The soulmate curse

Chapter 7

"Woah, you've got a lot of plants, they're hanging from the ceiling!" Felix said in amazement.

"So this is my flat. It's very small compared to yours, but I like it here." 

They stepped through the sliding door that led into the tidy kitchen. The walls were filled with pictures of all kinds. Some showed still lifes, some Tadashi and Kei, and Haru could be seen on one hanging directly above the kitchen table. 

 Hyunjin, being the artist that he is, naturally had to admire all the pictures first, while Felix tugged at his sleeve. And Chan was talking to Ronny about the kitchen. When Hyunjin had finished looking at the pictures, they went into the next room, which was the living room.

Here too there were many plants, but not so many pictures, a sage green couch stood in the middle, in front of it lay a cream-coloured carpet. A small television stood on a small sideboard. 

A few bookshelves hid the lilac-painted wall. The living room was the smallest room after the bathroom, but it was the nicest after the bedroom. The bedroom was separated from the living room by a door painted with flowers. 

Chan, who had asked Ronny a thousand times if it was OK for them to go in, hesitantly opened the door. They were faced with a small room where a small bed stood in the corner, most of the space taken up by the green carpet on which crocheted flowers lay. In the corner opposite the bed was a desk made of light wood. 

Above the desk hung several pictures, one of them showed Ronny with a young man who looked amazingly like her. The two looked much younger and they were both grinning at the camera. 

It had been a sunny summer day, they had spent the day at Tadashi's, together they had played hide and seek in the forest and he had wanted to take the picture. Ronny, who was beginning to worry why Felix and Hyunjin were so quiet, slowly walked up to them and looked over their shoulders.

"Woah, you have a drawing book?! Can I look inside?!" asked an excited Felix.

"Felix, I'm sure it makes Ronny a little uncomfortable."

"No, it's ok, I'll show you a few pages. Then I'll show you the ones I want to show you."

"Now I'm curious too" Chan spoke up. 

Together they sat down on Ronny's bed. The first page she opened showed Tadashi and Kei with a few other people the boys didn't know.

"Who are the others in the picture? "Chan wanted to know.

"They are my friends in Japan, I spent my childhood there. Tadashi and Kei played volleyball in high school and I became friends with the team. At some point I also became a manager, but before that I just drew everyone. Tadashi forced me to go there at the beginning because I didn't talk to anyone else. But we all became very good friends."

The boys nodded and remembered this new information about their soulmate, she turned to the next page, which again showed a large group of boys. 

"And this?"

"When the boys went to training games, I went along as manager, of course, and one evening I had time to paint them all. See the boy with a pudding hairstyle, that's my best friend Kenma, the tall man next to him is his soulmate and husband Tetsuroo.

"Kenma and I still write to each other daily, he asks me for a lot of advice since he recently had his first child with Tetsu, even though I'm not a mother, he keeps asking." The boys now realised that their soulmate also had a life ahead of them and a very exciting one at that. 

The next page was a drawing she had made of Haru, that had been about a year ago.

"That was a year ago on Haru's first birthday," she explained to the men next to her with a melancholy smile.

The next pages were less exciting for the boys, until Ronny came to the last and most recent page. The picture of the boys that she had drawn an hour ago. Felix snatched the book out of her hand. 

"Is that us?" Ronny nodded shyly, "Woah! We look so good, don't we Channie? If you see us like this, then I understand your insecurities, but we don't look that good, you could have drawn Hyunjins pimples on top!" the youngest said. 

Hyunjin, who found this comment very unnecessary, punched his boyfriend in the ribs. Chan took the book from Felix's hand and looked at the drawing. 

"That's totally good, especially Minho's hair, although it was so tousled and the complicated one on Innie's jumper, how did you remember that?"

"I can remember things so well, some people say I have a photographic memory. Which would make sense because I've never really had to study because I'm just so good at remembering stuff so well. But anyway, do you want something to drink?" she addressed the wrestling lovers.

"Sure, can i have a water?" Ronnny nodded and went into the kitchen, the others following.

"I've thought of something because of the burning in your arm," Chan said.

"Spill!"

"So how about the three of us staying at your place, or you at ours, so the others won't be alone?"

"Chan, I've already told you, I don't want to bother you. I know we're soulmates and all, but you've all known each other forever and I don't want to barge in like that. I'll let you know if I need help, and besides, I see Hyunjin every day in class, even if I don't know how we do it yet. After all, a girl with eight boys will attract attention, and you alone will attract attention anyway."

"Why do we cause a stir?"

"You have a whole fan club at the university and the girls' toilets are full of pictures and drawings, some even take the trouble to write poems and love letters."

"Are you one of them?"

"No, I always thought you guys were super cocky and enjoyed the attention, but if you didn't know about it, it's a different story. But I'm not a girl who does weird girl things, so don't think I'm writing you letters and poems."

"Noted. Believe me, we already have Felix and Innie to provide us with that. Not forgetting Hyunjin, who draws us some pictures, you two should be so proud of yourselves."Chan laughed.

After the boys had all dressed, they all took Ronny in their arms and held their initials. "Then I'll see you tomorrow, right?"

"Yes! Maybe we'll meet tomorrow, then we can spend the day together!"

"Yeah, that sounds great!"

A/N: Sry that I didn't update yesterday! I had a really bad writers block, I will try to update tomorrow! Please bear with me and my horrible writing skills... Please leave a comment and make sure to vote, if you enjoyed!!!!

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