Cerise

A universe where everyone is assigned a certain soulmate from the red mark on their body. (A handprint, fingerprint, etc.) If a human touches another for the first time, and it perfectly aligns with that person's red mark, they are destined to be together. There is one catch, no one but that person can see their own red mark. They cannot see anyone else's. Love is based on the trust of whether or not one believes to have touched another's mark.

Elysia Graves is a girl who attends a school called, Red Wood High in Pennsylvania. She believes that being independent is the best way to lead a successful life in being a writer. Because of that belief, she refuses to touch anyone or let anyone touch her. Of course, unless it is her life long best friend, Olive Kingsley. Elysia thinks she can pass through life without meeting her soulmate, but looking at that cerise hand print across her face starts to get troubling. Not only does that bother her, so does a certain bully, and notorious bad boy, Jaden Hall. He has picked on Elysia since he moved to the district back in the beginning of middle school. Jaden has an obsession with teasing her about her independence. He constantly tries to find a way to touch her, not because he's interested, because he knows it would bother her.

Life is a game of Tag to Jaden, except he is always 'it', and the target is always Elysia.

(This story is based off of a Tiktok POV AU created by Petitpeach)