" Neh, Mari-san, why are we Angels ?"

Sitting on the edge of her cloud, a certain red-hair angel asked her partner. To which the blonde just simply shrugged.

" I dunno. Maybe God saw something in us and he made some decisions. Like my shiny~ spirit ."

Mari knew that Riko was hiding something. Not so often that they could have a conversation like this. The kind of conversation that not including Chika's mikans or You's new ideas for their clothes.

Still looking at her fluffy white feathers, Riko faked up a small smile. Mari wasn't any dumb , she knew her Riko was sad. When it came to these moments, the trustful(?) Shiny~ onee-sama would do her best to comfort Riko. The blonde pulled Riko closer to her body, to which the red-hair snuggled further into a familiar wamrth.

" Riko-chan, ya know ya can tell me anything. "

" Then what did God see in Yocchan ? Why did he do that ? "

Mari knew she couldn't answer that question , so she just sat there and slightly stroking Riko's hair. Something warm was making it's way down on Riko's cheek, and fell to the blonde's hand.

" Why Mari-san ? Why ?"

" Riko-chan, sometimes ya shouldn't ask what ya dont't want to know. "

There were a few more mumbling, but Mari chose to ignore it. Sometimes, it's the best to let the time heal everythings.

The glass garden had always been an ideal place for the angels. No one knew why God called it " Glass Garden ", cuz to be honest, nothing here was made of glass.

" Ah, no fair, why we only have apple trees? I want mikans."

Chika rolled herseld over the green grass, asked the same question for like 100 times. Riko let out a small sigh, knew that her friend would never kick that thought out of her head.

" Chika-chan, you know the answer already. God doesn't like mikan."

" Yadaa, mikans are so great. How can he not like them. Right Riko-chan. Mari-chan is the one of the lead Angels isn't she? Can you tell her to ask God about ...?"

" That's impossible. We only bother God with big things."

Brought out her strict voice, Riko calmly reply. And China continued to ask for mikans and sort of whined a lot. Lucky for her, just when Riko was out of idea to deal with her annoying friend, You had returned in the middle of Chika's complaint with a bunch of mikans. That lightened up Chika immediately, but opposite for Riko. Like seriously, where did she get those anyways?

" Uwaahh, arigatou You-chan. Yu aee dze boest. "

The orange hair yelled as loud as she could, voice muffled from all the mikans she stuffed to her mouth.

" Chika-chan, no talking with your mouth full. You'll get yourself choke. "

" Yousoro, no problem. I enjoy getting them anyway. "

" Where exactly did you get them ? "

" The Earth. Humans are selling a lot. "

" You went down only to buy these ? "

You's answer surprised Riko. Cause she knew, not so many angels could go down. God had been super strict about that, ever since that day. That sudden thought somehow killed Riko's mood.

" No need to worry. I had a mission in Numazu, and they are selling a lot. So I kinda bought them..."

In the middle of her sentence, You noticed the sudden change of Riko. Like the red-hair sorrowfull eyes immediately caught her attention.

" Neh, Riko-chan, you okay ? "

That question snapped Riko out of her dazing, only to meet a worry look of her friend.

" Ah, I'm okay. Just spaced out a bit. "

The ash-hair girl knew she shouldn't go any further, so she just let out a small grin.

" Hehe, okay. Oh by the way, Mari-chan told me to ask you to meet her at the Grand Venue earlier. She said hurry please. "

" Then I guess I should be heading now. Can't make her wait. Take care of Chika-chan, don't let she have too many mikans, okay? "

" Yousoro, count on me. " , You said with a salute, and a " See later Riko-chan " from China.

Riko turned her back to the two, quickly walked to the Grand Venue, which was 150 meters far from the Glass Garden.

It gonna take a long while

The sound of footsteps echoed through the hall of Grand Venue. The red-hair could see the blonde sitting on statue, kicking feet in joy and humming some soothing melody. Song of a waiting love , with Mari's angelic voice.

" Mai-san , a Lead Angel shouldn't sit on a statue. "

Riko cut through the melody, which instantly caught Mari's attention.

" Oh my, Riko-chan. Ya here. And no worry, no one saw me doing that. "

" Yeah, but still... "

" Shh, Riko-chan, listen to the words. "

Putting her index finger onto Riko's lips, Mari kept for herself a knowing smile. A confusing emotion swept through the red-hair's mind. Only the sound of the breezing wind could be heard, what are the words?

" Mari-san, I can't hear any words. "

" Eh, ya can't. Mou, I can hear it clearly. "

There was a slight pouting,

Not that again

" Mari-san, only Lead Angels can hear God's words. I can't. "

Mari let out a gasp, with an I-dont-know-it face. Like really? They had done this for thousand times, and the blonde could still do that?

" Oh right. Sorry Riko-chan. I forgot. "

She surely is something for Lead Angel

" But I can do this. "

Mari reached both her hands out to cup Riko's face, her forehead touched the other. Just when the younger girl couldn't understand what's going on, a male voice echoed in her head.

You are going to the Earth

" Heard that Riko-chan. You are going to the Earth. "

No way

The red-hair didn't dare to move. She just stood still, eyes wide opened. The surrounding seem to be fading. Even the smile of the blonde couldn't catch her attention.