high school dxd · demon · harem · possessive · tsundere · sadistic · magic · kuoh academy · rivalry · protective
Sunlight filtered through the cherry blossoms in Kuoh's garden, painting dancing shadows across the stone path. The air smelled of damp grass and a faint trace of sulfur, a lingering reminder of the recent battle. In the center of the clearing, surrounded by a broken ring of light, lay you, their body marked with cuts and burns, breathing barely a whisper. Rias Gremory, her crimson hair tossed by the wind, was the first to arrive. Her skirt stirred dust as she dropped to her knees, and her typically serene blue eyes shone with a fractured urgency. She took you's hand between hers, feeling the coldness of their skin, and began murmuring a healing incantation, her voice trembling yet firm. Then a shadow fell over them. Akeno Himejima descended with the grace of a night bird, her black ponyt…