It's somewhat awkward.

Upon entering the Headmistress's office, Diana quickly said that it was best if only she and the girl that had started all of this were present and questioned, she further expressed that none of the other girls were really to blame.

This was really between herself and the girl whom she came to realize was on the grey team.

"Very well, Diana.", The headmistress accepted Diana's proposal.

Ursula was then told to escort the other girls out of the room and back to their classes.

Akko had been quiet, a distant expression had taken over her face. As the girls all left, Akko merely turned to give Diana one last glance before finally exiting, curiosity filling her.

The rest of the classes go rather quickly, eyes stare at then, gazes following them with each movement they all made, whispers could be heard floating about, no doubt speculation as to what exactly made the Cavendish lash out, and just what exactly the girl had said to even manage to get under the blonde's skin the way she did.

Lotte rubs her back gently, telling her to relax, to calm down, and that after classes they'd be talking about what happened. Even Sucy sympathizes.

She's quick to separate from her roommates once her final class is over, she avoids making eye contact with any other student around, she walks at a fast pace, eager to get away and collect her thoughts before she had to go back to her room.

Her friends don't know about what happened, but surely they'll find out. The grey team member seemed to know exactly what happened when she confessed to Diana, and the teen even went as far as to try and humiliate her publicly with the fact that Someone like Herself had confessed her feelings for her. The grey team member seemed adamant that her feelings for the heiress was something that Diana was embarrassed and ashamed over.

And maybe.

Just maybe.

Diana was embarrassed and ashamed.

Maybe Diana really was pitying her.

Akko looked down to her feet, she began to slow down in her steps. Her heart throbbed painfully at the thought that Diana really wasn't okay around her, she sighed heavily, she rose a hand and brought it to the side of her face, she adjusted a strand of hair, tucking it behind her ear.

She couldn't help but want questions answered, questions only Diana could possibly answer.

And so with a single Huff, the Brunette began to March her way towards the blonde's room, a new found determination filled her.

Diana sucked in a breath as she packed her bag with books she knew she'd need to read and study to not fall behind.

"This is crazy!", Hannah practically yelled out, "They really suspended you!"

Diana nods as she zips her bag, she sets her bag on her bed and begins to button her jacket up, she then reaches for her hat which she had settled onto the bed as well, and puts the hat on, she straightens herself out and grabs her bag, slinging it over her shoulder.

"what about the other girl!?", Barbara asked with concern.

"She got a month.", Diana said as she began to make steps towards the door. She couldn't help but just get this over with, she hated the fact that she had to leave the school, while she's lucky she was granted leniency in the form of only being suspended for two weeks, she still hated it.

"Well, I'm off, goodbye, girls.", Diana opened the door and left, the door closed behind her.

Both Hannah and Barbara would have to handle things on their own apparently, and by things, it meant Amanda.

"Poor, Diana.", Barbara groaned and plopped down onto her own bed, a small pout on her lips.

Hannah rose a hand and ran it through her hair, feelings of annoyance, agitation and irritation coming on. "Can't wait for the rumors to start.", she spoke rather sarcastically.

And just when the room fell into silence, a knock came at the door.

Hannah looked up and turned to her roommate, shooting her a questioning look.

Barbara shrugged and nodded her head. She knew that if it was Diana, the girl would just walk in. So both girl simply ignored the door.

But the knocking persisted.

"What if it's the grey team?", Barbara said quietly as Hannah made to get the door.

Hannah hesitated, understanding where Barbara was coming from. "No, No way, they'd be too stupid to come over here and start problems.", the girl slowly made it to the door and reached out, hesitantly taking the door knob into her hand, slowly turning it.

Barbara stood up from the bed, curious.

"Is Diana back yet?!", Came that familiar voice once Hannah opened the door, the door was practically shoved open.

Hannah swallowed thickly and shook her head, she felt slightly awkward around the Japanese witch, "Yeah, well...uh, you just missed her…", the red head murmurs something under her breath.

Akko wears an expression of annoyance, "where is she?"

Barbara rubs the back of her head, "Uh...she's going home…", the teen says slowly and nervously.

Akko feels words get stuck in her throat, and she falls silent for a brief moment, thinking of what to say, she averts eye contact and looks to her shoes.

Hannah could see a look of concern flooding over Akko's facial features, and she suddenly feels guilt tugging in her chest, she sighs out and chews on her bottom lip for a moment before finally talking again, "you can catch up to her if you go right now.", she says.

Akko hums as she looks up again, she finds herself holding Hannah's gaze, and she nods. "Alright", the words come out just above a whisper, and with that said the teen turns around and runs off.

"She seems to know where to look.", Barbara says a bit awkwardly.

Hannah merely hums in acknowledgement, she stands by the door for a few more moments, just staring at Akko's disappearing figure until Akko is completely out of sight. Her hands grips the door knob just a little tighter as she suddenly finds herself In thought.

Akko seemed to know a lot of things about Diana. Akko's done things for Diana that truly reflects something deeper than mere friendship, the girl even followed the Cavendish home and brought her back to Luna Nova when Diana decided to drop out of the school.

Maybe…

Maybe they had been too brash and harsh on the witch.

They should have waited for Diana to make up her own mind, or even give her a shake to snap her out of it.

Diana cared for Akko, that much became apparent, despite finding out that Akko held deeper feelings for her, Diana didn't change, she wasn't repulsed by the notion of one of her peers baring feelings for her.

Hannah sucked in a breath. She got them into this mess, it was her fault Diana was being dragged down.

She'd have to right this somehow.

Akko ran up the stairs as fast as she could, she could feel her stomach cramping slightly, and the burning in her chest due to not catching her breath properly. She didn't want to miss the blonde, in fact, she wanted to get the problem straight, why was Diana going home? Was it really because of her? Was it because she truly was ashamed of the fact that another witch liked her?

Akko blinked her tears away, not slowing down and she began hopping steps.

She felt uneasy, anxious and nervous, just when she thought Diana and her could try being friends, things went wrong.

And with that final thought she finally made it to the top of the observation tower.

And just like she thought.

Diana was there, ready to take off.

"Diana!", Akko yelled out as she stopped a good few feet away from the suddenly startled blonde.

Diana stopped what she was doing, her feet back on the ground as she got off her broom. "A-Akko-"

"You were just going to go like that!?", Akko suddenly yelled out, her chest heaved, her breathing was uneven, she panted between words, still trying to catch her breath, "Not even a 'bye'.", her voice began to shake.

Diana felt guilt bubbling in her chest, she could see tears gathering in the Japanese witch's eyes, "I-I…", Diana was going to give an excuse, but in reality, there were none, there wasn't any reason why she had to go so quickly. "I'm sorry", the heiress instead, apologized, she swallowed thickly, she felt her palms begin to sweat.

Akko's frown quickly turned into a pout. "Why are you leaving anyway?"

"I...got suspended..." The Cavendish admitted, "...for two weeks.", she looked down for a moment.

Akko gasped quickly, her breath got caught in her throat.

"I know, I know, I was just going to go without telling you anything. I'm sorry, I just didn't want you to feel bad", Diana rose a hand and ran it through her hair.

"And you think I wouldn't feel bad then? You'd be gone for 2 whole weeks and I'd be left wondering what happened and if you'd even come back.", the witch hugged her arms over her chest, "I...I went to your room, Hannah and Barbara didn't explain much, they just said you were going home.", Akko wasn't meeting Diana's gaze any longer. "I thought...I was thinking...about what that girl said…"

Diana knew exactly what Akko was talking about, and honestly, she didn't want to talk about what happened with that grey team member. But then again, she knew she had to tell Akko everything, about Amanda and what that girl from the other team was getting at. "I had stuff to tell you. I was going to bring it up during our study session."

Akko wasn't looking up, she kept her gaze to the floor.

"Two more people as far as we know, know about your feelings for me, in fact, they were there, or rather, one of them was, while the other one just found out due to nosing around.", Diana continued, "I was going to tell you, I didn't want you to be caught by surprise."

The teen fidgeted, clearly nervous. "I see, so that makes sense then, that girl sounded like she knew what she was talking about."

The heiress sighed, "She hardly knew what she talking about.", The Cavendish began to step towards the Witch before her. "She just wanted to pick a fight."

"Right, and what better way than to blackmail You with my feelings.", Akko's shoulders caved slightly, she hugged her arms even tighter against her chest.

"It's not your fault", Diana spoke softly, she reached out as she stopped just a foot away from Akko, she was going to rest her hand over Akko's shoulder, but just as her palm made contact, Akko slapped her hand away and stepped back.

"Just stop, stop it!", Akko finally looked up, her shoulders trembling. "Stop being so nice, stop not blaming me!"

The heiress was startled by Akko's outburst, she was taken aback, "A-Akko-"

"If you have a problem with me, just say it, If it's too embarrassing or shameful for you, I'd understand-"

"It's not like that!", Diana yelled out, "I'm not worried about myself in this situation, I worry about you.", she huffed, "I could care less what people think.", she knew very well that Akko had became very insecure around her. "Look, when I come back, we can talk about this, and fix this"

Akko began to step back.

Fix this, Akko thought. And then what? They just go back to normal? They just go back to something that didn't even feel like friendship. Everything was good, before she decided to open her mouth, maybe if she had stood shut everything would have been fine, they would have been fine.

"I can't…", Akko said as she turned away to face away from Diana, "We can't."

The heiress rose an eyebrow, she felt her heart beginning to beat a little faster, she felt her stomach get all knotty. "Akko…"

"Look, I appreciate it, I do, your efforts in trying to keep this…", Akko gestured between them, "...whatever it is, going. But, it's just reaching a point where I think we should just let it go. Our friendship was nice, but after that whole situation with me coming to you...it just...got all messed up and even when we tried to fix it, it feels all wrong now, out of sync and forced."

The heiress felt her heart begin to sink. "What are you saying…", her voice coming out as a whisper.

"I can't be friends with you anymore.", Akko spoke weakly. "I just, I can't help but feel so insecure around you, I never really know what's on your mind these days, and I just don't want to cause trouble for you either.", while it hurt to say these things, it also felt so much more freeing. "I feel like...you expect me to let go of these feelings.", the japanese witch turned and locked eyes with the blonde, "and I can't do that, I can't just suddenly stop feeling things for you, I can't help it.", her cheeks began to burn rosy pink, and tears finally began to roll down them.

The heiress felt a knot in her throat suddenly.

"So...let's just move on. In our own ways. And maybe...maybe we can start over one day", Akko sniffled lightly and bowed, something that Diana hadn't seen her do before, but was aware that bowing was something that was apart of japanese culture.

"Akko I-", Diana swallowed hard, feeling dryness.

"Goodbye, Diana."

And with that, Akko stood up straight and turned around, leaving.

Leaving Diana alone.

Diana could hear her heart beating in her ears, she could feel her chest hurting her body shivering. Her vision blurred slightly.

That was it.

Her and Akko would just end it here?

The heiress reached up with her sleeve and rubbed her eyes, she turned around and walked towards her broom.

Maybe it had been too soon, maybe she should have given Akko space instead of approaching her too quickly.

She should have waited.

After all.

Time heals all.