The year someone turns 18 they have the opportunity to be injected with a serum that will produce a soulmate mark somewhere on their body. This serum is costly and the procedure to get the injection is not covered by insurance.
A rare illness cropp...
I pull back to look at him in the face. "You think you are the lucky one?" I arch an eyebrow at him. "My soulmates are seven of the most popular people on the planet. I'd say I'm---"
He interrupts me by placing one of his long fingers to my lips. "We are the lucky ones, Daisy. You were meant to be our soulmate. You are quirky and silly but also honest and open. You have a generous heart and soul." He punctuates his compliments with a kiss to my forehead.
"You think I don't see the same thing in each of you?" His expression falls a little bit, and suddenly I know what he is getting at. "Look, Hobi, I know life with all of you isn't going to be easy. But, I'm 100% all in. Hell, I was all in the moment Candace helped me connect the dots in who you all were. Besides, wouldn't life be boring if we didn't have some bumps and hiccups along the way?"
He looks a little forlorn at that question, and I am almost sad that I even vocalized it. "I just don't want you to ever regret trading your old life for this one."
I pull him over to the bed and sit down beside him. "My old life was nothing in comparison. Sure I had a couple of friends that I sometimes find myself thinking about and missing. But other than that?" I spread my arms helplessly. "I was just going through the motions, Hobi. I was just buying time and saving money until I got that injection." I want to kiss him right now so I can wipe the sad and worried looks from my sunshine's eyes, but I don't want our first kiss to be a result of this. I don't want to kiss him out of a sense of obligated compassion. I want our first kiss to come from sheer happiness or desire. Plus, I don't want to feel like we have a time constraint to enjoy each other. Even if I'm not ready to take it further than a few kisses; I don't want to sully our first loving touches with each other due to limited time.
He pulls me to him, and while I don't want our first kiss to be like this, I can't keep myself from straddling his lap and curling into his body. "I'm sorry. I don't know why I am being so depressing this morning."
I shrug. "I don't really mind. It's just another side of you after all."
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I've already gotten used to the amount of paparazzi and Army that wait to get pictures and video of us at the airport. I've only done this twice now, but it already seems overly familiar to me.
Jin gets out of our shared SUV first. Then he turns to hold his hand out to me. Despite the mask and sunglasses I can still see how he smiles. His sunglasses are currently low enough that I can see his eyebrows scrunching in a specific way and his eyes crinkling at the corners. I take his hand to assist me, and tune out the cacophony of sound the action seems to elicit from the onlookers nearby.
Hobi climbs out behind me, snaking my other hand with his. I smile warmly up at him. I am not sure he can make out my expression like I could Jin's, but it's obvious he got the point when he squeezes my hand warmly in response.
