It happened one night as I, Issei Hyoudou was just getting ready to go to bed, after having an exhausting day at school, all I really wanted was to snuggle in bed, with the two girls waiting for me to use as a body pillow.
As I was walking up from the 1st floor, I noticed a faint light coming from Rossweisse's room.
"Is she awake?" I thought to myself.
Proceeding along to hallway to check on the situation I heard what seemed to be a quiet cry, continuing along towards the room the feelings within my chest only intensified as I realised that the crying was certainly coming from the room of Rossweisse.
As I slowly approached the door to see if I could peek through, I saw that Rossweisse was sitting at the foot of her bed located centrally in the bedroom.
Decor aside, I faintly knocked on the door testing the waters to see exactly what state of mind she was in.
Noticing the knock at the door, Rossweisse slowly turned her head toward s the entrance to her room.
Standing there feeling like an idiot seeing her crying face I slowly began to enter the room, "Rossweisse, are you ok? Please tell me if anything is wrong".
After hearing these words, Rossweisse slowly seemed to get the gist of the situation and quickly started to wipe the tears and running mascara from her cheeks.
Seemingly trying to seem as adult like as possible she slowly stood up, and cleared her throat. "O-Oh I-Issei, What are you doing up at a time like th-"
Before finishing her sentence I pulled her into a small embrace, after seeing her reaction to someone finding her crying I just couldn't leave her alone... and admittedly, I found her crying face adorable.
'Not good' I thought to myself, 'Seems like Akane's S side is rubbing off on me'.
Shaking my head to clear the thought I looked down to find a bright red Rossweisse, showing a stunned face due to being dragged into an unexpected embrace.
After a couple minutes of silence so as to help her calm her nerves, I retracted myself from the hug slightly and looked into her eyes. "Wow...Rossweisse you have really beautiful eyes", voicing my thoughts at the sight of them.
Turning as red as a tomato, Rossweisse looked so damn cute that I had to mentally restrain myself from not grabbing her for one more hug.
"T-thanks..." Rossweisse said as she tried to hide her face as much as possible.
Realising how embarrassing what I said I tried to cover my tracks as best as possible. "N-no wait, U-umm... what I meant to say was... U-uh".
Struggling to find the correct way to recover we once again fell into silence whilst looking down at the floor so as to hide both of our embarrassment.
"Anyway Rossweisse, are you okay?" grabbing her shoulder so as to show my concern.
"Y-yeah I'm fine...". Trying to look away from my face as much as possible, I realised that Rossweisse still had a tear rolling down her cheek.
Using my finger to wipe it away I then proceeded to show her to droplet sitting atop my finger. "This... doesn't look like you're okay."
After switching her gaze between me and her tear on my finger, Rossweisse conceded to the demons inside, erupting in tears and falling into Issei's arms.
After Rossweisse cried for about half an hour, my curiosity as to what would make her be this upset reached its peak.
Standing up with Rossweisse still holding onto my t-shirt, I sat her down on her bed so that to see eye-to-eye she would need to look up at me.
Rossweisse still in tears looked up and murmured something incomprehensible.
"Now, Rossweisse I think that's it's about time you explained to me what you're crying about." Taking a higher tone of voice I slowly tried calming her down so that she could explain to me what happened.
After 15 minutes of attempts to calm Rossweisse down, nothing seemed to work.
"Rossweisse..." I said looking completely exhausted after trying so hard to calm her down, not to mention that it was the middle of the night.
"I tried everything I can think of, I don't know what to do to calm you down".
Looking at her she sheepishly looked to the side, still balling her eyes out whilst faintly blushing, possibly thinking of a way to calm her nerves.
"Rossweisse?" I asked "Have you thought of something?".
*nod*
"And could you please tell me what it is?"
*shake shake*
Rossweisse vigorously shaking her head as to show extreme disapproval.
"You know Rossweisse; I won't be able to help you unless you tell how to calm you down."
After waiting a few seconds for a response from her I added, "You know that I would do anything for you".
Saying this statement clearly shook her to the core as she sat there thinking for a few seconds before looking up at me with wet eyes.
'W-wow, that is absolutely adorable' I thought as I returned her longing stare.
without even noticing I had a large smile planted on my face from seeing her reaction to my previous words.
"T-there is one thing that w-will help to calm my n-nerves..." Said Rossweisse in a hushed tone.
"Please Rossweisse, let me help, I'll do anything!"
"You promise you won't laugh?" she said.
"I promise, with all my heart".
Timidly Rossweisse stood up at met me at eye level.
"Seeing as you offered I will accept your kind gesture and I will hold you to your words."
Gradually getting more and more red, she almost turned to a shade of crimson even Rias couldn't compete with.
"I heard t-that the best way to calm a woman is through a show of affection. Following this rumour, I-if you k-k-kiss me, then I believe that it may help me calm down"
Standing silent for a good twenty seconds, with a look of bewilderment in my eyes, I suddenly snapped back to reality and was about to shout at the top of my lungs, before remembering exactly what time it was.
In a hushed tone I said "W-what are you s-saying! How will me kissing you help to calm you down?"
As both of us went bright red, it looked as though both of our faces were about to explode, from the tip of our chin to the top of our ears our faces were painted red.
"D-don't back down now, you said that you would do anything. If you don't fulfil your promise I don't think I'd be able to trust you again!"
looking completely defeated with a desolate look on my face, I conceded to Rossweisse's demand.
"F-fine. However, don't blame me If it's not you're expecting. This is only my third kiss..." The final part of my statement trailed off with the wind as I spoke in whispers.
Grabbing Rossweisse's shoulders sent a shock through her so as to hold her in place.
'I've actually always wanted to do this' I thought to myself as I caught a glare of her perfectly shaped glossy lips.
"W-well, h-here I go" I said as I slowly shortened the distance between myself and Rossweisse.
During this time locking gazes with her beautiful azure eyes, tinted with a shimmer from the tears she had shed.
Both shaking, our faces slowly drew closer and connected with the sound of muffled moaning and rushed breathing.
'I, I can't believe that I'm kissing Rossweisse! I never thought that this day would come!'
Continuing to lock lips for what seemed like an eternity but in reality only minutes. How I wish that that eternity would last.
Slowly separating so as to savour the taste of the kiss a single strand of saliva stretched from my lips to her, to which I leaned in a gave a small peck so as to split the chain of drool.
"Sneaky..." Looking completely shocked at my follow up, Rossweisse finally broke from my gaze as we both sat on the bed in complete silence, remembering and clinging to the actions that had occurred moments before.
"S-so, can you tell me why you where crying earlier?" I said.
after an appropriate time of waiting I decided to begin questioning Rossweisse about her previous mood.
"W-well I suppose you deserve that much..."
Standing up and walking over to her desk located next to the bed, she handed me a letter that had sealed with what looked to be two ravens crossing wings with a large tree with many branches in the background.
"This is the royal seal of Asgard" Rossweisse said.
"Asgard?" I questioned.
"Asgard is the realm from which I am from" Rossweisse said with a look of slight depression.
"Meaning it's where that Old Geezer is from as well?" I questioned.
With a sigh Rossweisse said "Unfortunately he is the chief god in that realm".
Opening the letter I found several letters with different handwriting in each one.
Counting the letters I found 5, one from Rossweisse's grandmother and 4 from unidentified names I didn't recognise.
"Who are these letters from?" Rossweisse stood up and slowly starting pacing around the room.
"Three of these letters are from friends of mine that I used to have in Asgard. All of them are Valkyries like I used to be. However, it's the last letter that worries me."
"Hmm... Magni?" Rossweisse slightly recoiled after hearing the name that was spoken.
"Yes, Magni is one of the thunder god Thor's children. He has proposed to that I become one of his lovers."
Shocked by these words I face Rossweisse as I start to see tears forming in her eyes.
"And because of this request, he has demanded that I leave the Gremory group and return to Asgard to bear children." Rossweisse said whilst tears rolled down her cheeks.
Standing up, enraged by the proposed outcome, I walk up to Rossweisse, Face her, and open my arms.
Accepting the outstretched embrace of mine, Rossweisse now starts to cry very heavily and a heavy burden falls upon me. One that I'm glad that she relies on me to carry.
"I don't want to return to A-Asgard. I finally found somewhere that I'm truly happy and with people that I want to stay with" Rossweisse said whilst lifting her blushed face to look into my eyes.
Hearing her proclaim her desire and true feelings between sniffles and cries truly pulled at my heart strings and made me realise just how much I loved her.
"Isn't there some way that we can prevent you from leaving the group so that you can stay here?" as I asked her this I pulled her in for a tighter embrace.
"Of course there is, but with me as I am there is no way that anyone would accept me."
Hearing this I said, "What do you mean 'accept you' and 'with me as I am'? "
"To prevent me having to leave the Gremory Group would require me to already be married so that I can't become someone else's lover. But I don't have the qualities of being a wife! Not in a thousand years would I ever find someone that would of me as wife material."
Hearing her say that she wasn't good enough for anyone made my heart set aflame.
pulling myself back from the hug and grabbing hold of her shoulders I stared deep into her eyes as I said:
"Rossweisse listen to me, you are an amazing women and anyone would be lucky to have you as a wife! You're smart, beautiful and one of the kindest girls that I have ever met. Please don't say that you're not worth anything in this world as to me you are a very important person in my life."
Turning bright red from receiving a barrage of compliments left Rossweisse speechless.
Listening to what my heart was telling me, I continue displaying how much I disapproved of her leaving and how important Rossweisse truly was to me.
"Rossweisse, I hate the thought of you having to leave and without your guidance I would already be dead. You have been so helpful to me in more ways than you can imagine and I will do anything I can to keep you from leaving me and the rest of the Gremory group."
Mustering all my courage I got down on one knee and kissed the ring finger of her left hand.
"Rossweisse... Will you marry me?"
Staring speechless at me for a couple minutes, Rossweisse looked as though she was trying to connect the dots regarding what I just said.
"Y-yes, If you will accept me..." Rossweisse said with her cheeks aflame mumbling under her breath and still trying to catch her breath from the amount that she cried.
Catching my breath I pulled her In for one final hug before letting go and sitting down to rest on her bed.
My face bright red from proposing to Rossweisse.
'I was hoping I would be able to do this once in my life but I didn't think I'd be doing it at midnight in Rossweisse's room.'
Seeing Rossweisse sitting in the centre of the room, I could tell from looking at her that she would burst at any second.
"Rossweisse, You can cry if you want. But I want you to know that whenever you cry I will always be there to support you."
With a smile on my face as I said this Rossweisse began murmuring something which I couldn't quite hear.
Suddenly, Rossweisse stood up, tears streaming down her face and shouted at the top of her lungs, "ISSEI HYOUDOU, I L-LOVE YOU" and jumped on me in a loving embrace.
Returning her feeling with an equally hearty hug, our lips joined together once more to show our feelings for one another.
"I like your idea of getting married, but I think that we should first start dating so that we don't rush into anything."
Being happy with the idea I leaned in to give Rossweisse a kiss on her cheek.
"Okay, maybe proposing to you before we were even going out was a bit of a ridiculous idea haha"
Feeling my face get even hotter as I realised the embarrassment of proposing to her, as I leaned in close to her ear I whispered "I love you" with a huge smile on her face Rossweisse lifted her body whilst straddling Issei's waist and simply said, "idiot" as she gave him one final kiss before falling asleep in my gentle and loving embrace.