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You stared at the small bowl in front of you.
Your soul shard giving it a soft glow, the same as the colour of your soul.
The strange mix that your friend put together for you supposedly will summon a small copy of your Soulmate. Which was adorable.
Not only the idea of having a Soulmate was adorable, but having a small version of them to take care of was even more adorable!
The only problem was that you had been waiting for ever!
Maybe you didn't had a Soulmate.
That was fine too... You just wanted to know.
Suddenly ripples began to appear on the surface of the bowl.
Was it working?
A small five-pointed star floated out of the bowl and it...
Split in two?
No!
Three!?!?!!
And they were falling!
Luckily you managed to catch one with one hand and the other two with the other one.
They were three skeletons.
...you Soulmate wasn't- weren't dead?
Right?
You looked better at them.
One had a rounded skull. A dark hoodie with yellow fur and a sharp yellow zipper. He had black basketball shorts with a yellow stripe and on his feet he had a pair of red, untied sneakers.
You looked back at his face (skull?) and his sockets grew bigger when he made eye contact with you. His teeth were sharp and one of them was a golden one.
He smirked and winked at you. That action alone made you blush.
The skeleton beside him smacked him on the back of the skull.
"Hey! Do not hurt each other!" You scolded the taller skeleton.
He scoffed and looked away from you. (Was that a blush on his cheekbones?)
He was taller than the other skeleton. He was wearing something similar to a black armor and black leather pants that hung lowly on his pelvic bone. He had a blood red scarf and red boots.
His skull was more elongated than the shorter skeleton but he had the same sharp teeth. He also had three scars running down one of his sockets.
The only way you could describe him was "a cool villain".
You looked over the last one, who was trying to hide his face with his hands.
He seemed similar to the shorter one, but his clothes were the opposite style-wise. He was wearing a purple vest with golden details. He also had purple boots, a golden belt and a golden crown!
He glanced at you from time to time from between his fingers (phalanges?). Was he shy?
"Adorable." You didn't even noticed that you said that out loud.
He tried to hide himself even more, curling into a small ball. A purple blush spread across his face.
The small edgy skeleton's shoulders were bouncing up and down as if he was laughing.
"Don't make fun of him!"
He pouted.
How can a skeleton pout?
How can a pouting skeleton be so cute?!
A voice called you from the front of the shop.
"Are you doing alright in there?"
"Oh yes! It worked!" You answered as you moved at the front of the shop "You said it took a while but you didn't said it would take..." you glanced at the clock on the wall "half an hour!"
Your bunny friend scratched the back of his neck "Yeah sorry about that. But it worked!"
You reached him at the front desk of his Nice Cream shop.
"Yes, look at this! I have quite the handful!" You said, showing off your Soulmates in your hands.
The small red one's shoulders bounced as if he was laughing, while the taller one was clearly groaning, even if you couldn't hear him yet.
"Is it normal that there's more than one? A-And the fact that they're skeletons doesn't mean they're dead right?"
He laughed a bit and waved his hand "Oh no friend, they're alive, they're just skeleton monsters, and having multiple Soulmates isn't as rare as one might think. And maybe your Soulmates share a mate bond between them."
At his words the two skeletons with a common style made a disgusted face.
"They don't seem to like that idea at all!" You laughed and brought them closer to your shoulders.
They climbed on them, imitating your friend's Soulmate, the definition of a grumpy cat, and not just because he was a cat monster.
When this morning you entered your friend's shop, saw the small angry cat on his shoulder and asked him about it, you would've never imagined things to go this way.
You stopped.
Any coherent thought thrown out the window.
There was purring.
Against your neck.
And it wasn't the cat!
You slowly looked at your shoulder and the small red skeleton was nuzzling you while purring!
You're gonna die of cuteness! That's for sure!
"It seems that he can make himself clear without words." He laughed.
You gasped "Right! I have to go to the store and get some monster food, so you guys can start talking soon! And I have to find nicknames for you guys. Thanks again dude!" You called one last time before exiting the ice cream shop.
"Wait! I- And she's gone. *Sigh* I just wanted to offer some nice cream." He huffed and scratched the back of his small Soulmate's neck. He nicknamed him Garfield, because he was a grumpy but funny cat. "Those skeletons looked like Sans and Papyrus, don't you think?"
You managed to get to the store before it closed. You took a small basket to gather some of the magic-infused food that will allow them to start talking and to stay with you longer.
"If you see anything you like let me know ok?"
You took a bit of everything, for variety.
You noticed the purple wearing skeleton (you really needed to think about nicknames) entranced by the apples.
"Do you like apples?"
An unreadable expression flashed across his face before he shook his head with vigour.
"We can take a few of them if you want. Is not a problem." You assured him, thinking that maybe he was shy or didn't want to make you spend money. When he shook his head again he seemed almost desperate.
"Hey, hey. It's ok. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." You petted him with your free hand as you moved to a different aisle.
You were pulled from your thoughts by a small hand tapping on your cheek. You looked at your shoulder and saw the taller skeleton pointing animatedly at a specific aisle.
"Ok ok! I get it boss."
He seemed to stop at the nickname. And was that a blush?
"What, you like the name Boss?"
He seemed to puff out his chest and straightened his back.
"Well, since the topic came up, we could decide what to call you." You said as you moved inside the aisle, following Boss' indications.
"What about you, edgy Mc chemical romance. Can't keep calling you Hot Topic Skelly." His teeth turned into an amused grin.
"I won't call you Hot Topic." You deadpanned.
He pouted.
"Can you stop being so cute?!" You really didn't mean to say that out loud.
The effect was immediate, his entire skull turned red and he pulled up his hood to hide his blushing skull (and failing miserably).
You decided to have mercy on him and focused on taking what Boss was pointing at.
"Lasagne? You like lasagne Boss?"
He seemed proud of his food choice.
You searched the store for the other ingredients to make the dish.
You got interrupted by some floating mustard bottles surrounded by a red glow.
You turned and saw the same red glow around your small Soulmate's hand.
"Welcome back from Hood-Town Cherry." You teased "You like the name? You have the same colour and seem just as sweet."
He blushed again and the mustard landed in your basket.
"I mustard admit... that's a lot of condiments." You joked. Cherry's shoulders bounced while Boss had a look of betrayal on his face.
A pun-lover and a pun-hater.
You could work with that.
As you reached the cashier you looked at your purple Soulmate "We need a name for you too... You look like you got out from fairy tale... What do you think of Prince?"
His skull erupted in a beautiful purple blush that he tried to cover with his hands. He slowly (oh so slowly) nodded.
"That's settled then!"
You were so happy!
Finally you won't feel so lonely anymore.