The Lone Vigilante Issei – High School DxD
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Hi, guys. It's me. Hide Shinyama.
Sorry for the reeaaalllyyyyy long delay but life has been busy and my internet has been interrupted last weekend.
And no, I do not have any problems with my computer. All of that is fine. I was just referring to those weird occurrences that have been happening while I was writing my story.
Speaking of which. I have to state that none of the things you guys read in the last chapter happened whatsoever. I was not dragged into the PC by a mysterious hand and then gagged and tied up… but I digress. I'm fine, as you can see, alive and well.
Anyway, about the story. I looked through the story and I thought that the story… could have been written better. So… I decided to start anew.
Please forgive me for ending the story up till the last chapter so abruptly… I really feel like doing this…
But anyway…Here is…
Chapter 1 – A new beginning
3rd September, Monday, about 7:29 am – Kuoh, Hyoudou residence, Issei's room
"Onii-chan, wake up! Onii-chan, wake up! Onii-ch-" the alarm clock went, until a hand stopped it.
"Haah" a young man groaned in his bed. "I had the greatest dream about oppai and it all went up in smoke…"
His name is Issei Hyoudou, a freshman in high school aged 15. A not so bad looking brunette who could be quite the looker… if he weren't so perverted… Issei Hyoudou is not someone you would call restrained… In fact, he loves porn… lots of porn... especially when it comes to breasts! He and his friends Matsuda and Motohama like to peek on girls while they are dressing. Of course, they would never get away with it, since the middle school kendo club (their most frequent victims of their harassment) would always beat them up with their kendo sticks.
But that wouldn't stop his perversion, oh no. He only got more determined to achieve his goal of becoming a harem king. Something he had always wished since elementary school.
And that was why he was having this dream about oppai, only for him to once again return back to reality. And that was why he was having this dream about oppai, only for him to once again return back to reality. After getting dressed for school, he went downstairs where his mum and dad were.
"Good morning, Issei" said his mum.
"Morning mum, morning dad" Issei replied.
"Good morning to you, son. Did you sleep well?" his father asked.
"Yeah, I did. I actually did have quite the dream…" Issei said with a goofy grin.
"Ufufufu…" Issei's mother giggled. "It's about girls again, isn't it?"
"I'm sure it is" Issei's father replied with a smile. "Issei, is probably dreaming about having a harem or something.
"Mum! Dad! Stop it you're embarrassing me!" Issei said flustered.
"But it's true, isn't it?" asked his mum.
"Well… yeah! I mean, who would not want a harem? So don't make fun of it!"
"We're not making fun of it," his dad said. "We just like how ambitious you get because of it".
"Yes, we do…" Issei's mum said. "Yes, we do… But anyway" she said switching the subject "your father and I got us tickets for the next showing of Parsifal. Isn't it great? And it starts at 5 pm today!"
Issei sighed. His parents loved opera and listened to Librettos of all kind, while singing to it. Unfortunately, Issei got annoyed of hearing it, so he would go to his room and listen to music in his room on his headphones – or go to one of his friends' house to watch porn. Thus, he had no intention of sitting through hours of opera howling. So he decided to make up an excuse.
"Umm, sorry, but I was planning on going-"
"Issei!" his mum interrupts. "We bought tickets for all of us and they weren't cheap! Wouldn't it be a waste, if you didn't go?
"Yeah, but…" Issei tried to explain. "I hate opera. It's so long a-and to be honest I get bored with it real fast."
"Well, then you've got to get used to it," his dad replied firmly. "Family time like this is precious and your mother and I want to make the most of it - together." Issei sighed, but his father puts a hand on his shoulder.
"Son, you know your mum and I are busy with work… and I know you don't like opera, but it's just that the opportunity for it is something that doesn't come by very often."
"I don't know, dad…" Issei responded.
"Look, whatever you've got planned can wait some other time," Issei's dad said. "Besides, maybe we can do something you would like the next time."
"Yeah…" Issei said, before looking at the time. The clock said 7:35 am. He still had plenty of time, yet he did not want to argue with them much longer.
"I've got to go," Issei said, as his parents waved their son goodbye.
"Don't forget! Opera at five! Come home after school so we can go immediately!" Issei's mum says.
"OK!" Issei shouts before putting on his shoes, taking his school bag and walking out.
"Bye, son!" his dad calls out before the door slams shut.
"Sigh, if only he someone could show him the beauty of opera…" Issei's dad said sadly.
"Oh, don't worry" his wife said happily. "At least he's got a girlfriend. She might prove him wrong. I'm sure of it. But now…" she looked at him with a wide grin.
"Oh, yes…" he looked at her grinning ear to ear and together they started singing the final line of Wagner's Parsifal: "Höchsten heil'ges Wunder…"
3rd September, Monday, about 7:39 am – Kuoh, on the way to school
"Stupid opera, so annoying…" Issei murmured while hurrying to school. While Issei certainly loved his parents, he could not help but feel annoyed at his parents' insistence that that he go to the opera with them. Sure, they wanted him to spend more time with them, but he could not help the feeling of being embarrassed of his doting parents. Besides, he really wanted to see the next Hentai Moon episodes with his friends (yes that is a thing though not in canon universe).
Issei decided to put those thoughts aside for now, when he saw a girl running towards him waving her arm in the air and calling his name.
"Ise!" the girl called out to Issei using his nickname that only one person in the world would use.
Issei just smiled, as he waved back. The girl ran towards him and jumped on him, wrapping her arms and legs around him. Issei caught her and hugged her back.
"Ohayou, Sally! Cheerful as ever, eh?" Issei said happily.
Sally giggled in response.
"Hai! After all, how else should I be reacting when I see my boyfriend? Ehehehe…" Sally giggled, before getting off him.
Now, Sally was a girl with sky-blue eyes, coral pink hair, cut short and slightly curled at the ends, with a red bow on the left side of her head. Currently, she was wearing the Kuoh school uniform for girls. It consisted of a white long-sleeved, button-down shirt with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, a black shoulder cape and matching button-down corset, and a magenta skirt with white accents. But most importantly of all, the school uniform looked alluring on her.
Issei still had to get used to seeing the love of his life with the Kuoh Academy uniform on. Noticing this, Sally gave a humored smile.
"Teehee… like what you see?" Sally teased.
"Uhh… yeah… Your school uniform looks great as always," Issei complemented her.
"Yeah, except everyone at school wears this, teehee…" Sally giggled.
"Yeah, but it fits no one better than my sweet Sally, ehehe…" Issei giggled too.
"Yeah, but some of the girls there have bigger boobs than little old me…" Sally responded with mock-sadness.
Issei grinned, as an idea came to his mind. He took the initiative and put his palms of his hands on Sally's oppai.
"KYAH! What are you doing?" Sally yelped in surprise. Issei grinned deviously.
"What I'm doing? Just pressing your oppai so that it can grow bigger of course…" Issei smirked. Sally smirked back in response, as she intentionally pushed her chest right into Issei's palms. She moaned at the feeling of being groped, while Issei was starting to pant with arousal at the feeling of Sally's middle-sized oppai being pressed against his hands. The two of them wanted to make out right where they stood, but then they heard noise coming from some bushes near them.
Turning their faces towards the bushes, the two of them heard a lot of unusual rustling coming from there and… some moaning as well.
Out of curiosity, Sally and Issei interrupted what they were doing and went quietly towards the bushes. And that's when they saw it.
Sally and Issei saw both Nathalie and Matsuda, their best friends respectively lying on top of each other and kissing passionately. Matsuda had his hand under Nathalie's skirt right now – which Nathalie seemed to enjoy. They both were so deep into their lovemaking that they didn't notice Sally and Issei approach until Issei cleared his throat.
Seeing that they were discovered Matsuda and Nathalie yelped and backed off but calmed down when they realized that the persons in question were none other than Sally and Issei.
"Yeesh!" Matsuda complained. "You were interrupting our quality make-out session!"
"Y-yeah!" Nathalie added, as she adjusted her disheveled Kuoh Academy uniform. "What do you think you were doing? For a second there, we thought you were some random passerby."
Issei and Sally chuckled embarrassed.
"Sorry, you guys…" Issei said sheepishly.
"…Yeah, sorry about that…" Sally apologized as well.
Nathalie and Matsuda muttered in complaint, as they got up. A little while later they were on their way to Kuoh Academy. As the four of them crossed the road, Sally spoke up.
"Did you hear that Julie got together with Motohama?" Sally asked the others, who widened their eyes in surprise.
"Really? Those two are together now?" Nathalie replied astonished to which Sally nodded her head eagerly.
"How did this happen?" Matsuda queried.
"Oh, you won't believe it. They went on a date yesterday to the park, you know… just to chill out there," everyone else nodded as they listened eagerly to Sally's narration.
"Anyway, they were sitting awkwardly next to each other on the bench and… here goes… they said nothing – for five minutes – until they started to confess to each other out of the blue, like this: 'Hey, uh… I like you! Please be my boyfriend!'… or girlfriend in Matsuda's case!" Sally said, mimicking the way the two of them allegedly spoke in a shy and awkward manner at first, but then in a forced flushed way at the end. The other three snickered at Sally's impression of them.
"Really?" Issei asked quizzically, still grinning.
"Uhuh…" Sally nodded with a smile again. "Julie told me on the phone. She sounded so happy, like she was in heaven. If I remember correctly, Julie was calling from some place with a lot of people. I think she and Motohama went to some place special."
"And where did they go?" Matsuda asked.
"I think they went out for dinner. She didn't quite tell me and to be honest I didn't want to take too much of her time, so I thought maybe I would ask her tomorrow."
"Whoa… but that means…" Issei looked at Matsuda.
"Yeah, you know what that means…" Matsuda looked back at Issei.
""ALL THREE OF US WILL GRADUATE FROM OUR VIRGINITY TOGETHER!"" Issei and Matsuda shouted with joy.
"Teehee… eager to have sex, eh?" Sally commented with a chuckle.
"Yeah. Speaking of which, we would have lost our virginity earlier if you and Issei hadn't interrupted," Nathalie reminded Sally with a slight hint of annoyance. Sally and Issei just sweat a drop.
""Sorry…"" Sally and Issei replied.
"Speaking of those two, where are they?" Issei wondered.
Everyone just shrugged their shoulders.
"I'm not sure," Sally answered. "Maybe they are already at the academy… I don't know…"
"Ok…" Matsuda said. "…I guess we'll see them there, hopefully."
3rd September, Monday, about 7:52 am – in front of Kuoh Academy
The four of them walked on until they reached Kuoh Academy. Kuoh Academy was a huge building that had a lot of students ranging from elementary school students, middle school students and high school students. It used to be an all-girls academy until it was turned into a co-ed school not too long ago. Right now, the school was bustling with students wearing the same school uniform that they had on. Everyone was either hanging out with friends, talking or going inside for classes – just like Sally, Nathalie, Matsuda and Issei were.
Nonetheless, despite the many students, the four of them had yet to discover Motohama and Julie. Where were they…?
While they were looking, Issei saw a group of students (mostly girls) gathered around for something. After Issei signaled the others to follow him, they went towards the crowd and found out the reason for the gathering.
"No way! You went on a date!?" they heard a girl exclaimed in surprise.
"How was it? Was it good?" they heard another girl speak.
"Damn you, Motohama! How come a pervert like you gets to lose his virginity before me!?" a boy shouted in frustration.
Issei, Matsuda, Sally and Nathalie managed to peer through all these people and were able to see Motohama and Julie, who were holding hands together with reddened cheeks and blushing smiles. One had to admit, the two of them looked rather cute together.
"Hey, guys!" Issei called out with a grin. Motohama looked at his friend and waved his hand in response.
"Issei, my man! What's up?" Motohama replied with a content smile. The crowd parted somewhat to make way for Issei and his friends.
"I heard you and Julie got together," Issei said, as he turned his face towards Julie. "Isn't that right?"
Julie nodded humbly, her face still blushing from shyness.
"Yes… we did…" Julie replied softly.
Sally went up to Julie and hugged her happily, causing Julie to yelp in surprise.
"Congratulations, Julie. You can't believe how happy we are. Teehee…" Sally giggled.
"Congratulations from me, too…" Nathalie added, as she fiddled her thumbs. She really did not want to put her friend on the spotlight like this, knowing how shy she is. Nevertheless, she was happy for her friend and it would be rude not to congratulate her.
"Thanks, girls…" Julie answered with a smile, as she returned Sally's hug.
In the meantime, the boys were giving high fives to each other.
"Dude," Matsuda said in excitement. "With you having a girlfriend that means…"
"The perverted trio are no longer single!" Issei exclaimed with a raised fist.
"And we're all going to graduate from our virginity!" Motohama added with a grin.
"""OUR DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE!""" all three of them exclaimed in uttermost joy.
In contrast, some of the boys in the crowd began to slump to the ground in defeat (probably because they neither had girlfriends, let alone lost their virginity).
"Why… O Lord Most High…" sighed one desperate male student in a rather solemn fashion.
"Oh, thou who sits on the throne of Heaven… Why hast thou forsaken us?" another one prayed on his knees, looking towards heaven.
"It can't be… it can't be… in a world like this… God can't possibly exist," another student muttered darkly to himself, only to stand up in a dramatic fashion and shout to the heavens: "I defy you! Do you hear me? I DEFY YOU!"
Some of the other students (including the perverted trio and their girlfriends) to drop a sweat at what the pathetic looking students were doing.
"Are they all right?" one girl asked a bit unsettled.
"For some reason I don't think so," her friend next to her replied.
"What's wrong with those guys?" a female middle school student among the high school students wondered.
"Yeah, who uses 'thou' these days?" a male student remarked (he probably had a girlfriend but that is my guess).
Then the bell rang and everyone departed to his or her classrooms (except the three desperate students on the ground).
The perverted trio and their girlfriends also departed to their classes, each of them holding their respective girlfriends by the hand.
Unlike those losers, Issei, Matsuda and Motohama were actually lucky. They had girlfriends – and they were just first-year students, too! Not many can boast about having girlfriends at that age. In fact, many people would remain virgins or forever alone until their thirties if they were lucky (though that defies the definition of forever).
However, as the perverted trio glanced back at the three loners, they could not shake the feeling… that they would have been in that situation… if not for certain circumstances…
3rd September, Monday, about 8:03 am – Kuoh Academy, in class
Everyone had just taken his or her seats in the classroom. Their first lesson today was in biology and everyone had already packed out their things on the table. The teacher had not arrived yet and so all the students were still talking together – including our six lovebirds.
Yes, indeed. Issei and Sally, Matsuda and Nathalie, Motohama and Julie were all in the same class together, which they thought was a good thing because they could now be together inside and out of classes.
Unfortunately, they did not sit together. The three girls were sitting at the back while the perverted trio sat further up front. Nonetheless, it didn't really matter to them anyway for the six of them were together at least. Speaking of their relationships, while Sally, Nathalie and some of the other girls were talking to Julie about her date with Motohama, the perverted trio were discussing on how to lose their virginity to their girlfriends.
"So, how do we get them in bed with us?" Issei asked.
"I'd say we'll just ask them. I mean… they would want that too, right?" Motohama suggested, to which Issei and Matsuda immediately shook their heads.
"No way! That's way too cheap. Besides, there are better ways to do it," Matsuda said.
"Like… how?" Motohama wondered.
"Like… Enjoying a candlelight dinner… no scratch that! Here is my advice: Watch a romantic movie together and get them in the mood. Then… go for the kill! Sounds like a better idea, right?" Matsuda looked at his friends, hoping to get a positive answer. Issei and Motohama just mulled about it, trying to evaluate Matsuda's advice.
"It sounds good… admittedly… But I've got a slight improvement to it…" Issei answered.
"And what's that?" Matsuda asked curiously to which Issei tried to hold in a chuckle.
"…Watching a porn movie… pff…" Issei replied, trying to hold in a laughter.
The other two were dumbfounded.
"Seriously?" Motohama replied astounded.
"But… Don't girls hate porn?" Matsuda questioned.
After Issei calmed down from his laughing fit, he started to explain.
"You would be surprised what statistics say about girls watching porn in secret. And you know why they do? Because they also hope to have sex in the sexiest ways possible, hoping to be dominated by a manly man for example," Issei explained. Matsuda and Motohama nodded as they listened, being completely absorbed into what Issei had to say.
"However, sometimes girls need to be reminded of their horny passions or actually need to be introduced to them. What better way to do so than to watch sexy movies together," Issei reasoned. Motohama and Matsuda were still not comfortable with Issei's advice.
"I don't know if I'm comfortable with this…" Motohama voiced concerned, fidgeting in his seat.
Issei put his hand on Motohama in comfort, as a good friend would.
"Come on, Motohama. It's worth a try. Besides, Julie knows about your fetishes just as Sally knows about my fetishes and Nathalie knows about Matsuda's. Heck, we're known as the perverted trio, for goodness sake! We're not called that for nothing! So, if they ended up with us and love us for who we are, then… why would it unthinkable for them to watch a porno together," Issei reasoned.
That explanation was, not completely, but truly clearing away their doubts. If they thought about it, they reasoned, it made perfect sense. All three of them flaunted their perverseness in public and everybody hated them for it. Yet, here were Sally, Nathalie and Julie who one by one fell in love with each of them and ended up being together with them. It was still hard to believe and yet that was reality.
All three of them had girlfriends now.
And they did so, despite their perverted behavior. Who knows? Maybe even because of their perverted behavior!
So, it was settled.
The perverted trio would watch porn together with their girlfriends – or at least introduce them to it – get them into the mood and then lose their V-card.
Issei, Matsuda and Motohama looked at each other's eyes, neither of them saying a word. They did not even need to do so. Why? For they saw the confidence and appreciation beaming from their faces. All three of them could see that they all wanted the same thing and that they wanted to use Issei's suggestion.
Truly, their friendship was beautiful… the most beautiful thing in the world…
[You touch my tralala… My Ding-Ding-Dong…] a draconic voice sounded.
"""?"""
The perverted trio looked around them in confusion and slight irritation. For some reason, someone had just interrupted the perverted trio's beautiful moment of friendship.
"What the f*** was that?" Matsuda asked, as he looked around to find the source.
"I don't know…" Motohama replied equally confused.
"For some weird reason, I feel like… this has happened before… like something is missing… somehow…" Issei said, as he looked at his left arm. He had the strange feeling that whatever was missing it had something to do with his left arm.
Sally noticed how the three of them were looking around weirdly and was about to ask them what the matter was. However, just when she was about to do so, the teacher came in through the door, putting down her stuff at her desk. It would be considered a normal class session with a normal routine for the first-year class except… the teacher was someone who they had never seen before.
Some of the students had stopped talking to each other the moment they saw the teacher. For not only was the teacher someone they did not expect to see but the teacher… was a drop-dead gorgeous young woman, wearing a gray suit, skirt, leggings and high heels. Moreover, her red-brown hair was tied to a pony-tail and was held together by a ribbon – something they have never seen a teacher wear before. In addition to that, her green, emerald eyes were dazzling, shining with sincere happiness of being in this class, yet still reflecting maturity and responsibility.
Overall, she was smoking hot…
Some of the guys were so stunned, they started to drip saliva out of lust – especially the three boys who had made a scene outside earlier this morning (yes, they were in the same class). Even some of the girls couldn't help but feel slack-jawed at the young woman before them. She seemed… perfect… with looks rivaling that of the two hottest second-year students Akeno Himejima and Rias Gremory.
The perverted trio likewise couldn't help but feel surprised at her appearance. This woman… who was she? For some reason, in addition to being fascinated by her beauty, (they tried their best to shake it off for the sake of their girlfriends) they couldn't help but feel… that they've met her somewhere before.
As the young teacher had taken out her things and gone to the blackboard, everyone waited expectantly for her to say something.
"Good morning, class. Today we will continue Mr. Horikawa has left off on the subject of natural selection and speciation. Unfortunately, Mr. Horikawa can't do so himself because he is in the hospital right now and won't be able to return for the rest of the year," the young teacher said with a lovely but professionally sounding voice. What she said caused everyone to gasp from shock.
"Umm… sensei? Why is Horikawa-sensei in the hospital?" a student asked, raising her hand. At that, the teacher became a bit somber.
"That's because he was ambushed by a robber last night. The robber… beat him up rather severely… leaving him with a lot of fractures and broken bones… that's why," the attractive new teacher responded with some seriousness.
Everyone murmured upon hearing that. They may not have liked Mr. Horikawa that much – he had reprimanded even the perverted trio quite a lot for stashing porn in their desks. But even the strict mustache-sporting teacher did not deserve this. For the first time in their lives, they actually felt sorry for him.
"Sensei," another student spoke up. "What about the robber?" he asked.
"I heard the police caught him in the act," the teacher replied. "We should be grateful for that."
"Sensei, are you going to be our replacement for the rest of the year?" Nathalie asked this time.
"That's right," the teacher said with a smile. "Until Mr. Horikawa recovers that is."
Everyone was whispering excitedly at that.
"Did you hear that?" one student whispered. "We're going to have her till the rest of the year!"
"This is the best day of my life! This woman is going to rock our worlds, if you know what I mean…" another student said suggestively.
"You're a pervert, you know? Ogling at the new teacher like that," Nathalie snapped at the previous student.
"Speaking of which, what's her name?" Julie wondered.
This caused everyone to ask themselves the question as well. Who was she?
The one to ask that would be none other than Issei Hyoudou, who managed to raise his hand first.
"Excuse me, sensei?" Issei spoke up.
"Yes, what is it, Issei?" the teacher responded.
Issei was taken aback at being called by his first name by this new teacher – and so were the others.
Fighting his flustered state, Issei asked "H-how did you know my name?"
She looked at him a giggle. "Teehee. I'm your biology teacher after all. I know everyone's names in this class. Now, what were you going to ask?"
Overcoming his surprise, Issei asked away. "Sensei, we haven't gotten your name yet. So…"
The teacher gasped in mock surprise before giggling again.
"Oh, how silly of me. Teehee. I forgot to introduce myself," the attractive biology teacher said, before turning around and picking up a piece of chalk to write her name on the blackboard.
After finishing, she turned around and properly introduced herself.
"Hello, everyone. My name is Monique," the teacher now known as Monique said. Some of the students raised their eyebrows out of confusion. Did she not have a last name?
"Umm… That's it?" Issei asked, getting Monique's attention once again. "Monique…"
"Just Monique. Teehee," she replied, before turning her attention to the rest of the class.
"I hope we get along just fine," Monique replied with the brightest smile, causing every male student to fall down headfirst unto the table and drift into dreamland with a happy grin – including Matsuda and Motohama who were trying so hard to maintain their links towards their girlfriends. This did not go unnoticed by Julie and Nathalie who were now frowning at their boyfriends for being borderline unfaithful towards them. They decided that after class, they needed to have some words with them. That is doubly true after they overheard what their boyfriends were saying.
"More porno material… ehehehe…" Matsuda smiled with a perverted grin.
"Fap… I need to go to the bathroom and fap…" Motohama grinned happily as well.
Only Issei, seemed to not to be affected by it. He just sat there, looking at Monique with a different kind of interest.
'Something… seems familiar about her… but what?' Issei thought.
After introducing herself the class session started and everyone were back to learning mode… or as good as they could be.
3rd September, Monday, about 9:33 am – Kuoh Academy, after biology class
The bell had just rung and everyone was just leaving the class, including the perverted trio and their girlfriends. A little while ago, Nathalie and Julie asked Sally and Issei for some time alone with their boyfriends. It was clear from the slight glares on their faces – and the slightly intimidated look on Matsuda's and Motohama's faces – that they were going to have a little talking to for ogling the new teacher.
Sally had to giggle at that. At least her boyfriend didn't lust after her like all the other horny guys in class. Issei, on the other hand, wiped the sweat of nervousness of his face. If Nathalie and even the shy and timid Julie could be so intimidating when angry… he just did not want to know what Sally would have been capable of.
Anyway, the two of them were walking through the halls and were talking about what they were going to do this evening. Issei was about to suggest watching a porno movie together (so that they could get in the mood to have sex later). However, two things stood in his way – one of which was, of course, Issei's nervousness in asking this proposal, despite his confidence in his plan earlier.
The other reason was something Issei almost forgot until it suddenly hit him just when he was thinking about how to spend the evening together. This caused Issei to hesitate, something Sally noticed.
"Ise? What were you going to suggest?" Sally asked.
"Well, I was going to suggest that… uhhh… never mind… until I just remembered that my mom and dad wanted us to go watch an opera this evening…" Issei groaned. He definitely was going to be bored to death. "I was hoping that we do something together this evening and not something like this…"
Sally had an uncertain expression on her face but, nevertheless, tried to cheer Issei up.
"Ise… I understand how you feel… but to be honest I wouldn't pass up a chance like this if I were you. I mean, operas are quite nice to watch," Sally responded. This caused Issei to grumble more.
"Yeah, but…" Issei protested. "… Operas… are not my thing." He then listed up his reasons for his dislike for operas.
"One: They're in a foreign language – in this case it would be in German which I don't understand. Two: They're too long. They're boring. Which is why, three: I fall asleep and so waste everyone's time and money. Trust me. Those tickets were not exactly cheap," Issei explained using his fingers to number his arguments.
Sally nodded, though on the inside she still seemed to disagree with her boyfriend. On the one hand she understood that sitting through something one personally didn't like wasn't a nice thing. But what could she do to…? And then Sally had an idea.
"Ise. I think I've got the solution," Sally spoke up with a cheerful smile.
Issei raised his eyebrows with interest. "Oh? What have you got?" he asked.
"How about we go together with your parents?" Sally suggested.
Issei was perplexed at her suggestion – and a bit happy at the same time. He was perplexed because he wondered what Sally was thinking and happy because he could still spend time with the girl he loved (even if he was going to spend time with her in a less than ideal way). Nonetheless, Issei did have some questions.
"Uh, just to be curious… Do you happen to love opera?" Issei asked innocuously to which Sally nodded affirmatively.
"To be honest. I do. Sure, I may not understand everything in it, but the original stories from which the operas are derived from, the rich symbolisms and musical motives like the themes of the various characters… they enrich the opera so much… that it's… well… overwhelming…" Sally explained with glowing fascination. Issei just shrugged his shoulders.
"Well… that's good for you… I guess… But… I still don't know if I'll be bored out of my skull there or not…" Issei said.
"Well… maybe you have to look at it this way: Don't try to see it as a chore… but rather as a way to put yourself at edge above your classmates," Sally reasoned. Issei looked at her confused. What was she talking about?
"I see you don't quite understand me. All right. I'll explain," Sally started as she leaned with her back against the wall. "For example, Wagner and his musical works are quite well known throughout the world, so much that they influence everything we know and do about music today – like movies for example."
Issei nodded. Ok, but does this have to do with anything? Sally continued her explanation further.
"Therefore, when we are studying literature, music or even history you might get a huge advantage when you learn about Wagner's works in detail, like what I mentioned earlier: Themes, symbolisms, musical motifs… but other aspects like the history of Wagner and the times he lived in or… even about the myths and legends that Wagner put into his works, like the Arthurian legends for example."
Issei nodded some more. He still had some objections, but slowly but surely his objections were being chipped away. Even though he still dreaded to go to the opera this evening, Sally made everything… sound so interesting. He didn't know why but Sally always had this intellect, this knowledge and ability to teach and persuade people… almost like a teacher…
Suddenly while Issei thought this his head started hurting. He clutched a hand to his head. What was that? Why did Sally and the word teacher… sound so fitting?
"Ise? Ise? Are you ok?" Sally asked in a panic. Some of the other students in the hall also had their faces turned towards Issei out of curiosity and interest. Issei's pain subsided not long thereafter and seeing how he was getting their attention, he sought to allay their concerns.
"I'm fine… I'm fine… no need to worry about me…" Issei told them and so the previously concerned students went on with business as usual. Only Sally still had a worried look on her face.
"Ise… are you sure? We can go to the nurse's office if you're not feeling well…" Sally said.
"No, really. I'm fine. I… don't know what came over me… but whatever it was, I'm fine now. Anyway, where were we?" Issei said, trying to get back to the original issue.
Sally tried to remember what she was going to say… if she was going to say something, but then Issei just remembered.
"Oh, yeah!" Issei exclaimed. "Now I know! Now I know… if we do happen to decide how we are going. How are we going to figure out what the singers are saying? I mean, they're going to sing in German and my German isn't so good."
Sally giggled as she pulled out her smart phone. "With this. We can upload the whole transcript of the opera with translations. We live in the 21st century after all. Teehee…"
Issei hit his head with the palm of his hand. Of course! Why didn't he think of that…?
"And besides," Sally continued with a smile. "In case you do have questions about the various aspects of the opera we're going to watch, I can always help to explain these to you. My explanations might not be perfect, but I think they will be useful."
Issei smiled back. This day… might not be so bad after all… with Sally at his side he might…
But then Issei realized he forgot about something. Something very important.
"Uh… Sally…?" Issei started.
Sally tilted her head at Issei's sudden change of demeanor. "Yes, Ise?"
"To get into the theater you must have a ticket… How are you going to get in?" Issei asked, leading Sally to gasp. He knew it… he just knew this was all too good to be true.
Sally looked down at her feet, being flustered at forgetting about the entry costs. She looked up towards Issei meekly with embarrassment.
"Well… How much does a ticket cost?" Sally asked.
Issei sighed in exasperation. "It isn't so much about the cost… It's more about the reservation of the seats – and they're booked!" At that, Sally slumped defeated on her knees.
"Uhh… No opera for me…" Sally murmured in depression. Some of the students passing by looked at her with worry, though unlike with Issei they did not linger on and just minded their own business. Nevertheless, Issei still tried to cheer her up from her depression before too much attention came upon them.
"Umm… Don't worry… Umm…" Issei stuttered, as he did his best in cheering Sally up. "The next time my parents want to bring me to an opera I'll just convince them bring you along with me…"
Before he could do more, his phone rang. Issei cursed, as he pulled it from his pocket.
'Out of all times now… Who on earth could it…' Issei thought, before he saw who was trying to call him on his phone screen. It was his father.
'Dad? That's strange… Why would he call now?' Issei wondered before accepting the call.
"Hey, dad," Issei greeted.
"Hello, son. Did I call you at an inconvenient time?" Issei's father asked.
"In a way…" Issei said, as he looked at Sally with worry, who was still on the floor. "…But it doesn't really matter. What gives?"
"Well… listen… I know you may not like opera, but…" Issei's father spoke hesitatingly, something that caught Issei's attention.
"What? What's wrong?" Issei asked.
"Well… here's the thing: While we said that we wanted to go as a family… We originally had a friend who was also planning to go with us…" Issei's father explained.
Issei raised his eyebrow at that. "Really? Who?"
"Yatogami-san, my colleague from work. However, he has been ill for quite a few days now. And so… I was wondering – and I'll admit it is a silly question asking you – but do you have someone that you know who might be interested in coming?" Issei's dad asked. However, Issei froze upon hearing his request. Did he just…?
"Issei? Son? Are you still there?" Issei's father asked, getting Issei's attention back to reality.
"Yeah, yeah… I am…" Issei answered quickly.
"Oh good… I thought the line went dead. Anyway, I… probably asking you wasn't the wisest decision. Your mother insisted that I do so… but knowing you I know you wo-"
But then Issei interrupted his father with a voice tinged in excitement.
"Are you kidding? This is great!" Issei exclaimed with an odd sense of happiness.
"Uhh… What? Really? I thought…" his father tried to say but Issei cut him off again.
"Well… it's not about me, really. It's more about Sally, you know… my girlfriend…" Issei hinted, which his father quickly understood.
"Ohh… I get it… You want to go on a date with her while we are doing things together as a family… I see…" Issei's father said with a smile on the other line.
"Yeah, and not only that. She loves opera. And she said she would help me… make the opera feel less boring… so to speak…" Issei explained.
"Wait. You're not planning to do anything… pervy there, are you?" Issei's dad asked with some suspicion.
"No!" Issei denied emphatically. "I mean she will help me with understand the libretto better, like explaining the motifs… and so…" Issei clarified to which Issei's father chuckled, much to his relief.
"Oh, I see… That's good to hear…" Issei's father responded. "Well, tell her she's welcome to come. We'll meet at home at five o'clock, so I hope you two will be there, ok?"
"Yup," Issei responded.
"Well. See you soon. Bye!" Issei's father said.
"Bye!" Issei responded before ending the call. Issei turned to Sally, who was still catatonic and on her knees. He snapped his fingers to get her attention.
"Sally?" Issei called out to get her attention, which didn't work.
"Sally!" he called again, which succeeded in getting Sally to raise her head. "I've got some good news!" Issei told his girlfriend excited.
Sally was still feeling down, but her eyes showed at least some interest.
"Oh? How so?" Sally asked.
"My dad just called. He said he had another ticket from a sick co-worker who couldn't come. He asked whether I knew someone who would want to come. I mentioned you and that means we can go to the opera together!" Issei told Sally the good news. Upon hearing it, Sally immediately jumped on Issei and hugged him with joy.
"Oh, really! Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you…" Sally said, giving him a kiss on the cheek. This caused some students walking by to stop and look.
"Kyaa! Sally-san looks so cute when she is so happy!" a girl squealed.
"Yeah, but why did she have to be with Issei Hyoudou out of all people?" her friend next to her wondered.
"Damn thee, Hyoudou! Why dost thou get a girl, while we remain alone? How long, Oh LORD? How long? Until Thou takest vengeance on perverted losers like Issei Hyoudou here!" one of the three lonely losers from before cried out and cursed Issei in despair.
"Oh, why God? Are Thy mercies not new every morning? How could Thou do this to us?" one of the other losers wailed and prayed desperately.
"Brothers, let us forsake this cruel being that looks upon the sons of men and delights in their misery! Let us do from now on as we please!" the third member of the lonely loser trio (whom we are going to name so from now on) said to his comrades. "If we cannot get women, then we shall at least get a whiff of them."
Then he pulls out a number of panties from out of nowhere.
"Here, brothers! Sniff and eat, for this is the next best thing we shall acquire!" he told his two buddies, earning frowns and whispers from some of the bystanders and horrified looks from his two comrades. Sally and Issei on the other hand just looked on stunned, while still in a hugging position, unsure on what to do.
"Dear brother," the first member of the apparently perverted lonely loser trio whispered in a panic. "I don't think showing off those panties in public is a good idea!"
"Indeed!" the other one whispered in a panic as well. "Thou out of all people shouldst know that if anyone shouldst know about it, then we ar-"
"HEY! THOSE ARE OUR PANTIES, YOU THIEVES!" a cry came from the other end of the hallway. Everyone turned to the source of the voice and saw some angry kendo club members with some shinais, shouting all kinds of aggressive threats against the three losers.
"GET THEM!"
"KILL THEM!"
"HOIST THEM UP AND SHOVE SOME SHINAIS UP THEIR BUTTS!"
The three of their faces whitened out of fear.
"Brothers! Let's hasten from here!" the first one shouted, moving his legs first.
"Let us fly, you fool!" the second one told the third one with an angry glare.
The third one, seemed torn in his decision on what to do next, before letting his instincts take him over.
"Good idea! Damn thee, Hyoudou!" the third one cursed, as he ran with the kendo club hot on their heels.
After the kendo club rushed past the bystanders and around the corner to get the three perverted lonely loser trio (an even longer name, but more accurate if you ask me), the remaining people just looked in bewilderment.
"What was that?" asked one girl.
"Did I just end up in a drama or something?" a boy asked next.
"Why on earth would anyone use 'thee' and 'thou'? Where do they think they are? In the Middle Ages?" another girl asked.
"Are they Christians? Because I'm pretty sure they were praying to the Christian God, right?" a third-year student asked her friend.
"I don't know. But I heard they were doing it this morning and judging by the way they were doing it, I guess they are," her friend answered.
"No way," another girl shook her head. "The guy with the panties seemed to be an atheist or something because he was not praying at all."
"To be honest, I don't think anyone of them is a Christian if they go around stealing panties from the kendo club like that," another boy remarked to his blonde-haired friend.
"You know what? Let's forget this never happened. It's crazy enough as it is," the blonde-haired boy remarked.
"Good idea, Saji," he replied. Saji nodded and together with the other students went on with their business as usual.
When everyone had gone, only Issei and Sally were left still hugging each other. They slowly let go of each other and decided to forget the nonsensical scene that happened before them just a few moments ago.
"So… Ise…" Sally spoke up, thus breaking the silence between them.
"Yeah?" Issei replied.
"Where do we meet and when do we go?" Sally asked.
"The opera starts at 5 o'clock. We'll meet at my house right after school. We'll go together," Issei answered.
Sally giggled and gave him another peck on the cheek.
"I'm going to the bathroom. See you then. Teehee…" Sally said before departing with a giggle.
"Yeah. See you," Issei answered with a gentle smile. He may not lose his virginity tonight but at least… he could endure through a boring opera night with the girl of his dreams…
As he looked at the watch, he saw that break time was over in two minutes. He headed towards his class and was interrupted by the sound of pained cries of male students being beaten by shinais. Issei looked back and reminisced at how he, Matsuda and Motohama had also been like that not too long ago until they had met their respective girlfriends, peeping on the kendo club as they undressed themselves, checking out their underwear and their three sizes. Some very amusing times, except for the fact that the kendo club would beat the crap out of them later just like the perverted lonely loser trio right now.
All of that… that was who he was until he met Sally.
He still remembered the day they first met. It was…
Huh?
'That's strange,' Issei thought, scratching his head while doing so. 'How…'
Suddenly the bell rang, waking him out of his thoughts. He looked up the staircase and went up to his classroom before everyone else. Yet… one thought remained while he was on his way there.
'How did I meet her… again?'
3rd September, Monday, about 4:23 pm – Kuoh, Hyoudou residence, Issei's room
School had ended about an hour ago and Issei was now lying in bed just waiting for Sally to come by. During the second break they agreed to meet at about 4:30 pm at his house so that they could go together with his parents. Issei had to admit that going out with his girlfriend along with his parents was not exactly what he had wished for, but it was better than doing so without Sally. He also managed to tell Matsuda and Motohama that he couldn't do anything with them together because of his plans for this evening. Matsuda and Motohama shrugged for it turns out they had to other plans for this evening – namely to invite their respective girlfriends to their homes and get them to watch porn with them, excited at the prospect of losing their virginity. Issei had to chuckle at their plans for tonight. After all, it was his idea. Granted, it wasn't foolproof but at least it was worth a shot.
Issei sighed. It was just too bad he couldn't try it out tonight. Instead he had to go to an opera…
Just then, the bell rang downstairs. Issei perked up, got out of his bed and ran down the staircase. He quickly opened the door and was stunned to see Sally with a red dress, low heels and a nice faux-leather coat over her dress.
"Hi, Issei," Sally greeted her boyfriend, the latter still looking at her with his mouth agape.
Seeing Issei's surprise, she moved her face closer towards him with a playful smile.
"Like what you see?" Sally asked. This caused Issei to wake up to reality.
"Yeah, yeah… You look great…" Issei replied flustered. Just then, some footsteps came from down the staircase.
"Issei," Issei's mother called. "Who is at the…" she stopped speaking upon seeing who it is.
"Sally…" Issei's mom greeted Sally happily with her arms wide open. "How are you, my dear girl?"
Sally, likewise, opened her arms, went past Issei and hugged his mother. Then Issei's mother noticed Sally's dress.
"Oh my… you look beautiful today…" Issei's mother remarked.
"Thank you, Mrs. Hyoudou… I wasn't sure what to pick, so I chose this one…" Sally remarked humbly.
"Well… it's better than the way my son is dressed…" Issei's mother remarked as she turned her face towards her son, who was still wearing his school uniform.
"Issei go up to your room and go wear something nice. We can't have you standing around here wearing casual clothes while your girlfriend looks like a lady," Issei's mother instructed Issei. Issei nodded and quickly went upstairs.
Issei looked back a bit before disappearing into his room. He admitted, it was nice that his mother got along with his girlfriend. Not every mom would ever do so to a potential daughter-in-law. With his mom and Sally, it always felt like they were friends of the same age that have known each other for a long time. It certainly was better than Sally's relationship with his father.
Issei shuddered at the thought. It may not have been an inappropriate relationship, but… it was embarrassing! There are times where Issei's dad makes remarks about Sally that make Issei and Mrs. Hyoudou wonder whether he was making a pass towards her. For example: He once remarked about her nice-smelling hair the other day (she had used honey shampoo that morning). Another one of his remarks was about how Sally reminded him of his wife during her youth.
Granted, Sally may not have minded it much (in fact, she would always thank him politely with a giggle), but Issei's mother did always give him a talking to afterwards. And boy, was that unpleasant to hear!
Issei opened the closet and took out a nice white dress shirt and some black trousers. He also went and found a black belt to fasten around his pants. After two minutes, he was done changing and checked himself in the mirror. Not bad looking, he had to admit. But it was a special occasion and Issei did not want to look bad in the eyes of his girlfriend.
Issei went downstairs and could already see Sally talking to his father. Both of them were talking about the upcoming opera they were going to see and… it seems like the conversation seems to be going well. The reason for that might be because Issei's mother was standing close to her husband with a noticeable smile, yet with a piercing gaze directed at him from behind. Issei probably guessed she was making sure that his dad didn't say anything out of line.
Once Issei came into everyone's view, Issei's dad turned to face him with a smile.
"Ah, Issei! My boy! You look nice!" Issei's dad complemented.
"Dad, please stop. You're embarrassing me…" Issei replied with a slight blush.
"Oh? But you do! I mean if you weren't, how could you even look your girlfriend in your face?" Issei's dad in a relaxed manner.
"Dear, when he first appeared at the door, he was still in his school uniform. I told him to go change just a few minutes ago…" Issei's mother whispered into her husband's ear. His smile disappeared for a second, as he listened to her words, only to nod and then smile again.
"Oh well… at least we're all ready now. So, let's get going. Parsifal is going to start in about half an hour," Issei's dad announced. Everyone nodded and went out the door. Sally was even skipping a bit, as Issei followed right behind her and shut the door behind him.
And so, the three opera-lovers went out (plus one reluctant participant) towards the city.
3rd September, Monday, about 4:47 pm – Kuoh, near the Grand Old Theater
Going from the Hyoudou residence, Issei, Sally and his parents leave for the Grand Old Theater in Kuoh. It is a place where all kinds of events like musicals, concerts, ballets and even operas take place. Issei always felt like this place was for people from the upper class – who in his eyes always liked to fancy suits and dresses. Speaking of which, some of the women among the many people wore some really nice dresses which sported some cleavage. Even though Issei still fancied such dresses and still wished to have a harem full of attractive women, he didn't think about them for the moment.
This was especially true, considering that Issei and Sally were both holding hands with each other, enjoying each other's presence like lovers would. Sally was leaning her head on Issei's shoulder and Issei was enjoying the feeling of her hair. It felt kind of ticklish and yet he loved it, being intimate with her in public. Issei didn't care that his parents were walking in front of them, glancing back and giggling at how cute they were. As long as Sally was there, he could go through anything.
They went to the queue, lined themselves up, showed their tickets and went in.
3rd September, Monday, about 5:09 pm – Kuoh, inside one of the halls of the Grand Old Theater
They came to the hall where the opera would take place and found their seats. Issei and Sally sat next to each other, still holding hands together. Issei had to admit, them wearing fancy clothes, sitting in an expensive theater together… was actually pretty neat, even though he still had to sit through an entire opera, lasting about 4 ½ hours!
Nevertheless, Issei decided to endure it for Sally's sake.
The opera began with a musical intro (Sally told Issei the intro set the mood of the opera and gives away some of the leitmotifs that would reappear during the run of the opera). Normally, Issei would have fallen asleep throughout the opera, but Sally had translations of the transcript on her phone, thus giving Issei an idea on what they were saying. Her additional knowledge on the subject of Wagner's works was also good, as he found out as the libretto went on.
Thanks to Sally, Issei had a good idea of what the story was about and why the libretto was so well beloved. The story was kind of epic and the music played a big role in that.
It all deals with a group of knights at a castle called Montsalvat guarding the Holy Grail. They were trying to find a cure for their injured Grail King Amfortas, along with a wild and irreverent woman called Kundry with a mysterious agenda. The only thing that could cure their king was the Holy Spear that pierced Jesus' side and incidentally gave Amfortas the uncurable wound. The only problem was that the spear was in the hands of Klingsor, a former knight that got banished because he could not contain his fleshly lusts, despite castrating himself. As a result, he grew to hate the knights and has tried everything to get back at his former comrades (it was he who injured Amfortas by the way).
Issei had to shudder at that description. Castrating himself was the last thing he ever wanted to do.
The only person that could get the spear back was a foolish young man named Parsifal. At first, he did not seem to fulfill the knights' test to see whether he was worthy and so cast him out. Parsifal gets lost and ends up at a mysterious flower garden that is owned by Klingsor. comes across Kundry who as it turns out was working for Klingsor the whole time. However, as she was under Klingsor's dominion and because she was cursed to live forever for laughing at Jesus Christ's sufferings, the only way for her to be freed from Klingsor's dominion and the curse, she needed someone to resist her seduction and temptations.
Parsifal was able to save to resist her temptations, survive an assassination attempt by Klingsor, take back the spear, take down Klingsor and his palace and leave.
After many years, Parsifal came back to the palace with the Holy Spear, redeems Kundry, cures Amfortas and becomes the new Grail King.
Throughout the opera, Issei learned a lot about how the music was involved in creating the atmosphere, what kind of training the singers had to go through, the various stories and myths about the knights of the Grail and much more.
As a result, Issei was interested, educated and even entertained for the entire 4 ½ hours. Issei was astounded just how well done the opera Parsifal was. But more importantly, just how lucky he was just to have Sally by his side.
Issei's parents watched with no small degree of happiness. Not only was their Issei spending some wonderful time with his lovely girlfriend, but he was actually enjoying the opera, too.
All in all, it was a great evening…
3rd September, Monday, about 9:51 pm – Kuoh, on the way home
The Hyoudou family and Sally were walking home together. On the way, Issei's parents playfully prodded their son to admit that he liked the opera. Issei, playing the tsundere, reluctantly admitted finding the opera "not too bad", earning some hearty laughs from everyone.
As they came to a junction, Issei's parents stopped talking when they realized something important and halted right in front of the crossing.
"Issei, Sally," Issei's father said, causing Issei and Sally to listen up. "We just remembered we have some shopping to do. We've got to get to the stores before they closed. So, Sally… Thank you for coming. It was great that you came along today."
"That's right," Issei's mother added. "Sally, you look beautiful today. I hope we can do something like this some other time. Issei, guide her home. As her boyfriend, it's only natural that you do. You two would make a wonderful married couple."
Both Issei and Sally looked flustered at their compliments, though none of them said anything.
The Hyoudou couple didn't waste any time. They ran to get to the supermarket, waving to the young teens as they ran.
"See you at home, Issei!" Issei's dad called out.
"Once again, Sally. You look wonderful!" Issei's mom called out.
After they left, Issei dropped a sweat.
"Did they really have to say that?" Issei deadpanned. Sally only giggled in response.
"Oh, Ise. Do you really want us not to look like a couple?" Sally replied, as she wrapped her arm around his.
Issei blushed, his lips forming a gentle smile.
"Actually…Yes, I do…" Issei responded. Then he faced her and moved his face closer to kiss her. She did the same and so were kissing all the way to Sally's house.
3rd September, Monday, about 10:04 pm – Kuoh, in front of Sally's house
Issei and Sally had just arrived at the latter's house. Both of them were still embracing each other as they went, not minding any of the stares any passerby made. Once they got there, Sally let go of her boyfriend to head in for the day.
"Thanks, Ise…It was a beautiful evening today…" Sally said.
"No… I'm the one who should be thanking you," Issei responded. "After all, if it hadn't been for you, I would have been bored to death…" Issei gave her a gentle smile, before hugging her.
Sally returned the hug, enjoying the warmth of Issei's masculine body.
"Ise… it… it's nothing really…" Sally tried to shrug it off.
"No, I owe you. I owe you… so much," Issei insisted. Sally didn't respond, as she let Issei speak on.
"There are so many things… that I've managed to learn and enjoy thanks to you… Things… that I never thought I could enjoy…" Issei spoke on, as he kissed her hair. Sally blushed a bit at how her boyfriend was lavishing praises to her. But Issei just continued.
"Whether it be on dates, art, literature, even opera… I learned so much because of you… But more important to me… is that…" Issei said lovingly, as he looked Sally in the eyes. "…is that you chose me to show your love to."
With that statement, the two of them kissed even more intensely, using their tongues this time. Both of their tongues were battling for dominance for a minute before they both stopped to gasp for air.
After catching their breath, Sally giggled once again.
"Ise… You're always such a charmer…" Sally said, as she wiped the saliva from the corner of her lips.
"Hey, what should I say? Anything for my girlfriend," Issei said with a grin.
The two of them giggled for a while until Issei spoke up again.
"I'll never forget the day whe-" Issei suddenly stopped mid-sentence, as he realized something.
Noticing her boyfriend's hesitation, Sally decided to tease Issei a bit.
"What? You'll never forget the day when what? Did you just remember something embarrassing? Ehehehe…" Sally laughed. But Issei was not laughing with her, instead he seemed to be thinking about something.
"Ise…?" Sally asked, this time with a more serious demeanor.
"Say, Sally… Do you remember the day we first met?" Issei asked Sally. Sally tilted her head in confusion, not sure what he meant.
"Sure, I do… why?" Sally asked.
"Funny," Issei stated with a frown. "Then why… is it that I can't remember?"
Sally looked at Issei in shock upon hearing it. Her body froze, not moving an inch. Nevertheless, Issei continued.
"I try so hard to remember everything we did together and I remember those fine, but… everything about the time we first met feels murky… like someone just took my memories away there… So, if you know, could you…?" Issei wanted to ask Sally something, bit upon looking at Sally, he stopped when he saw Sally looking at him with widened eyes and her hand covering her mouth. She slowly stepped away from him, as she then burst into a sprint towards her house.
"S-Sally?" Issei called out to her startled, trying to reach her with his arm. But Sally was already at the door and was quickly opening the door with her key. She quickly opened it and shut the door behind her.
Issei on the other hand was left outside, still frozen in shock at what happened.
Did forgetting about their first meeting hurt her feelings that much?
Issei put a hand to his face.
How could he have been so stupid?
They were having a wonderful date and Issei just ruined it.
And all because he forgot about their first meeting.
But then again…
Why could he not remember?
Why could he not remember their first meeting?
Why did everything have to feel so fuzzy?
And speaking of which…
Why did he feel so much déjà-vu throughout the day?
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