Soulmates, One Way or Another. | Choi "Zeus" Woo-Je

001.

Months passed by, same daily routine. Wake up, breakfast, work at the cafe, return home, make dinner and sleep. Nothing new. By then, the advertisement was long forgotten. Nothing else really caught my eye. It stopped snowing, the Sun is back out, shining on every one of us. 

'I should get a driving license,' I thought to myself as I walked to the train station. Walking was somewhat tiring even though the train station was close to my apartment, I'm not a sporty person, as said before, so my stamina was low compared to other active people. I reached to my pocket, wanting to get my earplugs out but felt nothing in my pocket. My eyes widened, 'Did I seriously forget to bring my earplugs..?!' I looked around everywhere, hoping I just dropped it somewhere while trying to get it out but sighed, realizing I did left it at home. 

The train reached the station, doors opening in front of me with people flooding in and exiting the train. Sulking, I entered the train, upset about my mistake. I sat down on an empty seat, placing my bag on my lap and wrapping my arms around it. I looked up, reading the sign. "4 stops before reaching the university's station..." I muttered under my breath as I looked back down, digging into my bag and grabbing my phone. I turned it on, scrolling on social medias and waiting for the train to reach my station. 

I heard the train announcer announcing that the train is reaching my station. I shoved my phone back into my bag, standing up and walking towards the train doors. Exiting the train and walking to the gate where my university's bus usually waits. Something caught my eye, it was 2 girls handing out some sort of pin? They saw my eyes on them, rushing towards me with a smile on their faces. "Hey! Sorry to disturb you but T1 is having a big tournament tonight! We're handing out free T1 pins and keychains to show support and have other people support them as well!" they squealed excitedly. If I'm being honest, I have absolutely no idea who or what T1 is but it seems so familiar, like I've seen them before somewhere but I just can't recall...

"Yeah, sure! What kind of pins do you have?" I said, giving them a shy smile as I did not expect them to approach me so excitedly. They showed me a few pins along with keychains, all unique in their own ways. I ended up choosing a pin that says "T1" with 4 stars above their logo, bowing down to show appreciation and walking away. "Wait up!" one of the girls said, I turned around and they ran towards me, handing me a keychain of a... chicken? With glasses?

I looked at them with visible confusion as they ran away, waving at me and smiling. I shrugged, not thinking much of it. I held it in my hands, a smile forming on my face, 'How adorable...' I thought to myself, chuckling. I took off the keychain but kept the string, took my phone out and tied it onto my phone case. I placed my phone back in and flipped my bag around, getting the pin and pinning it on my bag. The pin was reflective gold, very clean if I do say so myself. The organization did extremely well with the design.

'Today is going to be a good day, after all,' I told myself, continuing to walk towards the gate. Sitting on my university's bus, looking outside the window as it passes structures of mankind. Humming a melody to myself and enjoying the ride to my university. I hopped off the bus as we reached, entering the gates and walking towards my classes.

I reached my class, I got to an empty seat and settled in, placing my bag down and getting my laptop out. "T1 is going to be playing tonight, I'm so excited!" I heard behind me, a group of boys said excitedly as they were looking at one of their phones. Huh... T1 seems like a very big deal among the people here, how come I've never heard of it? I turned on my laptop, searching them up. Apparently, T1 is a group of 5 players playing a certain game named 'League of Legends' and today is their finals in Worlds 2024 tournament. I could tell this is a big deal just by the trophy itself. Everyone seems to be very hyped up about it as well.

I then clicked into the image section, showing pictures of the boys. I was examining them until something clicked in my head, 'Oh wait, I remember seeing this specific guy somewhere...' I told myself, still thinking hard. I think I saw him in an advertisement a few months ago, maybe? I don't recall but I swear I've seen him! I pulled out my phone, the chicken keychain with glasses dangled slightly, 'Oh, maybe that's where I saw him. Nice resemblance.' I shrugged it off, maybe I was just overthinking it. The lecturer came in, starting the class. I placed my phone back in my bag, not thinking much of it anymore as the class continues.