After last night's events, Diana and Akko wake up the next morning and talk with each other about what happened. They also realize some things that may have seen obvious to them but in fact were not.

Notes:

I am back with this short chapter. I wanted to further elaborate on the engagement part of Diana and Akko and hence this chapter came to be. Next chapter will be what happened after Diana and Akko left the party (and will follow Croix and the rest of Luna Nova people).


After last night's party and the events that unfolded with the McCallister, the last thing Akko wanted was to get up from the bed. And it wasn't because she was afraid. In fact, last night's encounter had helped her in realizing that she no longer had anything to fear from Sarah. The woman that had tortured her for such a long time at Luna Nova had seemed very insignificant in their last encounter.

Terrified, actually, of Diana and her father.

And to Akko, that had meant everything.

And just like she had told Diana last night, right now all she could feel for Sarah was pity. Because who could blame her for becoming a bully with parents like that. In fact, it showed Akko that Sarah had been unlucky in terms of who her family was.

Unlike Diana, who even though had grown-up in the same environment Sarah did; had become the opposite of what the McCallister heir was.

And last night had made Akko love Diana even more (which was something that she thought was impossible).

The way the blonde witch defended her, the way she passionately and firmly spoke in front of all those adults… It had reminded Akko of the many responsibilities that Diana had and will have in the future as the head of the Cavendish family.

And yet none of those things had dissuaded her from the decision she made a week ago. It didn't matter to her what the rest of people thought of her as long as she knew that Diana loved and wanted her by her side.

That was more than enough.

Turning around, Akko can't stop herself from smiling brightly at the sight of her girlfriend… Well, technically fiance as of last night, soundly sleeping with her arms wrapped tightly around her waist.

Even though Diana and her were able to spend most of their time at Luna Nova together, because they were in different teams; sleeping with each other was something of a luxury for them.

Hence, to be able to spend the night with Diana and being able to be held by her…

Akko was going to get addicted to it.

"You're thinking too loudly." she can hear Diana murmur and that makes her smile softly.

"Sorry I woke you." she apologizes with a soft kiss.

Diana chuckles.

"Do not worry." the blonde witch opens her eyes. "Besides, it doesn't hurt to wake up with a good morning kiss."

Akko blushes brightly.

"In fact, I could get used to it." Diana whispers and closes the distance between the two of them, sweetly kissing Akko on the lips while caressing her cheeks with her hands. "Good morning darling."

"Good morning Dia." Akko says dreamily.

"Did you sleep well?"

"Best sleep ever." the brunette witch promises her with a big smile. "In fact, that's what I was thinking about before you woke up…" she adds embarrassed. "That I like waking up in your arms."

"So do I." Diana promises her warmly. "In fact, now that classes at Luna Nova are almost over, that means we could start coming more to the estate."

"Really?" Akko says happily. "I wouldn't want to impose…"

"You won't." the blonde witch interrupts vehemently. "After last night…" she blushes softly. "What is mine is yours, Akko."

"Diana…"

"I meant everything that happened last night." Diana reminds her passionately. "Every promise and every vow I made to you, I meant it with my heart and soul."

Akko smiles softly at her.

"Of course I know that, silly." she caresses Diana's face tenderly. "Still, that doesn't mean that I will get used to the fact that since last night I became your fiance."

This statement makes Diana blush brightly.

Akko notices it immediately and chuckles.

"Don't tell me you forgot about that part of the night."

"Of course I didn't." Diana pouts. "A Cavendish never forgets things."

"That blush on your face tells me otherwise."

Diana grumbles but when she raises her eyes, Akko can see vulnerability in them.

"Can you tell me again?" she asks softly. "Just for the sake of confirming."

Nodding, Akko gets close to Diana and hugs her tight, making sure of whispering her words in the blonde's ear.

"Last night, I became your fiance." she says softly. "And nothing else could make me happier."

"My fiance…" Diana whispers and makes Akko stare directly at her. "Last night, you became mine."

Akko chuckles.

"Well, if you want to say it like that…" she blushes. "Though to be honest, I've been yours since we used the Shiny Rod together, Dia."

This makes Diana jump on top of Akko and kiss her fervently on the lips, forgetting everything about propriety in the morning and the fact that they had just woken up and definitely needed to go to the bathroom.

Because Akko was her fiance! And up until now, she hadn't really thought about the implications of what that truly meant for them and for their future.

A future that had now solidified Akko's presence in it with their actions last night.

"Not that I'm complaining." Akko breathes after separating from their kiss. "But why are you reacting like this?" she asks curiously.

Diana smiles brightly at her and kisses her again, deciding to indulge herself a little more in her fiance's lips.

"I think.." Diana whispers honestly to Akko. "That it has finally dawned on me what your acceptance to my proposal meant last night." she chuckles. "Not that I didn't know what doing so meant…" she adds immediately. "But now that the night is over and I've had time to think about everything that happened… I'm just so happy that you've accepted all of me, Akko."

Akko kisses her nose tenderly.

"I did promise you forever, didn't I?"

"That you did." Diana agrees and gets down from Akko, taking a seat on the bed. "Though now I feel a little bad that I didn't do anything more spectacular to propose to you." she pouts a little. "And I had thought of so many different ways to do so."

"You did?" Akko asks curiously and also sits down so she can look at Diana.

"Of course." the blonde woman tells her simply. "I've known I love you for quite some time, and that a life without you in it is meaningless to me. So of course I've had thought of proposing to you."

"Diana!" Akko screams and hugs her tightly, making sure of kissing every part of the woman's body that the Japanese's lips had access to. "I, I didn't know that."

"Silly girl." Diana says tenderly. "You mean everything to me. All I want is to make you happy."

"So do I, Dia. I want to be happy with you. I want to share my life with you. I want to be the person you go to when you have troubles or are feeling down. I want you to know that I will always be there for you and that my love for you will never fade. You are my world, Diana Cavendish."

"Oh Akko…" Diana whispers to her with tears in her eyes. "So are you." she promises vehemently and kisses her again. "And just like you're mine…" she blushes brightly. "I'm yours."

This makes Akko blush as well, but nevertheless smile warmly at her fiance.

"Well in that case…" Akko takes a deep breath and decides to ask something she has thought of asking for a while. "In that case…" she quickly grabs her wand from the night-table and makes two silver rings appear in her hands. "Will you do me the honor of wearing this ring?" she asks hesitantly and watches her fiance nod softly. "In Japan it is not custom to wear engagement rings." she starts explaining. "But my family has always been a little unconventional." she chuckles lightly. "And one of the things that my parents left me was their engagement rings." she smiles a little. "In the letter my grandma handed me, they said they they were giving me their rings so that one day I would wear them with the person I loved the most."

"Akko…" Diana whispers with tears in her eyes.

"I've been thinking for a while of the best way to ask you to wear it but I wasn't sure if people in the magic community used them or if would affect you or…"

"Akko." the blonde witch stops her rambling while stretching her left hand. "I'll be honored to wear this ring." she promises brightly and chuckles when Akko stumbles a little to put the ring in her hand.

And just as Akko had done, Diana carefully took the remaining ring from the brunette and grabbed her hand tenderly.

"My dearest Akko." she whispers tenderly. "Will you also wear this ring that signifies our bond and our vow of being with each other forever?" she takes a deep breath. "Will you marry me?"

This makes Akko open her eyes in shock for a second but then smile kindly.

"When I took your hand for the dance last night, that was the yes I gave to the world." she whispers tenderly to Diana who is watching her in complete awe. "But right now, this yes is only to you." she kisses her on the lips. "Yes, Diana, I will marry you."

Smiling, Diana nods and puts the ring on Akko's left finger, noticing for the first time that the two rings fit them perfectly.

Noticing her surprise, Akko points to her wand and that's when Diana understands that Akko used a spell to make sure the rings would fit them.

"I am so happy right now!" Akko exclaims and hugs Diana close to her. "I feel like my heart will burst out of my chest."

Diana moves her hand so she can touch Akko's heart through her nightgown.

"I can feel that."

"Can you?" Akko whispers and moves her nightgown a little so Diana's hand can go through the clothes, allowing the blonde woman to feel her skin directly.

"Akko…" Diana closes her eyes.

"We should celebrate." the brunette whispers and positions herself behind Diana, using that opportunity to kiss and lick her ear. "We just got engaged."

Diana merely moans, knowing that she would do whatever her fiance asked of her.

"Will you?" Akko uses her hands and moves her fiance's nightgown a little up so that she can put her hand directly above Diana's stomach. "Will you let me touch you?"

"You can do..." Diana opens her eyes and stares at Akko's dilated ones. "You can do anything you want. I am yours."

Groaning, Akko immediately puts herself to action, trying to get Diana's nightgown off while continuing to kiss her lips.

Nevertheless, before they were even able to do something else about it, they heard some noises coming from outside the door and a frantic Croix making her way inside the room and closing the door behind her.

"Uff, that was close." the inventor says relieved before turning around and noticing that the room she had entered was not empty. "Oh…" she takes a look at Akko and Diana and fails to notice their blushing faces. "Good morning girls."

"Good morning?!" Akko yells. "Is that really what you will say?" she then looks at Diana. "I didn't even know they were going to stay the night."

"Well, I invited them to because I was hoping we could have brunch the next morning to catch up." she gives the inventor a dark look. "Though now I'm starting to regret it."

"Now come on Diana, don't be that way." Croix pouts. "Is that really the way you two will greet me after I haven't seen you for two weeks?"

"Right now I'm not feeling very happy about seeing you." Akko groans and that's when Croix takes a deeper look at the two of them and the position they're in.

"Oh…" she whispers when it all starts making sense, that added with the fact that Akko's hand was inside Diana's nightgown. "OH!"

"Stop saying 'oh'"! Diana says embarrassed.

"Well, what else can I see?" Croix asks while blushing as well. "Apart from the fact that I can clearly see that I've interrupted something."

"Yes, you have!" the brunette witch says honestly and takes her hand off Diana's gown. "Seriously Croix-sensei, why do you always do this?!"

"You're blaming me?! It's not my fault that the two of you decided to get it on at 11 in the morning."

"Eleven in the morning…" Diana starts saying scandalized. She had never slept for so long!

"That doesn't mean that you can just barge in like a thief!" Akko moves away from Diana and gets up from the bed. "In fact, if I had to guess, I think you've been up to something." she notices Croix flinch a little and knows she has guessed correctly. "I may even assume that you're hiding from someone."

This makes Croix gulp.

"Which would also mean that you're in trouble." Akko continues getting closer to the older woman until their bodies are almost touching. "Now Croix-sensei, what did you do?"

This question makes the inventor start to think of an excuse to give, not knowing how to avoid answering the question without revealing what had happened.

Still, and just as she was about to flee, she noticed a silver ring on the brunette's left hand, which had been previously hidden from her because of her hand's previous location.

All problems and worries she had immediately vanished when she saw the matching ring on Diana's hand.

"By the Nine Witches you two have gotten engaged!" she screamed and hugged Akko tightly. "My little girls are getting married!"

"Croix-sensei!" Akko complains a little but can't help herself from chuckling and hugging her professor back. "I take it you saw the rings."

"Yes!" she then goes to Diana and also hugs her just as tight as she hugged Akko. "I'm really happy for both of you."

"Thank you." Diana gives her a kind smile. "Though that doesn't mean that you're forgiven."

"Now I get it!" Croix exclaims proudly. "You two were going to celebrate your engagement." she notices the two young witches blush and chuckles wickedly. "I apologize for interrupting you. In fact, we can resume our conversation later." she finishes and starts leaving the room.

"What, wait!" Akko says confused but is yet again interrupted by the door to their room opening again and all their friends coming right in and stopping Croix from leaving.

"Found you!" Chariot screams and uses her wand to cast a rope around her girlfriend.

"Char!" Croix complains and tries to get out of it.

"Finally!" Amanda says annoyed. "I swear, it took us most of the morning to find her."

"If it weren't for Lotte's ability to talk to fairies it would have taken us longer." Sucy says proudly and this makes the ginger witch blush. "Who would have thought that Diana's estate had so many of them."

"Houses of olde families tend to have many fairies in them." Lotte tells them. "In fact, many people that have the same abilities I do go do internships at their houses because that's the best way to practice fairie language."

"Now Croix…" Chariot says menacingly. "What do you have to say for what you did last night?"

"It wasn't my fault, I didn't do it!"

"Sure it was!" Sucy chuckles.

"We all say you do it." Constanze writes on her notepad.

"And when Diana finds out…" Hannah adds.

"She will be really mad." Barbara finishes.

"When I find out what?" the heiress asks annoyed and that's when all the people in the room, except Croix, realize that they had just entered Diana and Akko's room.

"Oh hey!" Amanda says awkwardly. "How did you sleep?"

"Amanda…"

"She can tell you." she pulls Chariot forward and the red-haired woman is faced with the stern faces of her adopted-daughters.

Seriously, the situation should be the opposite.

"Well…" she starts to explain and is again interrupted by Anna coming in.

"Seriously, will everyone in the mansion just come to our room?" Akko feels mortified.

"Miss…" she says apologetically. "Last night I tried to stop them. But this one." she points angrily at Croix. "Wouldn't listen."

"Come on! You were just as happy as I was when my plan worked." the inventor tells the old maid and Akko and Diana see her blush.

"I don't understand what is going on." Diana says annoyed to all the people in the room. "And right now, I don't feel inclined to listen to any of you." she adds and points at their clothes. "Not like this."

Everyone starts murmuring apologies.

"Now Diana, you shouldn't be getting all upset. Not today of all days." Croix adds and this makes the people in the room stare curiously at the two witches in pajamas.

Really Croix-sensei... Akko thinks annoyed. She loves-hates this woman so much.

"They're wearing matching rings." Barbara tells Hannah, who immediately shrieks.

"Diana, Akko, congratulations!"

"Wait, what, why are we congratulating them?" Amanda asks confused.

"Because they're getting married." Jasminka simply says and that makes all the people in the room scream their delight, Chariot being the loudest of them.

"But didn't we already know this from last night?" Sucy is the one that asks and everyone falls silent. "In fact, I think our Croix here interrupted them on their personal celebration." she adds and everyone blushes while noticing that Akko and Diana were still in their pajamas.

"Sucy!" Akko says embarrassed. "Really?!" she then looks angrily at Croix, who gulps. "Now Croix-sensei, as you can see, I'm clearly upset."

"She really is." Diana adds from behind her.

"So what will happen is that you will all leave our room. Diana and I will get dressed and then we'll join you for brunch." she tells them seriously. "Where we will hear everything that happened last night." she adds this part while staring at Croix. "Understood?"

"Yes." they all reply and start leaving their room.

"Shit, I didn't know Akko could be so bossy." Amanda says to Sucy who chuckles.

"It's the Cavendish side." she adds wickedly. "It suits her."

"I'm really sorry girls." Chariot apologizes one more time. "And I'm sorry we…" she blushes brightly. "Interrupted you."

"It wasn't your fault Professor Chariot." Diana appeases her. "Now please, make sure your girlfriend doesn't flee?"

"Of course." she levitates Croix out of the room and that finally leaves the engaged couple alone.

"Finally…" Akko murmurs while putting the lock in their room. "I swear that Croix-sensei is…" she can't finish her sentence because she feels Diana hugging her tight from behind. "Diana?"

"You telling them all what to do..." the blonde witch whispers longingly. "Was really sexy."

"Really?" Akko chokes a little when she feels the blonde's hands moving around her hips.

"So sexy." she continues saying and trailing kisses down the woman's neck.

"We said we would get dressed and then go down." she reminds her fiance.

"I know…" Diana separates from her and takes her nightgown off, leaving her completely bare in front of Akko, who blushes brightly. "Though I will certainly need a shower before that."

"A shower…" Akko murmurs.

"In fact, you may need one too, Akko."

"I do need one." she says as in trance.

"So why don't we save water and time and have one together?" she winks at Akko and turns around to head towards the bathroom, finally making Akko react and take her in her arms.

"Your wish…" Akko kisses her passionately. "Is my command."