unseen tattoo | kokonoi hajime

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soulmates, it always bothered me. I still haven't found my soul mate but I was sure that it was akane when I met her, though I didn't see her tattoo, I was still so sure that it was her.

now, I don't know. am I still sure that it's her? when your soul mate died, your tattoo is supposed to fade away. although mine didn't, it was still there on my collarbone, no signs of it fading away anytime soon.

'who are you? when will I meet you?'

like a cue, (y/n)'s face flashed in his mind for a split second. like (y/n) he also didn't notice it, he eventually started thinking about the said girl, a smile unconsciously made its way on his lips.

¬inui-san, would you like to hang out with me today?

kokonoi send a message to the girl he met two days ago, secretly hoping that she would agree to his offer

¬ah, of course kokonoi-san. At what time?

when he felt his phone vibrate, he sat up looking at the message he received. a smile once again went its way on his lips, quickly replying to the message. why was he so excited?

¬an hour from now, 1pm. If that's fine with you?

on the other side of the screen, the girl was also unconsciously smiling while she was eating--weirding out her brother

"nee-san, what are you smiling at?" seishu asked, which startled the girl.

"huh? What do you mean?" you quickly denied, looking away from him

¬yes it's fine, where will we meet?

you sent the message after looking over it a few times to check if anything was wrong with it, seishu raised his eyebrows suspicious of you

"are you texting a boy?" he asked again, you looked at him then looked away again

"i'm not..." your response only made him more suspicious of you, you stood up which surprised him. he just continued to stare at you

¬no need, I'll be picking you up

you looked at the message, reading it over and over again. then you ran to the bathroom to get ready

"...weird" seishu whispered, shaking his head. it was his day to do the dishes so you didn't bother about it.

¬alright

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it was now 1pm, you just finished getting ready and wore the outfit you found comfortable and fashionable at the same time. hearing the doorbell go off, you tried to run towards the door to open it before seishu did but to your luck, he was already there

"koko? what are you doing here?" seishu asked, looking at him before looking behind him to find you dressed up

"where are you going, nee-san?" he asked again, you gulped before chuckling nervously.

"you see-" you were about to tell him but you got cut off, "we're just going to hang out inui" kokonoi cheekily smiled at seishu, while seishu just looked at you both. his eyes going back and forth

"don't do anything stupid, koko" seishu said, glaring at kokonoi. then his gaze went to you, which caused it to soften. "be careful, nee-san" he whispered, before sighing walking back to his room.

you were a bit confused with what he said but assumed it was for your safety on the road, you looked at kokonoi, unsure of what to say

"shall we?" he offered his arm to you, in which you accepted, "we shall" both of you went out of the house, closing the door right behind you

"where will we go?" you asked, looking at him.

"you'll see" he smiled, looking back at you

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both of you reached a place that felt quite familiar to you, you looked around not noticing that kokonoi already went out of the car. he opened the passengers side of the door, offering his hand to you which you accepted again

"this is weirdly familiar, I haven't even gone here before" you chuckled, once again your eyes started to wander around

"isn't it breath taking?" kokonoi asked you, he kept staring at you not letting go of your hand

"hm, it is. the tree is beautiful, this is a really good place to get married" you smiled, dragging the boy with you to the sakura tree in the middle. other sakura trees were around it too but the one in the middle was really fascinating

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staring at you, he kept staring at you. he couldn't keep his eyes away from you, it's like he was inlove with you from the start.

'(y/n), you look ethereal' kokonoi thought, he never took his gaze away from you. his mind took a picture of how you looked, wanting to remember it for as long as he lived.

"you should take a picture, it'll last longer" you spoke which took kokonoi out of his trance, you smiled at him before handing your polaroid to him. without hesitating, he took a picture of you.

how weird, he was just supposed to use you so he could pretend that akane was still here but he isn't even thinking about her at the moment. he was focused on the girl right in front of him, his heart was beating so loud that he was afraid that you might hear.

"here" kokonoi handed the polaroid back to you, while you silently thanked him.

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standing under the falling sakura leaves really made kokonoi a lot more attractive than he is, you smiled while staring at the picture he took of you. seeing him look away from you, you lifted your camera to take a picture of him as well which made him immediately look back at you.

"did you just take a picture of me?" the boy asked, lifting one of his eyebrows

"yes, I did" you waved the picture that just came out of the camera, to quickly look at his picture

"look at you" you smiled, showing him his picture. "how pretty" you followed

"hm, you're prettier" he muttered under his breath, which made you look at him but he was looking away. you tried not to smile seeing the tips of his ears tinted red

now what was this boy doing to you? feeling butterflies in your stomach you also looked away, you've only met him a few days ago but both of you instantly clicked. talking like normal friends who's known each other for months

"thank you.." you felt a bit shy, not expecting the compliment he gave. kokonoi kept his gaze away from you, silently scolding himself for not thinking before he spoke. when he returned his gaze on you, he noticed the small blush on your cheeks which made him smile

ah, he could just kiss you right then and there. though he stopped himself

'hey, hey, small steps buddy. we're not sure if we really like them yet' he thought to himself.

unknown to them, their tattoo's were brighter than ever. excited that the two were slowly starting to get closer. their past loves who they weren't able to move on from for years didn't even come once in their minds.

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I hope you guys can understand who's speaking, sorry if I don't put 'P.O.V's' 🗿🗿