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Jooheon was wandering through the night by himself, knowing completely well that the cops roaming the streets would grow suspicious of his behavior. However, it was not like he was trying to commit a real felony or anything, but he needed a real break from his home. Then again, his home life with his family was not awful either. It was under the pretense of an excuse that he simply wanted to escape the boring confinements of his home. If there was a thrilling event somewhere in the world, Jooheon was missing it out because his hometown was not providing the adventures that Jooheon sought. Living within the city grounds for the last twenty-two years really grew dull to the Korean male.
Jooheon would like to say that there was nothing too exciting with his parents and brother that he would blame them for his undying boredom, but the real problem was actually himself. He appreciated everyone's existence around him, but the joy of seeing the same people for so many years was losing its meaning. Jooheon thought he was a terrible person for thinking that way.
Jooheon dyed his hair multiple times, thinking it would engage something out of everyone as shocking. Instead, everyone he met was pleasantly surprised with his hair and even complimented it. Perhaps the people were very open-minded to the new generation enough to simply accept anything. It was wonderful, but it was still not satisfying Jooheon. Maybe he was entering his rebellious stage after reaching adulthood.
It was no fun, regardless. The swingset he used to play on was too small. The shop owners he grew with were getting older, and some were even closing down due to the growing economy. In honesty, Jooheon would like something spontaneous to happen to him and see if life in his hometown had any real meaning. At the very least, it would give a new perspective to the very streets he was walking upon. Which reminded him that he needed to cross the street safely and wander up the hill to get to his destination. He was going to hike the small mountain and merely enjoy the view. There was also a miniature temple at the top, so he could possibly pray for something new to happen to his hometown. Although, Jooheon was not seeing any real purpose behind praying, but he supposed it was always worth a try.
Luckily, it was not a long hike. It only took about twenty-or-so minutes due to Jooheon’s fast-pace. It was at least fulfilling to be faster up the mountain each time he traveled to it. “Aiii, it’s no fun being alone,” Jooheon openly uttered, letting the cool air slap his face a few times, acknowledging the fact that no one was around him when he got to the top. His parents did not even question where Jooheon wandered off to, for they wished him the best of fun out to wherever Jooheon wanted to be. At least they were very trusting of their son.
The plateau of the mountain had a nice view of the whole city that Jooheon felt entrapped in. He sighed aloud, absorbing the simplicity and beauty of the night view dazzled in thousands of flickering lights. It may have been time for Jooheon to move out of his hometown and do international exploring or something. Whatever could give Jooheon a sense of adventure again.
As the dark sky was filled with stars, Jooheon took note of a particular star falling. He knew the truth of stars being already dead rocks floating around space almost infinitely. However, a wishful thinking was not a bad thing for humankind, for it filled the creative minds of people and most importantly gave them hope for the future. Regardless of his cynical mindset, he figured he might as well close his eyes and make a tiny wish and put half his faith into it. It never harmed anyone to wish for something on a dead rock.
Not exactly telling his wish aloud in high hopes that it would come true, he opened his eyes and realized quickly that the said shooting star was seemingly getting closer every passing second. Jooheon had to rub his eyes for a moment to adjust his vision over the phenomena. As the bright star came closer and closer, Jooheon was starting to panic as the fact that it was coming in his direction was giving him mild anxiety.
It still looked far away, but it had to be at least a kilometer away from him. Jooheon collected his thoughts and had to figure out where the damn thing would land in an awful crash. “I can’t believe this is happening,” Jooheon muttered, walking towards the temple behind him in an oddly fast pace. Taking shelter behind the closest pillar, he observed that the shooting star was indeed closing in.
It was not long before the star finally soared past through Jooheon’s view that he had to reevaluate his memory if it happened. It landed away from the temple without damaging anything, and it did not make an enormous sound when it crashed. It was like the sound of someone falling off the bed against a wood floor. Jooheon indiscriminately followed his curiosity and peeked over at the landed star. He was only hopign that it would not endanger his life by doing so.
The strangest thing about the star was that it was not a star. Jooheon was sure that it something impossible and simply a moment of dementia, but it was not. There was an actual person standing naked a few feet away from the temple. Jooheon was analyzing if it was the first sign of aliens invading Earth, but the person had every feature of a human being. There was no possible explanation for that.
Unsure of how to approach or if he should run away while he was still hidden behind the pillar. Considering that he really wanted to go home for once, Jooheon would rather take his chances and forget what he had seen. Before moving an inch away from the scene, the person spoke up, “Don’t move, human. That is if you don’t want to get hurt .”
Jooheon froze in his spot and almost let out a defiled scream but held it behind his two strong jaws. In one blink, Jooheon could see the person that was supposed to be far away from him appear in front of him without a moment’s notice. “W-What,” Jooheon flinched and backed quietly into the pillar.
“You’re not bad looking,” the strange man commented, eyeing Jooheon up and down in pique, “I do like the way humans dress now than they did before.” He then bowed and magically made clothes in a similar style to Jooheon and decided to greet Jooheon once more. “Despite your physical structure, your personality seems to be mismatched with it.”
“Wha—Hey! Why you bad-mouthing me already? You don’t even know me like that,” Jooheon suddenly was offended by the words of the other male.
“Jooheon, am I correct?” the strange male questioned, frankly freaking Jooheon out. “You may refer to me as Changkyun. I’m an angel of God.”
Jooheon never really paid attention to religion, but he was sure that angels would not literally fall out of the sky from the gates of heaven like that. “Why are you even on Earth? Why are you speaking fluently in the same language as me? And especially why am I speaking to the first ever magical being to touch this ground?”
Changkyun sighed and knew that the human he chose to hang around with was a troublesome one. “God has plans for you in particular. I’m here to ensure that plan goes through. We, as God’s messengers, can analyze a species and quickly communicate with them to bring them the word of God. You’re able to see and talk to me because I allow it and because, as stated earlier, God. Has. A. Plan. For. You.”
Jooheon was not believing anything he was hearing. Jooheon always saw life logically. There was no real thing as a God, or at least he believed that there was nothing of such universal power to be present in the realm of humans. It was not physically or scientifically proven by anyone yet. Slowly bringing himself to the brink of insanity, Jooheon’s head was flooding with questions of what the other life was like for Changkyun. Then a new question came up that seemed harmless to ask, “Wait. Why is a mythical being’s name is Korean?”
“I have many names, but I make my mission easier if I can adjust my name favorably to the human I interact with,” Changkyun truthfully answered, giving Jooheon a soft and innocent smile with all of his white and literally shining teeth.
“Aish, I never thought I would meet someone whose teeth could shine like a flashlight,” Jooheon uttered, using his forearm to shade his eyes from the luminescent light until Changkyun dimmed the intensity of the shine. “Well, I know humans don’t naturally fall from the sky and remain unhurt from the landing. I also know that they can’t just do what you did with your teeth, so you’re technically the real deal.”
As Changkyun remained silent over the remark, Jooheon had no other relevant choice but to accept the reality that he made contact with an entity out of this world. It was surely unprecedented to Jooheon’s entire life, but the excitement it brought behind having Changkyun around was promising. Taking a moment to fully burn Changkyun’s body into Jooheon’s mind, he mesmerized the lightly tanned skinned that was flawless. God really made this particular angel attractive. Wait. Jooheon had to rephrase it and was satisfied with handsome instead. He was not going to be attracted to a mythical being.
“You realize that your heart is really loud in speaking its true desires, right?” Changkyun admitted, smiling teasingly at the other male. “I can understand that you think I’m attract—”
“Ai, don’t think of that. I’m leaving and going home. You can stay out here in the cold and choke,” Jooheon rushed out of Changkyun’s way and was passing through the staircase in a hurried manner. When he reached the bottom of the stairs, Changkyun’s two feet were on Jooheon’s shoulders. When Jooheon looked up, his face went sour when he realized that the angel was literally standing proudly over Jooheon.
Not moving an inch from his spot, Changkyun spoke audibly, “You know, this is my first visit to Earth. You’re also my first human. I’m new to this mission and have no real experience behind it, so I hope you and I can get along.”
Finding himself debating over beating up an angel, Jooheon irritatedly answered, “Get off my shoulders or else I will have a real reason to go to hell.”
“Okay, okay, okay,” Changkyun did a front flip and landed perfectly in front of Jooheon.
“Talk about being extra,” Jooheon whispered to himself, proceeding his way to his home with his family. After walking a few steps from Changkyun, Jooheon looked back and saw that the angel was still waiting at the same spot he did the front flip at. “So nobody can really see you without your permission, right?”
“Yes,” Changkyun brightly answered, eyes stretching to the corners to appeal to Jooheon’s decision-making.
“Ugh, fine. Let’s go home together,” Jooheon could feel defeat weighing on his shoulders. Oh, hold up. His shoulders were actually getting heavier than before.
“Onwards to the home of Mr. Jooheon,” Changkyun announced as he was casually riding on top of Jooheon’s shoulders again.
Something quite obnoxious had entered Jooheon’s life, and he was afraid that he was not going to be able to turn back time to not meeting Changkyun. It was almost like a prison to be stuck with the angel, but if it was really God’s own mission sent to be completed by these angels, then Jooheon supposed he was not too bothered by it. It was still too sudden, but perhaps he could adjust his pace in life as long as Changkyun made things easy for the both of them.