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Soulmates are Stupid: chapter 4

Trigger warning: mention of self-harm

The Howell family went back to their house and Adrian ran upstairs. 

"We're going to get a cake, Dan," Gregory Howell, Dan's dad, said.

"Okay, Dad," Dan smiled. His parents went back to the car. 

Dan went upstairs to his bedroom. On the way to his room, Dan heard muffled cries of sorrow come out of his brother's room.

Dan knocked on the door. "Adrian? Are you alright?"

"Go away!" Adrian yelled.

Dan turned the knob of the door and entered into his younger brother's room silently. Adrian was at the foot over his bed. He was looking at his right wrist. 

"Dan," the youngest Howell said, sensing his brother's presence. "I haven't gotten my Soulmark yet. Dan is this because of me being asexual?"

"Did you tell Mum and Dad?" Dan asked.

Adrian shook his head. "They said that I was just trying to be a Fallen Soul, like you expected to be."

Dan wrapped his younger brother in a hug. "It's alright."

"Dan what if they hate me and kick me out?"

"Then you can live with my and my soulmate."

"I love you, big brother."

"I love you, small brother."

Adrian laughed. "See you later, Dan."

Dan left the room and headed into his.

Hey, it's me. I was wondering if when we live together my asexual brother can move in if my parents kick him out? We don't have to live together. Dan told his soulmate.

Sure, Daniel the Spaniel. his soulmate responded.

Call me that again and you'll never marry me.

NO!

Dan fell into his bed and connected to his parents WiFi (HOWELLHOUSEHOLD) and went onto his mobile tumblr. 

danisnotonfire: is anybody else asexual? my brother just told me and he feels like an outcast.

Dan get a response a couple of minutes later:

imnotunderstood: i am and people don't really care that i don't have a Soulmark. it gets better overtime.

Dan smiles at the fact that his only brother has people with the same sexuality as his brother.

He went to the bathroom and found a bloodied razor blade on the marble.

The blood wasn't fresh. It appeared have been there for a couple of days.

"Oh, Adrian," Dan said.

I need help, Dan told his soulmate.

What's the matter? his soulmate asked.

My brother's cutting. 

Dan could see his soulmate's memories.

THE MEMORY

The person was in the bathroom. The door was locked. The faucet was on, the sink was overflowing. Dan's soulmate was staring at a pale wrist covering cuts. Blood was pooling at the sides of the wounds, drops of blood falling into the overflowed sink turning the clear water pink. Tears fell onto the wrist as the male unclogged the sink. Dan's soulmate was crying as he put his cut and bruised wrist under the running water. The soulmate put gauze onto the wounds and he looked up at the mirror. It was Phil.

ESCAPING THE MEMORY WORLD

Dan couldn't believe that his soulmate was Phil. Dan guessed that if Phil wanted to tell Dan his name, he would have. Dan supposed that Phil didn't want to shatter the recent friendship that they had recently stumbled upon by saying, "Dan, I'm your soulmate".   

Dan exited the bathroom, his mind still numb from the conversation with Phil. Dan was very jet lagged, and he decided to take a nap. That nap, however made him stay asleep until 3 am. It was just like the previous day's. 

The night he came home was the calmest Dan's ever been in that house or in University. Maybe it was the fact that Dan now had a soulmate. Maybe it was the fact that Phil was his soulmate. What ever the reason was, Dan was happy to have slept peacefully.   

He looked at the time and was wide awake.

"Great," Dan muttered. "I missed dinner."

Dan overheard his mum telling his dad that she was making Dan his favourite meal for dinner. He wondered if they ate without him. Dan wouldn't be surprised though, they did that all the time when he was in Senior High. 

Being wide awake, the brunette tried to reach Phil.

Hey, soulmate. Are you up?

Now I am.

Sorry about that. I was jet lagged and fell asleep.

I was too! Where were you heading?

Berkshire. You?

Of course Dan knew but he didn't want Phil to suspect him know his identity.

Manchester.

Cool. I would love to see the North and hear your Northern voice.

I grew out of it, though.

Oh. Sorry, soulmate.

Dan talked to Phil until Dan fell asleep. 

It was nice talking to Phil before Dan drifted off. His dreams were calm like it was before he awoke.

It was calming to Dan to have a soulmate. It was nice to have someone who loves you. 

A/N this is short >.< 

By the way, I based Adrian's sexuality after my friend: Corrinne (CorrinneStahl). 

AND I also was listening to BLUE while writing this and I have to admit, I think it fits.