AU where you have a clock on your right arm counting down to when you meet your soulmate.
Prince Kaito was born in New Beijing on April 7th 108 TE, that day when they checked his soul mark it said 18 years 3 months and 8 days.
The doctors believed this to be good because that means he would be mature enough to understand what is happening. He would be able to make her his princess or empress.
1 year later...
Princess Selene Jannali Channary Blackburn was born in Artemisia in December 21 109 TE, that day when her soul mark was checked it said 16 years 8 months and 7 days.
The doctors and Queen Channary believed this would be a great age. As she could start courting the young man and then marry him and make him Prince Consort.
Prince Kai grew up in the castle wondering if his soulmate was a noble, a royal from another nation, or just a random citizen. As the years counted down he became more excited.
Cinder grew up and then was almost murdered. She became a cyborg and her soul mark was on the opposite hand. She was adopted by the Linh's and her soul mark said 5 years 6 months and 12 days. Then Linh Garan dies.
5 years 6 months and 12 days later…
Prince Kai woke up excited to meet his soulmate but he also had to meet Linh Cinder so he could fix Nainsi. His mark said 1 hour and 20 minutes. He wondered if he'd meet her/him on the way there.
Cinder woke up the morning and her mark said 1 hour. She realized that her soulmate would a random client. She made her way to her both as the minutes counted down. She treated the last customer.
Kai walked down the market street looking for Linh Cinder not noticing his mark said 2 minutes
Cinder watched as Chang Sacha yelled at her kids for getting to close. She then went under her desk looking for something. Not noticing that her soul mark said 10 seconds. She heard someone walk in. As she got up she hit her head on the desk.
Kai walked into the booth and saw no one there until he heard a thud. He looked towards the desk.
"I'm sorry I didn't realize someone was back there" he states
Cinder slowly gets up and meets cinnamon colored eyes. Then she hears to marks beeping. She studies the face and realizes who it is.
"Your highness" she says
Kai looks at the girl realizing that she is his soulmate. However he also he has to worry about Nainsi first.
Both pretend to ignore the beeping and the tension.
"Maybe um…*puts fingers to lips* on the highness stuff" he says
"Right of course how-can I- are you-" she says nervously
"Looking for a Linh Cinder is he around?" Kai asks
"I-I'm Linh Cinder" Cinder replies
"You're Linh Cinder" he says shocked
"Yes your High-"
"The mechanic" he questions
Cinder wonders if it's ok to murder her soulmate and prince.
"How can I help you?" She says
"You're not quite what I was expecting" Kai adds
"You are hardly-what I- um" Cinder tries to retort
"What seems to wrong with your Android?" She says formally
"I can't get her to turn on" Kai says
The scene continues as normal until he says goodbye. Kai offers to come back when Nainsi was ready.
"You don't need to-" Cinder starts
"It'll be my pleasure" he says "... soulmate"
The story continues except the reason Kai always wants to see her and invites her to the ball is because they are soulmates. He is also hurt more by her lie because she was his soulmate.
Next up is Wolflet
If you want me to write some more scenes in Cinder with Kai and Cinder as soulmates comment about it.