Esper Harem in the Apocalypse

"That's why I also avoided having sex with you."

"Uhh… excuse me, but what?" Rudy asked with a puzzled look on his face. "You were avoiding having sex with me? I never noticed. But yes, you did say that we won't have sex until you tell everything to Jane, so I guess you were kind of stalling it."

"I am glad you didn't notice." Rias squinted her eyes and remarked, "But that's probably because you have other girls to give you pleasure."

"You are not completely off the mark," Rudy shrugged. "But hey… I remember you asking me 'when will we do it?' after you woke up from your slumber when we were in the vampire world."

"You won't believe me, but I asked that as a joke. I never thought you would actually do it. And when you started touching me, I was nervous. But had I pushed you back or stopped you, I would have hurt your feelings.

So…" Rias averted her gaze to the side and said, "I summoned Vriti to save me, who has been watching us from a distance."

"Wait, that was you? I thought she interrupted us on purpose. I am still salty about that and hate her for doing that."

"You hate her? Why? I know she is a little too childish sometimes, but whatever she does, she does it for my sake. She doesn't mean anything bad by her actions."

"I know that. But she is a little too cheeky sometimes."

"I thought you liked cheeky girls," Rias teased with a grin on her face.

"I like treating cheeky girls."

They both stared at each other for a while, seemingly thinking of a topic to discuss, but they did something better and more important.

They kissed, and they kissed like crazy.

Rias wrapped her arms around Rudy's neck while Rudy pulled her close by her waist. But their hands didn't stick there and pulled each other's faces and pressed their lips together.

They were in the middle of the street in the middle of the day, but no one was watching, or so they thought, but a blonde-haired girl was standing behind Rias, who was watching them with a confused and composed look on her face.

That girl was none other than Janet, who had come to the convenience store to buy the latest nail polish.

Janet didn't know who Rudy was kissing, and thus she was confused, but she couldn't believe her eyes as she had never expected Rudy to be so shameless to kiss a girl on the street in the bright daylight.

"Hey… Janet…" Rudy smiled awkwardly. "I didn't see you."

"I can see that," she said with a judging look on her face.

Janet walked forward to check if the girl was Alice or someone else. She pulled Rias' hoodie and stepped back a little in surprise.

"Janet, do you remember her? She is Rias."

"Ria..s…" Janet grabbed her head and muttered, "I have heard this name before."

"She is our classmate and my girlfriend."

"Right…"

"She had to take a long leave because of a family issue, but now she is back. I ran into her and couldn't control myself from…"

"I…" Janet turned to Rudy and said, "I think I will go home. I don't feel so good."

After saying that, Janet walked away.

Rias glanced at Rudy and asked, "New harem member?"

"No. She is just a friend."

"All relationships start from friendship."

"Why does that sound true…" he sighed.

"I don't think Janet quite remembered me. Jane's spell had sealed everyone's memory about me."

"Yeah, but for some reason, she remembered you even after that. In fact, I was able to know more about you because of her. Mom was the one who first mentioned your name, but Janet is the reason why she found the leads.

Oh… that reminds me…" Rudy facepalmed himself and said, "That makes sense."

"What are you talking about?"

"Janet's spell. She sealed the memories of everyone who knew about it, including mom. But mom didn't only forget meeting you in 2008, she also forgot about you from 1989."

"Oh! Right!" Rias exclaimed. "So even if I had found her, she wouldn't have remembered me?"

"Yes. I will have to ask Jane to remove her spell from mom… actually, everyone. There is no reason to keep the seal active."

"Hmm~ Does that mean I can return to your school?"

"You can, but why would you? School is boring."

"Feels unrealistic and out of character when it comes from your mouth."

Rudy kissed Rias on the lips and bumped his forehead with hers.

"So you are now ready to tell Jane, right?" he asked calmly.

"Yeah. But I want you to be present there when I do."

"What are you planning, though?"

Rias brought her face close to his ears and whispered her plan to him.

"That sounds so… sadistic. Are you sure she won't snap and try to kill us?"

"I am sure you will protect me if that happens," she chuckled.

"I need some time. I haven't met mom yet and told her everything. To be honest… I am very nervous right now. I don't know how she will react. I don't even know how I should tell her.

And… what makes everything worse is she knew everything about my powers and me all along, and I was trying to hide it from her like a stupid. That's so lame of me."

"Good luck, my dear husband. May the Lord be with you."

"You can't pray me for my well-being."

"Stop thinking too much and just go and tell her. What worse can happen?"

"It's not just about that…" Rudy paused for a second and awkwardly said, "I… I have a thing for her."

"Hmm? You have a surprise for her?"

"No."

"You are buying her something?"

"No, no. Not that kind of thing. I mean, I have… I see her as … argh! I want to add her to my harem!"

"..." Rias stared at Rudy with a dumbfounded expression on her face for a few seconds and then said, "May the Lord be with you."

Thanks, @Shadow4Player, for the gift!

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