This chapter is shorter than my attention span in class okay maybe not that short but it's pure fluff (sort of),so Sue me-
Genre: fluff

Warnings: none, other than Remus, Wait -bullying and the LORDS NAME IN VAIN

Au: soulmate au, the name of your soulmate appears on your wrist
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Third persons's POV

As long as Janus could remember he had always been the odd one out. No, it wasn't because of the off-putting disfiguration that took up the entire left side of his face. No, it wasn't because he was gay in a homophobic village. And no, it wasn't because of that awful lisp which made him sound ridiculous during serious discussions.

No, it was because as soon as the brunette took his first breath he was destined to be alone in this world, perhaps it was a cruel trick of fate. Or punishment for something he did in a past life?

Call it what you want, but the truth was blatantly obvious, Janus Sanders didn't have a soulmate, no name on his wrist that symbolises that there is person out there, just one, who understands you and you can spend the rest of your days together because you were made for each other. He never got that euphoric feeling, knowing that he was destined to fall in love- instead he had been shunned for it since childhood because "no one could ever love you, even the universe thinks so!" Sometimes the parents would get involved: those were the nights when Janus would burry his head in his pillow and like the pain ease tear by tear. Crying helped.
It made him feel less alone, as strange as it sounds, even if it was only for a few minutes.

After the years of torment and being jeered at, he had come to grips with the fact that he was unlovable and would die alone while his family moved on with their lives. They would find there "sweethearts", maybe start a family and forget about poor, old Janus.

He was taught that not having a soulmate was unnatural and he was an oddity just because no one's name was sprawled across his wrist in bold, fancy lettering.

And he believed them. He believed every single sugar-coated lie that dripped from his peers mouths like venom.
So can you imagine the emotional tsunami that slammed into him when he met Remus Duke at a bar.

Remus, like him, was born without a soulmate. Janus immediately took a liking to Remus and decided that they needed to at least be friends. So they had got to talking and really hit it off, so both agreed to go on a date the following weekend at a local cafe.

Janus really couldn't help it, Remus's was outgoing, funny, sweet, kinda flirty and really hot - the exact opposite of everyone in the town he grew up in. And Remus didn't cower at the site of his deformation or think it weird that he was gay, in fact he was gay too!

And Janus was forced to realise something for the first time in his life, just because he didn't have a soulmate doesn't mean he's unlovable or has to wallow in loneliness, because Remus didn't have one and he's the most lovable and fascinating person on Earth as far as Janus is concerned. Also Janus now knew that those children from all those years ago were never his friends, friends don't make you feel absolutely worthless because of something you can't control, friends don't shun you because you don't like the same gender as them and friends certainly don't talk behind your back. Friends are supposed to support you and yes you joke around but it's always harmless fun, nothing more.

Janus was determined to make sure that Remus never felt alone like he did.
So on their date he told Remus about himself and listened intently as Re talked about himself too, after that there was some banter and really shameless flirting exchanged between the too.

All of a sudden, one date became two and two became three and so on, until Re finally asked him too be his boyfriend. Janus was over the moon and immediately said yes, he was willing to do anything to be with the one person he could actually be himself around.
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And that leads us up to now, both of them breathless lying on Janus's bed and starting up at the dark ceiling- their legs were tangled together under the covers and the smaller of the too held onto Remus's hand tightly and intertwined their fingers as he panted- a small smile plastered on his face, he could feel Remus's chest go up and down as he panted and see his messy hair covering the pillows- he'd never felt this way before.

"God, I love you Jan," Remus whispered still keeping his eyes glued to the ceiling.

Janus faltered momentarily, he'd never said that before, then he rested his head against Remus's chest to hear his heart beat reassuringly in a rhythmic pattern before taking a deep breath and answering,
"I love you too,"

"Really!?" Remus sounded so happy it melted his heart.

"Yesss! I love you so much Re -ow! "

A piercing pain shot through his wrist, obviously he looked to see what was wrong and he couldn't believe what he saw. A range of emotions coursed through his veins: confusion, excitement, love. He didn't even know how it had happened, not that he cared.

In fact, he was so shocked and joyful he broke out into tears of pure happiness.

"What is it Jan? You're worrying me,"

" 'Musss look!"

He pointed  (with his other hand) at both his wrist which was showing, in fancy lettering
"...Remus?" He froze before looking down at his own wrist, a wide grin on his face,
"You're my soulmate? You're my soulmate! I love you, I love you, I love you,"

Janus felt over the moon and wrapped his arms around Remus as he laughed in relief, maybe the universe didn't hate him- after all, it gave him Remus.

After what could've been hours, The taller smirked devilishly, his hand cupping his boyfriends cheek,
"So soulmate, ready for round two?~"

"You're on,"
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It's too early to proof read so just tell me if I've made a mistake and I'll probably correct it, at some point.

1pm is way too early- anyway,

Stay safe,
Hydrated,
Optimistic,
Healthy
And beautiful!