The Twist We Need

Movie Time!

Sitting down at the theatre, Issei had popcorn in his lap and ready to eat them. That was until Sirzechs shoved her whole hand inside of Issei's bag of popcorn and took basically half of them and shoved all of them into her mouth like a child. Issei stared at her...

"That was like half of the bag."

Sirzechs laughed at seeing Issei's reaction. It was perfect. She giggled before she began choking on the amount of popcorn she had consumed. Issei, quick to act, patted her back hard and watched as she spewed out some of the popcorn.

"Thanks for that, it would have been a very sad death if I were to die from choking." Sirzechs wasn't just about to use magic in front of Issei.

"You wasted all those popcorn pieces." Issei slumped against the seat and began comically tearing up. "I spent money on that."

Sirzechs smiled warmth in seeing Issei being so sensitive. Everything that this child did was weird and it would usually make her day. "Shhh! The movie is starting."

Sitting down and watching the movie, Sirzechs was emotionally ready for the movie. As the movie went on, Issei began getting tired. The bruises and the running in school had caught up to him as his eyes began shutting. Beginning to sway from side to side, Issei finally landed his head onto Sirzechs's shoulder. Sirzechs noticed this and carefully brought his head down to her lap and began caressing his head.

If he was going to sleep, Sirzechs would allow him to sleep somewhat comfortably, especially after seeing his horrible state before coming to the movies. Taking her chances, she carefully began checking Issei's bruises. Noticing the many bruises, she concluded that they were from physical harm.

Frowning deeply, Sirzechs was not going to allow this to continue. She would end this abuse when she gets the chance. For now, she was going to enjoy this moment with Issei. Blushing seeing Issei's peaceful expression, Sirzechs turned her attention back to the movie and enjoyed the movie.

After a little while of watching the movie, Sirzechs smiled in seeing the ending with slow tears building up in her eyes in seeing the death of both lovers. Quickly, she began hearing snores underneath her and giggled in seeing Issei being very peaceful.

"Alright, how do I wake him up?" Slapping him gently, Issei groaned a little before turning over and continued sleeping. "But I don't want to wake him up. He looks so peaceful sleeping here."

Seeing the entire audience beginning to take their leave, Sirzechs began to get desperate as she didn't want to wake Issei up and interrupt his sleep but at the same time, she didn't want to get in trouble with the staff. She didn't want to get banned from the theatre as she noticed a couple more movies that she wanted to watch with Issei.

Deciding to hit both birds with one stone, she lifted Issei up gently and began carrying him. Applying some magic to go unnoticed by everyone, Sirzechs began walking out of the theatre before she was stopped by someone at the entrance of the theatre.

"What are you doing with that boy?" Grayfia stood in front of Sirzechs with a stern expression.

"Issei may have decided to fall asleep during the movie and I'm carrying him into my car."

Grayfia facepalmed, "Do you know how creepy you sound?"

"What do you mean? I'm just being a very helpful friend."

"Think for a second. You're a mature, elegant woman who looks to be in her thirties in human years carrying a boy who looks to be in high school. You both don't look anything alike, and, from the outside perspective, it would have looked like you were kidnapping him."

Sirzechs blinked a couple of times before looking at Issei, "Oh... I see what you mean. Wait, Issei still thinks of me being in university."

"Seeing how naive he is from how you two would converse on the phone, I wouldn't doubt it." Walking over to Sirzechs and rubbing Issei's head. "It's time to wake him up." Using a little bit of magic, she sent a quick burst of cold air onto Issei, disrupting his sleep and waking him up. "Also, I suggest putting him down."

Quickly, Sirzechs placed Issei on the ground and watched as he began processing where he is. "Huh, this isn't the movie. Did I fall asleep in the middle of the hallway again?"

Sirzechs knelt down and poked his nose, "You decided to skip the entire movie. How sleepy were you?"

"I wasn't sleepy," Sirzechs looked at him with a doubtful expression. "Okay, maybe I was playing a little bit of Dark Souls 2 during the night. I was stuck with fighting against Sir Alonne and his walk back to his boss fight. Who decided that it was a good idea of having powerful enemies and a long walk to his arena was a good idea?"

"Issei, how many times have I told you to not be playing video games all night long!" Grayfia scolded Issei as he was surprised to see the woman in front of him.

"Grayfia? This is a surprise. I never thought I would see you here."

Grayfia smirked before quickly realizing what Issei was doing, "You're not changing the subject. I should let your mother know that her son is ruining his health with staying up all night long playing those ridiculous games of his."

Not his mother! Quickly, Issei looked at Grayfia with pleading eyes, "Please don't do that! I haven't noticed but you look far more beautiful in person than on camera." Trying to flatter the stern woman, Grayfia simply chuckled from his attempt.

"If you want to flatter me, tell me things I don't get told every day. However, I won't tell your mother. If I hear this again, I will tell her to make sure you are grounded."

Sirzechs, feeling as though she is being ignored, pouted, and slightly squeezed Issei's hand. Her slight squeeze turned into immense pain for Issei. "Ouch! What was that for?"

Quickly, taking her chance in changing the subject, Sirzechs asked, "Do I look more beautiful in person?"

"Yeah, haven't you already asked me this multiple of times during our conversations online?"

Smiling in glee, Sirzechs began walking with Issei and Grayfia was right behind. "Well, it's already getting dark outside. I guess I will be walking back home."

"Who said you're walking back home?"

"Huh?" Sirzechs continued walking towards her car.

"I will be dropping you off at your home. Plus, I want to make sure you don't get in any trouble."

Shrugging his shoulders, getting dropped off only meant less work for him. Walking towards the nice sports car, Issei sat in the back. Grayfia looked at Sirzechs and asked, "What's wrong? You seem to be less cheerful."

"Grayfia, tell Rias that I need her to observe how Issei is treated in school." Sirzechs lost all her former cheerful tone, and it was replaced with authority.

"What's wrong? Something must have happened for you to ask that."

Sirzechs knew that Grayfia was someone that she could trust the most in the world with her concerns. "Issei had bruises and cuts on his body. You should have seen the sheer sadness his face showed before showing up with me to the movies. It was disheartening to say the least. Don't let him know that we are doing this and also, don't ask him why he has them. I already did and he doesn't want to let us know."

Grayfia, hearing the pain that Issei was going through, nodded, "I will let Rias know of your orders soon enough. Now, let's go back to the car. The boy is waiting to go home. His mother must be getting worried of his absence now."

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