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Nanoha POV

"Come on Nanoha-chan," Hayate excitedly jumped in front of Midori-ya.

I smiled while walking about a hundred feet up to her," you really like this café, don't you?"

"Of course," he brunette hummed. "It may be my day off, but it's filled with memories, both good and bad," she closed her eyes to reminisce as I walked in, holding her hand so she wouldn't bump into any of the café furniture.

How nice, I thought. To be able to remember things about your past life. I only get vague stuff popping in my head every now and then.

"Nice to meet you again," Kyouya greeted from behind the counter.

"S-same here," I nodded in acknowledgment. "Hayate-chan wanted to come here."

"Only she would do that on a day off," a girl's voice sighed from behind. "Please, have a seat," she gestured to a booth next to the window. We, well I did as I was told while dragging the still reminiscing Hayate. "Anything specific you would like?" the waitress asked with a small notepad and pen ready in hand.

My shoulders shrugged, "any recommendations? I'm not really picky on what food to eat." And for some odd reason, my wallet is always full, I looked at my friend. And I conclude that she is the reason. It explains why there's more ever since she worked here... Stupid Hayate-chan, I lightly hit her in the head.

"What was that for?" she looked at me, feigning hurt.

"Why are you giving me an allowance? You should be using it on yourself."

"Because," she grinned. "I want you to go to places and eat lots of different things."

"But you earned it..."

"And I want you to have fun since I'm not spending much time with you nowadays. I know how lonely you feel when I'm not around," Hayate gave me a small smile. It was true though, I do feel like I'm missing something when she's not around, but that little gap seems to be getting filled up little by little. "Have fun with Fate-chan while I'm not with you."

"...But-"

"Nanoha-chan," she tightly gripped my shoulders and started to shake me rather violently. "Take it! I have no use for it, and I'm working here for fun."

"Pfft!" the siblings tried to hold their laughter.

"What?" my friend's voice went up a pitch. "Why are you two laughing?"

"Because we know that's not the real reason," the two kept giggling. "It's the same reason why you're here now."

"Lies!" a tint of red started to appear on her cheeks.

"Listen here Nanoha," Miyuki placed a cup of black tea and chocolate cake in front of me. "Your friend Hayate is in love with one of our waitresses."

"No I'm not!" Hayate turned to me. "Don't listen to them Nanoha-chan. You are the only one I love! ...Why didn't I get a cake?" she tried to change the subject after seeing me try to suppress my laughter.

"Sorry for the wait," a voice from the back said. A stunningly gorgeous woman walked out. Her long, sliver hair was tied near her neck with a black ribbon. She wore a black vest over a white dress shirt that hugged her curves, effectively showing her slim figure. "I hope this is to your liking, Meister Hayate," she placed down a plate of apple crumble and a cup of coffee.

"A-a-a-aren't y-y-you t-t-too f-f-f-for-formal?" the brunette stuttered. "A-a-and y-y-you d-don't n-need to-to call me th-that."

"But Meister," the waitress' scarlet eyes looked deeply into cobalt blues ones. "I live only to serve you, for you are the only one I have my eyes on," she finished with a smile and winked, then left.

I watched as the devil's mouth opened and closed like a fish, this is highly amusing. "So Hayate, what's her name?"

"Rei-Rei-Rein-Reinforce," she kept staring behind the counter where the woman disappeared in, behind to the back.

"Wow, and here I thought you liked Alicia-chan," I mused.

"A-A-Alicia-chan is my-my mega-super-awesome-bestest-friend-in-the-whole-wide-world." A look of panic overcame her features, "I don't know my own feelings anymore. Maybe I should start a harem," she mumbled. After taking a bite of the apple crumble, her eyes widened, "'tis delicious."

"Reinforce made it with love," Kyouya and Miyuki said in a sing-song voice, causing Hayate to choke and gulp down her coffee.

"I only love Nanoha-chan," my friend hastily said and scooted closer to me. "You love me, don't you?"

Taking a bite of my cake, I 'thought' for a while to look as if I were hesitant. "Sure I do," I slowly said. "I love you being my scapegoat."

"Nanoha-chan," she whined as the siblings and I laughed.

Fate POV

"Hey Alicia," I called out to my lookalike. "What is this place? ...Um Alicia, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Why are you calling me Alicia instead of onee-chan?" a hint of malice and saddness were evident in her eyes.

"Well," I fidgeted. "I always felt guilty whenever I made her sad, although calling her by name instead of what she wanted me to call her was always the cause. "I'm... I'm just not used to... um having a sister."

"But we've been together even before this place," her voice started to crack, tears pooled at her eyes.

"Uh," I took a hesitant step towards her and ruffled her hair. "Sorry, I don't remember much about before. But I'll try my best, okay?"

"She wrapped her arms around me in a tight hug, "at least call me onee-chan?"

"Uhhh," looking into her hopeful eyes, I caved. "Fine, fine... onee-chan," as the words rolled off my tongue, I couldn't help but feel extremely awkward, but warm and fuzzy at the same time.

"Imouto-chan!" her embrace nearly suffocated me. "I love you!"

"M-mmm," I tried to shift into a more comfortable position. "I-I can't breathe..."

After opening my eyes, I caught a glimmer of gold across my chest. I felt a heavy weight on my stomach, and noise started to reach my ears.

"So this kid finally decided to come along after being told that you were here," a vaguely familiar voice said.

"Awww," my sister squealed and slowly wriggled off of me. "Come here and give me a hug Vita-chan."

"Mm!" another voice squeaked. "You'll never get me!" footsteps were heard getting further away.

"Vita-chan~" the weight was finally lifted off of me.

I looked over to see Alicia chasing a small redhead. "What just happened," I rapidly blinked at the fading figures.

"It's just Vita running away from your sister," the pink-haired woman in front of me informed as if it were an everyday occurrence.

"You say it as if it's normal," I rose a brow.

"Well, don't tell Vita, I already know you two came from the spirit world. And I was one of the few that retained memories of you both."

"My memories are once again failing me," I sighed, not knowing that we used to know each other in the past. No wonder her voice sounded familiar.

"Then as a reintroduction, I'm Signum. It's nice to meet you again, Fate," she nodded.

"S-same here," I returned the gesture. I guess I could trust her then, seeing that onee-chan chased off... Vita. Oh speak of the devil... Why am I using that phrase?

As I rambled to myself, Alicia attempted to pounce on the redhead, but the little one was too quick and moved out of the way. Unfortunately, I was behind the one being chased, therefore being in my sister's path. "Imouto-chan!" she shouted in glee.

"Gwah!" I lost my breath as she landed on me. "Ugh..."

"Ali- Onee-chan," I quickly corrected myself.

"Yes imouto-chan~" she hummed.

"Ummm," I fidgeted as we walked through the streets of Heaven. "Do we have to walk through here?" I tried to ignore the stares I was getting.

"Don't mind them. They're just jealous of your cool black wings," my twin simply said.

"Wh-where are we going?" my eyes kept looking at the floor.

"You'll see soon enough," she continued walking as she held my hand.

Once I felt the pressure from the other angels' eyes start to diminish, I looked up to see that we were in another realm. Or at least that's what it felt like. Looking behind me, I saw iron gates that were in the process of closing. 'Where are we?' I thought while looking around.

As if she read my mind, Alicia answered, "we're in Dematerialize Zone. A neutral territory that separates Heaven and Hell. I thought you might like it here since it's the closest representation of the human world."

Taking in the sights and smells, I smiled to myself, "I love it." It felt like I was free, to a place where I actually belong...

Normal POV

"And she's out like a light," Signum dryly said.

"Only because I love her that much," Alicia proudly declared.

"But that was originally aimed at Vita..."

A glint appeared in burgundy eyes, "it held almost the same meaning." The redhead backed off a bit in response.

"You have spent way too much time with Hayate," Signum dryly said.

"That's because we are inseparable," the blonde huffed in triumph.

"Yeah, sure," teal eyes rolled around.

The two looked over to see a slightly disappointed Vita. "Is Vita in love with Hayate-chan?" Alicia whispered to Signum.

"I don;t know," the pink-haired woman answered in an equally low voice.

"Hmmm," the angel looked intently at the smaller human.

"Wh-what?" Vita's face began to be dyed a deep shade of red. "Wh-what are you looking at?"

"An adorable rabbit-like person," the blonde smirked.

"Sh-shut up!" she then proceeded to run. "I'm going back home!"

"I should ask Kyouya and Miyuki to always put me and Vita in the same shift."

"Same for Hayate and Reinforce?" Signum suggested.

"Perfect."

Meanwhile at Midori-ya...

"Ah-choo!" a certain pair of people sneezed.

"Gesundheit," Nanoha, Miyuki, and Kyouya said.

"Thanks," Hayate and Reinforce sniffled.

A/N: Whoohoo short chapter :3 I should do this more often, and hopefully I'll update faster. Since I have a 90 minute break in between classes for two days out of four, I use that time to write this and other stories. So hopefully there will be quicker updates in the future~ Thanks to you readers for reading and/or reviewing. :D