A/N: I wondered if this chapter was borderline rated T but I think it's still pretty safe despite the implications.
The limits of what soulmates can and cannot do to each other are strange. It seems like whatever one does to their skin, the other will feel as well, but that's not necessarily the case. Pain is the most easily felt. The skin reacts intensely to the feeling and transfers it along whatever line connects two soulmates. Saeyoung followed along the theory that scientists had that this was some type of useful survival ability in the past. But having your soulmate only feel your pain seemed too extreme.
That didn't explain why Saeyoung could feel his soulmate drawing on him. It wasn't painful. The backscratches he sometimes randomly received weren't painful. Even the sensation of his hair being played with wasn't painful. Why could he feel that? He didn't have a theory for that. In such a case, wouldn't that mean almost anything done to the skin would be felt by his soulmate?
It left some interesting options open for when, uh, people needed alone time.
Not that Saeyoung really had time or the inclination to indulge. But he did wonder if his soulmate did. Did they ever feel what he did? He couldn't exactly recall feeling a time when things felt too warm for normal comfort. But then why wouldn't the soulmate bond transfer that? Sure it could be embarrassing, but if the two soulmates became partners than it was probably something very useful.
Saeyoung tried to convince himself not to think of what it would be like to feel echoing sensations during his own imaginings of what his soulmate would look like.
He wondered if the little touches he occasionally felt were from his soulmate's lover. He wondered if his soulmate had ever dated anyone. Saeyoung never got the opportunity or the luxury to do so. He was jealous and curious. He knew he shouldn't ask because that would be like inviting his soulmate to ask questions about him that he didn't want to and couldn't answer, but before he knew it he was shoving his blanket aside, pushing up the loose leg of his boxer shorts, and writing on his thigh,
Have u dated someone before?
They didn't respond right away. That was when Saeyoung realized it was rather absurdly late. Normal people would be asleep by now. Saeyoung himself had just gotten into bed not long ago and had been trying to relax. Hence all of the needless thoughts floating around inside of his head. He was about to just go and wipe off his writing so that his soulmate wouldn't see it when they woke up when he felt the familiar sensation of pen on his leg.
Weird question
Weird how
Weird becuz its so random lol
I am random lololol
I'm learning that
Saeyoung wiped off his previous writing with some wet wipes he kept near his bed now specifically for this purpose. Did his soulmate find it weird to write on their thigh? Or that Saeyoung wrote on his thigh?
I've sort of dated They finally responded.
Sorta?
Didn't last long. More like a test than anything.
Saeyoung shouldn't feel relieved. He shouldn't.
He wanted to know what their number was. Could they text? They clearly understood at least one of the languages he was fluent in, so that was good. He wanted to text them rather than write on himself because it would be easier, but at the same time that could be tracked. He couldn't risk his soulmate. People who lost their soulmates violently were never the same. There were hospitals for that.
Plus he kind of liked how personal it was. It was like his body was a secret messenger. Even if it was a little weird to write on his skin all of the time.
Why ask? They wrote underneath their answer when he didn't respond for a long while.
He didn't answer that. Instead his hands decided to rebel against his brain and ask do u think soulmates feel it when their soulmate touches themselves?
"Oh my God." Saeyoung said aloud as he realized that was not what he had meant to write! He scrambled to wipe it away. Delete the traces of his embarrassing question. Curiosity would get him killed one day. He didn't want his soulmate to think him creepy for asking such a thing!
He hadn't been fast enough. They had finished reading his message. Lololololol I was wondering that too!
He paused. Really? They wondered about that stuff too? Well . . . they were soulmates. Maybe they thought alike? They shared a soul. His chest felt warm.
Have you felt anything from me before like that? They asked.
Oh God oh God oh God they just confirmed that they-!
no probably not Saeyoung felt like his mind and face were overheating.
That's a relief. I had always wondered but…
Saeyoung had to bury his face into his pillow. He shouldn't have asked. He felt so happy that his curiosity had been sated, but now all he could think about was-!
The conversation ended there. Saeyoung never wrote back and his soulmate didn't press on. He had other questions that he wanted to ask, but he needed to resist.
Maybe some other time.