Soul Mate AU Post

[armsmode]

The "sign" for soul mates can be whatever, the way they meet or even if they've already met, whatever it is!! I just love soulmate aus.

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[moresuffering]

He's been like that since we were little. Because he hurt me with his psychic powers. [...] He wasn't even conscious. So he didn't do it on purpose.

[killectric]

Oh...

[That's rough, buddy.]

There's nothing you can do about it then. Maybe he likes being that way.

[moresuffering]

...Sorry, you don't really care about that, do you? What else do you want to talk about?

[killectric]

... [He won't answer that.]

Who knows? I don't usually think about that sort of thing. I just follow my gut.

[moresuffering]

I don't talk to people that much outside of school, so I wouldn't know.

[killectric]

Why not? Isn't that the whole point of being normal? You get to do stuff like that.

[moresuffering]

The kids in my class are annoying. And the people in the student council act really weird.

[killectric]

[Killua gives Ritsu a look that says he's skeptical of his definition of "weird".]

So you don't like anybody?

[moresuffering]

Not really.

[killectric]

That's stupid.

[He starts flipping through the manga again, with an air of finality.]

[moresuffering]

Yeah.

[He's not disagreeing. But he still doesn't care. He scoots a little closer to read the manga with Killua. And maybe also to try and regain some of that comfortable closeness they had before.]

[killectric]

[Killua pauses to glance at Ritsu, and there's a certain tenseness in his shoulders as the other boy scoots closer.]

It's not really big enough for two people...

[moresuffering]

... [That kinda hurts to hear... but Ritsu sets his jaw stubbornly, biting down the bitterness.] I wasn't going to do anything this time.

[killectric]

Yeah, well...

[Killua huffs, slumping his shoulders forward. Closing himself off.]

[moresuffering]

[The rejection seems clear enough to Ritsu, who hesitates only for a minute more before standing up.] ...I'll go take a bath, then. [He can't get angry at Killua over something that's his fault. So just... go stew. Ritsu's never fucked up something this badly before. He grabs pajamas to change into and closest the door behind him with no ceremony.]

[killectric]

[As soon as Ritsu leaves the room Killua feels a heavy weight bear down on him. He practically throws himself down onto the floor, curled up and flipping through manga. He's not reading it.

He's just staring at the pages.

What the hell is he supposed to do? He doesn't believe in that soulmate crap. He didn't... He just wants to be friends. He just wants to be normal.]

[moresuffering]

[Ritsu takes a long bath, trying to calm down and think of how to properly apologize. How to actually make it up to Killua for kind of forcing himself on someone who just wanted to be friends. And once he's out of the shower, and back in his room.... Killua's gone. Wordlessly, Ritsu stacks up the manga and returns them to his brother's room, before climbing back into his own bed and huddling under the blankets. He's never felt more like a total creep in his life. How could things get more pathetic than this...]