All Hallow's Eve

Epilogue

"Awww, man!" Akko whined, slumping on her desk. She'd been sitting here ever since the festival had ended along with Lotte and Sucy, and attempting to write the essay that Finnelan had decreed was their punishment for getting up to no good on a sacred holiday. "I don't understand why I even have to do this. I don't remember half of what we did wrong!" Akko reached over for a bowl filled with candy. Lotte had surprised both her and Sucy with it, saying she wanted to celebrate their version of the holiday too.

Already it was half empty, wrappers lying around Akko's desk top due to stress eating. She unwrapped the new chocolate bar to help soothe her agitation.

"It's a shame you don't quite recall it all. Things got a bit interesting..." Sucy insinuated, cackling to herself. She had already finished her paper and was feeling bored. So she decided to stir up some trouble.

"W-what do you mean?" Had Akko said something embarrassing? Had she done something rude while being possessed?

"I don't know if we should tell her..." Lotte started, looking worried. "Shouldn't Diana tell her?"

"Diana tell me what?"

"But where would be the fun in that? You know miss prim and proper will never bring this up," Sucy argued.

"Bring what up?"

"She might," Lotte countered. "She might just need time to do so."

"Or she might not. So let's not take the chance."

"Guys, I'm literally right here. Don't ignore me," Akko huffed, miffed they were talking over her.

"Fine, tell her," Lotte sighed, defeated.

"See, when you were possessed the only way to get rid of Yardin in your body was by a pure maiden's kiss," Sucy started, drawing out the tension. "And Diana was the one who kissed you."

Akko's jaw dropped at this, the half eaten piece of chocolate falling out. "She WHAT?!"

"Yup, she kissed you," Sucy nodded her head.

"And I missed it?!" Akko screeched. Had it been soft? Hard? Long? Short? She was so upset she had missed it! This was a game changer. Diana had kissed her to save her life? That had to mean something. Something that Akko had been dwelling on the past month or so. "I'm gonna go talk to her!" she announced and bolted out of the room without another thought.

"Good luck!" Lotte called after Akko because she would need it.

"Good, now that she's gone all the rest of the candy is mine," Sucy cackled to herself, reaching for Akko's abandoned bowl and tearing into it.

"Sucy!" Lotte reprimanded, in disbelief that this was all a ploy to get Akko's candy.

"She won't need it. She already got enough sugar tonight," Sucy made a mimicry of Diana's and Akko's kiss and Lotte flushed, wondering how things would progress now between the two girls.

"I just hope it's not a trick but a treat," Lotte sighed softly and turned back to writing her essay for Finnelan.