Drowning Herself with Work

It has been a few days since Kisuke and Yoruichi went to their merry vacation and Sona has busied herself with schoolwork every day without even being aware that they left the country.

"... And that will be everything for today." Tsubaki finished reporting to Sona who is still typing down some documents.

"...Thank you... You may go." Sona briefly replied.

Ever since Sona and her sister, Serafall, came back from Kisuke's place, she has been like this. Although Sona tends to work hard, this particular case is much worse to the point that Tsubaki and the members of the student council can easily tell that Sona is very tired which doesn't happen.

Tsubaki especially knew that she pushing herself too hard because she noticed the rings around Sona's eyes that she tried to hide with makeup. This suggests that she hasn't been getting any sleep these past few days.

Tsubaki even sneaks in her house to see what she has been up to, but to her surprise, it's more work and she'll do it until morning. She will only stop if she about to go to school.

Tsubaki knew that there couldn't be that much work and checked what Sona is working on and saw that she's already planning everything for the school she wanted to establish in the Underworld instead of letting the experts do it for her. She hasn't even got the permission of the elder to build it so one can say that she's working on something that can prove useless in the future.

Tsubaki wanted to ask what happened back then, but she couldn't find the right timing or the courage to directly confront her about it. She's trying very hard to hide it after all. Asking Serafall didn't come to her mind due to her position.

But today is different since she receives information from the House of Sitri that monitors the general trend of Underworld. Since Kisuke is one of the people of interest and the one who defeated Sona in chess along with her apparent acceptance of her loss by declaring that he may become her fiance in the future, he's also under the surveillance of the House of Sitri, "Kaichou, a news came from the House of Sitri that you might be interested in." Tsubaki hopes that she could get some reaction from Sona with this information and try to guess what really happened.

Sona looked up to Tsubaki with a deadpan face and replied, "What is it?"

"Urahara Kisuke was seen in Greece a few days ago." Tsubaki stared intently at Sona and answered.

Sona was shaken at her words and hurriedly looked back down on her work. This is the first time since a few days ago that Sona reacted strongly. Tsubaki can even see that her hands are trembling a bit, "I-is that so?" Sona resumed typing but she kept making mistakes with what she's doing and kept hitting the backspace button.

"Yes..." Tsubaki waited for a while but Sona didn't ask a follow-up question which confused her greatly. All this time, she would always be interested in Kisuke's actions for reasons like wanting to invite him in their peerage.

After a few seconds, Sona spoke up because the silence is getting awkward, "By the way, how are the preparations for the Athletic Meet?"

'She changed the topic!? And in such a bad way!' Despite being shocked inwardly, Tsubaki answered straight, "Although there are some delays, everything is fine and we'll be done before the meet." Tsubaki already reported this earlier but she didn't point it out, 'Kisuke-san... Just what happened?'

"Good... I'll take my leave now. I want to rest." Sona stood up and went straight for the door.

Before she could exit, Tsubaki called out from behind, "Kaichou..."

Sona turned around, "What is it?"

"...Please... rest." Tsubaki emphasized the word 'rest'.

"..." Sona blankly stared at her for a moment before smiling gently, "Yes... I will. I'm sorry for worrying you and the rest." Sona then went on her way, 'The sleeping drug that I ordered from the Underworld would arrive today in any case... I should be able to sleep tonight.'

Tsubaki stared at the door even after left. She then took out her phone to call a number, Kisuke's number. She got it from Aika who wanted to ask about Sona's state. Although she seems to know something about what happened, she didn't tell her anything.

She failed to call Kisuke as it didn't even ring. She gave up after a few tries and gripped her phone that it almost broke, 'What should I do?...' Tsubaki sighed and left after locking the room.

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Rias, in defiance to her family's will, move into Issei's house. They had no choice but to allow her due to her stubbornness, but Sirzhecs strongly supported this move thinking that Rias would be happy with the Red Dragon Emperor with the determination he showed in the Rating Game. He's hopeful that Issei would reach far with his Sacred Gear despite him being a normal human in the past.

" --Well, that about sums it up. It looks like I'm also going to be living in the Hyoudou House from now on." Rias explained to Issei's parents with a smile, "I hope my ignorance is not too much of a bother, Father, Mother."

It was decided that the Rating Game they had is invalid and they would have a rematch. But their opponent, Riser Phenex, hasn't come out of his room after he almost lost his life. They are even saying that he now has a phobia of cats, white cats in particular and would flee if he sees one, even if it is a kitten, like a chicken who met its worst predator.

Rias convinced Issei and Asia to let her move in by saying that she'd like to strengthen her bond with her servants.

"Oh~. I couldn't be happier! With Asia-chan and Rias-san, now I've got two daughters." Miki, Issei's mother, clapped her hands in delight and welcomed Rias' stay.

Gorou, Issei's father, took off his glasses and wiped away his tears, "You said it, dear! It's every man's dream to be surrounded by girls! Issei, you just might accomplish my boyhood fantasy!"

Issei is currently making a difficult face and thought, 'Yup... No doubt about it. I'm this guy's son. We've even got the same dream...'

Issei recalled the night that he woke up after having a dream talking to a dragon that claims to reside inside his left hand. He also recalled the moment when they received the news that they would have a rematch against the Riser. That time, he remembered what Kisuke would always say to him whenever he hesitates on what he wants to do in his childhood, 'Just go for it!'

So he stood up, with everyone watching him, declared that he would do everything to protect Rias even if he has to sacrifice his body trying. Issei even claimed that if Rias were to have an Engagement Party or Wedding itself that she's not in favor of, he would crash it and take her away.

Those words prompt Rias to hug him tightly as she cried lightly. Since then, they have been very close and now Rias decided to live with him despite what her family says.

Though it didn't take long for Issei to return to his perverted self as he enjoys Rias' breast which led to Asia complaining about it and Koneko almost wanting to kick his face away.