So this started out as one of my most random-ass comments, and turned into an unofficial collab. And now. FRICKING. OFFICIAL. THANK YOU AND BLESS YOU @tanuki-pyon for being my partner in crime here lmao, and for the blessed, gorgeous ART.
It was over.
The Grand Triskellion incident had been resolved, and all was back to normal- dare Akko say things had actually become even better than they were.
The world had been restored to peace, and it was all thanks to Akko.
Akko and her friends.
Akko and the new nine.
Akko and... Diana.
Diana...
"Oh, Dear Beatrix" A blush formed on her features, hot against the cool night air. Akko covered her face with her hands, squealing into them, screaming, and murmuring incoherent sounds. "She was so gorgeous."
Falling onto her back, she lay on that grassy hill, a ways away from the dorms. Yes, she'd snuck out again. But really, couldn't they let her go just this once? She was completely burnt out in all aspects, and watching the stars had always given her a sense of calm and recharge. It was as if their shines transferred their boundless energies to the tired Akko, and she'd be ready for another day.
Tonight, however, she had another goal in mind. A different reason for her rendezvous with the twinkling heavenly bodies.
"I have to stay awake. I need to see it..."
The shooting star, Verum... it was so rare to see it, entering earth's orbit only every century. However, it had been rumored to grant any wish you desired. And that was Akko's goal. To see that star... and maybe... wish upon it.
"Is it unfair?" She suddenly thought. To be wishing upon the magical powers of a celestial being to make Diana... l-love... her. Would this be against the other girl's will? Was this similar to casting the love-love spell on someone? Should Akko actually-
"SHIT!"
Caught unaware, Akko had only seen a glimpse of the tail-end of that marvelous, rare star. And it was gone forever, leaving her indecisive self with a wasted opportunity.
She could have at least wished to get better at magic. At least!
"Well, there goes that. I stayed up all night for nothing." She frowned, sitting back up.
Breathing in the fresh air, she looked at the stars, beautiful and bright. Gorgeous in their light, shining all through the night.
"Ah, damn. Dear Beatrix..." Somehow she had gotten into the habit of expressing her emotions using her crush's ancestor's name. Weird. It actually sounded like she was praying to her. Heh... Might as well?
With that odd idea in mind, Akko filled her lungs with enough air before screaming at the heavens (if only to feel a little better after the flop).
"GREAT BEATRIX, GIVE ME A SIGN!"
The wind howled past her ears, suddenly picking up. Akko didn't seem to notice. She only had one mission to carry out, one question in mind. And she was going to fucking crush this task, and make a fool out of herself only for the stars to see. That was one good thing.
With enough power in her tiny frame, she yelled-
"IS DIANA GAY?!"
And the air was suddenly still, the night so eerily quiet.
So was Akko and her entire being. All that yelling sapped away her last remaining energy and motivations to even move tonight. Maybe sleeping on a hill wasn't so bad-
"What. The. Actual. FUCK."
She gaped at the sky, the twinkling stars. The shining letters.
"Ha...ha... haha... hahaha.... HAHAHA?!"
She was in hysterics. She was... was she losing her goddamn mind?!
Rubbing her eyes, her crooked grin dropped into a dumbfounded gaping of the mouth. It was still there. Bright. Shining. Bright and Shining.
"Holy shit." She whispered, sweat trickling down her cheek. "Damn, Beatrix. Are you listening in on me? That's.... kinda creepy..." She exclaimed to no one present.
She continued staring at the sky and the letters that didn't seem to want to fade any time soon. She hoped no one else saw it, at least. She didn't want to accidentally out the girl of her dreams against her will.
But... she couldn't help but read that truth out loud. The truth Beatrix oh-so-kindly provided for her, apparently.
Okay, so, sharing this HELLA late. I "won"(?) a commission thanks to all the mods of a lwa server I'm in uwu, and the amazingly, absurdly, stupendously talented @tanuki-pyon (inserts tears and wails of a fangirl, you draw so gorgeously and good and I just-) drew this BEAUTIFUL piece for me and ;-; MAH HEART.
So this here is a Kyudo Club President! Akko in one of my upcoming plans for a Diakko fic called... "President" or something along those lines where Akko is Pres of, well, Kyudo club and Diana is Student Council president. Yes. Love.
Thank you so much to the ones who gave me this opportunity uwu, and tanuki for this... this.... this! I love it to death.
