AN: Here's a little something for everyone going into 2018. I want to thank everyone for all the support and advice that they have given me for all my LWA work. This has been so much fun.

New chapter of Watering the Seed is in the works and more of these shorts on the way. Thank you again and critique as always!

-Symbiotic


It was the weekend. Akko and Diana were on another one of their walks around Blytonbury, taking a stroll near the river when they arrived at the bridge that led the way toward the leyline terminal that led to Luna Nova. Akko and Diana took a moment to sit down on the ledge of the bridge and look out at the summer sun as it began to set beyond the horizon, taking in the sight of children coming home from a long day of play and families out to eat at the many small shops, restaurants, and cafes.

Diana took this moment to take in the scenery and her wife as the time passed by. She greatly appreciated Akko's suggestion that they start going on these walks. It was different from the recreational broom flights that she was used to them taking in the past since Akko had mastered flying her broom during her performing days, which seemed very far away even though it had only been a year since Akko decided she was going to take some time off so her and Diana could attempt the ancient fertility spell. Going on these walks, far removed from the sky and the sensation of flight, was a certainly more intimate way to go about things. And if she was honest herself Diana grew to enjoy each walk more than the last. Not only did it allow her to unwind from her stressful day it most importantly gave her an opportunity to see Akko's face glow, something which she never grew tired of.

The two of them decided to get some ice cream from a local cafe. After ordering their treats they sat down on a bench and eat, taking in each other's company in the warm summer afternoon. "I wanted to ask you something," Akko said. Diana raised her eyebrow and watched Akko get up close to her.

"Yes, Akko?" she said closely, taking in the calming warmth from her wife's shoulder pressed up against hers along with the August sun beating down upon her neck. Diana watched her wife pause before she went to speak up.

"Have you thought of what you'd name our baby?" Akko asked.

Diana felt her heart go backwards in her chest. Naming their baby? That was something she hadn't thought about at all. All she had on her mind was teaching her classes and taking care of Akko. She didn't have time for such small musings.

"I really haven't," Diana said. She watched Akko frown and look away. "Akko?"

"I just…" Akko began. She paused once more. "I was hoping you were because then we could talk about names and stuff."

"Akko…"

"No, it's okay," Akko said glumly. "I know with all those classes you teach you probably don't have time to think about what the baby's name will be."

Diana watched her wife turn back to eating her ice cream. The blonde heiress felt a knot come up into her throat that she pushed back down. This was all incredibly overwhelming to her and she found herself bitterly disappointed that she hadn't thought of something. It was clear to hear that she had really hurt Akko's feelings. This was definitely not a case of her wife being moody because of her pregnancy.

And with that thought in mind Diana found herself quickly coming up with a compromise. "I haven't thought about naming the baby because…" Diana began. She thought about this more. "Because I want you to name our child, Akko."

She watched Akko's eyebrows go straight up to the top of her forehead and her mouth go agape. "You what?" Akko said.

"I want you to name our child," Diana repeated.

"Me?" Akko said confused. "I mean, yeah I want some say but...you want me to pick the name without your input?"

"Mmhmm," Diana said with a nod of her head and a smile. "I trust you, Akko. I know you'll come up with something right."

"But I still don't understand," Akko said confused. "You really don't want any say in what we name our baby? That just doesn't seem right, Diana."

"It's not that I don't want to have any input, Akko," Diana said. "It's just…" She thought about what she was going to say carefully. "It's just...you're the one who took on my life essence and you're the one who is carrying the child. I think it's only fair that you have the right to name the baby first."

Akko reached over and wrapped Diana in a tight embrace. "You're so sweet," Akko said while holding her wife tightly. "But I really want to talk about ideas with you. I had a bunch in mind depending on whether or not the baby is a boy or a girl."

Diana stopped in her tracks. "If it's a boy or a girl?"

"Well yeah I mean…" Akko began.

"Akko, I just realized something," Diana said.

"What's that?" Akko said curiously.

"Akko, you're far enough along in your pregnancy that we could find out the gender of our baby."

"Are you serious?" Akko said with a glow in her eyes and an excited smile on her face.

"I am," Diana said. "You're more than twelve weeks into your pregnancy, and according to my research our baby has fully developed its sex organs. So we can find out if we're going to have a boy or a girl."

"And then we can really talk about names!" Akko said excitedly. Diana felt herself grabbed by the arm and nearly dropped her ice cream. "Come on, I don't want to waste any time. I want to find out now!"

Diana shook her head and went along with Akko. This was exactly what she hoped to see out of her wife.


Diana prepared the necessary ingredients for their experiment to take place. On the table before her sat a crystal ball and a quartz rod. Akko meanwhile laid back on the small loveseat that Diana kept in the study to sit on when she read the many tomes she kept in her office, exposing her growing belly for her wife to see.

With deft waves of her wand Diana enchanted the quartz rod with a seeing spell and slaved it to the crystal ball. With that she walked over to the loveseat, holding the rod in her hand with the crystal ball in the other. "You sure this is going to work?" Akko said curiously.

"Well it was either this or a potion that Sucy recommended me," Diana said. "And I don't trust you drinking potions at this time, so I figured this would be the next best thing."

"So how does this work?" Akko asked.

"The rod detects the latent magical energy radiating off of the baby's body," Diana explained. "With that energy it forms a picture in the crystal ball of what is inside your uterus. And with that picture we can determine whether or not…"

"We're going to have a boy or a girl?"

"That's correct." Diana readied the rod and with a quiet incantation charged it with her own magic. Glowing a gentle blue, she gave Akko a nod which her wife returned in kind. With that Diana pressed the rod gently onto Akko's belly. Akko giggled at the touch. "What?"

"It tickles," Akko giggled.

Diana smiled gently and began to run the wand gently over Akko's belly. Soon the crystal ball began to swirl blue. She watched her wife look over at the crystal ball as the image began to take shape. It was still very hazy. The two of them both watched it closely.

"Is it working?" Akko asked.

"I'm not sure," Diana said. "I know it's picking up on something but it's just…" The image still remained cloudy. "It just takes time is all."

Akko nodded her head and allowed Diana to continue on. Gently Diana caressed the rod over Akko's belly and watched closely. The image still remained very hazy. Diana continued the process but nothing seemed to change it. It still was nothing more than a swirling cloud, and that made Diana's heart sink and even made her mind go into a dark place. Was it possible that nothing was actually in Akko's womb? Was it possible she had just induced the symptoms of pregnancy in her wife and not actually impregnated her? Diana felt the thoughts grow more apparent in her mind, especially as she continued to not get an image.

Diana knew her wife could sense her distress. "Diana, it's okay," Akko said. "If it doesn't work it doesn't work."

"But I…"

"We can always find out other ways," Akko said.

Diana felt her lips quiver. Defeated, she put her head in her hands while holding the rod still on Akko's bell. She hated failure, and now she was failing her wife in an almost unthinkable way. It was only the gentle feeling of Akko's hand on her own that kept her from breaking down into tears.

Still in her moment of defeat, Diana didn't notice an interesting development take place that caught the attention of her wife. "Diana, look!"

Diana quickly picked her head up and looked over at the crystal ball. The cloudiness slowly faded and a picture of Akko's womb came into form. In a few seconds they could see the fully formed image of their still growing baby resting inside of Akko. And it didn't take long for Diana to study the crystal ball and make a most interesting discovery.

"What do you see?" Akko asked.

"Akko," Diana said gently. "Akko we're…" She felt a rush of adrenaline come over herself.

"Yeah, Diana?"

"We're going to…" Diana began. She couldn't believe what she was seeing and had to do a double take. "We're going to have a girl!"

"What?!" Akko exclaimed.

"We're going to have a girl, Akko! You're carrying a baby girl!"

Both women burst out in excitement and hugged each other, looking happily into the crystal ball at the baby forming inside of Akko. There was so much more on Diana's mind now that Akko and her knew what was coming into their life. Diana couldn't help but think of what was going to happen to Akko and her now that they knew, how much their future was going to change now that it was clear Akko was carrying a baby girl.

And she was also deeply curious what kind of names Akko had in mind.