hollow with a heart (re-write)

part 10: answers.

Back at Issei's house, his parents were told the truth about everything, everyone there is a devil except for Irina since she's an angel. They show their wings and do a little magic to ultimately prove that they are telling the truth, they told his parents about Issei being a now former pawn, the fallen, sacred gears, how they used magic on them to make them forget everytime they started seeing clues to them not being human. This was the easy part but having to explain why Issei was attacked, killed, reincarnated, having to fight the fallen, Riser.... Kokabiel, using the juggernaut drive after he thought that Asia was gone once more, Loki, Vali, the hero faction, saving Yasaka but none of that broke him as much as this. An interrupted confession because of them leading to all of this. Issei apparently cutting himself and drinking, getting rid of all porn and buying knives, they saw the blood soaked tissues in the trash bin, his mini bottles of assorted alcoholic drinks. Issei's parents couldn't believe it, so much to take in. His mother started crying while his father took those alcoholic drinks and drank them all.

Gorou: now I see why you girls love him, he's not just some perv but a real man...... He went through all that.....in just a few months and he barely had a choice in any of it.

His mother was sobbing this whole time and couldn't utter a single word.

Rossweisse: just a while back, he Azazel and I were on the roof top, he said somethings that broke our hearts.

Gorou:...what did he say?

Rossweisse: the reason he wanted many loving partners was because he wanted some real love and to give you all the daughters you always wanted. His pervertedness was just a disguise which was rooted so deeply that he couldn't tell the difference between them....

Miki: *sniff*..

Gorou: and this whole time....we were disappointed in him for being born a boy when instead God gave us such a kind, caring and strong boy who saved everyone several times over.....fuck.

Rossweisse: his heart is like a truly rare gem, it may look like any other but once you look past it, it's priceless. It'll bring you joy just by knowing that it exists and you're one of those who saw it with your own eyes.

Kiba: he made our peerage become a family.

Rias immediately bowed down in front of the parents, her hands, knees and head on the ground.

Rias: please forgive me for what I did to Issei!

Gorou: it's him you need to ask for forgiveness and so do we.......

Rias broke down as did the others, they just sat on the floor, Rossweisse sat on the bed and looked at Issei's collection. She saw some tiny specks and streaks of blood that Issei missed.

(Rossweisse: was he...trying to kill himself?)

She shed a tear as she wiped the blood off of the blades, it stained her soft white hands red. Issei's mother saw her hands and she cried even harder as she though the same thing Rossweisse did. The rest did the same. The image of Issei taking his own life....was just too much.

At the Grigori, Issei and Azazel entered his personal quarters, it was a total man cave, all kinds of gaming consoles, good quality furniture, a fully stocked bar and a ping pong table.

Issei: nice place.

Azazel: thanks, come have a drink with me.

Issei: I could use a strong one.

Azazel: I know.

He pours them both some drinks and hands Issei a glass.

Azazel: drink this one slowly.