FALLEN STAR | OLD VERSION | BL ✔

CHAPTER 1 | the fall

Purple eyes gaze at the boy longingly. The young angel walks along the long corridor wrapping around the beautiful atrium as he watches the silver-haired boy move from a patch of flowers to a stone bench. Remaining behind the glassed-in corridor and in the shadows, the angel observes the boy. Watching every move the boy makes intently, the angel tilts his head to one side as he gazes at the star tenderly.

He longs to meet the boy. He longs to hear his voice intimately, to hold him, to take in every aspect of the boy. But his duties keep him in the shadows, forever protecting him from afar. Oh, how he longs to see his smile up close. His observation of the small star is interrupted when a voice calls, "Hey, Kilo!"

The angel instantly whips around and places his finger on his lips, warning the approaching lieutenant to be quiet.

"Sorry," Lennox apologizes as he reaches his comrade. "What is he doing?"

Kilo and the lieutenant look back into the atrium to see the star playing with a butterfly.

"Do you need something?" Kilo asks in a low voice. He has never been the fondest of speaking.

"Oh, yeah. We need you to help escort an ambassador from Earth."

"Why is an ambassador from Earth in Ithyos?" Kilo crinkles his brows. Ithyos is not a trading city nor a center for defense. The only thing remotely important in Ithyos is its star. "What's going on?" Kilo becomes tense as he grows suspicious. Ambassadors hardly ever mingle with young stars.

"We're not sure. Our COs (commanding officers) wouldn't tell us anything. I figured you should come, though, since you are-" The lieutenant is cut off when Kilo begins walking towards the space station where the ambassador will be entering Ithyos. "Yeeaah, okay, I guess you're going," Lennox sighs as he begins following his fellow lieutenant down the hallway and out of the residence.

Kilo hates to leave the star alone, but he needs to find out what this ambassador needs in Ithyos. Little does he know that a certain someone is waiting for this moment: waiting for Kilo to leave his star.

"Lieutenant Kilo," a golden-haired angel greets the young lieutenant.

"Commander," Kilo salutes respectfully as he and Lennox arrive at the space station.

"Thank you for joining us. I know you wish to be present at all things regarding Ithyos' star."

"Yes, sir."

The commander nods in approval at the young lieutenant's determination to protect his star. Kilo and his comrade wait patiently for the ambassador to appear through the gate of arrivals. The officers awaiting the esteemed guest immediately straighten their backs and stand with their left arm bent at the elbow behind their back while their right is stationed against their abdomen, fisted rigidly.

As soon as the figure of the ambassador appears around the corner, a rapid beeping sounds, breaking Kilo's stiff stance. The angel brings his left wrist up to see the notification sounding from his device.

"No," Kilo says breathily. Fear consumes him as he sees the distress signal from the star pulsing red.

"What is it?" Lennox inquires.

Without a word, Kilo leaves his duties and begins sprinting through the space station. He can hear Lennox and his CO calling after him and warning him of the consequences, but Kilo keeps running. Once a request has been accepted, there is no going back. Your word has been given. But Kilo is ready to give it all if it means he can save the star. And he will.

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