DEVILS WILL CRY

Open House Begins!

The day after my... Incident. I went to school, there wasn't much point, since it was open house and I didn't have any family. At least, not on earth.

But, Rias seemed stressed, so I thought I might as well try and help her while Seras recovered from the hangover

"Sooo... I'm guessing you aren't pleased about last night?"
"It hasn't helped, if that's what you're wondering"
"Yeah, I didn't think it would"

As we walked, I couldn't help but notice how sweaty her hands were. She was clearly stressed, and not about my arson

So, I did what I do best

"Alright, spill. What's getting you so stressed?"
"It's nothing"
"Your hands are sweatier than an ice cube in the Sahara, it's clearly not nothing"

She paused for a few seconds, before speaking.

"It's just... It's weird to have my brother and father here, I'm worried they'll embarrass me or something"
"Don't I do that all the time?"
"Of course you wouldn't take it seriously"
"Look. I can't go on about how I understand where you're coming from. I've never had a real family, especially not one that'll embarrass me. But what I do know is this, even if they do embarrass you, it's better than not having one at all. So just make something good out of it, have a laugh and enjoy it while you can. You never know when they'll come and visit again"
"I... Yeah, you're right. Thank you Y/n"
"No problem crimson queen. So, how about we grab some ice cream afterwards?"
"That would be nice"

After we made it to the school, we parted ways, I went to my class and she went to hers. Of course, as usual, the perverted trio were blaming Issei for the ORCs new member. In this case...

"Somehow you got that Xenovia chick to join the Occult Research Club!"

As nice as it was to see Issei get attacked by his friends, unfortunately, Xenovia came to me to put their thoughts at ease

"I'm sorry to have sprung that on you the other day, Y/n"
'please don't tell me...'
"I got you something. Here, these are for the next time"

From her pocket, Xenovia pulled out some condoms. Holding them for anyone to see. I quickly grabbed them and stuffed them in my own pocket

"You can't just show that in public! I mean seriously, I don't wanna be grouped in with Issei's gaggle of perverts!"
"Hey Y/n. Ooh, those look pretty!"
"Oh god please no, no, not her innocence..."
"Here, you should have one too"
"What are they?"

Just as things couldn't get worse, Kiryuu showed up.

"Looks like Y/n's throwing a party later"
"Jokes on you! I never party on Mondays! I only party to drink the sorrow of my week away!"
"First off, you should probably talk to someone about that, secondly, it's Thursday"
"It's what now?"
"It's Thursday"
"It was sunday yesterday!"
"No, it was Wednesday yesterday, you should probably stop drinking, it must be messing with your head"
"Nah, it's probably the arson"
"The what?"
"Nothing"
"Kiryuu, do you know what these are?"
"Mhm, you use when-"
"Nuuuh!"

I grabbed the nun and put my hands over her ears, trying to protect her innocence as I pulled her away.

"I don't believe in jack shit, but her innocence must be protected!"

"Where is he taking her?"
"I have no idea"

The next day, open house began. To say the least, I felt like something was going to happen. Like a storm was approaching, preparing to strike me down.

But of course I was used to ignoring my mental issues and just getting on with things, so that's what I did.

To start, we had art. And in art we were told to make sculptures of whatever we wanted, and of course, I knew exactly what to make.