A/N: This idea came from a line from a Humorous time travel Harry Potter fic I read a while back where Harry, being smarmy to Snape compared potions to cooking. I don't remember the name of the fic, but if I stumble across it again, I'll make sure to edit in the name here.


When it came to that dunderhead of a guinea pig, Sucy often contemplated the moral ethics behind love potions. On one hand, they basically made someone a slave to desire for as long as the effects lasted, which for someone like Sucy who could brew up a potion like that lickity split wasn't a problem. Buuut, she'd been told that taking away someones free will was "wrong" and "immoral." Pfft, killjoys. On the other hand, Akko had been literally inside her head, stumbled across the very embodiment of her affections, and was still to dense to get that Sucy had a massive, if contained, crush on her. Which was no good. A love potion may just be the only thing to make Akko realize it.

And so, here she sat, on a lovely day that could have been spent better outside. Those were her favorite days to draw the curtains and pretend the outside didn't exist while she did her vile work.

She carefully drew her dropper near a vial of purple sludge. If she added two drops, that made a stable love potion. Three drops, and the person who drank it would love you until the moment they died. Which would be about twenty minutes, since three drops also made the potion crazy lethal. And as much as she'd enjoy having a life of peace and quiet, she'd rather a loud, crazy life with Akko than one without her.

Just as the first drop fell, though, the door was burst open, and she accidentally squeezed the entire dropper into the flask in her hands. Panicking as the potion began to bubble and fizz and shake in her hands, the lavender haired witch drew the curtains open, flung open the window, and chucked the vial as far away as she could. And just in time, too, as it exploded before it had a chance to even get near the ground.

"Woooow! Sucy, I had no idea you could make fireworks!" now standing beside her was the object of her... affection. She had to momentarily remind herself that yes, she did love Akko very much, and strangling her for almost killing the both of them wasn't going to help either of them.

"Uh, yeah. Fireworks. Lets go with fireworks." Sucy just tried shrugging it off. It was better then denying it and having Akko asking questions about what the potion really was.

"Oh, Sucy, I have some great news! You see, I was talking with Diana about how terrible the food in the cafeteria is-"

"Complaining, you were complaining, and Diana was probably an unwilling participant" Sucy deadpanned, though she did smirk a little at the thought of the blonde witch suffering.

"-And so Diana actually suggested we all do a picnic together tomorrow, then! And we can all bring our own stuff!" She clenched her fists together, a determined look on her face. "I'm going to bring the dessert! I'm going to make the best cake any of you guys will ever taste!"

Sucy didn't respond, instead turning back to her desk as she cleaned up the mess from her previous potion. 'A picnic potluck tomorrow, huh? Well, if the love potion was a bust, I guess I'll have to go with the old proverb. The fastest way to a persons heart is through their stomach.'

The next day came, and Sucy found her way into the school's kitchen. They weren't eager to let her in, apparently a student had come by and wrecked the kitchen just an hour earlier, but after telling the goblins that she'd brought her own ingredients and she just needed a place to prepare it in, along with some subtle threats, Sucy was allowed to cook.

Cooking wasn't all that different from potion making. All it really boiled down to was following instructions in a certain order, for a certain time, after all. Which meant that Sucy took to it like a fish to water. She soon left the kitchens, cackling to herself. Wait until Akko got a load of this!

As Sucy joined the picnic, held in the main courtyard of the school, she took a quick note of all who were joining them. It seemed this was just a gathering of the Red, Green, and Blue team members. Which she supposed she was fine with. If it involved everyone Akko was friends with, that'd just be too many people for her to want to deal with right now. Why in the world did she have to be head over heels for a social butterfly?

Someone had either borrowed or conjured up a table for them to set the food on, but it seemed they were taking the picnic part seriously, as there was a checkered blanket laid across the grass that everyone was sitting on. Seemed she was the last to show up, too. Though at least the conversations seemed lively, everyone seemed to be arguing about something with someone.

At least, until Akko saw her approaching and stopped her argument with Diana(probably something to do with who was going to get better marks on the upcoming tests. Akko was beginning to catch up lately) to race over to her. Sucy tried to squash the bubbly feeling in the pit of her stomach in vain from seeing Akko leave Diana mid sentence like that, just to go see her.

"Sucy! We thought you weren't going to come, we almost started without you!" For a moment, Sucy thought she was going to be knocked over from one of Akko's patented tackle hugs, but thankfully the girl stopped when she saw the tray in Sucy's hands. "ooh, what did you bring?"

Sucy gave a toothy grin and lifted the tray up a little bit higher to show the young witch. "Grilled mushrooms. You want to try a bite?" At Akko's dubious look, she added "I promise they're not the poison kind."

After much internal debate(of which Sucy swore smoke came out of Akko's ears at the strain), Akko relented, and took one of the sliced mushroom bits and popped it into her mouth, chewing slowly. After swallowing, a strange look was on her face, before she grinned brightly, a sparkle in her eyes. "Sucy, that was amazing! Those are so tasty, can I have another?"

Sucy smiled, sharp teeth showing between her lips, "only if I can have some of that cake you brought."

She ended up giving Akko more even after finding out she was the one who blew up the kitchen in a failed attempt to make her cake. It figured her favorite idiot wouldn't be able to make a simple dessert. She had no concept of chemistry.

And Sucy took pride in the fact that her cooking put that shine in Akko's eye. Guess she'd just have to be the one who made the dinners in the future.


A/N: A confession, I hate mushrooms. They're so rubbery and gross. The exact opposite of this pairing. My Grandma cooked grilled mushrooms just last night, when I started this chapter too. what a coincidence!

Sucy is best future waifu for Akko. Making dinner and (probably) not slipping potions into them and stuff. There is seriously just something about this pairing that makes me happy when I think about it. I think it's 'cause I like to imagine couples as they'd be as old people, and I can just see old Sucy still cackling and playing pranks on Akko, and Akko giving her a big ol' kiss on the cheek.