"Wait, what? No, no that's not right?" I rambled "I know her rejecting you is what led to your suicide"
"How long has it been?" Mom asked with a sad smile
"Eleven, almost twelve years"
"So, you're 25 now, wow. You look so much like me and your dad. So that means Minji is 28 and Minsu is 26, right?" We all nodded
"Can someone please explain everything because I'm so lost right now" Minsu exasperated
"Why don't you start from the beginning" Sienna encouraged my mom, "Seems like we all have parts of the story so we're hoping you can fill in the gaps and clear up the muddy spots"
"Based on the amount of people in this room I'm assuming these are yours, Minji and Minsu's soulmates" my mom asked look between us
My cheeks tinted a pastel pink, "actually all seven of them are mine"
"Seven! Good lord, are you okay?" Despite the tension and severity of the situation I could not stop myself from laughing
"Yes, I'm okay"
"We don't have soulmates, Ma-ri is the only one of us with marks," Minji explained. Mom's face twisted in confusion
"I'll get some chairs" Dr. Moon said
"I'll help you" Jungkook and Seokjin said at the same time and followed the doctor out the door. They came back with two chairs each, well the muscle bunny came with a stack of four and spread them out for everyone.
When everyone had a seat, the door was closed, and all eyes were on my mother who looked calm and content. For someone who was thought to be dead for 11 years she's surprisingly cavalier about everything. We all waited with baited breaths for her to recant what happened over a decade ago.
"Mi-kyung's rejection is not why I tried to commit suicide" she started "was it a factor? Yes, but not the sole reason behind my decision. It broke my heart to feel her pushing me away but on that fateful day I felt her finally accepting me. The main reason I tried to take my life away because of a tumor that developed on my brain, a glioblastoma, I had been diagnosed with cancer 5 months earlier"
"Cancer? You had cancer and didn't tell me?" I frowned, feeling angry that she would hide such a critical illness from me
"I'm sorry Ma-ri, really I am but the way things progressed threw my whole plan off, I never intended this," she said pointing to herself "to happen but the pain became unbearable. I was watching myself slip away day by day and doing all I could to keep my burden from falling onto you, you were just 14."
"The headaches were because of the tumor" I remembered her being brought to tears on several occasions with complaints of a headache.
"Yes. The survival rate for this type of cancer is very slim, it can barely be treated because it's so unpredictable and hides amongst healthy brain cells so trying to cut it out can be very dangerous and life threatening. I talked to my doctors about radiation therapy, but they pretty much told me not to waste my time because it was spreading at an alarming rate."
"Dr. Moon, is that what was causing the phantom migraines in Won-jae?" Mi-kyung asked
"It's possible, they shared a mental connection, so I'd say it's very likely the cause" he responded with a calculating look in his eyes.
My mom's head tilted to the side "Is Won-jae gone too?"
"He passed away a few months ago, we met Ma-ri shortly after" Minji answered but the seemed to only further confuse my mom
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SeoulMates | OT7 Soulmate AU
FanfictionSoulmates no longer connect. Most people don't even believe in them anymore since it has been over 70 years since the last soulmates lived and loved. Are soulmates really extinct? Or are people ignoring their destiny? Ma-ri returns to South Korea af...
