Hello, fellow fanfictioneers, and welcome back to the fourth chapter of Runaway Gremory re-written!
Last time, Kenji went on a few dates, yelled at his dad, and... you know, attempted to die, but was stopped by Zest. Now, we have the next chapter, in which Kenji FINALLY does what's in the title of the fucking fic!
Anything you recognise isn't mine.
After the Gremory Heir's attempt to end his life, and Zest's subsequent stopping of said attempt, Kenji and Zest had become a lot closer, behind closed doors. When Zest was on her days off, she and Kenji would stay together, spending time with each other.
Kenji was slowly going back to his old self, cracking a couple of jokes and beginning to live his more 'rebel' lifestyle, and was seen out of his room quite a lot, unlike the weeks before his suicide attempt, where he had only been seen twice in the three weeks.
Zest was extremely appreciative of the old Kenji coming back to her, and she wasn't going to lie to herself. It might be Kenji's Devilish Charm powers talking to her, but she was quite attracted to the teenage Devil. If it had not been for the fact that she was in service to the House of Gremory, and that Zeoticus had banned all the servants from being romantic with Venelana, Sirzechs, Rias or Kenji (with the exception of Grayfia, who had become Sirzechs' wife before she became a maid), she would have likely have furthered the relationship between her and Kenji by now.
But enough about Zest. She isn't the main character here (though she IS one of the main characters). Back to Kenji.
Kenji had a towel slung over his shoulder, and was dressed in only his jeans as he walked out of the gym (he had begun training the day after Zest had stopped him from killing himself) and passed his parents, as well as Renzo and Rika Phenex, and they were conversing. He overheard a small part of their conversation as he passed.
"Drank holy water, barely came out with her life..."
"No! Really?"
"Yes, Ruval was barely able to stop Ravel from ending her life. She has been placed inside the Sitri hospital for the time being. I have been told that she and Sona Sitri get on quite well, like her and your daughter Rias."
Kenji's eyes widened as he kept walking. Ravel had attempted suicide as well?! By drinking holy water?
Questions ran through his head faster than he could run. And judging that he was, physically, exceptionally fit, as well as his Devil attributes already enhancing his physical capabilities, that was saying a lot.
How had Ravel managed to get her hands on Holy Water in the first place to drink it?
Why did she drink it? Wasn't she happy with her being engaged to Kenji?
Was she alright now?
Would this affect the engagement between him and Ravel at all?
As soon as Kenji had processed all the questions in his brain, he managed to answer them.
'I don't know, I don't know, evidently not, probably, since the Sitris are famous throughout the Underworld, for not only producing the one who held the title of the Devil King Leviathan, but being excellent doctors throughout the Underworld, and probably not.' Kenji reasoned, in his head. But then, the question he'd asked himself 'Why did she drink it?' he began to think about the answer in a way only he could.
'Wait, was it because of me? Was she only acting like a bitch because she really wanted me to be with her, and I was just bullying her?' Kenji asked himself. 'Am I really that bad of a person?' Thoughts like this continued to plague Kenji's mind until he came onto the floor his room was on, where he ran into Zest.
