Akko stared at the blue ribbon in her hand. She just finished packing for their trip and just plopped herself down on her mattress, mildly exhausted from the day. The magician could hear Chariot and Croix from downstairs and could hear their childish banters and their giggling. She turned to the side as she continued at staring at the ribbon.

A smile grace upon her lips.

Flashback

Diana doesn't know how long she's been standing in the cold night. Her eyes widened slightly as she stared at the crimson eyes that was staring back at her. Wait a minute, did she hear that right?

Did Akko just say she was leaving?

"Diana?" She heard the magician called out her name. The prodigy blinked. "Did...you just say that you're...leaving?" Akko casts her gaze to the side as she sighed. "Yeah..." Diana blinked once again, suddenly overwhelmed. She doesn't know where to begin, all these unknown emotions that was now swirling inside of her kept her from uttering another word.

Akko? Leaving? She never once thought of the girl leaving, but now that she is?

"What...?" The prodigy trailed off, her voice cracking slightly as her lips tremble. She clenched her first, and took a breath to calm her nerves. The magician looked at her friend, then bit her lip.

"Where...Where are you going?" The witch asked. "...France. Apparently Croix and Chariot had been talking about going there." Akko said with a hint of sadness in her voice. Diana nodded slowly.

"I...I see. Well...I bid you safe travels."

"...Yeah."

The two stood quietly, not knowing what more to say. Diana was conflicted, she doesn't want...she would...she would miss the magician. They've known each other for just a few months, and those months, albeit short, were filled with joy, excitement...and, well, Akko. The blue eyed witch felt a small pain in her chest, but chose to ignore it.

What would happen to their meetings? Surely there won't be anymore, what was she to do now? She guessed, going back to her normal way of living would be efficient... Would it?

Akko saw the witch furrowed her eyebrows, before reaching out to the girl in front of her. "Hey, we could still talk to each other." The magician said, and saw that Diana was now looking at her. "We could always write letters to each other, we'll be writing so much that Nyra would probably hate us for hassling her so much." That earned a giggle from the witch, causing the crimson eyed girl to grin.

"I suppose we could still do so." The prodigy smiled, her blue eyes fixated on Akko's own, then she spoke.

"I'll miss you."

Crimson eyes slowly turned into shock, but only for a brief moment. Akko grinned. "Me too. Take care would you?"

"I'm suppose to be saying that, seeing that you easily get lost and all the other things. I pegged you as someone who's troublesome."

"Well I pegged you as someone that would overwork herself, better be sure, right?"

The magician and the witch giggled softly at one another, before silence surrounds them once again. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence like the previous, it's more of a comfortable one, just enjoying the silence between them and just their presence. Before Diana broke the silence.

"...I should go." The prodigy said, whilst the burgundy haired girl nodded. Taking a step back to let the witch ready herself. Diana looked at her friend, then shifted her gaze to her ribbon, as if thinking.

She contemplated for a moment, before she reached up to her collar and untie her blue ribbon. "Akko." She called out. "Here, I want you to have this." She held the soft thin band towards the crimson eyed girl.

"Diana, wha- but don't you need this for your school uniform?" Akko questions, while Diana shook her head. "I insist. And I do have a stock back in the dorm, so don't worry."

"But why would you give me something like this?"

"Well, consider it as a present for giving me all those flowers." Diana said with a smile. The burgundy haired girl stared at the girl in front of her, then down to the ribbon.

Slowly, Akko reached out and took the ribbon from the witch's outstretched hand, she blinked. "I don't know what to say."

The prodigy placed a hand on the other girl's shoulder, causing the crimson eyed girl to return her gaze from her friend.

"Then don't." Diana offered her a smile before removing her hand from her friend's shoulder. "Safe travels, Akk-!" The witch was taken aback when she suddenly found herself engaged in a fierce hug.

"Thank you." She heard Akko say, then she gently returned the hug, tightening her hold around the magician. The crimson eyed girl detached herself from the other girl and, to Diana's shock and surprise, kissed the witch on the cheek, causing the prodigy to gasp.

Akko grinned.

"Well, I guess you better go now." She said, whilst Diana stood there, unmoving. Her blue eyes widened and eyebrows lifted up.

"Diana?" The witch jolted slightly at the call of her name, snapping her out of the temporary trance. Diana cleared her throat and mounted her broom in haste. She adjust her hat just enough to shield her reddening face away from the magician.

"I-I should go, I'll see you when I see you. G-Goodbye, Akko. Tia freyre!" With that, Akko watched the witch flew up before disappearing in the ley line.

Flashback end

The young magician perked up when she hear three knocks on her door. The door opened slightly, and revealed Chariot.

"Akko, are you finished packing?" Akko sat up and nodded, as the older woman entered the room. "Hey, you feeling okay?"

"Huh? yeah. I'll just tie my hair and I'll go down to you guys." The crimson eyed girl saw Chariot beckoned for her to sit in front of the mirror. "I'll do it for you."

"No, I can handle it."

"Come on, Akko, let me spoil you for just a little bit." The older magician said, her smile widened when she saw Akko oblige to her request. The red haired woman took the brush and gently combed through the burgundy tresses of the younger magician.

"Do you not like wanting to come with us?" Chariot suddenly asked, as the teen looked at her through the mirror.

"No, of course I want to come with you guys. It's just that, I come to love this place so maybe I'm like feeling the early stage of home sickness? And we haven't even left yet." Akko said with a sigh. The woman chuckled.

"Are you sure that's the only reason? I mean, I know you and Diana are close friends, wouldn't you miss her?"

"Of course I will, she's my friend." The young magician said. "I guess, I'm a little bit sad for leaving her..." She whispered, while Chariot hummed before she sets her eyes on the teenager's hand. "Akko, do you want me to use that ribbon to tie your hair?"

Crimson eyes perked at the suggestion, as she looked at the thin blue band. Akko smiled before nodding, she hands the ribbon towards the red haired woman and let her tie her hair in the usual manner, but instead of the usual red hair ties, a blue ribbon took it's place.

"And, there. All done, the ribbon looks nice on your hair." Chariot smiled, as she looked at the reflection of her student on the mirror. "Yeah, I guess it does." The young magician said.

"Chrariot, Akko come on it's time to go." The two heard Croix call from down stairs. The older magician patted her student's head. "Let's go and not make Croix wait, you know how she is when you leave her to wait."

"Like a child."

...

Diana Cavendish flew inside the ley line to reach her destination, Luna Nova. Once she arrived the school, she hurriedly, but elegantly, went to her dorm room, closing the door behind her and noting that her team mates were nowhere to be seen.

'Great timing, girls.' She thought, as she leaned her back on the door and slid down, finally letting her legs give out. The blue eyed witch could feel her heart pound in her chest from the earlier act of the magician. Placing a hand on her chest, she tried, but fruitlessly, to calm her rapid heart beat.

She smiled, she giggled, she was happy. But of course her happiness died when she remembered that Akko was to leave today, resulting the end of their meetings.

Diana frowned slightly, pushing herself from the ground and walked towards her side of the room. Discarding her standard cloak, she reached up to untie her ribbon, but only found herself untying nothing.

Oh, that's right.

She gave it to Akko.

Just that reminder soured her mood. Just a while ago she was extremely happy from, well, the kiss, which she isn't suppose to be seeing as it was probably just an act of being friendly, but still.

Wait, why did she act so happy from a single kiss on the cheek?

Diana shook her head, and proceed on changing into her nightgown. Once changed, the heiress brewed herself some tea, before sitting int front of her desk. Akko must've left at this moment, would they still be able to see each other? France was quite far from England after all, but it isn't exactly that far, so writing letters would be quite easy.

The blue eyed witch felt herself relax when the aroma of her tea hits her nose, she sighed contentedly. Diana stared at the moon, before she noticed something at the corner of her eyes.

She shifted her gaze and found herself staring at two beautiful roses, a single red and single white. The flowers were now placed on a slim transparent vase, which, she guessed, was placed by one of her roommates. She smiled, settling the cup down with a small clink, the heiress brought up her hand and brush through the rose's petals slightly.

She'd have to thank her roommate for it later.

On cue, Diana heard the door opened, along with the the sound of foot steps thudding on the carpeted floor. The prodigy stood up and prepared two cups of tea for her team mates, placing it on the tray, she revealed herself to Hannah and Barbara.

"Welcome back, girls. Would you care for some tea?" Diana greeted, as she settled the tray down on the table in the middle of their room. Barbara perked at the sight of the heiress and walked closer, followed by the auburn haired girl.

"Why, I would love to. Thank you, Diana."

"Evening, Diana. Sorry we took long, we actually arrived earlier but Professor Finnelan had us help her with some errand." Hannah said, sitting down the couch and taking a cup and took a sip of the earl grey. Humming in delight, the auburn haired girl immediately felt herself relax.

"No need to apologize, hearing as it is from a Professor it is only appropriate to help them." Diana said, also taking a seat.

"Oh, right we happen to come across a hidden cafe at Blytonbury," Barbara chimed. "Apparently, the shop where we get our supplies, also serves as a cafe."

"You went to 'The Last Wednesday Society?'" The heir asked, looking at her roommate who looked back with mild confusion. "Yes, didn't I tell you that Hannah and I were to head there to replenish our supplies?" The blue eyed witch thought for a moment.

"Oh. Of course, I was just surprised as to how I didn't see any of you there. Did you two perhaps went there at noon?"

Hannah nodded. "Yeah, we left the school at around twelve in the afternoon. Wait, did you and your friend went there?" To which Barbara perked almost immediately at the mention of the infamous 'friend.'

"Yes." Diana simply stated, without saying anything further. Her roommates looked at each other, then back to their teammate who, they noticed, were frowning slightly.

Hannah's eyebrow twitched. Did Diana's friend do something?

"Diana?" Barbara called out, snapping the girl out of her temporary reverie. "I'm sorry about that." The heiress said with a small apologetic smile. "But yes, she and I did go there to look at the products they sell."

They froze.

Well...

More like Barbara for finally knowing the gender of Diana's friend, which also had shattered her slight bit fantasy. Hannah on the other hand stared at her frozen friend, watching her in amusement as she watch how her 'fan girling about possible price type to sweep off Diana's feet.' crumble to pieces.

"Oh. She's a girl." The black haired girl said, whilst Diana watched her with a strange look. "Um, yes." The heiress shifted. "Are you alright?" She asked Barbara, as Hannah was snickering in the background. 'Now what, Night fall girl?'

The black haired girl shook her head, before she smiled at the prodigy. "Of course not!" She shot a glare towards Hannah, before returning her smile to look at Diana.

"So what's her name?" The heiress looked at her roommates strangely. "Atsuko Kagari."

"Atsuko Kagari? Is she asian?" Hannah asked, to which the heiress nodded. "Yes, she came from the country of Japan."

"Oh, well, we're happy that you've made a new friend. So I'm sure you'd also be visiting her next week?" Barbara asked, suddenly taken aback when she saw the small frown that appeared on the blue eyed witch's face.

"Diana?"

"I'm afraid our meeting are put on hold." Diana's roommate looked at each other, then back to the heiress. "Did you have a fight?" The auburn haired witch asked, then saw the prodigy sigh as she shook her head.

"No, apparently, she'll be leaving for France and she didn't tell me when she'd be returning, so I assume she's leaving for quite some time." The heiress finished.

"Oh." Both her teammates say simultaneously. "When would she be leaving?" Barbara asked. "Tonight, and I think she's on her way there as we speak." Diana furrowed her eyebrows, as Hannah and Barbara felt quite sad for their teammate. Well, for once, Diana had been tend to smile frequently ever since she's made friends with the infamous 'Atsuko,' but now that her friend was leaving, they noticed how the heiress haven't smiled much in the span of their talk.

Usually, she'd be smiling at them, appearing to be more relax and much easier to approach. But now, she appeared more serious and professional. Hannah and Barbara wondered, is this how Diana always acted back when the mysterious friend haven't met the prodigal witch? Oh, the wonders of how Diana's friend somehow changed her.

Surely the scale of impact 'Atsuko' had brought to their roommate was by far big.

"I'm sure she'd be coming back, you two would still see each other one day." Barbara assured. 'I...rather for her to not leave at all...' The heiress selfishly thought, rather surprised at herself.

"Yeah, I mean you two would still be sending messages right? Like that time several weeks back." Hannah chimed to which Diana nodded. "Cheer up, Diana."

"How about, the three of us head to Blytonbury next Sunday?" The black haired girl suggested, while the auburn haired witch nodded. "We could spend some time at one of your favorite cafe. What do you say?" Hannah looked at her blue eyed roommate, who was also looking back.

"I'll...I'm sorry girls, I think I'll pass this time." Diana looked at her friends with an apologetic smile. "Oh, well, that's alright." Barbara said. Her and Hannah saw the prodigy stand up. "Well, I guess we better be sleeping, don't forget that we have classes tomorrow." She saw her teammates agree, before walking to her corner.

Diana stopped when her gaze suddenly rested themselves on the familiar roses on the vase, and for a moment she smiled. "Barbara, Hannah?" She called out. The girls perked at the sound of their roommate's voice.

"Thank you for placing the roses on the vase." They heard.

The two looked at each other then smiled. "No problem at all, Diana. Goodnight."

...

"Akko? Akko?" The young magician woke up at the gentle nudge on her arm, she groaned as she felt the aching of her neck muscle from the awkward position she's been in.

"We're here." She heard Chariot say beside her with her usual motherly tone and smile. "Um, where?" Akko asked, looking around and noticing the strange place she's in.

She heard a giggle, then saw Croix appear from behind the red haired woman. "France silly, we're on a plane right now. Geeze, did you really slept that long?"

"Leave the girl be, Croix. I bet she's tired from all that gallivant she did with Diana." Chariot said. "Oh, I bet she did." The lavender haired woman smirked at the young girl, snickering when she heard her groan.

It was a blur as soon as they landed, Akko could faintly remember them gathering their luggage, stepping into a cab and suddenly finding herself standing in front of an average house.

"Hey, silly girl. You looked like you're in deep thought." She heard Croix say. "Oh, I'm sorry." The crimson eyed magician simply said before helping the inventor with the luggage.

"Something bothering you?" Akko shook her head. "No. Nothing. Just a little bit jet lag." Croix observed her for a moment. "Do you miss England?" The lavender haired asked. "I think, yeah, I kinda miss England. We did stay there for quite some time."

"That we did." The teal eyed woman said, her eyes caught the sight of the blue ribbon that was tied to the younger girl's hair. "Hey, where'd you get the ribbon?" She asked, the magician stopped and looked at the older woman.

"Oh, Diana gave it to me."

"Is that so?" Croix smugly said, to which earned an eye roll from the burgundy haired girl. "Hey, don't roll your eyes on me girl." The inventor snickered. The duo walked towards the red haired woman who was ringing the bell.

"Hey, Charbear, is she in?" Croix asked, as Chariot nodded. "Yes, she is. We should just probably give her a mom-"

"Don't make it sound like I'm that old, Chariot." A voice chimed in, slowly the door opened revealing an woman in her fifties, who had a gentle expression on her face and a gentle smile that somehow reminded Akko the same smile Chariot have.

Croix smiled, along with Akko as they watch the red haired magician hug the woman. "Long time, Grandma."

"As to you, Chariot." The old woman shifted her gaze towards Croix and Atsuko, then give them a soft smile. Breaking the hug, she beckoned them to another embrace.

The inventor gave the woman a hug. "Nice to see you, Woodward." The woman pats her back, then breaks the hug.

"Well, of course you'd give your granny a hug, right?" Woodward said to the young magician, who was more eager to engage into a welcome hug. "I missed you." Soft green eyes closed, then the woman hummed. "Me too." Woodward breaks the embrace to look at the burgundy haired girl more closely. "I can't believe you're this tall already, it looks like time had certainly passed." Atsuko giggled.

"Of course, I won't stay short forever."

"Aww, but you were so cute when you were little." The older woman said, slightly pinching her cheeks. "Ahhh, stop." Akko whined, earning a chuckle from Croix and Chariot.

"Hey, how 'bout me?" Croix asked, pointing at herself. Woodward chuckled and gave the inventor a smile. "Well, you certainly were a pain in the ass." Chariot couldn't contain her laughter, clutching her stomach as she laughed, using the inventor's shoulder as a support while the lavender haired woman looked at the red haired magician incredulously.

"S-She said you're a pain in the a-ass." Chariot wheezed.

"Yeah, I know, I get it." Croix said, while Akko stood there smiling at the sight.

"I'm sure you're tired from your travel, we'll continue this inside. So come on." Woodward said, beckoning them to follow.