Adrien sighed as he looked down at the small string that was connected to his finger. It first appeared this morning, which was a horrible experience since today was his birthday, and he hoped not to have been matched.

He never liked the idea of being matched with someone you don't know, no matter what the legends say, he could just feel his match wasn't compatible. His parents matching didn't work out well, so who's to say Adrien's wont? He could feel tears prick his eyes as he continued to stare at the string, before furiously trying to cut it with scissors.

When the string didn't break, Adrien lost all hope. He didn't want this, he wanted to fall in love and be with someone of his own choosing. He sighed as he went to go get something to eat before pain surged through his whole body. He screamed out in pain, the string was tugging oddly, bending in a shape that represented being.. cut by scissors?

Adrien fought through the pain as he watched the string. Maybe... Maybe the person he's matched to doesn't want this either! Relief washed over Adrien as he thought about never having to find his match. That is, until Natalie walked into the room, "Adrien, are you alright?"

Adrien looked over towards Natalie and clicked his tongue in his mind, 'Of course Natalie would come check on me and not father..' "Uh-Um, yeah. I'm fine. It's just, I got matched today.." Natalie looked down at Adrien's finger and smiled in excitement, walking towards him and kneeling down, "Oh that's wonderful! I'm sure you'll be very happy together when you find each other."

Natalie suddenly remembered the scream and soon her happy expression fell, "Why did you yell earlier?" Adrien sighed, "I think my match tried to cut the string. But it's fine, I did too. So we both don't want to be together! So as long as we don't touch the string, we don't have to be together and we both wont have to feel pain." He gave a small smile to Natalie until he saw the expression on her face, "Natalie..?"

Natalie looked to the side, "Well.. Adrien, string soulmates.. don't work that way. If you're far apart for too long or don't even look for them in the first place, pain will surge through yourself and your match.." "WHAT!?"