[So I found this really interesting prompt on tumblr - credit to amoux-da-wolf - Imagine if when you're born, you're born with some sort of illness, or you're destined to have one later in life. Everywhere, people are sad, or crazy, or just generally can't heal correctly. However, when you make any form of contact with your soulmate, you get this warm feeling in your stomach, and both you and your soulmate are cured of your random illness. I'm going to be doing more than one chapter, each with a different ship and with a different set of illness. This chapter focuses on Kolinx - Kole and Jinx.]
"-Right so like I was saying, I saw this strange lady today I don't think I've seen before with just the prettiest red hair and-" sped Kole like a bolt as words flew from her mouth at the speed of light.
Nicole, Jinx reminded herself.
Jaya. Jaya reminded herself. Nicole often played this game of superheroes and supervillains, like playing pretend, and she'd refused to answer to anything except Kole for a while now. She'd apparently named Jaya a supervillain, Jinx.
'Jinx' continued her way down the looming white hallway of the medical center, showing Kole to the cafeteria again. Jinx wasn't upset of course, she completely understood her lost friend's trouble.
Just like how Jaya Salem was cursed with cancer which had now progressed all the way to stage four since her diagnosis, Nicole Weathers was the victim of an untimely accident which burdened her with short term memory loss.
Jinx could live with her disease easy, she'd grown into a pattern much like how she'd grown into one with her unlikely friend Nicole. Nicole relived the exact same day that she came to rest at the hospital, not remembering anything since. The only thing she did seem to remember, was that her favorite color was pink, her best friend was a boy who often came to visit her named Joseph Wilson, and that she was allergic to peanuts.
This was often difficult for most people to deal with, in fact Nicole's family had stopped coming to visit her months ago. It hurt sometimes when Jaya would go to see Nicole in her designated 'seat' that she sat at every single day and she hadn't a clue who she was. Kole would look up at Jinx with those big, beautiful, innocent eyes and optimistically questioned, "Do I know you, miss?". It always sent a deep pang all through Jaya's system, it hurt far worse than any treatment or cancer had so far. Still - Jinx had learned to deal with it. Jinx would become best friends with Kole all over again everyday.
If Jaya was actually honest with herself, it was all worth it to see Nicole's thankful smile when she helped her find the cafeteria everyday.
"Bagels!" Nicole squealed childishly as she burst open the cafeteria doors and sprinted over to grab a plate. Jaya chuckled and shook her head at her friend's always childish behavior, sitting down at a table that had a window view of the garden outside.
"I don't care what you told me, this cafeteria food is great!" Nicole said through a mouth full of blueberry bagel. Jaya was always awed at how much Nicole loved food, it may have been her growing up with so many brothers.
Jaya smiled and shook her head again, examining her friend's soft pink hair as she ate. Jaya sighed sadly as she ran a hand over her own head. She remembered when she had hair, but that was so long ago. She was first diagnosed as a cancer patient when she was only four after all.
"Miss Salem?" Nicole said to get her 'new' friend's attention.
"Jaya's fine, really." Jaya said as she snapped out of her reverie.
"Why do always look so sad all the time? You look too pretty to be sad. Isn't there anyway I can make you happy?" Nicole asked as she pouted at her friend's melancholy appearance. Jaya merely shook her head and smiled, ignoring Nicole's question altogether.
"Hey do you think this cafeteria serves any-" Nicole started, glancing longingly over to the food display.
"Cookies?" Jinx finished for her younger companion, laying out a large plate of cookies in front of her. Jaya smiled and giggled a little when Nicole's whole face lit up in joy and amazement, already scoffing down two cookies as she let out a muffled 'how did you know?' through her full mouth.
"Lucky guess." Jaya replied lamely.
"You're so kind. I wish I had even more friends like you Jaya...I hope we're gonna be best friends forever." Kole said fondly as she sprung out of her seat and wrapped her arms around a now blushing Jaya's neck, hugging her tightly.
Friends, right. Jaya thought to herself bitterly before she felt Nicole freezing up.
"Nicole? Nicole? Ni...Kole! Kole what's wrong?" Jaya shouted as Nicole started shaking and a flood of empty tears left her broken eyes.
"I...remember." Kole let out in a strangled voice, her smile wider than ever and her tears becoming catalysts of her own joy. Jaya herself started feeling something warm and light in her stomach, but ignored it for the sake of her emotions.
"I remember! Jaya! Jaya we've already been best friends for so long! You bring me cookies everyday and you make me laugh when I'm sad and you listen to my boring jokes and laugh even though you've heard them everyday for the past year!" Kole exclaimed in an excited voice as she bounced up and down on her heels.
Jinx laughed and smiled along with her, but that's when things started to feel heavy and dark. Everything swirled around the diseased girl and everyone moved in slow motion.
"Jaya? Jaya!" Jaya heard Nicole shout in a muffled voice, although she was standing right next to Jaya she seemed so far away. All of Jaya's world went black as she hit the floor with a painful 'thump!'.
When Jaya woke up, she was lying in her hospital bed and coughing up a hurricane with how dry her mouth was. She looked over to find Nicole sleeping in an uncomfortable looking chair beside her bed and various torment-like tubes sticking up and down her arms.
"Miss Jaya Salem. I...I don't know how to tell you this…" Came the impending voice of a male doctor who had appeared out of nowhere. All the color drained out of Jaya's already pale face. She couldn't leave, not now. Nicole wouldn't make it. They'd finally found each other, for real this time.
"You're cured." The doctor stated uneasily. Jaya sat and gawked at the doctor for what felt like hours before she finally stuttered out a quiet 'cured…?'. The doctor did his best to stay calm and try to maintain his 'I'm smarter than you' attitude while explaining, but there was no logical solution to how Jaya's cancer had been cured.
Jaya then looked over at where Nicole was sleeping, remembering the whole 'only cured when you meet your soulmate' deal going around.
Jaya smiled as she got up out of her hospital bed by herself for the first time in a while, and softly kissed Nicole's forehead, completely ignoring the indignant doctor in front of her bedside.
Nicole stirred for a moment before finally opening her tired eyes just a bit, knowing exactly who it was that had kissed her. For the first time Nicole knew everything about the person in front of her, and was proud to be able to say her next words.
"I love you too Jaya."
[wOW I need more of this ship. It's way too unknown and needs more material. But yeah, I really enjoyed writing this. I hope to get back to my other works soon, but right now I just needed something to vent. I still plan on doing more, so this definitely won't be the last chapter. Reviews are greatly appreciated!]