Anna and Leo
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"I'm an immortal. I'm already 1,700 years old," Leo seriously replied.
"Really?" I curiously asked.
"Mhmm!" He nodded.
"So, you're already a grandfather? I wonder how many grandchildren you have now," I said and laughed. "Haha!"
"Haha!" Leo laughed at me too.
"What's funny?" I asked while looking at him in the side mirror.
"You used to live like mortals. We Angels can only get bigger and taller until our 18th year. Right after that, our body are not aging anymore. Our God started to give us missions when we reach 18 years old until we get married. We usually get married in our 2,000 to 3,000 years of living. It's the stage where our hearts started to understand emotions and feelings which everyone called, love," Leo explained.
"It's a great information," I replied. "We're home!" I said and beep third times for Anna to open the gate.
A few moments later.
"Claire, is he your boyfriend?" Anna asked smilingly when I and Leo went inside the house.
"You! Don't talk nonsense," I said to Anna. "He is my friend, Leo. Leo, she is Anna. She's my sister," I introduced them to each other.
"Nice to meet you, big brother," Anna said while handing her hand to Leo.
"Nice to meet you too," Leo seriously replied but he didn't shake hands with Anna.
"Naughty!" Anna murmured and get back her hand. "Sister, what do you want to eat? Do you want to have some drink?" Anna asked.
"Just bring us juice. Pease," I told Anna.
"Sure, sister," Anna replied and she immediately went into the kitchen.
"Have a seat," I told Leo. We are in the living room now.
"This house was so beautiful," Leo seriously said.
"If you want, you can stay there until you finish your missions," I offered.
"Thank you. Don't worry, I will do anything to repay your kindness to me," Leo replied.
"I don't need any payment. I just want you to tell me everything about Angels and Demons and their powers," I said.
"That is so simple but it takes time to tell you everything," Leo said.
"It's alright. I'm not rushing you," I replied. "By the way, what is your mission here?" I asked.
"That thing, I'm sorry but I can't tell you," Leo seriously replied.
"OK! I understood, everyone have their kept secrets and needs a little privacy too," I said and smiled to him.
"Hrrrm!" Anna exclaimed. "Here's the juice, sister," she said while putting a glass of juice in the center table.
"Why only one? I asked for two of us," I complained.
"I don't need to serve this guy, sister. He's rude, I don't like him," Anna directly answered.
"Anna!" I said while giving her a threatening look. "He is our guest and he will stay with us here for a couple of days. You have to respect him and assist his needs. Don't be rude, I won't tolerate that," I whispered to Anna.
"I'm sorry, sister. I'll get another glass of juice for him now," Anna sadly said.
"No need, I'll get it myself. Stay here with Leo," I said and went to the kitchen.
A few moments later.
"You know what, you can't stay here. Please go away and don't get my sister from me," Anna ruggedly said to Leo.
"Your sister offered me to stay here for a while and I won't take her from you," Leo replied seriously. "Why are you so angry with me?" Leo asked.
"Because you're so rude. You are naughty. You're a bad guy. You don't have good intentions," Anna continuously said. "And you're staying here with us?" she asked with a very disgusted face.
"Yes!" I answered. "Leo, this is for you," I said while reaching the glass of orange juice to Leo.
"Thanks, Claire," Leo said.
"Anna, go and study in your room," I told her and she immediately walk out without saying anything.
"I don't know why she really hates me," Leo said.
"Maybe, she's thinking that you don't like her too because you didn't shake hands with her," I replied.
"Shake hands?" Leo asked.
"It's a sign of accepting friendship and being happy to know each other," I replied.
"Just because of that she's so angry with me? Mortals are quite hard to deal with. I'm so sorry, I'm just new in this World and I don't know things like shakes hand," Leo said.
"I understood. Don't worry, I will talk to her later so that you two will be good to each other soon," I said.
"Thanks! Maybe I can help you a lot in your questions about Angels and Demons. In exchange, you can help me a lot to know the nature of this world," Leo said.
"It's quite interesting and it's fair enough," I replied. "Let me show you your room. Follow me," I added and stood up.
"Alright!" he replied.
The time runs very fast. It's already night and I'm here in the room of Anna. Even in the dinner, she and Leo still didn't like each other.
"Anna, why didn't you make friends with Leo? He is my new friend and my friends must be in good terms with you," I said and sat down in the bed of Anna.
"But Claire, I don't like him. He is so strange," Anna replied.
"It's because you only knew him for a short time. You just have to give him a chance to show his goodness to you," I said.
"I mean, he is literally strange. He can't recognize even a simple things like television, cellphone and etc," Anna said.
"That's because he came from a very far place. There, they don't have any gadgets and things like we have here. Don't you remember when I first took you from the streets? You are unfamiliar of many things too like him. You always made mistakes but I tried to understand and teach you. You have to do the same with him," I explained.
"You mean, you're gonna replace me with him?" Anna sadly asked.
"Of course not!" I replied. "I just wanted to help him until he used to familiarize this World. I mean, the kind of life here. If we let him stay in the streets, a lot of people will bully him. Can you let that happen?" I asked her.
"No!" Anna shortly replied.
"No one can replace you in my heart. You're already my sister and I love you. Okay?" I said.
"I love you too, sister Claire," Anna replied and she hugged me.
"Promise me, from now on, you will try to deal with Leo. You will treat him like a big brother. Like the way you treat me, alright?" I asked Anna.
"I'm sorry if I've been too rude to him lately. I promised to apologize to him and be kind to him tomorrow," Anna said.
"Very good. That's my girl. Hehe!" I happily replied to Anna.
"It's already weekend. Are you going to visit your old house tomorrow?" Anna asked.
"No, we will go shopping tomorrow," I replied.
"Really?" Anna happily asked.
"Yes, baby. Sleep now and be a good girl tomorrow," I said.
"Good night," Anna said.
"Good night too, Anna," I said and smiled to her.
Then, I went out of Anna's room and went into the kitchen. I drunk a glass of water and was about to go into my room in he second floor. I found that Leo's room was open so, I check him. He is not inside the room that's why I look for him. I can't find him anywhere inside the house and I'm very curious where did he go.
"Did he start doing his mission? Where is he?" I murmured.
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