♥︎𝕋𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤♥︎ {Skephalo}

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   .・。.・゜✭𝚉𝚊𝚔'𝚜 𝙿𝙾𝚅✫・゜・。.

I jolt awake from the sound of my alarm loudly buzzing through my room. It started to get annoying, so I shut it off by throwing my phone into a pile of laundry to muffle the noise.
I lay my head back onto my pillow just I jolt back awake again seconds later. How could I forget what day it is?!

I immediately jump to my feet, retrieving my phone from the other side of my room. I flip it over to properly shut my alarm off. The screen flashed [8:30am January 17] my birthday! Today is the day I get my words. The number of words I get are the amount of words I can say until I meet my soulmate. If you use up all your words you can't talk at all until you touch your soulmate in any way. Then you get unlimited words.

I started to get nervous. I didn't want to look at my wrist, but I had to. I close my eyes tightly. Counting down from three in my head.

Three.
Two.
One!

I open my eyes, looking down at my wrist to see the number three. I know that's a low number but I didn't panic. I have an amazing girlfriend of almost three years. I am absolutely certain we are soulmates, so all I have to do is go touch her, then boom. Unlimited words, and I'm with my soulmate.

I quickly put on a pair of sweatpants and a hoodie that I found in the dirty clothes pile in the corner of my room and rushed out the door. "Happy birthday sweetie!" My mom exclaims right when I entered the kitchen. She always knows how to put a smile on my face. I give her a small wave.

"How many did you get?" She asks eagerly with the biggest smile spread across her face. I flash her my wrist, showing her my number. Her smile immediately turned into a small frown. "Oh no..." She furrows her eyebrows at my wrist. I wanted to tell her it's all ok, but I couldn't use up my words. I pulled out my phone pressing on her contact.

She watched as I typed out a message, sending it right away.

Me: It's ok mom. I'm going to Kate's so I can get my unlimited words right now :)

She grabs her phone from the counter to read my message. Her expression didn't change though, still having that same ascertain look. She never really liked Kate, so I could tell why she was like that. "Alright then." She says setting her phone back down on the counter. I smile as I wave goodbye to her, running out the front door.

I run down the little concrete pathway to my car, immediately getting in and starting the ignition. I was more excited then anything. I love Kate so much, words can't even explain my feelings for her. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with her.

Being in a really good mood I turn the radio on full blast. I couldn't stop smiling, my cheeks started to hurt. I tried to stay still in my seat but failed miserably, dancing in my seat to any song that came on. Shit or not. I forced myself not to sing along. I didn't want to waste my words in the most stupid way.

I didn't have to hold back long though, finally arriving at her house minutes later. I couldn't get the smile off my face, I wasn't even trying. I was so happy, excited, upbeat, all of the above. I probably looked like an insane person as I walked up the pathway to her house with a huge ear to ear grin.
This could honestly be the best day of my life!

I had a little jump in my step as I walk up the steps of the porch. I firmly knock on the door, trying to contain myself from all of this excitement. After seconds the door opens to reveal a tall brunette, her forest green eyes staring right back at me, but not giving me her usual smile back.

"Oh, hey Zak." She greets me bluntly. I squealed in excitement before wrapping my arms around her in the biggest hug. "I love you" I exclaim, my words muffled from her shoulder. "Look, Zak." She says slightly pushing me off of her. I stare at her blankly, extremely confused. She shows me her wrist to reveal an infinity sign.

We are soulmates! It's true! I open my mouth to speak, but nothing comes out. Confused, thinking I lost my voice from not talking for awhile. "I already met my soulmate." She explains briefly. My heart immediately drops into my stomach, my mouth slightly agape from being in shock. It's can't be.

"Yeah, actually we met way before we got our words..." She explains bluntly. So she was cheating on me. After all this time. What the actual fuck. I open my mouth to speak once again. To tell her how much this hurts me. To give her a piece of my mind. To say something! Anything! But nothing comes out once again. Nothing. Not even a small ounce of word. I look down at my wrist to see a zero.

My heart drops even more, now technically being non existent. I feel dead. I feel like nothing. I am completely mute until I meet my actual soulmate. Who knows how long that'll take.

I didn't feel like listening to her shit anymore. I turn around, walking out the door. I felt numb, feeling to many emotions at once. Betrayal, helplessness, loneliness, pain, and anger. All that was way to much for me to handle. I immediately start the ignition, driving off to I don't even know where. I just drove mindlessly, lost in thought. My vision starting to get blurry from all the tears building up in my eyes.

I decided to just pull over in an abounded parking lot. Not wanting to drive when I couldn't see clearly, but at that point I didn't really care. Right when my car turned off I lost it. Fully balling my eyes out. That's really the only sound I can make. Crying, pain. I buried my face in my hands, feeling my wet tears smear all over my face.

The worst part is it's a Monday. I can't go to school like this, completely mute and broken. People can't see me like this, I'm scared to even go home. I can't let my mom see me like this. I hate when she has to worry about my mental health that was doing alright before all this happened. I pull out my phone. School starts soon.

I ignore the time, looking further to see a bunch of birthday texts from my friends. They were so excited for me, planning a little get together just the four of us after school for my birthday. What am I going to tell them. Scratch that, how am I even going to communicate with them. I can't fucking talk!

My anger starts to get the best of me again. I throw my phone into the back seat as I start up my car again. Immediately turning up the radio. Music has always been a coping mechanism for me. It calms me down when I get like this.

After a couple of minutes of just listening to any song that came on the radio I felt a bit better. My tears finally dried up, disappearing completely. I still felt numb, still feeling all those emotions just not as much. They died down a bit.

The drive home wasn't long, but it felt even shorter then it was. I was dreading the interaction I would have with my mom. She always knows how to make me feel better, but sometimes it's not the right time.

I pull up into the driveway. Holding back another round of tears, I walk into the house. "Zak! How did it go!" I here her voice from the kitchen. I don't say a word, I can't. I walk into the kitchen, her back was facing me. I go over to her, immediately wrapping my arms around her in a weak yet comfortable hug. She turns around to face me before hugging back. "What happened?" She whispers as she hugged back. I just shake my head, signalling I didn't want to talk about it.

"School starts soon." She kept her voice hushed and soft, calming me down a bit even more. I just shake my head again, burying my face deeper into her shoulder. "Alright, but you're going to have to tell your friends at some point. I know they have been planning this for awhile." She says loosening her grip around me. I give her a small nod before walking up to my room.

Happy Birthday to me-

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