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YU ZHEN POV:
I know that it’s weird to have a ‘no romantic relationship policy’ at work, just in general. Though, especially when you live in a world where everybody has a soulmate. The first thing I thought about was, would I really fire somebody for finding their soulmate? I just feel heartbroken by someone I thought was my soulmate, but it turned out he wasn’t. It also turned out he knew for a while, I feel like I should have known too. I just fell in love with him and thought he was mine. Though I should have known better, based on the colors on my wrist, they don’t exactly look like him.
I just feel so alone and don’t know what to do since I was supposed to have met the person around college time, but I don’t know who that could have been. Now, though I have another problem, I am starting to have those feelings again. I think I am falling in love again actually even though we barely have met, he is just so beautiful. The paleness of his skin, the fact that he stood up to me, he is just so amazing. I honestly would do anything for him, oh wow, is this love? This can’t be love, how can it be? It would make it so complicated and I don’t do complicated, it doesn’t work for me. However, if anybody doesn’t think that Shi Lei is not an Adonis of sorts, they surely have never seen him half-naked or even better fully naked. Honestly, I would explore that body if I could.
I feel myself blush slightly, I never did that even with Zi Tong, maybe I do really like Shi Lei. Ever since I got back, I either hang out with Zhao Gang, am working, or am at home. So, no matter where I am, Shi Lei is there too, even hanging out with Zhao Gang since he is close to Gang too. So, I spend all my time with Shi Lei, possibly I just think that I am starting to love him. I just feel like he is so amazing, and honestly, started voting for him to try to convince me to take that policy down. I just never thought I would be a person who fell so in love with somebody again, at work. Oh, perhaps is not helpful at all because he has a soulmate who is great for him. They are the reason I made sure the policy said that “No relationships with other employees or employers of Seisei Studio.” I know it’s still unfair and weird for our society, but I feel a need to have it.
I feel slightly bad that when I got there, there was going to be a proposal. I just couldn’t deal with romantic relationships all around me, when I still feel so heartbroken. Even though it’s been years, I just wish I could be like Si Qi and Zhao Gang and be happy. Okay, maybe I am falling in love with Shi Lei, but now the problem is how am I supposed to do that? I have the policy, and it would tell everyone that I liked somebody romantically if I took it down right away. Also, does Shi Lei, even like me, or is it just him using me to get the policy down? I feel bad for him though, because even though he probably wants it down too, he is being used by his other coworkers. They were right about him doing it, partly because he spends most of the time with me, he is my business partner in this shop and also my roommate. Though, I think even more than that I started falling for him right from the start.
“Argh, I am falling for him!! How is this possible?” I hear a chuckle from behind me and turn to see Zhao Gang smiling at me. I hope that he is not chuckling at me, and did I say that out loud, oh shit. I try to act innocent and say, “Gang, what is so funny?”
He just smirks and comes out from behind the counter since nobody else is here and he will be closing soon anyway. He walks to my table and I worry about what he is going to do, but he just sits at the other side of the table. He seems to scan my whole demeanor and smiles cheekily, “I am not chuckling as much, except I just wanted to ask you a question.” He leans in closer like he is wanting to tell me a secret, and asks, “Who is this “Him,” that you are falling for?” I shy away from his persistent gaze, which seems to be trying to get information from me without me saying anything.
I fall silent for a while trying to come up with something, anything, that explains my feelings and the conflict that I am in. I know I will be telling him that I love Shi Lei, wait what? No, I am just falling for him, I have not already fallen, or have I? Wait, of course, I have, I fell in love with him the first time he walked into my office all frustrated about the new policy. When my silence has gone on long enough, Zhao Gang talks again, “Hey it’s okay, from what I have seen in both of you, I see how I felt for Si Qi when we first met. It’s not just you, who is feeling these feelings, so don’t worry about that. Also, I am pretty sure if you looked again at your wrist, you might know your answer, but you have had it covered for so long.” I sigh as I look down at my wrist seeing, the wrap around my soul mark to hide it from the world. I put it on first when Zi Tong left and then only took it off once and that was when it started making me feel faint.
(; — FLASHBACK — ;)
I was walking to get lunch with Zhao Gang and saw a table with a lot of metalwork crafts on it and a couple of people behind it introducing the business to people. I saw how amazing some of it was, especially this one ring. I try to look away from it though because it just reminds me of Zi Tong, and I can’t think about him anymore. I subtly put my hand on the scar I got, and feel like it was just fate telling me I was wrong for loving Zi Tong. I start to feel depressed thinking about my thought to be a soulmate when I feel my heart through my soul mark. I start to feel slightly faint and hold onto the table in front of me, and then look up to see a blinding and beautiful smile. I feel like I am looking right into the sun and feel my heartbeat race.
How can you feel faint, but also like the healthiest you have ever been? How can you feel like you are about to cry your eyes out and feel a happiness that you never have felt? How can you feel like you are completely out of your element, but also like you are finally coming home? There are so many contradictions I am feeling right now but never want to feel anything else. I just know that he is right for me, but I am so scared to think like that, I am not sure what to do.
I look up to try to say something about it, or just to him, but he is helping a family with some things and I don't want to interrupt. So, I take one of the cards in the front of the table and look at that gorgeous face one last time, while I walk away.
Right as I start walking away, I start feeling like my heart is breaking, no not breaking it feels like it split in half. I feel like how can I do this to myself or this other person? I just know I am not ready for anything, right now. Just in case I have this card, I look down at it and smile at it:
Shi Lei,
Manager
Seisei Studio
Well Shi Lei I hope that I meet you again.
(; — END OF FLASHBACK — ;)
At the time, I just unwrapped it to feel a little relief, but as I saw a possible letter I couldn’t handle it and so I just put it back in and decided to just live with the pain. Now, that I think about it, how did I not realize right away that it was the breathtaking man I met back then? I smile giddily just thinking about him, feeling the heat on my cheeks. I feel like a teenager who just found love, but unlike the puppy love that you feel back then, I feel like I can’t live my life without him. Though as I look up to see Zhao Gang, being so patient with me, I think about him and Si Qi. They are just so perfect for each other and clearly love each other, I could see them getting married anytime now. I honestly feel slightly jealous of them. Maybe Zhao Gang is right and if I took off the wrap I would see a name, though, “I don’t think I could handle having my heart broken again. I am just so confused about what to do.”
I don’t realize that I said the last part out loud until, he says, “When you say, you couldn’t handle getting heartbroken again, is it because of Zi Tong? Or, is it related to the first time you met Shi Lei?”
“Honestly the second, I realized those years back, that I didn’t and don’t love Zi Tong as much or in the same way as Shi Lei. I just don’t want to feel that heartbreak I felt when I walked away from him.” I say nearing crying, even though I would never admit it to anyone.
I look up as he smiles gently at me as I pad my tears away and he says, “What if he is your soulmate? What if it’s his name on your wrist?”
I bang my head on the table, automatically feeling the pain, but it’s okay because it’s not even close to the hurt I feel when I think about Shi Lei not being mine. As I lift my head, I see Gang looking at me worriedly and then feel a comforting hand on my head, making sure I am not injured. I smile and when he figures out nothing is wrong except a slight bruising on my forehead where it hit the table pretty hard. I sigh and say, “Gang, what if it’s not?” I can hear the worry and fear in my voice.
My friend just looks worried at me, but before he can say anything the door to the shop opens. We both look up and see Si Qi, who looks so tired and just walks over to Zhao Gang and sits on his lap. I sigh as I feel jealousy run up my spine, but before I can tease them a very familiar voice speaks up, “Really you two, we know you're soulmates. You don’t always act like this, it just gets annoying to single people.” I look to see the subject of all of my thoughts, Shi Lei. He is smiling that smile that would get me to do anything for him and just chuckles as Si Qi flips him off and Zhao Gang blushes. Though he changes his expression when he sees me and I can’t read his expression, then he frowns and gently runs a hand on my forehead. At first, I am confused and then feel the slight pain as he touches a part of it, and I remember the bruise.
SHI LEI POV:
I follow Si Qi as I walk into Gang’s shop and smile as I see Si Qi sitting down on Zhao Gang’s lap. I smile and tease them a little, but feel somebody staring at me from my side and see the eyes of the person I love. I have loved him since I first caught his eyes so long ago, sadly I was in the middle of dealing with a customer and before I could talk to him then he was already away. The next time I saw him though he walked into Seisei Studio and said that he is a partner now and then put that damn policy up. I think about my wrist and feel that pain when I got the name of the man of my dreams on my wrist and Yu Zhen just ignored it. I want to yell at him, and maybe will, but first, is that a bruise on his forehead? I scan over his face to see if there are any other injuries and without thinking I touch it softly and get my bag to get some bruise cream out. I hand it over to him since I don’t think I could handle myself if I did it myself.
Also, I see the knowing smiles from my friends on the other side of the table and feel slightly exposed. I love this man in front of me, so I can’t let him hurt, honestly, I wish I could just take him home right now and take care of every pain he is going through. Though, I can’t do that, since apparently, he doesn’t want to be mine or have me as his. I just want him to be happy, even if I am forever heartbroken. I turn away so I am not feeling creepy to him, and see Si Qi, mouth, 'Talk to Him,' I shake my head, knowing there is no point to that.
Si Qi has been my confidante about all of this, it makes sense though, since, he is my best friend. I just think his advice is a little too optimistic, for what I have going on. It’s hard enough living with him, working with him, and being in the same friend group, I don’t think I could handle him rejecting that we are soulmates out loud. Yes, I could move out or quit my job, but I can’t do that. I love my job so much, I helped make it what it is now, and wouldn’t want to do anything else. Oh, and living with him is not as required as before, I have enough money to move out, I just don’t want to. I don’t feel at home or feel happy if I am anywhere else, I just feel constantly alone. At least if we are around each other, I can feel a little less alone.
ZHAO GANG POV:
How am I supposed to help either of them if that damn wrapping is still on his wrist? I can just feel both of their heartbreak from the other side of the table. This pain is something that I plan to never feel for myself, it makes me know that I can never hurt SI Qi like that. My two best friends, look to be in so much pain, and I can’t do anything about it except, rip that wrapping off. The problem is, would that lose his trust in me? Argh, I don’t know what to do and feel myself tearing up. I don’t fully realize that the tears are falling until I feel somebody wiping them away and look up to see Si Qi. He is sitting very comfortably on my lap like he was made to be sitting here. If I wasn’t so worried about our friends I would be thinking a lot more about the position I am in with my boyfriend/soulmate.
Si Qi seems to be trying to ask me something so finally, I pull myself out of my thoughts to ask, “Sorry I didn’t hear you. What did you say?”
Si Qi just smiles and whispers, “Are you worried about those two?” I nod my head and he continues, “Shi Lei seems to think he will be forever alone, and I can’t tell him, that he won’t. Since, I honestly don’t know when that stubborn ass of a soulmate he has, will just look at his wrist to see they are soulmates.”
I laugh quietly at Si Qi calling Yu Zhen a stubborn ass, how accurate that is. I smile, “I wish I could just rip that wrapping off his wrist, but I know he would kill me.”
Si Qi smiles then and kisses my cheek and softly growls, “He wouldn’t dare, because I would kill him before he could even try.” I feel a thrill go up my spine as I hear the protective growl in his words. Yes, I am whipped by this man and have never felt more love for someone else, and felt so loved by someone.
SI QI POV:
Just thinking about anyone else touching what is mine, especially hurting what is mine, is making me feel so much anger. So I look at my Love, and say, “Love, I think I have an idea,” and the love in his eyes shows what he thinks of the pet name that I have used for a long time. As well as the giddiness of his smile shows what he thinks of me having an idea.
I look over at the two and say, “So, have either of you, felt like you found your soulmate?” I feel satisfied with my choice to do this when I see a glare from Shi Lei and also a hint of worry when he looks at Yu Zhen. Though as I look at Yu Zhen, he seems to be feeling conflicted, probably trying to decide if he should admit about the wrapping.
Luckily, Shi Lei has some courage that Yu Zhen doesn’t, but still looks very scared when he says, “Yeah I did, but I don’t think he wants to be with me.”
Zhao Gang takes a role now and asks pseudo-innocently, “Why do you think that? Maybe, your soulmate doesn’t know he is your soulmate.”
Shi Lei looks confused and conflicted and again we know now who has the greater amount of courage in this relationship, because then he turns to Yu Zhen, “Do you know?” I feel myself smirking as Yu Zhen seems to look at every single person at the table and sighs.
Then I see him pull up his sleeve and start to take the wrapping off his wrist. I watch as he finally sees Shi Lei’s name and I smile more genuinely at the look of pure happiness on his face. He then looks over at Shi Lei and shows the name and Shi Lei shows him, his, still confused. Which gets Yu Zhen to talk, “I am so so so sorry, I have had this wrapped around my wrist since I got myself hurt by love before. So I didn’t know it was your name on my wrist, but I hoped it was. I have been in love with you since, we first met, I don’t even know if you remember.”
SHI LEI POV:
I feel so happy and just grab his cheeks and decide to not care about our friends, and, kiss him on the lips. I am planning for it to be just a peck, but then as I start to pull away, I feel the arms wind around my neck keeping me close and deepening the kiss. I feel butterflies flutter in my stomach, heat run down my spine, and feel like I am finally home. I feel like I can do anything, as long as this amazing man is in front of me. As we finally back away he is smiling so brightly that I feel like I have never felt love before because nothing compares to this.
Then, when I catch my breath I answer, “Yes, of course, I remember, that was the best and worst day of my life. It was the day that I met my soulmate, so the best day, but he walked away before I could talk to him, so the worst. I am so happy that fate made sure we found each other again.” I pick up his wrist and turn it over and see the half-red half-orange smear with my name written on it in purple. I love it. I lean down to the place where my name is on his skin and growls possessively, “You are mine, no one else’s.”
YU ZHEN POV:
I smile and do the same thing as him picking up his wrist and turning it over to see what colors are for me. I look down and see, a yellow-green streak surrounding my name which is in purplish-red writing. I feel so happy and kiss the mark, bite it slightly, and say, “You are mine, and you will never be anyone else's. Also, I was never anyone else’s really, you and your bright gorgeous smile prove that to me.”
I see him get up and walk up to the other side of my chair and just sit down on my lap. He then says, “Is this okay? Does it feel comfortable to you?”
I just smile and say, “I have never felt more comfortable.” Both of us ignore and flip off our friend's wolf whistles and just smile at each other.