Limitless - Bakugo x Reader (Soulmate AU)

Electric Love

Song: Electric Love - BØRNS

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I pop my headphones in and head towards the café I had described to Jiro earlier. Thankfully it's not a long walk. I try not to think about everything that happened, but Bakugo has been a plague on my mind ever since the day I met him. It's hard to make out my feelings, he can make me so mad but at the same time there is this excitement that bubbles up inside me every damn time I see him.

What is wrong with me...I feel like I am all over the place lately.

I make a turn into an alleyway - a short cut to the café. As I walk forwards I get a nervous feeling. The hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

Feels like someone is watching me...

I pause my music ears straining to pick up any out of place sounds, but I keep walking as though I haven't be alerted to the unsettling presence. I turn my head to glance back down the alley from where I came. Nothing. I quicken my pace wanting to get out of the alley as soon as possible and return to the main road. When I break past the walls of the buildings flanking the alley I let out a sigh.  Pedestrians casually pass by me, unaware of the UA student that just popped out of an alleyway.

Weird...maybe it was my imagination? Haha nope - that's how people die in horror movies.

I think as I pull out my phone and text Uncle Mata, letting him know what happened.

I put my phone away as I enter the café and order my favorite drink. I sit down in a booth at the back of the café, facing the door.

I had never really thought a lot about this whole soulmate business before now. I always knew what my marks were from what my father mentioned, but I had to figure out on my own the exact details. I looked it up online at some point when I was really curious, discovering that only about 2% of the world's population were soulmates. It was an incredibly rare recessive gene that has the greatest occurrence when a bonded pair has children. Since my parents were soulmates the gene was passed down to me, however that does not mean that all their children would have a bond. There are instances where previously soul-mated people have new marriages and their resulting children never inherit the trait.

From what I read, each soul mark is unique to that person's match, often reflecting quirk traits, personalities, favorite colors, or even strong likes or dislikes. These marks are usually helpful indicators for finding one's match, not only in design but in other ways including sounds, pain, and visual cues, among others. There is a variety of differences between marks and a lot of research is being conducted to learn more. Unfortunately since there is such a small sample size of soulmates most information regarding the situation is widely unknown. Most knowledge is communicated on a hearsay basis between family members or friends if you happen to meet with someone who is also marked. Which is why I was so happy to find out that Jiro was a part of the same group.

After a few minutes Jiro enters and waves at me. She joins me after getting her drink.

"Sorry about that. Ever since he found out that we are soulmates, Kaminari has been all over me..." Jiro apologizes, explaining her late arrival.

"Yeah he seems really thrilled about the whole thing." I laugh. "How did you find out he was your soulmate anyway?"

"It was during the entrance exam, we ended up in the same battle arena. That day was the first time I had noticed that my mark was changing - decreasing in energy - as the test went by. I didn't think it made sense at first, but then a random thought popped in my head- 'what if today is the day I meet him and that's why the image started changing'". Jiro begins the story with a thoughtful look on her face while she recalls the events of that day.