COLORED ʷⁱᵗʰ ʸᵒᵘ | soulmate AU [ fem!reader X skz Ot8 ]

twenty-five

Bro this is the prettiest picture of a guy I've ever seen 😀💅🧎‍♀️

[ important announcement at the end of chapter btw ]

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A small sigh left your lips as you walked out of the cafe with your phone in the palm of your hand, dialing Minho to let him know that you were ready to go back home, which, for the time being, is your soulmate's dorm. 

You had spent a couple of minutes with Yuqi and Pan, talking about this and that. Most of the conversations were random and recalls of some memories you had made with the two which made you laugh a little, as you wanted Pan's mood to lighten up a bit.

You had noticed that while she told you the entire story about her going to visit Iseul, her eyes had a hint of hurt in them. She smiled a bit every time his name was mentioned, but it didn't last as it faded away within seconds each time she did so. 

It was even more sad when she admitted that she liked him... more than as friends. It wasn't surprising as you had noticed the way they both looked at each other. It was quite obvious they both had cute little crushes on each other. 

During the conversation, you even thought about telling her that Iseul does in fact have feelings for her. But the reason Pan didn't want Iseul to know was because she would leave and it would hurt him and her both if he knew that. It would be just the same if you had told her about Iseul's feelings. 

And besides, that was their own story to live, so you stayed quiet, listening to the girl talk in a calm manner, telling you about a chapter in her life that was eating her alive. 

You knew Pan wasn't the only one hurting though. 

You remembered how Iseul had even called you once to get ideas about how to confess to the girl. He was acting like a child who was too shy to confess to his first love, which, in reality, might just be true. 

But it's a sad reality that you can't always have the people you want. You can't just make someone stay for you... or maybe you can, but you'd need to fight for that. However, Iseul's state wouldn't let him even meet her longer than a few minutes. It was as if they were star-crossed admirers, to begin with.

You sighed, shaking your head a bit as you decided to let another thought take space in your mind. You wanted to distract yourself from what was making you slightly upset, and the first thought that popped up was the fact that the entire world would know you were dating Straykids today.  

That excited you, but at the same time, made you nervous as hell. 

You waited outside of the cafe for a few minutes after dialing your soulmate, near the street light. You were slightly stunned when Minho came rather quickly than you anticipated. But let's face it- he literally speeds up beyond the limit if there aren't any vehicles blocking him. Ofcourse he'd come quick.

"Did I make you wait long?" Minho asked, parking his bike right next to you on the street, and taking off his helmet before looking at you with his eyes that sparkled like they always do. You opened your mouth to answer but before you could, Minho spoke again. 

"Wait.. what's wrong? you don't look happy" He said in a slightly concerned tone, placing the helmet on the bike and getting off it before taking a step closer to you. You realized that he had probably caught on to your slightly gloomy mood.

You sighed in response, looking down at the ground for a few seconds. "I'll just... miss this place.. and my friends," You said quietly, turning your head a bit to glance at the cafe' behind you. 

Minho's eyes slightly softened as he noticed the way you looked at it. He read you in an instant; you wanted to stay there, you wanted to have your friends close to you, but you knew things were going to change, and that was upsetting you a bit. 

"We'll make sure to come here often... I promise" Minho said softly, taking one of your hands as he made you turn to him. "And as for your friends. We'll make sure you don't lose contact with them, alright?" He spoke to you gently. Minho wanted to do everything he could to make sure you would smile, and right now, hearing his promises, you couldn't help but smile brightly at him.

"Thank you..." You mumbled as he nodded, taking another step closer to you before placing a quick kiss on the tip of your nose. He then gave you a small grin. "Now how about I take you for a drive, I think you'd like that" He teased you, making you roll your eyes at him in a playful manner.

Minho chuckled when he saw you roll your eyes at him. "Fine... I won't drive too fast then" He said, stepping closer to the bike to grab his helmet and wearing it before picking up one for you as well, still keeping that slight cheeky grin on his lips. 

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🌹 Skye's Note 🌹

This was more of a filler chapter tbh but why do I discuss such deep topics in such a chapter-

OH YES ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT- okay so the thing is until today, I was thinking I would have to move and if I did, I would have to take a long hiatus from Wattpad but YAY I am not moving cause I'm able to begin grade 11 and 12 in my island this September! Though this does mean that updates would not be AS often (but might also be often cause writing is my way of calming down/releasing stress/spending 'me' time lol) so yes wanted to let you guys know! 

AND COLORED (book 1) is reaching 500K reads- half a million!? IN JUST 6-7 months- I- thank you guys SO MUCH! I was literally at 45< followers before March- 😭😭💕
[ advice to smaller authors: please keep writing and don't give up... you'll get noticed when the time is right <3 ]