Heaven Life

7 - Shopping

"Breakfast ready!" Flora's mother says as she walks out of the kitchen with a freshly made plate of sandwiches.

"Thank you, mom, love you!" Flora affectionately replies to her and gives her a hug after she puts the plate down.

Flora enjoys her sandwich while casually chatting on her phone. As she watches the posts scrolling down throughout the homepage, she notices a notification from a friend of hers, Yuuki.
She checks on the message and soon curiosity takes hold of her.

"Hello help"

The message was sent very recently, in fact, the message was sent just now. With a little concern, Flora wonders, "What does this guy need? Is he desperate?"

The message doesn't stop there as the chat shows that Yuuki is typing another, his current status is online and that only fuels more concern to Flora's mind. She keeps wondering if something bad has happened to him; perhaps he is being kidnapped and somehow was able to send her a message? Or perhaps something terrifying has appeared in his residence, a hostile mob or even a devil? But even with those possibilities, the angels that guard Heaven would immediately detect and neutralize the moment said possibilities appear. So the intrusive thoughts and concern lingers in her mind. Until the second message was sent.

"Help me to go out of my room, im lazy. Help me."

This one immediately sweeps clear any more thoughts and concern that Flora has. Flora overreacted upon such a simple message that she genuinely thought something bad had happened to her friend. She pauses her eating and blanks out in a bit of disbelief as Yuuki's help request is literally just him wanting to be dragged out of his house because he's too lazy.

"I cant believe you need help cuz of that, '' Flora replies.

"sorry"

"Dont apologize, its okay haha :)"

"Aight"

An awkward moment of silence fills in the vibe before Yuuki texts Flora back.

"So can you help me with getting out of this shell that i call 'home?'"

"Cant you just go out yourself?"

"I dont have motivation"

The poor girl has to stop eating her breakfast to let out an annoyed sigh, "Sorry yuuki but you gotta do it yourself. Although if we're going to meet in a place then im in"

"Understood, have a good day"

"You too"

After their chattering ends, Yuuki receives words from Charles that their necessities are running out. Secretly being enthusiastic, Yuuki quickly changes into his outdoor clothing while Charles is already waiting in the car, ready to take them both to the mall once his master steps out.

Little did they know, unfortunately, that their casual drive would be hindered by an encounter with a mild traffic jam. This occurrence is uncommon and usually only happens when it rains. However, the time is 8 am and the weather is bright: the sun shines over the blue sky as the clouds slowly move and change shape with the way of the wind. The morning weather forecast also predicts that the weather would be fine for the day. For this traffic jam to occur in the morning and in sunny weather seems to be a mystery. Not to mention that the majority of the vehicles congesting the streets are cars.

Yuuki watches the scene moving slowly outside the car’s window as Charles drives through the traffic jam steadily. Even though the cars in Heaven are all environment-friendly and emit virtually no smoke and sound pollution, it still can't help that the amount of vehicles gathering at once makes the streets feel hot and dense.