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"I Love You"
There are perhaps no more life-changing words than these. They can be, however, very difficult to interpret. It can be said to anyone: family, friends, even your co workers in the right situation. Ursula knew this, and despite her best efforts, she still couldn't dampen her hopes.
Akko said she loved her.
As a teacher, it was frightening- this kind of thing is strictly forbidden by the academy, she could get fired or even arrested ,if something were to happen. But as a person, it delighted her, the possibility that Akko loved her, just as she loved Akko.
It had been about a week since the missile scare, and every single second of each day Ursula had obsessed over that moment between herself and Akko. What did Akko really mean when she said those three words?
"Ugh," Ursula slumped over her desk, the weight of her thoughts were taking a toll on her body. Her eyes had almost slid shut when a rapid knocking at the door jolted her wide awake.
"Sensei?", she heard Akko yell, "Sensei, are you there?".
Inwardly scolding herself, Ursula forced her tired body to stagger over to the door. She opened it to be greeted by the beaming smile of her most beloved person.
"Hi sensei! Thank-you for not forgetting about me!" Akko skipped past her and dumped her bag onto the floor haphazardly.
"How could I forget about you, Akko?" Ursula laughed as she closed the door. Especially when she's all you can think about, she thought to herself grimly. Akko spun around to face her, eyes wide and grinning excitedly, "So what are we practising today?"
Ursula held her wand to her lips for a moment whilst thinking, and smiled widely when she decided apon their subject for the evening.
"Today-", she pulled her wand from her robes with a flourish,"- we are going to practise illusion magic, we'll start with some basic shapes."
Akko gasped, as thousands of tiny butterflies erupted from Ursula's wand, all the colours of the rainbow and glittering in the lamp light. They fluttered randomly about the room as Akko scrambled for her own wand.
Ursula watched with quiet affection as Akko struggled to pull her wand from her belt, "The spell is, Mihi Videtur."
Akko took a deep breath in consentration, before whipping her wand and crying, "Mihi, Videtur!".
Only a few small blobs sputtered from her wand tip, shapeless and the colour of mud. Akko harrumphed in annoyance as they fell to the floor. She shook her head, as if to clear it, determination burning in her eyes.
"Mihi Videtur, mihi videtur, MIHI VIDETUR!" Akko yelled.
Each repeat of the spell only casted the same ugly blobs from before, Akko kicked the growing pile of them dejectedly. Ursula saw the change in Akko's spirits and decided it was time to intervene.
She stepped swiftly behind Akko and wrapped her hand around Akko's wand wrist delicately. The other hand snaked around Akko's waist and pulled her closer, so that Akko's back was pressed against Ursula's front.
"You were waving your wand about too aggressively Akko-" she breathed into Akko's ear, "- this spell requires a more, tender touch." Akko felt scrambled. She was pressed so tightly against Ursula, she could feel every part of her body against her back.
Ursula's fingers ghosted up Akko's wrist, gently teasing the sensitive skin, and placed her hand atop hers. The caress made Akko shiver. Ursula was close, so so close!
Akko could smell her, a sweet scent of perfume and parchment, it suited her perfectly. The warmth of her bleeded into Akko's back, like she was leaning against a furnace. Suddenly, Akko detected Ursula's lips, as they brushed ever so slowly from her shoulder to her neck. Ursula's breath fanned gently over her skin and she moved upwards, lightly skimming the shell of her ear. The warmth grew quickly into a frenzied heat and Akko's skin prickled from the contact.
Akko felt the panic rising as she recoiled from Ursula's attention, "I'm sorry sensei, I just remembered that I have to like, go and do something very important, ugh right now, yeah, so I kinda have to go!".
Akko scooped up her belongings and retreated gratefully out the door, the cool night air calming her raging blood. She felt like she had just run an 100M sprint, her heart was beating so fast, she felt like someone would hear it soon. Akko bunched her hands into fists as she walked back to her room. Why could she not control herself around Ursula sensei?
Alone in her room, Ursula grinned slyly. Although this was not what she had planned for the evening, she was sure such a reaction meant that Akko ,at least, found her attractive. Thoughtfully, Ursula twisted her hair around her fingers, it was something at least.