the pain we share | camren oneshot

awakenings

"Mom!" the little girl started crying, with a confused look on her face and holding her arm. "It hurts again and I didn't fall from the slide this time". She furiously tried to wipe away the tears that were streaming down her cheeks.

"Come here, mija".

Lauren followed the voice as the young woman kneeled down before her daughter. "You will sometimes feel pain when you are not supposed to. You will sometimes ache when you are at peace. You will sometimes feel your heart burst when you have no reason to". The girl tilted her head. "Es tu alma gemela, Lauren. There is someone out there who is made for you and every time you suffer they suffer. Every time they suffer you suffer. You may share pain now, I know it's a strange way of bonding, mija. But soon you will meet them and the whole universo is going to be inside of you and it will all be worth it." Her eyes had a special shimmer as she said it.

Lauren froze for a second and grabbed her mom's sleeve. "Yesterday when I scrapped my knee, they felt it too, right? I don't want them to be hurt because of me, mommy. ¿Y si me odia?" Her face quickly turned red as she had to face that all her bruises were indeed partly shared.

"Shhh, mírame". Her mom held her chin. "They aren't going to be mad at you just like you aren't mad at them for falling, ¿está bien? Es tu persona especial, no pasa nada".

Lauren nodded with a serious expression. She stretched her arm. "It doesn't hurt anymore, I'm glad they're okay now!" the 5-year-old laughed as she went straight back to playing "I will try to be extra careful for you, buddy!" she yelled looking up at the sky.

Clara laughed, relieved that her daughter had taken it so well. "So naïve..." she smiled as she left the yard.

***

Her leg was numb again. Lauren swears she has the clumsiest soulmate ever. How is it even possible to bump into so many things per day? It's almost like she does it on purpose. But the green-eyed girl can't help smiling, she has to admit that it's also kind of cute.

How does she know that her soulmate is probably a girl? Well...

"Lauren, I'm freezing my ass out here, can you fucking come out of your house?!" Her friend Normani was waiting outside with a tight red dress.

"You looking hot, girl" she shouted.

"I know. You don't look so bad either with... your tiny crop top. Can you hurry up, please." She adjusted her leather jacket, which matched her black high-waisted jeans and black heels. The white top added some colour. Not to mention her dark red lips and smokey eyes.

Perfect. Hot. Stunning.

She sure knew how to take advantage of her emerald eyes.

"I'm coming" she shouted trying to keep a straight face. "That's what she said" Lauren mumbled to herself with a silly grin.

As soon as she stepped outside she felt the the worst cramps she had experienced for a while. And they weren't hers. Lauren bent. "Mierda, Mani, guess whose soulmate just got her period?" She heard Normani saying something like karma's a bitch before being dragged to the car.

"There's no way you are ditching this party, no wonder you are majoring in architecture with that stick shoved up your ass" her best friend snickered while starting the car.

"Oh my fucking god Mani, you know I'm all for parties and hooking up with hot people but it fu..." she felt another wave coming "well, fuck!".

"I still think that you should stick just to girls, you know, considering that your soulmate is a female".