"Jongin."

"Hm? What is it?"

"...Do you believe in soulmates?"

The youngest of the two males twisted to rest on his side, one drowsy eye staring back at his best friend as a fist rubbed againt the other to keep himself awake. Taemin's earnest prodding was enough for him to heave out a long sigh, yawning into the back of his hand before replying, "not particularly. It's a foreign subject to me."

"Oh," the shortest of the two teens dumbly blinked back, not entirely surprised by the answer but the seams of his heart unravelled nonetheless. He bit his lip uncertainly, fingers playing with a loose thread that dangled from the end of their shared pillow, voice tight. "Well, I think I may have fou-"

"That was before though." Jongin's firm voice cut like a knife in the silence of the room, echoing loudly for only Taemin's ears to hear. "Soulmates... I think I'm starting to believe in it."

"O-oh."

The owner of puppy dog eyes found his lips curving into a soft smile, his dark orbs twinkling with something that Taemin couldn't quite place.

"Kang Seulgi believes in soulmates so if I were to have any chances of getting together with her, won't I have to believe in the concept too?"

Taemin is rendered speechless, detecting an unexplainable shattering within him and he's left wondering if it's his heart breaking or his soul tearing itself at the rejection of its lifetime companion.

▌Genre: Romance, Drama, Angst

▌Warnings: Language, Rated scenes in future chapters

▌Additional Notes: I haven't written a full story in years so please bear with the slow updates. I'll try to update once every week.
This story will be short enough. It won't be more than 15 chapters. I have decided to cross-post this story on AO3 under littletaebaby, so please don't be alarm if you suddenly see it on that site. However, it is not posted anywhere else.

▌Credits : {icons} palepastels, hespify, colored, color-of-soul, kimingyu (livejournal)
 {poster & background} turnip (asianfanfics)

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