The first touch part 1: the beginning

6.9K 131 37
                                        

Keiths POV
As much as I would like to say my soulmate Mark is cute and romantic like everyone else, it's not.
See, I live in a world where you have a black mark where your soulmate first touches you. It's said to glow when they do, but... I've never seen it, so I really don't have a good reason to believe it does.
Most people's marks are on their cheek, like a pair of lips, or a black palm, usually that's a high five. Others are their knuckles, and the don't even know they met them. Those people either punch their soulmate, or just brush their hands. I wish I had my knuckles black. But I don't. My mark is a single dot on my chest. It's placed a little under my collar of my shirt, easily concealed. That's the good part about it. The bad part, though, is that it's a dot. A dot! How could that be a soulmate mark? I try not to dwell on it too much, because really I don't need anyone. I'm going to let mine happen as it happens. I don't really need a companion yet, though it would be nice to have one...

I have my earbuds in. The teacher is introducing some new kid named pidge. She's kinda short. Ok really short. But she has one earbud in too, so I can tell I'll like her. She has her hands by her sides, and looks straight at me. When the teachers done introducing her, she walks back and take the seat that's empty next to me. She takes out a piece of paper, scribbles something on it, and hands it it to me.
" you have earbuds in, I have earbuds in, this should work well." I smile and hand it back to her, nodding. I notice her soulmate mark is on the back of her hand. Lucky.
As class starts I take my earbuds out. well, one of them. Just as she gets into the chapter, a kid bursts in. His hair is a mess and his jacket is on crooked, letting me know he must have been running. He looks cute even like that.
Oh, right, one more thing: I'm gay. Don't like it, leave.
" sorry I'm late, my sister had to-"
" no excuses mr Serrano. Take your seat please." He just nods and sits down, out of breath. Me and lance are not, in any way, alike. He's the popular kid, and I'm the loner. We really don't talk much, but when we do, he's always fighting with me. I don't really know what I did.
The next thing I know, she's assigning groups for a group project. Great. I think. All I want to do is sit back here and now I have to do a stupid group project? Screw This.
"Romelle, allura, hunk, you three will be together." The trio smiles, and you can tell they're happy with their group.
"Keith, lance and..." she scans the room. My heart skips a beat. " ah. Pidge. You three." She finishes. Me and pidge look happy to be together, both having already established the loner thing. Lance, however, is a completely different story.
" um excuse me, do I have to be with the lone wolf over there? Keith? He's just so... dark!" He whines. I roll my eyes.
" the groups have already been set, mr Serrano. Thank you." He trudges over to where me and pidge are, and plops down next to her. She eyes him up and down, and goes back to her phone.
"So. What should we do for our project?" I ask.
" I don't care, I don't want to work with you two." Lance says. My " I don't give a shit" face must falter for a second, because a questioning look appears on his face.  I regain my confidence again.
" you'd be surprised. I'm actually not half as dumb as you think I am, lance." I say, slouching and crossing my arms.
" you always have your earbuds in during class. How can you even know anything about this class?" He asks.
" I keep one earbud out, and I can multitask. Apparently something you can't do." I roll my eyes. He scoffs in return.
" yeah ok," he pauses "mullet" a grin spreads across his face.
" you're so annoying" I say, even though the nickname isn't half bad.
" let's get started shall we?" Pidge pipes up. "I can't stand anymore of the flirting." Me and lance both roll our eyes, but comply to lodges request.
Lance is put in charge of organizing things, which he claims he's great at. Unfortunately, trying not to stare at him while he's concentrating, sticking the tip of his tongue out, is proving difficult. Pidge is put in charge of research which, surprisingly, she finishes by the end of the period. I can tell she's extremely smart. I am put in charge of buying the materials. This includes paper, Posterboard, and more.
See, our school won't let us use the digital presentations. They think we need to know how to glue and cut, though we learned those basic skills in kindergarten. It equals a lot more work.
We agreed to meet up at pidges house after school to work a little more on the baseline of the project. Lance didn't seem too happy about seeing me outside of school, and to be honest, I'm not either. I don't know what I'll do without the sea of students keeping me from all day. Other than one period that is.

So I tried really hard on this, but I'll probably come back and fix some later. It's not exactly good. Anyway, this is the start of the soulmate Aj where you have a black mark on where your soulmate first touches you. I'm sure you figured that out though... I hope you guys don't hate it, because I've always wanted to do this but never actually got around to it. Thanks guys! Byeee

Klance fluffNơi câu chuyện tồn tại. Hãy khám phá bây giờ