A/N I'M BACK~ Most exams went well and I'm now on my summer holiday so I'm going to try and write as much as I can cause I got so many stuff planned after this story :3
Diana heard laughter, sick, poisonous high pitched laughter. It engulfed her ears in an never ending loop. It didn't help that she was surrounded by darkness before she was ripped back to see white, then black against white, then the numbers.
Her breathing ceased to exist. Her eyes quivering in their sockets as the numbers, the dates of Heart week just keep appearing and disappearing. The day, the month, the year, always changing yet the memories locked into those cursed dates remain. As each year passes, moving closer to the present, her heart is ruptured with constant piercing aches that only fragment her heart even more. Each distant memory piles on top of the other like a huge compilation of self-tragedies and mishaps.
The laughter still rings. That childish laugh that never ends. Only now it's accompanied by the ticks and the tocks of millions of clocks that surround the canvas of her mind. Diana looks at herself, at her body, at her arms as they all tremble. Her hands grip the side of her head, her mouth screaming but nothing comes out. Just more high pitched giggles and laughter.
Her arm is glowing, smoke searing from the cursed black brand on her porcelain skin. Her eyes clench as the intense heat rolls off her words, the laughter morphs into screaming cackles mixed with the slurs she heard growing up.
Rattus
Plaguespawn
Devil's daughter
Killer
Curse
"Stop..." she pleas to the hidden depths of her brain. "Please."
The silent returns, though it wasn't a comfort. Diana knows it was the tense calm before the storm of torment.
She opens one eye, the blue iris jolting in its place as she catches the smoke rising from her words. It coagulates and forms in front of her, into an upper half body of a figure she sees in the chambers and dungeons of her mind. Black smoke adorns her white cracked skin, it's long thin scars running across her arms, collarbone and face as they mimic the failed attempts of trying to fix a broken doll. Tarnished and Tattered hair of pale blond became a nest on her head. The cut lips form a smirk of confidence and arrogance.
How strange was it, to see a child of yourself be a devil to your own present sanity. Diana can see her words flicker and reflect on its plump cheekbones, the small tainted font on its own arms. It giggles again, the sound forcing her other eye to open as she looks at it properly. Diana tries not to look at its eyes but the empty abysmal void within the sockets draws her closer until she knew the abyss was staring right back at her.
"Another week," it giggles, the childish laughter returning. Diana stays silent, her mind focusing on the thick chains that slowly drift around its misty form. "Two days passed~" it sings, a click of its broken hands and a cinema screen is shown. Diana automatically looks down to avoid the trip down memory lane until the cold burning touch of the being is against her chin, forcing her to look up at the events of yesterday. The corners of her eyes twitch with little droplets of water at the current scene in front of her.
"And already you formed chaos..."
"I will end you, you monster. " Diana seethed, tears streaming down her eyes as her eyes glare into the black void of the other. Behind it, she hears the soft rattles of chains interlocking and intertwining but the inner demon in front of her pays no thought.
"Oh, but Diana..." she whispers, soft yet deadly.
The broken body fades and shimmers, morphing into something more monstrous. The cracks on her skin piece together, the acute sound of bones popping into place echoes as the skin joins once more, the skin becomes less pale, the hair grows longer, the colour returning as blue irises bloom in the hollow emptiness of her eyes.
"I am you..." the once doll now a carbon copy of Diana smirks as the chains lock into place with a loud clink and Diana's world is sucked away into the abyss and she returns to the familiar sight of her bedroom once more.
Diana didn't even get a chance to breath before agony attacks her again. The scar on her stomach turns against itself and Diana is forced out of breath as her hand scrambles against the desktop near her. Her body writhing against the sheets, her hand moving blindly until the rattle of the bottle becomes hope in form of sound. Diana opens the bottle before popping her medication pill into her mouth.
The tension behind her eyes relaxes as they open in slow motions, blinking out the blurry vision bit by bit as it stabilises on the row of books in front of her. In slow cautious movements, Diana sits up, her hands no longer tremble that much as the medication Akko forced her to receive yesterday vanishes the effects as quickly as it could. Diana is left alone in the semi-darkness of the early morning. Diana stays still, in hopes to try and relax however she found the concept difficult as the silence gnawed at her.
Her mind flickers back to yesterday and there came another ache to her heart. Diana felt a twitch on her side as she breathed in and out, a long steady process that only makes the silence be even more unbearable. Despite many would assume Diana never found herself before in complete silence. Yes, she would be alone but never in her own dorm would she be lonely. In the mornings the sound of Hannah and Barbara's soft snores and rustles become a safe house to her sanity. Even when she was isolated Diana knew she wasn't alone and that made early mornings and late nights more bearable.
The present silence was eerie, it was like she was in a foreign land with monsters surrounding her. The shadows of the room only grew darker and despite being surrounded by everything there was little to distract herself with from the lingering thoughts in her head.
So under the covers of the silence, they all came back to haunt her. Each mistake that she caused with the effect of her words ravished her mind in sudden pictures that flash all too suddenly and hits her like lightning striking the earth. From the potions to the attack… then what happened afterwards.
She remembers waking up, late in the afternoon before Akko weeps and hugs her tightly, Lotte's sighs of relief as Sucy looks at her, a small smile and an incomprehensible mumble under her breath. She remembers being in her room still, the window was still broken but the fragments were no longer on her floor and how the threat was tossed away to the floor, her medication right in front of her face. She remembers the urge, the need to visit her teammates, how Hannah's screams stick to her like a banshee's and made her mind go deaf and blind. The only focus was on the well-being of her teammates to the point she didn't even register that she was too weak to stand, collapsing against Akko who of all people tells her off for being impatient and Diana, even in her fatigued state, glares at her with a hypocritical look.
She remembers being cared for and looked after and the guilt for it, the need of leaving them alone in fear of them being next to have her bad luck but Akko wouldn't let her have it. So there she was, walking to the infirmary, Lotte and Sucy walking near her with watchful eyes. How she stands like nothing is wrong like she doesn't hear the whispers around her that are mute under Akko's was just exhausted, so tired of everything. Her mind was too busy worrying that she wasn't even aware that Akko held her hand briefly until she felt the reassuring squeeze that she needed, a look her way that told her not to worry. In any other circumstance, she would've believed it.
She wanted to know why they weren't there before and in hindsight, it should've been obvious. If they were spotted leaving the room with an unconscious Diana the student body would go in an uproar. Not to mention she knew compared to Hannah and Barbara her pain was nothing to them. It wasn't worth any attention.
Her mind stops there. The cawing of the morning crows snaps her out of her running through memory lane. Diana sighs, rubbing her arms as she leaves her bed. The day has started and she needs to prepare.
"Girls, it's time to-" her words die in her throat, agony rumbles near her scar again as she stares at the empty beds. Tears prick the corner of her eyes as the sight flashes her back to yesterday.
Barbara's skin was deathly pale, even paler than Diana's own skin tone. Her lips were kissed with the hints of midnight blue if you touch her, she was ice. She did not move, her chest did not rise nor fall. The only proof of her living was the silent beat of her heart muffled under the heavy fake death curse placed upon her. That and how her hand was not limp but clenched so tightly to Hannah's hand, the one now decorated with light burns and tongues of flames branded on her fingertips.
The flames were russet of colours and adorned her entire arms, the tips nicking part of her shoulder blades. It was not a real burn but the pain was real enough to cost the assailant expulsion if caught. It was the mark of a small but long-lasting curse, a day long curse. Hannah's body believes her arms are burning, causing major irritation and minor pain. Her mind is merely tricked to feel a pain that wasn't really there. The curse, however, is left restricted for obvious reasons and the dark history relating to the curse. That was all the nurse would give to Diana, along with the fact that the brands will disperse when the curse is gone. The painful expression on her face, the fact that making her be unconscious was the best option for Hannah told Diana everything that was left unsaid concerning her condition.
Diana's mind came back to the present quicker than she fell back to the past. It was like she came back from drowning, her body was leaning against the wooden bookcase. A fist clutching against her nightgown, her eyes fixed to the ceiling for anywhere else would just hurt her even more. The tears sting, they create holes in her heart as she staggers to the bathroom. To cry, to forget about yesterday, to isolate herself in self-blame. She thinks back to Hannah and Barbara, how they rely on her to protect them, they gave her their backs to trust and she stabbed them in the back with turmoil and misery. Oh how she hates Heart's week, she hates hurting the people she cares about. She wasn't looking forward to this week.
"Diana."
Diana looked up from her discussion with Jasminka, the girl was being extremely kind to her, offering condolences in form of sweets and baked goods and was asking Diana for Hannah and Barbara's preferences and allergies. Her smile became rigid as her blue eyes locked with the headmistress. She didn't look happy nor sad, her face was neutral like a calmness behind a storm. Diana knew, however, from how tired her eyes were that behind this mask is a hurricane of wear, perhaps her eyes were once a flood of sadness.
"Headmistress," Diana nodded, rising to her feet. She gave a glance to Jasminka who smiled, nodding as well to Headmistress Holbrook before departing around the corner to find either Amanda or Constanze, maybe Akko if her luck would have it.
"Have you ever seen the Jennifer memorial tree after its recovery?" She asked the moment Jasminka's steps were only lingering echoes.
Diana gave her a small smile, her mind flickering back to when Akko was with her underneath the tree. "I have, it's quite fascinating really, the contrast of what it was once before is awe-inspiring."
Holbrook smiles at her, she turns around, walking in calm steps, "With all the Hearts Weeks happening I haven't had the time to, would you like to escort me there?" She looks back, over her shoulder, a calm smile that Diana couldn't say no to, mainly because it held a message that only she understood. They're were finally going to discuss the events of yesterday.
Diana's spine straighten as questions swirled in and around her head, who did it? What would happen and more importantly what did they want with her? She takes a deep breath, a way to force her fears out of her system. A forced smile stretches on her face as she marches, hoping to hide the small twitches in her strides. to Holbrook's side. "I'll be honoured to Headmistress."
Silence occupied both of them as they strolled across the various hallways, the surrounding noises around them were muted despite the big presence of students. It was like they were in their own separate world, a nonverbal spell that eased Diana. They did nothing though, they all knew better to question the headmistress when she was walking. Confusion rumbled under Diana's calm expression as they walked but she knew there was a reason, like her fellow students she knows she shouldn't question the headmistress.
They were on the bridge, the same one where Diana saw Akko in the skylines, the same one where Diana had her first side effect attack. The thought made her side twitched with a brief pinch of pain, Diana focused instead on the sudden rush of sound around them. The string harmony of wind dancing around leaves and trees accompanied with the vocal rhythm of various birds that soared across the sky, it created this beautiful symphony that she didn't even realise Holbrook asked her a question. "Pardon?" Diana asked, the face of awe morphing into a small sheepish smile.
Holbrook sent her a kinder smile, one of understanding as she too stopped to gaze the scenery around them. The content in her eyes, however, hardened as a wistful sigh left her lips, "I asked about your wellbeing Diana, how are you coping with...?"
Diana's face turned away from the view of the pattern of cobblestone beneath her feet, the silence filling up around them once more. She knew what Holbrook was talking about, even if she didn't say it. The implications were enough to send her mood solemn and her eyes lost and already in grief as if the way her hands clench the fabrics of her shirt wasn't enough of a sign to tell her she wasn't coping well.
"I see.." Holbrook murmured as Diana saw her concerned eyes staring. She looked up to catch Diana, sympathy with a hint of seriousness swam in her eyes. "Are you going to be alright to talk about this yet Diana?" Diana nodded her head, her body sucking up a tight breath as she fought back the pain gripping at her side. "I need to hear you say it."
"I…" Diana stopped, mentally cursing at the obvious unease in her tone. Her eyes hardened with determination as she swallowed the rest of the worry down. "I'll be fine Headmistress." She looks back at her, her hand leaving the side in spite of the small subtle twitches it still produces. "Better to combat the scenario now than later."
Holbrook holds her gaze on her in absolute silence before she takes another sigh and continues walking forward. "This incident Diana isn't a light topic," she begins with a harsh look on her face, the irises in her eyes turning murderous. "It's heavy, dark and disgusting to think someone would do something like this under my care of the school." Spite and hatred were evident in her voice, the harsh bite in her words proved it. "Rest assured Diana, once these students are caught they would be against heavy actions and erased from the history books of Luna Nova, no matter the achievement they earned."
Meanwhile, Diana held her tongue in absolute silence, her eyes growing more wider and concern at Holbrook's voice, the smile spreading more wider that those people who acted against them would be dealt with appropriately. She waited for a beat of pause before speaking, the doors opening to them as she does so."Do you have any idea on who they are?"
"Yes and no," Holbrook grimaced. "The first year students were found easily and was suspended for the rest of the week along with various other punishment. However, they're only scapegoats…" Holbrook pauses as the tree stands in front of them, the darkness in her eye fades momentarily as warmth shines through it. Diana doesn't stare at the tree, only the shaded area underneath. The laughter of days ago whispered in her ears, tickled her spirits as the lingering taste of Akko's chocolate tingled on her lips. She can almost see them relaxing underneath the tree, a memory that she will always treasure.
"The main antagonists we have to deal with are members of the final year of Luna Nova."
Everything around her stops. The sound, the memory, the laughter, it all shatters. Diana's face pales to a hollow colour, her fingers tremble as she tries to steady herself, trying to reconnect herself with her surroundings, her senses. It doesn't work. In fact, she almost collapses to the ground as the full danger of her opponents dawns on her. Her arm holds latches onto the headmistress' shoulder, a mumble of apologies leave her lips. She doesn't say anything.
"The 4th years," Diana laughs bitterly after a while, her body regaining enough strength to hold her own. "That explains everything." They were only the ones capable of hurting her teammates with ease. They were the brightest in the school, capable of doing many things Diana couldn't quite yet grasp.
"Do you understand the severity of the situation Diana? You must understand now that from this point onwards I don't want you or anyone else to be involved."
Diana shakes her head, a bitter sigh on her face. "I can't back out headmistress I'm sorry. I'm going to be involved no matter what."
"Diana." Headmistress urges, pulling Diana down so that they meet face to face. "Please," she stresses, urges. The expression in her eyes causes a pool of guilt to swarm in her stomach but Diana pushes it away. "I don't want to see what happened to Elizabeth to happen to you."
The mention of her cousin pulls Diana back to reality. The image of her in an infirmary bed tackles her mind, the unpleasant shivers crawl down her spine. Still, she needs to be involved, somehow. Doing nothing irked her more than anything else, especially when she is capable of doing something. "Please, let me be involved somehow, I can't just do nothing Headmistress."
"You can wait." Holbrook looks at the opening and Diana's eyes follows, just catching the glimpse of a familiar brown hair. "And recover." Her voice reaches an airy tune making Diana turn to her, caught off guard at the tender smile. "Seeing you be unaffected by their actions will hurt them more than whatever you will do to them, Diana." Holbrook pats her cheeks before walking to the opening. "I'll keep you informed of the situation but you will do nothing Diana Cavendish, understand?" She calls as she reaches the entrance, leaving Diana speechless near the tree.
It didn't feel right to do nothing. For a person always doing something to help others... it felt wrong. Her mind snaps back to reality at the sound of Akko's voice, the cheerful smile and grin as she races up to her. The sight brought an idea to her head and it almost made her laugh at the thought of it. Sneaking off after her rounds to do something the headmistress doesn't want her to do, how in the world did Diana come to that conclusion? It was absurd. Her eyes gleam as they catch Akko's usual spark, her voice speeding off as always do before it's cut off with the snark comment of Amanda's words shouted behind her. However… If they were able to do it, sneaking off that it is, why not her?
"What… are you doing here?"
"Diana!" Akko yelps before she tumbles to the ground, a gust of dust rising around her. "Hi?" she says with a nervous laugh, scratching the back of the neck as she ignores Diana's unimpressed gaze. "I didn't think to see you around here, what a strange coincidence."
"Indeed," Diana murmurs as she crosses her arms, "Quite strange for us to meet outside of curfew hours." She hears Akko's obvious guilty gulp as her eyes scan the interior design, fully recognising where they are in Luna Nova. "And in the floor for our upperclassmen as well, very strange indeed." She didn't intend for her words to hold such passive aggressiveness but it was expected, she didn't expect to have someone to be in her way, at least not by Akko of all people. She was this close on finding some clues on who was responsible for Hannah and Barbara's condition. That reminds her, she didn't answer her question yet.
"Hehe... you're not that mad… right?"
Diana looks down on her. There is a breath pause of silence, a beat that didn't seem to end before Diana sighs, the annoyed look in her eyes dissipating into nothing as she walks up to Akko. She extends her hands to her, "I was, however, not anymore Akko." Akko grins at her as Diana heaves her up from the ground though it falters when Diana's annoyed expression didn't change at all. Upon seeing that there were no physical injuries of her clumsy fall, Diana turns and walks in the direction of the stair heading down. "I'll escort you back to the lower floors now Akko before someone else catches you and lands you into detention."
"Wait, so I'm not getting detention?"
Diana sighs again, she didn't need to see her face to know that Akko was grinning like a fool she was behind her, she can hear the obvious joy emitting from her words. "Yes-" she begins before her body was assaulted from behind, the remainders of her sentence being stolen and used as kinder for the fire burning in her cheeks. Akko was too close for comfort, the way her arms wrap around her waist in a protective manner, how her hair buried against her back sends soft tingles down her spine. It was all too sudden for Diana's taste.
'Thank you so much, Diana!" Akko smiles as she hugs her tighter, completely oblivious to the effect it was having on the person inside her loving embrace. Her words sent tingles across her arms, a sudden beat in her chest that Diana didn't understand she was having.
"Don't be too happy." Diana retorts back as she squirms her way out of the surprise hug. She turns back to her, hoping the light from the sprite didn't illuminate the tints on her cheeks and that Akko mistook it for anger instead of embarrassment, "Whether you get detention or not fully depends on how you answer this question." She steps forward, the light illuminating the piercing look in her eyes, the curiosity deep inside the blue irises. "What are you doing here?"
Akko didn't have time to answer her question, the sound of other people echoed from the corner in the far distance became Diana's priority especially as it was approaching in running speed. "Quickly," Diana said as she grabbed Akko's hand and ran, ignoring Akko's sounds of surprise and the shouts of the upperclassmen of behind them. Diana didn't have time for any more interruptions, nor for Akko to get in trouble for a reason she didn't understand yet.
"Don't look back Akko in case they recognise your face," Diana advised as she pulls Akko to her side so that she doesn't lag behind. Akko looks at her briefly, exaggerated confusion on her face as she whispers questions of surprise at her. Diana doesn't answers, instead, she pulls Akko to a sharp corner then up against a wall. She quickly hands Akko the sprite lamp as the other grabs her wand from her sash. Her eyes close, murmurs of Latin words leave her lips in a stream, the tip of her wand glowing as a wall was fabricated into being where the entrance was.
Seconds later Diana's eyes open, her head automatically twists to see the wall between them, all looking very solid and real. Diana breathes out a relieved smile, using the back of her hand to wipe away the sweat from her forehead. "Thank Goodness," she laughs, this was the first time she used a second year's spell asides from personal practice, she was worried it wouldn't work but it appears her worries were for nought.
"Diana?" Diana jumps at the sound of her name, her wand up as she turns around before it lowers at the familiar sight of Akko looking all too shocked and flabbergasted. "You are Diana right?"
Diana gives her a look, a retort on her tongue before she turns back to the wall and the muffled sounds from the other side. "Let's go," Diana orders as she runs ahead of Akko. "That wall won't last long if one of them knows the counter spell."
"I believe we're in the clear now." Diana sighs as she looks around them. They're in broom landing area and were far from the upperclassmen who are probably still on the prowl for them, fortunately when they were hiding before Diana heard them speaking and managed to give the impression they were looking for second year students opposed to the first year students that they were. "Now," she said, turning to Akko was resting on the floor, staring at the nighttime scenery. "Answer my question Akko, why were you up there?"
"Why were you up there is what I want to know," Akko questions instead, turning around as she gives Diana jaw-slack expression. "And also, what was that?"
Diana gives her a raised brow, feigning innocence, she knows clearly what Akko was talking about but was she talking about one scenario or the entire scenario as a whole? "What was what Akko?"
"That!" Akko exclaimed again as she falls back to the ground, eyes up at the constellations as her hands fiddled around creating inaccurate mimics of what just happened to them. "The whole chase scene, the advice stuff when we were running, how do even know that? Don't forget the wall!" She looks at Diana, still laying down with a grin on her face. "What was that spell?" she ends with slight awe.
Diana looks at her for a second, slightly annoyed at the discarded question she asked Akko. She finds herself looking back at Akko's eager expression, emotions fading away once again before walking over to sit next to her. "May I?" she asks pointing at the space next to her. Akko nods and sits up, shuffling to create more space. Diana allows a moment of silence to pass between them, absorbing the feeling of air dancing around her dangling legs before she speaks.
"If you must know," she begins, looking at Akko with a small but proud smile. "The wall was a second-year spell used to create a physical wall made to hide and protect the person inside from searching spells among other things, the spell itself only last for an hour unless someone is able to counter it."
"Wow Diana, I didn't realise you could do second-year spells! You're so amazing!" Akko leans forward, pure admiration dazzling in her maroon eyes.
Diana blinks at the praise, the cheeks igniting with a warm flame without her permission, Akko was getting too close for comfort again. "Thank you Akko," she clears her throat as she leans back, finding solace at the scenery around her. "As for the advice," a hint of a smile was traced on her lips. "It's one our dear friend Amanda said back in the very beginning of the year, before you were here, true to her word it was rather hard to identify her as the person responsible for all these wild goose chases until I recognised that her and the thief's manner of speaking were one and the same."
"Hehe, Amanda must've been really annoyed that that gave her away of all things." Akko chuckled as she looked at the green light emitting from the sorcerer's stone. A wistful sigh left her lips before it shakes to a shiver, the gale blowing a strong tune behind them. Diana quickly came to their aid, conjuring a thick blanket big enough for both of them. Akko took the invitation with open arms, snuggling close to her side as Diana wraps the blanket tight around them. Diana wasn't ready to go back yet, not until her original question was answered, she was about to ask again before Akko beaten her too it again. "Hey Diana, why did we run?"
"Did you want to get caught sneaking around their floor?" Diana asks instead, feeling the movements of Akko's head shaking in disapproval. "I thought not, besides-" She cuts herself off, the sense of fear stopping her speech as she closes her mouth.
"Diana?" Akko asks, looking up at the hard look on Diana's face.
"Ignore me Akko, it's nothing," Diana sighs, shaking her head, "It's all in the past now."
"Diana…" Akko said, holding her hand in a comforting way, "You can tell me if you want, I won't tell anyone, I'm always going to be here for you."
A comforting silence fluttered between them as Diana's walls became crumbling down. "I feared what would happen to us if we were found by the wrong sort of people." Diana sighed, silently appreciating the tight squeeze Akko gave.
"So that's why you were there," Akko murmured under her.
"Sorry?" Diana asked as catches Akko's eyes, surprised at the stern look in her eyes.
"Diana, were you there so that you can find the culprits?"
"I-" Diana tried to deny but what excuse she had on her mind was gone when she saw the look in her eyes, automatically her shoulders deflated, her sigh becoming defeated as she finds it hard to look at Akko in the eyes."May have...yes."
"Diana…"
"I apologise but I couldn't just do nothing Akko. I had to at least try on helping the teachers find who did it." A flame, a fire that Diana wasn't use to burnt inside her, it made her feel uneasy and sick as it raises hell inside her. "They didn't deserve what happened to them and I know I could've done something to help if I knew they were in the slightest hint of trouble but instead I failed to be there for them which made this happen and-"
Her words froze as Akko embraced her tightly, taking whatever she was going to say once more. "Whatever happened to them wasn't your fault. None of us knew that this would happen, nor did we know who we were dealing with. This is not your fault."
Diana remains silent, trying to believe Akko's reassurance but it was so hard to, not when she stares at her arms and the black words that brand her skin. The words that will forever haunt her. "But what if-"
"It's not your fault Diana." Akko cut her off again, hugging her tighter. Diana was astonished at the pure belief and assurance of her voice, her eyes fighting off whatever tears would fall down her face. "It would never be your fault. You're not that kind of person to hurt her friends or anyone else. It would never be you… I truly believe in this."
"Akko…" Whatever held back her tears now vanished, tears of comfort and joy rained down on Akko's shoulder. "I apologise for the new stains on your shoulder," she joked as she held Akko closer.
"It's fine Diana, I-um…I'm sorry for following you today hehe," Akko laughed nervously.
"Wait you did what?"
"I got worried when the headmistress said you could get hurt so I followed you on your patrol in case some people were being rude to you but when you went to the upper floors I kinda lost you and yeah…good thing you found me huh?" Akko smiled sheepishly, ducking her head as giggles became to leave Diana's lips.
"Akko," Diana laughed, "You can be a complete dunce sometimes."
Akko gave her a joking glare, sticking her tongue out as she too laughed. "So were you, sneaking around like that, I had to hold my laughter at sometimes at all the stupid things you did."
The pinkish flames tickled Diana's cheeks as she made a small pout, becoming very aware of all the stuff she did when she thought no one was looking. "Shut up."
Unfortunately for her Akko only laughed even more, fortunately for her even though she didn't realise it when pouring her heart out to Akko, Diana didn't feel a single pain from her scar.
