First Human Contact, So Very Handsome

Wei Li Na pulled him from the water, gripping his hair. He didn't respond. His lips were nearly blue. Wei Li Na grabbed his garment from the shoulders, and pulled him to shore. It wasn't too difficult to drag a full grown man, with her strength, even when she was injured.

Wei Li Na kneeled beside him, carefully looking down on his face. She checked for breath and checked for a pulse. He had a pulse, although very weak it was there. She gazed at his face once again, bloodless skin the color of wheat. Long, wet hair plastered across his forehead. How can a man have such long hair? A high bridged nose, straight, almost forming a perfect triangle. Thin lips and thick, dark eyebrows. Not a bad face, very handsome indeed. This was the first person Wei Li Na has met in this world. And his looks can rival that of Second Brother! At the thought of Second Brother, Wei Li Na was feeling sad, she quickly pushed the feeling away. There were other things to do now.

To give mouth-to-mouth or not? There was a lascivious smirk on her face, as she quickly pinched the man's nose, slightly tilted his head into the correct position, and forced his mouth open from the jaw. Wei Li Na took a deep breath and pushed air into his lungs, checking for the rise of his chest. She did it over and over again, till she was breathless and hyperventilating, her lips crushed against his lips, still no response from brother handsome. Finally, Wei Li Na decided to take the brute approach. With some force, she pushed down and upwards on his stomach with an open palm, and finally got a soft coughing sound from the man.

Wei Li Na expertly turned his head to the side, so he would spit the water out instead of swallowing it back. Using her knees as support, she let the man lean on her lap, so he can ever so gently move his body to the side and cough out even more water. The man's eyes were tearing up, as he re-entered the world of the living. He looked up and was greeted by the sight of Wei Li Na's face and bare shoulders, with the sun behind her head bathing her, creating a halo over her head. Then he quickly lost consciousness again.

"Brother handsome! Come back! You've only just crawled out of hell, only to fall back down again!" That was just too tragic. Wei Li Na reached to touch his cheek. The flesh felt cold. She wanted to push her hand down, underneath his clothes to check his core temperature, but his collar was too tightly secured to his neck. Thinking fast, Wei Li Na turned his body this way and that, looking for ways to take off his clothes.

He was wearing strange clothing that Wei Li Na did not understand, and it was taking too long to undress him. Obviously, this half dead person was very proper and convservative, to have thick clothes that covered all his skin, and have double and even triple knots to fasten every article of clothing tightly to his body. Wei Li Na had just pulled up his outer tunic, only to find a layer of chainmail, then thick cloth padding underneath. And under all those layers, he still had clothes and inner robes! All soaking wet and cold.

"This is why you drowned brother handsome, the weight of your wet clothes pulled you under the water. Then when you were saved from drowning, the wet clothing sucked all the heat from your body. Now you're fading from hypothermia!"

It was a cold day, but the sun was shining and warm, the sand close to the river was dry. Wei Li Na dug a shallow hole in the soft sand, and pushed the man's back comfortably into the dry sand. She had stripped him to his underpants, and quickly laid her own body on top of his. But her body size was too narrow, she barely covered the breadth of his chest. Her own body temperature was insufficient. Wei Li Na tucked her face on the side of the man's neck, he smelled lightly of frankinscents and spring after the rain. This method was not working, he was still as cold as stone! "Dave Oppa! What do I do?"

"Young Mistress, build a fire"

Wei Li Na was suddenly enlighted. She should had built a fire earlier, but was too eager to provide skin-to-skin warmth, her pervert tendencies might have cost this young man's life if Dave was not there to remind her. Faster than the speed of a level four typhoon, she dashed around collecting driftwood and dried grass. She unsheathed the sword of the man, that she had tossed aside while undressing him. With precision and force, she slid the blade against her own metal weapon, Star Born. The movement created several sparks, intended to light up the dry grass. But since Wei Li Na had never built a fire without a gas lighter before, she repeatedly struck the sword against Star Born before a decent fire was produced.

Within a few minutes, there were two blazing bonfires on either side of the young man. Wei Li Na scooped up dry sand with her hands to cover his body, so he'd get warm but not burn by the flames. He was nearly completely covered by dry sand, except for his head and the top of his shoulders. Wei Lina tucked a hand by his side, he definitely was recovering. His pulse was stronger and his breath, though shallow, was steady. Even if he had not yet regained consciousness, his life was no longer in danger.

Wei Li Na carefully spread out her own clothes and his clothes close to the fire to dry. Watching over the young man while waiting for dry clothes, she noticed his armour was an unusually patterned chainmail. Instead of round links or tri-star links, the mail was made with interlocking metal pieces, three upward prongs in the shape of the Chinese character for "mountain". It was so unique. Does that mean this young man is special? She examined the sword she had just trashed to start the fire, the hilt had an intricate design, not immediately noticed. Very elegant, of the highest craftsmanship. There were engravings on the blade itself, fine florets and swirls as if cut into clouds. Did she just molest somebody important? No! She was saving a life, dammit!

"Ngggg…" The young man made a barely audible grunt. He'll be waking up soon. In a frenzied panic, Wei Li Na grabbed her damp underwear. She tossed her tattered spacesuit and the rest of her unusable clothes into the fire. In replacement, she took the man's clothes and hastily wore them, not bothering to wear them properly, just throwing everything over her shoulders. She even took his belt and the money bag attached to it. Leaving him with just his boots and sword. It was time to dash!

"Young Mistress, why not just kill him?" That would be the most logical action to take, to guarantee Wei Li Na's safety. Afterall, they were in a foreign land, with only herself to rely on. There was no need to go looking for danger and difficulties with a stranger. Kill the man and hide his body, then it will be like nothing ever happened.

"That's the first person I've met and touched in so many years! Dave, you don't understand because you're not human." Surely, no matter how mentally fortified a person is, the human creature is a social animal not intended to live out in outer space all alone for so many years. Stealing a little bit of skinship, Wei Li Na reasoned, is legitimate repayment for saving your life, brother handsome.