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If Mark decided to make a list of the worst days of his life, the current one would be in first place for sure.
“You can’t hide this forever. It's already there, you have no choice” Renjun said in a soft voice, or at least he tried, in an attempt to calm Mark down.
“Or just stop being a baby, we knew it would happen sooner or later” Donghyuck wasn't that patient and Renjun wanted to slap him.
And Mark just wanted to go home. Lock himself up in his room, hide under his blankets, eat some ice cream and listen to sad songs. Dramatic and pathetic. But this was so unfair!
Today started just like any other normal day. Mark woke up, got ready, went to school. It was a monday and he hated mondays, but he'd survive. At least that's what he thought.
During chemistry class, Mark felt a sudden itch in his wrist, which he ignored because he was paying attention to the teacher. But, when class ended and he was normally chatting with his friends, Donghyuck and Renjun, the younger of them asked a not-so-normal question.
“Did you write something on your wrist?”
“... No?”
“Dude, check it out” Hyuck grabbed his arm, pulling up the sleeve of his shirt. “Oh, crap, shit, fuck”
“Language!” Renjun scolded him. “What happened?”
“Mark has a mark” Hyuck tried not to laugh but the sentence was just so funny. Maybe that's why he didn't notice Mark's face turning suddenly pale and how he was blankly looking at nowhere.
In this stupid world, everyone is gifted with a soulmate. By fate? God? Who knows. But it's just the biggest bullshit in Mark's opinion.
When both of them are “ready” (like what the fuck does that mean), the mark appears on their wrist, containing each other's birth date.
Mark had 25/01/99. Who the fuck was that?
So that's why he was so upset at the moment. He never wanted a soulmate, he didn't need one! Fate couldn't just choose for him like that, his opinion was important, it's his goddamn life after all.
In some cases, it's just… cute and meant to be. Like Donghyuck and Renjun. They've grown up together, always talking about their future soulmate, wondering who would be, when it'd happen... But when their birth date finally appeared it was just so reliving. “I was afraid because I liked you already, I couldn't just forget about you and look for someone else”, Hyuck told Renjun that day.
But Mark wasn't interested at all. That's why he wanted to ignore all this, or just cut his arm off, anything! He didn't want to go around and fall in love with some stranger. It was just so unfair, he wasn't lucky like his friends.
“I want to cry, am I really being a baby?” Mark said with a pout.
“I know it can be very frustrating, especially when you don't know who's the one” Renjun tried to comfort him once again. “But it's not a bad thing, just look around at everyone else. You're just nervous”
Maybe. But he wouldn't admit.
“I have no idea who could it be…”
“She or He must be around. Let's find your soulmate at lunch” Hyuck said, expecting a high-five but Mark just wasn't in the mood.
“I'll regret this, I'm sure” Mark sighed, hiding his face in his own hands.
Well, maybe, probably, certainly. Mark didn't knew yet, but someone was looking for him around school already.