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Minho Soulmate AU everywhere a soulmate touches leaves flowers, and everywhere someone else you’ve fallen for touches leaves bruises.
Movie night, usually full of discussions on terrible plot lines and hilariously obvious mistakes, giggles and popcorn being thrown at the idiotic characters on screen and each other but tonight the both of you were completely silent. It was weird. No spontaneous tickle fights, no talking at all, you could barley even hear him breathing. You knew it was your fault for making the tension in the room so high. It wasn’t just dodging his hug earlier on, you’ve been mildly avoiding him the last few days. You felt bad about it but couldn’t bring yourself to tell him why.
During the duration of the movies, Minho’s eyes would flicker in your direction every time you flinched. He wished for nothing more than to pull you into his chest and comfort you, but you seemed so…distant with him the past few days. He doesn’t want to push any boundaries or make you uncomfortable.
A grotesque Monster flashed onto the screen, scaring the absolute shit out of you. Instinctively you jumped onto Minho, letting out a yelp. He smiled and laughed as he wrapped an arm around you. “Well hello to you too!” You ripped away from him harshly, sending yourself onto the floor. His face contorted from happiness into worry. “(Y/n) what’s wrong?” He started to move off the couch making you scrambled back and farther away from him. “S-stay away…please.”
Bruises started to appear all over your body, only in a t-shirt and torn up jeans everything was visible. You felt like a discolored display piece, full of blacks, blues, yellows and greens. Tears slipped from your eyes as you looked down at yourself. “I’m so sorry.”
Minho was in utter shock and disbelief, it was clear as day by his facial expression. “You hate me now don’t you? I’m sorry…I didn’t mean for my feeling for you to grow this much. I was trying so hard to hide it.” you hid your face in your hands not knowing what to do, just wanting out of this situation.
Minho rushed off the couch and to your side on the floor. “What are you talking about? Why are you apologizing?!” “I don’t know…” “If I made it seem like I was angry or something I didn’t mean to I was just in a state of confusion and happiness. I couldn’t believe it’s happening to you too.
Embarrassed you began to wipe the tears from your blushing cheeks. “what do you mean ‘too’?” He started rolling up his sleeves, revealing the array of lesions that tainted his soft skin. You were more than stunned, you were absolutely dumbfounded. Stuttering over your words you rapidly throw questions out at him. “Wait, what??? Why? Since when?? Why didn’t you say anything?? Why have you been so adamant on physical contact with me still knowing it would cause you so much pain??”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa. Deep breaths, you gotta give me some time to answer here. Why? Because you’re such a wonderful, caring and beautiful person. You’ve helped me much more than I’d like to admit. I’ve never met a person quite like you. I fell for your genuine kindness and incredible personality. You’re also really cute I guess.” He smirked at you causing you to roll your eyes. How could he be teasing you at a time like this?! “Since when? I think it happened a couple days before I found you at the graveyard that night and I didn’t say anything probably for the same reason you didn’t. Embarrassed and fearful of rejection, right?” You nodded in agreement. “As for your last question…I’d deal with pain a thousand times worse just to hold your hand.”
You looked into his eyes full of hope. “You really feel that way?” “Of course I do, if the bruises don’t prove it then how can I show you?” Silence fell around you two for a few moments before you finally decided to brake it. “Kiss me.”
He wasted no time pulling you onto his lap, gently setting one hand on your cheek and the other on your lower back and softly pressing his lips against yours.
Did it hurt? Of course it did, but you were willing to deal with the pain just as he was.