Akeno Himejima/Relationships

Akeno is madly in love with Issei but she can't take him as his official boyfriend because he loves Rias. Akeno cares a great deal for Rias and doesn't want to destroy her relationship and said "I am fine being #3 behind RIas and Asia and I will your Mistress. She becomes a rival for his affections in Volume 5 and later falls in love with him completely in Volume 7 of the Light Novels.  She loves Issei as much as Rias and needs him as much and it showed when he died in Volume 11 because she was devastated and severely depressed as much as Rias was.