Anime Oneshots

Flower Souls

Anime: Attack On Titan
Soulmate AU
Pairing: Reibert (Reiner x Bertholdt), mentioned Annie x Mikasa (fight me ok?), mentioned Farlan x Isabel.

Whoever his soul mate was, was constantly drawing flowers on themselves. Reiner Braun, had yet to find his soulmate. The way this worked was, whatever you drew on your body would transfer to your soulmates body. Trick is, you can't ask them who they are. So about every hour or so a new flower would bloom across his body. Roses on his hands, Tiger Lilies on his wrists, Periwinkles up his arms, violets on his hips, the list was endless. The drawings matched to where your soulmate drew them so, how this kid could draw so well, especially on his hips, was a mystery to Reiner.

Soulmate, the word had always plagued Bertholdt Hoover. He knew he had one but, there were never drawings on his body other than the ones he drew himself. So he kept on drawing. As a florist and an enthusiast of flowers anyways, he spent much time studying their complexities and drawing them on paper, cardboard, computer programs, his skin. He was sure he would get ink poisoning and pass it on to his soulmate because of how often he drew them on his skin. One day during work, he felt a tingle on his left ankle.

It was a drawing of a well shaded skull with the initials "R.B," under it. Soon he began to initial "B.H," into his work. His soulmate began to draw more and leave little messages. That's how they would talk for hours and hours, just pens on skin.

Warm, rainy, April spring had settled upon the town of Sina and business was in full swing. Reiner had started to really want to find his soulmate, he called up his cousin Annie Leondhart, and asked for her advice.

"Reiner, it's been a while, how are you?" Annie asked, voice monotone. "I'm alright, how about yourself?" Reiner asked. "I've been alright as well, works keeping me busy," she responded, having become a private investigator at the young age of twenty-one. "I bet so, anyways I'm calling because I need soulmate advice," he said over the phone. Annie had found her soulmate almost a year ago in June, her name was Mikasa Ackerman, a relatively tall girl with mid neck length black hair, deep black eyes, and an expressionless face. None the less, Annie and Mikasa matched drawings and had never been happier. "Ah, I see little Reiner has finally decided to take the reins," Annie teased. "Hush it, I'm also a year older and a foot taller than you," Reiner retorted. "Trust me, I know, just what do you need my help with?" She questioned. "My soulmate, whoever they are is obsessed with flowers, I don't know if it's like a job or just a hobby, do you have anything?" He asked. "They could be a florist, there's a florist shop in Sina, isn't there, "Magnolia's Flowers," or something?" Annie asked. "There is, you remember Mrs. Church from when you came to visit right? We used to love looking at the flowers. Thanks for the help Annie, I'll go tomorrow and check things out," Reiner finished. "Come visit when you find them," Annie said before ending the call.

The next day had Reiner panicking. As a strong, independent man, he didn't see why he had a reason to be afraid of meeting his soulmate. That was the problem, soulmate, the person he would spend eternity with. None the less, off he went, wearing casual blue jeans and a slate gray tee shirt, paired with dark brown work boots and fixed blonde hair.

He took his time walking into down town Sina to the quaint flower shop. Walking, in order to calm down and clear his mind before it was ultimately clouded again. Magnolia's Flowers was owned by a woman in her mid thirties named Isabel Magnolia, which she ran on her own until she was married to a gentleman named Farlan Church but, she chose to keep the shop name.

The shop had grown and relocated to just outside of the business district of Sina. With a medium sized modern cabin, unrefined stone base that had logs built over it, and two green houses as well as outside beds dedicated to the art of growing flowers. It looked so out of place in Sina but, none the less the business was still running.

Reiner soon approached the shop and another drawing appeared, a brilliant string of violets and baby's breath woven around his wrist. His heart jumped as he absentmindedly opened the door to the cabin and a little bell jingled above him. His train of step and thought came to a screeching halt as he entered the store, laying eyes on a man with tan skin. Tan skin, matching with deep brown eyes, fluffy brown hair with styled bangs to have a strip hand down his forehead, firm muscled arms, covered in flowers. The tan skinned man suddenly stared at Reiner, looking away from his absentminded drawing.

Reiner stepped towards the counter and read the mans name tag, "Bertholdt H." "You're B.H, aren't you?" Reiner asked. "You're R.B, I assume?" Bertholdt questioned. "The name's Reiner Braun," he said reaching out his hand. "Bertholdt Hoover," the man returned, lifting his hand to shake Reiner's. "It's nice to meet you, your drawings are really nice," Reiner said. "Likewise," Bertholdt commented. "Would you like a tour of the property?" Bertholdt asked. "I'd love one," Reiner responded.

So on they went, two people, two hands, two flower souls interlocked forever.

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I don't really know. I was in a Reibert mood when I started this. BTS is cool if you didn't know, problem is I'll probably never be able to tell them all apart, I'm doing good to remember their names right now. Army's out there please don't hurt me. Is there are any Army's reading this I need help, I don't understand a lot of terms. Let's see if I can remember their names: V, Jungkook, Suga, Jin, Jimin, RapMonster, and J-Hope, lookie there I got them all! From memory too, I swear!

XX, Tori (Salutes)