So I'm writing a soul mates fic. This is a countdown soul mates one shot, and it's my first one so bear with me…
For those who don't know, the countdown is where you have a timer that says the years, months, days, hours, minutes and seconds until you meet your soul mate. I got the idea from the story "Hearts we hid up our sleeves" by groovymoonshoes. Both are awesome. It's S& .
Countdown to Splash Zone
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That was what his countdown said. Less than one day to go.
To say that Blaine Anderson was excited was an understatement in the least. All his life had been leading to this moment. All 21:3:5:14:2:17 since he was born, and the little countdown on his wrist kept slowly ticking, second by second, until the precise moment Blaine would meet his soul mate.
Not everyone could be lucky to meet their soul mates reasonably early, like his friends Nick and Jeff who had met at 15 when they met at Dalton, also where Blaine had attended. Some people had to wait until very late into their life before meeting the person that the universe destined you to be with. Blaine's friend Wes still had a year before he met his true love, but Blaine would be meeting his at roughly quarter past eleven the next day.
It was late into the evening as Blaine lay on his bed, wondering who his soul mate was, but not late enough to go to sleep. He assumed it would be a man, due to the fact he was gay, but what if the chances were it was a woman. Had he been wrong about is sexuality all his life?
Blaine's thoughts were shattered by the ringing of his phone, and after checking the caller ID he answered it.
"Hey, Wes," he said into it, laying back against his pillows again.
"Hey Blaine," came Wes's voice from the small machine, "You doing anything tomorrow?"
"I'm supposed to be meeting my soul mate," Blaine told him casually, masking his excitement.
"Wow, bro, congrats," Wes congratulated, "Big moment."
Running a hand through his (for once) un-gelled hair, he said, "Well, yeah. It is."
"Not to change the subject or anything but the actual reason I'm calling is because Jeff found this fair thing at the park tomorrow, around 10-12. Wanna come? Nick's in too."
"I'm meeting him at around eleven," Blaine said, "What if I go there but I've gone to the wrong place and I miss him?" Panic was evident in his voice.
He heard Wes sigh into the phone before answering, "The point of the countdown is that you go about your everyday life until you bump into the person you're meant to be with. No matter what you do or where you go, you're meant to be there so you can meet that person, unless you purposefully lock yourself away somewhere. Just follow your instincts, where is the universe telling you to go?"
Blaine thought about it. He'd had no plans the next day, and he couldn't stay inside if he planned to meet his soul mate. The truth was he'd probably end up getting bored and heading to the park for a walk anyway, without Wes inviting him. "I'll come."
"Great! I hope your soul mate is cute enough for you. Also, Nick's bringing their dog and they'll want some alone time so you're on dog sitting duties tomorrow okay then bye," Wes hurriedly ended the phone call before Blaine had a moment to object to sitting the dog. He sighed and threw away his phone before checking his wrist again.
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0:0:0:17:1:55
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Seventeen hours.
It seemed like such a long way to go.
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The fair was mostly filled with families taking their little kids around to shoot ducks with water guns and do the lucky dip. Blaine was almost immediately handed the leash for Nick and Jeff's dog, Huggles, before they headed off hand in hand to obnoxious couple stuff and be smug that they met so young.
Blaine looked around, not sure what to do. Did he stand around and wait for the guy to come to him? Or walk around until they found each other. Or would they say each other across the crowds just as their timers hit zero.
He checked his wrist.
0:0:0:0:6:17
Less than ten minutes to go and he was getting anxious, his heart thumping. Huggles the strangely named dog seemed rather happy with everything, taking in the excitement. Blaine wondered if dogs had soul mates. Would they even know what the numbers meant, or the significance of it hitting zero.
"Found him yet?" Wes asked, coming up with a corn dog with Nick and Jeff in tow.
"Six minutes to go," Blaine replied, looking around the crowds.
"I remember when my timer was at five minutes," Nick said wistfully, "I was terrified he would be mean or ugly or something. I was delighted when I met Jeff in the library and he was completely perfect."
"I was just happy you weren't ultra fat," Jeff replied. The two soul mates laughed, not noticing Blaine looking very panicked now.
"What if my soul mate is mean, ugly and fat!" he wailed.
Wes nodded seriously. "There was a mean, ugly, fat guy in the corn dog line earlier."
Horror crossed Blaine's face. "He was with his wife though."
Blaine looked mildly relieved, and checked his wrist again. "Five minutes. Oh god. I'm scared. I'm very scared."
Wes patted Blaine's shoulder. "Want some candy floss to calm your nerves?"
"No!" Blaine shouted, "What if he's not at the candy floss line and I miss him!"
"What if he is," Wes countered.
"What if he's got crazy hippy hair a goatee and wears dye tie shirts and never washes?" Blaine said, horrified, "What if he's a woman?!"
"Well then technically he's a she," Wes said easily, taking a bite of his corn dog. "Come on. Let's just go get you some candy floss. If it's meant to be you'll meet him there."
There hardly any line, so by the time they had gotten Blaine some candy floss his timer was at
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His heart hammering away, Blaine ate some candy floss whilst still looking around wildly.
Jeff patted his shoulder in a more comforting way than Wes had done it, "Don't worry Blaine. We'll be here beside you if he turns out to be a creep."
"He or she," Wes reminded them.
Blaine's breathing was turning rapid so Jeff took him by the shoulders and made him do some breathing exercises.
Huggles was barking slightly, watching a bunch of pigeons but nobody paid any attention.
Feeling a little calmer Blaine checked his wrist.
0:0:0:0:0:10
"Crap," he said.
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"Almost there, Blaine," Nick breathed.
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With a tremendous bark, Huggles leapt away and pelted after the pigeons in direction of the fountain. Blaine yelped, unable to stop him as they zipped across the park through the crowds.
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Blaine registered someone sitting by the fountain as they raced towards it, and letting go of the leash Blaine banged straight into him, pushing them both in.
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Blaine sat up, drenched, and looked over to the person he had pushed in, who was looking back at him with wide confused eyes. It was a guy. A male. An attractive male.
"Uh, sorry," he muttered to the guy he had pushed in.
Blaine's eyes flickered to his timer, and then back to the man. He gestured to his wrist and said, "Could you, uh…"
Realisation bloomed in the young man's eyes (which were a dazzling shade of blue) and looked to his wrist.
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"I'm really, really sorry," Blaine said, "The dog just kind of…"
"It's fine," the man said, "By the grace of God I decided not to wear any designer today."
Blaine let out a nervous chuckle, "Yeah. Uh, my name's Blaine. I guess we're…"
"Soul mates," the man replied, offering his hand, "I'm Kurt."
He shook it easily. "So, should we get out of the fountain, now?"
Kurt nodded, as if the thought hadn't occurred to him. "Right."
Clambering out quickly, Blaine helped Kurt out. Huggles was still playing in the water, and Blaine noticed his friends running over.
"Blaine!" Jeff yelled, "You did it! He's not a woman!"
Kurt frowned ever so slightly as the three came up to them.
"I'm Wes," Wes said, "Nice to meet you! Blaine's been obsessing over this for the past week!"
Colour crossed Blaine's cheeks.
"I'd also like to inform you Blaine is a straight-A-gold-star homosexual."
"Okay," Kurt nodded, "Same here, I guess."
"I'm Nick," he said, "And this is my soul mate Jeff and that's our dog, who as you can see is very sorry."
Kurt turned to see Huggles leaping out of the water and shaking his coat over an old couple.
"It's great to meet you," Jeff said, taking Kurt's hand and shaking it, "Blaine's been waiting for you to waltz into his life and whisk him off his feet for 21 years."
"Guys," Blaine said with an undertone of warning, "As much as I enjoy your company, could you like…" He gestured for them to leave.
"Oh. You want some alone time. Fair enough," Wes said, "Nick get your dog and we'll go find somewhere inconspicuous to watch them."
Nick whistled for Huggles, who trotted over, and retook hold of his leash, and using his other hand to take Jeff's. They all walked off, Wes trying to casually look back at them from time to time.
"Again, really sorry," Blaine apologised, squeezing the bottom of his shirt to get the water out. Of all days to not wear a vest. He was painfully aware his lower stomach was showing.
"It's not a problem," Kurt said, "I guess it's one way to meet your soul mate."
Blaine nodded with a nervous laugh, "I'm really glad you're so perfect, anyone else would have yelled at me for that."
Faint colour crossed Kurt's cheeks and Blaine realised what he said. The air slightly awkward, to change the subject he said, "Wow. We are drenched. My apartment is literally around the corner do you want to come over and dry off?"
"That's probably a good idea," Kurt agreed. "Also I don't like being watched by your friend. He's hiding really badly behind that tree."
Blaine turned, and sure enough he caught a glimpse of Wes's head ducking behind a tree much too thin to hide three men and a dog. "Sorry about them."
"The sooner we get to your apartment the better."
"Again, it's just around the corner." Blaine reached up to touch his hair and let out a small wail. "I'm going to have to redo my hair!" Horrified he quickly corrected himself, "Sorry, I'm not vain I promise I just like my hair."
On the contrary to what Blaine seemed to think, Kurt looked delighted. "Thank god my soul mate is someone who cares about hair."
Blaine nodded. "So, should we head to my apartment now?"
"Right."
Looking around for the direction of his street, Blaine took Kurt's hand and led him through the crowds to the direction of his house.
Their hands hadn't broken apart even once they reached the door.
Huzzah. I say huzzah too much. Thank you for reading I suppose. New chapters coming…
