Chapter 8 – To love someone
The next day, Tatsumi woke up without any troubles, while wearing a smile on his face as this night was the first from five in which he had a dream, a good one in fact. It was like there was no sign of pressure and worries on him like till yesterday, which immediately left impression on the boy, who noticing it, showed his determination for a new start by clenched his right hand into a fist. The new devil fixed up as fast as he could and headed towards the bathroom in order to wash his face. Reaching it, he leaned an ear on it, knocked on the door and after not hearing a replay opened it slowly, until it was fully opened and just like that the view of a someone`s ass with black pants popped right before him. As if feeling his eyes, the person to whom it belonged slowly turned around, only to turn out that it was no one else, but the queen of the family, Akeno, who was currently putting on her bra.
"Oh my, I have been seen in the nude." Akeno said with a surprised voice.
"I am terribly sorry." The former assassin apologized as his cheeks became red and he closed the door in an instant.
"No, I am should be the one apologizing, since I didn`t reply when you knocked." The queen`s voice got through the door.
"Anyway, I am…" The brown-haired boy tried to excuse himself and walk away, but someone grabbed him for the left shoulder.
"…Tatsumi-senpai, I am very disappointed from you. To peek on a girl, while she is in the bathroom." A strict voice`s echoed in his ears, which he recognized without fail.
"Koneko, you get it all wrong. It was an accident." Tatsumi defended and grabbed her hand in order to remove it from his shoulder.
"That`s what Issei-senpai says every time he gets caught." The rook stated and tightened the grip.
"Well, I am not him, so believe me." The pawn replied back.
"Good Morning! What is all that commotion about?" A voice interrupted it, making them turn to the source, who appeared to be Rias.
"Good Moring!" The newest member of the family group greeted.
"Good Morning, President!" Koneko greeted the girl as well. "Tatsumi-senpai was peeking on someone."
"Like I said, I wasn`t peeking, it was just an accident." The boy defended again.
"You two should better get ready instead of arguing first thing in the morning." The pure-blooded devil stated and headed downstairs.
Half an hour later, the household arrived at the school for a new day of lessons and studying when Tatsumi, Issei, Asia and Xenovia were given extra homework right from the start of the first lesson for skipping school. The rest of the day in the academy continued hard for the devils as they had to make up for their absence yesterday, which was especially the case with Math, Politics and Alchemy. Even the sports teacher made them run double the usual distance in order to cover up the requirements and while the girls had an easy time running the track, the boy got worked to the bone. In the end, the pawns felt like their legs were going to fall apart, which mostly regarded for the former assassin as the pain from the match with Sirzechs was instigated deep inside him. That was so, because he kindly refused Asia`s healing treatment by saying that those wounds were made with an instructive purpose, thus they need to soak into his skin.
Currently, they were having their last lesson for the day, History, which was going quite smoothly, normally and interesting for the four. Today they were studying about the World War II and Japan`s role in it as they reached to the part when the USA dropped atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leaving literally nothing behind as it remained as a scar even nowadays. However, it wasn`t that what caught Tatsumi`s attention most, but that the Japanese didn`t lose their faith and fought to very end, even sacrificing themselves if it was needed. It couldn`t help, but bring the new devil back memories of the his world and how hard everyone tried to change the corruption as sacrifices were something usually seen. A certain case popped into his mind instantly, which was the one time he got caught by the Empire and Night Raid had to come to save him. In that rescue mission, both Mine and Susanno lost their lives just to save him and as a results the assassin group lost two members instead of one.
When the lesson ended, the teacher bit farewell to his students as they began packing and preparing to go home, making the atmosphere in the classroom like at important crossroad in a busy hour. The pawn decided to wait until the most of the people leave the room and then go regroup with Issei, Asia and Xenovia, who were waiting him outside in the hallway. After a minute, the classroom was completely empty and the boy got up from his seat and headed for the entrance, just to see his only his stepbrother waiting for him.
"Are you ready?" Issei asked the boy
"Yeah, let`s go." Tatsumi replied. "By the way, where did Asia and Xenovia go?"
"They said that they have something to do at home and will come to the club house later." The first pawn explained.
"Oh, I see. Well…" The former assassin tried to say something, but was cut off by someone`s voice.
Turning around, the boys saw their classmates, Matsuda and Motohama.
"Hey, you guys!" Ise greeted
"Tatsumi, you bastard! Already having girls going after you, huh?" Motohoma asked the new member of the Gremory family.
"What are you talking about?" The brown-haired boy answered the question with a question.
"Do not play dumb." Matsuda said by shouting. "Today a cute blonde-haired girl came in the classroom and asked if we knew where you were."
"An blonde-haired girl?" The two devils replied in a surprise.
"Yeah, she also had dark-blue eyes and wore a light purple dress." The boy with the glasses confirmed.
"That`s right." Their other classmate said. "You are like Issei, you got inside the Occult Research Club and now you are ssurrounded by beautiful girls."
"We can`t stand it and that`s why we want to hit something." Motohama stated.
And just like that he and Matsuda jumped threatening towards the former member of Night Raid and aimed a punch per person in his face, while the other Hyoudou remained still being able only to watch.
"Eat this!" Both Motohama and Matsuda shouted and attacked together.
However, Tatsumi simply ducked under the attack, grabbed their hands and using his body as a support, tossed them on the ground.
"Hey you four, what are you doing there?" A voice interrupted from behind, when two young women appeared next to them.
One of them had a slim figure, black hair styled in a short bob cut and violet eyes, and wore glasses. The second one had with long straight black that extends all the way down to her knees with split bangs and light brown eyes, with glasses as well. They both wore Kuoh Academy girls` school uniform
"Student Council President? Vice-President?" Issei said calmly, recognizing the two girls
"Fighting is strongly prohibited on school grounds." Sona explained "You are familiar with that, right, Hyoudou Tatsumi?" She added and turned to the former assassin.
"Yes, ma`am. I am sorry." The boy apologized and let his classmates` hands, after which he got up in a standing position.
"We hear a lot about you these days." The pure-blooded devil stated, while fixing up her glasses.
"I didn`t do anything special, though." Tatsumi replied and scratched the back of his head.
"Being modest, huh? Well, then have a good day." Sitri`s heiress said as the two girls passed by them, heading towards the stairs.
Shortly after that, both brown-haired boys bit farewell to Matsuda and Motohama, and headed themselves to the club house. In less than thirty minutes, arrived at the house and saw that only Kiba and Gasper were there as the knight read a book, while the bishop played on a Nintendo. Their fellow members greeted them and so they sat around the table in the hall and talked about random stuff.
Currently, Issei was at the kitchen, searching for something to eat in the fridge, hence he wasn`t able to have a proper lunch during the big break at school and the hunger began to get the better of him. Tatsumi, Yuuto and Gasper sat in the room and calmly awaited for him and the rest to arrive, while playing a game of chess. Valdi on the other hand, sat inside his box and looked like he was in a totally separated world.
Suddenly, Issei literally blasted the door and charged inside, shocking the three boys in the progress, forcing them to look at him with surprised faces, which said that they don`t know what` going on. Just like that, the pawn shot an insane stare at the newest member of the family and went next to him in less than a second.
"Tatsumi, my friend, why didn`t you tell me that you like peeking at girls, while they are in the bathroom." He said and put a hand on the boy`s right shoulder.
"W-What are you talking about?" The former assassin questioned, showing that he doesn`t have a single clue what`s happening.
"This morning you peeked at Akeno-san when she was at the bathroom, am I right?" Hyoudou asked with a sly smile on his face.
"I did not peek at her. I just wanted to wash my face, but Akeno was there before me." His stepbrother defended himself by shouting.
"Tatsumi-kun, since when you call Akeno-san just by her name?" Yuuto questioned the boy next in line.
"Now that you mention it, he really does call her that." Issei added. "You can`t do that. She`s a senior." He said and turned towards his stepbrother.
"What about it? I asked for permission if I can call her by name alone and she agreed." Tatsumi explained. "She calls me by my name as well."
"So that`s the case." Kiba noted, while ending his move. "Check."
The newest member of the family sighed in disappointment and leaned on the sofa, after which he looked at the chess board and the pieces on it.
"Checkmate, huh?" The brown-haired boy said and sighed again.
"So anyways, how was she when you saw her at the bathroom?" Issei spoke up, bringing up the topic from a minute ago again, which slightly caught the other pawn off guard.
"Well, I did not see much before I closed the door, so..." Tatsumi answered.
"You are not being honest." Hyoudou whispered in a disappointment, but loudly enough to be heard.
"Shut…" The former member of Night Raid tried to put an end to the topic, but the sound of the main door slowly opening, echoed in his ears and he got the feeling as if someone was spying on them.
However, instead of saying something, the boy went to the door and pulled it wide open, revealing the view of a girl falling on the ground, popped before his eyes. After taking a full look on her, the newest addiction of Rias`s peerage thought he had seen this girl somewhere before. She had a blonde hair, dark blue eyes and wore a light purple dress.
"Hey, isn`t that Riser`s little sister?" Issei questioned what was on everyone`s mind.
"How rude?!" Ravel replied with a sign of being offended, while getting up on her legs. "Can you address more formally with someone, who you are barely acquainted with."
"Can we help you with something?" Yuuto politely asked.
"In fact, yes you can." She shot a short answer. "Is Rias Gremory here? I like to thank her for saving us that day."
"The President isn`t here yet, but I think she will arrive soon." Tatsumi explained.
"I see. Then, I shall move to the second matter at hand." The bishop said and just like that bowed before the former assassin. "Thank you for saving me individually from that wolf. As gratitude, I, Ravel Phenex, will do anything you to make up for it."
"There`s no need to go that far." The second pawn replied back.
"But you are my savior and I must thank you properly." Ravel insisted.
"Tatsumi-senpai saved her life?" Gasper questioned from inside the box.
"Anyways, I can`t accept such an offer." The pawn politely refused. "Just an simple thanks would do the job."
"That can`t do." The pure-blooded devil said with an insisting tone to her voice. "Then, at least say something that you desire."
"Like I…" The brown-haired boy tried to refuse again, but was cut off as few figures appeared behind the blonde girl, distracting him in the progress.
"Sorry for the wait." Xenovia said, while walking, until she bumped at Riser`s bishop.
"Ravel?" Rias questioned in surprise tone from behind her knight. "What are you doing here?"
The youngest child of the Phenex family moved aside, so that the rest can enter the room and in less than a minute everyone was in the hall, waiting for what their guest had to say, or at least to add, having said one of the two reasons. Rias sat on her chair, while rest found a place to seat on. The crimson-haired woman nodded to the visitor that she is ready to listen.
"I came here with two reasons. The first, is that I want to thank you everyone for saving me, my brother and my friends." The bishop explained.
"You didn`t need to do that, since it was an order from my brother, I couldn`t refuse." The heiress of the Gremory family said and shot a quick smile at the guest.
"What about the second reason?" Akeno asked curiously.
"It`s to express Tatsumi her gratitude for saving her life." Issei answered instead with a hint of envy to his voice. "She already said that earlier."
Hearing that, the female part of the household immediately turned towards the said boy with surprised eyes. Silence moved in the entire room, which lasted about a minute or so.
"…Tatsumi-senpai, did you something dirty to this girl?" Koneko questioned her fellow devil.
"I did not do anything dirty. Besides, how did you come to this conclusion?" The pawn defended.
"…Well, it does not matter as long as you are certain in what you say." The rook avoided the question.
'I don`t understand that girl.' Tatsumi noted in his mind.
"Anyways, we are grateful for your gratitude, but I assure you that we were glad to help." Rias spoke up, returning to the topic at hand. "Is that all?" She finished with a question that was directed at her guest.
"Actually, no, due to the recent events I decided to live in the human world from now on." Ravel explained.
"You want to live here?" Asia asked the pure-blooded devil.
"That`s right. And since I don`t have any place where I can stay at, the thought of asking you if I can live in Hyoudou Issei`s house came to my mind." The bishop explained. "So can I?"
"You want to stay at my house?" Issei questioned as if he was unsure if he heard right or not.
"Well, I don`t see a problem with that, but what about your brother?" The crimson-haired girl asked next.
"Nii-sama told me to do whatever I want, since he only cares about Yubelluna-san right now. So I decided to leave his peerage and come live here instead." The young Phenex answered calmly.
"Very well, I shall find you a place. Come to think about it, there is still one more room that is free, so I am sure you can use it." Rias said and sighed.
The rest of the day went quite normal for the group as nothing too special happen, until they got home, where Issei` and Tatsumi`s parents got surprised to see another girl coming to live under the same roof, but quickly forgot about it and let things go as they want. After dinner, the devils gathered in Rias room, in which they talked about various things all the way till midnight, when everyone decided to go to bed.
In about ten minutes, the house was absolutely quiet as all the lights were switched off and everyone went to bed, letting deep silence to move in the atmosphere. Added with a clear sky and weather, not even a single sound was heard in a perimeter of around twenty meters at each direction. The moon was shining with all its might, making it as if it was a picture in some kind of exhibition in an museum, that waited to be seen by a thousand of visitors every day.
Somewhere around 02:00 p.m., Tatsumi woke up from having some kind of dream. The boy flipped few times with the hope to fall asleep again, but due to no avail, after which he went to the bathroom, washed his face and left it, going towards his room again. Just before opening the door, the former assassin spotted a figure standing on the balcony and looking at the sky. The figure of someone he didn`t fail to recognize to belong to the black-haired queen of the Gremory householf. He changed his direction and headed straight at the place with slow steps, until he reached the door that lead to the balcony and slowly opened it. Entering the area, the boy finally saw the girl from up close. She wore the same night-gown she had on her the last time, her hair was also let like then, without any ribbons holding it. Just like that his cheeks got red as memories of that night flowed into his mind, forcing him to regain his calm by slapping them.
"Could not sleep, huh?" The pawn questioned as he walked next to her, catching the girl off guard.
"Tatsumi either?" She answered by asking on her turn.
"Yeah, I had a strange dream." Hyoudou replied.
Suddenly, a cold wind started blowing strongly, sending chills to the two devils, mostly to the girl, who immediately wrapped her hands around herself in order to warm up. That didn`t remain unnoticed by the boy as he showed it by taking off his T-shirt and gave it to his senior, who thanked with a smile.
"Want to come to my room, since it`s closer to the balcony?" Tatsumi asked, which at first shocked Akeno, but in a second she smiled and nodded with her head.
After two minutes, the two were inside the boy`s room as they found themselves comfortable on the opposite sides of his bed. The moonlight was coming straight from the window and shined on the floor, reflecting their shadows in the progress. Silence was once again controlling the mood, until the black-haired girl turned towards the boy and spoke up.
"Tatsumi, you sure are getting popular fast." She said, recalling the sudden visit of Ravel Phenex.
"You think so?" The boy replied with a question.
"Yeah, I am pretty confident about that." Akeno answered. "You earned not only Ravel Phenex, but Sirzechs-sama attention and what you did on Thursday against him was amazing. Rias is also very proud of you as your master."
"Nah, I still have on what to improve." The pawn humbly stated and scratched the back of his head.
"But you did much more than that." The queen said with a playful tone to her voice as she hugged him out of the blue and after that dragged both her and him down on the bed. "Say, do you know why I couldn`t sleep this night so far?" She questioned in his right ear.
"N-No!" He replied back with an unsure voice.
However, instead of answer with words, the former assassin received a lick on his left cheek by the girl as he shot a quick look at the latter, only to see her wearing a naughty, playful expression on her face with lust filled eyes. It was then, he fell something soft touching his body and more precisely the area around his chest, and to his surprise it turned nothing else, but the girl`s breasts, which were popped out of her night-gown.
"I still clearly remember that night, when you said such wonderful words about me. Not to mention that kiss." Himejima stated. "For some reasons, I can`t stop being excited whenever I am around you."
"Akeno?" The boy questioned with a wondered face.
"Hey, Tatsumi, have you ever loved someone before?" She answered to the question with one on her turn as well.
The question caught him off guard as memories of certain pink-haired girl came out in his mind. The same girl that he used to not get along at first place, but in time both he and the latter opened to each other, but sadly they couldn`t reach into something deeper as she died in his arms, after going on all out mission to save him from being executed. He remembered her name and wouldn`t forget it no matter how much it passed or where he was, Mine.
"Yeah, I had." He finally answered. "And I think she loved me too, but unfortunately nothing happened, because she died in the progress of the struggle against the Empire."
"So she was a part of the same group as you?" The girl asked.
"That`s right. At first we didn`t get along much, but later on I fell head-over-heels for her, although I guess I didn`t realized it back then." Tatsumi explained calmly, but with a hint of regret. "Well, there is Esdeath two, but she is just blindly in love with me. I never really thought of making a relationship with her, mostly because we were enemies after all."
"You really appear to be a lady killer, don`t you?" Akeno teased by touching his chin.
"I have been often told that." The brown-haired devil replied back and cracked a smirk.
Silence moved once again as the girl dragged down, leaning her head on his chest, while the former assassin just stared at the other devil and tried to stay calm and come up with a solution on what to do.
"Say, Tatsumi, do you like me?" The queen questioned, catching the boy off guard that his eyes widened like someone was pulling his eyelids forcefully.
"I-I do. I mean you are really beautiful, smart, kind and carrying person that everyone would fall for you." He replied back. "But, I am not sure how to act on these feelings of mine or how to express them, since I never thought about such things before."
"I can teach you then, if you are okay with me." The Vice-President of the Occult Research Club said.
Just like that, she grabbed his right hand, moved it in front of her face and suddenly, but slowly started sucking on his fingers, starting from the boy`s forefinger and ending with his puppy finger. Strange feeling began to overcome Tatsumi`s senses as the other member of the family continued doing this action couple of times, after which she did the same to his left hand as well. Slight moan escaped his lips, but it was loudly enough to be heard by the girl in front of his eyes. After a minute she stopped and smiled at him.
"Are you okay with me?" Akeno asked, moving up, until her face ended up right above his.
"Yeah, I am." He answered after a second of thinking.
Hearing those words, the black-haired girl launched her head forward without a warning and just like that kissed the boy as fiercely as she could. The latter on the other hand remained unmoving, while getting with the feeling of her tongue dancing with his, casting it over from the right to left and other way around. His body got hot all of a sudden as his mind slowly gave into the temptation and let the body to join in the action. Their tongues wrapped with each other, their lips locked the space between them completely and the girl fully pushed the boy on the bed and dived deeper in his mouth, exploring the back of his throat. Next, she grabbed his right hand and placed it between her breasts, which was instantly noticed by him, but he left the Akeno take control and went along with her actions.
No words were spoken, only the action of the two figures was the one thing that ruled over the mood of the night and it didn`t seem like it wasn`t go end anytime soon. Suddenly, the black-haired devil moved his right hand onto the one place between her legs as he felt like he was touching something wet, at which touch, Himejima moaned straight in his mouth and backed her head, breaking up the kiss, while leaving a solid trace of saliva that connected to each of their tongues. Both of them started breathing heavily for about two minutes and just stared at each other, without doing anything else as the queen had a naughty expression on her face, which showed that she wanted more.
Akeno decided to take things even further and took off her night-gown, revealing her full naked body to the pawn, who couldn`t move his eyes from the beautiful view that jumped out before him. And again, they locked their lips, forming another passionate kiss, including their tongues as well, continuing this for a couple of minutes, until they both backed off and just remained lying on the bed. It wasn`t long before the two fell the need for sleep taking over them and slowly plunged into the world of dreams, wrapped in each other`s hands, wearing smiles on their faces.
The morning came and the two devils woke up when a loud sound echoed in their ears and the first thing they saw was Issei with wide opened mouth, unmoving and standing right at the room`s entrance.
"W-What the…?" The teen asked, but stopped at the middle.
"What`s wrong, Ise?" Rias`s voice spoke up next as the pure-blooded devil went next to her servant, only to see the view of fully naked, Akeno and half naked, Tatsumi right in front of her.
"Oh my, they saw us." Himejima said and giggled.
"G-Good Morning!" Tatsumi greeted his friends.
"Akeno, what did happen here?" The crimson-haired girl asked her friend.
"It`s just what you see, Prez." The queen answered.
"Does that mean that Tatsumi did Akeno-san?" Hyoudou shouted.
"I did not do her." The former assassin roared back. "Seriously, what`s with your imagination?"
"Hey, Hyoudou Issei, can you speak a bit more quiet. There are those who are still trying to sleep." Ravel spoke up from her room.
"So you got to him before her, huh?" Rias whispered and turned around. "Come on, Ise. It`s breakfast time."
"I am coming!" Issei replied and followed the heiress of the Gremory family, leaving Akeno and Tatsumi alone in the room.
"So they found out." The boy stated what was obvious.
"Well, it`s better that way." The black-haired girl stated, while putting on her cloths.
Tatsumi didn`t say anything, just smirked, got up and began dressing up as well. In a minute, they were ready to go downstairs and have a breakfast and start this new day with high lifted heads.
"See you downstairs." Akeno said and kissed the boy on the left cheek and slowly left the room, with a walk that showed her good mood, which was confirmed with a wide smile on her face.
'I did something unbelievable for me.' The pawn noted in his mind. 'However, I feel like falling head-over-heels for this girl. Just like with 'her'.' He added and headed towards the room`s exit. 'I hope you are having a peaceful afterlife, Mine.' The boy finished and left the room.
And so, chapter 8 "Forgotten feelings" is done. A chapter full of comedy moments as well with a little naughtier scene at the end. Well, I don`t have much to say about this chapter, what was most hitting on the eyes, I`m sure you have noticed if you are reading this. So yeah, I`m finally announcing the TatsumixAkeno pairing, which means that Akeno will be Tatsumi`s girl in the fanfic, although I may make as Xenovia or my third choice will still try to end up with him. So yeah, third choice is Ravel Phenex as I fixed up a little and instead of falling for Issei, I made her fall for Rias second pawn.
More characters are to make their appearance in the future chapters, as another great battle draws near. I will let you use your imagination on that part. xP
Well, I think that`s all to I wanted to say for now. Thanks for spearing some of your time to read my work. Feedbacks are deeply appreciated, but please let them be constructive, like such that could help me improve on my grammar, characters style, knowledge on the source material and such.
I hope you liked the chapter and that you will remain enjoyed after you leave this page. : )
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~Kris!
