Starlight Love - His Heart Was My Universe

The STARLIGHT LETTER The Girl Who Writes To Stars Lila was a simple girl. She was 19 years old. She lived with her mother in a small house near the hills. Her house was very old but very clean. From her roof, she could see all the stars. Lila did not have many friends. In her college, girls talked about clothes and parties. Lila did not like parties. She liked books and quiet nights. So she was always alone. But she had one secret habit. Every night at 11 pm, she went to the roof. She took a small notebook and a pen. She wrote letters to the stars. She started this habit when she was 10 years old. At that time her father died. She was very sad. One night she looked at the sky and said, "Father, are you a star now?" From that day, she started writing. Now she had more than 100 letters. On this night, it was raining slowly. The sky was dark. Only a few stars were there. Lila sat on the roof with her notebook. She wrote: "Dear Star, Today was a very lonely day. In college, my teacher asked a question. I knew the answer. But no one listened to me. When I went home, mother was angry because I did not help her in the kitchen. I feel no one understands me. Are you listening to me? If you are my real friend, please give me a sign. Your lonely friend, Lila" She closed the notebook. She felt tears in her eyes. She looked at the brightest star in the sky. It was shining more than other stars. "I wish someone from your world could come and be my friend," she said in a low voice. Suddenly, something strange happened. The brightest star started to move. It was not normal. Stars do not move like this. It became bigger and bigger. A big light came in the sky. Lila stood up. She was scared. "What is happening?" The star fell. It fell very fast behind the hills, near the old forest. The whole forest became bright white for two seconds. Lila's heart was beating very fast. She had never seen a falling star so close. She thought, "I should go and see." She quickly went downstairs. She took her father's old torch. Her mother was sleeping. She did not tell her mother. She went outside. It was cold and dark. The way to the forest was not easy. There were small stones and trees. But Lila was brave. She walked fast with the torch. After 20 minutes, she reached the forest. The forest was very quiet. There was a strange smell, like burnt wood. She saw a small fire near a big tree. Under the tree, someone was lying. Lila went close. She saw a boy. He was about 20 years old. He was not a normal boy. His clothes were made of something like silver light. They were shining. His hair was white, like snow. His skin was very fair. He had a small cut on his arm, and from the cut, light was coming out, not blood. Lila covered her mouth. "Oh my God!" She went near him and sat on the ground. "Hello? Are you okay?" The boy slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were blue, very deep blue, like the ocean. He looked at Lila. "Where... where am I?" he said. His voice was very soft. "You are in the forest near my village. I saw you fall from the sky," Lila said. The boy tried to sit. "I fell? Yes. I fell. I am Elior." "Elior? That is your name?" Lila asked. "Yes. I am Elior. I am a keeper. I keep the stars," he said. Lila could not believe it. "Keeper of the stars? What does that mean?" Elior looked at the sky. "We live in Star land. It is above the sky. Our work is to listen to letters. When someone on Earth writes a true letter from the heart, we hear it." Lila remembered her letter. "My letter... did you read my letter?" Elior smiled for the first time. His smile was very beautiful. "Yes. I read it. I have been reading your letters for 3 years. Your letters are very true. They are full of sadness and hope. Tonight your letter was very strong. So I wanted to come and meet you. But when I was coming down, I lost my light." "Lost your light?" Lila asked. "Yes. Every keeper has a small star light in his heart. It gives us power to fly. I used all my power to come down so fast. Now my light is weak. I cannot go back tonight," Elior said. He looked very tired. Lila felt sorry for him. "You are hurt. You cannot stay here in the cold forest. You can come to my house. We have a small store room on the roof. No one goes there. You can stay there." "Is it safe?" Elior asked. "Yes. My mother will not see you. Trust me," Lila said. Elior tried to stand up. Lila gave him her hand. His hand was very cold but soft. He stood up. They slowly walked back to Lila's house. Lila was looking around to make sure no one was seeing them. They reached the house. Everyone was sleeping. Lila took him to the roof, to the small store room. It was a small room with old boxes. "You can sleep here. I will bring you water and a blanket," Lila said. Elior sat down. "Thank you, Lila. You are very kind. In Star land, we always thought humans are selfish. But you are different." Lila brought a blanket and some bread. "Are you hungry? Do stars eat?" Elior laughed. "Yes, we eat light. But bread is also okay. I have never eaten human food." He ate a small piece of bread. "It is tasty." Lila sat in front of him. She had many questions. "Tell me about Star land. How is it?" Elior's eyes shone. "Star land is very beautiful. Everything there is made of light. There is no night. There is no sadness. We keepers, we sit on clouds and listen to the wishes of humans. Some wishes are for money, some for love. But your letters... your letters were different. You never asked for money. You only asked for a friend." Lila looked down. "Because I have no friend." "Now you have one," Elior said. "Me." That night, Lila did not go to her room. She sat in the store room and talked to Elior for a long time. He told her about how stars are born, how they talk to each other. Lila told him about her college, her mother, her loneliness. At 4 am, Lila said, "You should sleep now. I will come in the morning." Elior said, "Lila, please do not tell anyone about me. If humans know about me, they will take me away." "I promise. This will be our secret," Lila said. She went to her room. But she could not sleep. She was thinking about the boy from the stars who was sleeping on her roof. For the first time in many years, she was not feeling lonely. She was feeling happy.