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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]

[He shakes his head. No, she's fine.]

Too cold to sleep

[ghostfromthemachine]

...I'm sorry. I can... I should probably make tea, or something along those lines. Do you want any?

[gemuinemanagement]

[Why is she apologizing? She didn't make it cold.]

Tea would be nice
Thank you

[ghostfromthemachine]

Mm.

[ ...Suga, please.

give her a second. ... a couple of seconds. eventually she manages to beat back the foggy desire to blank out again enough to roll off the couch to pad towards the kitchen. she isn't wobbling or anything, but there's a careful deliberation to the way she places her feet, like she's trying to avoid doing so. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[...Concern. He follows her into the kitchen, and reaches out to squeeze her shoulder gently. Is she okay?]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ that's debatable, but she's definitely cold. not as low as the current room temperature, but also nowhere near the standard 98.6 degrees. ...this means his hands are comparatively very warm. she twitches, at first, but then hums in the back of her throat and melts a little bit under the touch. ]

...Sorry. I'll be all right.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Can spirits get hypothermia?]

Is there anything I can do

[ghostfromthemachine]

... can you make the tea?

[gemuinemanagement]

[Nods, with a look of determination. He has only rarely succeeded in preparing tea before, but he's Gonna Do It.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

Thank you.

[ even if it tastes awful it will be warm, and made by him, which are the important things right now. ...she does get the teabags she wants out for him (lavender and chamomile, because if now isn't a time for calming things that are also literally flowers when the hell is) before going to lean against the nearest vertical surface. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[This is the most carefully he has ever prepared anything in his life, but he still looks a little nervous when he comes over to her with a cup. He tasted it first and thought it was fine, but...

It's actually pretty good.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ that's cute. he's cute. she takes it and drinks without bothering to try to cool it off first, and makes a sleepy, pleased noise at the taste. congratulations on your success, Suga.

after another few sips she thaws the rest of the way, peeling herself away from the wall to flop against him instead. hello. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[Oh, hello. He pats her head gently.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ that earns him a soft sigh. affectionnn ]

... I'm sorry if this is too much, but. Can I go back to bed with you?

[gemuinemanagement]

[He nods. Since she's cold, it makes sense to huddle up together.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

Thank you. ...It should warm up if I can stop...

[ why isn't there a benign way to say "dissociating halfway to the moon." ]

...being overly existential.

[ nailed it. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[Gently, he takes her hand and squeezes it. He's here for her however he can be.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ ...her hands are cold enough that for a moment she can't really feel that, which brings up a host of unpleasant memories before the heat from his hands starts sinking in. mumbling: ]

Don't let me steal too much of your body heat...

... I was really hoping not to be dramatic about it, since it isn't something that I would say particularly bothers me, but... today, at around this time, is about when I died.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Oh. He would say that's a pretty good reason to be bothered, all things considered.

Give him a second, it's hard to write while holding her hand but he also isn't willing to let go.]

It's okay to be upset

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ squeezing his hand ]

Getting too upset about it would invite trouble in a terrible way. It isn't something I regret, anyway. ...The liminal hours of the morning are just a bad time to be thinking about it in any capacity.

[gemuinemanagement]

Come to bed instead

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ —pfft. ]

All right.

[ drinking the rest of her tea, setting the mug down, and then tugging him in the bedroom's direction. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[??? Did he say something weird?

Well, okay, he'll head to the bedroom with her. The bed isn't all that big, but he slides in to the far side so that she has room.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ she will always appreciate a good "Do Not" before she can dunk herself back into overthinking something unpleasant.

good news, Kaiko doesn't take up much room anyway. she curls herself up and steals enough blanket from him to tug it up to her nose, before groping back around for his hand. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[More hand squeezing! He writes with his finger on the back of her hand.]

Comfortable
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