❥ Soulmate AU; Where your soulmate gets a mark on his skin, the moment you fall in love with him.

• Semi x Een •

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When I regain consciousness, I see Semi's face over mine, looking down at me.

I could get used to this.

Semi raises an eyebrow when I sit up, and only then do I take note of the stinging pain on my palm. There was an injection connecting me to an IV drip, and I knew exactly what happened even before he lets me know what was wrong.

"Goddamit, Een. You know you're hypoglycemic, why can't you just eat? What's the hard thing about eating?" He yells, when I lie back on the bed. When I cover my face with the bedsheet, he hisses under his breath before pulling it off from me.

"This is serious, okay? I walk into your room fifteen minutes before your deadline to offer to take your project to the office and give you a break. And what do I find? You lying on the floor. I tell this to my mom too, and now I'm telling this to you; why the fuck can't you guys eat?!"

"Oh yeah. Your mom too."

"Een, I swear to God."

"Fine, I'm sorry. I don't usually do this now, you know." I mumble.

It takes me a couple seconds, and then I turn to face Semi.

"What's the time?"

"Time? It's uh," He pauses, glancing at his wristwatch, "10.46 pm. Don't worry, I got food from the cafeteria so you can eat-"

"No! My project! I had to submit-"

"Oh don't worry. I got Miyuzawa to submit it before she came here to see you."

"You.... What."

"Miyuzawa Aimee. Your friend, Aimee. The one with the black hair and nasty attitude."

"Eita, I know my best friend. Please stop before I slap you."

Semi is too busy laughing at his own sarcastic joke, his laugh being too contagious for me to not join in.

"No, but seriously. I know you worked hard on it. And you said you worked half a year for it. So I gave it to be submitted," He reaches into his pocket and hands me a piece of paper. I open it and see that it was the slip of admission, and I sigh in relief. It was submitted two minutes before 7 pm.

"Eita, thank you," I mumble. "Also, can we go out of here?"

"No."

"Cripes."

"What the fuck have you been reading to get that word?"

An hour later, Tendou pops inside, along with Hichimiya, who runs up and tackles me into a hug.

"You idiot, I keep telling you to eat. We even have that timer app thingy!"

"I had the Wi-Fi turned off. And seriously? Timer app thingy? We need to improve your vocabulary."

Tendou, for some reason, finds my remark hilarious, doubling over until Hichimiya kicks his shin. A few minutes later, I get discharged, when the nurse lets me know that my glucose shot is over.

The four of us take a bus back to school, fully exhausted. Tendou and Hichimiya tell us about how they had gone to the arcade, playing every game that existed before Hichimiya had beaten her boyfriend by a sorry 17-15.

Semi keeps hold of my hand until we reach the staircase, an irritated look on his face when Tendou and Hichimiya being to coo.

"O-Oi. Stop."

Before he could say what he wanted to, our dorm mistress overhears the noises we are making, and sends Tendou and Semi back to their dorms. Hichimiya won't stop laughing even when she reaches the dorm and closes the door behind us.

"Oh god. Eita so totally wanted to kiss you." She has to say, and I almost choke on the tray of food that he had brought over via Aimee.

She then tells me about the fluffy details about her date which she hadn't mentioned earlier, and we stay up till 1 am talking.

For the first time ever since we met, Semi sends me a goodnight text on his own today.

•••

The next day was Kaizawa's birthday. During breakfast, we had brought over a cake which Tendou begins to drool over when he approaches our table with Semi.

"Yo." My soulmate greets, slipping into the seat beside me. Before I can respond, my blonde friend bursts out laughing.

"Haha, Eita, you look like you're ready to shit, when you want to kiss Een." Hichimiya laughs, pointing a finger at Semi. This makes him flush, his glance turning to his bowl of cereal.

"I don't."

"Jeez, why do you get embarrassed to kiss her? She's your girlfriend. If you won't kiss her, then who would?" Tendou has to add, joining his soulmate and teasing mine.

"I agree with Hichi." Aimee has to add, and Semi sighs loudly between gritted teeth.

"Fine."

With that, he turns to glance at me beside him, before he places a hand on my shoulder. I can hear Hichimiya and Kanzaki's gasp, when Semi leans close enough to place his lips over mine. My eyes widen before my vision fuzzes, and I close my eyes until he moves away.

Semi has his gaze on me, his face flustered as he bites his bottom lip. When I begin to fumble with my fingers, he stands up, making everyone look at him.

"This seriously is way too early for kissing." He strings his words together in a hurry, grabbing his tray and making a run outside after dumping his plate of food to the garbage can.

"Pffft, I managed to get a good look at Shitsuki's face." Aimee raises a fist into the air in accomplishment.

"Mitsuki? Who cares about her? I got a good look at Semi's ton-" Hichimiya gets interrupted when Tendou picks up a baguette and stuffs it to her face. She lets out a whine, and I try to catch my breath while trying to analyse what happened. 

When I glance to the nearest table, I see that the people there are staring at me, and I stand up as well, hurrying to head outside in embarrassment.

As soon as I step outside, I see that Semi is leaning against the wall, looking down at his feet. He takes note of me, scratching his head a little.

When I approach up to him and lean beside him, he lets out a little sigh.

"Why."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that. It's just... I got annoyed," He takes another breath, pressing his arm on the wall beside me, "And I don't know."

Without another word, he pauses, cupping the other hand on my face. My head presses against the wall when he kisses me again, his soft breath on my face when he moves a little. He lets out a little grunt, his calloused fingers gripping my neck.

"I really like the face you make right when I lean away." He mumbles, looking down at me.

Embarrassed, I look away a little. It had been a while since I had started to learn the kind of things he liked to do, and seeing me when I was flustered was like an achievement to him.

"But really, I'm serious about this, Een." He adds, " And I'm serious about you. So you have to eat properly. Otherwise, I'm going to punish you."

"W-What are you sayi-"

I am interrupted again by his lips on mine, my nails sinking into the skin of his arm while I felt his tongue on my upper lip. I begin to tremble when he presses himself against me, and the way his nose brushed against mine makes my knees weak.

Semi lets out a loud breath when I look up at him, lips still parted open.

"By punish I mean, not talk to you for a while. What did you have in mind?" He looks away, flicking my forehead and turning around. I raise my hands to my face, trying to collect myself. Semi doesn't wait for me to be able to do so, taking my hand in his and then dragging me back upstairs.

The second we reach my dorm room, both our phones let out beeping noises.

"Oh. Did it connect to the wifi?" Semi wants to know, when I plop down on my bed.

"I don't know."

A few seconds of silence pass by, and I glance at Semi, who is reading something from his phone screen.

"Eita?"

Without responding, he raises a hand, making me blink in confusion.

"Eita, what's wro-"

"Een, check your email." He orders, his eyes darting to me. Shrugging, I take out my phone, tapping on the screen and pressing my mailbox.

Only then do I realise what Semi was getting worked up over.

My acceptance letter to college.

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a/n; welps