Chapter 25: Pact
After the most incredible night of his life thus far, Vahn couldn't help feeling distracted throughout class. He had been apprehensive at the start, but with Rias encouraging him and Akeno making it very clear she desired him, he ended up making her the focus of his lovemaking as the former observed them like she was taking notes.
"Hey, you good, man...?" asked Issei, waiting until the end of the second period, when the girls left from gym class and the boys had a free period, to ask what was on Vahn's mind.
"I'm great..." responded Vahn, shaking his head and meeting Issei's gaze with a smile as he confessed, "I'm just a little...overwhelmed. What about you? You were late to class yesterday, and you've seemed distracted ever since."
Losing his smile and exhaling from his nose, Issei revealed, "It's because I came across this super cute and gentle girl named Asia. The problem is that she's a nun affiliated with the Church, so even though I said I would be her friend, Rias-senpai said I should avoid her..."
"I mean...you have been attacked twice in less than a week..." reminded Vahn, smiling as he appended, "But if the two of you are able to set aside your differences to remain friends despite your conflicting backgrounds, I think that would be a good thing. Rias is just concerned because you give her reasons to be."
"Well...it's not like I mean to make her worry..." contended Issei, rubbing the back of his head and smiling awkwardly before dropping his hand and adopting a more sincere expression as he expressed, "But, thanks, man. I honestly expected you to tell me to stay away from Asia as well since you seem to be pretty die-hard for Rias-senpai."
"This and that are two separate issues," asserted Vahn, shaking his head as he explained, "I don't really care about things like sides. If people can get along, that's infinitely better than fighting. You should be careful, but if you and this Asia girl can be friends, I think you should be..."
"Right on...!" exclaimed Issei, rising to his feet and pumping his left fist, causing a crimson gauntlet with gold, horn-like blades sticking out of the sides and a large green gemstone and red gemstone to appear before he hastily concealed it with his body. Fortunately, Rias had anticipated that Issei might have trouble controlling or concealing his power, so the same method used to prevent people from noticing the changes in his physical appearance was used to make people disregard what happened or what was said when he and Issei were interacting...
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