The Stars Above

Chapter 7

Written in 2019, uploaded 12/24/2022

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Kuraima sat on one of the couches in the ORC club room, idly staring at the ceiling.

'Alright, Kuraima. YOU CAN DO THIS.'

Right now, he was trying to psyche himself up. Why you may ask?

Well, as previously mentioned, Kuraima achieved his life dream, one that is so incredibly unlikely that it might as well be a fantasy; Meeting alien life.

So, he decided to embark on an even more treacherous trial, one that defines the barrier between boy and man...

Our Astral boy decided to try and find love.

Couldn't be THAT hard, right? He straight up nearly died about a week ago, so he was obviously ready for anything.

Yeah, no.

News flash, girls have the terrifying ability to stop a man in their tracks through the sheer force of one's lacking self-confidence.

His thoughts were interrupted by someone entering the room. He looked up at her and greeted her. "Oh, hey there Asia-san."

"Ah! Hello Kuraima-san!"

"How's school been for you?"

"It's been so much fun! Everyone here is so nice and supportive!"

The Astral Student smiled. "Heh, that's good. Say, has anyone been giving you any trouble?"

"Not at all!"

Good. Let's keep it that way.

"Good, good. How's Issei treatin' ya?"

Asia had moved into Issei's house, given that Kuraima already had a housemate. Apparently, Rias had used a little bit of her "Charisma" to convince Issei's parents that she was a foreign exchange student from Italy.

They asked too few questions, but they definitely bought it nevertheless,

Anyways, with that issue taken care of, Asia was enrolled in Kuoh Academy, where she quickly became popular for her absolutely adorable innocence.

"He's such a nice person! I...I don't really get why you don't like him all that much..."

Uh oh, she's asking too many questions.

"W-Well...you see, we just don't see...eye-to-eye on a few things."

She stared at him for a few moments, before shrugging.

'Speech 100.'

"Hey, so, uh, you wanna join me and Issei when we go to that cafe Nyke-san told you about?" He asked, trying to change the subject.

"Why, of course!" Her eyes sparkled at that.

"Alrighty then. We'll just wait for Issei then..."

And so they waited.

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"Hey, I brought my Switch. You wanna play Undertale?"

"Undertale?"

"Yeah." He said, pulling his game system out of his bag. "Cute little game from the West. Absurdly popular, even here in Japan."

So much so, that Sans got added into Smash as a Mii costume.

"Everyone knows it because of the internet memes, but it's actually a pretty deep game about morality and the likes."