It was only a matter of time until I wrote for Mystic Messenger and the first one just HAD to be sad.

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When I met her, I wouldn't have been so affected if it happened a year ago. It would've been nice when she was introduced to me a year ago; I would've been happy for them. I wish I'd met her a year ago.

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ZEN: I am so tired from practice

Zen: And then there were the fangirls

[ZEN Sighing emoji]

Jumin Han:

Jumin Han: You must be tired

ZEN: I am!

Jaehee Kang: With a job like that

Jaehee Kang: His job IS tiring

Jaehee Kang: It isn't easy to deal with people

707: ^^

Yoosung : I saw two best friends today

Yoosung : They looked like best friends

707: Let me guess

707: Their strings were connected

Yoosung : Exactly!

[YOOSUNG Starry eyed emoji]

Yoosung : Omg do you see the strings too, Seven?

707: Yes I do

ZEN: No he doesn't

Jaehee Kang: Second that

Jumin Han: I thought you got over looking at people's red strings?

Yoosung stared at the screen of his phone, reading his friend's mesaage over and over again. Sure he promised that he wouldn't but it's not like he meant to do it. It was just there in bright red, catching his attention.

He could see people fighting, their intertwined string waving left and right with every hand gesture. He watched as people befriended their soulmate, not knowing that the person they were meeting at that very moment would change their lives. He watched as couples walked around everywhere with their strings unattached.

He often felt sad for them. He had the ability to change everything in their lives; to make things easier for them and make them happy eternally, but he tried to do it once and it didn't end well.

He also took glances of his friends' strings too and he couldn't help but see the other ends of their strings so far from theirs. They would sometimes ask him if someone they saw (passed by them at the street, mostly) was their soulmate and Yoosung answered them politely with a no.

He promised he wouldn't interfere though, and he saw this advice very useful since he let, whatever it was that controlled them, play them around until it was the right time. Still, he liked having the opportunity to see this even if he didn't know how or why.

He felt his phone vibrate and saw that his friends were off with a new topic.

707: Okay, okay, but get this

707: I was updating background information on everyone

707: when I found an article about Jumin

707: It says 'Does Jumin Han is Gay?' lololol

ZEN: lololol

Yoosung : Does Jumin Han is gay?

Jaehee Kang: Well…

Jaehee Kang: I wouldn't say gay

Jumin Han: Assistant Kang.

Jumin Han: Come to my office

Jumin Han has left the conversation

Jaehee Kang has left the conversation

Yoosung felt a tug on his left pinky. He took a look at it and saw his own string stretching a bit, as if getting farther away from him.

Like with another person, he too was curious about who his soulmate was. There was a string that was neatly tied on his finger so he was sure that there was someone out there for him. He couldn't help but wonder who she, he, or they, was. He often thought of what they did during the day or if they've eaten already. He would find himself daydreaming of meeting that person, maybe in a carnival or an arcade, maybe at a LOLOL convention? There were so many possibilities but in the end, he knew that he'd accept them as them, no one else.

It was going to be a life changing experience–finding the other end of the never ending string–and he was excited for the moment he'd finally have the opportunity to do so.

ZEN: Yoosung you there?

Yoosung : Here!

Yoosung : Sorry what was that?

ZEN: Seven's inviting us to go meet his so-called girlfriend

707: You sound as if she's not real

ZEN: Fine

ZEN: But what if she's one of my fangirls?

707: Impossible

707: She likes me. There's no way she watched your shows

Yoosung : What was it with the girlfriend and the shows?

707: I was going to ask you two if you want to go for lunch with her

ZEN: I'm up for it

ZEN: It's one of the days I can rest

ZEN: You?

Yoosung : Okay then

Yoosung : When?

707: At noon

707: Don't be late

707: Or maybe you should be late

707: So I can spend some alone time with her

ZEN: We're going to be in public right?

ZEN: Because I probably won't sleep for days if I saw Seven getting too close for comfort

Yoosung : lolol

707: Of course~

707: I just met her about two months ago anyway

707: I wouldn't want it to be too fast

ZEN: Says the guy who made sure that he pushes girls who are interested in him away

707: Yeah well this girl is something

707: Like I can live without Honey Buddha Chips as long as I have her

Yoosung : WHOA!

707: Big step I know

707: Maybe you should find a girlfriend who'd make you stop playing LOLOL, Yoosung

[ZEN sighing emoji]

ZEN: Lucky for you two

ZEN: You can get into relationships

707: Sucks to be popular doesn't it?

Yoosung : ^^

ZEN: NOT popular!

ZEN: Do we have to get through this every time?

707: Fine Mr Popular

ZEN: Yoosung. Knock some sense into him for me

Yoosung : I kinda agree

707: Time to pick up the princess

707: See you two~

707 has left the chatroom

ZEN: Tell me honestly

ZEN: Do you think the girl's real or not?

Yoosung : Seven would never try to trick us

ZEN:

ZEN: I can't believe that came from you

Yoosung : Why not?

ZEN: Nothing nothing

ZEN: So…

ZEN: You'd tell him if the girl isn't his soulmate right?

Yoosung : I promised

Yoosung : Seven doesn't deserve it if it comes to that

Yoosung : I won't.

ZEN: Well what if he asks you about it?

ZEN: Or if he gets hurt?

ZEN: If you could prevent him from getting hurt

ZEN: Would you?

Yoosung : Well…

Yoosung : I promised I wouldn't interfere anymore

Yoosung : Isn't it wrong?

Yoosung : They should figure it out on their own

Yoosung : right?

ZEN: Yes but what if?

Yoosung paused for a bit, lingering on the thought of telling his friend about the reality of his girlfriend. On one hand, he could tell Seven if she's not his soulmate, then they wouldn't have to try and ultimately fail. On the other hand, he could not tell Seven and let them figure it out. What was the fun in tell them anyway?

But then there was also the chance that the girl really is Seven's soulmate.

Yoosung : What if too,

Yoosung : What if this girl is his soulmate?

ZEN: Then he's one lucky man

ZEN: But if worse comes to worse?

Yoosung : I'll tell him

ZEN: Okay then

ZEN: See you in a few

ZEN has left the chatroom

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Yoosung sat at a diner, waiting for Zen and Seven. The diner they'd all agreed to go to was near his apartment so he didn't have much trouble on transportation. While waiting for his company, his eyes lingered at the couples having dates and he couldn't help but feel so happy to see so many intertwined red strings.

It was so refreshing to see that people found their match and, although he hadn't found his yet, he was happy as if he was the one who found the match.

The front door of the diner opened and in came Zen, catching the attention of a few women in the place. He walked over to Yoosung and slid onto the seat next to him.

"So what time did Seven say he'd arrive?" Zen asked

Yoosung shrugged, "I'm not believing his 'be there at noon'."

"Me too." Zen nodded in agreement, "So what if-,"

"I can't just tell him abruptly," Yoosung interrupted before Zen could finish what he was saying, "This is Seven we're talking about. I really thought he'd end up alone because he keeps on pushing people away but this girl, she's something if she have this much effect on Seven."

"Point taken," Zen agreed, "Oh look there they are."

Yoosung shot his head up to see Seven and a brunette enter the diner. They went over to the table once Seven saw them.

"Guys, this is MC, my girlfriend," he introduced, "MC, these are my friends, Yoosung and Zen."

"It's nice to meet you two," MC shot them a sweet and warm smile, almost warm enough to melt his heart just a tiny little bi-.

Whoa, whoa, she's taken. Don't think that.

"Nice to meet you too, MC," Zen spoke for the two of them

Yoosung let out a small breath of relief from the save he got from Zen. He couldn't bring himself to take his eyes off her face, studying every feature, every detail on it even the smallest of marks.

He clenched his fists and took his seldf out of the stupor. It wasn't right to think that way because this girl was taken and the guy who took her was Seven. It was completely inappropriate.

He placed his hand on the table and was about to speak when Seven started talking to the two of them, describing MC to his friends. Yoosung nodded every once in a while, hearing but not actually listening. His focus was still on MC and he couldn't just tear his gaze away.

She smiled along with Seven's stories, obviously enjoying his stories and antics. She brought her hand up to cover her mouth once when she was laughing lightly.

Wait!

He didn't mean to. He really didn't mean to. But he accidentally saw her red string. It was rude, of course, bit he took a look at Seven's too as he explained animatedly, and it was leading a long, long way to outside of the diner.

He could feel Zen staring at him every once in a while, the white haired guy knowing him through his stiff body actions.

Yoosung drew a hand up to his hair, left hand moving at its own accord to scratch slightly at his scalp.

The red string wrapped around his finger loosened a bit then stretched once it got to his head as if it was on the point of breaking and he couldn't help but notice this.

His soulmate was nearby.

His eyes trailed the string from his head down, down, down, and-.

He stopped himself from gasping when he finally found the other end of his string.

Completely oblivious from his internal panic, the person on the other end giggled lightly. He couldn't help but blanch. He found her. He finally found her.

And she was sitting there, in front of him, with his friend's arm wrapped across her shoulders.

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From: Yoosung Kim 12:06 am | 12-01-16 Zen, I found my soulmate

From: Yoosung Kim 12:06 am | 12-01-16 But I can't pursue her

To: Yoosung Kim 12:07 am | 12-01-16 Why not?

From: Yoosung Kim 12:07 am | 12-01-16 My soulmate's MC