Not a lot happened in Irene’s life. She was just a game developer by day, and a geek… all day, she supposed. She loved her job, especially since everyone around her raved about the same things and wouldn’t judge her for it— unlike in high school where everyone found it either strange or too good to be true for a girl to be into games, anime, and the like. Honestly, being able to land a job in the industry she’s always yearned for has been a dream come true, even if she only works for a small studio.

It was more than enough.

It was more than enough until their team leader, Moonbyul, had announced in the midst of their team rushing a huge project that the office’s A/C had broken down.

Even worse the A/C was centralized, which mean that the office would be as hot as hell during summer, of all seasons, and their PCs were left to die in the heat with them if they attempted to use them without air conditioning.

They may as well just say goodbye to their project.

Great. Just great.

However, their leader had kindly asked the café owner from across the street if their team could work in the café temporarily while the necessary repairs were being made at the office. The team of five were flabbergasted, wondering how on earth Moonbyul got their producer to even agree to this given the possible cost of doing such a thing.

That is until Moonbyul admitted that the owner of the café was none other than her wife, Solar. This gave them a discounted rate and a place to stay— as long as they didn’t cause trouble.

This was all fine with Irene until she had met eyes with probably the most gorgeous human she’d ever seen.

Irene had to blink again to make sure that she wasn’t just conjuring one of her anime waifus into 3D space.

The ethereal figure seemed very much real, and seemed to be looking at her as well. The brown, cat-like eyes reeled Irene in, and she was pretty sure she had died and ascended to heaven when those eyes upturned into adorable crescents.

She was an angel.

The developer was staring so much that she didn’t realize she was doing so until the angel suddenly disappeared, and a loud crash could be heard.

“Seul! Watch where you’re going!” Solar practically screeched as she helped the angel stand up. Dusting herself off, the angel muttered a string of apologies as she helped clean up the mess. The older woman retrieved the fallen items, and had disappeared into the kitchen to return them.

“Sorry, sorry… It’s just,” The angel, apparently called ‘Seul’ sighed loudly as her eyes met Irene’s once more. She didn’t even realize that the person she was talking to had left.

“Are you even real?” She asked, her gaze filled with awe as her jaw hung open. When Irene realized that the angel had been referring to her, the developer had immediately turned a deep shade of crimson.

“Oh no, not you too Seulbear!” Moonbyul suddenly gasped, sliding towards Irene. The team leader’s face was of pure shock. Seul looked dumbfounded.

“Wha..?”

“You see her too! It’s not just me!” Moonbyul exclaimed, and Seul’s eyes shot wide open.

“You see this bewitching woman here is none other than the Goddess Irene, The Goddess of Peace! If you don’t get on your knees this instant, you will forever be troubled, fighting an inner battle of—!” Before the team leader could even finish, Seul was suddenly in front of Irene, and was down on her knees.

Irene.exe had stopped responding.

That is, until a loud scream echoed, the three women startled back into their senses.

“Moon Byul Yi!” A very angry Solar stomped towards Moonbyul, pulling on the angel’s arms so that she could get up.

“Stop tricking Seulgi like that! It’s not funny,” Solar held Seulgi close, akin to a mother holding her child protective against harm. Seulgi played along and nodded, hiding her face in the embrace.

Irene couldn’t understand how an actual human being could be so adorable.

“Pfft, you have to admit it was a bit funny,” Moonbyul said with a grin, nudging Irene. “Right?”

The developer had completely come back to her senses.

“Team leader,” She started, her eyes dead serious, “We have a project due soon and we can’t waste anymore time, remember?” Irene said, adjusting her glasses as she did. The developer might’ve heard Seulgi mutter ‘cute,’ at that, but she wasn’t so sure.

“Oh alright, fine! But before you go back to work, lemme just introduce you guys since you’ll have to get used to seeing each other after all. I wouldn’t want my best dev to just stare at Seulbear instead of developing what could be the next game of the year, right?” Moonbyul teased, as Irene’s face had quickly turned red. Trying and failing to hide her blush, the developer heard a cute giggle.

And of course the cute giggle had to come from the angel.

Irene reddened even more, and tried to bury herself into her oversized sweater.

Solar and Moonbyul could only grin amusedly at the two.

“Anyway, Seulbear, this is Irene, the only person besides me keeping this team together,” At that, a loud “Hey!” could be heard not so far away.

“Kim Yerim,” Irene said plainly without looking back, and immediately the loud girl had quieted down. Moonbyul chuckled at that, and Solar continued the introduction.

“And Irene, this is Seulgi, my pure child. She only knows how to make drinks and pastries as sweet as herself, so if you want something bitter you’ll have to go to Sooyoung,” Solar smiled as she heard her emp