Are You The One?

Written by: CherryDrug

Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman Reborn doesn't belong to us. If it did, we would have shipped anybody with everybody, and the series wouldn't be as dead as it was now. Thank freaking sprite for fan fiction having not died yet.

Rating: T-rated, 'cause we're still a bunch of pussies who can't put on their big girl panties and publish a smutty chapter

Genre: *slaps every genre here*

Characters: Everybody. Duh

Summary: It has been said long ago that actions speak louder than words ever could; however, when you live in a world where the first thing your soulmate says to you is etched upon your skin—well, suffice to say, actions don't even hold a candle to how important words can be.

Pairing(s) (for this chapter): Tsuna/Kyoko; Kyoko/Hana; Tsuna/Hana

Warnings: Alternate Universe where people bear soul-identifying marks; yaoi AKA boy x boy in the future; yuri AKA girl x girl; All27; drabble series


CHAPTER 16

First words are exchanged.


She was a girl.

A girl with dark brown hair and eyes. She wasn't really pretty, Tsuna could see, because she wasn't as pretty as Kyoko and Hana were in their own rights, nor did she posses the same kind of vibrancy that Kyoko had or that cool and elegant air that Hana seemed to exude. But she was cute, Tsuna could admit, in her own special and unique way.

But it didn't matter to Tsuna, whether she was pretty or ugly. She was his soulmate, and appearance or personality didn't matter at all to him, because she was his and Tsuna would accept them no matter what.

That was the promise he'd hold for his soulmates. To love them no matter what, because they were simply his.

(Plus Hana, even if he was a little too scared to admit it. She'd been an amazing and kind friend to him ever since he'd met her, despite her scary tendencies, and had only proved to be even more kind amazing and kinder as the days passed by. She was a good friend and a good person as well, and Tsuna loved her for that.

She may not have been his soulmate, but that was okay, if not somewhat sad, for Tsuna. He'd love her anyways.)

His throat felt parched and dry, as if he hadn't taken a single sip of water for days, and it was a good thing that his soulmate was still too busy staring in astonishment at his terribly scored test paper, because he might embarrass himself if he tried to act cool and say something that wasn't Tsuna-like, as Kyoko would endearingly describe anything cute as—which had made Tsuna blush to the very tips of his ears and Hana laugh a a rather loud laugh.

But Hana was looking at him weirdly—with her dark eyes narrowed, her dark eyebrows furrowed, and an inquisitive expression upon her features—so Tsuna was kinda peer-pressured to answer immediately.

"I..." He starts out, fumbling nervously with his words. "I try my best," he ended lamely.

When the girl swiftly looked up at him with her big brown eyes becoming even bigger, and with surprise written all over her face, Tsuna couldn't help but shrink into himself underneath her gaze that had suddenly intensified.


Word Count: 630


AN: Eri: It has come to our attention that a lot of you have been asking: What's so wrong with having a lot of soulmates? Well, we've decided to answer you about this one. As you all know, society these days do not completely (oh, who am I kidding? Us younger generations fantasize about having a harem of our own dammit, or finding our "one true love that we'll spend the rest of our ives with and shit" but the older generation just see it as a nuisance and merely an idea that could go wrong in many, many ways) accept polygamy relationships because according to the sacred scriptures of several religions, taking another spouse to fulfill ones desires is already a sin when all you need is just one. Islam, and a few other religions that I know that have been discussed in my religion class but for the life of me I can't freaking remember, accept polygamy as long as you can support your spouses, but mostly these are for male ones.

Now, since we don't have a clue for what religion(s) KHR! is particularly entwined about, I'd just assumed that the Japanese folk here are Shinto-worshippers, whilst there are a few Buddhists here and there. Whilst the Italian folks are much more entwined with Roman Catholicism. Now, while none of the characters here seem to display a deep connection to their own religion (except Knuckles, because he was a priest. For which religion, I am not sure of. It could be Roman Catholicism, or maybe Protestantism or Anglicanism, considering that the Vongola's First Generation started somewhere during the time of the rise of power of religion.) but let's be real here bruhs. They're a part of the mafia, so I'm sure that not all of them are particularly religious, unless the pray to their deity for protection, etc.

Yes. There are some killers/mafioso like that. They're still human after all, even if their hands are painted in blood.

So anyways, even if most of the KHR! characters aren't particularly religion in a sense, it doesn't mean that the people around them aren't.

You see, having a lot of soulmates aren't particularly bad, okay? It's just that, it's not common for someone to have more than three (okay, me and Choco have gone insane with the number of soulmates we've given to the KHR! characters, we admit). But, let me just explain it again haha. Having one or two soulmates is perfectly fine; having three or four is 'okay, just pick wisely which one you'll want to end up with and which ones you'll have as close friends'; whilst five or six is already pushing it, but since at least a rather big percent of the world's population have these number of soulmarks, it's kinda acceptable to society. Any more soulmarks, and that's just crazy and insane.

Now, i want you to put yourself in the shoes of a person of this world with more than six soulmarks. You're an anomaly, you don't fit in—and why? Because society has expectations. Society doesn't accept polygamy, and your peers and those who are from the older generations are expecting you to pick one of your soulmates and marry them. Homosexuality isn't really a problem in this AU, because there have been single-soulmark relationships where both people are of the same gender ; however, polygamy is a problem. Sure, you can just not marry, and just have a lot of sex friends, but won't society see you as a harlot of a common whore?

You and your soulmates may not be intimate, but people see it as it is, because you're soulmates and there's no way you can't possibly be intimate with none of them. Humans crave the desire of touches and affection, and with soulmates, the people faith has chosen for you to be with, you'll most likely want thier touch most of all; so unless you're planning on becoming a nun or swearing off of sex, good luck.

The society in this AU isn't so different from out society, that's all we're saying. This may be a fic, but c'mon, we're realists most of the time (though Choco's Step by Step sure is taking the plunge in fantasy, ehehehe~) but we try to add elements of reality here.

So, hope this enlightens ya'll. If you have any questions, there's the PM box or the review one~ And if you want to bring up a debatable topic, I'd like to ensure that you're bringing up a debate with the intent to wrong us and make us change some parts in this story. No "But this is just a fic! You can just make having a lot of relationships acceptable!" or maybe "Then make the religions there accept polygamy or something!" or anything that's not really a good debate. Think of something better. C'mon, we're all writers and readers here, use that intellectual and artistic brain of yours.

Ciao~