E.X.ing (Luhan Fanfic)

Nodding

It's so quiet inside the car, noone talks. They're infront of Luhan's house, but after 5 minutes pass, they're still in a deep silence, busy with their own thought. Luhan is the first one who makes a move, he sighs as he looks at her, she is staring straight to the front. He just really knows her, right now, she tries hard to hold her tears, it makes his heart clenching.

"Xian"

As she hears his voice, she turns to him and meets his eyes. The eye-contact didn't last long because she avoids it. She is so weak right now, she could cry any time, any second.

"Here" Luhan suddenly takes her hand and gives his phone to her. Lixian stares blankly at the phone and she swears, her heart stops beating.

"He is Hao, now, he is two years old" Luhan talks, he can't look her in the eyes, he just looks around, avoiding her eyes.

In the other hand, Lixian just stares blankly at his phone, which shows Hao's photo. Hao is really cute, he has red chubby cheeks and a nice smile. He is just a handsome kid, but Lixian can't stare at him any longer. She closes her eyes and bites her lips, she is near to cry, her tears already there, on the edge of her eyes.

"Xian" His voice is pleading, his hands cupping her face, but her eyes still closed.

"Look into my eyes" He whispers, he is so desperate right now, he wants to see her eyes and read them.

"Han" Lixian finally talks, her voice is low and weak. Slowly, she opens her eyes and immediately their eyes meet.

"Just listen to my story, and look into my eyes, so you can know if it was lie or truth" Luhan softly talks to her as he strokes her cheeks with his thumb. After she nods to him, he starts revealing what happened years ago.

It was Lixian graduation day, after he ran away from her, he drove his car around the city. He felt so empty and lifeless. He really missed her and everything on her, she was his first love, first kiss, and first night. He couldn't forget about her easily, he experienced so many 'first' with her, that was deep and valuable.

He stopped at anabandoned playground and sat on the swing. He wanted to be alone and made up his mind. But then, he met a girl named Jia for the first time. She was in another side of the park, holding a knife on her right hand, ready to cut her vein. As a human being, he had an instinct to safe someone's life.

As fast as the wind, he ran to the other side and slapped her hand, not that hard to hurt her, but hard enough to make her releasing the knife. As the knife fell off, she lifted her pale face and looked at Luhan with her teary eyes. Luhan looked back and in a split second, she threw herself and hugged his waist as she cried loudly.

In his position, he couldn't push her away eventhough she was a total stranger. So that was why, he wrapped her on his embrace, comforting her fragile soul from whatever problem she had.

"Whatever problem you faced, you shouldn't do such thing, your life is a gift from God, precious" Luhan talked softly as he felt her breathing became more even.

After that, he drove her home, and on the way there, he got to know her and her problem. Jia, that girl, had been raped because of her mother's debt. Somehow, it hurted Luhan, he just imagined what if his Lixian was in Jia's place, he would kill that man for sure.

"Thank you Luhan" Jia talked as they arrived infront of her house. Luhan just nodded his head and looked at her, he was confused, why didn't she get out yet, liked she had something to say.

"Luhan, can I ask for your help?" Jia hesitately asked him, he just nodded.

"Can you come with me? I'm scared, my mom ran away" Jia continued. Actually Luhan didn't want to, but he felt bad if he rejected her. Maybe she would do something crazy again.