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Soulmates are Stupid: chapter 2

Dan didn't hear the voice the next morning. He assumed that the previous day was a trick of his mind. 

Dan told Louise and she never looked (or seemed) more heartbroken. 

"Oh, Dan," Louise said. "I'm so sorry. Why couldn't your soulmate be alive?"

"Why does everyone tell me they're sorry?" Dan muttered with a shrug. "It's alright, Louise."

The blonde girl hugged Dan. And she left him, leaving Dan to be in his own thoughts until somebody fell near him.

The raven haired boy--obviously dyed--frantically tried to pick up his things. Dan felt sorry for the boy and picked up the pencils and notebooks near himself. 

"I'm sorry," the boy added after Dan gave him his things. 

"It's not a big deal," Dan told him.

"I'm Phil, by the way. I'm like the clumsiest ever." Phil stuck out his empty hand, offering a handshake.

Dan took the handshake. "Dan. My brother's the same way. Clumsy, that it."

"Bye, Dan." Phil said as he went his way to the South Dormitories. 

"Bye, Phil." Dan turned around on his heal and headed to the North Dormitories.

I can't believe I tripped. 

Dan heard the voice. He believed that it wasn't Phil; multiple people could have tripped around campus. It made sense, to Dan anyways, that his undead soulmate was in campus. He had heard that person talk about him yesterday. 

I made a fool of myself. 

Dan tried to ignore the thoughts of soulmate; it was hard to ignore though. To Dan Howell, finally hearing the thoughts of his soulmate was a miracle. 

The tanned boy walked faster to his dorm. He was excited that he'd heard the voice again, how it wasn't his imagination. But all Dan knew was it could have been him going insane. 

But he forgot about going to his dorm room. He forgot about talking to Louise, Felix, Chris or PJ about the voice. Dan went to the library to research how on Earth it possible that he had heard his soulmate's voice after 16 years of age.

Daniel searched for a long time, even asking the librarian and searching the depths of Google, but alas, there was nothing.

Dan sighed at his defeat. "Why is this happening."

It's kinda weird, hearing my soulmate's voice for the first time. Dan's soulmate wondered.

Dan laughed. Yeah, how old are you anyways?

Me? I'm turning 23 in January.

Wow! You're old.

Is that the reason why I hadn't heard his voice when I was 16? Because he's older than I am? Dan asked himself.

Dan put the books on Soulmates away and exited the library, heading to his dorm. The journey was bitter, the cold tearing his cheeks. 

He climbed the long flight of stairs up to the 9th floor to his room. His backpack, which he weighed everyday, the weight becoming almost 50 pounds (a/n I live in America so I have no idea of weight systems in the UK), wasn't making the hike better. 

What made it even worse was that the lights in the stairway were flickering, making every step, every movement, seem like Dan was in horror film. 

Once he finally hit the 9th floor, he went to room 20 and felt safe in his home-away-from-home. 

On the back of the door, Felix put a note saying that he was over at Marzia's. Dan's heart sank a little bit, but he still had the company of his soulmate that was still talking to him even though Dan wasn't listening. He put his backpack on his desk and looked at the beautiful view of the wall of dining hall or something. 

Dan got his computer out of the black bag and logged into tumblr.

danisnotonfire: is it weird that I hear my soulmate after 2 years of not having it? Dan posted.

The origin of his username, danisnotonfire, was something his brother came up of after Dan had accidentally set himself on fire. 

"You set yourself on fire!" Adrian yelled on that day.

Dan remembered how happy he was when he put out the fire by jumping into the lake that was cold like wind outside. Dan was happy when he saw his mum smile for the first time (not during the Radio show) when Dan put out the fire. Dan's smile faded when he remembered how Dan's father was disappointed in his eldest son for being on fire for the first time.

Dan shook the memory from his mind. He wondered if his soulmate saw it as well. Probably not, but Dan was new to this so his soulmate could have.

Hey just wondering, what is your gender? Dan asked his soulmate, his heart hoping that the person on the other side was male because Dan was gay. 

Male. You? the person responded. Dan's heart leaped in his rib cage. 

Male. 

Dan didn't get a response and maybe he did, but he concentrated on his Law assignments.

Dan couldn't wait to share news about his new soulmate to his friends the following day.

A/N so tomorrow is NEW YEARS DAY! I'll be posting some of my resolutions on We'll Be a Perfect Family so check those out (updating story tomorrow).