Drizzles of a Symphony • Semi Eita

❥ second drizzle.

 ❥ Soulmate AU; Where your soulmate gets a mark on his skin, the moment you fall in love with him.

• Semi x Een •

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I was doing a lot of running, since then.

During breaks, on my way to my dorm after classes, during lunch...

Whenever I saw Semi, I remember his expression when he found out that I was his soulmate.

I didn't want to see a similar, disappointed look on his face again; he was far too pretty for that.

"Semi seems like an okay person. He's really attractive too, and I think it's visible how out of my league he is." I say, during lunch. Hichimiya gives me a sad nod, urging me to go on. 

"I mean. We haven't talked at all during the two years we've spent here." I let her know. "And the fact that we haven't spoken since Tendou acted like an idiot that day does not help."

"Heheheh, Tendou is so cute," Hichimiya says, a dreamy look plastered on her face. Aimee runs a hand through her dark hair before she takes a bite out of her hamburger.

"Yeah. So like, Semi hasn't texted me even if we did exchange numbers then."

"You have his number too, but you didn't text him either." Aimee points out.

"Ai is right. I mean, I'm sure things would work out. You both are soulmates!" My blonde friend assures, emphasising the last word by wiggling her eyebrows in a very disturbing manner.

"I just... I want to feel like I could give my whole heart to someone. You know?"

Hichimiya resumes nodding her head, while Aimee begins to take out the slices of tomato in her burger.

"Well, don't you think it's a little too early? I mean, it's only been two days." Aimee, always the level-head, states the obvious. Hichimiya glances at the unwanted red fruit on Aimee's plate, before attacking it.

"She's right, again." She has to say, with her mouth full. I was barely able to make out what she was trying to say, and for the umpteenth time, I wonder how on earth I tolerate her being my room-mate.

"You are judging Eita-kun way too much there, Een-chan!" A soft coo in my ear makes me freeze, and the three of us turn around to see Tendou, holding his lunch tray with a big smile on his face.

"Dammit, Satori, you almost gave us a heart attack." Hichimiya yells, slamming her fists on the table. Tendou laughs in response before he turns to me. 

"I'm not surprised, though. Eita-kun wasn't very interested in finding his soulmate, in the first place. So, don't think that you're the one at fault, okay?" He says. I exhale as I take in what he said, before giving him a thankful nod. But of course, Tendou was not finished.

"No promises, though."

Before either of us can say anything, Tendou rushes to a table at the far corner of the cafeteria. 

"I don't understand him." Hichimiya crosses her hands over her chest, furrowing her eyebrows in disapproval. Aimee does not look amused either.

I can't really say I blamed them. That was classic Tendou, there was no surprise there.

"So yeah, Een, like how he said, I'm sure that if you and Se- Oh. Speak of the devil, there he is!" Aimee raises her hand and points a finger to the line of students who were queued up to get their lunches. I didn't have to search for long for me to notice his unusually coloured hair that stood out clearly.

"Done eating! I forgot something in my room, so I'm going to go get it before I head to class!" I say, slurping the entire contents of my orange juice packet in one gulp. "Laters!"

And just as fast as Tendou had run off earlier, I am running out of the cafeteria, before my soulmate could catch sight of me.

Now that, was something I never expected that I would ever say in my lifetime.

••• 

After tossing and turning unsuccessfully, I get up from my bed, deciding I was too worked up to fall asleep.

The glow-in-the-dark stars Aimee had given me as a birthday present last year was not helpful at all.

"I'm heading out," I say to myself, tying the shoelaces to my running shoes; which was a gift from my younger brother. 

Shiratorizawa Academy provided residence for its students, and the part I loved the most about it was the fact that they were lax about petty rules like going out at night.

After stepping outside the building, I take in a deep inhale before I break into a run. The spring breeze feels slightly nostalgic as I run a few blocks, trying my hardest not to trip- I was not a very tactful person.

The loud noise of a sports ball slamming to the ground makes my ear twitch. I turn to my right and see that there is a male dressed in the Shiratorizawa gym uniform, balancing a ball over his head, inside a closed free-play court.

I had fond memories of playing volleyball when I was younger, but they somehow died away as I entered middle school. And yet, the sport still strikes my curiosity, and I wasn't sure if the reason was the fact that I played it before or the fact that my soulmate was a volleyball player.

Whatever the reason was, I sidle to the back of the court, to see who it was.

The boy makes a serve, and the ball goes flying to the other end of the court, so fast that I don't even see it's projectile. I can see him clenching and unclenching his fists, and I make a guess that his hands were starting to get swollen. I wouldn't be surprised, I had never seen such a strong spike before, and I had seen a fair share of spikes in my life to be able to judge.

And when the boy bends down to pick up the next ball, I recognise who he is.

"S-Semi-san!" I blurt out, unconsciously, making Semi's head immediately flips towards me. I am debating about whether I should make a run for it, but he reaches up to me faster than I could say the words 'Miracle Boy.'

Semi's eyes widen when he sees that it was me.

"Oh. Hi."

Ouch. That was the first time a greeting made me feel so depressed about myself.

"What are you doing out here?" He wants to know.

"I was just on a run," I say, to which he raises an eyebrow. 

"Isn't it a little too cold for you to go out running, wearing just that?" He asks, pointing at my shirt and matching shorts. I had completely forgotten my jacket.

"Isn't it a little too late to be practising volleyball right now?" I ask back. Semi seems taken aback by my witty response, before he turns his back to me. He walks ahead to take the ball that had rolled away and picks it up with one hand.

"I'm not trying to be rude, but please just head back to your dorm instead of asking unnecessary things. I'm fine like this."

Lies.

He was clearly lying. Even under the dimly lit street lights of the night, I had seen the redness of his arms and his palms.

He was clearly over-working himself.

"Okay. I'll see you later." I decide to say. He gives me a nod in approval, and I turn back to where I started, running as fast as I could back

It occurred to me that maybe, just maybe, my soulmate may be going through some things in life he was not happy with.

And someday, I hoped that we would be close enough for him to share them with me.

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a/n; kms semi y r u so pretty ;A;