Winds of Change (DxD)

Volume 1 - Chapter 8 - A Place to call home

Word count: 11k

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Next day

Japan, Kuoh

Skyward household

Jin Skyward

"..."

It felt strange, both Kuroka and Akeno are sleeping normally for once, I did not expect this, but Kuroka is still drooling on me though, Cúntóir?

Cúntóir: Answer: 8:13 a.m. and 1 Message from Lavinia Reni.

A message? I summon my phone, and it's just one message: I miss you. It also had a sad emoji. I should invite her to live with me soon. I feel terrible for making her wait so long.

I decided to message her back, 'I miss you too, call me later, I want to ask you a question.' After that, I threw my phone back into my [Inventory] and woke the girls up.

"Nya?"

Kuroka said as she licked her own drool from my neck.

"...Good morning..."

Akeno was clearly still tired, but slowly got up.

"No training for today, girls?"

They tiredly shook their heads. I guess Rias isn't quite ready to go full throttle yet. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

I kissed both on the cheek and left. The two were still groggy and hugging each other as they slowly drifted back to sleep. At least they get along, rather than fight.

Once I stepped out of my room, I bumped into Ingvild who was humming a tune.

"Morning, you're up early today."

I decided to stretch a bit before continuing.

"Yep, I got a good night's sleep yesterday, and I managed to sleep earlier than everyone else last night. Though, I kind of regret not staying up since everyone seemed to enjoy the show you were watching..."

"Sorry, we got a bit loud watching some dumb funny fails compilation on Youtube."

Are we mean for laughing at people getting hurt? Maybe, did they deserve it? Perhaps. The vast majority of them did those deliberately, so they know what was coming their way.

I gesture for Ingvild to go ahead of me, and she happily accepts and continues to hum whatever melody she was humming. I follow suit, and we soon enter the kitchen with Grayfia still cooking some food.

"Morning Fia, sleep well?"

I greet the Devil Maid, Ingvild does the same, and she turns back to look at us.

"Good morning, I will be finished soon. Could you please put the plates on the table?"

I obliged and used magic to make them float to their spots at the table.

Ingvild sits down and turns on her phone. Deciding to tease Grayfia a bit, I come up behind her and wrap my arms around her waist. I lay my head on her right shoulder.

"What's for breakfast?"

Not missing a beat—

"That's not safe, Jin, and to answer your question I'm making the same breakfast you made not too long ago, the Irish breakfast."

She didn't even bat an eye at my teasing. Is she getting use to it? I look at Grayfia, and she was sporting a small blush but had a satisfied smile on her face... Or not, I guess my teasing from yesterday worked. I feel Grayfia let some of her weight onto me, relaxing as she continues to cook.