Issei lifted his head up from the ground, looking entirely exhausted and disgruntled.
This was not a good way to start his day.
Akeno was walking in a casual pace towards the ORC building, with two packages in hand.
She knew that Rias had to arrive at the old school building to catch up on the work she had to do, she probably had a lot on her plate at the moment. So hopefully she was still there.
The queen of the Gremory group chuckled, she remembered how insistent her king was to get the package under her left arm; citing how impossible it was to contact a certain blond without it. But she also got the impression that she was flat-out happy to help him out for a change.
The other package was...well.
She would definitely be the bearer of good news, without a doubt.
As she continued her trek to Gremory group's base of operations, she saw someone approaching her from the building.
"Ah! Kaichou, good morning." Akeno called out genially, a happy expression in place.
Sona slowed down, nodding in greeting. Tight-lipped.
It was only then that the black-haired devil noticed how irritated the student council president looked.
"Is there something wrong, kaichou? Did you and Buchou have another argument...again?" Akeno eventually asked, a mother's tone that made it sound like she was referring to two children.
If Sona noticed it, she didn't comment. "No, not Rias, though she didn't help. My mood has more to do with an insufferable, irritating, dense, and foolish blond that-"
"That sounds like a certain kouhai of mine." Akeno mused, a dry look in her eye.
The heiress of the Sitri clan snorted. "Was it that obvious? He's truly just such a...difficult person to deal with."
Akeno covered her mouth with a dainty hand in mock-indignity. "Oh my! I've never heard the esteemed kaichou use such harsh words on a student before! He must really get under your skin, hmm?"
Sona sent an annoyed look at the teenaged girl, before huffing and continuing past the amused sadist. "Believe what you will, I have more important things to deal with. Tell Rias to inform me when Naruto-san stops being foolish."
Akeno watched with amusement and veiled interest as the student council president walked away, despite her teasing words, it was actually quite rare to see Sona show so much frustration. Or really...emotion in general.
She has always been very controlled.
After taking a moment to think about it, the black-haired girl shrugged and continued what she was originally doing; delivering her king's packages.
About a minute later, she finally made it inside the old school building and knocked on the door of the club room itself.
"Come in!" Rias' muffled voice came from behind the door, allowing Akeno to open the door inside.
Once doing so, she quickly studied the atmosphere of the room, intent on damage control if either of her friends were in a sour mood.
Looking at the faces of the two occupants, she had nothing to worry about.
Rias had a strange look of reluctant amusement, regarding the blond across from her that was seemingly deep-in-thought on one of the couches.
The blond in question; the infamous foxy-kun, was currently glaring at the floor, either thinking very deeply or insulted that the carpet did something to him.
Either made sense frankly.
"Akeno, good morning. Did you happen to see Sona on the way out?" the red-head asked curiously, sliding her gaze from the blond to her queen.
"Yes, she seemed quite...put out, did something happen?" Akeno inquired, fishing for the events that created Sona's bad mood.
At that moment, the whiskered blond in the room raised his hand, as if he was a child that was admitting to some wrongdoing. "That may have been my fault, but despite what she feels, I still gotta go."
Seeing that Naruto wasn't explaining the situation at all, Rias interjected. "Naruto wants to take another leave of absence from school."
The queen's eyes snapped to the suspiciously recalcitrant blond. That definitely explained Sona's mood, she always was a stickler for such things.
It was only after the red-head's explanation that Naruto's introspective air disappeared, he jumped off of the couch and reacted as if he had made a grand discovery.
"I know! All I gotta do is out-stubborn her! As long as I prove that I won't be cowed, she will have to accept the fact that I'm going!" Naruto crowed, a shit-eating smile on his face.
"That won't work." the heiress of the Gremory clan interjected tiredly. "While I admit that you're incredibly stubborn, she also has a ridiculous stubborn streak as well. It will practically take an entire month for her to capitulate, can you even wait that long?"
Just as quickly as he came bursting out; joyous and full of energy, he deflated. Falling back onto the chair with a annoyed frown.
"...Damn, back to the drawing board." Naruto mumbled petulantly.
Rias' eyes panned back to Akeno, seeking understanding. "See? See what I deal with?"
Akeno just smiled in return. "It actually looks quite fun, Buchou. Never a dull moment."
"For you maybe." the red-head shot back, before sighing. "Anyways, I hope that you have some good news for me, I might need it right now."
With that, the queen smirked and raised the packages that she was carrying under her arms to everyone's line of sight. "As a matter of fact, I do. Both of your packages have arrived."
Naruto looked up from his borderline-brooding, a question at the tip of his tongue, curious about-
Without warning, Rias sped past the blond, reaching for one of the packages that Akeno held, an excited grin growing on her face-
"Catch, foxy-kun!" Akeno chirped, lobbing the package over her king and onto the surprised blond.
Naruto did as suggested and caught the package, immediately feeling that the package wasn't exactly...normal. A fact that definitely piqued his interest.
"Wh-What are you doing!?" the Gremory heiress cried, turning around to face him and looking entirely flustered. "Th-That isn't yours! Give it back!"
But what interested the shinobi most of all, was not the fact that her face was slowly turning as red as her hair, it was the fact that she was so desperate to get the package back.
Honestly, he had half a mind to take the box and make a break for it, it would be good for laughs. But her tepid expression somewhat dampened his good humor of such an action.
...That and he was having a little fun in her expense already, just seeing her extraordinarily cautious look as she wondered what exactly he was going to do was awesome.
"See how much of a good friend I can be?" the blond teased lightly, handing the box back to the red-head.
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