, doesn't she?"

Akko listened to the soft whistle of Diana's breath, looked at the steady rise and fall of the heiress's shoulder.

She looked up to the sky and saw the stars of the Big Dipper glowing yellow for just a second. She sent an appreciative smile towards the constellation.

"Thanks Shiny Rod. I knew I could count on you to help."

After one last appreciative glance, Akko turned to the slightly more important sight of her girlfriend sleeping on her lap.

It honestly made her feel extremely giddy seeing Diana asleep like this. The girl's usually neat blonde hair was sprawled out on the grass and across her lap. There also wasn't any sign of tension on her perfect face.

"Operation: Give Diana a Peaceful Night's Rest is almost complete." Akko mumbled. "Only two more things left to do."

Carefully, Akko lifted Diana onto her back, trying desperately to make sure she did not wake the heiress up.

Once she managed to prop her girlfriend onto her back, Akko grabbed her broom and mounted it.

Akko looked back on her girlfriend, whose head was now perched onto her shoulder.

"I really hope you'd be okay if I take you on more of these later." Akko whispered as she felt soft breaths ghosting the nape of her neck, sending goose bumps up her arm. "It was really nice sharing this with you." Then she snuck a peek up at the Big Dipper, which was beginning to glow green. "And no Shiny Rod, that isn't a wish or anything, so please don't do anything about that. I want that to be Diana's decision alone."

When Akko finished her sentence, the Big Dipper turned back to glowing its bright white.

"Good… now…" Akko turned her attention back to Diana, who was now nuzzling against Akko's shoulder, sending warm tingles and flutters to her heart. "Oh my gosh, you are way too cute."

Akko silently thanked everything that helped the two of them get together.

No wonder she had terrible, terrible luck. In between being the one chosen by the Shiny Rod and being the girlfriend of the amazing Diana Cavendish, Akko was pretty sure that having any more luck would be considered a crime against nature.

With Diana peacefully sleeping against her as they soared through the quiet night sky, there was only one more thing left to do.

Akko said her farewells to the Shiny Rod as she flew Diana back to her dorm. She then carefully rested the heiress onto her large bed.

After that, Akko slipped into Diana's bed and wrapped her arms around the blonde, ensuring that, if the heiress woke up in the middle of the night, she would be unable to leave. Akko grinned at how perfect the ending part of her plan was.

She got to keep Diana in bed and have her to herself for the night.

One last time, the stars of the Big Dipper glowed yellow as Diana snuggled closer to her girlfriend in her sleep.

When Diana woke up the next morning, her heart skipped as she found herself wrapped in warmth and entranced by the sight in front of her.

Akko was fast asleep. Her mouth was wide open and there was just a tiny trail of drool beginning to drip off from the side of her mouth.

She was also snoring rather loudly, each snore ending with just the smallest ringing of her voice.

Diana failed to fight back the stupidest grin on her face, as she was met with the heart-warming, squeak inducing realization that Akko had slept together with her last night. Judging by the heiress's currently inability to move, it seemed her girlfriend also intended to keep her there until she awoke.

With a content sigh, Diana closed her eyes again and moved in closer to Akko… work could wait.

There was someone far more important right now.

With that thought, Diana made sure to close her eyes and send up a silent thought of gratitude to the Shiny Rod for granting her wish.


I died but Dianakko week was calling, so I had to try right? #Shiny Rod is the best wishing star.

Time to hope I remember what I'm doing! (As of now I have all but two days ready, and out of order so wish me luck so hopefully I can finish those prompts as well.)

Anyway, thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed~