Chapter 4
Morning After
Morning came all too quickly for Diana as she sat up in her bed, unwilling to open her eyes to the sun shining through her window. She put her hands to her temples trying to relieve the pounding in her head. The blonde stood up and blindly walked toward the window, feeling around for the rod to close the curtains to shield the offending light. When it was finally safe, she opened her eyes and started to walk toward her bathroom when she remembered that she was sharing her bed with a certain brunette. She had hoped last night was all just a very strange dream, but she was proven wrong when she looked toward her bed. There lay Akko, sprawled out like she was attempting to make a snow angel in her dreams. The blankets were only covering the bottom half of her legs now, and at some point during the night, she had taken off her pants. She wore some very risque black lacy underwear. Diana only stared for a moment and then closed her eyes and sighed.
"I'm just...not even surprised." She mumbles and she enters her bathroom to take a hot shower.
She undressed, turned on the hot water, and stepped. She washed her body and her hair quickly and just stood in the running water for longer than she usually did. After turning off the shower, she stepped out and toweled off before putting on her robe. She turned on her blow dryer to dry her hair when she heard a scream. Quickly she turned the blow dryer off and heard a different scream. 'Oh no' she thought, but she didn't move, hearing the rest of the screaming play out.
"Oh my god, Akko! What are you doing here?"
"What are you doing here...um...sorry I forgot your name."
"HANNAH!"
"Oh, what you are you…! Wait, where am I?"
"You're in Diana's bedroom!"
"Why am I in Diana's bedroom?!"
"I don't know! That's what I'm asking you!"
Diana reluctantly opened the door slowly and stepped out. Akko was standing next to the bed with the blanket wrapped around her lower half, and Hannah was standing in the middle of the room with her hands on her hips. Barbara stood in the doorway, seemingly afraid to enter the room as if a war was ensuing. All three of them turned to look at the blonde in shock, and silence filled the room as everyone was at a loss of what to say at the moment.
"Please, girls, if you could keep the shouting to a minimum until after my head has stopped pounding, I'd very much appreciate it." Diana says putting her hands to her temples again. "I assure you, this is all a misunderstanding. I will explain over breakfast if you wouldn't mind, Barbara?"
"Yes, of course, Diana. Hannah why don't you help me make some breakfast."
"But why..." Hannah starts.
"Hannah, please help me..." Barbara grabs Hannah by the hand and starts dragging her to the door "with breakfast and Diana will explain it to us." She finishes as she shuts the door behind them.
Silence filled the room and the two girls couldn't quite look each other in the eyes. The brunette shifted nervously side to side.
"Your friend is...intense." Akko says, staring at the door where the two girls disappeared through.
"Yes, she certainly can be." The blonde sighs.
"So…uh...what happened last night?" Akko asks while looking around for her pants and then she freezes. "We didn't...uh...we d-didn't..."
Diana notices the brunette's jeans are wrapped up in the blanket that is currently wrapped around her. She walks to Akko, unwraps the jeans and holds them out.
"If you are implying what I think you are, then no, Akko. We did not." Diana says as evenly as she can, fighting a blush that is threatening to come on.
The brunette takes the jeans and nods her head.
"So we didn't...have sex?"
"Akko! I literally just told you that we didn't!" The blonde raises her voice slightly and throws her hands up in frustration, because now, that blush was sure to be visible on her cheeks.
"Well, you...uh...didn't actually say that. I was just making sure." As she says this, she lets go of the blanket that was wrapped around her to put her hands up in her defense, and that blanket was now on the floor at her feet. "I mean, you could have meant something else!"
Diana, again, got an eyeful of the sexy, black, lacy underwear. She also got a glimpse of a tattoo sticking out of the top of the low cut lingerie below her left hip. She couldn't exactly tell what it was as most of it was covered, which means she'd have to see her naked to…she immediately looked down at the floor and closed her eyes. This time, the underwear had effected her in the worst way for more reasons than just one. 'And I thought her legs looked good in the shorts. Ugh...stop it self!' Her face began to blush furiously and she had to make a conscious effort to remember to breath.
"Please, for the love of god Akko, put on your pants."
"Gah!" Akko shouted in distress as she fumbled to pull the blanket back up over herself.
Diana turned around and walked toward the bathroom without looking back, and forcefully shut the door behind her. The brunette quickly put her pants on before she would have any more embarrassing run ins. She found her shoes and her jacket was folded up on the nightstand next to where she was sleeping. She sat down and put her face in her hands, wanting to scream. She had so many questions. The brunette looked around the room for the first time. It was really nice and modern, and very spacious. Now that she thought about it, it reminded her of a very expensive hotel room. She didn't see much of anything personal in the room, and it was cleaner than any bedroom she had ever been in. 'I should probably clean my room when I get home'.
"Are you ready, Akko?" Diana stood in the doorway of the bathroom straightening out her clothes.
Akko's jaw dropped. Diana was sporting tight blue jeans and a red and black flannel shirt over a black tank top.
"Gorgeous." She whispers.
"What was that?"
"Ah...nothing. Nothing. Yes, yes I am...ready, that is." Akko stammers.
She follows Diana out of the bedroom and to the kitchen where Hannah and Barbara had prepared omelets, toast and tea. It smelled delicious to Akko, she didn't realize just how hungry she was until she looked at the amazing food. Diana, Hannah and Barbara had taken their respective seats and the brunette took the last seat, which was between Diana and Barbara.
"Thank you, ladies. It looks wonderful." Diana smiles appreciatively at the two other girls.
"Yes! Thanks. It smells amazing." Akko says, grabbing her fork and salivating.
"It's no problem, really." Barbara smiles at Diana.
Hannah only nods.
The girls fall into an awkward silence while they eat. The only noise in the room was the sound of the clinking of the silverware on plates, and teacups on saucers. Akko would have been uncomfortable with it, but she had her food to focus on. She did notice, however, the glances she received from Hannah and Barbara. They were no doubt patiently waiting for Diana to give them an explanation as to what happened last night. The brunette was also waiting as patiently as she could, because she herself had no idea what happened after they left the bar. Soon, the blonde was the only one with food left. Hannah was bouncing her leg up and down like she had a nervous tick, staring at the heiress. Finally Diana sighed and wiped her mouth with her napkin before breaking the silence.
"First and foremost, ladies, I'd like to apologize for the….scene you happened upon this morning." She took a sip of her tea before continuing. "After Akko and I left the bar last night, she fell asleep in the car."
"Ah...sorry." Akko says sheepishly.
"It's alright Akko. When we arrived at her house, I couldn't wake her up and no one was answering the door. I couldn't find a key in any of her pockets..."
"Eh?" The brunette cut her off. "The key is in the inside pocket of my jacket."
"You've got to be kidding me." Diana says flatly.
"Yeah...I mean no...uh..." Akko opens her jacket and feels the inside of the small pocket, but it was empty. "Ah shit, I lost it. Amanda's going to be pissed." She whispers.
Diana clears her throat with her eyebrow raised to get Akko's attention back on her. Once all three girls eyes were back on the blonde, she continues to explain.
"I simply had no other option than to bring her back to the apartment with me. Timothy helped me bring her up here, I took off her jacket and her shoes of course, and then she k..." Diana stops talking immediately and her eyes grow wide as she looks to the other occupants of the table. How had she forgotten until now? Akko had kissed her, rather passionately. And she most likely doesn't remember. She must have been silent for a few minutes because Barbara had decided to intervene.
"...And then she...did what?" She cocks her head to the side curiously.
"Yeah, what did I do?!" Akko says, totally transfixed on the story.
"She...ah...just slept. She stayed asleep and I fell asleep and that was the end of it." Diana says quickly as she stands up, taking her plate to the sink.
Hannah and Barbara glanced at each other, silently letting the other know that they did not believe their friend. Akko watched as they turned to look at her now, with their arms crossed and eyebrows raised. The brunette leaned back a bit and quickly looked back and forth between the two girls who were staring daggers at her.
"Then do tell us, Diana, why was your friend here half naked in your bed this morning?" Hannah asked, still looking at the fidgeting brunette.
"Ah...yes. Unfortunately, Hannah, I don't know why that was. It was certainly not my doing." The blonde says more confidently. "Akko? Why were you half naked in my bed this morning?" She asks as she sits down at the table once more.
"...Uh...well..." Akko wrings her hands together nervously "I...probably took my jeans...off? Look, I didn't even know I was IN your bed." She finishes quickly.
Hannah had had quite enough. She stood up quickly and put her hands down heavily on the table making the other three girls jump a bit.
"Come on, Diana. You don't really expect us to believe this, do you? I mean..." Hannah turns away and starts walking toward the sink and then swiftly turns around again. "I find out that one of my friends that I've known for basically my whole life is actually gay, and then we find a half naked girl in her bed the next morning? It's a little suspicious. Right Barb?" She looks at Barbara expectantly.
"Ah..." Diana holds her finger up "if we could back up a bit, who...told you that I was gay? I don't remember confirming such a thing." She says narrowing her eyes.
"It was B..." Hannah starts.
"NO!" Barbara puts a hand over Hannah's mouth. "Uh...that's really not important right now."
Akko watches the whole scene in amusement, happy that the attention wasn't on her anymore.
"Indeed, so if there are no other questions, I believe I need to give my guest a ride home." Diana stands up quickly and makes to leave. She grabs the brunette by the arm to stand her up and pulls her forcefully out of the apartment without another word, leaving Hannah and Barbara speechless at the kitchen table.
"Hannah! You can't just tell her that I told you she was..." Barbara stops talking and slaps her forehead. "She tricked us! How does she always throw us off like that?"
"I don't know, Barb. But she's hiding something, and I'm going to get to the bottom of it. And you're going to help me." Hannah's eyes narrow as she taps her pointer finger on her lips.
The short walk to the elevator and the ride down were spent in awkward silence for the blonde and the brunette. When they arrived to the ground level, Diana stepped out of the elevator quickly and Akko had to speed walk to keep up. They walked quickly through the door to the parking garage where Diana retrieved her key fob from her pocket and unlocked the car in the first stall. Akko stopped in her tracks when she saw the car that had responded to the keys that the blonde was holding. She wasn't an expert, but she new that this was very expensive looking car. Diana walked up to the driver's side door and opened it, only pausing when she noticed that the brunette was not following her anymore. She turned around and saw that Akko was still standing by the door they came through.
"Is there a problem, Akko?" Diana's voice echoed through out the garage.
"Ah...ya know...that's a...that's a really nice car." The brunette said, still not moving.
"...Thank you." The blonde waited a moment before continuing. "You know, you have to be inside the car for me to drive you home...in the car." She motioned for Akko to come to the passengers side.
"I might break something if I get in that car."
"Seriously, Akko? Get in the car." Diana runs her hand through her hair, starting to get frustrated.
"I don't have good luck with nice things."
"I think you'll be fine."
"Diana, I really don't think..."
"Damn it, Akko! Please just get in the car!" The blonde shouted at a flustered Akko. Suddenly she saw one of her neighbors had just gotten out of his car a few stalls down. He had frozen in place, staring at Diana in shock at the volume of her voice. She gave him a small forceful smile and a wave before she noticed that Akko had all but run to the car and was now getting inside. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before getting into the drivers seat. She turns on the car and lets it idle for a moment before turning to the brunette. She is sitting very still with her hands clenched together in her lap. The blonde felt a twinge of guilt at the sight.
"I apologize for shouting at you, Akko. This morning has been rather trying." Diana says quietly, looking down at her lap.
"Heh, don't worry about." Akko waves her off and gives her a bright smile for the first time that day. "I've been told that I'm quite the handful. Thanks for taking care of me, by the way."
The blonde nods and smiles at the brunette, and reverses out of her parking spot and exits the parking garage.
"So I'm curious, you really don't remember anything that happened after we left the bar last night?"
"Ah...no. I really don't. I don't usually remember anything after I pass out." Akko rubs the back of her neck in embarrassment.
"Usually? Is this a common occurrence?" Diana raises her eyebrow and looks at the brunette.
"Oh! N-no. I didn't mean it like that." Akko waves her hands in front of her. "Only twice before. And both times I was at the house playing drinking games with Amanda. We get a little too competitive and it doesn't usually end well. But this is the first time I ended up in bed with a beautiful stranger. I mean not that you're a stranger, but..." The brunette brought her hand up and audibly slapped it over her mouth when she realized what she had just said.
Diana turned away from the brunette and chuckled.
"Aww, do you really think I'm beautiful, Akko?" She turned back to Akko with a smirk.
The brunette refused to look at the blonde. She nodded slightly as she looked out her own window hiding the blush that was dusting her cheeks. Diana smiled smugly as she turned back to focus on the road once more. 'So cute' she thought. They sat in silence for a few minutes longer until they reached the house and the car came to a stop in front.
"Diana?" Akko says quietly.
"Yes?"
"What did I do last night? I know you left something out this morning."
"Nothing happened, Akko. Don't worry about it." Diana looked out the front window of the car.
"You're a terrible liar, ya know." The brunette states, raising a brow.
The blonde closed her eyes and sighed.
"You...kissed me. And told me I was cute."
Akko's jaw dropped as she stared at Diana. Silence filled the car once more as the brunette processed the confession. Minutes passed before Akko turned to look forward again.
"So, it wasn't a dream." The brunette whispered, almost inaudibly.
"That's correct. Although, whatever wild dream you were having about me beforehand was a dream, I assure you." Diana smirked once more at Akko.
"..." The brunette looked like she wanted to scream. She stared open mouthed at the blonde, absolutely horrified. Without another word, she opened the door and quickly stepped out, shutting it behind her.
Diana snorted and giggled gleefully when she was alone in the car. 'Maybe that was a little mean' she thought, 'But she is just too fun to tease'. She was pulled from her thoughts as a knock came on her window. She turned to see that it was Akko, so she rolled her window down and looked at the brunette curiously.
"Um...hey there again." Akko says sheepishly.
"...Hello..."
"Do you...uh...I mean...can I…" The brunette closes her eyes tightly "canIhaveyournumber?"
"..." Diana stares at her, confused. "Pardon?"
"I was wondering...if I could have your number." Akko says after a deep breath.
"Oh, right, of course." The blonde smiles shyly.
Akko almost squeals with joy as she gets her phone out. Diana tells her the number slowly as the brunette inputs the information and saves it. Just then another car pulls up in front of Diana's BMW. Amanda proceeds to get out of the passenger seat and freezes when she sees Diana and Akko. The blonde groaned when she saw the grin on red haired girl looking at them. She couldn't deal with Amanda today, not after the morning she has had.
"Why...ah...why don't you text me or something so I have your number as well." Diana noticed that Amanda had started to make her way slowly to the BMW. "It was a pleasure Akko, goodbye."
She drove away quickly before Akko could say anything, but not quickly enough. As she passed, she caught the sight of Amanda doubled over in laughter on the sidewalk. The last thing she saw in her rear view mirror before she was out of sight, was the brunette walking angrily toward the red haired girl, and succeeding in shoving her hard to the ground. Diana smiled a toothy grin and giggled at the scene. 'This girl is something else' she thought as she turned the corner and the house was now out of sight.
"Now now, lady killer. No need for violence." Amanda snickers as she lays on the ground looking up at the enraged brunette.
"We were having a moment, Amanda!" The brunette shouted.
"I'm sure your night was full of moments, am I right?" The red haired winks as she pushes herself to her feet.
"I…uh...might have passed out in the car on the way home...so no." Akko says shamefully.
"You didn't!" Amanda chuckles. "I would've loved to see the look on Diana's face when you...wait, you passed out and she took you home with her anyway?" Her eyes narrow.
"She said we came here first but nobody would answer the door when she knocked. Which is weird because we didn't get here long after everyone else. They must have all passed out pretty quickly." Akko says, shrugging.
Amanda looked at her in confusion. She knew at least two of the girls weren't asleep, because she had been texting them. Constanze was looking for binoculars the red head had borrowed the last time she went hiking. Jasminka asked if she could steal one of Amanda's bags of popcorn because she had run out of her own the last time they had a movie night. It all seemed very suspicious now that she thought of it.
"Right...well, that's unfortunate, I guess." She turns and starts to walk toward the front door and Akko follows.
They enter the house to find the other girls lounging around lazily on couches and chairs, no doubt nursing hangovers from the night before. They all perk up when they see Akko following Amanda in through the door.
"Akko! You're home! How did last night go?" Lotte clasps her hands together in excitement.
"Yes, what happened?" Jasminka shouts from the kitchen.
"Hey hey, I'm here too, ya know. Why isn't anyone asking me how my night went?" Amanda folds her arms and pouts.
"I guess we are all used to your sexual escapades. We just don't care anymore." Sucy drones from the couch.
"Hey! That's...fair. A little harsh, but fair."
"So? Akko? How'd it go?" Lotte tries to get back to the subject at hand.
"I guess I passed out in the car, Diana took me to her apartment and took care of me. That's about it." Akko says, shrugging.
Lotte and Sucy share a quick glance of disappointment, no doubt thinking the night would have ended on a juicier note.
"That's it? Seriously?" Sucy asks, sounding annoyed.
"Well, yeah. I mean, we kissed I guess but..." The brunette rubs her eyes tiredly.
"What?!" Amanda, Lotte and Sucy all shout in unison.
"We...oh. Oh my god. We kissed." Akko slaps her forehead before she starts to pace. "My first kiss was with Diana Cavendish! I kissed Diana Cavendish! What am I...what do I...I'm supposed to..." The brunette begins to breath quickly and heavily as if a panic attack was coming on.
"Hey...whoa..." Amanda grabs Akko by the shoulders and leads her to the couch and sits her next to Lotte while taking the seat on the other side of her. "Calm down, Akko. It's okay, it's just a kiss."
"It's not just a kiss! It's my FIRST kiss! And I barely remember it! She gave me her number and I'm supposed to text her so she'll have my number and now I have no idea what I'm supposed to say!" Akko shouts in a rush before she leans over and puts her head between her knees. "She probably thinks I'm such a joke."
"Uh, well, she gave you her number. Couldn't have been all that bad right?" Amanda asks, trying to make light of the situation.
"Diana's roommates found me half naked in her bed. It was that bad." The brunette groans.
"Half nak...you know what? It doesn't matter." The red haired stops herself. "Don't make this complicated Akko. Just say 'hey, this is Akko'."
"No, she can't just say that!" Lotte exclaims. "Say 'hey Diana, this is Akko. I had a really fun time with you last night'."
"That seems like too much." Sucy deadpans.
Akko retrieves her phone from the pocket of her jacket and stares at it. She turns it on and navigates to Diana's number and quickly flips it off again. She sets it on the table in front of her and starts to bite her thumbnail. The others joined them in the living room and Amanda clicked on the TV. An hour had passed and Akko was still staring at her phone. Amanda and Lotte spared quick worried glances at their friend, not knowing what they could say to improve the situation. They both jumped when the brunette finally broke her silence with a long drawn out sigh.
"I'm going to take a long hot shower. To think this through." Akko stands and walks toward the hallway to her room.
The others watched in silence until she was out of view. Once it was clear that she had gotten her things and entered the bathroom to take her shower, Amanda let out a sigh of her own.
"Okay, am I the only one who thinks she's thinking into this too much? It's literally just a text."
"I think she really likes Diana. She's probably afraid she'll screw it up." Lotte shrugs.
"Oh, please. If Diana had to deal with drunk Akko and still wants her number, I don't think she can screw it up. Cavendish must be a glutton for punishment." Sucy snickers, not looking away from the television screen.
Amanda chuckles softly while returning her gaze to the television as well. Then she glances back down toward the table and notices that Akko had left her phone there. Her eyes widened a bit as she got an idea.
"Lotte..."
"Yeah?"
"What if we helped Akko out, and texted Diana for her." The red head points at the object on the table.
Lotte's eyes followed where Amanda was pointing and let out a gasp.
"Amanda! We can't do that!"
"Sure we can!"
"No, we can't!"
"I'll do it." Sucy snatches the phone off of the table and Lotte makes to get up and take it back, but Amanda held her back.
"Just a simple message and she won't have to worry about it anymore. She'll thank us for it later." The red haired girl says as she struggles to keep Lotte on the couch.
"Yeah, just a simple message." Sucy grins evilly and she types out a message quickly.
"….Uh Sucy? What are you going to say?" Amanda tenses up at the sight of Sucy's grin.
"Kehehe" Sucy finishes the message, presses send, and places the phone back on the table.
Amanda and Lotte give each other horrified looks before they pounce to grab the phone. They open the messages and click on the newly created conversation with Diana. They read the message and both look up wide eyed at Sucy and then back down to the message. Amanda places the phone back on the table and puts her face in her hands before breaking the silence.
"I lied. She's going to fucking kill us."
Diana enters the parking garage and parks in her reserved stall. She glances at her phone which was still void of any new messages. She didn't understand why she felt disappointed seeing that Akko hadn't texted her yet. It hadn't been that long since she left the house, but she was excited at the thought that she'd be able to talk to the brunette more often and get to know this crazy adorable girl that had managed to thrust herself into the blonde's life. She sat there for a moment, not wanting to get out because she knew she left Hannah and Barbara that morning without the answers they where looking for. She knew she should just talk to them honestly about the situation, but she was so new to the whole feelings thing. It made her uncomfortable. She had this reputation to protect, an image to uphold. Abandoning the persona that she worked so hard to build up was terrifying, and she just wasn't prepared for the after math.
She rides the elevator up and gets to her door where she pauses before entering. She rolls her shoulders and cracks her neck a few times like she's going into battle before she turns the handle and walks through into the apartment. Immediately she spots the two girls on the couch staring at their phones, looking extremely bored. Barbara waves happily at Diana when she sees her staring at them, while Hannah looks up briefly with a forced smile and then looking back down at her phone.
"Hello, girls." The blonde says, trying to keep the shakiness out of her voice. She walks over to the couch and sits between them. "What's going on?"
"Nothing. The internet isn't working. We have a few hours to kill before I can stream my show, which is super annoying because it's the finale. Any ideas? We should go somewhere!" Barbara looks at Diana, pleadingly.
"I think I need to relax for a while if that's alright. How about I connect my phone to the television and we can watch your show together?" Diana pulls her phone to set it up.
"Really?!" Barbara squeals in excitement. "You're the best, Diana."
The blonde grins at the compliment and starts streaming. She sits back and glances at Hannah, who has been silent since she arrived. Diana felt a little guilty, but she was content in just sitting here in silence and just taking a break from the craziness of everything. Although what they were watching never really interested her, she was oddly pulled into the drama. Diana and Barbara gasped at certain parts, shouted angrily at the screen in other parts, and Hannah was coming around as she watched the girls in amusement. All three were watching in suspense as the ending was nearing. They were leaning forward with their hands over their mouths and eyes wide.
"This is it!" Barbara whispered excitedly.
"She better not forgive that lowlife." Diana murmurs.
Hannah giggles, still not used to Diana joining them for things like this.
'Ding ding'
Diana's message tone sounded out from her phone, and a message popped up on the television screen that was mirroring the blonde's phone screen. The three girls looked on in shock at the message that was displayed.
'Hey baby. Do you have a sunburn? Or are you always as hot as you were last night? ;)'
"...uh...Diana?" Barbara looks sideways at her friend.
"..."
"Diana?" Hannah waves her hand in front of the blondes face.
Hannah and Barbara lean to glance at each other behind Diana. She hadn't taken her eyes off of the message on the screen, and they were pretty sure she hadn't blinked.
"Ahem," Barbara cleared her throat "I'm...uh...just going to turn this off." She reaches down to where the blondes phone sits on the table and picks it up. She successfully turns the show off while also getting rid of the message. She starts the process of turning off the connection from the phone to the television when Diana snatches it out of her hand. And types a short message out furiously.
'Who is this?'
"I swear if this is Akko, I...I just...I will give her a stern talking to." Diana folds her arms and leans back on the couch, waiting silently for a reply.
"I'd be glad to slap her for you." Hannah replies hopefully.
"Hannah! I think that's a little harsh." Barbara says, reprimanding her friend.
Hannah shrugs as the three girls fall into silence once again staring up at the TV.
Akko's message tone rang throughout the silent living room and made the five girls jump. They had all been sitting around the coffee table transfixed on the phone at the center. The all cringed as they looked toward the hallway where the bathroom was, making sure that the shower had not been turned off yet. Once they figured it was safe, Amanda picked up the phone hesitantly and turned it on. She let out a breath of relief when she saw the message.
"She just asked who it was." The red head pinched the bridge of her nose. "Any ideas?" She looks around the group. "Not you, Sucy." She says as Sucy made to grab the phone out of her hand.
"Buzzkill." The pink haired girl mumbled.
To everyone's surprise, Constanze raised her hand and then pointed to herself excitedly. Amanda shrugs as she tosses the phone over to the short girl. She starts typing a message quickly.
"Okay, this time I think we should all look at it before-" Amanda stopped abruptly as Constanze pressed send and slid the phone back onto the table. "you send it."
Lotte stares at the phone for a moment before she slowly reaches out and takes it. Fearing the worst, she hesitantly turns it on and reads the message that Constanze had typed out. She snorted and giggled before she quickly covered her mouth, passing the phone to Amanda.
"I mean, that's something Akko would surely say." Lotte smiled at Constanze.
Amanda just groans and tosses the phone back to Lotte.
"I hate all of you. She's going to blame me for this." the red head huffs and crosses her arms.
"Technically it was your idea so..." Sucy grins mischievously.
Amanda glares at her and the girls are silent again, watching the phone expectantly.
'Ding ding'
The three girls in the apartment hadn't said a word while awaiting the message that had just arrived. The girls perk up at the sound of the message tone and watch as the message pops up on the screen.
'This is the girl you kissed last night. And FYI, your lips do taste as good as they look.'
"Hannah, I think I'll allow you to slap Akko now." Diana says through clenched teeth, narrowing her eyes at the television.
"I KNEW IT!" Hannah jumps off the couch triumphantly. "Ahem. I mean, I knew you were leaving something out."
"Is it true Diana?" Barbara grabs Diana's hand excitedly, giving her a bright smile.
"I...yes. I suppose it is." The blonde says with her eyes closed. "This is definitely not the way I intended for you to find out. This must be some kind of joke." She gestures at the message displayed. "I mean, this isn't….flirting...is it?"
"These are cheesy pick up lines, Diana." Hannah says annoyed. She paced back and forth in front of the table. "This girl, I swear if she thinks she can just..." She pauses and her eyes grow wide before turning to the two girls watching her curiously. "If she wants to play this game, let's play."
"W-what?!" Diana says horrified.
"Barbara, we need pick up lines, now."
"Done!" Barbara says, turning on her phone and typing quickly.
"Wait...that's..." The blonde starts.
"Shhh, Diana. I'm trying to think." Hannah starts to pace again holding her chin.
"Got it!" Barbara shouts a little too loudly, making Diana jump beside her.
Hannah walks around the table to Barbara's side and reads the line that highlighted on the phone.
"Perfect!" She says as she grabs Diana's phone off of the table.
"Ladies..." The blonde puts up her hand trying to defuse the situation.
"And done! She's forgetting who she's messing with. She will not come out the victor in this battle." Hannah puts the phone down and rubs her hands together, smiling evilly.
Diana opens and closes her mouth a few times, in complete shock at how this was playing out. She turned her gaze to the television, just remembering that the message would be displayed there. When she read it, she turned pale and begin feeling dizzy. She brought her knees up to her chest and laid her head down between them, taking deep breaths and rocking back and forth. This was not going to end well.
'Ding ding ding ding'
Akko's phone vibrated once on the table in front of Amanda and Lotte. No one moved to pick it up as they sat there silently looking at each other.
"You're all lame." Sucy droned as she leaned over to pick up the phone. She turns it on and reads the message. Her visible eye shot open wide and her jaw dropped. The other girls leaned on and stared at her in anticipation. "Well that was unexpected."
"What did she say?!" Lotte shouted.
"Kehehehe" Was all Sucy said before tossing the phone over. "Read it out loud Lotte, kind of sounds like something out of your Nightfall books."
Lotte looked at her in confusion as she turned the phone right side up to read what was on the screen.
'Maybe next time I'll kiss you in the rain so you get twice as wet...'
Her face instantly burned red and she let out a gasp.
"Damn it, just give it to me." Amanda ripped the phone out of Lotte's hand and looked for herself. "Holy shit! I didn't think Cavendish had it in her!" She laughed loudly before passing it to the others.
They all snickered quietly at how red Lotte and Jasminka had gotten when reading the message, they had failed to hear someone walking up behind them.
"What ya doin'?"
"Agh!" Amanda almost fell face first onto the floor as she jumped from the voice directly behind her. "Jesus Christ, Akko. You scared the shit out of me." She breaths heavily with her hand to her chest.
"Ha...sorry Amanda. So I've finally decided how I'm...hey, where did my phone go?"
The five girls glance around at each other silently, and unbeknownst to any of the others, Jasminka, sitting on the floor, quickly finished typing out a message and stuffed the phone between her thigh and the carpet.
'Ding ding'
Diana lifts her head slightly so she can read the message.
'There's other ways to get me twice as wet...if you know what I mean...'
She lets out horrified gasp as her face turns a deep shade of red, and the other two girls laugh loudly, doubling over.
"Oh...my...god..." Hannah shouts with her hand covering her mouth.
"We need something good to follow that one-" Barbara starts.
"NO! That's enough!" The blonde screams as she covers her face with her hands.
"Aww...just one more Diana." Hannah pouts.
"I'm not...this is..." The blonde sputters "this is all…inappropriate. Honestly, I barely know her!"
"You kissed her, Diana." Barbara says flatly.
"SHE...KISSED...ME!" Diana shouts as she stands up and starts to pace. "And just because I kissed her and might...like her...and think she has an amazing body…and...uh..." She pauses as she tries to remember why she started saying these things. "It doesn't mean I want to…um...ya know."
Hannah and Barbara smirk at each other at the sight of their flustered friend and then nod in silent agreement.
"Want to what, exactly?" Barbara asks, cocking her head to the side and faking confusion.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about, Barbara." Diana narrows her eyes.
"I'm afraid we don't, Diana." Hannah says innocently.
"It doesn't mean I want to have sex with her!" She says it so quickly that the other two girls barely understand the words coming out of her mouth. She turns away from them and crosses her arms.
"Ooooh. I see. So you don't want to have sex with her?" Barbara asks.
"..."
"So...you dooo?" Hannah leans to the side trying to see the blondes face.
Diana stiffens up at the question but stays silent. Does she? She had no idea how to even figure that out, to figure out any of these feelings. These texts really threw a wrench into things. Was it all a joke? It was true, she barely knew Akko, but considering how freaked out she was that morning about how they might have had sex, this just didn't seem to fit. It didn't seem right.
"I...don't know." She finally breaks the silence. "I wouldn't even know where to begin, to be honest."
"So you're a vir-" Barbara starts to ask.
"Yes." The blonde says quickly. "Yes, I am. I...uh...that doesn't matter at the moment. I need to get to the bottom of this." She grabs her phone and finally disconnects the pairing to the TV.
"What are you going to do?" Hannah asks.
Diana finds Akko's number and hits the call button and puts it to her ear.
"Seriously guys, I left it right here on the table!" Akko walks around the living room trying to find her phone.
The others sat in silence watching television again, sometimes pretending to help her look around. After a few minutes, Akko sunk onto the couch between Amanda and Lotte, twisting her face in contemplation.
"I swear I-"
'Ring ring ring'
The brunette stopped talking when she heard her ringtone somewhere in the room. Amanda, Lotte, Sucy and Constanze looked at Jasminka in horror.
'Ring ring ring'
Akko stood up, following the sound of the ringing. As it rang out again, she stopped in front of Jasminka, who shifted nervously. When the brunette raised an eyebrow at her, she grabbed the phone out from under her leg.
"Oh, I must have sat on it by accident." Jasminka looks at the phone briefly and saw that it was Diana who was calling. She tossed the phone into Amanda's lap, who looked at the phone and took in a sharp breath.
"Hey! Give me that!" Akko walked quickly over to Amanda's side and grabbed the phone out of her hands. The ringing stopped and registered in her phone as a missed call.
The five girls let out long breaths of relief.
"Huh, why is Diana calling...wait, how does she..." Akko looks down in confusion.
'Ring ring ring'
"God damn it. Run everybody!" Amanda jumps off of the couch and heads for the door.
"Heh." Lotte nervousy laughs before getting up and quickly followed Amanda out the door.
Jasminka and Constanze follow without looking at Akko, and Sucy cackled the whole way to the door and shut it behind her. The brunette was left staring after them with her eyebrows raised and her mouth open.
"What was..."
'Ring ring ring'
"Oh." She looks down again at the phone, it showed that Diana was calling again. She pushed the green icon to answer.
"Hello?"
"...Akko?"
"Oh hey...Diana."
"Akko, please explain yourself."
Akko froze. She took the phone away from her face to look at it briefly before returning it back to her ear.
"W-what? How did you get my number, Diana?"
"You texted me. And I would really like an explanation about what you said."
"Uh...no. I didn't. I literally haven't touch my phone for the past hour and a half!"
"Then who…? Akko, was Amanda near your phone?"
"Yeah, she was actually. How'd you know?"
The brunette heard a long sigh from the blonde on the other end.
"Diana?"
"That...makes sense."
"What makes sense?"
"Just...read your messages. And then please...delete them. All of them. Goodbye, Akko."
There came a click on the other side of the line as Diana had ended the call. Akko stared at her phone in confusion for a moment before opening her messages. She read each one, her face becoming more red by the second. Her grip on the phone was tightening as her knuckles became white. When she finished reading the incriminating evidence, she ran to the door and threw it open. Akko barreled through the doorway and ran across the lawn toward Amanda's car where the five girls where panicking, trying to get their seat belts on. The red head looked over and saw the ball of rage heading toward her.
"O'Neil! I'm going to kill you!"
"Shit shit shit shit!" Amanda put the car in reverse and backed quickly out of the driveway. She stopped and shifted into drive before yelling out the window and driving away simultaneously. "SORRY!"