CHAPTER-9

Seeing Akira sitting in her lap and pouting, Rias just hugged him, thinking to herself *he is so cute*, while kissing him all over his face. Akira let her be, feeling happy inside his mind.

Akeno watched her king and best friend's actions, shocked and feeling jealous. She thought to herself, *Why am I getting jealous? I didn't even know him.* But she couldn't help herself, especially when she saw how cute Akira's face was. She smiled as she looked at him.

Rias apologized to Akira, saying that she had a lot of work to do and couldn't come to see him. She hugged him tightly.

Akira pouted and replied, "I will not buy your excuses." He looked away from her.

Rias looked at him and asked, "How will my Akki forgive me?" As he tried to act tough.

Akira replied, "You have to compensate me for not meeting me, and how you will compensate me is your problem." He looked at her and hugged her.

Rias agreed, "Okay, I will give you compensation after school, okay?" She looked at him and hugged him back.

Akeno listened to their conversation while looking at them. After their settlement, she decided to ask Rias about him.

Akeno said with a devilish smile, "Rias, did you forget to tell me something?"

Rias shivered, seeing her queen's smile. She replied, "A-Akeno, I will tell you everything, okay?"

Akira listened to their small conversation and decided to introduce himself.

Akira bowed and said, "Hello, my name is Akira. Nice to meet you." He didn't get up from Rias's lap.

Akeno smiled and replied, "Ara ara, hello Akira-chan. My name is Akeno Himejima. You can call me Akeno."

After their introduction, Rias started telling Akeno about him - how they met, how they went on a date, and many other things.

Listening to Rias's words, Akeno looked at him as he played with Rias's hair, not interrupting their conversation. She could tell that he was just a normal human.

While looking at Akira, Akeno felt like all her worries disappeared and she felt refreshed. She didn't realize that her happy gaze had turned into a loving smile, which Rias noticed. Rias sighed, thinking to herself, *Sigh, not even a day has passed and he's already made her fall in love with him without even knowing her.* She looked at her Akki, who had fallen asleep in her arms after talking for hours.

Akeno whispered, "How can someone be this cute?" She couldn't help but look at his sleeping face, which was so precious.

Rias agreed, "Yeah, he is so cute. I'm proud of him." She looked at him in her arms.

Rias continued, "Do you know, Akeno, I'm training hard for him? I want to cancel my engagement to that bastard." She caressed Akira's cheeks.

Akeno replied, "So he's your motivation. Well, I can understand that. If I were in your shoes, I would have done the same." She smiled at him.

Rias shared, "Do you know, after training, I sometimes go to see him at night. At a single glance, he can tell that I'm exhausted, and he pampers me with so much love without asking any questions. Those nights, he lets me sleep while he stays awake, so that I don't have any discomfort while sleeping all night." Rias looked at him, her eyes slightly teary.