Diana Cavendish never feels nervous. She never feels nervous during exams, or when she's performing a spell.

Nervous is not in her dictionary.

Yet here she was, pacing around in her room, earning stares from Hannah and Barbara. She wasn't just nervous, she was outright panicking. It was like that one game she once saw Sucy and Constanze play where the screen goes all red before it writes 'game over'.

This is it. This is how Diana dies from high blood pressure.

All because she asked Lotte out on a date without knowing what the date would even be.

"Is this about Lotte?" Barbara asked, then smiled with a spark in her eyes. "I can help you prepare a date!"

"Really?"

"While I think you can do much better, at least it's not Akko you're going to date." Hannah mumbled, looking up from the notes she was reading.

Diana and Barbara just gave her an unimpressed look.

"What?" Hannah shrugged.

Barbara turned back to Diana, then took her hand before leading her to the bed where they could sit. She then gave her a reassuring smile because dear God she looked as if she was dying and her soul was being sucked out in that moment.

"There is a NightFall event this week! Why don't you both go there?" She suggested.

"I… well she does love NightFall, but I'm not sure I would fit in there." Diana said, thinking of how it could go down.

"Well, you have to impress her somehow, don't you?" Hannah asked, to which Barbara shot her a bemused look.

"What you have to do, is be yourself." Barbara countered.

"That won't get her anywhere."

"That would get her everywhere. I read Nightfall, I would know."

"I GUESS."

Diana just kept looking between the two, before sighing and rubbing her temples.

"Girls, please." She said. "I need some guidance here."

Hannah and Barbara just stared at each other, before deciding to team up so they could help her. It wasn't every day that Diana Cavendish would go on dates.

Meanwhile in another dorm room, Lotte had Akko all over her face, the moment she told her about her date with the Cavendish heiress.

"YOU AND DIANA ARE GOING ON A DATE?!" Akko yelled, almost deafening her teammate.

"Yes Akko, that's what she said." Sucy answered instead, working on yet another potion.

Lotte folded her hands on her lap, and nodded shyly. "She asked me out and, I couldn't say no." She said, avoiding eye contact with her friends, especially the brunette who still had no respect for her personal space. "Diana is beautiful, and she is sweet. I like her a bit."

Akko stared at her for a moment then tackled her back into the bed with a hug.

"Akko?!"

"This is so great! I will dress you up properly for this date!" The brunette stated, almost choking her friend with the hug.

"What?" Lotte managed to say, as she fought back against the death grip.

"You're going to be the prettiest girl in town, and Diana would drop on her knees for you!"

"Uh…"

"You're going to be so beautiful that her heart would just stop!"

"You'll be so beautiful she's going to die. Happy murder." Sucy snickered.

"UH?"

"ALRIGHT SUCY PREPARE YOUR POTIONS AND WEAPONS WE ARE GOING TO MAKE LOTTE THE QUEEN OF THIS LAND!" Akko yelled at the top of her lungs while Sucy just rolled her eyes and lazily gave her a salut.

Lotte looked between them, before gulping.

"It's not today, you know." Lotte said, and after minutes of struggle, she finally freed herself. "This isn't necessary."

Lotte's tablet made a noise, and she pushed Akko away to check it before she could. The brunette was very persistent.

Sometimes after the missile incident, professor Ursula has managed to convince the professors to at least keep some of the technology that Croix Meridies brought to the school, and that's how they kept the tablets around which made communication easier.

Some professors though still don't know what a tablet is.

Akko mentioned how touching it was for Ursula to defend her friend and try to change people's mind about her, while Lotte was sure that there was more than just friendship there. Their story was both tragic and romantic, but it was also her favorite trope in fiction.

Friends who become enemies while still deeply caring for each other, only to become lovers in the end. It was an amazing recipe for angst, betrayal, and romance.

She was definitely getting off track just thinking about it.

She checked the message she received, and was surprised to see it was from Barbara.

Barbara: Hey! I heard about your date with Diana! You two are so cute together!

She adjusted her eyes, blushing a little at the compliment. She completely ignored Akko, who rested her head on her shoulder and read the texts with her.

She was way too passionate about her love life, wasn't she?

Well to be fair, Lotte would have the same reaction if the brunette had a love interest.

Lotte: You really think so?

Barbara: Of course! Speaking of you and Diana, I thought I'd tell you that your date is this Friday! Don't tell her I told you, but she's too nervous to talk to you about it. She was going to send you a letter to tell you, can you believe that? It's adorable, honestly.

She chuckled at the girl's rambling.

She was pleasantly surprised when she found out that Barbara was a Nightfall fan, and while she was still upset at the way she treated her team, they slowly became close friends.

After a moment of letting her words sink in, she frowned.

Lotte: There is a Nightfall event though on Friday, can't we go on another day?

Barbara: That's the point! You're going on the event together! You better dress up nicely and enjoy it!

Lotte: Wouldn't it be a little unfair on Diana's part? She knows a little about the books from all my rambling, but she's not a fan and might feel out of place there…

Barbara: Don't worry! It was her idea!

The Nightfall fan wasn't too sure of the idea, but if it was her date's decision, then she would accept it.

For the next few days, the two would pass by each other, and smile at one another, but that was all there was. They were both a bit nervous about their date, and thought it would be best to not spend time together until the day comes.

And it did.

Diana waited outside, with her broom in hand. She came a bit too early, but she couldn't risk being late to her first date. She couldn't wait to see her, but at the same time, her heart was beating a little too fast.

Why was she this much of a wreck? If only Beatrix would see her now.

"Diana!" She turned immediately, to see Lotte running towards her.

The prodigy found herself blushing at the sight of her date, especially in the cute red dress she was wearing, and the white open blouse on top of it.

Diana herself was wearing a pair of jeans and a blue blouse. She wanted to wear something more 'professional' and 'dazzling' but Barbara looked as if she was going to throw her out the window.

"Have you been waiting for long? I'm so sorry!" Lotte apologized, as she tried to calm her breaths. She glanced at her date, then looked away blushing.

"Oh no! I came a lot earlier that's all!" The prodigy said, and mentally smacking herself. Hannah told her to not look 'desperate', was she looking desperate? Why were there no guides on how to not be socially awkward?

Lotte just giggled, which eased her worries, and gave her a strange feeling in her stomach.

She smiled, and reached her hand out for her.

"Shall we?"