Akko had no clue how much time had passed since she had started trying to channel magic into her broom. All she was aware of was the tingly feeling of magic flowing through her. Judging by the lack of critiques or comments from Diana, Akko knew she had to be doing something right.

Akko put all her concentration into releasing magic. She began to strain and tense, her eyes shutting tight, as she placed all her attention on her broom.

"You are aware that you do not need to be so tense right?"

Akko sighed and slowly began to relax herself as she heard the remark. She hadn't realized how tense she was getting.

"You do also know that you can open your eyes right?"

Akko fought the urge to roll her eyes at that comment.

Snide comment aside, Akko noticed something about Diana's tone of voice. Akko could swear she heard a bit of playfulness in it.

With that thought, Akko began to open her eyes. The first thing she saw was Diana's blue eyes watching her every movement. The next thing she saw was the smallest smile on Diana's lips.

And then Akko looked to her right hand. Akko's face lit up as she realized that her broom was actually floating under hand. Akko grabbed her broom excitedly, cutting the flow of magic into it.

"Diana! I did it! I got my broom to fly!" Akko proclaimed excitedly.

Diana watched as Akko celebrated. She shook her head at the girl's antics, though the smile did not leave her face. She slowly began walking towards her tutee.

"Well done, Akko. However, there is still more that needs to be do-"

Before she had any chance of finishing what she was saying, Diana found herself unable to speak as Akko suddenly brought her into a tight embrace.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Akko repeated many times as she continued to squeeze the taller girl.

"N-no need t- to tha- A-Akko could you p-please?" Diana struggled to get any words out, as her breath was, literally, being squeezed out of her.

"Huh?" Akko looked up at Diana and saw that her face was starting to turn purple. "EH! I'm sorry Diana!" Akko yelped out as she let go. "You're not hurt are you?"

Diana straightened herself out, taking a deep breath before letting out an cough. "I am not. However, as I was saying, there is more that needs to be done."

"Yeah, yeah. I know. I'm just so happy." Akko smiled bashfully as she looked at her broom. The broom she finally got to float.

Diana had a soft smile on her face as she looked back at Akko after her admission.

"Yes, you did well." Diana said, as she brushed Akko's hair with her hand, "but we must get back to work."

Akko wiped her eyes before replying with a loud "Yes!"

"Now, you must continue practicing what you just did until you can lift your broom without so much as a thought. Understood?" Diana lectured.

"Yes ma'am!" Akko happily said, salute as per usual.

Diana just shook her head in response.

"Ready? Begin!"

"Alright! Tia Freyre!"

"Akko, did you hurt your hand?" Lotte asked as she pointed at Akko's bandages.

"Eh? Yah 'ah di-" Akko stopped so she could swallow the piece of bread in her mouth. "Yeah I did. Hurt it while practicing with my broom. It's all better now though!"

"Wait, Akko was able to fly her broom?" Sucy interjected.

"Eh-. Not exactly…" Akko trailed off as she scratched the back of her head.

"Didn't you say you were meeting with somebody earlier?" Lotte asked curiously.

"Ah yeah." Akko nodded with a smile. "The person's helping me to fly my broom."

"Someone's actually willing to help you do that?" Sucy asked, eyes wide with disbelief. "Who would?"

"Ehehe, it's a secret." Akko nervously responded while looking around the cafeteria. She spotted Diana quietly and elegantly sipping a cup of what was probably some super fancy tea as Hannah and Barbara chatted with each other. Akko continued looking around, as to hide where her sight had just stopped from her friends.

"Hm?" Lotte and Sucy both looked at Akko with a bit of suspicion, but decided to let it go. Knowing Akko, she'd probably tell them when she was ready.

The trio got up as soon as they were done eating.

"Akko, you needed help with history right?" Lotte asked, a gentle look on her face.

"Yeah! And potions too." Akko energetically responded, while turning her attention to Sucy. Akko's wide eyes were comparable to those of a tiny puppy as she stared expectantly at her mischievous friend.

Sucy sighed. "Fine, fine." Akko let out a triumphant laughter at Sucy's response.

Diana secretly observed the trio as they walked out of the cafeteria. When the three were gone, Diana let out an inaudible sigh.

"Tia Freyre!" Akko commanded as she lifted her broom off the ground. She had been getting a lot quicker at doing this, so Diana told her to try moving around and having her broom follow.

While looking over a book she had borrowed from the library, Diana observed Akko as she slowly walked around. Akko had a bright smile as she saw her broom was successfully moving along with her.

"You know that you can tell your roommates about these tutoring sessions right?" Diana asked aloud, not taking her eyes off of her book.

Akko looked at Diana with surprise as she continued moving around with her broom. "I can?"

"Of course. As I recall, you wanted to keep these a secret so no one would tease you about having my help, correct?"

Akko nodded as she walked around. When she realized Diana had not seen her nod, Akko quickly replied with a yes.

"Then it should be fine. I really do not mind if anyone found out. Besides, your friends wouldn't make fun of you for this, am I right?"

"That's true…" Akko trailed off. "I think I'll hold off on that though, at least until I'm actually up in the air. I wanna show them just how far I can go!" Akko said, bright determination on her face.

Diana saw that look and smiled before going back to her book.

"Akko, for today, I want you to work on doing this." Diana said. Her broom was gripped in her hand and was extended in front of her. "Tia Freyre." Once she said the spell, Diana let go of her grip and her broom continued to float. "It is like what you have been doing, except now the broom will already be in the air. Understood?"

"Yes ma'am!" Akko saluted, happily.

Honestly, Diana was not too sure how she should feel about getting used to this sort of response from Akko.

"Ready… Begin!" Diana yelled aloud.

"Tia Freyre!" Akko commanded, as she let go of the broom. She was pleasantly surprised to see she had managed it on her first try.

Diana looked at her tutee with surprise. While she was secretly glad Akko was starting to learn how to control her broom so quickly, she didn't expect Akko to manage it this quickly. Diana hadn't had the time to gather what she needed for the next step.

"Now what?" Akko asked, a bright grin on her face.

Diana looked around for something… anything… but unfortunately, nothing she saw would work for what she wanted to do. She sighed, figuring that what she was about to do was currently her only option.

"Akko, I want you to move your broom to your side and bring it down to about your waist level." Akko did as told. "Okay good. Now could you move your hand so that it's closer to the end of your broom… No, not the side with the bristles. The end of the handle. Okay good. Now keep your hold on your broom. Whatever happens, keep the broom up in the air, understood?"

"Yes ma'am!"

Diana sighed as she walked towards Akko.

Akko watched her curiously, but figured that Diana was just going to try and distract her so she'd let go of the broom. But Akko wasn't about to let anything distract her.

Diana took a closer look at Akko's broom, just to make sure everything was stable. She let out a nervous sigh, before jumping onto Akko's broom.

"Ehh?!" Akko yelped in surprise as Diana jumped.

Akko had let Diana distract her.

Diana felt the broom beginning to slip.

"Akko! Focus!"Diana yelled out, snapping Akko out of her shock. Akko began to level the broom again.

"A little warning would have been nice" Akko pouted.

Diana felt a strange stirring in her chest, manifesting itself as a slight giggle.

"My apologies." Diana responded, with an obviously overly formal tone. Then she shifted back to her usual formal tone. "The next step was to make it so that you would become accustomed to keeping your broom flying with something about your weight on it. Since you managed to complete the previous step so quickly," Akko smiled bashfully at the comment, "I had nothing to use, thus leaving me no option but to use myself." Diana turned away from the brunette. "I suppose congratulations are in order, since you did manage to move at a speed beyond my initial expectations." Diana said, audibly quieter than she had been talking previously.

"Eh?!" Akko suddenly exclaimed, immediately losing all focus on her broom, instantly causing Diana to fall.

"Akko!" Diana scolded.

"I'm sorry, but you can't just spring a compliment out of nowhere like that!" Akko interjected, the slightest tinge of red visible on her face.

Diana stared at the girl, before chuckling to herself. "I'll keep that in mind."

Jeez, episode 20. My heart can only take so much.