"Diana, I-I love you"
Ocean blue eyes open slowly, sight met with darkness, a heavy sigh escaping passed pink lips.
This the 2nd time this week she has this dream. She dreams of the day the brunette confessed to her, and she always wakes up after the witch manages to stutter out those four words. She finds herself losing sleep, sleeping by 9 at night, only to awaken by 1 in the morning, and not falling asleep after that. She finds herself conflicted, a feeling of anxiousness in the pit of her stomach.
It's been a week since Akko and her spoke over how they'd move forwards. And it's been two days of sleep loss for herself. She tends to just stare at the dark ceiling, just thinking and breathing, trying to force herself to sleep, but finding it futile, deep down she knows that she won't be able to go back to sleep. And so she just settles for thinking.
These passed few days, her and Akko had hung around each other, Akko was still acting a bit out of character, awkward, anxious and constantly nervous, but she understood completely, The brunette had feelings for her and purposely opened herself up. She knew Akko felt vulnerable, and exposed, anyone would. She was aware of the brunette's feelings, and that fact alone no doubt made Akko feel anxious.
The brunette hardly even looked her in the eye anymore.
Diana sucked in a breath and brought her hands to her face, both her hands resting over her cheeks, she could feel her cheeks emitting warmth, or at least it felt like that. The way her heart would beat just a bit faster-
And just like that, Diana sat up, her eyes staring just ahead, at nothing in particular, she just gazed into the darkness.
And swallowed thickly.
Akko sighed heavily, tossing and turning in her bed, she just couldn't sleep, anxiousness had been eating away at her since after she'd spoken with Diana and 'cleared' the air somewhat.
There was still this weird awkwardness between them, she could feel it, every time they turned and somehow met gazes, she couldn't help but quickly look away and avert the eye contact, even in the most crowded place, they'd somehow still managed to find each other, and it made Akko flustered.
She had a few close calls, maybe a few too many and it hasn't been that long, Lotte and even Sucy began to question her. Lotte seemed genuinely worried for her, pointing out how out of place her behavior has been as of late, and as for Sucy, she just began to tell her that she wouldn't mind if she resisted any experimental experiments she'd try to coax her into doing.
Was she that transparent?
Akko couldn't help but think that she truly was bad at hiding things. She's lucky the whole school didn't find out about her crush on the school's most talented witch.
Cause there was no doubt in Akko's mind.
If anyone else found out, it'd be quite the problem.
"Shut your mouth, O'Neill", the tone took to a cold one.
Hannah wore a heavy frown and Barbara merely glared at the teen before them.
"Ooooh, Looks like The Cavendish has claws", Amanda chuckled, a smug smile taking over her lips, arms crossed over her chest as she leaned against the door frame.
Diana narrowed her eyes, "What exactly are you inkling towards?", The heiress said dangerously cold, she stepped towards the teen until she stood right in front of her, she stood straight and somehow kept her poise.
Amanda daringly smirked and leaned closer to the blonde, she was just a mere inch or two away from touching noses with the heiress. She narrowed her own eyes, defiance was written in her expression, clearly she was getting a kick out of messing with the Cavendish witch. The two teens stood there in a brief moment of silence, as if both of them were fighting through their gazes. The tension was so thick in the room, they could just cut it with a knife. Both Hannah and Barbara grew nervous and nervous as they remained behind the blonde, neither knowing what to do.
"Nothing, Cavendish", Amanda finally spoke and began to back away, taking two steps back, a mischievous expression took over Amanda's face, she rose a hand and In her hand was a small chip. "Nothing."
Diana kept her gaze fierce, she remained silent, and slowly rose her hand, she took a hold of the black chip and for a moment shifted her gaze from the girl in front of her, to the small device chip, as if studying it.
"I heard some girls talking about you, got curious, and well...here we are.", Amanda said as she began to completely back off, "and well, while I'd get a kick of seeing your perfect little image get shattered, I think the reality is, Akko would end up getting the bad end of that stick, and I think she's...suffered enough at the hands of your lackeys.", the teen yawned and turned around, folding her arms behind her head, "Poor girl.", Amanda sighed out the last comment.
Diana frowned heavily. She was utterly furious, not only had someone saw what happened, but they recorded it, and such recording for into Amanda's hands, and while she should feel somewhat relieved that Amanda came to her first and gave it to her, she somehow got a bad feeling.
"Urgh, Honestly, I hate the girl", Barbara said in annoyance.
Hannah sighed deeply, "This is bad", she said slowly, "What if someone else saw?"
Diana's body grew tense, she glared at the chip in her grasp, "Somehow I get the feeling whoever recorded this was the only witness, however, I think our real problem is O'Neill.", the blonde began to step out of the room, she put the chip in her pocket.
Hannah and Barbara both sighed out, they knew how much of a big mouth the green team member was. And it certainly was a problem.
Diana wore a heavy frown.
Great, she thought, just great. Just when she thought things could be pushed behind them.
While she didn't really care if people found out another witch confessed to her, she did care about how Akko would feel being outed.
There was no way she'd allow for someone to further hurt the brunette. No, definitely not.
Classes were going by smoothly, so far. She failed a test, was laughed at, and got scolded, the usual stuff in the daily life of Atsuko Kagari.
It seemed like things were slowly falling back into place.
Everything was fine.
Until lunch came around.
Lotte sighed softly, she plopped down between Sucy and Akko, "Geez, Akko, you seriously failed that test, like, by a long shot, did you not sleep well last night?", the girl rose a hand and adjusted her glasses, she gazed questioningly at the brunette.
Akko shrugged, "Oh you know me.", the brunette sheepishly chuckled, she forced a smile.
Sucy groaned slightly, her mouth opening so she could speak, but before she could say what she wanted to say, she instead said something else, "Heads up", she then nodded and gave a pointed look passed Akko's shoulder.
Lotte and Akko both turned and found a certain blonde walking their way.
Akko instantly felt her heart beat faster. Her cheeks grew slightly warm. "Diana", Akko somehow managed to croak out. Her eyes shun.
Sucy rose an eyebrow at this observation between Her roommate and her roommate's 'rival'.
"Diana", Lotte spoke up, she smiled welcomingly.
Diana smiled softly, "May I?", she said politely, gesturing to the spot next to Akko at the table.
"Of course, Princess, take any spot you like", Sucy spoke, slight sarcasm in her tone as well as humor.
Lotte shot Sucy a glare, "Sucy!"
The blonde was unaffected by the words and shrugged them off, she gave Akko a questioning look, to which Akko nodded. "It's fine", she said, her poise still about her, she sat next to the brunette, setting her tray of food next to Akko's own.
Lotte smiled softly, seeing Akko suddenly brighten up relieved her, the way Akko grew bubbly all over again. "Where's Hannah and Barbara?", she asked.
Diana turned around and gestured towards the two still grabbing their own food. "They're taking their time.", with that said, she then turns to the brunette sitting next to her, "So, Akko, I got wind about that...test score, Think maybe we can study later, together.", The blonde's blue eyes were soft, her expression was sincere, "I'd hate for you be scolded again if you fail the retake"
The witch nodded, her cheeks still burned a light pink, "Uh, Sure."
Diana smiled and turned her gaze to her food in front of her, she couldn't help but feel a bit anxious, during this 'study session', she'd tell Akko about what Amanda came across. She needed to let the brunette know.
And as the blonde was in her thoughts, she was startled back out of them by the sound of a tray being slammed onto the table.
Sucy and Lotte both rose their eyebrows at the sight of a student, one they weren't familiar with.
"Pitty at it's best, Ms. Cavendish.", the girl said with a growing smirk.
Diana felt chills run down her spine, she could feel goosebumps in her arms. "Excuse me?", the blonde retorted.
Akko swallowed thickly.
"Don't act stupid, we both- no, the three of us know exactly what I'm talking about.", the girl sighed deeply, she turned to the brunette, "And you, you poor thing, why are you still letting her in? After what she did to you-"
"That wasn't Diana's fault, it was ours", Hannah suddenly intervened, she wore a cold look towards the student.
Barbara glared heavily, "Why don't you back off."
The girl stood straight and crossed her arms over her chest, "Well, well, well, if it isn't you two. Quite the duo you two are, truly."
Diana balled her fist up, her lips were pressed into a tight line. She panicked internally, suspecting that this was the girl that saw everything, the girl Amanda must have snatched the chip from.
Akko felt her heart racing in her chest, she could feel Lotte's and Sucy's gazes burning into the side of her head.
"Uh", Lotte uttered a bit out of place.
Sucy groaned in annoyance, thinking about how she hated being in crowds.
"It was a...misunderstanding", Akko managed to utter out, she felt her mouth go dry as she forced the words out.
The girl rose an eyebrow, "A misunderstanding? Is that what you call that? Tsk, that was brutal, beyond brutal actually, it was cruel"
Akko felt herself slipping back into those feelings again, the ones she had after that day…
Hannah glanced about for a brief moment and found many eyes setting themselves onto them.
"This is bad", Barbara whispered.
Diana rose from her seat, "Listen, and listen good, It was a misunderstanding, I take responsibility for what happened, for the things I did and failed to do.", the heiress sighed deeply, "it's something that's being worked on-"
"Oh, is that so?"
"Yes it is.", Diana leaned forwards over the table, her hands on the table, "This has nothing to do with you, so I'd advise that you stay away from us."
Sucy was chewing her food at this point, as soon as she saw Diana's facial expression changing from it's usual calm one, she became quite entertained by what was happening.
Akko could feel the tension thickening. "Alright, Alright, guys, just, drop it."
Hannah swallowed thickly and stepped forwards, she sat her tray down beside the heiress's own. "All eyes are on us, if there's something you want to say to us, we'll kindly agree to talking about this elsewhere.", her voice was lower, quieter.
"I don't see what the problem is, really.", The teen wore a smug expression, it was becoming more and more clear to Diana that this girl didnt care for Akko, that this was more about her. "Ah", she suddenly gasped as if to catch more attention, and much to Diana's fear she began to raise her voice. "I see now."
Many eyes were upon them.
Akko was growing nervous by the second. Thoughts racing through her mind.
Lotte felt lost, and Sucy remained entertained.
"You're ashamed", the girl concludes, loud enough for it to be heard by many other in the ever growing silent spacious room.
One might even hear a pin drop.
"I've nothing to be Ashamed about.", Diana countered, her hands balled into fists, her knuckles growing white on the table.
Akko's lips part but nothing comes out.
The girl sighs once more, seemingly content with herself, "Sure you are.", her gaze is almost taunting. "Both ashamed and embarrassed when she co-MMMPH!?"
"DIANA!", Barbara yells out.
Everyone in the room gasps.
The sound of the tray hitting floor echoed among the gasps.
Akko and Lotte jump out of their seats.
"Oh boy", Sucy says as she stumbles away from the girl covered in Diana's lunch.
"UGH!", The girl shrieked in anger, furious as to what the heiress just did to her. "You bitch!", the girl covered in the food reached for her side and quickly whipped her wand out.
"Oh no", Hannah stepped back now.
Diana narrowed her eyes. Using magic out of class and for no good purpose was prohibited.
Girls began to get out of their seats for fear of being dragged into the mess that would no doubt come out of this.
"You'll pay for that!", the girl then said something and pointed her wand to the table, and in an instant the table was pushed and flipped over.
"Akko!", Diana moved quickly and jumped at the brunette, pushing her down to avoid being hit by the table. Both girls falling to the floor.
Hanna threw herself to the floor, just barely avoiding a tray of food to the face. Sadly, the tray Hannah avoided, only found a new target, and that target was Barbara, whom had slipped over a meatball.
Many girls screamed out as they ran away, the table crashed into another table.
Diana was on top of the brunette, "are you okay?", she said with concern.
Akko merely nodded.
"Good", and with that, the heiress stood up and pulled her own wand out, she got into stance, ready for whatever the girl was going to throw at her next.
Hannah sighed out and also pulled her wand out, this was mess that Diana couldn't go down for, at least not alone. "Using magic for a fight is against the rules!" she said.
The girl scoffed, "Don't lecture me", she then lifted her wand, ready to do something towards the other blue team member, but just as she rose her wand above her head, a small beam shot it out of her grasp. "Ack!?", she brought her hand to her chest, holding it close, no doubt from pain.
"You guys are wrecking the place!", came that familiar voice.
"O'Neill", Diana sourly acknowledged.
Amanda frowned heavily, her wand in her grasp. The rest of the green team just behind her.
Lotte and Sucy both stood by.
"Why you", The aggressor growled.
"What is going on here!?", a professor came running down the stairs, she panted slightly.
"Professor Ursula", Akko whispered, her gaze was on the worried woman.
A few more professors came running.
"Just what is the meaning of this!", Professor Finnelan yelled out, behind her Professor Badcock appeared in tow.
Diana clicked her tongue.
"Lay down your wands!", Ursula yells out as she pulls her own out.
Both Finnelan and Badcock observe the scene and quickly become baffled.
"Diana?", Finnelan says in surprise, she takes in the scene of the entire blue team with their wands out, Diana looks especially prepared for some kind of altercation. Her gaze then drops to Akko and then turns to the rest of the red team standing by, behind then is a table that had no doubt been tossed into the other.
"Am I seeing this right?", Badcock says in surprise, not believing that Diana broke the rules.
Diana and her team both dropped their wands, the other girl covered glared heavily at the girls.
Amanda sighed, "Damn", she dropped her Wand.
Ursula walked over to collect each wand, she feels relief when she sees that Akko wasn't one of the students with their wands out, she knew how tough the consequences were for breaking that rule.
Badcock cleared her throat, "All of you, to the headmistress's office, this instant!", the woman pointed out all three teams, Blue, Green and Red, and lastly pointed out the other student.
Ursula sighed heavily and rubbed her temples, she held onto all five of the wands she collected. She quickly got to the Red team's side as they all began to walk towards the headmistress's office. "What happened?", she asked quietly.
"It was random", Sucy said quickly, "It started after Diana came to sit with us."
Lotte hushed the girl, "Not just Diana, I think...this also has something to do with Akko…", she turned to the brunette with an apologetic look.
Ursula rose an eyebrow.
"I-I don't even know the girl, she just came and started spewing stuff that just wasn't…", Akko's voice dropped to a whisper, "...her business."
While Ursula gathered as much as she could out of the red team, Finnelan wasted no time in questioning the Blue team, especially Diana.
"Care to explain?", the professor started.
Diana wore a different expression one that the professor couldn't exactly read.
"She started it", Hannah said, "She just approached Diana and started insulting her."
"Yeah, she has problems", Barbara said, her arms crossed over her chest.
"did she now?", Finnelan said.
"Yes, that's correct." Diana spoke, "She approached the table I was sitting at, she began insulting me and…", Diana sighed heavily, "...I lost myself a bit and threw my food at her."
Finnelan rose her eyebrow at the admission, "You threw your food at her?"
"Correct. I Did, however, I never once reached for my wand, not until she took hers out and hurled a table my way. I had to protect myself and my peers.", the heiress's tone was calm, oddly collected.
"I see. However-"
"She provoked me, approached me in front of people to insult me, I'm only human", Blue eyes looked up to meet with the teacher's gaze.
Finnelan fell silent for a moment and sighed heavily as they were close to the office. "Be sure to explain to the headmistress everything in detail, I'm sure she'll have all of you write statements, and then we'll see how to go about punishment."
Diana merely nodded, she faced forwards, subtly she took a glance at Akko from the corner of her eye, she could see how utterly lost Akko looked.
While Diana was preoccupied taking subtle glances at the brunette, a pair of green eyes took subtle glances at her.
'Damn', Diana breathed evenly, she just couldn't leave this behind.