Strings Attached

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Jongdae and Yixing are college students in a world where on their twentieth birthdays, the names of their soulmates tattoo themselves on their bodies. On Yixing's twentieth birthday, Jongdae's name appears in his ankle. But Jongdae is a declared straight man, in a three year relationship with the beautiful Liyin. So Yixing decides to remain quiet, even though it causes him incredible pain. Jongdae knows he is losing Yixing, but he doesn't know why. Can the two fix themselves before it's too late?

Foreword

Hey y'all!

This is a story that I am working on as I work on In Order To Forget. It will probably be a few chapters long and might take time, seeing as IOTF is my priority.

As for the soulmate au-ness of it all... let me explain. In this world, when you turn twenty your soulmate's name--if you already know their name--will appear somewhere on your body. If you haven't met them yet, or don't know their name, your body will stay blank until you meet them or learn their name, at which point the tattoo will immediately appear. Soulmate's tattoos are in the same location. And finally, once a soulmate is recognized, a bond forms. If only one person knows that they have a soulmate, then the bond is one-sided, and while their soulmate can hurt them (all emotional distress because of a soulmate translates into exhaustion and forgetfulness) they cannot effect their soulmate.

So yeah. That should be about it. Obviously it's chenxing fic. I hope you enjoy it!

 

Jay

Don't plagiarize. xoxoxo 

Author's Thoughts
JayMor
Thank you so much for all your patience with my uber slow updates! *bows deeply in every direction*
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Amoreno2 #1
Chapter 10: Yixing and Jongdae are really cute :))) I was actually quite surprised with Jongdae's mature reaction :)) thank you for sharing such an amazing fic:))
FlowerBaozi #2
Chapter 10: I love this story! XingDae is really a vibe! Yifan and Minseok are truly best of bestfriends to Yixing and Jongdae! I can’t help laughing at the Playhouse palace part! Gahd! Minseok is too adorable! The angst though on Yixing’s part! ㅠ.ㅠ. I’m excited to ready the spin off!
onethousand_ #3
Chapter 8: yeeeessssssssssssss
Lovexiu16 #4
Chapter 9: This is a really good story and I loved it. It had me so emotional.
I look forward to your other stories coming up.
You're doing great, keep it up.
Frappexo #5
Chapter 9: Where should I start? Hum... I've been subscribed to SA for a while now, but I got finaly the chance to read it and I don't regret it at all!

This was so tragic, bc Yixing was suffering like a lot, but I feel that it had it's charm. In real life things actually happen this way and not all the time you're surrounded by hearts and love and unicorns and flowers when you're in a relationship, and even less if the one you love is with someone else, so... yeah hahaha I was actually concerned bc most of the time they were avoiding each other and that messed my emotional stability a little during some hours, but in the end, I think it was just perfect. I wouldn't really have asked for anything else. :')

I was actually wondering who would turn out to be Minseok's soulmate and a part inside me wanted it to be Yifan, but that ending in the epilogue was just so ?? unexpected ?? I really didn't see that coming! But I'm happy to finally know who's destined to be with Minseok! <3 Yet I'm still wondering what will happen to Mr. Wu... sighs...

Anyway, all in all, I like this very much and I'm glad I finally read it! I think I'll now move to Strings Cut! <3
yixingsbaobei13 #6
Chapter 8: i finally am commenting on this(I’ve been a silent reader out of shyness) but I have to say I really loved this from start to finish,everything from the happy moments to the heart wrenching ones . Jongdae and Yixing’s relationship was so beautifully developed from their friendship to their falling out to how they eventually falling together. Even without a kiss the ending made me feel very content. this is easily one of my favorite xingdae fics thank you for sharing it^^
Omona_ #7
Chapter 8: I don't know what to say. I feel like they've said everything for me now, explained both sides and discovered things with the freaking communication most people forget about. And it was good that Jongdae was honest - they are soulmates, but that doesn't mean he's immediately deeply in love with Yixing, it's just the attraction and the fact that they are soulmates, and that fact also means that given the time, he will most likely fall in love with him too. And Yixing thought well too, he can't force Jongdae to love him and he knows that, so he was ready to move on after hearing Jongdae say he didn't love him. But at least now he'd be able to live with it without the dimmed hope that would've tormented him all his life and maybe find someone else-- pft who am I kidding, Jongdae already made him jump over the canyon and pulled him to him, not letting him leave. But you're right, a kiss really wouldn't have fit in this one.
Omona_ #8
Chapter 7: Ooooooh this chap was even better! Lmao drunk buying a playset. They should've seriously painted the name on the wall, an almost eternal reminder of the hidden mental age of Xiumin. Seriously, he's all wise and when he's sober and then he drinks and boom, he's 5. And clingy as hell. Glad Yifan didn't seem to mind even if he had never been to one of his parties before. Pineapple pen song - I snorted girl, I snorted. And my god you destroyed me with Yifan secretly fixing his paintings behind his back, . And fiiiiiinally Jongdae got it. He even understood Yixing in a heartbeat because who the hell wouldn't when it comes to suffering instead of your soulmate, seriously
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