Ch: 5 Insane or Insane?

Rhea's POV

I squeezed my eyes shut, and my head was throbbing agonizingly, a headache was coming right around the corner, I just knew it, "No, you can't" I stated for the umpteenth time! "Why not?" He demanded for the billion time!! Stop already!!! I pinched the bridge of my nose harshly, my patience clearly running thin, "Because! I told you that it.is.my.room. M.I.N.E. Why wouldn't you get it?!"

"Yeah, so why can't I have it?" He repeated his question which I KEPT answering over and over and over again!! Ughhhh, I was going berserk."You promised me my P.R.I.V.A.C.Y or can't you remember that?" I seethed, I am not exactly known for my patience, rather best identified for my hotheadedness. He raised his brows at me, what now?! "Yeah, I promised YOUR privacy, not the rooms' though" I stared at him flabbergastingly, what is up with this guy?!

"Look Lucian, this is MY room alright? And I am not giving it up for even the likes of you, so you either choose the mattress on the floor over that corner or simply go find another place to live in. The choice is all yours." I stated harshly, I didn't want to talk like this, but this guy was going too far. 

It's enough I am allowing a stranger to live with me, but let him take my room? Yeah right, dream on. I am not an only child, and I have an extra room in the house, but it is too dusty and it will take me A LOT of work and time to clean up, I am just so not in the mood to do all that.

Even though I have 2 other siblings, we still chose to make 3 bedrooms only so that the space of one room would be very big, and since my younger brother usually stays with my grandparents, the 2 rooms mostly belong to me and my sister. And I obviously can't let him stay in my parent's room, they are REALLY keen on every each and every detail and will realize if someone was in their room or not, even if there was no evidence left behind, they aren't lawyers for nothing I guess. As for the rest of the house, I will just go with the excuse of me inviting some friends over.

He scowled at me and I responded by raising my eyebrows, translation: Take it or leave it. He seemed to understand the message and exhaled intensely, "Fine, but let me tell you, you will regret treating me like this human" Wow, what a child, I just shrugged in response. NOW it felt like my house, oh how nice it is to feel in control. I went to the storage and got him everything he would need, a blanket, pillow, comforter, and a mattress and set them down neatly on the floor.

"So since you will be staying here for a while, I need to ask a few questions questions" What? Do you actually think I trust him yet? I don't even know WHY I let him stay here in the first place, but oh well, what is done is done, I will take that as an opportunity to learn more about his species, I mean how cool is that! He stared at me with a 'are you serious look?' I shrugged and turned around towards my bed.

Guess I will take that as a sign to go on. "Okay so first, since you are an alien from out of space that means that you have a planet you call home right? So why are you on earth now?" It was odd when I thought about it, why was he here on earth in the first place? The pieces didn't fit together. It was either they were attacked and fled their planet or something happened to the planet itself, or maybe he just felt like breathing a different kind of air, although I highly doubt that would be a reason.

I crossed the first option out, he did say that Lucians were super strong, so that would mean no one can coerce them into anything, but who knows, maybe he was exaggerating? My curiosity was piqued again as I waited for him to answer, but all that came forth was silence, I looked back, and found the Lucian sitting on the mattress, spacing out. Who would have known someone like THAT could even space out.

When the silence stilled for too long, I began trying to get his attention. I waved my hands and snapped my fingers, but it was obviously not working, and he was STILL spacing out, "Hellooo" no reply, "HeLlOoOoOo" still no answer, okay then, "HELLOOOOOOOO! EARTH TO THE LUCIAN!" He jumped at my thunderous voice, mission accomplished. 

He swiftly moved his head to look at me with his glares again, "Oh please, I was calling you a thousand times and you were in your la la land, I had to do that" I smirked, that's quarter of a payback for breaking my phone, yeah, I haven't forgotten about that, jerk. He moved his head to the side with this palm resting on his chin, what's with this guy now?

"Can you at the very least answer my question? I need to know a bit about you while you are living in my house, reassurance for me of course, I don't trust you either, so help me out will you?" I tried to use my persuasive tone as much as I can, I really needed answers, more like desperate for them.

He sighed loudly, but was still tilting his head to the side, "It's a private matter so I can't fill you in on all the details, what I can say, however, is why I ended up here in your house" He exhaled then began facing me, "Basically, I got sort of a surprise ambush and was searching for a quick exit, surprisingly I ended up here. Happy now?" 

Wow, that was brief, this is what a teacher means by a summary girls and boys. Well, I would have been happy, but this just ignited two questions in me, "Umm yes, however, there seems to be a few loopholes in what you said. First, why didn't you just fight them back? Weren't you powerful enough to take them down or something?" I stopped for a minute before another question came to mind, "and if you say your powers were depleted as you mentioned minutes ago, then what exactly was the cause for it? It can't just go poof like that right?" I inquired again

"Of all places I could end up in, I HAD to choose the window with this curiously obnoxious being that never gets tired of moving her mouth" He muttered lowly, more to himself than me, "I heard that" I grumbled. He rolled his eyes but still answered my questions, "Answering the first question" he took a quick glance at me then continued with a sigh, "I couldn't fight back because I couldn't. I can't and won't go further into details, since it doesn't concern you in the least. As for the second question, it just got depleted, again, it is none of your business" 

Wow, his attitude can't get any worst than this, but can I blame him? Who knows, maybe if I was in the same situation as his, I would act the same way, I won't be THIS rude though... I feel like I am not gaining anything at all from this. "I am sorry but just one last question..." I spoke apologetically, I can tell I am annoying him with all these questions that he is obviously unwilling to answer. My thought was confirmed when he let a loud groan, and slumped on the mattress, "Just out with it already" He snapped at me, fine, I won't take this to heart since it's my fault anyway.

"You said that Lucians were the best of the best, on top and everything, then how were you even ambushed in the first place?" This question was bugging me, was there something that can go against them? I mean, the ability to make everything and anywhere is so most OP thing I have ever heard of, I have to admit that it isn't something just anyone would be able to go against. He let out a long 'hmm' and spoke, "You are so meddlesome you know that? I am not so generous with humans who pry, but as thanks for the 'hospitality' you gave me, I will only answer this question" He said proudly, wow, arrogant much, at least he seems thankful, well, hardly.

He leaned up and began explaining, "There are no other species above us if that's what you meant, Lucians were the ones who ambushed us, wild Lucians who aren't very pleased about their current ruler. They are trying to weaken us by their pathetic strategies and attacks" He tugged his lips to a malicious smirk, this guy...is menacingly scary.

"I doubt they would be that pathetic if they were able to push you into a corner like that. And doesn't that make your status high then? The fact that you were ambushed proves it. They could have gotten to the king directly, but instead came to you, which means that your status is higher than a commoner or even a noble. A knight maybe? Or even a general?"

I noticed his eyes widening at my statement, guess I was right then, bingo! "I have to say, you are smarter than you look human, the questions you asked were actually a way to drive out an answer from me wasn't it?" Hahaha...busted, he is quite smart not going to lie. Well when I wanna know something, I get my answers buddy, "Haha you didn't want say anything before so I got intrigued, plus, it wasn't just for that, I also wanted to get a clear understanding of the situation" I just saw him shrug his shoulders and slump back to the mattress.

I went to lie on my bed, pondering about everything I learned today, I can't believe all this happened in less than 24 hours, that's incredible. "Say, mister Lucian" I heard him humming in response, too lazy to answer eh? "Aren't you worried that you won't get your powers and would never be able to go back to your kind?" I asked lazily, still lying on my bed, I didn't know where that came from, but I was too bored, I needed to socialize.

I caught him letting out a breath and switched his position to the side, "Not really, this happens often, so I am not bothered, I will just wait for my powers to regenerate, contact an ally, then leave" His voice was a bit muffled because of the arms he has around his head. "Is that so.." I guess having powers in situations like these are very handy. I sat up straight, in a pondering position, with my legs crossed and hands resting on my palm. While my eyes were wandering about the room, I noticed my shattered phone on the floor.

Ahh, I forgot about it in the midst of the conversation, if you would even call it that. May and Grace must have called me a lot of times, I bet they are worried sick by now. My eyes then rested on the windows of my room, I bet the both of them would be on their way here by now, I can't let them know about this guy though, I don't wanna hide anything from my best friends, but I don't think it will make the situation any better if they knew. I gotta leave now and meet them somewhere outside before they stubbornly decide to enter the house.

I stood up and shuffled around in the wardrobe, the movements caught the Lucian's attention and he looked at me curiously. "What are you doing?" He asked, either he was curious or just being wary of what I was about to do. I didn't bother looking at him and kept rampaging around my cloth while answering, "My friends will be here any moment, so I should leave before they make it here and to only find a strange man living in my house, and more importantly, staying in my room" I said it nonchalantly, but let me tell you, it was a HUGE deal.

You can't just let any man, even your boyfriend, inside your room, it's just not acceptable in my family and morally to me. The only reason I am allowing him in here is because he promised to keep his distance and to keep my privacy. Plus, he doesn't seem like the type to break his promise so easily either, he feels so noble? Oh god, I can't believe I said that about him. Anyways, I can only trust him for now. "I see, do you humans have no way of contacting each other distantly? Hah, and I thought I heard humans had created everything you can ever think of." He mocked us. Again.

I get that you hate humans, so just stop already. I shook my head, took out my cloth, and was ready to leave the room before I stopped and informed him, "FYI, we did create something for distant communication, however, mine seemed to have gone through some tough times due to a certain lordship" I said bitterly while eying the debris on the floor.

He sat up straight and followed my line of sight, when he saw what I was talking about, he scrunched his eyebrows together and tilted his head, was he really that confused? Seriously? "You have to be kidding me, are you saying that this noisy thing was actually a communication device, how odd of you humans" yes yes yes, very odd of us, and what the hell do you use huh? sound waves?! Okay..never mind, that is what they use, and it's actually cool..ugh I don't wanna argue with this guy anymore.

"Anyways, I have to go, if you want something to eat, the kitchen is downstairs, grab whatever you like, just don't make a mess of things. Oh and don't wander around too much, you could leave traces of your entire existence here and that would be troublesome. If an uninvited guest came over and realized I lived with a man, sorry a Lucian, it will really be a huge deal" He made a face after I said that, facts are facts. "So you are restricting my movements?" He asked annoyingly

"I am not 'restricting you', not that I even CAN, but this is to save both of us the trouble. You from having to answer all their questions over and over again, or even caught and sent to the FBI or whatever and me from getting in trouble for allowing a strange creature live in my house, See? Wouldn't it be better? A win-win situation for us both. Alright, I gotta leave now, see you Sir Lucian!" Before he could say anything, I grabbed my cloth, got out, and slammed the door behind me.

After I went to the bathroom to finish getting ready, I headed outside, and as I predicted, I met my friends on the road I use to go to school. Grace, as usual, gave me a legendary speech, one that should be passed down through generations to come, literally. I explained everything to them, well in my own imagination of course. They bought the lie effortlessly, and to my defense, it wasn't ALL a lie.

I sighed in relief when I saw my friends leaving, that was smooth but took longer than anticipated. I hunched my back and started to speed walk back home, I can't leave that man alone in the house any longer than this, who knows what he is capable of doing when not under supervision, ironic since I wouldn't be able to do anything about it anyways. I don't even know what I am going to do when I leave for school and stay there for hours, it's hard to trust an extraterrestrial you hardly understand you know?

When I was about to open the front door of my house, I heard a loud crash from inside, I flinched with surprise, hurriedly twisted the keys and entered, slamming the door with a loud bang behind me, and what I saw drained the living hell out of me. The kitchen...was a mess! No, calling it a mess would be an understatement, it was a catastrophe, in absolute discord!! The stove was filled with this sticky black substance, the pots and pans were EVERYWHERE, they were completely..distorted, even that was an understatement. Food was spilled on the cupboards, the floor, the ceiling, some even made its way into the living room on the couches.

I looked around utterly horrified, what has he done...I spotted the culprit looking at me oh-so-innocently like nothing is wrong at all! My mind was going crazy! "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO AROUND HERE!? THIS IS ILLOGICAL! EVEN A CHILD WOULDN'T COME THIS CLOSE TO RUINING A KITCHEN!" I screamed like my life was depending on it, how am I supposed to clean all this up, it would take at least 2 full days just to make it look presentable, let alone CLEAN.

I could feel my eyes burning while tears were swelling in my eyes, I feel so hopeless and just too angry. I saw that LUCIAN glaring at me as he retorted, "How is this my fault? It's you humans who can't even make cooking instructions clear, if anything it's your fault, so don't you dare shout at me!" He said, all the while crossing his arms together, not even looking the least bit sorrowful for what he has put me through.

"DON'T DARE!? I HAVE EVery right...to..." I couldn't even finish the sentence, I really couldn't, I felt so hopeless with all this, the strain was too much. You know this feeling when you KNOW that whatever you say to a person will never in the world get to them, that is what it is now. I put my hands beside me and walked right passed this guy, it looks dreadful...but I had to get this done.

I would have to either way, so might as well get started, I don't wanna say anything that I know will only fall on deaf ears. I went to the closet next to me and got out all the cleaning supplies I would need, the Lucian was looking at me the entire time, watching my every move, not that it mattered to me in the slightest, I am not bothering with him, for the sake of my sanity.

"What is wrong wit-" I cut him off before he blabbers on more, "Leave" is all I said, continuing to clean us in the process, "What?" So he doesn't understand English now? "I said leave, go to the room or something, just stay the hell away from me right now" I spit out, now he should really get the message, ''Hah what a moody human, whatever, I don't wanna stick around anyways" And with that, he went back to the room. I didn't waste a second and started with the cleanup.

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