Oh no.

Is she having a crush?

That can't be...right? It's impossible, well not technically. But still, is she really crushing on her childhood friend?

Atsuko Kagari bit her lip, as she sat in uneasiness. The lecture of Professor Badcock fell upon deaf ears of the crimson eyed girl. When did it start? Was it because of how Diana care for her own good? Was it because of how gentle her childhood friend was? But they're both girls, what would Diacchan think of her?

This is hopeless and frustrating.

Groaning, the hopeless witch tapped her fingers on the desk. Akko peered through her shoulder, immediately catching the sight of the great Cavendish. Of course, the other witch was busy taking notes, crimson eyes watched how Diana looked serious on her work and how the British witch would tuck a strand of her hair behind her ear.

In just pure, unfortunate, coincidence. Blue met crimson, instantly making Akko avert her gaze and turn her attention back to the professor. She could feel her face heating up and how heart skipped a beat when they briefly locked eyes. What a pain in the butt. This was definitely a new feeling. Almost to the point of annoyance.

'It's that stupid bee's fault.' She thought irritably. 'If Diana hadn't been stung, then she wouldn't say those words.' Akko groaned, bashing her head on the desk, causing the students to look at her in surprise and confusion.

"Miss Kagari," Professor Badcock's voice made the crimson eyed girl jolt in her seat. "Y-Yes!"

"I know that you tend to not listen to a word I say, but please have the decency to at least pretend you are or you could also pay attention in my discussion. That way you might actually pass this subject." The old witch finished. "I'm sorry," Atsuko said, she wanted to sink in the ground so bad.

...

"Akko, you were weird in class today, did something happen?" Lotte asked in worry. Atsuko sighed, too distracted at her own thoughts to pay any attention. Sucy, the wise, observed her teammate intently, while feeling a smirk coming up her features.

The mushroom loving witch had noticed the crimson eyed witch's slightly strange behavior ever since they came home from the bee incident. It's not really that hard to put two and two together, Akko didn't react the same way with Andrew as she did Diana, when the two aristocrats confessed their undying love for her quite dumb teammate.

"You know she doesn't hear you. She's too busy in her own world." Sucy said, shrugging. The Finnish witch turned to look at the Filipino witch then back to the burgundy haired witch.

"Akko." Lotte called out, but the Japanese witch was dazed.

"Akko." She called out a little louder this time, still nothing.

"Akko!" Lotte shouted, earning looks from student passing by. Giving a soft apology, she saw that Atsuko has yet to pay attention. The Finnish witch looked at her other teammate, who was busy snickering but stopped when Lotte looked at her for help. Sucy sighed. Reaching out for Akko's shoulder to stop her, the mushroom loving witch settled herself in front of her teammate.

Sucy inhaled then- "Diana."

"Wh-What? Where?" Akko frantically looked left and right but found her childhood friend nowhere in sight, instead a smirking Sucy and a staring Lotte greeted her.

"I-I mean, ughh m-my rival?"

"Really? Since when did that happen? For all I know, you two always flirt with each other." The Filipino witch said with a smirk, as she removed her hand from the crimson eyed girl's shoulder.

"S-Shut up! We, uh, we aren't flirting!" Sucy shrugged, slithering beside Akko, as the girl grumbled with red hue framing her face. The Finnish witch, who was unusually quiet, went notice by Sucy.

She raised a brow.

"Oh?" Interesting. 'But I shouldn't assume if there's no proof.' The Filipino witch thought, another smirk coming up on her features, revealing her unusually sharp teeth.

...

Ursula Callistis sweat dropped as Akko rant about, well, Diana Cavendish. Red eyes peeked at the clock hanging on the wall, she chuckled uncomfortably, it has been two hours since her student barged in her room, startling her poor familiar.

"-so what do I do, Professor?" Ursula snapped on her daze. "I'm sorry, what?" Akko pouted. "Professor!" She whined, as the older witched gave her an apologetic smile.

"I'm sorry Akko, I kind of zoned out. What is it again?"

"I was wondering why Diana suddenly looked really pretty." Akko said, her face showed slight aggravation. "It's not like she changed something, was she wearing make up? Did she have a haircut?"

Ursula raised a brow. Is her student actually crushing on the pride of Luna Nova?

"When did this start?" The professor asked, as the young witch snapped her attention back to the older witch. " I don't know, but since we came back from Andrew's party-"

"Hanbridge? You were invited?" Akko shook her head. "No, but I, we came either ways."

"And they let you?" Ursula said. "Well, no, but that didn't stop us though." The professor sweat dropped, what a risky thing to do. Especially in the mansion of Paul Hanbridge? It's really a wonder how Akko could do it without hesitation.

"You mentioned Andrew Hanbridge's party..." Ursula trailed off, waiting for the young girl to continue, to which the girl perked up. "Yeah, Sucy had this illegal bee that could make people fall in love if ever they got stung." Akko heard a gasp coming from the woman.

"A cupid bee? Why do you have that?"

"Well, it's not mine and it was delivered by mistake. Sucy was suppose to have the poison bee." Another gasp. "What in the nines?" Akko nodded. "I know, why a love love bee?" The woman shook her head frantically.

"No Akko, having those kinds of thing without the supervision of the school is forbidden." The professor lectured. "I know, I know, but it's dead- wait, I just realized I just blurted all that to a teacher." Akko's eyes widened. "Please no detention!"

"Relax, I'll let this one slide. So you were saying about what happened in the party?"

"Did I ever tell you that you're my favorite teacher?" Ursula chuckled. "Well, this will be the first." The Japanese witch giggled. "What happened in the mansion was chaotic. People falling in love here and there all because of an insect, then it got-" She paused, then blushed slightly when she remembered what happened. "-it got Diana."

"Oh." Akko nodded. "Yeah, she acted all mushy and love sick when she saw me. It was kind of scary." 'but also kind of cute in a way.' The crimson eyed witch said, not at all realizing herself smiling slightly. Ursula raised her eye brows, well this is certainly interesting indeed. But if the victim who got stung was affected by the bee, then that could only mean one thing.

"What could it mean Professor Ursula?" The older witch frowned slightly, and went unnoticed by the young girl in front of her. She smiled at Akko to reassure her student. "It's normal for the victim to act all, mushy, if they're stung by the cupid bee. Much like the poison bee, if it stings you, well, you get poisoned. It's really self-explanatory."

"Oh." Akko managed to say. It was quite...disappointing really, and she doesn't know why she feels this way. But she just shook her head and smiled. "I see, so it's normal. I seriously thought she actually fell in love with me."

"Does that...disappoint you?" The older witch asked, whilst the Japanese witch's eyes widened and shook her head frantically. "N-No! Why would it disappoint me? In fact, we're both girls. Wouldn't that be, I don't know, weird?" Ursula watched her student, and it made her frown.

"Akko, there is nothing weird about who you choose to like." The crimson eyed girl stopped her actions. "I-I know, but, are you implying that I like my childhood friend?"

"I wasn't implying anything," Ursula sighed, she stood up from the chair she's been sitting on, and walked towards the younger girl and caressed her hair. "Are you afraid if you actually do like your friend?" Akko dropped her gaze to the ground. "No, but, I don't know what this is. I could be overthinking this-"

"Isn't that dangerous?" Ursula joked. "Ahhh, not you too!" The blue haired woman chuckled. "I'm sorry." Akko huffed. "As I was saying, I could be overthinking this, I mean, I've never like anyone before so I don't really know." She sighed and stood up. "I'm sorry professor, I think I'll go for today." She didn't waste another word and stride towards the door.

"Thanks for everything."

...

Akko walked along the hallways, feeling...conflicted. There was just no way that she likes Diacchan, right? She furrowed her eyebrows, at what her professor said. Why does she feel disappointed?

She shook her head. She's just probably admiring her childhood friend, right? I mean, the girl was basically the princess of the school, so it isn't a surprise that Diana looked pretty and there's also the fact that the blue eyed witch was one of the most reliable student for students and teachers alike.

Diana was just so...responsible and beautiful- Whoa, where did that came from?

Akko sighed, but somehow, her problem was slightly resolved. She's probably impressed at Diana, yeah, that's the answer. She likes her childhood friend as a friend, nothing more. It's really not a difficult problem to answer and Akko might've snorted at herself.

Not paying attention to where she was going, she found herself on the floor wincing when she harshly hit the ground. Who was this careless student? That was rich coming from her of all people. She swore she's gonna give whoever this was a piece of her mi-

"Acc- Akko, I'm so sorry." Diana's voice called out, and Akko was left to stare at those crystalline blue eyes that seems to really shine. She felt her heart skip a beat, and all she could mutter was one single word.

"Shit."

...

Diana gasp when the word rolled out of Akko's mouth. She didn't know her childhood friend could utter such words, did she learn those from O'Neil? She swore that girl was really vulgar and her thinking about the tomboy affecting the Japanese witch made her furious.

"Akko?" She called out, causing the fallen girl to snap out of her reverie. The energetic girl jolted as she stood up. "Huh, Ah, yeah, uh hi Diana!" She shouted just a little bit too loud, making other students passing by look at their direction and for the prodigy to wince at the volume. "Hello, I'm sorry, did I hurt you when I bumped into you?"

The crimson eyed witch shook her head frantically. "N-No! You didn't, it was my fault I wasn't paying any attention." She said, while simultaneously averting her gaze from the blue eyed heiress.

"A-Anyways, what, uh," She cleared her throat, ignoring the heat that was suddenly eminent on her face. "-what are you doing?" Diana analyzed her friend for a moment, adjusting the books that was in her arms. "I was just going to the library to bring these books back." The prodigy said, Akko just stood there nodding and looked anywhere besides the girl in front of her.

"I have free time right now, I could help tutor you in any subjects if you like..." Diana trailed off, somewhat bothered that Akko wasn't looking at her. "I apologize, but did I do something?" The crimson eyed witch immediately looked at her friend, then found herself under the gaze of the blue eyed owner. Akko opened her mouth, then closed, then opened it again. Geez, where are all the words? She really wanted to disappear right now.

"Akko?" She flinched.

"Ohh, ahh, uhm, ahem, n-no! You didn't do anything, a-and I don't need tutor today, b-because, uhh-" Akko's eyes found a small robot, that belonged to Constanze, carrying a small wooden crate full of mechanical parts. "BecauseConstanzeneedhelpsoIreallygottogoandI'llseeyoulater!" She said, instantly bolting towards the robot and taking the box and ran away.

" Wait. those. are. Constanze's. stop." Stanbot said, running to catch up from the energetic witch, but unfortunately, with it's size, all it did was walk faster in an odd manner.

Diana stood in the middle of the hallway, quite stunned at what just happened. She stared at the direction where Akko had run off too and saw Stanbot disappear from the corner. Slowly, the heiress turned and continued to walk towards the library. Her feet felt heavy, and unconsciously, she frowned. Quite disappointed at their brief encounter.

Was it just her or was Acchan avoiding her just now?

Diana held the books closer to her chest, tightening her hold around them.

...

Atsuko Kagari panted heavily, she sets down the box beside her and slide down the floor to catch her breath. She didn't know the bow weight a ton, she could feel her hands hurt from carrying the box for too long, even if it was just minutes.

Akko could feel the beat of her chest, that thuds violently. Hearing it ring from her ears.

No, there was just no way it could be true. She was just caught off guard, is all. Who wouldn't? Diana suddenly popped out of nowhere with her dazzling blue eyes, her soft looking platinum blonde hair with a streaks of mint green and her to die for bod-

"L-let's not go there." She whispered, clutching her head and her eyes widened. Ahhhhhh, no, no! D-Does that mean, she does? No way she liked Diacchan that way right? I mean, they've just known each other for just four months, well...not technically, but you get the point.

Akko stood up and started pacing, her footsteps just as fast as her rapidly beating heart. She chewed her lip in nervousness, she doesn't even know why she's nervous.

No. She can't like Diana. For one, she's a Diana Cavendish, a really well respected student by her fellow students, faculty and staff. She's also amazing in magic, has probably mastered a ton of different languages, could speak a draconian language that help saved the school from Fafnir, and, well, she's really beautiful and kind and funny and-

"Stop it mind." Akko scolded herself, feeling her face burn from the thought.

On the other hand, there she was. Akko Kagari, a student that barely pass any of the subjects, struggles to cast basic spells, is always prone to detention, couldn't even fly her a broom, always messes up potion brewing, steals from the kitchen at night. And somehow, is a childhood friend of the great Cavendish.

It stuns her to think that she was actually the childhood friend of Diana. They were the exact opposites of each other. Diana was calm and collected and Akko was like a fire cracker. Diana was a well respected witch with a noble background and Akko was just Akko.

And yet...

Atsuko smiled. She doesn't mind their differences, in fact, it made it seem like an exciting adventure for her. There were things Diana doesn't know that Akko does and there's a lot about Diana that Akko doesn't, or forgot in this case.

The crimson eyed witch stopped her pacing, her breathing calmed down. Her eyes traveled to the box sitting in the corner, bending down to take it from the ground.

'I should give this to Constanze.' She thought and started to walk towards the room of the green team. Akko suddenly became eager to arrive at the green team dorm, she swore if she saw the small witch, she would hug her, she was seriously like a little grumpy teddy bear. With that thought, she suddenly remembered what happened the night after Andrew's party, when Diana asked if she could talk to her but all she did was give her a hug.

She looked so cut-

Blood crept through her face in full force, and once again, paced for another minute or two.

...

Hannah and Barbara walked side by side, chatting among each other. Exchanging stories, laughing at a topic that fell to Akko and how she always mess up, and to Diana.

"Hey Barbara." The orange haired girl asked, to which the other girl hummed in question. "Didn't you notice that Diana has lately been around Akko?" Barbara gave her a questioning look. "What do you mean?"

"Well, isn't it a bit odd? Akko talking leisurely with Diana, like they're friends. And there was that one time when we were headed towards the Hanbridge mansion." Hannah stated, whilst the other barked a laugh. "Are you serious? There's no way Diana would be friends with that magicless witch, it's just not fit or believable. That time you're talking about, it's just Diana being repulsed on how Akko eat so barbaric."

"I guess, but what if it turns out they are? Wouldn't Diana be upset about how we talk bad about Akko?" Barbara sighed. "Hannah, do you even hear yourself? There's just no way Diana and that commoner could ever be friends." Hannah opened her mouth, but the black haired girl beat her to it.

"Diana Cavendish, a descendant of one of the nine olde witch and Akko is just a normal human that found her way in a school for witches even if she doesn't have any magical background. Seriously what was Principal Hoolbrook thinking?" Barbara looked at her friend beside her and stated a fact.

"There's just no way they could be friends."