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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]

[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.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ cuddles, possibly a nap, possibly also a movie if Suga's interested in some Ghibli— it's definitely a day for something more lighthearted than her usual tastes, and Spirited Away is close enough to a romance, right?

also definitely some white chocolate matcha truffles closer to lunchtime. happy Valentine's day, Suga. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[Spirited Away is very cute and Suga cries a little during the reveal of Haku's real name. It's fine, he just gets emotional, it's fine...]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ that's a mood, though. Kaiko doesn't get visibly teary, but that's mostly because she's watched it a million times— and that just means she can cuddle up and pet Suga when he springs a leak.

(meanwhile, she'd shoved her face into his shoulder when No-face had first tempted their way into the bathhouse, and again during their rampage. it's just a little bit of projection, don't mind her.) ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[Pets her hair when she hides. There, there.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ she isn't hiding, just Sad. ...also maybe a little anxious. there but for the grace of stubbornness and a lot of careful managing goes her...

petting good, though. movie also good. good... ???date??? that's a thought. which she is going to keep to herself for the moment. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[Date good! Petting good!]

That was fun
We should do that again sometime

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ perking up ]

I have most of what that studio's made, and a lot of other animated movies. ...A lot of live-action, too, but most of those have sort of... mm. Bittersweet endings? If they aren't tragedies.

[ she's not inflicting those on him without explicit permission! he's too soft!

... even if she does really want to see how he reacts to Frankenstein. for reasons. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

Maybe not the tragedies
Unless you want me crying on you a lot