A/N: Welcome back to a new chapter! So, I just noticed now that this chapter fits in to the worldwide event, and that's Valentine's day! Anyway, you may think of this as a special chapter for the event or just a standard chapter. Welp, on with the show!

Highschool DxD is, in any kind of form, not mine as it was a private property of the author. Only my OCs and some plots are mine.

He looked at her curiously as to what happened to her as she is wet and unconscious. He carried her bridal-style towards the door. When he reached it, he saw that the door is closed which made him remember if he closed the door. He walked closer and reached for the doorknob with his hand and opened it, or so he thought.

'What the hell? I didn't close the door nor locked it. Wait, is it someone from outside?' He thought. As he tried several times to open it, he sighed in defeat, thinking of no other ways to open the door without raising suspicion. He placed Akeno down leaning on a wall as he looked inside for something that they can use to lie down. With some luck, he found a mat and some bed sheets that he, at first, looked at it suspiciously.

'I seriously hope that this was not used in some sexual shit here.' He thought with a sigh.

He placed the bed sheet on top of the mat and carried Akeno and placed her on top of it. He looked around if he could use something to open the door or any other means of exit at the shed. He found a window, but found out that the both of them are to big for the window. As he was looking for some things to use, Akeno suddenly shivered really bad, making him look at her with wide eyes. He quickly went to her and decided to remove her wet clothes.

'I'm so stupid! I should have done this a while ago!' He thought angrily at himself as he removed her clothes.

When he removed her school clothes, he started to blush as he stared at her flawless skin. Snapping back to reality, he shook his head to remove any indecent pictures that was made by a small part of his brain. As he checked if her underwear is also wet, he found out that only her bra is wet while her underwear isn't, making him think about physics and other things science have thought.

As he removed her bra, he removed his school blazer and removed the black shirt he used to replace a part of his uniform. He dressed her using his shirt and he wore his blazer again. He hung her uniform while tying the rope inside the shed on opposite walls.

Even by removing her wet clothes, her shivering didn't stop, making him think more of any ideas. When he thought one, his face turned a shade of red. Quickly shaking his head, he inhaled slowly to calm his nerves and walked towards her. He sat down beside her while looking at her with concern on his eyes. He lie down beside her and did what some people might do, share his body heat with her. As he hug her and rub his hands on her back to heat her up, he couldn't help but remember how soft her body is.

For quite some time, she stopped shivering, making him sigh in relief. As time pass, he found himself not wanting to remove her from his arms, even if it is just for that night. Even though she has stopped shivering for a while, he didn't stopped rubbing his hands on her back. He also started humming some random tune even though no one is listening to him, he just enjoyed the time.

Finishing his humming, he also stopped rubbing her back and just hugged her as he stamps the feeling in his head. He tighten his hug on her, to make sure he wasn't dreaming or daydreaming.

"Why do you always make me worry?" He whispered with a sad smile while looking at her.

"But, I don't hate worrying about you." He added as he kissed her in the forehead.

"Goodnight... Akeno." He mumbled as he let drowsiness consume him, making him sleep.

The next day...

Takeshi stretched his hands upwards while looking his surroundings. Remembering that he is still in the storage shed with Akeno, he stood up to check if her clothes is already dry. Reaching her clothes he touched it to know that it was already dry. He looked at the mat and saw her, still sleeping, making him smile. He grabbed her dry clothes and folded them neatly beside her. After he is done, his left hand suddenly glowed, making him widen his eyes.

'Did I just forgot that I am a part of the supernatural and could have TELEPORTED OUT OF HERE?!' He thought as he yanked his hair in frustration. As he finally calmed down, he placed his hand by his ear.

"Where the hell are you?" Came a familiar voice, making him turn pale.

"I-I was... with Akeno." He said with a sad undertone.

"You two already together?" She asked excitedly.

"No, she doesn't even know I'm here." He replied, still have the sad undertone.

"Why?" She asked curiously.

He started to explain what happened while earning some gasps and sighs at some points.

"Well, knowing the story now, it's better if you teleport back to her home and wait until she wakes up and maybe smooth some things out." She suggested.

"I still don't know. Anyways, I have to go, bye." He said.

After getting a "bye" from Azumi, he cut off their connection and he looked back to Akeno, who is still sleeping.

'Must have completely depleted her magical energy to sleep this long.' He thought as he placed her clothes to his pocket dimension and carrying her bridal style to prepare for teleportation. He already prepared a magic circle and he entered it. As the light engulfed them, he felt the familiar dizziness and the feeling of getting pulled as he teleported.

At the shrine...

Looking around, he saw another shrine, but with familiar features of her old home. He smiled sadly while looking at it as he remember how useless he was that time.

'So you still chose a house where you will remember them, or more specifically, Shuri-san.' He thought sadly.

Entering the shrine, he looked around to see it clean in every corner, making him smile. Searching for her room, he already saw the kitchen, the dining room, and the tea ceremony room. Walking inside the room at the left corner, he was met by a futon and a closet, making him smile about how she decorated her room very minimal. He placed her at the futon and placed a blanket, that was by her futon a while ago, over her so that she could be comfortable.

Deciding to cook for her so that she wouldn't need to do it later, he walked out of her room to go to the kitchen. Reaching the kitchen, he looked for ingredients, which is quite a lot, but he settled for a basic western breakfast since he knows that he is not a really good cook. He grabbed some bacon, flour and eggs. He started to make the batter for the pancakes while he is frying the eggs and bacon. As he finished, he placed them on two plates and he placed both plates at the table.

Waiting for her to wake up, he looked around the shrine. There, he saw a lot of pictures, all of them is either with Rias or the whole peerage but one picture caught his attention. It is a picture of Akeno with Issei, making him frown a bit.

"Well, it looks like you already found a new love." He mumbled, oblivious to the figure behind him who heard what he said.

"Ara ara, what do you mean found a new love?" The figure behind him asked, making him widen his eyes and look behind him as fast as he can.

"Akeno." He breathed out, making her smile and giggle.

"Ara ara, what would be the "Crimson-eyed Beast" as the Hakuryuukou said, be doing at my humble home?" She asked, making him silently scoff.

"I would like to ask what would you be doing last night, with no more magic energy and not even noticing where you would teleport?" He asked with a raised eyebrow, making her widen her eyes. She smiled sadly and looked at him.

"I'm slaying some stray devils." She admitted.

"To the point where you depleted your magic energy?" He asked with a blank face. She nodded. He sighed as a pair of fallen and devil wings grew out of his back. He turned his back at her.

"Enjoy your breakfast then, Miss Himejima." He said with a cold undertone, that she heard, making her ashamed at what she did as she remembers that only when he is disappointed at something, he would have a cold undertone at every sentence.

He flew out of the shrine and towards his house, careful not to attract attention at the humans that was already awake at that time. As he reached his house, he flew down towards his front door and opened it, quickly entering his house, before slamming the door and slumping down. He banged his head on his hands a couple of times.

'I'm so fucking stupid! I should have stayed there and talked more. But no! My emotions suddenly burst and I couldn't help but to flee.' He thought as he sighed.

He placed his head in-between by his knees and sighed again. He ruffled his hair in frustration and he let out a loud grunt. Staying in that position for a while, he thought back on the things he did, but it just made him more frustrated. He stood up with a made up mind and went out of his house again and grew out his wings.

'That's it! I'm going back.' He thought. He flew out of his property and flapped his wings, so that he would reach her shrine faster. Reaching at the shrine, he slowly flew down and went on one knee, so that his wings would go back smoothly (don't question his logic). He stood up and walked towards the shrine and knocked at the wooden sliding door. He waited for a while before it opened to reveal Akeno. Her eyes widen when she saw her visitor. Before her mouth open to speak, she was beaten by him scratching the back of his head.

"I... I'm sorry for... how I acted a while ago." He apologized while looking down. She smiled and shook her head.

"It's fine. Please, come in." She said as she moved to the side to make way for him. He smiled a bit and walked in.

Following her to the dining room, they kept a comfortable silence, which he is somehow grateful. When they reached the table, he saw that she still not yet eating her breakfast, making him widen his eyes.

"You didn't eat breakfast...?" He said, making her look at him with a sad smile.

"It's not fun to eat a meal when there are two plates prepared but that person would not eat with you." She said.

He sighed while she giggled as she sat down, he followed quickly.

"Itadakimasu!" They both said as they started eating.

They made small talks, mostly on how their life has been. Even though they already finished eating, they haven't stopped talking. After quite a while, he stood up while she followed suite. Even washing the dishes, they didn't stopped their chat. After quite a while, he stood up and walked towards out of the shrine. He looked back and gave a small smile to Akeno.

"Well, Miss Himejima, I best be going. Thank you for that interesting conversation, let's do it again sometime." He said, which getting a nod and a giggle from Akeno.

"Ara ara, I also must thank you for giving me one of the most interesting conversations. Let us meet again sometime." She said, while bowing.

As she stood back right, he smiled and gave a small nod as his wings grew out of his back and he flew away. When he is already out of sight, she smiled brightly and remembers their conversation a while ago. As she reminisced, she didn't notice the blush forming on her face. At Takeshi's, while he is still flying, he couldn't help but smiled widely at how he spent time with her.

'I really do love her..."

A/N: And that's a wrap! I'm really sorry for the delay, I tried everything to publish this yesterday but since my sister just went back from Singapore, we have to spend time with each other. The first A/N of this chapter is pertaining to the event yesterday, which is Valentine's day since I really planned on publishing this yesterday. Anyway, as we can see that this is the start of repairing their broken relationship before. I;m sorry if it somehow sucked or it really sucked since I'm not good with romantic scenes. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter. Ciao - Frost