oneirism

in your eyes

Ft. Jisung and Minho skz and my love 

I have been best friends with Elis my entire life.

She was perfect, and she was my everything.

But as everyone does, we had our problems. Our problems were not between us. It was the people around us.

Soulmates suck. Why you ask?

They have the same eyes as you. Both halves will have heterochromic eyes. And when you find yourself staring at the same eyes as yours, reflecting it exactly,
You realize, they are your soulmate.

Our problem, no the society's problem was that Eli, my lovely Eli and I had perfectly contrasting eyes. They were the same. But opposite.

It was the perfect opportunity to oust us from the norm.

And the fact that we had been best friends with a rather intimate relationship gave them a perfect reason to torture us on a silver platter.

It didn't matter to us.

We strived on.

But, it still affected us of course..

I had trouble sleeping at night. Afraid they would set our house on fire.
Or that they would throw trash at us again.

Eli hid behind humour and quirkiness, masking away the pain in her eyes.
It didn't take long for the two of us to leave our home behind, running away as far as we could.

...

It had been three months since we moved to South Korea. We'd learned the language quickly, adjusting as fast as we could to the new territory.

People still mocked us. But they mocked from a distant. No more breaking down our door, no more trash thrown at us from the streets.

We were finally able to have some peace.

Sometimes I wondered if Eli was really my soulmate. I wouldn't mind of course.
I love her more than my own family.
But I know there's something missing. That bond, that feeling.

I wonder if we'll ever find them.

Ours.
...

It was another typical Friday for Eli and I.
Being used to not getting out of our house much, even here we only get out once a week to stock up on supplies we would need.

I was leaning on the shopping cart, tugging at the mask on my face, adjusting it. I was waiting for Eli to find some vegetable that she wanted to try tonight.

All of a sudden, I felt a sudden sharp pain in my back before I went flying forward, tilting the cart, me falling along with it.

Everything hurt and there was a buzzing in my ear from having a pack of soda fall on my head.

" Are you alright?! I'm so so sorry!! Oh my god please tell me your alright!!" Somebody shouted next to me.

I finally managed to compose myself and look at the person who I found was sitting next to me, looking down at me.
Until I realised.

I was staring into my eyes.

Oh,

Oh.

My soulmate's eyes.

This was my soulmate.

What the hell.

He just hit me with his shopping cart.

He was the most handsome person I've ever seen.

I think that's the headache talking.

Somewhere I could hear Eli gasping, and the startled cry of another male. Did she find her's too?

The man helped me up. He was saying something but I couldn't make out what he was saying. I was more occupied with Eli running to us hand in hand with another male.

Are all Koreans this handsome?

" Jisung!"

Oh, that's his name.

" Hyung, is that...?" My soulmate stared at Eli and back at me. " Is she....?"

" Damn your soulmate is cute Emy." Eli whistled.

So he really is my soulmate.

I blacked out.
...

One trip to the emergency room later we found out that they were jisung and Minho.

Our jisung and Minho.

Who lead similar lives to ours.

We agreed to meet each other later, and went back to our respective homes.

" Well this was a crazy day." Eli said, gently holding an ice pack to the bruise on my head as I lay in her lap.

I hummed in reply still thinking about jisung and how surreal it felt to finally find him.

" Jisung and Minho huh... We finally found them Emy." She said, voice trembling at the end.

A tear fell onto my cheek.

She was crying.

I was crying.

After years of hurt and pain.

We were whole.

But what would become of Eli and I?

I didn't want to leave her.

Would she leave me?

I didn't dare ask as we sobbed in each others arms, finally feeling happier than we did in our entire lives.

Why is it though, I'm feeling a pain in my heart when I think of leaving?
...

It was finally meeting day. We'd finally get to see the boys again.

I hadn't been able to sleep feeling more anxious then ever.

We sat across from our other halves.
I didn't look at jisung in the eyes. Not wanting to see his reaction to the dark circles under my eyes.

I felt someone hold my hand.

Startled I looked up to find myself staring at jisung, who was smiling at me softly.

" Don't worry, I'm scared too. I didn't think I'd find you. And now that I do.."

" It feels surreal." We said at the same time.

And giggled.

Eli and Minho looked at us amused.

Maybe this wasn't so bad.
...

We spent the next three hours getting to know each other.

Eli and Minho had a love for cats and sarcasm.

Jisung and I shared a love for cheesecake and writing.

We were meant to be.

As we paid and began to leave, Minho stopped us, looking very serious.

" We have a condition though."

" What is it?" I asked feeling a little scared again.

Jisung squeezed my hand, reassuring me.

" If we ever get together, four of us have to stay together."

My heart had been beating so fast it took me a moment to understand what he said.

Without realising it, Eli and I shared a sigh of relief.

I glanced at her and as our contrasting eyes met, I realized..

We were definitely meant to be.