Red String | Minsung

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Once the bell rang, Jisung rushed out of the library. He desperately looked around, wanting to find his soulmate quickly. He went to his locker and spotted Felix. He scurried over to the Aussie. "FELIX MY STRING CONNECTED TO SOMEONE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS!" He yelled, not caring about the other students' weird looks. Felix's eyes widened. "WE HAVE TO FIND OUT WHO IT IS RIGHT AWAY!" He exclaimed as he observed the string. Jisung agreed and quickly put his things in his locker before following where the string led to. 

Jisung's heart was racing. He had no idea what to expect. They spotted Jeongin and filled him in on the situation. He followed along, as curious as them. The string seemed to go on forever. They followed it until they arrived at the cafeteria. "Are you ready to meet your soulmate, Sung?" Felix asked giddily. "I don't know. But I don't want to wait any longer." He answered. He took a deep breath before he opened the door and entered the cafeteria.

They continued to follow the string until it suddenly retracted, making Jisung get closer to the person in front of him. The blonde male looked up slowly, his heart racing. He locked eyes with his soulmate. It took him a while to process what was going on. The person he was looking at, his soulmate, was Minho. Felix and Jeongin were shocked, unable to even mutter a word. Changbin and Seungmin were there as well, just as shocked as the rest of them. 

"Y-you?" Jisung managed to say. He could barely make out Minho's expression, it was unreadable. The blonde tried to desperately pull his hand away, in hopes of breaking the string. "This is some sort of mistake, right? I must be dreaming." He wanted to wake up and find out that this was all a dream and he would find out his real soulmate when he woke up. "This is no dream, Hyung." Jeongin spoke up.

"Why won't it extend?? I don't want to be anywhere near him!" Jisung shouted out. He felt overwhelmed. Yes, they had started to get along better, but this? This is not what he wanted. Seungmin stood up, approaching the distressed male. "Jisung, you have to calm down." He told him, placing his hand on his shoulder. "Get your hand off me!" He exclaimed. Seungmin quickly obliged. Minho still hadn't said a word.

The squirrel-like male yanked his hand away quickly. His action backfired on him, however. The string retracted more, making his hand touch the older's hand. Their friends watched helplessly, unsure of what to do. "Jisung! Listen to me. If you want the string to extend, you have to relax." Seungmin said again. "How the hell am I supposed to relax?! I have to be stuck with him!" Jisung yelled. "Holy fuck! I don't want this either, so listen to what he says!" Minho suddenly shouted, startling the latter.

Jisung took a deep breath. "Fine. I'll try." He said. "You guys should go. They need to be alone for this." Seungmin said, earning nods from Changbin, Felix and Jeongin. They all quickly left the awkward situation. "Jisung, sit down next to Minho." He ordered. Jisung opened his mouth to protest but knew that it would get him nowhere. He sat down hesitantly.

 "The string retracts when soulmates fight. It forces them to talk things through. It'll only extend when you two are on good terms." He explained. The blonde cursed under his breath. He knew that it would retract, but he didn't know why or when it would. "I'm going to leave you to it, I don't want to interfere. Actually, you two should go talk in the hallway or outside. it's a lot quieter there." 

They reluctantly followed The younger's instructions. They exited the cafeteria and walked down the halls. Jisung tried once again to pull his hand away. "Would you stop that? You're only going to make it worse!" Minho snarled. Jisung glared at the older but obeyed. "Where are we going?" Jisung questioned, trying to ignore the people staring at the two of them. "Outside." The brunette answered simply.

Jisung looked around and saw Hyunjin. The younger panicked and hid behind the older. He put his free hand on Minho's shoulder and peeked over. Minho tensed. "W-what the hell are you doing?" The brunette stuttered. "Hyunjin's right there. I don't want him to use this as a reason to annoy me." Jisung whisper yelled. He didn't say anything further as they passed the tall male. They successfully passed him without being spotted. Jisung let out a sigh of relief. He took his hand off of Minho's tense shoulder and walked beside him again.