Dan P.O.V

When I was young, I always saw a red string tied to my pinkie. But no one seems to notice or be affected by it. I try following it a few times, but it always disappears after a certain point, which annoyed me. I ask people about it but they all think I'm strange or crazy. My mom told me that at the other end of the string was my soulmate, but my dad said I was just imaging it. So of course I believe my dad. So I ignore it. But it never went away when I started to mature, but I continue to ignore it.

Until I found AmazingPhil on YouTube. I was very confuse as to why he had a red string tied to his pinkie. I thought he just put it there for the video. But I kept seeing it constantly in his videos, but I never brought it up.

I somehow got his attention one day. After that, we always talked and message each other constantly. But I still never brought up the red string.

The day we first met, I saw my red string was getting tighten, like someone was pulling it. When I got off the train, I saw Phil. My heart started to pound against my ears. I ran over to him and brought him into a hug. When we pull apart, I saw something that blew my mind, my string was leading to the pinkie of his. My eyes widen. But, Phil didn't seem to notice.

'I am the only one who can see the red string?' I thought.

I try a test to see if he can see it too. I lift my hand with the red string in his sight, but he didn't seem to notice. I frown slighty and quickly brought my hand down. So I never brought it up.

Late at night, I search up about the red string. There were a lot of theories. But one caught my eye.

'Red String Of Fate'

I click on it and started reading.

'My whole life I saw this red string tied to my pinkie, I ask my mom about it, but she thought I was imaging it and told me to grow up. So I quickly shut up about it.
I try cutting it, but the scissors went right through it. I was confuse and so curious about it.
When I was about 13, I went to the library -since computers didn't exist yet- and try to find some sort of book on it. I found a book called 'Red String' and it showed a hand with a red string tied to the pinkie. I quickly check it out and ran home to read it.
When I got done, I was convince that at the other end of the string was my soulmate. Of course, I didn't know at the time it was a fiction book, but wow, who would have thought that a book can bring me to now.
One day in high school, my string tighten. Next thing you know I ran into a boy. I saw he had a red string on his pinkie too. But I also notice mine connected to his.
After a few weeks, he ask me out, then we got married 5 years later.
Throughout the whole time, the red string was always there. But, one night change it all.
Me and my husband got into a fight, a really really bad one I may say. He walk out and when the door slam, the string got cut. When he came back to get his stuff, the string was hanging off his pinkie and it was black, so was mine.
I never met anyone who can see the red string, and if your reading this. I hope you believe. And I hope someone out there can see the red string too. My life went to shit after that fight. Thank you for reading.'

My eyes widen after reading the blog.

'Other people can see it' I thought excitedly. I look at the date of when it was posted.

'September 13, 2006'

I frowned slightly. It was only few years ago. I try looking for a name or a email, but there wasn't one. I look at the comment section.

'Faaake'

'Awwwww, thats so sad, I hope everything gets better <3'

'good read, but this is totally fake :/'

I frowned yet again and close my laptop.

'They must never saw the red string' I thought.

A ringing came from my laptop. I look at my Skype. Phil was calling me. I accept it. We talk the whole night, but I kept looking at the red string on his pinkie.

It's 2012. Phil and me started going out at the end of 2009. We also became YouTubers for a living. We made a fan base. But, they ship us. It was hard on us, because they didn't know we are going out. But we didn't want to come out yet.

One night, everything change. We got into a argument because I was scared to come out, but Phil wanted too. Phil brought up the fact I was the one who started the shipping mess. I said he was drifting away from me. That set him off. We fought for a while.

He walk out of my room suddenly, slamming the door. The wood hit the wall, breaking our red string of fate. A tear fell down my cheek. I turn and grab my phone and open Phil's contact.

Dan: little ray of sun, do you think we're done?

Phil: Yes...

Dan: oh

The phone fell from my hands, as I fell on my bed. A sob escape my throat. I cry myself to sleep that night.

Next morning I woke up to a knocking on the door. It was Phil. He apologized, so did I. We made up, but didn't actually get back together.

But I notice something. Our string was tied together in the middle, but the string was black. I felt my heart drop and a tear falling. We lost the red. My mind went back to the blog I read a long time ago. I knew just then, we will never be the same again....

(This was inspired by '2012' by Katherine and Eden.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I was writing it, and if you like this little story hit that vote button with red string, and I will see you people later.)