A/N: This is for d-upscandoc, who asked for a Sukko oneshot about them being married. I usually like to keep things closer to the time they're in school, but I had some ideas for future stuff, so I decided to tackle it. I hope you enjoy it, d-upscandoc. I like to think this takes place many years after Potions Past.
DarkyLonewolf: That basically is exactly how I saw it. It's DracoxHarry part 2. It's every "rivals become lovers" pairing ever. Which is why I don't ship it. I've stated previously that I really like ships where I can image them growing old together, and I can't see Diana and Akko lasting as a couple until the end of high school because of their bickering, much less as old women.
And while I don't hate Diana as a character, I did see her as way to Mary sue-ish for my tastes, especially in the early episodes, with episode 5 being the worst in that regard. We're TOLD she had a tough time with magic, but what we SEE is that she somehow became a super-witch who's literally more talented than all the teachers in school and never fails at anything ever. Even the creators have acknowledged this and have stated that's one big thing they'd like to work on if we get another season. They made Diana TOO perfect.
This led to me having a bit of a backlash against her popularity for what I consider a pretty boring and bland character. How many fics focus on her, instead of, say, Constanze, who I find far more interesting? I too can rant about it all day, so I'll just end this here for now.
TyphoonBoom: I'm actually thinking of doing a chapter that'll focus on the gay wildfire that gets out of control once Sukko becomes public. Basically, once one couple shows up, a dozen more do too.
Kaponos: You're welcome, anything for you, dude!
"Alright, you brats, any more questions before you have to leave?" Sucy barked out to her classroom full of teenage witches, her fingers tracing over the ring on her left hand idly. It was the first week of school, and Luna Nova was so much more full than in her days there,. Ever since the second golden age of magic had started up when Akko and all their friends had become the new Nine witches, the amount of witches in the world had shot up. Where the Luna Nova of her childhood had barely had enough witches to keep it's doors open, the school nowadays was basically bursting with students.
Headmistress Holbrooke had her work cut out for her lately. She'd never had to deal with a school so crammed before. Not that she wasn't annoyingly enthusiastic about it all, she'd always drag Sucy into conversations about how the school had finally become just how she remembered it as a young girl. If it was anything like it was in Holbrooke's day, it just meant that the lesbian population in the school was out of control. At least, that's what Sucy took from their discussions after learning about the Headmistresses teenage love life.
As Sucy looked around her potions classroom, she was delighted that no one was raising their hand. Good. She liked when her students feared her too much to bother her with trite such as questions. Whatever fear Finneran brought to Akko during her time in school was nothing compared to the terror Sucy instilled in her own students. Her mad cackling combined with the fumes, her own short temper when it came to teenagers, and her overall grumpy demeanor made everyone either avoid her, or suck up in an attempt to not get on her bad side. She could see why Chariot had joined, being a teacher was great!
Well, until one of her idiot students raised their hand. She sent a chilling glare in her direction. "Yes, Miss Burbank?"
Burbank stood "What happens if we stir the mixture counterclockwise instead of clockwise?"
"Then the potion becomes acidic and you get a melted cauldron." Sucy deadpanned. If She'd been paying attention, Burbank wouldn't have had to ask that sort of question, but nooo, she had to whisper to all her little friends during class. Ugh, teenagers!
"Thank you Professor Manb- eh, I mean, Professor Kagari." With that, the bell rang, signaling the end of class, Sucy excused her students, and began to gather up her things. She had a date with her new wife tonight.
As she strolled through the hallway, she couldn't help but grin a toothy grin. Her old students from the year before would sometimes stumble, and call her Professor Manbavaran when they spoke to her, but whenever they corrected themselves, it always filled her with glee to be reminded that she was now officially Sucy Kagari. She'd taken Akko's name when they married in the summer before school began. Not only did her students correct themselves remind her she was still newly married to the girl of her dreams, it also brought with it glee from seeing the faces of her students go fearful whenever they got her name wrong.
They probably wondered how an evil hag like her ensnared someone as likable as the famous Atsuko Kagari.
As she strolled through the walls of Luna Nova towards the eastern courtyard, she passed her old dorm room. A lot of good times were had in that room. Her mind drifted to during her second Summer living in the dorm alone while she worked in town and waited for the new school year. She remembered getting a surprise visit from her then girlfriend, who'd come all the way from Japan to see her, because waiting a whole summer was just too long. Ah, to be seventeen again...
She didn't envy the girl who got her old bed. No amount of sanitation spells were going to make those things clean again after what she and Akko had done on it that summer.
As she continued to walk, she thought back to how she'd gotten so lucky. She'd remembered getting a call from Holbrooke(a call of all things, she didn't even know she'd owned a phone! But times had changed for Luna Nova, she guessed)while working at a potion shop on the other side of the UK, offering her a position as potions teacher. Apparently Lukic had put in a very good word for her before retiring from her post. Seeing as it paid better than her previous job(which Lukic had also helped her get, bless that old hag), she decided to take it. The old professor had showed her the ropes before leaving, and she'd been working there ever since. She still sent Sucy postcards of all the places she'd been vacationing in, though Sucy didn't think any cleansing potion or mortal bleach could get the image of Lukic in a swimsuit from her trip to Hawaii out of her brain.
When she returned to Luna Nova, she was surprised by all that had changed. The Magical technology division was much more robust. While she had heard Constanze had been approached to teach the class, the quiet little scamp had turned it down, too busy running her own business empire to take the time off to teach. She had, however, donated enough funding and Stanbots to the school for the students to take apart, put together, and just see how much magitek could help a modern witch. Sucy still remembered Finneran's screeching about it breaking tradition, and knew that somewhere on Earth, Constanze was chuckling sinisterly at her handiwork.
Then there was Diana, who had actually also joined Sucy as a teacher. And once again, to Sucy's delight and Finneran's eternal torment, she'd chosen to teach Modern Magical Theory. And when Finneran had tried to "talk some sense" into her, Diana had scolded the older Professor and told her that once upon a time, the traditions she holds dear were the new, hip thing, and that the witches who brought about the traditions of today had to struggle through the traditions of their day to get it off the ground. The world, and magic, had changed, and so it was time someone admitted it and taught some new ideas.
Sucy wished she had a camera for that. Finneran's face at her previous star pupil putting her in her place was hilarious. The only downside was that now she had to deal with Diana on a daily basis. Well, at least she wasn't as stuck up as before. It was actually sort of nice to have the company of someone from back in the old days.
She made it to the courtyard, took a seat on a bench and waited for her wife's return. After finishing school, Akko had immediately tried to jump into the entertainment business. It was hard at first, but many people remembered seeing her on the TV a few years before and it wasn't long before she had an agent booking shows for her. Within a year after she'd finished at Luna Nova, She ended up traveling and putting on shows, going around the world, inspiring people and putting smiles on their faces. Just like she'd put a smile on Sucy's face.
It was because of both of their busy schedules that it had taken them so long to actually get married, Almost eleven years, actually. Eleven years of being engaged, and fourteen spent together in total. After her first show, Akko gathered every penny she made and bought a ring and asked Sucy to marry her. Sucy had called her an idiot, and said yes. Had she only been nineteen back when Akko had asked her? It didn't seem nearly that long ago. She was thirty now, where had the time gone?
And then their careers had gotten in the way. Akko spent a lot of her time on the road. And while Sucy followed after her when she could, she ended up stranded a lot of the time working her own job. But with her position at Luna Nova, she'd have an entire summer free from children, and work, and after her first year as a teacher, they finally tied the knot. Akko had taken a break from entertaining long enough for the honeymoon, and made it back at least once a week to see her wife once school started up again. Sometimes Akko would manage to snag a few days in a row every now and then.
Ah, there she was now, flying in on a familiar broomstick.
It had come to everyone's surprise when the Shooting Star, after circling the world countless times in search of a new owner, had settled on Akko soon after she'd finally gotten her own broom to fly. Apparently she had managed to impress the broom enough after her save the world stunt, because she was the only one who seemed able to tame it, and it bucked anyone off who wasn't Akko, or riding with Akko.
Amanda had been pissed off that is hadn't chosen her, but eventually got over it. She'd even gotten Akko one of those car air freshener pine trees to put on it as a joke last time they'd been to America. Amanda had gone on to become a racer in the American Broom Derby, with Lotte as her biggest cheerleader.
Those two dorks tied the knot after Amanda dragged Lotte with her to watch her race in a derby in Vegas. It ended up coinciding with Lotte's twenty first birthday, and the two went out for victory drinks after Amanda literally swept away the competition, Not that either of them remembered getting hitched the next morning, until they checked their fingers. They stuck with it though. They'd celebrated their ninth Anniversary just before the school year had started, actually. Lotte had told her last weekend over the phone that She and Amanda were thinking of adoption, too. A shame, now she had to cut a friend out of her life all thanks to some kid.
Eh, as if Akko would put up with that. She was looking forward to being an auntie.
She hugged and kissed her wife, who then scooped her up in her arms bridal style, causing Sucy to yelp. "Careful, Guinea pig!" God, it'd been years since she'd used Akko to test any potions properly, but that nickname still stuck. She kissed Akko's jawline, "Did you miss me?"
She clung onto Akko when the brunette spun in a circle, "Sooo much! Oh, you should have seen that last show! I can't believe I managed to talk Chariot into helping me with it, she was amazing even after all these years of being off the stage!"
Akko set her love down, and the two started walking back towards Shooting Star, which hovered a few feet above the ground, patiently awaiting it's riders return. "Maybe next time, Akko." Sucy assured her. She could probably threaten Akko's show runner into scheduling something closer to the school so she could attend. "Where's our date taking place this time?"
"There's this great place in Italy, with just the BEST food. They even have stuffed mushrooms~!" she sang, tickling Sucy under her chin.
"Italy? You think this old thing can get us there and back before my classes tomorrow?" Sucy gestured to the broom, which wobbled in outrage at the violet witch's comments about it's speed.
"You bet!" Akko took Sucy's hand and with a mock-bow helped Sucy get onto the broom, which she then straddled herself.
"I guess I should mention, I took the next two weeks off." Akko sent Sucy a wink, "I was missing my favorite gal in the world too much to keep doing shows. Hope you don't mind having me around." She teased.
Sucy wrapped her arms around her dumby of a wife, "Guess I'll have to kick all my other girlfriends out for a while, then, huh?" She teased back, making Akko laugh. She'd missed that beautiful sound.
"Come on, Sucy, let's go get some food, I'm starving!" And with that, the Shooting Star shot off, flashing through the sky until they were just a dot on the horizon.
A/N: I barely had any idea on where I was going with this when I started. While I like how it came out, I hope my dear reviewer d-upscandoc also enjoyed it. I know it was supposed to be more focused on their married life, but I made it more of a general future thing.
I think this will probably be the only Future fic I'll do, at least for a while. Believe it or not, this was actually a bit of an emotional roller coaster to write, since it almost feels like the end of a story, rather than just another one shot. I got this feeling in my gut while writing where everyone is, and what they're doing(minus Jasminka, who I think went on to become a somewhat famous Magical baker, and Barbara and Hannah were shot into space so they could never have to be in the way again), it's the kind of feeling you get when you're finished with a long series, and realize that there is nothing left after that, so what do you do with your life now?
I do plan on writing a bit about the summer Sucy spends living alone in the dorm in Luna Nova and working at the Last Wednesday Society sometime in the future, just because I think that will be interesting. I also want to maybe do a chapter that would chronicle how a lot of the series would be changed if Akko and Sucy got together early on in the show, just in short snippets that might work for good Sukko stuff.
