Falling in love with your soulmate is predetermined. Like a rush of tingles that run down your spine, like a river that flows smoothly and steadily in the right path. This is Jung Jaehyun to you - expert street racer and your destined soulmate.
COLO...
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You were walking down the same pavement of your neighborhood, but the colours are familiar. You were seeing your dreams in colour and beyond everything, it feels familiar. Like a brief sense of deja vu.
You bump into this old woman. Shorter than you by barely inches, her book and the bag full of apples fall down. You instinctively crawl down to pick up the apples one by one and help the lady out.
"You're a darling," she says as she watches you. You put the apples back into the bag and pick up the old archaic-like book, giving them back to the rightful owner.
And then it changes scenes, to that of you in a cafe. You're patiently standing in the queue and when your turn comes, you're disappointed.
"Can I please have one iced latte?"
"We're out of that. Sorry."
You frown and quickly walk away, allowing the people behind you in turn to order. A sigh leaves your lips and you walk straight into the someone. Her coffee spills all over your white shirt, staining it and you find it amusing how even your dreams didn't go the way you wanted it too.
"I'm sorry about that," the woman apologizes and you look up at her finally.
"It's you!"
"Oh, the kind girl!"
"We must have some twisted fate to run into each other twice on the same day," you laugh, brushing the stain slightly, cursing under your breath. The old lady - Cyan, she introduces herself - holds your hands
"It's okay," you try pulling your hand away but her grip is firm and you panic at the touch of a stranger.
"Let me make it up to you." She takes the same book you had picked up earlier from her bag and you laugh.
"Is that filled with occult studies?" You joke and she smiles softly.
"Of sorts," she raises both her eyebrows. "What's your wish, darling?"
"I mean, being alive in this world is a good enough thing, but if we're joking around, I'd like a soulmate of my own. I'm tired of listening to Hyeri talk about hers the whole day," you whine.
She shows you the book and that is when you have a good look at it. It is literally adorned with fake gold on the borders that complements the burgundy hard cover. You watch in reverence and when she opens the book, it seems like nothing more than the book the painter brings home to show what kind of designs were available for you to choose for your main wall.
"Choose a color, darling," she asks of you and you stare at her for a minute quizzically. You flip the pages on your own accord and you look at her in puzzlement again and ask, "Any color?"
She hums in agreement and you choose the colour of the small empty bottle given to you by your mother, that hangs in the place of the original pendant that you had replaced with the bottle.
