Dropping the beginning of chapter A/N thing for this series. That's all I can say for now.


"Honestly, Akko, why do you insist on going to this particular place on every date we have?"

It was a quiet Saturday afternoon. Considering that Sucy and Lotte had helped Akko out with her home assignments just the day before, and that Sucy, in part, had her own work handled pretty easily, both witches had quite a bit of time to spare. And considering that they were a couple, it was a no-brainer that they've decided to go out on a date.

Their most common dating spot was a particular cliff, from which there was an incredibly beautiful view on the forest scenery below it. The way the vast sylvan expanse stretched out for miles from below the cliff already made for a rather nice view, and it was only further cemented by how pretty the place looked on those bright starry nights or those quiet sunny days.

"I guess it's just because of the view here." – Akko replied, emphasizing the point further. – "Just like the view from that particular lookout spot in Blytonbury, it just makes all my worries feel trivial." – Then, after a couple moments, just before Sucy went on to crack any of her usual sarcastic remarks, Akko added: "Yes, that includes the fact that I'm bound for the underworld. Somehow, I knew you were going to make that joke. "

"Okay, you got me here, Akko. Let me have a turn at a prediction – you're going to give me a corny compliment on how no view could compare to my beauty, right?" – Sucy remarked, grinning slyly, and making Akko blush in embarrassment.

"Umm, no?" – The brunette asked back unconvincingly, but all it took was one skeptical glare from Sucy for Akko to admit it: "Guilty."

"Heh. Reading you like a potions book. " – Sucy remarked, giving out her typical shroom-eating grin and making Akko pout not-sincerely-angrily. After a couple moments, the violette pulled her girlfriend closer to herself, just so that they were sitting huddled to one another, and added: "But with all honesty, I can say much of the same. You may be a dork, but you're a cute dork. "

"And I guess that makes you a pretty creep." – The violette couldn't help but snicker as she heard her Japanese girlfriend say that. – "A dork and a creep. Yep, I think we make quite the perfect pair."

As the two sat there, it wasn't long before both girls' thoughts began to wander.

Sucy was thinking about what her future with Akko would be like. Sure, these days, society was a lot more open-minded, and almost all countries have legalized same-gender relationships, so the society wouldn't be looking down on either of them for their love. But then Sucy's thoughts were soured by the fact that Akko was going to pursue a career as a magical performer, and considering that Sucy was planning to either be an Alchemy Teacher at Luna Nova later on, or to just run her own alchemical shop specializing in pre-made potions, that surely meant that her and Akko's life paths were going to diverge.

Hopefully, they'd find a workaround for the situation eventually, the violette thought.

As for Akko, her thoughts were focused on the present rather than the further future. As her attention span didn't let her enjoy the view for long, it wasn't long before she turned her gaze to Sucy, who seemed lost in thought.

Somehow, even despite the wind at the cliff, Sucy's bangs still seemed to be downright insistent on keeping her other eye covered at all times, barely moving from their usual position. Akko could swear she saw what seemed to be at least a somewhat ordinary eye under the girl's hair, but something was a little strange about it. Something she couldn't quite put her guess on…

"Hey, Suce…"

"Hm?" – The violette got snapped out of her thoughts rather easily.

"You know, ever since we first met, and even after we started dating, I was always wondering about one thing…" – As if to emphasize her point, Akko reached over and placed her hand on Sucy's eye-obscuring bangs. – "Why do you keep your hair like this? What are you hiding under your bangs?"

The alchemist seemed to have been taken aback by this, as she visibly flinched at Akko's question. She immediately bashfully turned away and remarked: "You don't wanna know. It's something that's always been embarrassing me. An inborn condition, if you will. "

"Come on, it can't be that bad!" – Cue Akko making her typical puppy-dog eyes expression as she whined: "Ple-aah-se?"

Sucy groaned, and reluctantly pulled her bangs aside… Keeping her obscured eye closed.

"There, did I satisfy your curiosity?" – The violette deadpanned. Looking at Akko, she noticed that her girlfriend was far from satisfied, pouting childishly.

"Please, I promise I won't tell anyone about it, whatever there is! I swear, if I do, you will have full right to force-feed me the Silence Potion every morning! " – Akko pleaded.

Groaning again, this time out of slight embarrassment, Sucy, still keeping her bangs lifted up, opened her other eye. There was nothing supernatural – her other eye that she kept obscured at all times was a perfectly normal one, not a prosthetic or anything. The only thing that could have possibly been the main reason why Sucy always hid her other eye was the fact that, while her normally visible eye had a bloody red iris, this one was a sky blue.

"Oh, my, gosh…" – Akko gasped out.

"Yes, quite freaky, I know." – The mauve-haired witch replied, looking away bashfully.

"No, it's not! This is so beautiful! It's as if you're like some sort of otherworldly princess or something! Please, I want to look at your eyes like this for just a little longer! " – The brunette pleaded yet again, clasping her hands as she did.

Blushing, Sucy took out a hairpin from one of her pockets and pinned her bangs so that they weren't covering her other, differently colored eye. She just had no idea how Akko could find a freaky inborn condition beautiful in any way. And yet there the asian witch was, looking her girlfriend eye to eye with a look of awe.

"Oh my gosh, your eyes are just so beautiful, Sucy! How could you be hiding such beauty?" – The brunette asked, accidentally embarrassing Sucy even further.

"Well, back in my orphanage days, other kids used to bully me for this. They called me "mismatch" quite often. That's why I always thought of this as something freaky, and not… Well, not what you said to me just now." – The violette replied, blushing.

"Pfft, these kids had no taste, I'll say as much!" – Akko retorted, crossing her arms.

"You'll still keep your promise not to tell anyone, right?" – The alchemist responded, unknowingly leaning closer.

"Of course I won't, if that's so important to you, then… Then I promise I'll keep it a secret!" – As Akko said that, she made a zipping gesture over her mouth.

"Thank you, Akko." – Sucy responded, getting her hairpin off and pulling her bangs back over her eye. Then, leaning closer in, she added: "You know, since the day I began hiding my other eye under my bangs, you were the only person I ever showed my secret to."

It took Akko a couple moments, but she realized what Sucy meant with what she said– she trusts her a lot more than anyone else, and thus she trusts the brunette enough to show the girl her secret. However, she couldn't even muster a coherent response, uttering nothing but an "Oh".

There were a couple moments of awkward silence, with Akko just staring Sucy in the eye, almost unblinking, before she uttered: "You know, since we're all the way out here, and the situation is just so romantic and…" – Akko couldn't even choose the right words for the situation even after she spoke up to break the uncomfortable silence. – "I think we should, well…"

"Don't say a word, bunny. I know just what you want." – And with that said, Sucy had leaned in to kiss her girlfriend on the lips. It was a short, tongueless kiss at first, but Akko had insisted on taking it further, and it wasn't long before the kiss went into a full-on makeout session.

Seems like their intimacy would go further than just a revealed secret…