Kurenai Himejima (Universe L-137)/Relationships

Kurenai has developed many relationships throughout the years in the present day of the fanfic Irina's Friend, both within the Occult Research Club and the Major Gods alike. Due to his heightened intellect and mentor-like figure to most people, he has also attracted the attention of most of the female characters.

Main Characters
Rias Gremory Like Issei's previous situation, Rias is the woman who took in Kurenai into his plans. When she first encountered him, she treated him as a "special" case, knowing that he was the son of both her lover and her best friend. She took no hesitation to further aid him in his cause, fabricated as an "alliance". As time went on for the both of them, she later started to see Kurenai as a strong man who can bring forth great potential, just like Issei. She would often, on purpose, leave Kurenai and Akeno alone together, greeting each other for the first time to confirm her suspicions. She would often get mad when his intelligence trumps her usual strategic making, especially in rating games. One of the reasons why Rias refuses to fight against Kurenai is the main fact that he is too strategic and exploitive to her evil pieces, thus granting him a free victory.

Akeno Himejima

From Kurenai's perspective, he doesn't see Akeno as a mother, but as a woman, and is madly in love with her. Even when they would be together alone, Kurenai would act as a man wanting her. When they first met during the time Kurenai went back to the past, they were initially hard on each other. Kurenai, not being able to understand Akeno's emotions, and Akeno being cold towards his intellect. However, when Rias gave both of them the push, they both strengthened in both people. She also enjoyed teasing him whenever he wouldn't know something and didn't mind whenever he saw her naked. After their initial bonding with each other, Kurenai's feelings for Akeno become more romantic in nature when Akeno defended him from Issei's insults towards his accusation of John D'Arc's destruction on the Occult Research Club, stating that he would never do such a thing. And in reverse, when Kurenai, later on, he tells Akeno that he loves her who she is, despite her Fallen Angel heritage. It is after this point that she becomes much more seductive towards him and in return, Kurenai desires to be physically intimate with her, while also displaying a platonic-like appearance between the two of them. She tends to get excited whenever Kurenai displays his triumphant side, such as becoming a source of comfort, as his kindness and courage helped her to overcome her hatred of her Fallen Angel blood.

While acting like a mature woman at school and being seductive towards Issei and Kurenai, Akeno also has a hidden personality of a girl who is innocent and shy when it comes to love, which she displays only around Kurenai. This is due to the fact that Akeno assumes that Kurenai would know these sorts of things, and would go to him for advice, even practice on what love is. When on their first date, she behaved more like a normal girl, and she was much shyer when offering to be physically intimate with him than she had in the past.

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After Kurenai admits to Akeno that he is Issei and her son from the future, her love for him deepens greatly, as she appreciates the kind of honesty and mystery surrounding him. Despite their weird relationship, Akeno became conflicted as to who to choose, due to her loving both Kurenai and Issei. She becomes more psychologically dependent on him after this point, as both Issei and Kurenai have the ability to (unwittingly) affect her mental state. Prominent examples include when she became enraged when Kurenai refused to tell Akeno of what happened to Rias, to when she became greatly saddened when he was going to sacrifice himself to save them from the Ancient Beings. At one point during Marvin and Michael's journies, Akeno was confessed and proposed to at the same time by Kurenai in front of the whole Occult Research Club. After a long decision, Akeno has constantly been calling Kurenai "Darling" and started behaving like she is already his wife, but hasn't given up her attempts on Issei as well. As much as Kurenai hates to admit it, Akeno Himejima is the only true woman capable of bringing himself down, and as one of the weaknesses that he hides from everyone. With the exception of Akeno herself, is mostly due to the fact that he loves her as a woman, and that he also depends on her as well, making him easily deceptive whenever a situation involves her.