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The Soulmate? Jamjar?? Meme

So whatever you were doing - sleeping, eating, dying - you've been whisked away to a strange place. Well, no, actually it's a pretty cozy-looking apartment, it has an entire fridge and everything - but it definitely is not where you were. You should not have woken up in this apartment's only bed, along with somebody you've never seen before.

After you stop having hilarious misunderstandings with your bedmate, you may make your way outside only to find: it's pretty nice out here? Very 21st century suburbia. Some of the buildings seem a little out of place, like someone requested a jousting arena and a virtual reality room and the Angel did their best to fit them in-

Wait, back up a second.

The giant angel flying by (white wings, halo, radiance, the works), upon seeing you gawking, will happily inform you that this is your new home, and they brought you here because your soulmate was tragically born in another world. But now you're here together, living peacefully with nothing to stop your love from blossoming!

And no, they won't send you back. You'll be much happier here once you get used to it. Living side by side with your soulmate and being encouraged to get to know them, or get to know them, what else do you need?

Options, because we like options:
1. Soulmates are a known thing. Apply all the soulmate tropes you wish - not seeing color until you meet your soulmate, having your soulmate's name written on your body, etc. You can tell that at least the Angel's claims about this person being your soulmate are true. It doesn't necessarily make things less awkward.

2. Soulmates, what hogwash! Soulmates aren't a thing that everyone knows about and everyone has where you're from. You might believe in them, but you also believed in Santa when you were younger. Or you might think this whole thing is stupid, and your growing attachment to your 'soulmate' is just a coincidence.

(Post with character name/canon name/shipping preference. Due to the nature of this meme, cross-canon CR is encouraged and almost essential unless you have some alternate universe shenanigans in your canon.)

Comments

[gemuinemanagement]

[That makes sense, but he doesn't like it.]

My name is Suga
Thanks for being understanding

[ghostfromthemachine]

...I don't know that I'm being "understanding" so much as... mm. I try not to aim my temper where it isn't deserved.

[ glancing away and then back ]

I'm Kaiko.

[gemuinemanagement]

That's close

Nice to meet you

[Even if the circumstances are... awkward.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ blinking at him... ]

Likewise.

[ after another moment, she lifts her legs off of the back of the sofa so she can roll over and sit up— both to make room for him and so she can make non-upside-down eye contact. ]

...Sorry. This probably isn't the best situation for you, either.

[gemuinemanagement]

[He shakes his head - no, no it's not. But complaining about it won't help much.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ ...

abruptly takes a deep breath and brings both hands up to lightly smack her own cheeks (and is he just seeing things, or is there something black on one of her hands now...?) ]

All right, to Hell with this. As tempting as it is to be contrary, I don't actually want to be unhappy just to prove a point.

[gemuinemanagement]

[No, he's definitely not seeing things, even if he isn't quite sure if those are letters or...]

Your hand

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[ghostfromthemachine]

My—?

[

oh.

she's flushing even before her gaze drifts sideways to confirm— yes, that is his writing inked across her own palm. proof that the "angel"—however wrong they might be about their methods—was not wrong about this. ]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ it's a long moment before she can make herself tear her eyes away from that proof to turn that hand to face him, her other coming up to cover her mouth as she tries not to have some sort of breakdown. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[That's certainly some kind of a reaction to his words now being on her hand. But...]

Why

[Does this usually happen to her??]

[ghostfromthemachine]

... because we're soulmates...? This is...

...it's proof. That we're connected.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Oh.

Suga goes wide-eyed and bright, bright red. He has no idea what to 'say' to that, so he fixes his faze on a random spot on the wall. That wall is very interesting.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ ... she looks down and away herself, pulling her knees up to her chest ]



...can I borrow your pen for a moment?

[gemuinemanagement]

[It's kind of impressive that Suga can hand her a pen while still not looking at her at all.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ suga you are going to hurt her feelings

are kind of hurting her feelings, actually, but.

she hesitates, and then doodles a lightning bolt— right over her pulse, following the scar wrapped around her right wrist like a bracelet. then she wordlessly offers the pen back. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[He's just embarrassed...

Sure enough, the marks appear on Suga's skin. Suga looks at his wrist, then at her. Then writes an answer.]

I didn't know soulmates were real
I didn't think I'd have one anyway

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ she doesn't know that?! ]

You didn't— everyone has one.

[ except her, which had been understandable, but apparently she's not an exception after all? ]

[gemuinemanagement]

Just stories

[Considering what else is 'just stories' where he's from, he should have been more suspicious.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ she just looks completely baffled by that concept, even giving her head half a shake. what? ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[What what?]

This w/ writing on skin doesn't happen

[ghostfromthemachine]

Doesn't...

[ SIMPLEDOG INTENSIFIES???????? ]

...I. Suppose this is what that angel meant by "different worlds," but...

[ but that's honestly kind of a horrifying thought?! ]

[gemuinemanagement]

I didn't know there were different worlds
But I believe it

[It isn't that much stranger than vengeful ghosts that live in his backyard, honestly.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ half-muttered ]

I have an easier time wrapping my head around that part than the idea it's "just stories" where you're from, to be honest.

[gemuinemanagement]

Why

[Are soulmates such an integral part of her universe...?]

[ghostfromthemachine]

...where I'm from, almost everyone grows up writing to someone. There are... sometimes one person is born a while later than their partner, or one dies, but that's important in its own way, too.