Here it is! My new story!
So I got the idea for this soulmate AU from some tumblr post somewhere, but I immediately fell in love and couldn't wait to put my own twist on this!
I know it's not the most original, but I loved this AU so much, I couldn't resist.
Anyway, here it is, enjoy!
Mari Takahashi was afraid of falling in love.
She was afraid of being in a relationship, she was afraid of someone loving her.
Those tween novels about love and heartbreak had ruined it for her.
And that's why she hated the Matt Sohinki written on her wrist.
She'd always wear long-sleeved shirts or hoodies for fear that she would run into this Matt Sohinki guy. She didn't want anything to do with romance. She didn't want to run into Matt Sohinki and find out that her name wasn't on his wrist. She didn't want to meet him and find out he was a jerk, or he didn't like her, or she didn't like him. Their society had taught them to find their soulmate or be an outcast, but Mari didn't care.
Love came with too many emotions, too much heartbreak, too much room for failure.
That was too much for her to handle.
Every day, she would look at the name on her wrist and cringe. She was avoiding meeting new people for fear that one of them would be Matt Sohinki.
Until one day, it happened.
It started out like any other day; she reluctantly woke up, put on clothes, being sure to cover her wrist, ate something, brushed her teeth, left.
Then, she missed the bus and had to walk in the rain.
To make matters worse, the door of the small coffee shop she worked at was locked, so she had to wait, teeth chattering, for her boss to come open the door. It was the type of day that she knew was going to be bad.
She walked into the shop, knocking over one of their novelty mugs, and breaking it. Ten dollars out of her paycheck.
In her first shift, someone spilled coffee all over one of the tables.
Guess who had to clean it up.
On her break, she stepped in gum and spent ten minutes trying to scrape it off, but to no avail.
She just wanted that day to be over.
She walked in after her first break, sighing.
"What's up with you?" asked her fellow barista and best friend, Olivia. She had already found her soulmate.
"Bad day. No luck." replied Mari, stepping up to the counter to take her first order.
"Hi, I'll just have a medium coffee, two cream two sugar." said a man.
Mari scribbled that down in her notebook. "Your name and last initial, sir?"
"Anthony P." Mari turned away to start making his coffee, when she heard a different voice.
"Hey, I'm sorry, Anthony Padilla?" She turned around to see a different man holding his wrist out to him, Anthony Padilla written across it. Anthony pulled back his sleeve to reveal a name, Ian Hecox. "That's me."
The two men looked at each other for a moment, disbelief in their eyes. They then smiled and embraced each other. Everyone else in the cafe clapped as the two men smiled and laughed, holding hands.
Mari turned away, slightly disappointed. She had to say, she was jealous of them. Of the happiness in their eyes, of their newfound sense of completion.
But Mari knew that it wouldn't be that great once she found her so-called "soulmate".
Still, she couldn't help but daydream, as a child dreams about their wedding day. There was no guarantee it was going to happen, there was no guarantee it would be a joyous occasion, but the possibility that it could be was enough to motivate Mari to maybe give it a shot. What was the worst that could happen?
Well, besides being horribly disappointed for the rest of her life.
She smiled to herself. Maybe she should give it a chance. If it's meant to happen, it'll happen.
She completed the coffee order and gave it to the man, Anthony, who was holding hands and chatting with his newfound soulmate.
"Mari!" Mari turned around as she heard her boss calling her. She walked toward him.
"We got a new recruit. I'm choosing you to show him the ropes." Mari looked at the man behind him. The man stepped forward and they shook hands.
"Hi. I'm Mari. Mari Takahashi."
The man smiled at her. "I'm Matt Sohinki."
Ooo cliffhangers ;)
Anyway, this one'll probably be shorter, maybe five chapters or so. I just really love these soulmate AUs and couldn't resist doing one for myself.
I'll probably get these out closer together, because when I post this I'll probably already have three chapters written.
I can tell writing this is gonna be fun.
Alright, I'm gonna go now. Stay tuned for the rest of this story!