A/N: Sorry for not updating for a while. I've been busy, and I'll try to get Chapter 11 out on Saturday after I get all of my final exam papers out of the way and I'm off my shift from work. If you want to know what I've been doing relating to writing I made the official scene for Hanahaki, outlined a SP New Kid fic that I'll co-write with a friend, and plan on making a long fic of Mystic Messenger (It'll take a long time for that and I got to much on my plate now).

Q&A Session!

Giles_Flash_Cards: I was wondering how the Hanahaki fits into this scenario, but I am sure that is a reveal you already have on the agenda.

I don't mind explaining the background of the importance of disease and the link it has to both types of soulmates, yes you heard me right, it has the possibility to affect both. The information will be regurgitated within the fic, but I am not going to say the exact instance of when one of the characters gets it (if that is what you're implying about the agenda).

Hanahaki is going to sort of be a reveal, but it might be beneficial for you guys to know the rules of this mismatch AU. The general premise is the same: flower starts to grow in your lungs, killing you via suffocation from immense one-sided love towards an individual.

Due to how I'm writing this, as a soulmate fic, it's difficult the say of the least. I've seen fics where there is one-sided soulmates of the romantic variety, but there was no repercussions. There is historical context where one-sided soulmates that are romantic get Hanahaki, and people pray that they don't get it. Besides this, in the fic there are principles as to how you can get Hanahaki as well: one-sided romantic soulmates, somehow gaining romantic affection towards a platonic soulmate and not telling them, or it affects people who tend to deny their feelings to someone over a period of time.

Giles_Flash_Cards: I'm also wondering if Keith has a soulmark that does not correspond to human expectations for a soulmark.

So you know how Keith appears to be human despite having Galra blood from his mom right. He looks completely human besides his eyes, but even his indigo/purple eyes could be explained that he has a lot of melanin, which is a cover his dad Elrik definitely used (also some humans have purple eyes and it's a mutation called Alexandria's Genesis, it's so pretty). Whenever there is a hybrid species, the offspring that most resembles one of their parents will gain the equivalent to their species equivalent to a soulmate. Therefore, Keith's soulmate will be following the human way, having the first words with the color and format that represents what their other half is like.

It has been some time, but he does have Allura's words on his forearm is magenta. It's the mixture of red, white, and purple.

glassreader: No clue what bondmates are

So basically bondmates are the Altean equivalent to platonic soulmates in a sense and intense hatred. Bondmates are two individuals who are going to be an Altean's greatest friend or greatest enemy. Symptoms of a bond mate is feeling warm but cold at the same time when you lock your eyes to someone else; this happens a couple of times until the Altean realizes they have met their bondmate.

Unfortunately an Altean cannot differentiated if their bondmate will be their friend or enemy. Basically, if your bondmate is your enemy who is actually quite nice, and then you meet your friend bond mate, you have to wait until someone stabs you in the back.