Supernova || knj (Soulmate AU)

1 || I'm Taking A Plane to Korea?

Astra

A tough body slammed into me from behind and I let out a small oof. Small arms wrapped around me, and I couldn't help but grin a little.

"I can't believe you didn't tell me you were leaving!" The tight arms let go of me and I turned around, a grin on my face as I looked at my best friend.

I sighed. "You already knew that I was going home today." I looked at my best friend Katie as she pouted at me. Her wavy brown rested on her shoulders as she looked at me with those sincere deep brown eyes.

"But you didn't mention that you were going on a holiday. How am I supposed to call you everyday if you are busy travelling the world." She took my hand in hers, an almost begging look on her face. Her natural complexion was quite a bit darker than mine, making her hand stand out against the light colour of my skin. "Take me with you," she said, practically begging.

I smiled before shaking my head and giving a little laugh. "I'm not so sure you'll be able to fit in my suitcase."

We both looked back behind me to my dorm bed. Currently, most of my clothes seemed to be scattered across the small mattress, most of it piled on top of the small suitcase I had started packing. Let's just say it would be a while before I was finally ready to get going.

I slipped my phone out of my back pocket, checking the time.

11:59 AM

"Ugh," Katie let out a groan before moving around to fall onto my bed, currently a mess of clothes. "Maybe a little warning next time? Me and Liam were going to the movies tomorrow and I wanted you to come."

I shook my head just thinking about it. Liam was Katie's boyfriend, and on top of that, he was her soulmate. I remember when the two of them first met. Me and Katie went back to Edmonton to have Christmas with my family. It was such an ordinary day. We went out for hot chocolate at Tim Horton's after skating. I got my regular of white hot chocolate while she just got her regular milk chocolate. I didn't even catch it the first time when we were leaving through the door, but I remembered her gasp as she passed by what couldn't have been just another ordinary person.

Purple flowers were blooming like a crown around her head, directly mirroring the one growing around the head of the boy right next to her.

Of course, the shock if it was all new to me. The two of them looked at each other in shock before they both smiled at each other. It was a smile between two people who had known each other for years even though they had both just met. Let's just say that all of Tim Horton's just burst into cheers. It wasn't every day that you witnessed someone meet their soulmate.

I practically third wheeled them for the rest of Christmas break, and it broke their hearts to have to leave each other once winter semester started up again. Katie was still studying with me at the University of Toronto while Liam was studying electrical engineering at the University of Alberta. But Liam was planning on transferring to the University of Toronto next semester to be closer to Katie. Other than that, the two of them have been meeting every week under the Soulmate Bond Withdrawal Act (SBWA). The SBWA was a program created early on after learning that prolonged distance from your soulmate would have adverse effects on a person's health. For those that lived in the same area of the world, things usually worked out fine. But cross-country or even across the globe was a lot harder for people. A lot of the accomodation included travel visas and free plane tickets to combat soul withdrawal symptoms.

"I'd just be third wheeling you the whole time. You two are just infatuated with each other."

"But I haven't seen him since December! I'm nervous." She whined.