In the Night||JJK

Soulmate?

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"What's it like...having a soulmate?" Jungkook asks his long time best friend Taehyung, who sits across from him on the couch with his century long soulmate. Jungkook takes another bite of his honeydew melon.

The one thing about being a vampire, besides feeding off humans, having a soulmate, often gave them more strength. It was weird to explain, and Jungkook didn't understand it. But having two souls joined together helped their abilities. They weren't like every other vampire you'd read about in stories.

They had their souls, they didn't burn in the sun, nor did they sparkle in it. They appeared just like everyone else, ate and drink like everyone else, but also fed off humans. Just enough to get them through the day.

"Kind of curious, coming from someone who doesn't believe in the word 'Soulmate'." Taehyung kisses the top hand of his soulmate.

"Getting lonely, JK?" She teases, caressing Taehyung's thigh.

"Forget I asked." Jungkook rolls his eyes, bringing his leg that was resting on his knee down to the carpet, fixing to stand up and leave them, holding his bowl of melon.

"No, wait. Okay, we were teasing." Taehyung halts the younger. "We are just not use to you questioning about it considering your beliefs." He tries to reason. He wasn't trying to poke fun, he was just taken aback by the question.

"Why the sudden change?" Taehyung's soulmate asks.

"There is no change, I was just generally curious. What makes your experience with each other different than mine? I sleep with women, and they are all pretty much the same. They get the job done and they leave." He shrugs nonchalantly, oblivious to any sort of connection. 

"Well, I can't speak for all, but before I met Laney, all women were the same as well." Tae agreed. "They didn't give me that drive that I was searching for. It became quite dull after a while, boring even. The whole atmosphere changes when you are in the proximity of your soulmate. Like the axis has changed...your body just knows." He looks at Laney, soft smile reaching his features that she returns. "Then you smell her. The very scent of her makes your mouth water, as if you haven't eaten in days. She becomes the craving your body desires. And the first bite...the first bite you will always remember. The taste of her blood will forever linger on your tongue for the rest of time. Your very own piece of your soulmate...forever." Taehyung explains.

"You never told me that." Laney blushes. "You can still taste me?" Laney was a mortal when Taehyung first met her, and his craving for her made his whole existence focus solely on her. He had to have her, no matter the cost. And the first time he bit her, her blood was like velvet that ran down his throat. 

"Always." He nods.

"And you can never compel her." Laney chimes in. "The bond of soulmates is suppose to create an equal balance. Out of every mortal out there, soulmates are the only ones you can not compel. And I think that is beautiful, a beautiful balance."

"Now do you see why I think all of this is just too hard to believe? I have gone centuries walking this earth and no soulmate in sight. No soulmate who's blood I crave."

"It takes time, young one. Look at Jin, older than you, just found one thirty years ago. Your time will come. She just hasn't been created yet." Taehyung assures him.

"I am fine being alone. I don't need a soulmate by my side. I hate that the sole of our existence is based loosely around this fantasy that we are in need of a soulmate." He rolls his eyes, gazing into the fire that crackled in the fireplace next to them.