☆THE SWEETEST PLOT TWIST☆
[Extract from Chapter 1]
Jinyoung got off the bus in a daze as Jackson went on rambling about random stuff. Usually his best friend’s enthusiastic chitchat helped him to stop overthinking everything, but today was different. That day he couldn’t ignore the feeling that something big was about to happen. Maybe it wouldn’t be bad, but it would surely be something that would change his life forever.
Or maybe he was, in fact, thinking way too much about how the day had started.
“Jinyoungie!” Mark -one of his best friends and Jackson’s boyfriend- put an arm over his shoulders, bringing him back to the Faculty of Philology’s entrance, where they were. “What happened? You look like you’ve seen a ghost! Are you okay?”
“I’m fine.”
Mark was about to ask further just to be stopped by Jackson’s meaningful look. They entered the building, the morning rush of students of the finals week welcoming them. Now the pair was having a wordless conversation while he was in the middle of the two, making him more uncomfortable by the minute.
“Can you two stop? It’s annoying,” Jinyoung said, sending both of them his trademark death glare.
“You know we can’t control it.” Jackson sent a sheepish smile. “It’s a soulmate thing.”
“Whatever.” He rolled his eyes. Even if he had never experienced it, he knew about it. First, from the stories his mother had told him when he was just a kid and then when Jackson and Mark experienced it. At first he was pretty skeptical and thought that those were just fairy tales to make people believe in true love. How could it be that there would be somewhere a person whose soul would be in perfect synchronization with his, allowing them to share their thoughts among other things more befitting of fantasy novels for teenagers than actual reality? That was what he used to think until his best friends told him that that was exactly what was happening to them. Then, disbelief became loneliness. He knew that there was a remote possibility that he would find a soulmate, but he couldn’t help to envy the perfect relationship Mark and Jackson had.
“You would agree with us if you heard me and started your quest to find your soulmate,” his flatmate added.
“I don’t care, Jackson. I told you it’s useless and I have lots of things to do.”
“What is more important than finding your soulmate?”
“Ugh, shut up, Jackson! You sound like a dialogue from Twilight!”
“Guys, come on.” Mark put himself between the two flatmates and interrupted them before they would start bickering to no end. “We have done the perfect coursework that will give us a great grade in English Literature thanks to Jinyoungie’s awesome ability to direct our mess. Let’s get focused.”
“Hyung, how can you be so positive?” Jinyoung added.
“It’s our job to make up for your emo and grumpy mood… Just as yours is being our chill pill.” Jackson stick out his tongue and hit him on his arm with his fist softly, making him smile.
“That’s right!” Mark said with a smile full of enthusiasm and put his arms over Jackson and Jinyoung’s shoulders. “Let’s go!”
