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Names • Louis

soulmate au bc why not

this is so fucking cliché but do i care? no.

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Your POV

I tap my fingers against my knee, my eyes trained on my phone as I wait for the two minutes remaining until my 18th birthday.

I bite the nails of my right hand nervously, and then i see the clock turn another minute. I ignore all the messages, and then it happens.

I see the alarm ring and my hand covers my left wrist, too nervous to look at the name that was now surely on my wrist.

What if it was someone I knew?

Or even worse, what if it was someone i didn't?

I take a deep breath and slowly lift my hand. My eyes narrow in on the five small letters imprinted on my wrist.

Louis

holy shit.

My best friend Louis?

no, no, it must be a different Louis. It has to be a different Louis, I mean, he's had his tattoo for a few months now, and he would've told me, right?

I mean, we are best friends.

And... I've never thought of Louis as anything more than that.

I come back to reality to find my phone blowing up with "happy birthday"s and asking about what my soulmate's name was, but one name stood out in particular.

Care to take a guess who?

If you guessed Louis, you'd be correct.

I gently picked up my phone and replied to a few of my friends, avoiding the soulmate subject as a whole.

And then I got to Louis.

nincompoop
happy birthday darling!

you're eighteen now, oh
my goodness they grow
up so fast.

so... who's your soulmate?

if you don't want to tell me
that's totally fine

i mean, it's your choice

i don't want to force you
or anything

oh shit i'm spamming you
arent i?

i'm sorry i'll shut up now.

have a great day love!

I smile at the messages, my thumb subconsciously running over the print on my skin. Could it really be him?

darling
thank you lou! and you're
older than me so stfu

um... i'd rather keep the
soulmate thing to myself
for now.