Soulmates. Soulmates. Soulmates. Everyone is always talking about soulmates. That is one thing that Donghyuck hates the most.
At the age of 16, your soulmates' name appears on the inside of your wrist in black. When you talk to your soulmate for the first time, your wrist will be overtaken with tingling sensations as the name turns from black to red on your wrist. Or at least, that's how people described the experience to Donghyuck.
There is no scientific theory to how soulmates work, but no one questions it. Everyone is either 1: too in love with the idea of soulmates, 2: just totally going with the flow of things, or 3: having the whole soulmate talk ingrained in their brains since childhood - making people lose their judgment - aka brainwash. Donghyuck does not know the truth, but he thinks it's the third choice.
"You only hate soulmates because you have yet to find yours." Donghyuck's childhood friend, Jaemin, states.
Donghyuck heaves a sigh. "You're only saying that because you found yours. Both of them."
If people ever questions this whole soulmate thing, they should question how anyone can have not one, but two, soulmates. Can people have three or four? Where would the names appear? On their feet? On their body somewhere else? Or would it just be like a list on the inside of your wrist? Donghyuck often wonders, but never verbalized his thoughts. He doesn't want to sound like an idiot. But it's not like anyone knows the answer, right?
Donghyuck peeks at Jaemin's wrist, each wrist with a different soulmate's name, and heaves another sigh.
"You'll find yours in no time." Renjun assures Donghyuck.
Donghyuck grimaces at the sight of Jaemin and Jeno pecking each other's lips and giggling non stop. "I don't want to find my soulmate if I'm gonna be like those two." As if to test Donghyuk's sanity, Jeno then pulls Renjun in for a kiss, which Renjun responds to immediately. "And you."
"I call bullshit." Chenle said. "You'll be exactly like that."
"Don't worry. I doubt your soulmate will even like you. You're annoying, chatty, and sassy as hell." Jisung adds. "More than Chenle."
"Why do you like him?" Donghyuck asks.
"He's my soulmate." Chenle shrugs and Jisung leans in for a kiss.
Yeah. Donghyuck is convinced people were brainwashed as kids with this whole soulmate thing. Otherwise, how will anyone find Jisung's personality attractive? He just indirectly dissed Chenle and Chenle replies with 'he's my soulmate.' The fuck?! Totally brainwashed. That or they're just whipped. But Donghyuck is still sticking with the brainwash theory and no can change his mind otherwise.
"Ok, lets get something straight." Chenle speaks up. "Cause you look confused. It's not that my bond with Jisung makes me love everything about him and make him perfect in my eyes. I think it just makes Jisung more...tolerable."
"You hear that? He's tolerating you." I mock Jisung.
"Shut up, loveless." Jisung retorts.
Loveless. A name that people use to define people who have yet to find their soulmates. It's usually used on people when they're like 28 and have yet to find the love of their lives.
Donghyuck gasp. "You're offending all the real loveless out there. How dare you."
"Ok, stop arguing. Back to the topic." Renjun snaps at the two bickering boys.
"You know, though we're soulmates, we still disagree and argue sometimes - but we are bound together - so we might as well apologize and talk things out." Jeno said.
