At that time, everyone was obsessed with the idea of finding their soulmate.
Diana didn't blame them, of course. The idea of true love has always been introduced like the meaning of life, and, well, that wasn't all lie. Sharing your heart and soul with someone you love is a very pleasant experience, but Diana wasn't interested in love at all.
She stared quietly as their friends talked about how excited they are with the idea of soulmates, and how they couldn't wait for finding a boy with whom they must share their souls. But Diana didn't gave a damn about what they where talking about.
"I just can't wait to find him! True love, Hanna! True love." Said excitedly a girl with dark hair, and an light haired girl giggled in agreement.
True love.
That word glued to Diana's mind. She has always thought that she wasn't made for falling in love, she had never liked sexually or romantically someone. She had already made up her mind on living amount politics and being the head of her family, being an independent woman, as she would say.
"Diana, you haven't said a word at all, is something wrong?" One of the girl asked, Diana looked up from her book to look at the the girl with her cold eyes, and smiled.
"Not at all, but you two know perfectly what I think about all this "soulmate" topic." Diana declared as the girls let out a sigh.
"Yeah, we know, Diana." The brow haired girl rolled her eyes in amusement.
"Yes, we know perfectly that you want to die alone with a hundred of cats accompanying you."
Diana shoke her head "Dying alone sounds way more pleasant that waiting for someone who probably does not exist, Barbara."
Barbara smiled and the brown haired girl snorted "That's way too depressing, Diana."
Diana ignored her as she went back to her book, the girls let out a sigh and continued giggling about soul mates again. But something else caught Diana's attention again.
Three girls. They were a couple of meters away from Diana, but she could surely hear how one of them screamed as the another two tried to calm her down. Diana couldn't make words out of the screaming, but it was obvious that the blond one tried to shut the screaming girl up as the another one ignored them.
She knew two of them; Lotte Janson and Sucy Manbavaran. Smart girls, she had a couple of classes with them. But she couldn't figure out who the brunette was, she surely didn't had a class with her, and neither had seen her before. She was probably new.
The brunette looked like trouble, and Diana prefered to stay out of trouble, so she got back to her book. But something else caught her attention, again.
"... Yes, I've heard it too, it's completely weird, I've never heard something like this before," the black baired girl said "a girl falling for another girl, weird."
"W-what did you said?" Diana babbled, suddenly interested. Well, she never heard about something as peculiar as that before, so she wanted to know.
The brown haired girl looked at her "Two girl from here found love in each other, certainly is weird..."
"I see."
"I heard that they were in one of the girl's dormitory, doing homework, I guess. But then one of them started feeling it and then, it happened."
Diana remained silent.
"My mother says that things like that between two girls aren't supposed to happen..." She looked at the floor, suddenly feeling embarrassed, Diana wondered why.
"Yes, I agree, it's weird. I don't think that is normal, either." Barbara confessed, the brown haired girl looked ashamed at the floor. Diana noticed that her hand turned into a fist after Barbara said that. "What do you think, Hanna?"
"I-"
The bell that confirmed that it was time to go to class rang, and Hanna couldn't finish what she wanted to say.
"I'll get going, I have algebra now." Barbara said as she started walking. When she was gone, Diana looked at Hanna, who didn't show any interest in going to class.
"Hanna? Is something wrong?" The girl keep looking at the floor.
"I-I don't feel good, I'll head to the enfermery, s-see you later." Then she hurried to somewhere else. Diana didn't question her and headed to her own class.
But something caught her interest.
A girl falling for another girl.
uhm.
The day passed away rapidly, with Diana outstanding in class as she usually did. Hanna had disappeared for hours, and because of that Barbara was upset and worried, so she skipped a couple of classes to go look for Hanna. Diana looked for her, too, but she couldn't risk herself and skip class.
That night was Diana's turn to watch the hallways with another girl she knew from Biology, the girl was somewhat happy to be with Diana that night, because she wouldn't stop talking to her or admiring her, as people usually did. That night was calm, compared from another nights where students got out their rooms to sneak to the kitchen and try to steal some food. It was so calm it almost seemed weird, to Diana at least.
Diana's turn was almost done when se heard fast steps running towards the dormitories. She instantly started walking to where the sound was coming from. As she got near, the sound grew louder until she heard a big stomp and a couple of things fall on the ground.
"Oh, crap-"
Diana turned on a corner and found a brunette on the floor with a big bag of food next to her. Diana raised and eyebrow.
"Heck, that hurt-"
"May I ask you what are you doing wandering around the academy with a bag of stoled cakes?" Diana asked coldly staring at the girl. The girl looked up slowly with guilt drew all over her face, and Diana recognized her from that morning. Still, Diana didn't stop looking down at her coldly.
"i... Uh... " the girl hesitated "I... Need to go!" She barked before trying to take the cakes, but the bag was being held on the floor by Diana's shoe. The brunette looked at her with eyes that said "are you fucking kidding me right now".
"You will not go, until you answer my questions," Diana assured as she took the cakes from the floor, the brunette moaned in annoyance and crossed her arms.
Diana cleared her throat "It's obvious that this lot cakes aren't just for you. Were you going to take this to your friends?"
"Oh hell no. Lotte and Sucy didn't want me to come and told me "I'm going to get caught", so imma swallow all this cakes in front of them and not give them any-"
"How childish" Diana thought.
"I can't allow you to that, I need to take you to the principal's office. As you see, I caught you stealing food from the kitchen, and I would not allow you to-"
"Oh! I see! You want one, don't you?"
"No, that is certainly not what I want-"
The girl took the bag from Diana's hands gently.
"Oh, come on! You dont have to be so shy!" The brunette teased and handed Diana a cake "I'm Kagari Atsuko! But you can call me Akko," the girl greeted as she smiled widely. Diana was so confused she couldn't move. "What is you name, by the way?" The brunette asked while she smiled at Diana.
"I... I'm Diana Cavendish..." Diana answered, amazed by how the brunette was talking to her.
"That's a very pretty name! Sounds like a name a princess would have, and you're so pretty you look like a princess, it suits you!"
Diana felt her face get hot as she looked at the girl as if she was a weirdo. She was used to get complimented a lot, but Akko said it so wholeheartedly and purely that Diana couldn't help but blush.
The girl smiled and looked at a watch in her wrist and said something in Japanese before yelling "Crap! I need to go, see you later, Diana!" She started running towards the dormitories.
As Akko disappeared on the hallways Diana questioner her sanity. Was that girl even real? Diana looked at the cake in her hand and then ran her hand through her hair in confusion.
Then she realized that she just let go a girl who stole food from the kitchen, so she practically helped her.
Diana face palmed.
