In what world was he allowed to keep seven men? If this was his fate, then he understood the origin of the marks. It is rooted in selfishness to call others yours before they can choose. At least, that was the Asian take on these marks - a red string inevitably locked into each other's hearts and souls. "Why are you viewing this as a bad thing? Why are you rejecting us upon the assumption that we also don't want to be selfish and keep you?" But despite the negative root of having such marks, there was a part of him that ran wildfires at the thought of being theirs. Before the revelation of physical soul marks shared - he dreamed that the boys he befriended were his. 恋の予感, maybe he learned the twisted translation of its history. Perhaps it isn't a steeled fate but an open invitation.
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