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Rias Gremory was confused. For the last few months her husband was walking around as if on eggshells all the time. It galled her that at first she hadn't noticed. It had taken her mother pointing out the change in behavior for her to realize that it even occurred. Once the wool had been pulled from her eyes, Rias had noted so many things that pointed to her husband being afraid of angering her. That thought actually made her heart clench in pain.

The reason Rias had been ignorant of the recent change in her husband's behavior was simply that she'd been busier than normal. Training to take over being head of the Gremory family had intensified as her father expressed the desire to retire so he could enjoy his six grandchildren. The fact that Rias was mother to five of those had also cut into her time. Filming of the Oppai Dragon show took up some of the time as well. Not that she didn't have time with her husband, there was still a great deal of that. Honestly he spoiled her rotten and that was perhaps the biggest reason she hadn't noticed anything. From the moment they had started dating after her first divorce, her husband did everything he could to make her happy. Since she was happy she just hadn't thought anything was wrong.

Being the cunning devil she was, Rias decided not to chase down her equally busy husband. She waited until one of their scheduled dates and while they were on the train to the human world, confronted him. There would be no easy escape as she already disabled the emergency alarm system for their private car.

"Darling, we need to talk." Rias announced as they passed the point of anyone being able to teleport off the train. 'Oh Maou, I chose the wrong opening.'

"I suppose we do." Her husband plastered a false smile on his face even as the light left his eyes. "I've been preparing for this. Nothing's packed yet as I hoped it wouldn't come to it, but I can be out of the house in two days. As for terms, anything you decide is fair except I want joint custody of Jin, Jun, Zechs and Miki. Ikusu is already married so he's all set."

"Why would you move out? What terms? Custody?" If Rias was confused about her husband walking around on eggshells before, then it was far worse now.

"The divorce you want." Her husband whispered the words out.

"The divorce I want?" The very words had short-circuited Rias's mind. She just couldn't wrap her mind around what her husband was saying. Even as her mind reeled her heart felt as if it was being torn out.

"I mean I get why. I'm no better than Riser was. You've had to put up with my other wives and the many children. I know I am an embarrassment in the Noble Circles with my antics. I've tried to change, but it's probably too little too late." He explained his line of thinking. "It's been almost twenty years and you can finally file for it. I won't fight it."

"YOU JACKASS!" Rias finally managed to get her mind working again. The Gremory family was known for being extremely loving, but they were also known for having tempers when someone or something they love is threatened. In this case her husband was a threat to their marriage and it set Rias off nearly as badly as Fenrir once had. "HOW DARE YOU NOT FIGHT FOR OUR MARRIAGE?" As she spoke her body was wreathed in crimson flames. It was a sure sign that her anger was reaching critical mass. "DON'T YOU LOVE ME?"

"Of course I love you, Rias. I always have since I first saw you." He responded with a truth he'd never told anyone. Since they'd started dating he never let a day pass where he didn't tell her that he loved her, but he'd never admitted as to when it started. "I love you more than life itself. I always have."

"SO WHY WOULD I WOULD LEAVE YOU?" Although she was somewhat mollified by her husband's words, but she was still more than a little hot under the collar. Rias could rightfully claim she was angrier with her husband than she'd ever been with Riser. "ALL I HAVE EVER WANTED WAS SOMEONE WHO LOVED ME FOR ME! IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, THAT'S YOU…BAKA!"

"Well, it was pointed out to me that I did a lot of the same things as Riser." He responded sheepishly, more embarrassed that Rias thought he was being an idiot than any actual fear of his wife. "I mean I ogle other women. I have multiple lovers. I'm not the least bit shy about groping you in public. You just deserve someone better."

"BAKA… THERE IS NOBODY BETTER!" Rias all but roared before she managed to calm herself down enough to speak in a civilized manner. "Let's say this mythical better person suddenly appeared. He'd have no appeal to me at all. I love you. I love everything about you. And you are far from an embarrassment. When I was married to Riser, I heard so many condolences for having to put up with him and his philandering." Rias continued on. "Those smug witches were just rubbing my face in his indiscretions. Since I started dating you, those same women are so very jealous of me and the others. They all bemoan the fact that they don't have a husband who is a tenth as devoted to them as you are to me." Rias continued on. "Yes, I occasionally get jealous when you are with one of the others or when you ogle my mother and sister-in-law. And I will tell you this now, there isn't a female in existence who isn't jealous when their husband is being hugged by Gabriel. But those are small twinges and they go away because I know you love me. There is never a doubt about that. You give me more love than I thought any man could give one woman." She paused for a second. "And I know you love the others as much as you do me, which is slightly terrifying when I think of it."

"What? Why would that be scary?"

"Because, I love you more than anything except our children. Even then I can't say I love them more than you." Rias's anger had finally completely dissipated. "Yet I know that for every iota of love I have for you that you return it twice over. All your wives feel this way, it's why none of us feel cheated when it comes to having to share you. Hell, I am pretty sure most of them prefer sharing you because then we feel together we can love you as much as you love each of us."

"So, we are not getting a divorce?"

"We might if you don't start acting like the Issei I married." Rias replied after a moment. "I refuse to be the reason you feel you have to walk on eggshells, got it?"