soulmate au: anything you draw/write on your own skin appears on your soulmate's

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"Are you ready for our chemistry test?"

Your best friend's question made you stop in your tracks in the crowded hallway. A few students walked into you, complaining about you not moving and holding them up. You, however, had other concerns; the chemistry test had completely slipped your mind, despite it being the biggest test with every 3rd year having to take it. With wide eyes you looked at your friend and grabbed his arm. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

A sheepish smile grew on his lips, his warm brown eyes not looking at you. "I forgot to tell you," he admitted with a shy chuckle, scratching the back of his neck. He knew how you were but he had been busy and forgot to remind you.

You clasped your hands over your face. "Hayate, what am I gonna do now?!" You always had problems remembering important things concerning school, mostly because you didn't care that much about school. However, you still managed to get good grades and that's why you kept not being bothered by it too much.

"Hey, you'll manage," Hayate said with a warm smile and put a hand on your shoulder. "You somehow always do," he mumbled. He was just as clueless as you about how you managed to get good grades.

You took a breath and nodded. "Yeah you're right," you said and rolled up your sleeves, eying your inner arm. Hayate raised an eyebrow while you tried to estimate how much stuff you could write on them. Chemistry was one of your strongest subjects so you only needed to write down specific details that were new to you. Looking up with a smile, you nodded. "You know, I guess I'll really manage."

Hayate shook his head with a smile. "Your soulmate must think you're some loser."

You gasped and put a hand on your chest. "Excuse me, I'm actually a genius if it wasn't for my laziness."

Hayate chuckled and ruffled your head lovingly. "Yeah sure, keep telling yourself that. But they sure must think you're always cheating in school because you're stupid."

You pouted and crossed your arms. It was still true what Hayate said - if school stuff would appear on your arms like that you would think exactly that. But your soulmate has never written something on their arm or anywhere else before. It was mostly you who wrote on your arm; mostly for cheating on tests. "Well, they could also write something on their arm for once."

Hayate shrugged. "Maybe they'll finally freak out about this much advanced chemistry and write something back."

You narrowed your eyes at him. "I don't want them to write anything," you huffed, making Hayate chuckle. It was quite strange that you still hadn't heard anything from your soulmate.

Normally, people would go crazy to find out more about them and most of the people already found them by the age of 16. You were now 18 and had never even written a word with them. You weren't too obsessed with finding them and they seemed to feel the same way about it.

Hayate had also found his soulmate about a year ago. She was a sweet and kind girl in your year. You got along with her a lot and she even became one of your best friends in a year. You were happy for your best friend and even if he teased you about possibly not having a soulmate, you didn't make the effort to find them in order to prove him wrong.

The bell snapped you out of your thoughts and you gasped. "Shit, I'll be back in five minutes," you called out to Hayate before running down the hall towards the lady's restroom. You needed to scribble down a few things on your arm before the exam. The brown-haired boy chuckled and shook his head before making his way to class.

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Kuroo was bouncing his knee up and down while waiting for the teacher to enter. The tense atmosphere in the classroom only contributed to his nervousness. It was unusually silent, only the clock's ticking echoed through the room full of students.

The upcoming test was taking a toll on everyone, and despite being one of Kuroo's favourite subjects, the chemistry test was making him nervous as well. And when he noticed black lines appearing on his arms, he tensed even more; especially when the lines formed into exactly the chemistry formulas and definitions he needed for the test. He read the things appearing on both of his arms briefly before rolling down his sleeves with shaky hands and a quickly beating heart. He didn't want to fail the test just because his soulmate decided to go crazy about chemistry. What the fuck?

This was not the first time, things about school subjects appeared on his arms. At first he thought that his soulmate was cheating themselves through their exams but somehow it didn't make sense that they only wrote down a few specific things and not everything. Kuroo shook his head and the teacher came into the room.

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A sigh left your lips when the exam was over. You didn't get caught cheating and the notes on your arms even helped you with some answers. You packed all your things and left the classroom where Hayate was already waiting for you. When you saw him, a grin grew on your face. "I completely nailed it."

He chuckled and shook his head, "Yeah, but only because you cheated."

"I didn't completely cheat," you said and crossed your arms. He raised an eyebrow, making you glare at him with narrowed eyes. You two had a staring contest until someone bumped into your shoulder. You snapped your head over to the person only to see the school's volleyball captain. You huffed and looked away from his retreating figure. Everyone at school knew Kuroo; he was one of the popular boys everyone swooned over. You looked at Hayate, "Your captain is rude." He didn't even apologise for bumping into you.

Hayata smiled, amusement flashing in his eyes. "He's actually pretty nice," he said, making you roll your eyes. "You know, everyone is kinda waiting for him to find his soulmate. The girls are freaking out over him."

You only hummed, not really interested in the whole Kuroo situation. You had other things to think about. The girls who were obsessed over him were stupid in your eyes; there were more important things to think about. Turning to your best friend you shrugged. "I'll see you tomorrow. Have fun at practice." He nodded and ruffled your hair before you went separate ways.

At home, you spent the rest of the day doing nothing in particular and when you stepped out of the shower, you couldn't believe your eyes. Tightening the towel around you, you gawked at your arm.

'I have no idea why you're suddenly a chemistry freak, but for once your notes helped me in an exam today.'

"Oh my god," you mumbled and tightly shut your eyes, cringing at all the things you have written on your arm before. "My soulmate really thinks I'm stupid." A part of you had secretly hoped that Hayate was right and you were one of the rare cases that didn't have a soulmate.

Quickly putting on your pyjamas, you took a pen and sat on your bed. You tapped the pen against your chin while looking at the first ever message you received from your soulmate. "What am I doing?" You shook your head and were about to put the pen away and roll down your sleeve when another message appeared.

'You're not gonna tell me what you needed the notes for?'

"Screw it," you mumbled and opened the pen's lid with your mouth before writing down something on your arm as well.

'I had a chemistry exam as well.'

You raised your eyebrows at the coincidence. How were the chances that you and them both had a chemistry exam on the same topics? With knitted eyebrows you watched new words appear on your skin. Could it be that we are in the same school?

'What a coincidence. So you normally cheat on your tests?'

You let out a huff and crossed your arms, considering not to answer anymore. Whoever that was seemed smug and you didn't want to keep talking to them. Pressing your lips together, you glanced at your arm briefly. A groan escaped your lips before you scribbled on your arm.

'I normally don't cheat, I tend to forget a lot of my exams so I only need a bit of help.'

A few minutes passed and you were still staring at your arm, waiting for an answer. But nothing came. "Whatever," you mumbled and rolled your eyes before laying down. You closed your eyes but let out a sigh before you angrily peeked at your arm one last time. A smile crept on your face when you read the words.

'You still helped me today, thanks. Good night :)'

Scribbling down a good night as well, you went to sleep with a small smile on your face. Maybe they're not that bad.

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"Your soulmate really did write to you?" Hayate's eyebrows shot up as he eyed you nodding your head. A sudden knowing smirk crept on his face, making you knit your eyebrows. "This is fucking amazing," he mumbled to himself.

"Oi," you slapped his arm, "What's that supposed to mean?" He hid something from you and being the noisy person you were, you wanted to know on the spot. And the smug smirk didn't mean anything good. Hayate only shrugged and whistled before going to class. With narrowed eyes you followed him to the classroom; for the rest of the day you didn't get out of him what he was smirking about.

"You're not gonna tell me?" You crossed your arms when you both stood in front of the school building after classes. He didn't have practice today, so you walked home together.

Hayate smirked. "If you really want to know," he shrugged and glanced at you with an amused expression, "Kuroo wants to find his soulmate now."

You sweatdropped and slapped the back of his head. "Idiot, and I thought it was something important."

He chuckled and stepped away from you. "That's kinda important, and I know exactly who it is." A wide smirk crept on his lips when your wide eyes snapped over to him in surprise. "I saw something written on his arm yesterday and coincidentally I saw the exact thing on someone else's arm as well."

"No way!" You grabbed his arm looking up at his face. "Tell me."

Hayate pushed you away from him before walking ahead, shaking his head. "I thought you weren't interested in him." He laughed internally. If you only knew.

"You're right," you said and jogged up to your best friend, "I don't care." Grabbing your backpack's straps, you bit your lip. You really wanted to know who it was and Hayate knew it. You glanced at him. "It's Kenma, isn't it?" It wouldn't surprise you even a bit if it was the quiet setter. You had always thought that they were too much of best friends and partners to not be soulmates.

"I won't tell you, but maybe he'll tell you."

"Idiot," you grumbled, "Why should he tell me?"

Hayate only shrugged, sending you an innocent grin and a shrug. You huffed and crossed your arms, oblivious to all the hints your best friend already gave you. Just yesterday, Hayate had seen both of Kuroo's arms in the boy's changing room. And they were full of the notes you had taken a few minutes prior to the exam. Hayate was glad that it was someone like Kuroo that was your soulmate. The both of you were quite similar; you were good at school, mostly introverted and both of you were calm and collected people - at least if Yaku didn't trigger Kuroo.

"You really won't tell me, will you?" You stopped in front of your front yard and pouted slightly.

Hayate shook his head with a fond smile, happy that his friend would soon grow up. "Get some sleep, I have a feeling that tomorrow will be a great day." He patted your head before walking to his house, leaving you standing there with crossed arms.

With knitted eyebrows you looked after him until he was out of your sight. Heaving a sigh, you got into your house and immediately went into your room to take a nap. However, a message on your arm made you stop. With knitted eyebrows and a small blush you sat on your bed.

'I want to know more about you. Are you free?'

You gulped and took a pen.

'Yes I am.'

While waiting for the answer, you quickly changed into something comfortable and got under the covers, taking a pen with you. You opened your laptop to watch a movie when new lines appeared on your arm.

'Nice, you can text me. xxx xxxx xxx'

You froze, not believing they gave you their number just like this. They may be your soulmate, but you still hesitated before saving their number on your phone. For all you knew, they could've just given you a random number.

Biting your lip, your fingers slowly typed hi before lingering over the send button. Shutting your eyes tightly you pressed send. When your phone vibrated, you peeked one eye open and looked at the text.

'I almost thought you wouldn't text me.'

You rolled your eyes with a small smile.

'I almost didn't but whatever.'

The both of you texted for a while and you found out that his name was Tetsuroo and he was also in 3rd year high school and even in Tokyo. He liked chemistry and was therefore interested in you after he saw all the notes. If you hadn't written all these things on your arm, he probably wouldn't have contacted you. But before you could manage to find out more about him, he ended the conversation, saying he still had something to do.

With a sigh you laid down, covering yourself with your blanket completely. "He's not that bad," you mumbled with a small smile before letting sleep take over.

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You huffed and put your chin on your palm while the teacher was going on and on about maths. You were good in the subject and already knew all of that, boring you to death. Beside you, Hayate was busy taking notes while you looked out of the window, not paying any attention.

When something appeared on your palm, you felt your heart skip a beat and waited for him to complete his sentence with a small smile.

'Hi, I'm bored out of my mind right now.'

You resisted the urge to giggle and took a pen to tell him that you're in the same position as him and that maths was killing you.

'Well, we could continue our conversation from yesterday.'

You nodded to yourself already knowing which question you wanted to ask next. After all, you wanted to know roughly in which area he was living in.

'Which school do you go to?'

He didn't take long to answer and when he did, your heart threatened to stop right there and then. Staring at the words nekoma high school with wide eyes, you sat up straighter.

Immediately, you looked around the classroom, trying to find someone who was looking or writing on his palm. When you found no one you turned back to your own palm.

'Which class are you in?'

Your heart dropped and you jumped off your seat, scaring everyone in the room with the loud scraping sound of your chair. The teacher sent you a glare to which you quickly bowed and excused yourself. Avoiding Hayate's questioning look, you rushed out of the classroom.

"What the fuck?" you said to yourself, leaning against the wall beside the classroom before pressing your palm on your forehead. You only knew one person in this class that was called Tetsuro and that was Kuroo.

"You don't seem to be too happy about me."

You looked up when his deep voice reached your ears. Kuroo stood in front of you with one hand in his pocket and a small smirk on his handsome face. Pushing yourself off the wall, you cleared your throat quickly. "I don't know what you mean," you trailed off, not looking at him.

A chuckle escaped his lips and he nodded to himself. "Lucky me, I got a really charming soulmate."

"Hey, I can be charming," you quickly defended yourself, making him laugh. Heat rose to your face and you huffed, crossing your arms. However, you couldn't help but feel relieved. At least, a decent person was your assigned soulmate and not someone you couldn't stand or was absolutely disgusting in character. Unbeknownst to you, a small smile crept on your lips at the realisation.

"You sure are a cutie." Kuroo patted your head, making your face beet red. You swatted his hand away from your head, your smile falling quickly. "Well, since we found each other, I wanted to ask if you're free on Saturday."

Taking a breath, you slowly nodded. It would make no sense to reject the boy now. Why not give it a try. It can't be that bad.

Kuroo smiled and nodded but before he could add something, Hayate put his arms around your and Kuroo's shoulder, pulling you two closer to him. "Finally, you two found each other," he grinned, "And here I thought you two oblivious people would take weeks to find each other."

You pulled out of the group hug and slapped the back of Hayate's head. "You knew and you didn't tell me, idiot."

He rubbed the spot you had hit and chuckled innocently. "Then it wouldn't have been fun for me," he admitted and shrugged, earning a glare from you. He smirked and looked between you and his captain, "But you already have a date."

"No," you quickly said, knowing exactly what your best friend was thinking, "You're not coming as well." Turning to Kuroo, you narrowed your eyes at the taller boy. "Don't tell him where we're going or he'll deadass come."

Kuroo chuckled and nodded while Hayate let out an offended cry and dramatically fell on his knees, clasping his chest. "The betrayal!"

With a blush you grabbed Kuroo's arm, and dragged him aways from the scene your best friend was causing. "If anyone asks, we don't know him."