(Author's Note: This story is completely inspired by another author who made another AU specifically on this; when a character gets closer to their soulmate, their chest starts to glow. The same thing happens with the other character. Also, this is an AU (Alternate Universe). This is not suppose to be like real life. But you probably already know that. Anyways, on with the story!)
Chapter 1
It was a blazing hot day in Los Angeles. There wasn't a single cloud in the sky, there was just sunlight. Terrible heat spread all across LA. This may have not been the best weather to welcome a newcomer to LA, but it would have to do.
Ross O'Donovan had been living in Australia throughout the 21 years he had been alive. He was an animator and comedy writer for the Internet. Thanks to this job, he spent most of his time on the Internet, mainly working, but sometimes on social media. He didn't have very many friends in reality, so he was always down with making online friends. That's where he found his best friend; Holly.
Holly was a 22 year old girl with short, pink hair, and an obsession with birds. She was a cosplayer and costume maker so she didn't spend as much time on the Internet. But when she chose to go on social media about a year ago, she met Ross. Ever since then, she spent almost every day talking to him and getting to know him. They always made jokes and laughed together. They soon became good friends.
Since Ross had been thinking about moving to California for a while, and since Holly just happened to live in LA, Ross decided to book a flight there to check it out and meet Holly in person. He wasn't one hundred percent certain he wanted to move there though, so he was only checking it out for the week and staying in a hotel in the mean time.
Once his plane finally landed after about 16 hours of flying, Ross pulled together all of his stuff excitingly and excused himself off the plane along with everyone else.
Once he went through security and got his suitcase, he left the airport to wait for his friend's appearance. But suddenly, as he was waiting, he started to feel a little bit of pain in his chest. But he just assumed it was probably nothing serious and he simply ignored it.
He looked around for a bit, then finally saw the familiar, pink-haired girl. Although he couldn't be completely certain that the girl was actually Holly, he walked up to her and held out his hand for a hand shake.
"Hey, are you Holly?" He asked the girl. She looked up at him and her face lit up. "Why yes it is, King Ross." She grabbed his hand and shook it. "How does it feel to leave your kingdom for a week?" Ross recalled himself jokingly telling Holly the other day that he was the king of Australia, so her statement made him chuckle a little.
"It feels rather odd. This truly isn't my type of atmosphere, but it will have to do for now." He said in the most formal voice he could make. Holly giggled in response. "C'mon Ross! I've gotta give you a quick tour of LA before we do anything else." She said and started to walk over to the parking lot, motioning Ross to follow her.
Once she got to her car, she stopped and dug in her pocket for something. Ross walked up to her and asked, "What's up?" Holly pulled something out and gave it to Ross. It was his room key. "I already checked you into the hotel, so when you enter the lobby, you can just tell them who you are and walk right up to your room. I thought it would save you the time." Ross glared at the key for a moment, then he took it. "Thanks for that." He said.
After the tour, it was starting to get late, and Ross felt his stomach growl. He practically begged Holly to get some food. "Alright, alright. That's probably enough of the tour for one afternoon." Ross let out a small sigh of relief. "I know a great restaurant just down the block from here. I really think you'll like it." Holly said as she started walking down the sidewalk, Ross following close behind.
As they walked, Ross felt the pain in his chest get a little stronger. He was a little concerned but he tried to ignore it. He didn't want Holly to worry about his health on the first day.
They turned the corner and stopped in front of the entrance to what appeared to be the restaurant Holly mentioned. "Here it is." Holly said with a smile. She grabbed the door handle and opened it, allowing Ross to enter first. "Thanks." Ross said as he started to walk in, but since he wasn't paying attention, he accidentally bumped into someone on the way in.
He looked up to see a tall, thin man with crazy curly hair looking down at him. The man had a shocked look on his face, but that quickly changed to a small, awkward smile. "Uh, excuse me." He said and stepped aside for Ross to pass. "Sorry about that." Ross replied and took a few steps forward. The man started to walk out the door once again. But before he disappeared entirely, Ross looked over his shoulder to find that the man happened to be looking over his shoulder as well. The second he made eye contact with him, the man turned away.
The pain in Ross' chest grew much stronger afterwards.
(So yeah! I hope you like it so far. I'll definitely write more later but please comment and tell me what you think. Should I write the next chapter or should I stop before a disaster happens?)
