[COMPLETE] Earth Girl, Star Boys (EXO Fanfic)

3 - The Beautiful Man

When I came to, it was dark, but I was warm. I smelled the ocean and... I found myself in the arms of a man I did not know. Then everything came back - the thugs, the chase, the ocean and I pushed the man away...

And.
I.
Am.
Falling.
From.
The.
Sky!!!!!!!!!

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHDON'TWANNADIEEEEEEE!!!!"

I heard a sigh and we were both falling then suddenly we were on the beach. The thugs were nowhere to be found. It was only him and I.

"P - please d - don't hu - hu - hurt me. I just..."

The man gave an exasperated sigh and said, "I know what you did. I saw what you did. It was irrational, stupid, reckless and I cannot begin to describe what idiocy possessed you to do that. But everything I've done until now was not to harm you. "

My anger flared up. "Excuse me, but who are you to insult me like that? We just met! What gives you the right to -"

The man's face was eerily blank. "Right. Of course you don't know me. But I've met you every single day since you talked to the stars. I shouldn't be here. I should go." The man turned on his heels and started walking away.

Without thinking, my hand grabbed his. He stood still, then slowly turned to face me.

"How do you know about me talking to the stars?"

"I know. More do. We hear you. They ignore you. I chose to listen. I... listen everyday." With this statement, the man seemed to... But... It must be the moon shining on us but right then and there, he seemed to be glowing. And then for the first time, I really looked at him.

He was dressed strangely. His clothes, colored silver and black, were sparkling, not like jewels, but like stars. He was tall, casting a shadow over me, as the moon continued to shine on us. But it wasn't his clothes or his height that caught my eye. It was... him. His whole being was glowing. He is a beautiful man.

I was surprised to feel him tip my face up, his thumbs brushing away my tears.

"Why is there lacrimal fluid on your eyes? Did something get in them?" His face was still blank, but the tenderness he had to wipe my tears were not hidden.

"No. No. It's just... you were such a beautiful man... You looked like the man from my dreams... Ah! What am I saying! I -"

He looked at me for a long time, then slowly reached out and tucked my hair behind my ears. "You are... beautiful as well. Why do you hide your face from the world?"

I blushed and stepped away from him, and hid my face behind my hair once more. "W - who are you? What are you? I should be running away from a strange man, but you saved my life and I would like to thank you properly..."

"I am not an Earth person. I live there." The man points to a star. "I should not be here but I cannot stand by and do nothing and watch you be... What term am I looking for? As to who I am, I am 0114."

This is impossible. X - files. ET. They did not look like this. Well, Do Min Joon did, but that's beside the point. That was a K - drama, and this is real. But the things he did were impossible.

"How did you get from your place to Earth?"

"My power of course."

"Okay..? What power?"

"I can traverse through space at this given time and go anywhere within my limits, of course. But this is the farthest I've traveled. Teleportation is my gift. And as of today, my gift cannot take me back to my planet just yet."

"Planet... Like Earth?"

"Better than Earth."

"So you're stuck here on Earth?"

"As of the moment, yes. I shall find temporary residence here in this planet. My powers will return, but in the meantime, it is limited to traversing within Earth. I will stay with you for the meantime, yes?"

"Yes, I mean no, I mean what?" I stare at the man, surprised.

"I saved your life. Is it not customary for gratitude at this point?"

"Yes, but -"

"And I recall you wanting to thank me properly."

I open my mouth but no words came out.

"I am glad we have that arranged. Where is your residence?"

I sigh in defeat. Beautiful man or not, he is strange. And this is beyond my dreams. An alien. In the flesh. Who looks like a model but the expressions of a robot. Cold. Indifferent. A man.

Staying with me.

I feel a blush creeping up my face and I slap my cheeks.

"Is it customary for Earth people to hit themselves?"

"No. Not customary. Don't do that."

"I see. I shall give you time to talk the stars -"

"No need. I - let's go home. But I am not calling you 0114 while you are here. You need a name."

"What is wrong with 0114?"

"A lot of things."

"Oh... I see. Are you certain you will not talk to the stars?"

"Yes. I am feeling tired actually."

He takes my hand and holds it firmly.

"Imagine your dwelling as accurately as you can."

I close my eyes and feel his warmth beside me. I imagine the house and my room.

"Kai."

"What?"

"You can call me Kai."

And the beach was gone.