A/N: Welcome back lovely friends! This week is just sugar from Akko's perspective. I imagine this takes place a few years after they graduate from Luna Nova and are living together while they are in college. Sucy is probably gunning for a business degree while Akko is struggling through an advertising course. But that's all just framing. The point is that Akko is really fucking gay for her roomie and doesn't know how to deal with it.

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'In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again...'

For Akko, falling in love was very much like a rabbit hole, endlessly falling without any sign of stopping, the sky above shrinking into an infinitesimally small point before vanishing from view.

The impish alchemist that she held dear was of the icy sort, keeping her emotions and thoughts close to the chest, but in those rare moments where she would smile or open up- even just a tiny bit, Akko's heart would soar.

One of these rare moments happened on a Friday morning: the sun was high in the sky and Atsuko Kagari was still in bed, her eyes squeezed shut to block the light as it attempted to rouse her from sleepy bliss.

Fading in and out of consciousness, Akko heard a vague pattern rapping on her bedroom door, knocking perhaps? Not enough neurons were online for the brunette to deduce who could be calling for her at that moment, and the darkness took it as an opportunity to drag her back into oblivion.

The next time she faded back into the real world, cold thin fingers were caressing her cheek gently. Akko recognized the aura beside her as the same that had been knocking at the door beforehand, and though her mind could not identify it, her heart surged with a familiar warmth.

"S...ucy...?" The brunette's mumbled, left eye creaked open, and sure enough her best friend was standing there next to the bed, afternoon sunlight catching in her soft purple hair.

"Well good morning, Sleeping Beauty." Sucy's genuine smiles were subtle, tiny things, just the faintest upturn at the edges of her mouth, but it made the brunette's blood tingle all the same; love flowing through her veins like heroin.

The alchemist playfully poked Akko's cheek, small smile blowing up into a toothy grin as her guinea pig's face scrunched up in discomfort and shifted to sit up. "I thought you may've died in your sleep." She teased. "It's two in the afternoon. I've gotten up, eaten, gotten dressed, and gone to class in all of that time."

"Must have been good dreams hey?"

The teasing question caused a light flush to creep up the sides of the chocolate witch's neck.

Her dreams had been good.

"Just relax and enjoy the ride my little bunny... I'll take care of everything..."

A little too good.

"Ah- uh... not at all..." Akko lied. "I k-kept waking up from bad dreams, that's why I slept for so long."

A perfect excuse; that kind of thing happened all the time! It took an immense amount of willpower to not show her elation, trying instead to look like she had just gotten four hours of sleep and not fourteen.

Sucy's upbeat and impish attitude were visibly dampened, her wide grin deflating with concern. "Oh..." The alchemist said awkwardly, index finger rubbing against the knuckle of her thumb. "Do you want to talk about it?"

The understanding smile and kind eye Sucy shot her way filled the brunette with guilt but also affection. The purple viper could be incredibly sweet when she wanted to be: running out to buy things for her roommate when she was sick, offering a shoulder to cry on when the anxiety of exams became too much to handle, lending a listening ear when she needed to vent.

"Hey?" The soft nudge yanked Akko from her lovestruck reverie to answer the question that still hung in the air.

"I'd um- I'd rather forget about it..." She stuttered, fidgeting with the hem of her blanket and avoiding the alchemist's gaze.

Sucy nodded at the edge of her vision, reaching out to squeeze her hand. "That's alright. Why don't I make us something to eat? My lunch wasn't very big."

Copying the alchemist's head movement, Akko turned her hand around to squeeze back. "Yes please."

Akko shuffled towards the edge of the bed and swung her legs over the side, accepting the alchemist's other hand as she helped the brunette to her feet.

As soon as weight shifted into Akko's legs, her balance wavered, causing her to stumbled forward into Sucy's chest. She didn't seem to mind, wrapping her arms around the other girl's waist until she was stable.

"You alright there?" Chuckles vibrated through the alchemist's chest and Akko heart skipped at the sound. "Can't even trust you to stand on your own..."

Their embrace continued as Sucy spun her best friend around so that her chest was pressed against the brunette's back, arms tightening around her stomach.

"We have a few errands to run today." Sucy explained, turning their hug to face out the window. The slightly shorter witch could barely hear what she was saying; despite being laser focused on the lips moving so close to her ear, the words went in one ear and out the other.

With every moment like this, actions and words so tender and loving, she fell further and further down the rabbit hole.

Akko was in deeper than she ever thought possible, and never wanted to escape.

"Alright, come on." The brunette only barely processed her roommate's grip loosening before a her earlobe received a quick bite, causing her entire body to seize up and her brain to go into meltdown.

She turned her rapidly reddening face towards Sucy's retreating form, towards the mischievous grin sent over her shoulder. "W-Wha..?"

"I told you, I didn't eat much at lunch." The alchemist teased with a cackle, gnashing her teeth together. "I gotta get some food in me or I might just eat you up instead."

The brunette erupted into a flushed mess as Sucy left the room, covering her red face with her hands when she realized just how little that prospect worried her.

It was all over for Atsuko Kagari, she was in love, and enjoying every second of it.

A/N: Rest in Gay Akko Kagari 2000ish - 2020

I was in an Alice mood this week and originally wanted to write a chapter based on that one piece of art where Akko is Alice and Sucy is the Queen of Hearts but I was unable to turn it into a decent amount of words. So instead I wrote about the rabbit-hole nature of falling in love, and how futile easy it is to fall deeper and deeper down. Let me know if you'd still my original idea and I'll try again for next week.

Until then!