Chapter 3
Part 2: A Celebration...Why?
"Croix?! Ursula?!" Akko shrieks in embarrassment.
"I've...never seen that side of you, Akko." Ursula laughs.
"And is that the Diana Cavendish? My dear Ursula, I can't be that intoxicated already, do you see her too?" Croix smirks and turns to Ursula, who chuckles and nudges her with an elbow.
"Coach! You made it! And you even got your shut in girlfriend out of the house!" Amanda shouts proudly. "Drinks all around! Jennifer! I need you!" She turns and leaves toward the bar.
"Hey!" Croix shouts and scowls at Amanda as she leaves. Ursula pats her shoulder reassuring her.
Croix sighs and turns to see Akko and Diana still staring at the two older women in shock.
"Ahem. Now I knew I'd be seeing Akko here tonight, but I had no idea that you two were...uh...acquainted, Miss Cavendish." Croix says with a raised brow at Diana.
"Yes...well, tonight is full of surprises, Professor Meridies." Diana says blushing.
"Indeed it is. And please, call me Croix."
"Of course, Croix. And do call me Diana."
They nod at each other before turning to the others watching them. Akko is looking back and forth at them, clearly confused as to how they know each other. But she lets it go, as Amanda was back with Jennifer and more shots. Akko and Diana were the first to grab theirs off of the tray and knocked them back as quickly as possible. Amanda snickered at the sight before passing the rest out. Jasminka and Constanze declined there shots, so Jennifer offered them to Akko and Diana, obviously knowing that they needed them, and they graciously accepted.
"So Akko, I didn't know you had a girlfriend." Ursula says right as the two girls were taking their shots.
Akko abruptly spit her whiskey out at the statement, and while Diana got hers down, she coughed violently. Ursula jumps back behind Croix who just chuckles.
"No! No no no. We….uh...we b-barely know each other." Akko stammers.
"You...were giving a lap dance to somebody you barely know." Croix says flatly.
"It was her birthday….It was a….birthday present..." Akko blushes.
"Is that something you do often for strangers on their birthdays?" The lilac haired woman smirks.
"Oh my god, Diana's not even gay!" Hannah shouts.
"She's not?" Sucy says, smirking.
"She's not?" Lotte says with her hand to her chest.
'She's NOT?!' Constanze holds up her sign.
"You're not?" Akko turns to Diana surprised. "I'm mean sheee's...uh...not?"
"..."
"Of course she's not. Tell them Barbara." Hannah crosses her arms.
"….uh..." Barbara's eyes flicker to Diana.
"Barbara!" Hannah looks at her black haired friend flabbergasted.
Amanda bends over and grabs her stomach as she laughs. Ursula looks thoroughly confused at the situation, Croix just chuckles and starts to walk to the bar to get a drink. Diana, who hasn't said a word, follows the lilac haired woman to the bar without looking at anyone.
"And I believe that is my cue to leave." Andrew stands up from the table and walks over to Akko. "Thank you for a rather interesting night, Miss Kagari. Never a dull moment with you, is there?"
"Andrew," Akko pinches the bridge of her nose and sighs "I suppose you're right." She then smiles. "Thanks for coming tonight."
Frank gets up from the booth after saying his goodbyes and comes up behind Andrew.
"Always a pleasure, Akko." Frank says happily.
"Good to see you Frank." Akko smiles back.
The boys start walking toward the door when they were stopped by Hannah and Barbara.
"Andrew, Frank. Could you give us a ride back to our apartment?" Hannah asks.
"Of course we can." Frank says, gesturing toward the door.
"Akko, can you let Diana know?" Barbara asks. "I don't think she's planning on leaving with us anyway….I mean right now, until you do….with you. I...uh..." She trails off, then turns abruptly and walks away quickly toward the door without another word.
Akko and Ursula watch her curiously until she disappears through the door.
"Well that was weird." Akko snickers.
"Yes, yes it was." Ursula giggles. "Akko, I apologize for embarrassing you earlier. I didn't mean to."
"Oh it's okay. Believe me, it's the theme of the night." Akko mumbles. "I'm so glad you guys made it though."
Just then, Croix walks up to them with two drinks in hand, followed by Diana.
"Your drink, my dear." Croix gives one of the drinks to Ursula. She then grabs her other hand, brings it up to her lips, and places a kiss on her knuckles. Ursula blushes furiously.
Akko giggles until she hears Diana clear her throat beside her.
"I brought you a drink, Akko." She holds it out without looking the brown haired girl in the eyes.
"Oh, thanks Diana." Akko says softly, taking the drink and drinking half of it in one go. "Oh hey, Barbara told me to let you know that they left. And that you weren't planning on going home with them anyway...or something along those lines."
"O-oh. I s-see. Thank you." Diana's eyes widened before proceeding to drink most of her drink in one go.
The other three watched her in awe.
"Damn, Wonder Woman!" Amanda laughed behind her. "Well ladies, I do believe I must go. I have...pressing matters to attend to." She glances behind her where Jennifer stood with her jacket over her shoulder. "So with that, congratulations Akko. Happy Birthday, Princess. Nice to see you coach, coaches shut in girlfriend. And I'm off!" Amanda salutes them before putting an arm around Jennifer and exiting the bar.
"One day I am going to slap that girl." Croix grumbles before taking a drink. Ursula giggles.
They walk over to the booth where the rest of the girls are sitting and squeeze in. After a short greeting, they get to talking about their daily lives, school, and Croix's new project. Diana's anxiety was lessening with every minute that passes during the seemingly normal conversation. Akko seemed to be relaxing as well. After another drink, she was swaying back and forth a bit and sometimes slurring her words. The blonde couldn't help but giggle at the permanent goofy smile on her face. She didn't know Akko, or any of these people very well, but she was comfortable here. Which surprised her immensely. The bartender announced last call for drinks over the loudspeaker followed by a very slow song filling the air. Couples flocked to the dance floor.
"Croix? Will you dance with me?" Ursula smiles pleadingly at the lilac haired women.
"Of course my love." Croix grabs Ursula by the hand and leads her toward the crowd.
"That's so sweet I think I'm going to be sick." Sucy drones.
Diana looks over at Akko and sees a longing look in her eyes while she watches the two older woman reach the dance floor. The blonde gets an idea but struggles internally. She wants to ask the brown haired girl to dance. But what would that mean? She doesn't want to seem too forward. This isn't some joke like the lap dance, or the hug from a friendly drunk. This was a serious gesture, wasn't it? Was she ready for that? She really did like Akko, but she barely knew her. Maybe she was overthinking this. Why is everything so complicated around this girl? 'Screw it' she thought as she slowly stood up. Maybe it was the liquid courage, or maybe she just doesn't care anymore, but she was going to do this. The blonde stood in front of Akko and leaned over slightly while extending her hand.
"May I have this dance, Akko?"
Akko looked up at the blonde with wide eyes. Her mouth opened and closed like a fish. Lotte gasped with sparkles in her eyes. Sucy gave the hardest eye roll humanity had ever known. Jasminka gave a small "aww" and munched on her new order of fries. Constanze, who was sitting next to the brown haired girl, just looked excitedly back and forth between Diana and Akko. The brown haired girl felt heat rising up her neck on onto her face. 'She's like my prince charming. I mean, princess charming. Or something like that. My god, how can anyone be this attractive'. All these thoughts were swarming in her head as she stared. Not trusting herself to form any coherent words at the moment, she just nodded slowly and took Diana's hand and stood up.
"Your hand is so soft." She whispered.
"Thank you, Akko." Diana chuckles as she led the brown haired girl to the dance floor.
They walk to the middle of the dance floor and face each other. Akko puts her hands on Diana's shoulders, and the blonde puts her hands on the Japanese girl's waste. They sway back and forth in time to the music, not being able quite look each other in the eye before Diana breaks the silence.
"Akko, there is something I must ask you about." Diana looks seriously at her.
"...okay?" Akko asks hesitantly.
"I want you to tell me about these dreams Amanda speaks of." She smirks down at the brown haired girl.
"Ahh...wha...it's not...it's not how it sounds I promise!" Akko distressingly shakes her head.
"Oh? And how exactly does it sound?" The blonde asks with a raised brow.
"...uh..." The brown haired girl looks up at the ceiling, thinking very hard about what to say next.
Diana laughs as she waits for Akko to reply. She looks over and sees Croix and Ursula watching them and smiling. The lilac haired woman winks at her. She looks away quickly and focuses her attention back to Akko.
"Ahem. Akko, I was simply teasing you. Don't worry about it." She says, smiling down warmly.
"O-oh. I see." Akko nods shyly. "So can I ask you why you're here tonight? I mean, this doesn't seem to be a place you'd hang out at."
"Oh." Diana stiffens. "A-Amanda didn't tell you?"
"Amanda?"
"Yes. Amanda invited me to your...celebration." The blonde glances upward. "And maybe I thought it'd be nice to see you again."
"You came here because of me?" Akko says in awe. "Wow, Diana. Thank you." She smiles brightly. "Bet you didn't think you'd get a kiss out of it though." The brown haired girl snorts.
Diana's face flushes. She had nearly forgotten about that kiss, well, if you could call it a kiss. She shakes her head slightly and smiles.
"You would be correct. I also didn't expect to get a lap dance for my birthday either. It is truly a night of firsts." She leans down closer to Akko. "I did quite enjoy the show by the way." She says in a low, smooth tone.
"Eek!" Akko squeaks as she freezes up. Eyes on anything but Diana and a blush rising rapidly. "I'm uh….I'm...g-glad you enjoyed it."
Diana's low chuckle sends shivers through the brown haired girl. They start swaying again to the music.
"I am curious about something though, Akko. What does the tattoo on your shoulder mean?" Diana had noticed the Japanese writing on Akko's shoulder many times that night but never had the chance to ask.
"Oh," Akko turns around to show Diana. "Shinjiru kokoro. It means believing heart."
"And why did you choose that?" The blonde asks while absentmindedly running her fingers along the tattoo.
"O-oh," Akko shivers "m-my parents always used to tell me I have a believing heart, b-because I did every thing I could to follow my dreams." She abruptly turns around, and clears her throat.
"Oh, I apologize. Ahem. So is that the only tattoo you have?" Diana asks, putting her hands back on Akko's hips.
"Uh...no." The brown haired girl shakes her head as she continues to sway.
Diana waits for her to continue, but Akko stays silent. So the blonde decides to dig.
"And? You're not going to show me?"
"..." Akko just shakes her head no.
"Will you tell me?"
Again the brown haired girl just shakes her head.
"I...see." Diana narrows her eyes.
"Do you have any, Diana?"
"No, no I don't."
"You should get one!" Akko say's excitedly. "You should go to the artist I went to!"
Diana looks at her in shock. The idea of a tattoo had never even crossed her mind. She couldn't imagine having something so permanent on her body. 'What would I even get if I decided…No, no! Why was I even thinking that?'.
"I'll keep that in mind, Akko."
The music fades away and the dance floor starts to clear. The girls reluctantly let go of each other and walk back toward the booth. The booth was empty now. Akko looks around the bar in search of her friends, but she couldn't see any of them. She notices a note left on their table that has the word 'Akko' written on it in big bold letters.
"Huh." She says as she picks it up.
Akko opens the letter and begins to read it as Diana reads it over her shoulder.
Akko,
We are assuming that you had no intentions of leaving yet, and we were tired, so we left. I'm sure little miss Cavendish has a way to get you home. Use protection. Be safe. Bye.
Sucy
"They left me!"
"Use protection?" Diana shouted in horror behind Akko. "That doesn't even make sense." She then grumbles.
"What does she mean by that?" Akko says confused.
Diana looks sideways at her, and then closes her eyes and sighs. 'Honestly, this girl'. Croix and Ursula join them at the booth and sit down.
"Where did everyone go?" Ursula asks, drinking from her glass of water.
Akko just hands Ursula the note. Diana makes to rip it away to avoid the embarrassment but she was too slow. Ursula and Croix read the letter together and break out into laughter at the ending.
"Use protection?!" Croix snickers. "Oh that is great. I really like this Sucy."
"But what does she mean by that?" Akko shouts over the laughter.
Croix just laughs, until she sees the serious expression on the brown haired girl's face. She looks at Ursula who is looking away, trying to contain her laughter, then at Diana, who is pinching the bridge of her nose shaking her head.
"Wait, you're serious? Oh my dear Akko, let me explain." Croix starts.
"NO!" Ursula and Diana shout quickly.
Croix jumps and leans back a bit, shocked by the reaction.
"Oh come ooooon!" Akko pouts, folding her arms.
"Croix, this is hardly the time nor place for an explanation like that." Ursula chastises.
"I believe you're right, my dear. I'm sure Miss Cavendish wouldn't mind explaining it to her later anyway." The lilac haired woman winks at Diana.
Diana inhales sharply and narrows her eyes. She balls her fists tightly as Croix laughs. Ursula, sensing an impending explosion intervenes.
"Croix! Stop teasing." She whispers, keeping a wary eye on Diana.
"Alright alright. I guess the bar is almost closed anyway, we should probably head home."
Diana lets out a long sigh of relief as they get up and go to the bar to pay for their drinks. She looks over at Akko, noticing the uncharacteristic silence to her left. The brown haired girl's cheeks and ears were as crimson as her eyes, and she made a point to avoid the blondes gaze.
"Akko, are you okay?" Diana asks worriedly.
"..." Akko puts her hands up to cover her face turning away further.
"Ah...did you...did you finally get the joke?" The blonde says hesitantly.
Akko nods, not uncovering her face.
"I see. I'm...going to call a car for us, okay?"
Akko nods again. Diana pulls out her phone and walks to the bar to make sure everything was paid for before they left. She passes Croix and Ursula on the way.
"Akko, thank you for inviting us. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Your friends are alright." Croix says, smiling fondly.
"I agree." Ursula adds. "Do you need a ride home? Akko? Are you okay?"
Akko had been silent. Her face was still quite red, but she looked deep in thought instead of horrified. She just now realized she wasn't responding to the two older women.
"Oh, s-sorry. Thank you, Ursula, but no. Diana called a car for us." She says softly looking down at her feet.
"Of course she did." Croix smirks. Ursula elbows her in the ribs.
"Would you expect anything less of me, Croix?"
The lilac haired woman jumps at the voice behind her. She turns around to see that Diana had joined them once more.
"Of course not, Diana. It's exactly what I expected."
"Well then, I assure you that I will get Akko home safely." Diana ignores Croix's comment and talks directly to Ursula.
"Thank you, Diana. I appreciate that." Ursula smiles and turns to Akko. "Congratulations again, Akko. I'll see you at practice on Monday."
"Yeah! Thanks so much for coming! I'll see you on Monday." Akko smiles brightly.
The two older women wave and turn toward the front door.
"Oh, and Croix?" Akko calls out as the lilac haired woman turns around with an eyebrow raised. "Don't forget to use protection." She smirks.
"Akko!" Ursula yells as her cheeks burn red. Croix laughs loudly as she is being dragged roughly out the front doors.
Akko giggles triumphantly at the sight, then stops when she remembers that she is alone with Diana now. The blush begins to come back to her cheeks. She looks over at the blonde who is just smiling at her. Their eyes find each other, and at that moment, neither can look away. They stand still and in silence for a moment. Diana feels like an invisible force was drawing her to Akko. The crimson eyes that stare into her soul are so welcoming, she feels that she could stare into them for forever, rather, she wants to stare at them for forever. Everything about this girl standing in front of her is making the blonde feel things she never thought possible. But what where these feelings? Infatuation? At the very least it was a crush. She had a crush on this very cute brown haired girl in front of her.
"S-so, I'm...uh...going to grab my jacket." Akko says, still not breaking eye contact.
"Yes, you probably should."
Akko still stands in place for a moment before shaking her head and walking over to the booth they sat at earlier. She could feel warmth rising in her stomach. Her heart was beating a hundred miles an hour. 'What is happening here?' She thinks as she grabs her jacket off of the seat. 'She is so out of my league. Why am I doing this to myself? And I have no idea if she even likes girls!' Her mind wouldn't stop reeling as she puts on her leather jacket. Pulling out her phone, she quickly texts Lotte and puts it back in her jacket. She turns back and starts walking toward Diana. 'I can't mess this up. Don't mess this up. Don't mess this up'.
"Ready?" The blonde smiles.
"Ready." Akko replies confidently.
Diana turns out her elbow in a gentlewomanly manner, looking expectantly at the brown haired girl. Akko links her arm with the blonde's and they both start giggling as they walk toward the front of the bar and then out the doors. The chill of the night hits them right away and they both shiver. Diana leads them to a black car parked in front of them and the driver gets out immediately.
"Whoa." Akko says breathlessly. Diana glances at her with a smile.
"Miss Cavendish." Timothy nods before opening the door for the girl.
"Hello, Timothy. We will be dropping Miss Kagari off first, if you wouldn't mind." She says as she gestures for Akko to get in first.
"I would not mind at all, miss." Timothy closes the door behind Diana and proceeds back to the drivers seat.
Diana takes out her phone to check her massages quickly and sees that Barbara had let her know that they had gotten home safely. She texts back quickly and puts her phone back in her picket. She's surprised that Akko had been so quiet in the minutes since they left. When the blonde looks over she understands why. The brown haired girl is leaning back against her seat with her eyes closed and her mouth open. She had fallen asleep. Diana lets out a long sigh leaning her head back as well. Timothy turns the car and the momentum carries Akko's head right into Diana's lap.
"Eek!" The blonde let's out a very undignified squeak. She holds her hand up in the air for a whole minute before setting it down on on Akko's waist. Diana continues, albeit shakily, to give directions to the driver until they finally get to the brown haired girls house.
"Akkooo." The blonde says, shaking Akko's shoulder gently.
"..."
"Akko." She says a little louder, and shaking a little more aggressively.
"...mmm?..."
"Akko, we are at your house. Can you sit up please?"
"..." Akko starts to snore.
"Oh for the love of..." Diana opens her door and gently lifts Akko's head off of her lap so she can get out. "I'll be right back, Timothy."
The driver nods at her as she closes the door and walks up the walkway to the front door of the house. She knocks three times, feeling guilty that she'd be waking the residents up just to get Akko out of her car. But no one came to the door. She knocked again, a little louder, but the same result came. She could hear no sound on the other side and no lights were on when she looked through the windows. With a huff she returned to the car and opened the back door and leaned in.
"Akko, I'm going to look in your pockets for a key, alright?"
The brown haired girl only kept snoring. Diana sighed before first checking her jacket pockets which only stored the girl's phone. Of course it wouldn't be in there, that would have been too easy apparently. She looked down at the red jeans that Akko was wearing and a blush took over her face. She bit her thumbnail for a few seconds before taking a deep breath.
"You can do this. You can do this." She whispered to herself.
"Are you okay, miss?" Timothy asks from the drivers seat.
"Yes!" Diana said a little louder than she'd meant to.
The blonde then dug her hand in the first front pocket. The only items in there were a credit card and an ID. She put them back and tried the other front pocket. She couldn't get here hand in because that's the side Akko was laying on, but it felt empty. So then she'd have to move to the back pockets. She couldn't bring herself to put her hand in. 'This shouldn't be a problem! Why do I feel so weird about this?!' She screams in her head as she stared at Akko's back pockets. Her face was burning up now. 'Stop being so childish!' she internally chastised herself. She closed her eyes and held her breath as she put her hand into the pocket. Feeling that the first one was empty, she moved to the second, which was empty as well. She pulled her hand back and let out the breath she'd been holding. She looked toward the driver, who was watching the scene in amusement. She rolled her eyes and looked back at the sleeping girl. Frustrated, she shook the girl again.
"Akko! Wake UP!"
"Mmm..." Akko just weakly tried to swat Diana's hand off of her.
"Ugh, Akko, you're so infuriating!" She shoves the sleeping girls legs over the edge of the seat and crosses her arms.
Diana looks toward the front door of the house one more time and then sighs as she shuts the car door.
"Timothy, to my apartment please." She says, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Yes, Miss Cavendish."
The drive is silent once again. Diana stares out the window for a bit, but then finds herself staring at Akko's sleeping face. She never suspected to end the night this way. Where was Akko going to sleep? In her bed? No, she couldn't possibly let that happen, could she? It's not like anything was going to happen. This girl is incapacitated. Then why did the prospect of even just sharing a bed with this girl make her nervous? But what other option did she have? The couch? No. She couldn't do that to her guest. She let's out a long sigh. When she looks out of her window again, she notices that they are pulling up to the doors of her apartment building.
"Timothy, could you possibly help me get Miss Kagari up to my apartment?"
"Of course, miss." He smiles warmly.
They both get out and Timothy leans into the back seat to grab onto Akko and he pulls her out easily. Diana closes the door and tries to help, but Timothy shakes his head.
"I've got this. Lead the way, miss."
Diana smiles gratefully as she leads them in through the doors and to the elevators. Akko only mumbles incoherently a few times on the way. Once to her apartment, the blonde hesitates.
"You wouldn't mind getting her to my bedroom would you? I don't think I could manage it by myself and I would rather not wake my friends." She states, embarrassed.
"No problem at all."
Once Akko is safely in Diana's bed, she tips the driver rather graciously for helping her with her unfortunate situation and he leaves. Once she's alone she retreats beck to her room to check on the sleeping girl. She gathers her pajamas and also an extra pair of shorts and a t-shirt just in case. She goes through her nightly ritual of getting ready for bed before walking over to where Akko is resting. She looks down at the extra clothes in her hand, and then back at the girl. She leans down to take the girl's jacket off first. It was relatively easy to get the sleeves off, she wrapped her arm around Akko to pull her up slightly to get the jacket out from beneath her.
"Mmmmm…..Diana." Akko mumbles.
Diana freezes in place, her arm still around Akko. She looks down with wide eyes, wondering if she had woken her, but the brown haired girl was still fast asleep. 'Was she dreaming about me?!' was all she could think. 'Ohmygodohmygod!' She let Akko down slowly and she moves down to take the girls shoes off. Now she internally debated on if she should, or shouldn't exchange Akko's skinny jeans for the more comfortable shorts.
"Mmmmm…." The brown haired girl moaned in her sleep.
"Oh my god..." Diana whispered as she put her hands to her blushing face.
Okay, maybe taking her pants off was a bad idea. She moved to take a handful of the covers and raise them up over the sleeping girl. When she brought the blanket up over Akko's chest, she suddenly felt a hand on her cheek. Quickly she looks over only to see the brown haired girl had woken up and was looking at her, eyes half lidded and smiling dreamily up at the blonde.
"Diana?" Akko whispers.
"Yes?"
"Where are we?"
"My...bedroom." Diana blushes. She hadn't thought about how that would sound when she explained it. "You...uh...I couldn't wake you up. And no one answered the door at your house. I couldn't...nnnn!"
Suddenly, Diana was pulled into a deep kiss. She put her hand down quickly on the bed as to not topple over for the second time that night. She could feel Akko smile on her lips before she pulls away and lays her head back down on the pillow without opening her eyes again.
"You're so cute, Diana." Akko whispers and then giggles softly.
Diana didn't move. She was still leaned over on the bed staring wide eyed down at the girl who was apparently asleep once more. She couldn't believe what had just happened. Who in the world was this girl? This strange, very cute, somewhat infuriating girl was breaking down her walls effortlessly, and to be completely honest, it was really exhausting just being around her. With a sigh, Diana stood up and took a deep breath.
"It's fine. It's okay." She mumbled to herself as she walked to turn the light off. "This is just a strange night. No big deal." She then walked back to the other side of the bed and climbed on while pulling the covers over herself. "She's only driving you completely insane and now you're talking to yourself. Totally fine."
She settled down and closed her eyes while trying to keep her breathing even. After a few minutes, she was relaxed and on the verge of sleep, so close. Unfortunately her brain decided to remind her then, of something she had overlooked earlier, something completely and utterly horrifying. Her eyes shot open suddenly.
"Oh god, what am I going to tell Hannah and Barbara?"
Earlier that evening: Girl's house
In a room on the second floor of the blue and white house on the corner, four girls were huddled in front of a window looking out into the night.
"Akko is supposed to be home soon right?" Sucy drones as she picks her binoculars up off the floor.
"Yeah, if they left when she texted me, she should be home right about now." Lotte says, adjusting her glasses. "All the lights are off, right Constanze?"
Constanze gives her a thumbs up and passes her a pair of binoculars. Thanks to the short engineer, they had enough pairs for all four of them.
"And I brought popcorn." Jasminka says with a cheerful smile. "Want some?"
Constanze shrugs and takes some popcorn while handing Jasminka some binoculars. She then picks up her own pair and holds them up to make sure they are adjusted correctly.
"Sucy, maybe we shouldn't be spying on them." Lotte says nervously.
"This was your idea, Lotte."
"I know but now I feel guilt…."
"Hey, a car is pulling up." Sucy cuts her off.
They all put their binoculars to their eyes and look down at the street as the black car stops next to the curb and idles there. No movement can be seen in the car because of the tinted windows. After a few minutes, the girls start to get restless.
"I can't see anything. This is pointless." Sucy states disappointed.
"I wonder what they're doing." Jasminka says while eating popcorn quickly.
"The door is opening!" Lotte bounces excitedly. "It's...Diana. Aww...is she going to open the door for Akko? That's so romantic!"
"Uh...why is she walking up to our door without Akko?" Sucy raises her eyebrow slightly. "She does not look happy. What did Akko do this time?"
Lotte and Sucy feel a tap on their shoulder and turn to see Constanze holding up a sign to them.
'Shhhhh!' Then she holds her hands up as if to keep them quiet.
'Knock knock knock'
Lotte looks to the others, confused as to why they aren't answering the knocking on the door, but Sucy was smiling evilly with Constanze as she had figured out the engineer's plan. They stayed completely silent all the while.
'Bang bang bang'
Sucy couldn't help but let out a quiet snicker at the increased force of the knocks. Lotte was now fervently biting her fingernails as the silence wore on. Finally they see the blonde retreating to the black car. They collectively let out long breaths as they put the binoculars back to their eyes. When Diana opened the door again, a dim light turned on and they could finally see the scene in the back seat.
"She passed out?!" Lotte says, horrified.
"Keh heh heh heh..." Sucy cackled. "That big dummy."
"I think she's checking her pockets." Lotte furrows her eyebrows.
"Why is she just staring at Akko's butt?" Jasminka asks confused, popping more popcorn in her mouth.
"Ahem." Constanze clears her throat to get their attention and holds up a sign. 'She's probably looking for a key'
"Oh, that makes sense." Lotte nods her head. "She'll find it eventually, it's in that little pocket inside her jacket."
Constanze shakes her head and holds up a key, no, she holds up Akko's key. The three other girls look at her with wide eyes.
"Why do you have Akko's key?" Sucy narrows her eye slightly.
'It fell out of her jacket at the bar' Constanze shrugs as she holds up the sign.
The girls just nod without questioning further. They turn back to the scene just in time to see Diana shake Akko rather violently with not much of a reaction coming from the sleeping girl. Sucy lets out a snort as she watches this. Then they all watch in awe as Diana proceeds to throw somewhat of a mini fit and roughly pushes Akko's legs over the side of the seat and onto the floor of the car. All the while, the brown haired girl stayed fast asleep. All four girls put a hand to their mouths to try to contain their laughter at the action, their shoulders bouncing up and down as they try to keep the volume down. Finally Diana closes the door and the car slowly moves forward and a moment later it was gone. The four girls immediately fall to the floor and let out loud laughs, cackles and giggles until tears of sheer joy shimmered in their eyes.
"I feel bad for Diana." Lotte says, finally calming down enough to speak. "We probably should have opened the door."
"I'm not dealing with drunk Akko tonight. I think we've earned the night off." Sucy says flatly. "Besides, we wouldn't have seen that great show if we had." She grins.
"The expression on her face was pretty funny." Lotte giggles. "I wonder what's going to happen next?"
"We'll probably never know. You know Akko doesn't remember anything after she passes out the first time." Sucy says, grabbing some popcorn from the bowl. "She really is a big dummy."
Even earlier: Frank's car
The two boys and two girls had just finished laughing about the expressions on their blonde friend's face while she was receiving the lap dance. Frank had perfected the expressions and Andrew was laughing so hard, he was crying from the pure joy it brought him. Again, Akko had outdone herself.
"But did you see the ending? Diana was totally into it." Frank says chuckling.
"Oh, I believe she enjoyed it more than she let on." Andrew smirks from the passenger seat.
"Oh my god, Barbara, is Diana really gay?!" Hannah says on the verge of tears in the back seat.
"I'm pretty sure she is, Hannah." Barbara giggles. "Wait, why are you crying?"
"I don't know! I cry when I'm drunk! You know this!"
"You really need to pull it together, Hannah." Barbara sighs.
"I'm trying!"