Re/SET

Life 1 - CH 3

"There's no frickin' way!"

"He had to have done her homework or paid her or something!"

"What is happening here? Is he supposed to be cool now?"

"Yes! And I think it's working!"

Rias walked confidently with Issei walking a few steps behind her.

Maoyu wordlessly went another direction as soon as they arrived at school.

With annoyed look on his face, Issei wished he followed suit.

'Let the gossip games begin....!' he wanted to roll his eyes. 'Whatever. Guess that's what happens when you start hanging out with the hottest pair of jugs at school.'

He was looking down before he looked up and noticed the confident smile on Rias' face as she walked with him. He was both surprised and puzzled by how easily she seemed to be taking things with everyone whispering about them.

His eyes then drifted down to her chest and a pervert grin appeared on his face along with a matching blush.

"I'll send someone to fetch you later." Rias said as they entered the school building.

"Fetch me?" Issei was confused.

"That's right." Rias briefly stopped to turn to him. "I'll talk to you after school."

"Wait! Rias! Hold on a second, I don't understand!" Issei said as she walked away. "Shouldn't I walk you the class?"

As soon as he said that, a fist connected with his cheek and sent him flying face first into a pillar nearby.

"What the fuck?!" Matsuda said as he dealt him the blow. "Is that how it is? How we s'post to be bros when you're pimpin' Big Red on the DL, man?!"

After being smacked flat against it, he went sliding down to the floor as his flesh slipped against the cold surface of the steel column.

"Matsuda, there's no need for that." Motohama chided as he quickly grabbed his shoulder to stop him from doing anything further.

"But he's frontin'!" Matsuda complained with an indignant expression on his face.

"Issei is our buddy." Motohama replied as he pushed the bridge of his glasses. "Let's give him a chance to explain...."

He then pointed an accusatory finger at his friend who was still lying on the ground in pain.

"Where did you go and what did you do after you left yesterday?!" he demanded.

"I'll be happy to explain, gentlemen." Issei started as he began to sit up.

"Yeah. Yeah. Spill it!" Motohama said.

"See, yesterday...." Issei spoke over his shoulder with a smug look on his face, despite of his bleeding nose and the pain on his right cheek. "I was rollin' in some Double Ds."

Matsuda and Motohama were beyond shocked by the revelation.

'Never seen them!!!'

'Unknown!!!'

Issei couldn't stop the smirk forming on his face as he continued to brag until they were ridden with despair and burning with envy.

Suddenly, high school didn't seem so bad.

Meanwhile, Rias was climbing up the last flight of stairs to reach the third floor where the third years had their homeroom classes.

"You seem very certain about him." someone said, startling Rias.

She stopped and looked ahead to find a girl around her age, leaning against the column.