For The Eternals

Effect of a soulmate

Amy pov

Oh my God! Dane’s food was horrible. His omelette tasted full of spinach and kale rather than egg. I felt like I ate a handful of grass.

Not to mention about his juice. I couldn’t felt my tongue after that. Thanked God I could drink all of the liquid in one go. I couldn’t assure myself to drink again if I stopped midglass.

I tried to hold all of them to get in my stomach as long as I could. Then I ran upstairs and directly to my room. After I was saved in the comfort of it, I directly walked to my bed.

I had a candy in my cabinet. The one Theo gave me when we hang out one night. I didn't eat it since it's in the middle of the night and I afraid it would give me toothache.

Even I was a super sweet tooth, I always concerned about the health of my teeth. I didn't want a fake tooth inside my mouth. I had a horrible experience when I was very young.

One of my neighbor, she was old and very cranky. She always grumbled and always had things to say, and they were not always a good one.

One day, I walked in the neighborhood to chase a butterfly. It landed on a flower in front of her house. I stopped and inspected it. Then the butterfly flew away and that's the time when I  realized she was behind me.

I was shocked, but didn't make any noise. But when I saw her face, she was making a face, like a grimace and showed her gold tooth between her already ugly ones. She looked like a witch in one of the stories my uncle told me before bed. I was beyond shocked and screamed my lungs out. Then I ran back home.

So in the present, I was very glad I kept this candy and thanked God I could felt my tongue again after it touched the sweetness of the candy.

What's the ingredient of that juice anyway? The green things in it were very suspicious.

Wait.. He's a doctor. He might be thinking about everything healthy to the core of his bone, including food and beverages. How if everything he put in those things were super healthy?

Like spinach and kale were green vegetables that were very good to maintain a healthy body. Maybe he also put in healthy things in the juice. Not a tasty one but sure a healthy one.

Even the taste could killed, the purpose could melted my heart. He might be thinking about me when he cook. Wasn't it so sweet?

I should thanked him in a proper way when I had a chance.

Furthermore, when I remembered a few months after I was kicked out of my house, I was poor as hell. Food was a luxury, clean water was a dream. Roof and bed was something I wasn't dare to hope.

A food Dane made could become a five stars restaurant menu for me in the past. I should be very grateful for that.

Then I heard the knocks on the door. I got up and opened it. It was Dane, holding a pack of…strawberries?

“I’m.. I’m so sorry for the food. I didn’t know it tasted horrible. I should tasted it before I gave it to you.”

I looked at his eyes, full of guilt. I laughed silently because of that. Poor guy, he's afraid I was poisoned by his food? Perhaps..

“Dane, it’s okay. Do not need to apologize.”

His head was still hanging down. He didn’t even see me in the eyes.

So I did something, I touched his chin and lift his head until his eyes met mine.

“Listen. I am really appreciate you made dinner for me. Yes, it’s not tasty and pretty like Henry’s, but the only thought that came to my mind is how you made it. It showed me how you concern and care about my well-being. I know you only put those ingredients because they are all healthy. Maybe not in the tasty way, but it still show me how you care about me.”

He now could see me in the eyes without any guilt. In fact, I could see some happiness in them.

“You know, my life now is very great. I have roof on my head, food on my plate and also sleep on a very good bed every night. I also have 7 men who gave me their attention and treat me with so much tenderness and care. How can I not be grateful about it.”

Dane watched me with his eyes. He was liked searching some honesty in me, and I could guaranteed that I’m totally honest with him. Then I could see that, his smile was so pure and honest too.

“Thank you for coming to our life, Amy”

He then stepped back out of my room. I grabbed his arm before he left.

“Thank you for the food, Dane. This is the most unforgettable dinner on my life.”

Then I kissed him on the cheek before I closed the door.

Dane pov

Well.. That’s not what I expected from a dinner tonight. I could feel how fast my heart beating. It’s not supposed to beat like that.

Her kiss was still lingering on my skin, spread through my body, left a tingling sensation that I'd never experienced before. Something that made me struck on my place, couldn't lift any fingers and couldn't feel my own body. It's like I was in a space.

I couldn't count how much time passed before I could feel myself again. That's when I realized I held my breath along this time.

That's an effect of a soulmate.

I tried to denied it before. I always chanted it in my mind, I didn't need a soulmate. But after she constantly brought her presence in my life, ready or not, slowly she crept into my life and brought something that feel like.. A sunshine to my darkness, a fresh air to a stuffy weather, and a colour to my plain life.

Ready or not, her presence now was important to me.