Soulmates: A fated pair of people, sharing the same bodily tattoo.

The Tattoos Themselves:

· Has been humorlessly found for some of them to be a play on their names. (Like ship names)

· Also can be any size, but is usually in the same general area as their partners.

· If mate is born before the other, the mark will show up only when they are born.

· If one pair dies, the other could be resigned.

· Once you have found your mate, you are able to exchange ideas in your head and can sense each other's feelings.

· Some of your skills are shared, but it takes work for the other to actually be able to use the abilities.

· If you have already found your mate, you could be in either a Mate-ship (boyfriend/girlfriend) or a Fate-ship (husband/wife) represented as a black ring (tattoo like bands) around your wrist (Mate-ship) or around your neck (Fate-ship).

· Can also be just friends.

· If the mark itself is hit, cut, or burnt in anyway, both sides feel it tenfold to any normal pain.

· Generally found that Aces/Aros are the platonic soulmate bearers.

·The only time someone will have more than one mark is if they are destined for a polyamorous relationship


Karma woke up to a sharp pain in his side. Unlike usual, he had not been awoken by his alarm. He clutched his side, and knew that whatever the hell was happening must have been caused by his soulmate mark.

Maybe I should just stay home today

Karma thought as he got out of bed. No, they had a test today and even Karma himself could have his grades dropped if it was a zero.

As he was dressing in his school uniform, he took a glance at his soulmate mark on his right side. The same one that had been causing his pain just moments ago. He wondered what kind of poor bastard might get stuck with him. He probably wouldn't ever find out.

With that, he finished getting dressed and left for school. As he arrived, He couldn't help but notice that he and Nagisa were the only ones in class. Their classmates were either not present yet, or were just elsewhere.

"Good Morning, Karma." Nagisa half drowsily said.

Karma muttered a replied 'Morning' as he sat down in his chair. He rested his cheek in his palm, a gazed at the bluenette a few seats away.

Karma wasn't stupid. He had known of his feelings for the boy since they had first really started hanging out. Most others he had socialized with at the time were just terrified of becoming his next target.

But not Nagisa. No, in fact, Nagisa was the one that freaked Karma into trying to break off their friendship. That fateful day when he had seen a glimpse of the depths of those turquoise orbs.

In truth, Karma had worried his own nature, which was delinquent like, had started affecting his best friend, and love interest, in that way. He immediately avoided Nagisa, not wanting to taint him further.

But when he learned that he was going to be in a class about killing his teacher, and that Nagisa was there too, his resolve had flown out the window and he began his friendship anew. Karma was glad that it was if nothing had ever changed.

He had hoped that he could play it all off as friendship, and that his old feelings would never be uncovered. And yet, his wish caused merely the opposite. Having classes with Nagisa again, ones that were about things Karma was interested in too, had ignited his feelings tenfold as he saw the bluenette aspire higher and higher.

As the bell rang, their classmates started fluttering in, and soon enough, the octopus had entered and called for roll. And just like that, the day went on and on, until the bell finally rang.

As everyone was fluttering out, Karma walked forward with the intention of speaking to Nagisa. He had hoped to invite the star assassin over, maybe see what moves were available for play.

"Hey, Nagisa, wanna come over and hang out?" The redhead had nonchalantly asked. The bluenette did not reply immediately, but when Karma called his name again and tapped his shoulder, the boy tensed and upon seeing it was just Karma, he relaxed.

"O-oh, umm, K-Karma-kun-n, I Uhh, d-don't think I can today. I, Uhh…" It seemed as though Nagisa just wanted to leave instead of talk with Karma any longer. On the normal basis, Karma would have been disappointed but shrugged it off and left, but not today. Because today, he noticed something. As Nagisa was fidgeting, trying to think of a way out of the conversation, it left his neck bare to Karma. And Karma noticed a bright, red bruise on his neck.

A bruise that Karma had put on many others before, and therefore, he knew what the cause was.

Choking.

Somebody had choked his Nagisa, and Nagisa was likely under and unction not to speak.

Without hearing anything the bluenette was trying to tell him, or anybody around them for that matter, Karma grabbed Nagisa's arm and pulled him around, intent on investigating it more at the Akabane residence.

When they finally arrived, Karma ignored any of the maids or butlers asking what he was doing dragging a person. One maid tried to seriously intervene by releasing Karma's grip on Nagisa, but received the most menacing glare she had ever seen on anybody, much less addressed to her.

Karma dragged Nagisa into his room, dropping him on his very expensive couch. Nagisa, he noticed, looked more scared than angry. Karma realized he would need to be gentler about finding Nagisa's attacker.

"Nagisa," Karma began as he sank to his knees before the bluenette. "Who did this to you? Who choked you?" The questions came back quieter than he had thought they would, but he was sure Nagisa had heard him.

Nagisa visibly shuddered at the questions. He looked more terrified than when Karma had dragged him all across town moments ago.

"Nagisa?"

The bluenette finally lifted his gaze to the golden orbs staring at him. He shuddered a bit at the idea that he would have to try and lie to this person about how this had happened.

I can't let him know. If she knew I told someone, she'd do worse than ever before.

"Karma-"

"Don't even think of lying Nagisa. I can practically hear your lie already. You can tell me. I won't hurt you like that person. Who are they, Nagisa? Please, just tell me." Karma was trying so hard not to hold the bluenette. He just wanted to wrap his arms around Nagisa and hug him, hoping to ease away his sorrow.

The bluenette stilled, and something other than shock or concealment slipped into his expression, coating his features in the emotion. The emotion, so simple, was sadness. Sadness and pain flowed as true as the tears that fell from Nagisa's eyes.

And Karma did as he wanted. He wrapped Nagisa in his embrace, and held him. They fell back onto the bottom of the couch, laying together as Karma soothed Nagisa's hidden pain.

It was some time, before either of them talked. Nagisa was in no mood to speak it seemed, so it was left to Karma to make a move.

"Nagisa, who did this? Did they do anything else? Please tell me." Karma pleaded calmly to the bluenette.

A mumble came from Nagisa. Karma did not expect to hear what he did when he asked for a repeat.

"M-My M-mom…" Nagisa cried even more after he said it.

I'm going to be killed by her! She's going to kill me if she finds out I told someone!

Karma's soothing hand on Nagisa's back stilled. Then he pulled the bluenette closer and whispered something.

"Stay here tonight. Don't. Go. Home."

Nothing more was said, but Karma felt Nagisa's nod and all was silent.

"Nagisa, are there any other bruises?"

Once again, another nod. Karma pulled the two of them up, resting Nagisa on the far armrest.

"Show me." He said.

It was like Nagisa was emotionless. He began trying to unbutton his vest, but he was so out of it that he could barely get his fingers around a button.

Karma brushed his hands away, and unhooked the first button. He mentally blushed, but continued, more worried about Nagisa then his own feelings. The vest was thrown to the floor, leaving the emotionless Nagisa wearing only his white collared shirt. And Karma unbuttoned that too, but he shuddered when he saw some of the bruises.

Near his ribs, there lay marks that were akin to being punched multiple times, looking purple and brown in color. Karma noticed that there were also long thin welts on his stomach, looking like he had been whipped. But, something drew his attention.

There, on his lower right hip, was a bandage patch, around the size of a human hand. He ghosted his hand over it, and that was the precise moment Nagisa was knocked out of his daydreaming.

"W-wait stop! Don't touch it!" Nagisa grabbed Karma's hand and pulled it away.

Karma stared down at the huffing Nagisa as he clutched the redhead's hand in his own.

"What is it?"

A soft reply was said and Karma grew very curious.

"Uhh, it's my, Uhh, n-nothing." A blush darker than Karma's hair coated Nagisa's face. He looked adorable and delectable to the red devil.

"What is it, dear Nagisa?" Karma questioned, taking on a mischievous grin.

Karma used his other hand to touch it, Nagisa being too slow to stop him. As he placed his hand on the patch, a sharp pain, like this morning, flared in his side, and Nagisa visibly felt the same pain as he.

This caused Karma to get an idea. An idea that seemed too impossible that it just might be.

He started peeling off the bandage, while the bluenette dropped his right hand and tried to pry his left off the bandage. No such luck for the bluenette as Karma was able to pull the entire bandage off.

There, lay a mark that was in a circle shape. It was the snake eating it's tail. It was also accompanied by a large gash, and if someone had taken a knife right through it.

This was the same mark that he had stared at this morning and had been woken up by.

Nagisa looked horrified at the mark. The mark itself was a special thing for him, but it was the reason he bandaged it up that disgusted him. The large, slash-like cut over the mark began bleeding again.

Nagisa pushed the redhead away, clutching his shirt over his body, and got up. He made a move to try and run, but he was grabbed once again and brought to the floor. The bluenette was pulled into an embrace in the lap of the redhead.

"Karma! Let me go! I want to leave!"

"…"

No words came from the red devil. He merely held his crush that had the exact same mark as himself.

Nagisa's my mate. Nagisa's my mate! He's mine! All mine!

Karma was too happy for words. But the bluenette did not know of Karma's mark, and therefore could not see the utter joy in the situation.

But Karma was in over his head, not exactly thinking right. He pulled Nagisa's face closer to his own, and kissed him on the lips. They were so soft. So soft that Karma almost cried at the thought that he could have had them so long ago if had just known.

He kissed his crush for ages, and he could not help the giddiness that he felt. But then it was quickly replaced by panic, as he realized Nagisa still did not know of their shared marks. Karma broke the kiss and stared into the blue eyes that were before him. Nagisa was panting, flushed, and disoriented.

Nagisa was about to question Karma about the action, when he saw Karma stripping himself of his jacket, and unbuttoning his shirt. Fear reared its ugly head into Nagisa's mind, but was quickly replaced with a strange feeling. Deep, in the depths of his mind, there was a voice that called to him to help divest Karma of his clothes. That wanted Nagisa to yank Karma's lips back to his own.

"K-K-Kar-rma what are you doing?!" Nagisa screeched, ignoring the voice in his head.

"I'm showing you something," he finally replied as he undid the last button. He did not pull his shirt off entirely, much like Nagisa, but you could clearly see his chest. Nagisa blushed as he was distracted by the muscles that had lain on Karma. But he finally noticed what Karma had wanted him to see. It was his mate mark. Like a carbon copy, it was Nagisa's mark on Karma's skin. Not fake at all.

Nagisa's eyes shot up to Karma's and they both were smiling, funny even though Nagisa had freaked out moments ago. Now it had made sense. Karma's action towards him were about love and unaltered joy.

They embraced and locked lips once again. Nagisa felt something forced into him and realized that Karma was sticking his tongue into Nagisa's mouth. Karma used Nagisa's inexperience to his advantage, and sucked on the bluenette's tongue. Nagisa moaned. It was a pure and beautiful sound and the red devil wanted more.

Both were of course almost shirtless, and Karma stood, pulling Nagisa with him, and threw the bluenette on the bed. He crawled over him, and Nagisa happily welcomed him. He didn't just drop on to the bluenette, but he was straddling him while they kissed.

Karma brought his hands to Nagisa's chest, holding himself up with the strength of his legs. He smoothed his hands on the pale, soft skin, and found Nagisa's nipples. He brushed his fingertips across them, causing a shiver to run through the smaller man.

Karma sat up, knowing he was directly over Nagisa's groin, but did nothing to help him. He leaned back down again, licking and kissing the bluenette's chest.

Karma leaned up, and when he saw the face of Nagisa, he almost had a nosebleed. It looked as though an angel was laying under him. The devil placed a hand under the bluenette's head and brought their lips together. A tangle of tongues made both of them moan into each other's mouth.

A hand quested to Karma's belt, and this hand was joined by another, both unbuckling it and tossing it who knows where. One of the hands delved into the pants of the redhead, and Karma's eyes shot up to blue orbs.

"Why do you get to have all the fun?" Nagisa teased.

The bluenette's hand groped Karma's member through his underwear. The red devil groaned out Nagisa's name, and the hand did it again.

"Two can play at that game." Karma lifted his hands to the bed, and ground his hips against Nagisa's.

"Ka-Karma!" the smaller male moaned. The bluenette's hands left Karma's pants, and moved to his hips, grinding groin to groin. They delved into another make out session, and this time they rutted and rubbed their clothed lengths together.

Karma's hands reached down, and unfastened Nagisa's belt and zipper. He shimmied Nagisa's pants down while Nagisa pulled him down for another kiss. Nagisa was nude in seconds, save for his underwear and white shirt still on his shoulders.

Karma got up, and shimmied out of his pants as well, leaving him in the same dress state as the bluenette. He noticed the snake-like gaze that followed his movements. He got back onto the bed, and lied beside his mate, relishing the closeness.

"Nagisa?" Karma tried to get the attention of the smaller man.

"Yeah?" was his answer.

"I..." Karma was a bit scared to say this, but he wanted to so badly. "I love you."

The words were out there, and Karma grew more afraid every second of no answer. But his answer was not what he had expected. Nagisa sat up, and he crawled onto the red devil, blushing, but did so. He lied on top of his mate, and nuzzled his neck where one would bite for a Fate-ship. He opened his mouth and dragged his teeth over the area, but did not bite.

"I love you too." Nagisa whispered as he snuggled more into Karma.

And then it was a flurry of actions. Nagisa brought his right hand over Karma's member, and groped him through his boxers once again. The bluenette sat up, and moved towards his right hand's location. The redhead watched, but said nothing.

Nagisa then pulled his hand back, and instead shoved his hand into Karma's underwear and took hold of his manhood. Karma let out a deep groan, encouraging the bluenette to continue. He leaned down, his breath ghosting over the now unclothed cock in his hand.

Okay, either Karma's huge or my hand is just tiny.

The bluenette couldn't decide if he was turned on by his revelation, or feeling more apprehension then before.

As he mused about this thought, Nagisa was suddenly thrown onto his back and he looked up to find Karma, with his eyes looking demon like. The redhead seemed to have no sense of awareness, as he just leaned down and licked a long strip up where the bulge of Nagisa's member lay clothed. A cry-like shriek came from Nagisa, as Karma continued, no words transpiring between them.

The bluenette gazed down at the devil, watching as Karma sadistically sucked on his length through his underwear while the redhead stared right back. The devil then reached and pulled down Nagisa's underwear, and began suck directly on Nagisa's length.

Karma let the head rest on his tongue as he sucked. The bluenette above him was crying out in pleasure, moaning his name and other incomprehensible things. The red devil tasted a musky, salty flavor on his tongue, and swallowed down the smaller males seed. He wasn't quite at his climax yet, but he was close, oh so close.

Finally, the bluenette placed his hands on the devil's head and forced his member back inside of Karma's mouth. Karma understood the silent, forceful, but silent plea and he began sucking the member once again.

This continued for the next few minutes till Karma felt the bluenette on his literal edge, so he pulled the member out of his mouth, and pumped with his hand. Nagisa was clawing at the sheets. Karma leaned down, and captured the lips of his mate. He tangled his tongue with the bluenette's, when suddenly, he felt a wetness on his hand and a writhing Nagisa.

He disengaged the kiss, listening to Nagisa moan while Karma continued to pump him. The bluenette's hips were bucking as his high went down, and he finally settled.

Karma pulled his hand up, and began sucking on his cum coated fingers. Nagisa looked over to see this, and shrieked, sitting up and immediately taking karma's fingers out of his mouth.

"Why would you do something so unhygienic?!" The bluenette was embarrassed beyond belief as he wiped Karma's hand on his shirt, clearing the fluids off of it.

The devil smiled and merely chuckled. He wrapped his arms around Nagisa, and pulled them down onto the bed.

"Hey…" the redhead began, mostly just wanting to hear his mate's voice.

"Hey yourself…" was the reply.

"I was wondering…"

"If?"

"If…if it was ok…if we just stopped here? I'm not saying I don't want to but…we should wait…" Karma had never thought he would get this far. He wanted to wait for the right time with Nagisa.

Nagisa turned his head to look at the redhead as best he could.

"Karma," Nagisa tried to get his attention, to pull his gaze forward, and he succeeded. The taller male was watching him with hidden eyes. "Thank you. I was worried about it, but was going to go along with what you wanted. If we wait till a better time, I'm happy with that."

Karma's gaze lifted, and as he looked Nagisa in the eye, he was kissed by the smaller male. Nagisa broke the kiss, and got up as well. He crawled on top of Karma, and straddled him. The bluenette laid his head on top of Karma's chest, and drew lazy patterns on his skin.

They were content to wait and just be together.


You can find the link to the tattoo image on my Ao3 account, in the notes of the same story.