Arny and Danny Imagines

Soulmates Pt. 2 Excerpt

A/N: I know, it's late, I'm sorry. I had a stressful few days. I've been exhausted. Please forgive me :(

Lyrics are from White Tiger by Our Last Night

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My faith in love was born again
From the clouds, you were heaven sent

It had been a week since we talked it over. We decided to sit on the swings in an empty park, away from curious eyes and eavesdropping ears. She kind of laughed at the fact that I hadn't taken notes during the soulmates lesson, the laugh fading after she heard my reason. A gentle smile remained on her face though as we talked it out.

"I understand that you were excited and how your hope faded as the years went on, but I'm surprised your parents never explained how it couldn't possibly be that easy for everyone. If it was, it wouldn't be special. It wouldn't feel real." I shrugged, a little peeved she would blame them.

"I was a kid and they didn't want to crush my hopes. I understand why they handled it the way that they did." She nodded, considering this.

"Well, I'm glad that you believe in love again." She said, still smiling. I looked at her kinda funny.

"I think I would have learned to love someone if I never found you honestly. Just because soulmates exist, doesn't mean that love doesn't. This is a serious connection but that doesn't mean that you can't form a connection at all with someone else." She nodded again.

"You're right. I've never looked at it that way. You've put some serious thought into this."

"I've had a lot of time to think about it..." I said quietly, staring off into space for a moment before I turned back to look at her. She had an unreadable expression on her face as she stared at me.

"What?" I asked. She shook her head.

"I'm just curious...did you ever want to believe that someone else was your soulmate so bad that you tried to convince yourself that they were?" I stared back at her for a long moment, thinking back to when I was a kid, before shifting through memories of myself in middle school.

"I...don't think so. Only because I was confused. I wasn't sure what exactly I was supposed to feel, so I never pushed it. I had a few crushes, sure. But nothing I ever did anything about." She nodded, looking away.

"I wonder how things would be different if you had." This conversation felt like it was going in circles to me. I sighed, as I began to push myself on the swing for a bit, trying to think of something to say.

"What about you? Tell me your thoughts about it." I finally asked.

"Well...I honestly think the whole thing is overrated." I stopped.

What?