" Take me to the galaxy, "

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He knew about her.

She was the human that he's been observing this whole time. It actually made him feel less lonely and warm, knowing that someone actually believed in him.

It gave him a little ; if not a little maybe a tiny spark of hope that he would have the chance to go back to earth.

He was no astronaut or alien. He himself doesn't know, how did he become 'The Man in The Moon'?

He just woke up finding himself trapped inside the moon, cold and alone and it made him scared, what if he dies in the cold?

And let me tell you, the clothes that he had on weren't the type to keep him warm. It was a white tee along with jeans, and that was what he's been wearing this whole time.

The moon wasn't as bad as he thought, he found out that melting the lumps of ice kept him warm, and he shaped a few moonstones into a small home ; with just a bed and a chair.

The first few weeks on the moon were horrible, he was so bored that he thought he might actually die.

It took him weeks to think of what to do. There was nothing on the moon and he was alone. Surprisingly, living his life as the man in the moon never once made him hungry or thirsty. It suits his situation ; nothing on the moon was alive but him.

His new hobby was watching over humans. He gained interest in them, and wondered if he was human too. 

Was he? He had the same facial features as the rest of them. He had the same body parts and the same skin. Only that his looked paler than other humans'.

He learned that humans eat and drink, which was slightly different from him. And that the sunlight was one of the main needs for humans, since it was their main source of energy.

He mused ; why would someone like him be situated in a cold place like the moon? Why wasn't there someone in the sun?

Tired of thinking, he gave up. He decides to go on with his life, living the same life everyday. Watching humans head out to work in the morning, then controls the light of the moon and makes sure that every spot on earth is at the very least dimly lit when night falls.

He learned that humans go to sleep at night, and very few stay awake. He himself gets sleepy too, but he stays awake anyway, and waits for the sun to rise before taking a short nap.

But these days, he barely falls asleep during the morning or night. He's gotten so interested in humans. Or a human, to be more specific.

It was that girl.

She would be staring at him with her window open every night. She would be either telling him stories, or just taking a closer look at him through her telescope, or writes letters.

And the man in the moon ; he's never felt so warm before. It was like she was right by his side every night to fill his loneliness, like they would talk all night about themselves.

She told stories about herself to him. The girl came from a small family. She lives with her mom and ever since her little brother disappeared, she's been spending most of her time talking to him.

He knew about her brother, Chan. On the night her parents were fighting, Chan was crying. He was a kid, he didn't understand what was happening but he knew he wanted to run away.

And so Peter Pan took him away to Neverland, leaving his sister behind.

The man in the moon felt sorry for her, she was crying again. So he flashed the light towards her direction, and smiled softly at her.

And as if getting his message, the girl wiped away her tears and stopped crying.

He's been observing her for years. During the day when the girl couldn't see him, he would stop and stare.

She was beautiful.

The man in the moon had never been so impatient waiting for nightfall, to just see the girl again, to listen to her stories.

The both of them were so close, yet so far away.

On the night of the full moon, he receives a letter from her.

"Thank you for still shining ever so brightly, even through my darkest times."

And it made him smile.

He wanted to keep shining his light on her, to make her happy.

He wanted to return her thankfulness to him.

The urge to become a human on earth was slowly growing even bigger, day by day as he realizes the ugly truth.

He loves her.

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About chan and the neverland, i was thinking of making another fic but i don't know(?)

But hey I'll think about it

And i dont know how long this story will be but i wanna finish it fast hehe <3

- Cee