Pairing: Lin Yanjun x Reader
AU: Soulmate!AU {I didnât see you wanted a soulmate one until my friend read the request, but luckily my plan I already had could easily fit!}
Note: Iâm sorry this took so long, but I went to NYC over the last weekend then my keyboard died cause I use a wireless one (mine on my laptop is broke) and I only just got batteries. Anyways let me say I fell in love with Yanjun these last episodes too and especially during this prank cause he was so adorable. Anyways I hope you enjoy!~Rin
P.S. Iâm making this the first thing he said to you rather than are you hungry cause I like this better so keep that in mind.
Request: Hi, I love your idol producer writings and am so glad to see you taking requests!! Would you mind writing a soulmate au for Lin Yanjun? I fell in love with him after these last few episodes and especially the firewalking stage  Â
âThatâs the first time Iâve seen a ghost thatâs so disappointed.â Yanjun laughed at you fully displaying his dimples as you slinked back behind the curtain,âDisappointedâ. In reality you were trying really hard to process what you had just heard come out of the silver haired boyâs mouth. Luckily he was the last trainee and you were allowed to get out of your costume and make up.
You threw off the fake bloodied sheet that you wore and pulled up the sleeve of the shirt that you had on beneath it. The words that ran the length of your forearm were no longer black, but now a shimmering gold that had you mesmerized. In reality you thought that they would never change, because in what situation would your soulmate ever say
âThatâs the first time Iâve seen a ghost thatâs so disappointed."
. You were sure it was a cruel joke played on you by the universe for something that you had done in a previous incarnation, not that you believed in those but maybe.
If someone were to ask if you were happy you might not say yes, because it seemed like Yanjun didnât like you at all. After being his make up artist for three months those were the first words you ever heard him speak. Everyone else always chatted extensively with their make up artist and those around them, but Yanjun always seemed to go quiet the second he stepped into the make up room. Even if you heard him laughing about with the other trainees as they came down the hallway, it seemed that when he crossed the threshold and saw you he was drained of all joy.
However, here you were running your hand over the gilded words in wonderment that the cold boy was your one and only soulmate. Maybe he had already figured out that you were his and he was upset by the idea. But then you werenât all that talkative in general and you were sure that you would never be the first to speak up, especially to someone as stunning as Yanjun. You were also sure that you had never even told him to close his eyes, because he was the perfect client and always did everything exactly the way you wanted him to without a word spoken.
âY/N! Go get that face paint washed off and go to the make up room. The boys wanted to have an artist copy a picture of a look on one trainee while another trainee does it to yet another.â Your boss pushed you towards the bathroom where you cleaned up before heading off to find the three trainees.
âOh look sheâs here now we can get started. Do you know what we are doing?â Bu Fan turned to you as you entered the room and you noticed both Fan Chengcheng, and to your luck, Lin Yanjun sitting in the make up chairs. After internally groaning you gave a nod to Bu Fan making sure not to speak in front of Yanjun.
Bu Fan handed you a picture of a woman in very complicated make up and you studied it closely before handing it back. Now that the cameras were rolling you had no time to worry about your soulmate sitting five feet away from you. Instead you switched into work mode in order to deliver the most exquisite display you could in order to shame Bu Fan.
âSince you usually do Yanjun you are going to do Chengcheng this time to maybe give me a leg up. Of course this is Chengcheng telling me this and Iâm not sure if heâs just trying to avoid my amazing skills.â
âItâs actually not usually itâs always. I like how she works so I always wait until I can get her.â Upon hearing this you turned to the vanity to see what supplies they had given you or so they couldnât see the blush that rose up. You didnât know if they noticed or if they were being nice, but no one mentioned anything and the challenge finally started.
The whole time Chengcheng was his usual meme self and joked excessively with you. You tried to keep your composure between Yanjun being so close and all the things that Chengcheng was throwing at you to get you to break. You had made it five minutes before you burst out laughing. Whatever he had said made you drop to the ground clutching your stomach which was quite unprofessional, but you absolutely couldnât help it.
You only stopped when you saw Yanjun give you a look that was devoid of emotion. Getting up you wiped your eyes and continued on silently although you got teased by the other boys from then on.
Nothing really excited happened until you went over to Bu Fanâs vanity to grab a brush that you didnât seem to have. You held your breath as you brushed against Yanjunâs chair and you planned to do so until you left, but thatâs when you saw them. The sleeve of his sweatshirt had ridden up and on his forearm you could see the words that were written there in black script.
Dracula muffins on a Friday
âThe hell does that mean.â Everyone looked at you wide eyed and you instantly felt your face burst into flames. You bowed and began to apologize profusely at your language. Bu Fan and Chengcheng just laughed and let you off the hook while Yanjun hastily pulled his sleeve down a little embarrassed.
You were mortified as you went back to doing your job not really thinking about what had truly happened. It wasnât till you were back at home that night that you really thought about it. You had said something different to what was on his arm and you had no clue what that would do.
Would you no longer be soulmates? Had you just messed everything up for the both of you? Had this ever happened before and if so what happened? Curious you spent all night researching, but came up empty handed. All you had was a deep gnawing fear in the pit of your stomach that you had ruined it all.
That fear only grew when you went into work the next day and Yanjun said nothing to you as usual. You presumed that nothing had changed on his arm and that you were doomed to be to soulmates who came close enough to touch but in the end went rocketing by each other. You tried to ignore it, but a weight began to crush the life out of you.
Weeks went by and Yanjun never said a word to you. Instead of love growing between you two there was only sadness flourishing within your chest. When people took note you just brushed them off and tried to get to the end of the show. Only then would you be able to truly wallow and hopefully get past this whole thing.
Except when that day came you found yourself on the verge of tears the entire day. You managed to hold it together even as you did Yanjunâs make up for what would be the last time. Stupidly, however, you couldnât hold in your words like you could hold in your tears.
âYanjun I just wanted to apologize for commenting on your soulmate words those weeks ago. It was ridiculously rude of me to say what I did and I just wanted to make sure I didnât make any bad blood between us.â
âNo itâs fine. I know that they are really weird words and it wouldâve been hard not to comment on them I suppose.â He gave you a small smile and your heart panged as you bowed to him and he left to go on stage. You silently cleaned up your station and gathered your personal belongings without conversing with your colleagues who seemed thrilled at the successful production.
Grabbing you bag you trudged out of the building and into the parking lot. Everyone else was staying to see the final performances and the results, but your heart couldnât hold out anymore. You thought it couldâve done better than it did though as you found yourself sliding down the building sobbing.
You curled into a ball and pulled your knees into your chest. Tears became endless as your body heaved and your world finally came crashing down. You were sobbing so loudly that you didnât happen to hear the door next to you fling open and strike the metal wall behind it.
âY/N!â Before you knew it your head was pulled up and you found your face held between Lin Yanjunâs soft hands. You tried to stop sobbing so he could tell you what he needed, but he only made things worse. It wasnât until he completely caught you off guard that you were able to calm down. Yanjun pulled you into his chest and started rubbing your back slowly.
âWha-What are you doing?â
âY/N youâre my soulmate. After what you said I felt the need to look at my arm and the words are different. They are what you said when you saw what the had been.â How had he not noticed then when he was getting changed all this time? âYou may be confused as to how I didnât notice. The word length is the exact same as before and Iâve seen these words everyday of my life so itâs easy to ignore them.â
âSo... they did change?â You pushed out of his chest and looked into his eyes hoping that you werenât dreaming.
âWait... did you know you were my soulmate?â He grabbed your wrist and pushed up your sleeve to see the gold that was written there. The instant he read the phrase the words burned brightly before disappearing. You could see light shining through his shirt where you knew his words were. You two were really soulmates.
âI knew since the ghost prank, but when I saw the words on your wrist and said something different I thought we werenât soulmates anymore. Anyways weâve known each other for months and you never speak to me and always seem annoyed to see me.â
âI wasnât annoyed to see you I was nervous. I thought you were so captivating and I didnât want to speak in case I said the wrong thing and turned out to not be your soulmate. I mean how do I even get you to say Dracula muffins on Friday?â You laughed at his incredulous tone and could understand his apprehension.
âWell I guess it was more up to me so Iâm the one to blame I here. What now though?â
âI take you out on a date after this whole thing is over. For now though you can come inside and watch me kill it.â Yanjun pulled out his killer dimples and pulled you up without resistance. If someone asked you if you were happy now you might not have said yes. You mightâve said you were ecstatic.
