31 Chapter 31: A Long Nigh (1/2)

Hyoudou residence.

Looking at Issei rubbing his head Alex was laughing on the inside, Issei looked at his mother with a face as if he had been wronged.

”Don't look at me like that you know exactly what you did”, Miki scolded but could only sigh afterward, ”You two go and play”, she said as she gave Alex an apologetic smile.

”I'm sorry Alex, Issei can be quite... strange sometimes”, Miki said.

Alex gave a light chuckle, ”Don't worry, I'm sure hell grow out of it eventually”, he tried to convince Miki, but whether or not he believed his own words was another matter.

Alex and Miki kept talking for some time, after some time the front door opened and somebody came into the house again, he shouted, his voice traveling through the house, ”Honey, I'm home and brought some company.”

”Gorou!”, Miki stood up from the couch and went to the front door to welcome her husband home, meeting him halfway she hugged him and kissed him on the cheek, ”Welcome home” she said sweetly while smiling.

Alex saw the whole thing from where was sitting and smiled, not wanting to ruin the little moment he just remained silent, but it seemed that Gorou's guests didn't have the same idea.

Caught*

Miki came out of her trance as she immediately let go of Gorou, her face red as she took a few steps back, staring at the man that interrupted her moment in embarrassment. Gorou just laughed while scratching the back of his head, catching somebody in the living room out of the corner of his eye's he stared in that direction and was dumbfounded to see Alex there smiling in their direction.

Before Gorou could react Miki spoke, ”Why didn't you tell me that Touji and Inako came”, Garou looked at Miki, ”I did”.

Miki ignored him and went towards the man and woman that came in after him, the man was dressed casually with a pair of sneakers, jeans and a white shirt, he had light brown hair and eyes. The woman wore a red dress, she also had brown hair but were of a darker shade with green eyes.

”Touji, Inako, its good to see you, come in, come in, we don't want you standing in the hallway the whole time.”, Miki spoke as she leads everybody towards the living room, where Garou finally remembered Alex, who was still just watching their interaction with an eternal smile plastered on his face.

”Alex!” Garou walked forward and shook Alex's hand, ”How was your trip?”, he hadn't seen Alex in years and was happy to see his quiet neighbor again.

”It was fun, though not what I expected.”, Alex said, standing up he faced the two new guests, ”Alex Wold, a pleasure to meet you”, he said towards Touji and Anako.

The two greeted back as Touji took his hand and shook it, ”Touji Shidou,” he said then gestured towards the woman, ” and this is my wife, Inako”. She smiled at Alex in greeting.

Garou looked at them and then laughed again, ”Now that we have this out of the way, lets...”

”Daddy”, a childish yell came as she ran towards Touji, Alex watched as Touji picked her up and twirled while she laughed, ”So she's his daughter, can't understand why he would let his cute little daughter dress like a boy but, to each his own I guess.”

”How was your day my little angel”, Touji said while tickling her causing her to laugh out loud while trying to fight off his hands.

”That looks familiar”, Alex thought as he thought back on his days with the Sitri's he let out an inaudible sigh.

Standing up Alex looked at the group, ”Well I should be going”, his declaration made everybody stop as they looked in his direction in confusion, and Issei that just came into the room, stared at him as if saying, ”What are you still doing here anyway”.