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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

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ huff. someday she will find something so good (or at least so liked) it'll get him to make requests. someday! ]

All right.

[ but today he's getting tamago kake gohan. ...it's good egg on rice, because she's not going to half-ass his breakfast more than strictly required by her desire to either get back into bed or back in his arms or both, but. lazy comfort food breakfast. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[It'd have to be very liked indeed to win out against his desire not to be a bother or ask for anything.

While she's cooking, he leans lightly against her side. Hello there.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ seeing if she can get him accustomed enough to being cared for to ask for things is also on the list. she will teach this boy it's all right to want things!

she pauses in the middle of getting the toppings ready, looks up at him, and then after a moment of exaggerated consideration tugs his arm over her shoulders so that she's tucked under it. hello!! ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[She is small and fits under his arm very well. With his free hand he jots down a note.]

Thank you

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ size difference good. humming at him, questioning ]

[gemuinemanagement]

No reason

[Can't a guy thank his soulmate for existing.]

/2

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ just checking whether it was for that or for the food. important distinctions!

also help, how can she even hold this much affection. what have you done to her, Suga. ]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ ...no, seriously, what does she even do with this. there is actually too much?

answer: turn to hide her increasingly red face, and reach for his hand to kiss the back of it between his thumb and forefinger. not the smoothest, but it works. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[Now they're both red, good job?? He turns his hand to cup her cheek gently.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ that's a very nice thought and she appreciates it, but also what if she just. smooshes her cheek into his hand before tugging it into place so she can hide her face behind it. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

Are you OK

[He can't talk to you if you're hiding your face?]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ she knooows but also she was dying... she peeks when she hears the sound of writing stop, only to mumble: ]

...just embarrassed. I might have hit my limit a little bit...

[gemuinemanagement]

[Oh, okay. He pulls his hand away from her then. She can have a break.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ nnnNnnNnn

lets him go... ]

[gemuinemanagement]

Sorry
I'll give you a break now

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ still mumbly ]

I don't want you to go, though...

[gemuinemanagement]

I'll be right here

[Just with less Affection.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

...ah.

[ ...

VERY GENTLY SLAPS HER OWN CHEEKS. why is she like this— well, no, she knows the answer to that and it's "trauma mildly acting up," but also that has not stopped her from kicking insecurity in the face before. ]

I'm sorry, I'm still sort of off-balance, I guess...

[gemuinemanagement]

It's okay
We can go at any pace you're comfortable with

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ slowly, like she's feeling out the truth of the words as she's saying them: ]

I'm... better with touch than with words, I think...

[ a beat ]

...I'm better with anything other than words, actually. Wow.

[gemuinemanagement]

Relatable

[Though for very different reasons.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ pffft. g-giggles, sheepish ]

I didn't want to say it, but it does sort of work out...

[gemuinemanagement]

[It's awkward but it's true.

Reaches over to pat her on the head. Better?]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ pleased cat squint combined with tilting her head up into it says yes. there's also the little contented sigh she puffs out. ]

...All right, breakfast's done and so am I. Time to go back to bed and refuse to come out for a while.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Breakfast in bed time it is. And maybe more cuddling? More cuddling.

Today is a good day, he thinks.]