A Fake Familiar Reborn

Chapter 21.5: Cozy Night

Beta read by Shigiya, Maglad and Paragon of Awesomeness.

I want to add a certain image to show clothes worn by Rias but there is a very high likelihood that Wattpad will take it down as it did TWICE with Snafu before... T-T

Ah, no matter, I'll try it again.

Special chapter started writing it a while ago. Thx to the beta readers for helping to write a huge chunk of the chapter as well!

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-Rias Gremory's Home-

"Is that a challenge?" She whispered, placing a hand on his chest. "Because I am not backing down from this."

'I should have kept my mouth shut.'

The heiress stared at him intensely, trying to look calm but was blushing up a storm as she continued to lay on top of her Servant, her generous breasts resting on his chest, their faces inches apart, with no sign of her backing up any time soon.

"Nothing of the sort," he assured her, not seeming at all bothered by his scantily clad Master pinning him to the couch. And Rias knew that her precious Servant could easily push her off if he wanted, "Merely that by virtue of having experience, many of the novelties of youth aren't the milestones for me the way I'd imagine they are for young adults like yourself. Rest assured, what we are doing here is special to me, and I fully appreciate what it must mean for you as well."

Most of the challenge that had been in her eyes faded at that. "...Good." She mumbled with a small blush. "But, I remember Akeno saying that I need to do more for you too. So, I've decided I'd like to do this for you... Emiya." she whispered in his ear, the words sounding sweet as the name escaped her lips. She slid her hand across his chiseled chest, silently wishing that the shirt covering it was gone. She ran her fingers over his defined muscles that must've taken a lot of time and effort to achieve, and gently ran one over his nipple, before getting stopped by Archer.

"Master... You've obviously put a decent amount of thought into this, but is this really what you want?"

"Do you... not like me?" She asked, having gained the courage to go this far, knowing that such a chance would rarely come to happen in the future.

The man went quiet, each passing second doubling the anxiety within her heart.

"...It's not a question of whether I like you or not. But such matters hold more weight than a simple kiss. It's not something you can do without being certain of it. So why don't you rest for today? Gather your thoughts and think about it carefully and with time, well... we'll see."

Hearing him tell her that... it somehow felt troubling to Rias and made her heart ache. Slowly, she reached up and wrapped her fingers around his hand, soft smooth hands interlocking with strong, rough ones and took a deep breath. "I want to do something more than just kiss you. I want to... feel more of you."

It wasn't just the fear of losing her Servant one day that pushed the girl to confront this matter without backing down. But the realization that she wasn't alone in this quest, if she were too slow then Akeno would tread past her and get to him before she could. And for some reason Rider, despite technically being the enemy, set up plenty of alarms in her head whenever she was near the white-haired man. The way he acted during any discussion linked to the other Servant, where he suddenly became dismissive and vague in his replies... It told Rias that Archer was most likely hiding something about himself and the other Servant. Something personal.