Ivory seemed to have misspoke to Aleya. More precisely, he was wrong. Even though he meant he wanted to know how Aleya was feeling right now. And luckily, the question didn't make Aleya suspicious of him.
He smiled at Aleya when Aleya asked him back. "Well, I'm happy. I've never been this happy. How about you?"
"What are you happy about? Did you find someone new?"
"Aleya … happiness is not always about meeting new people. I'm just happy because I live on earth with opportunities that I have to make the best of it."
Aleya's lips formed the letter O, nodded, and took a deep breath. He thought Ivory had found someone new that he would fall in love with. But he realized, too, that Ivory was not that kind of angel.
"I... I don't know how to explain whether I'm happy or not," said Aleya, answering his question.
Ivory pretended not to care, but he heard her. "Just tell me, maybe I can say that you are happy or not."