500 Follower Soulmate AU // Day 10
“Every year, you receive a puzzle piece. The whole picture is your soulmate’s appearance” + Julius Novachrono
This is it, the last day! Thank you for reading these and I will reblog the updated masterlist ASAP. I’ve been looking forward to this one so I accidentally wrote a lot oops <3
You always enjoyed your birthday, but today was going to be special, you just knew it. Every year since you got your Grimoire, a new puzzle piece appeared on your birthday, to be added to an incomplete picutre of the person that was supposed to be your soulmate. You never let anyone see the picture, even though your squadmates always asked. Today was special, because you were pretty sure it would be the last piece. Your puzzle pieces had always been pretty big, and the only spot left was over the face. Even if there were still a few pieces left after today, you could probably deduce who it was.
It happened soon after breakfast. You were cleaning your room when your Grimoire started glowing. “Ah! This is it!” You rushed to open it, your heart dropping a bit when you saw that the piece was smaller than you hoped, only containing a piece of a forehead. “Oh... well, still!” You quickly opened your drawer where you kept the picture, and without a moment to spare, fit it into a spot. You couldn’t see this man’s eyes, nose, or mouth, but you could make out a few of his features. He had messy blonde hair, and a strange symbol just below his hairline. It almost seemed familiar... Well, if you had met this guy before, maybe someone else in your squad would recognize him! So...
“Yami! Yami!”
“What do you want?” Your captain put down his newspaper as you ran over, carefully holding your pulled-out drawer. “This better be important.”
“Er- It is, to me...” You sucked in a breath before turning the drawer so he could see the picture. “I got a new piece today... he seems familiar but I can’t see his face. Any ideas?”
Yami stared down at the picture for a long moment, then his eyebrows suddenly shot halfway up his forehead. “Hahaha!” He suddenly let out a burst of raucous laughter, then pointed right at the picture’s forehead. “That mark there, that’s Julius’s magic mark. I don’t know what it is but I would recognize it anywhere.”
“...Julius?” You blinked, trying to figure out if you were supposed to know who what was. Julius... I only know one Julius... wait! It can’t possibly be-
Your eyes widened as the realization hit you like a tidal wave. “h-Huh?!”
Yami laughed again and stood up, clapping his hand on your shoulder once, knowing exactly who you were thinking of. “That’s right... this is hilarious. You should go tell him now, I’m sure he’ll be happy to hear that.”
You were still in shock, his words not registering right away. “T-There must be a mistake! I can’t be his soulmate, can I? Wait-” You looked back at Yami. “What do you mean, ‘he’ll be happy to hear that’?” You had met the Wizard King a couple of times, and he always seemed to be a perfectly nice man...
Your captain dismissed your question with a wave of his hand. “You’ll see... FINRAL!!!”
Despite your objections, Finral summoned a portal and sent you right to the Castle, ALONE, on top of everything else. You really had no choice but to press on forward. Seriously? Yami, I just found out that the man in my picture is the WIZARD KING, and you’re gonna make me go tell him NOW?! I’m in no state of mind for this kind of thing! Your hands tightened around your box, the picture hidden inside. What am I even supposed to say... this is going to be a disaster...
Well, now this disaster was upon you. Somehow, your feet lead you right to his office. You’d never been in here alone, but suddenly you were standing in front of him.
“Oh, hi, (y/n)!” The cheerful man smiled down at you like he always had, and somehow, a little bit of your nervousness melted away. “I wasn’t expecting anyone from the Black Bulls today... did you bring something from Yami?” His eyes darted down at the box in your hands curiously.
“No, not from Yami... from me, actually.” You gulped, your heart basically beating into your chest. Oooh... what if I’m wrong, I’m going to look stupid... But you had no choice. You held up the box, displaying the picture for him to see.
Julius’s eyes instantly widened. “That’s... me?”
“Yeah... there’s still a few pieces missing, but Yami was certain...” You couldn’t bring yourself to look in his eyes, but a moment later, you felt a hand land on yours. You were a little startled that he was suddenly so close, but one look at his comforting smile put you at ease.
“I see... my puzzle isn’t done yet, so I had no idea... but-” Julius cleared his throat awkwardly, and you swore you saw a hint of a blush on his cheeks. “I know we don’t know each other very well... but I always kind of hoped it would be you.”
... what?! Your face went red at the sudden confession. “Oh... oh!” Suddenly, you felt yourself smiling. “I’m... relieved you thought that!”
“Good!” Julius let out a laugh and took the box out of your hands, putting it on the desk. “Now, we have an excuse to get to know each other... would you like to stay for lunch?”
His eager expression just made you happier, and you nodded without hesitation. “Of course!”
Maybe this wouldn’t be so bad.
