Fallen Scales

Face The Fact

"Why Raynare of all people?" Issei asked. He didn't mind having to share his place with Raynare but Issei would have expected to be rooming with someone such as Tobio.

"She hasn't been up to much here in the Grigori so we thought it would be a good idea for her to spend some time with you" Azazel explained. He understood that currently Issei wasn't the type to be interested into having a harem. If he wasn't secretly engaged to Rias he would have sent Penemue to live with him instead since the two are in a relationship. But this wasn't the case. Because of the engagement, Azazel and Penemue needed to get Issei comfortable with the idea of a harem and so Raynare was chosen to live with him.

Rias and Akeno on the other hand weren't so thrilled with the idea of Raynare entering the picture. With what happened in the church a few months ago the rest of the peerage won't be so eager to see Raynare either. Rias also saw her as a potential rival for Issei's affection. With Raynare living with Issei for the foreseeable future she had a major advantage over Rias. Then there was Akeno who hated almost all Fallen Angels. It wouldn't be a surprise if she harbored negative feelings against her.

"Expect her to arrive within the next few days. With all said and done I'll leave you two to your business" With that the hologram of Azazel disappeared. While Issei was soaking in the information, Rias was annoyed at Azazel. She was the owner of the territory and Azazel didn't ask for permission for Raynare being able to enter. Rather he just gave her the heads up and was done with it.

"That Azazel had the nerve to tell me that Raynare is coming rather than ask for my permission" Rias said annoyingly.

"Be honest. Would you have said yes if he asked you?" Issei asked.

"Well no but still. I'm supposed to be the highest authority here but everyone just neglects that" Rias replied.

"Azazel generally ignores all sense of authority so you shouldn't feel too bad" Issei said.

The two went on the speak about other matters that were deemed important. Whenever she had a chance, Akeno continued to tease Rias about the littlest of things; how she embarrassed herself when she forgot crucial details, when Issei would give her slight compliments and whenever she started to blush. They ended up talking for a few hours. The conversations with them became interesting. After the second hour they began to talk about personal things. When they were Rias told him that she would send someone to get Issei at school tomorrow and bring him to the ORC room.

'Aren't we in the same class?' Issei thought. He decided to shrug it off as one of the mistakes Rias makes from time to time.

Issei looked at his watch and saw what time it was. They've been talking for five hours with three of those hours having nothing to do with Fallen Angel or Devil topics. He wouldn't admit it but he enjoyed that time with the girls.

No. He had Penemue and she's all he needed. His time talking with Rias and Akeno meant nothing to him. They were just people he had to protect. Nothing more nothing less. As long as he had her he needed nothing else. No one else.

He decided to go to sleep early. He got into sweatpants and a t-shirt then laid in his bed. Before he wanted to sleep he was thinking about how Raynare was going to move in within the next few days. Then it hit him.

They would be sharing a one bedroom apartment.

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Issei went on to not sleep the entirety of the night, thinking of ways to get back at Azazel for having Raynare move in when it was a one bedroom apartment. He should have expected this from Azazel. Thinking that his intentions were pure was a mistake on Issei. Though he would have to deal with how to get back at him later, for now he needs to figure out the sleeping arrangements before she arrives.