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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]

[Hey??? He hides his bright red face in her shoulder, she's bullying him :<]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ she counters by sticking her face in his hair. ...and almost immediately regrets it a little, because that leaves her to contend with the urge to go full cat and rub her face into it to get a better idea of the texture.

...putting one arm around him is probably safe, especially since she's more off to the side, so she lets go of his clothes to do just that. ]

I'll keep that in mind, though. Fair warning, I'm pretty handsy when I have permission.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Writes an answer without lifting his face.]

I don't mind

[ghostfromthemachine]

Then I hope you're ready to be climbed on~. It's been a while since I've gotten to pretend to be a koala.

[gemuinemanagement]

That sounds nice
You're really light, you should eat more

[He is a concern?]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ "that sounds nice"? this is the true proof that they're soulmates. ]

Well, if you insist...

I'm light because I want to be, though, not because I'm not eating enough. I'm like the opposite of an obariyon.

[gemuinemanagement]

Oh
Good, I was worried

[He can't help but fuss about her.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ she hesitates, and then reaches over to smooth some of his hair out of his face before looking away in embarrassment. ]

...You don't have to. I mean— not in the sense that I don't appreciate it, but. There's genuinely not too much that can go wrong with me. ...Outside of times like last night, anyway.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Leans a little into her hand.]

It's hard not to worry
But I'll try

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ ...pets him. ]

Oh no, you'll just have to relax. Terrible.

[ she's looking away again, though, chewing idly at her lower lip. ]

Though... I can, um. Tell you what's actually worth fussing over, if you want? Not that I want you worrying, but that might be better than letting you feel anxious all the time because you can't tell what's wrong and what's not.

[gemuinemanagement]

[He nods. Yes, that seems like a good solution.]

I want to help
When you need it and if I can

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ leaning her head against his. her voice is dry when she responds. ]

Most of what I need when I'm having a bad time is to be treated like I've either gotten hypoglycemic, or I'm a fussy baby with the flu. ...By which I mean make me eat something, shove me into as many blankets as you can find, and then distract me until I either take a nap or start feeling better on my own.

[ it's both really funny and kind of annoying how much that tends to solve, considering she doesn't have a biological body that would actually be physically affected by any of those things. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[Serious nod. He will do all of these things! And make her eat something that isn't his own cooking.

...Squeeze.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ they sell okayu packets, just give her one of those and call it a meal.

...what if she just. doesn't say anything else. lets this part of the conversation end there, doesn't share all the little signs of weakness that mean she's coming apart at the seams—

...inevitably blindsides him by pretending to be fine until far past the point of no return when the end of August rolls around, or she just has a more mundane bad day for no particular reason at all.

the thought makes her want to flinch away, so of course she digs in and makes herself picture it: Suga dealing with her at her worst; Suga who has done nothing wrong, and who despite that has his own grief and self-blame to grapple with, drowning under the weight of her grief and self-hatred as they overflowed. he hadn't even noticed that she was the source of the cold until she said so; what chance would he have of figuring out that those feelings wouldn't be his?

it's uncomfortable and upsetting, and that makes it a good kick in the pants to get the Hell over herself. she leans bonelessly into his embrace, squirming a little bit to get more comfy, and then settles. ]

...warning signs would be... well, like last night. If it's cold and clammy when it shouldn't be, or something just feels off— like dread, or there's something dangerous nearby, or you suddenly feel awful for no reason. ...If it smells like—

[ she hesitates, then turns her head to hide her face against him. ]

...if you smell blood, metal, or something smoky, then be really careful. I don't think I'd attack you on purpose, even at my worst, but. I tend to lash out a lot like that.

Anyway, that's the atmospheric scale from roughly a one to "you're in one of those onryou horror movies now."

[gemuinemanagement]

[He nods, taking the words to heart. He'd like to think he's a little more spiritually sensitive than most - nothing on Sakuma's level, but he's good at telling the presence of an angry spirit.]

I should be okay
I have protective charms

[He never wanted to use them against her, but he does have them.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

Ah, that's right... can you show me those at some point? Just for my peace of mind.

[gemuinemanagement]

[It takes a second to untangle himself from her enough to reach the nightstand, but he does manage to open a drawer and pull out a charm. It's a simple one, a bracelet with three lightly glowing pale blue stones on it.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

Is that...

[ leaning in to sniff at it, because she is full of good decisions ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[It should be fine because she's not a hostile spirit right now? But it might still make her wrinkle her nose, if his own smell wasn't pleasant before.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ yes, that is in fact like the difference between smelling an interesting cologne on someone and trying to stick your nose in the bottle it came from. she sputters like she's trying not to sneeze and recoils, covering her nose, but she's laughing at herself. ]

Oh, not my brightest decision— that will definitely do, though.

[gemuinemanagement]

Should I have warned you

[He thought she knew???]

[ghostfromthemachine]

No, I would have done it anyway.

[gemuinemanagement]

Why
??

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ pats his cheek ]

Mostly curiosity, but really to make sure it'd work? I mean, I already thought it would, but it's comforting to have that confirmed.

[gemuinemanagement]

[He is papped.]

OK
I've been keeping them put away because I don't want the house to smell bad to you