So here is Chapter 2 of my soulmate fanfic!
Enjoy!
Do You See It On Your Skin?
Frazel
Frank never had any sign of communication from his soulmate.
Not a single line, scratch, or bruise. Either they were really careful not to hurt themselves and contact him, or...they were dead. They could also be already married to somebody else because they were way older than him, but that almost never happened. But that wouldn't explain the eerie absence of scratches. Everybody was clumsy at some point in their lives.
His mother told him not to worry. "You'll meet your soulmate soon enough, Frank," She said. "Maybe they have a reason for not talking to you. It's best not to judge them before you know their intentions." Although Frank never met his father, he knew that whoever he was, it was okay. Frank had Grandmother and Mommy, and that was enough for the six-year-old boy. Frank would always dream of meeting his soulmate, but his family was proof that it was possible to live life just fine without the presence of your significant other.
.o0o.
Hazel thought she didn't have a soul mark.
Her soulmate never responded once. At first, she thought they were dead, but then she met Sammy, who had never talked to his soulmate either. They just both assumed they didn't have soul marks and became friends.
After a couple years, they weren't just friends anymore.
Until one day, when they were at the stables, a girl fell off her horse and got a long gash on her arm. Sammy stuck out his hand to help her up, and then he saw it. A cut, in the exact same place as the girl's, except less deep.
Hazel left them to their sappy, romantic reunion.
When she died, she thought, whoever you are, if you're dead, I'll be joining you soon. If you're alive out there, then I'm sorry. If you don't exist, because I really didn't have a soulmark, well, that's it I guess. That was my entire life. She entered the Underworld without a second thought.
.o0o.
Frank's soulmate started contacting him about a month before he arrived at Camp Jupiter.
He woke up one day with Hi written on his hand, and he immediately scribbled back, Hello.
The reply came soon after. Can we keep our names secret, for now? Frank agreed. He didn't know if he was ready to meet his soulmate just yet.
They made lots of small talk, and Frank learned that his soulmate liked horses and was a talented artist. She sometimes gave him sketches as good-morning presents. Often, he would wake up with a horse on his palm or a flower growing up his arm. In return, he would write things like, Good morning! Have a nice day! And other cheesy things like that.
When Frank first arrived at Camp Jupiter, he was placed in the Fifth Cohort. There was only one other demigod on probatio, so they ended up doing everything together. Hazel was nice and a little bit old-fashioned, but Frank didn't mind. She was a good friend, and showed him around camp. They lost war games together, trained together, and ate together. They were also on guard duty together.
His soulmate kept on talking to him, but they kept on asking where he lived. Since he couldn't really tell a (possible) mortal about Camp Jupiter, he just said, It's complicated. Apparently his soulmate also could not disclose the location of her home to Frank. He figured it was like an eye for an eye.
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The first thing that Hazel did when she arrived at Camp Jupiter, back from the dead, was contact her soulmate.
She had to try, after all. She owed them that much. And now that she was alive again, maybe her soulmate never talked to her because they weren't born yet. What if they had grown up without a soulmate to talk to, because she was in the Fields of Asphodel? She had to make it up the them somehow.
She didn't think it was wise to just randomly tell somebody her name, so she withheld that information. Hazel soon learned that her soulmate was very sweet, and tried his best to make her happy. If she was tired after a day of training at Camp, she would chat with him for a really long time before both of them fell asleep. In return, she doodled flowers, horses, and all sorts of things to make him happy when he woke up in the morning.
When Frank arrived at camp, Hazel noticed her heart beating faster around him. He was sweet, but really shy and awkward around people he didn't know that well. Hazel made it her responsibility to make him more comfortable around the other campers, partly because he needed to, and partly because she wanted to spend time with him. They soon became good friends.
Hazel tried to keep in touch with her soulmate too, however, hoping that talking to him would remind her that she had somebody else, and that it wouldn't be fair to them if she ended up with Frank. She felt kind of bad about not telling him about Camp Jupiter, but he also didn't tell her where he lived, to that evened out.
She still really liked Frank though.
.o0o.
Frank and Hazel were on guard duty again, just outside of Camp Jupiter.
It was a peaceful day, and Frank was enjoying getting alone time with Hazel. He knew he had a soulmate, but he couldn't help himself. Hazel was just so nice, and funny, and she put up with his awkwardness, and he thought is was cute how she fanned her face when she was flustered. It was old-fashioned, but he liked that about her. He tried to stay in contact with his soulmate just in case Hazel found hers though. Frank tried not to get his hopes up.
Hazel pulled out a pen, and began doodling on her left hand. "I'm going to draw a picture for my soulmate, since he likes it when I give him pictures." Frank felt his heart sink. Of course she has a soulmate. What are the odds of her not having a soul mark? Even if she didn't, YOU still have a soulmate, you idiot! You can't let her down! Frank glanced at his own left hand, wishing that whatever Hazel was drawing would show up on his hand.
And there it was.
The outline of a horse, slowly taking shape, on the back of his hand.
Yay! I love Frazel, they're such a sweet and wholesome couple. It was really fun to write from Frank's perspective. I'm making a mental note of that for the future, because who knows when I'll get another fanfic idea? I'm literally full of them, but have no time to write.
Thanks for reading!
