Abandoned Love

This story is about an alternate universe where everyone has a bracelet since birth. This bracelet has a clock on it, but not any normal clock, it shows the hours, minutes, and seconds until you find your soul mate. Everyone in this universe always focuses on their clock, no matter what.

Every male is trained since birth how to be a gentlemen and a conversation to strike up when his clock is at 00:00:00. While every female is taught conversations and how to be a proper lady.

Sadly, when the clock suddenly stops it could mean many, many things. Maybe their soul mate has passed, or they have accidentally met them, or they have broke the rules. Once your clock has stopped, it means your future has changed. You cannot have children or a partner due to this.

Anyways, your clock was at 37:13:26 until it paused. How could you find your soul mate? When did it stop? Are you doomed to be lonely like others?