𝐼𝓃 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒟𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈 ~| Huang Renjun

十三

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A warm comforting feeling embraced the girl, making her open her eyes in curiosity at the change of feeling. She was met with the same place she had dreamt before Renjun had come to Korea.

Fuck no, she thought to herself. As much as she wanted to meet her soulmate, she was not in the mood. What was the point either way? Nobody believed her, and she was starting to doubt whether or not these dreams of hers were genuine, or just her own mind playing tricks on her.

The other entity seemed to have been there for a while now. And it didn't look happy either. Jihyun tried to approach it, but it backed away, turning into a gray-ish tone. She guessed whoever this person was, was angry. Terribly so. So much that Jihyun could feel an echo of their anger gnawing at her own emotions, to which she tried to yell off of her in annoyance at how her day was going.

Unfortunately for her, no sound comes out of light. Yet somehow, the other entity reacted to her, as she had changed color and intensity. Taking the hint, the other entity calmed down and dimmed down to a less blinding intensity. There they stayed for what seemed ages. Unmoving, annoyed at each other's presence, and waiting for the dream to end.

But it didn't.

Time passed painfully slow, bringing even more anger at the girl who just wanted the dream to end. Why the fuck did the other one last so short then? What kind of dumb game is this?

Wait a minute. That wasn't me. She seemed alert of someone else's thoughts echoing in her mind. She placed her attention back to the other entity. Was that you?

Well duh, they replied.

Why are you so angry?  This new exchange of echoing thoughts was a medium for them, allowing them to communicate.

Why shouldn't I be? I'm trapped here with you for God knows how long.

Why should that be a bad thing? We don't know each other to start hating each other.

Doesn't matter.

Except that it does. Jihyun felt like rolling her eyes, already tired of her soulmate. Come on, tell me what's wrong.

I don't need to tell you anything, the entity replied. Now leave me alone.

I wish I could, but it seems we don't have control over it. Why don't we just talk to avoid spending the rest of the time in silence. Jihyun felt another overwhelming wave of anger come through her, and she was sure as hell she could hear sobs. It wasn't her. Hey, hey hey. There's no need to feel like that. Tell me what's wrong, she tried to give off a comforting aura as her figure approached the now blinding golden light before her.

I didn't want a soulmate.

Oh... I'm sorry.

Don't take it like that, I just... I don't know, I don't want some unknown force to assign me someone I'm supposed to love. I wanted to be free to choose. And I thought that was going to be the case, but here I am.

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"Jihyun? Are you good? I heard you sobbing and I rushed to your room thinking you had injured yourself in your sleep." When Jihyun opened her eyes, she was met with her older sister's worried gaze fixed on her figure.

She wasn't lying. Jihyun's cheeks had trails of tears that felt cold when she sat up. Her jaw ached from having clenching it, and her palms had deep imprints of her nails, the area around them was as red as ever. "I had another dream." She didn't need to further specify for Jihee to understand.