The Man

Chapter 21 // Gala

Kyle stood beside Lena, the whole evening had been rather slow. But he couldn't care, they were holding hands, in public. Lena was talking to some old rich dude, Kyle couldn't seem to pay attention. But he was there, and that mattered to Lena so it mattered to him too. Suddenly he knew what he had to do, a grin appeared on his face as he said when there was a short silence "I must excuse myself." Both Lena and the old man nodded and with that Kyle walked away.

Not a minute later he landed in the middle of the group, a smile playing on his lips as she saw Lena turn towards him. "Ms. Luthor."

Lena smiled and said "Superboy, I'm glad you could make it."

"I still think this is a bad idea," Lena raised an eyebrow as a challenge "But- I will be checking the perimeter for any kind of unusual activity. I will be back at the first sight of danger." Lena curtly nodded and with that Kyle flew up in the sky again. Again less then a minute later he stood beside Lena again, playing the great boyfriend.

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Kyle sighed, it was all over. They had won, Lena's plan had worked and luckily nobody got hurt. It was a bit strange when he saw his best friend come out of under the podium together with his girlfriend but they stopped the bad guys. Kyle quickly left and changed, he run from the bathroom like he hadn't been there all the time. Eyes were set on him "Uh-" He looked around "Jesus... What did I miss?" Suddenly Lena stood in front of him and pulled him into a kiss. 

She wanted to go further but Kyle drew back and whispered in her ear "Not here darling, not here."

Lena silently groaned so Kyle grabbed her hand, they had to clean up a mess, together. And with that they talked to people, helped people and did it all together. When they finally could leave they were sitting in Lena's town car together. Kyle leaned his head against the headrest and closed his eyes. He felt Lena's head lower on his shoulder and with that he sighed "It's a pretty fucked up world, isn't it? Humans trying to create fear against aliens to rid them of this world," Lena hummed in response "What do you see when you look at me?"

"I-I think a human," Was Lena's response "You're nothing like a God since you make mistakes and things like that- so basically a human with extra abilities. Just- Just like those with autism, you know? You have more to fight against but you also have more you can do." Kyle nodded and placed a kiss on Lena's head.

"Thank you."

Lena looked up at Kyle and asked "For what?"

"For seeing me as normal. Not- like a better." Lena nodded and rested her head again on Kyle's shoulder. Their relationship was like any other, flawed. But they knew they had each other and that was all that mattered.

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A couple days later

Kyle sat in his apartment. He was drinking some whiskey, which he clearly liked, going over a rapport with a mistake for the hundredth time, trying to see if his brain wasn't making up any of it so he could send it in. The last couple of days had been hell with some alien parasite draining him.

A knock on the door startled him, he quickly stood up and walked towards it. He knew who it was on the other side of the door, but what scared him was her heartbeat, it was fast like hell. So he quickly pulled the door open, it almost flew of his hinges, and with that Alex flew herself at him. 

He quickly pulled his arms around her, comforting her. Since she was sobbi- no crying. He closed the door and just didn't know what to do. "I-I I made a mistake." Was all he heard from Alex.

"What was your mistake Alex?"

"I-I shouldn't have said anything," Alex had stopped crying at this point, the things she said where muffled but Kyle couldn't care, since he could hear it all "I should have just kept my mouth shut," Alex wanted to move but Kyle held tight onto her, she needed comfort at this hour so she would get it.

"What happened?" One of his hands moved to her head as he slowly started to rub it.

Alex stayed silent for a long time before she let out a single sob and said "She doesn't like me... like that." Kyle sighed and pulled his sister closer, who was crying again. He was getting mad at her, at that Maggie. "It- It was so humiliating." Nope, he was furious. 

"Do you want me to throw her into space?" Alex shook her head "Okay, I would have done it for you. You know? I will always do that if you need it," Alex nodded against his shoulder. "What do you need Alex, just tell me and I will do it."

Alex' voice was timid as she said "Could- Could we just curl up on the couch and watch some awful movie, just like the old times." Kyle smiled and nodded, he remembered a couple of those. The last one had been siblings night months ago, since they both had some problems to deal with no other had been done. 

"Of course Alex, of course." And with that Kyle guided Alex to the couch and walked to his fridge to grab two beers. He placed one in front of Alex and said "Only three, no more. Okay?" Alex nodded and was shaking, so Kyle grabbed the remote from her hands and searched for a good movie himself, in the end he decided for Sharknado, which surprise, surprise ended being a terrible movie.

He had laughed and laughed, and even Alex had laughed due to the bad movie. So in the end, when Alex fell asleep in his arms, Kyle was okay. He felt good, because his sister was okay. Or would be okay.