Unknotting Fate

CHAPTER 4: WET DREAMS

                                                              Three days before the incident

Ko was strolling in a dark forest and desperately searching for someone. Finally, when a dark figure appeared before him, he instantly ran and flung himself into the open arms of the shadowy figure.

They were all over each other. The mysterious man ripped Ko's clothes off and blessed his naked body with wet-hot kisses. 

With a gasp, Ko woke up. He was sweating. He thought, "fuck, this dream again."

He has been having this dream every night. He usually would not care about it, but it has affected his punctuality. The first time he had the dream, he woke up 5 minutes late, the next 7 minutes late, and then 10 minutes late. Ko can no longer recognize himself in the mirror. Who was this undisciplined person who looked exactly like him?

He sat up, stretched his arms, and yawned.

"Time to do my routine." He thought to himself. Then he wondered why a tall, thick tree trunk was in front of him. He looked around and noticed that he was not in his bedroom but outside, surrounded by tall, thick trees.

"What the fuck?"

Then he realized that someone was lying beside him. He slowly peeked over his shoulder and saw a tall, muscular man sleeping beside him. His disheveled, long black hair covered his face.

Ko massaged his temples. "What....w why? What happened last night?"

He tried to recall. Ko was pretty sure he stuck to his usual routine, which meant he went straight home after work. Plus, he was still wearing his pajamas, meaning he was home last night. Then he remembered the stupid dream. He panicked.

"Did that actually happen? Did I sleepwalk here....no...why...how?" Ko was getting frustrated and was about to wake up the man beside him when he spotted the wavy black horns on his temples buried by his long messy hair.

"I was sleeping beside a ghoul! Can this get any worse?" Ko uttered.

The sleeping ghoul's eyes fluttered open. Ko could see through the gaps in his hair that his eyes were like a cat's: sharp edges, thickly curled lashes, and warm yellow irises.

Ko stood up immediately, ready to kill the ghoul, but the ghoul pushed back his hair from his face. That was when Ko felt the earth pour over his head. He was sleeping beside not just some average ghoul; it was 7219!

Oh, look, it got worse! Ko thought.

They locked eyes. Ko was ready to run but could not move for some reason. 7219 looked confused and shocked as well.

"This is bad, really bad. Fuck, I can't die. I need to become a God Slayer first, then I can die."

Suddenly, a bright light exploded between them. It was so intense that both of them had to look away. As soon as it disappeared, Ko's left hand started to burn. When he looked down, he saw a red ribbon tied to his ring finger. One of the ribbon's tails extended all the way to the ghoul's left hand, where another ribbon was tied.

 This can't be what I think it is. Is it!?

7219's rosy cheeks turned ashen white. Perhaps, they were thinking about the same thing, The Red String of Fate— a string connecting soulmates. If this were true, Ko's destined lover would be the most hated and feared ghoul in the world.