251 Intermission (1/2)
”So,” Noah said as he sat down on the other couch. ”What made you stop by today?”
”I'm bored,” I responded. ”Just sitting around the house is rather boring.”
”That coming from you isn't very convincing.” Noah looked at me with a doubtful look on his face. ”Where's Alvelyn.”
”Out with Elise.”
”That girl you met when you're Alvelyn?” Noah nodded his head. ”I don't know why, but I just find this whole situation really funny right now.”
”There's something wrong with you,” I muttered to myself. With a sigh, I looked around the living room, taking in the decorations and furniture layout of this house of angels. ”What do you guys do during your spare time?”
”I still have to write end of year reports,” Emilia sighed and crossed her arms before her chest. Like before, her and Ralus were sitting next to me, with Emilia on my right and Ralus on my left.
”Do we really have to sit like this?” I asked, feeling somewhat uncomfortable being sandwiched between two angels.
”What is that?” Emilia seemed to not have heard me speak, but I dared not repeat it.
”Nothing,” I said aloud, dismissing my previous comment.
”For me,” Noah took over the reigns and continued the conversation. ”I usually do my part of the chores and after that, well...depends on the time of day.”
”You actually do chores?” I look over at him with a look of surprise.
”I don't do them,” Noah sighed and said in a depressed tone. ”I'm forced to do them. You haven't seen Emilia when she see's me slacking off... She goes Heavenly Judgement mode.”
”Really...” I glanced over at Emilia to confirm Noah's statement.
”Stop exaggerating,” Emilia said with a blush on her face as if she was flustered that such a thing was said about her. However, her voice was still kept under control, maintaining the image of the cool and collected heavenly angel.
”What do you mean exaggerating?” Noah said with a bewildered expression on her face. ”Who was it that made me clean my room five times in one day, one after the other?”
”That's because you did not clean your room the first four times,” Emilia calmly rebutted.
I looked over at Ralus, who simply shrugged with a defeated smile on his face.
”If three of the four archangels are here,” I said aloud, hoping to change the subject, ”who help run the world? Michael?”
”...”
All three angels present became silent, with Emilia and Noah ceasing their bickering at once. Noah's eyes jumped between Ralus and Emilia, as if observing them and waiting them to respond to my question. However, Ralus and Emilia both remained silent with a troubled expression on their faces.
”That,” Ralus finally said after releasing a sigh. ”I can't tell you anything about that...But the world technically runs itself now.”
So he cannot tell me anything about Michael...I wonder why?
”What do you mean it runs itself?” I inquired further, allowing the subject about Michael to slip as I am sure that if I were to pursue it further, I would end up nowhere. If they can't tell me something, they won't tell me it. No matter how many times I ask, they won't say anything.
”Well,” Ralus answered, being visibly relieved about something. ”We simply let things take its own course now. We angels used to have a larger role in shaping the world near the beginnings of time, but now, we just let things play out. That is...for most things.”
If they simply let things play out naturally, then why interfere with my life? For some reason, I have a feeling that if I ask them, I wouldn't get a satisfying answer. It'll be pointless, and probably make things even more awkward for both them and me...
”So do you all just...hang out here and do nothing?” I changed the subject once again, naturally progressing into another topic.
”Yeah,” Ralus said. ”It's not like it's that different from what we would do outside of this place.”
”What is it like...living in Heaven?”
”It's...kinda the same as here,” Noah said.
”This world is based off of Heaven,” Emilia continued. ”So, there are plenty of similarities.”