ᴇɴᴅʟᴇꜱꜱ | ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴇɪɢʜᴛ
Saja Boys x Reader | Soulmate AU
Y/n storms to her room, silently seething as she paced back and forth. Why was she this upset? Yes, it angered her to know that Celine treated both her and Rumi differently. But what she said about Y/n's soul mark, she spoke about it as if it were something to be ashamed of.
Like Y/n was less of a person for having it.
She couldn't help that it was there, it was literally out of her control, in the hands of some outside, mysterious force. One that doomed her to repeated the cycle of rebirth over and over again...
If only Celine knew...
Y/n quickly banished the thought from her head. No. Celine can't know. She wouldn't understand anyway, nor would she accept it. She barely accepts Y/n as she is now. But after knowing that she was fated to not one, by five demons...
No way.
Y/n sighed heavily before decided to turn in for the night. She hopped in the shower, then got dressed in her pajamas and laid down to sleep. In dreams, her mind ran wild with memories that weren't her own...
Of a palace, of a prince.
Y/n lived within the prince's palace, but not as his wife. She was his concubine, a favorite of his in fact. Chosen to bare him a child, when his wife could not.
But their relationship went much deeper than that. The prince had fallen in love with her, desired only her. His wife? An afterthought, forgotten about. Of course, his wife was more than displeased by this.
And so, she took action...
Y/n felt her lungs burn, her throat tighten. It was as if her insides were melting. The taste of her own blood filled her mouth, and she was unable to speak as her beloved held her in his arms, begging and pleading for her to stay alive.
Wordlessly, she brought her weak trembling hand to his cheek. Her eyes stared into his own, taking in every inch of his face, trying to remember him as her world faded into darkness.
Y/n woke with a sharp intake of air, sitting up as she placed a hand to her chest, feeling her quickened heartbeat.
“Dreaming of me, were you?”
Y/n gasped sharply as she looks to the side of her bed. There lies Romance on his side, his chin propped on his hand as he stared at her with adoration.
Y/n calmed down, a soft sigh escaping her. “Are you all just…gonna randomly show up now?”
Romance shrugs. “When we have the time. And we always make time for you, love. Better get use to it.” Y/n wanted to argue but then she remembered.
“Wait.” She starts. “Dreaming of you? You…You know what I was dreaming about?” She asked. Romance sits up straight. “Not entirely. I couldn’t see your dream, if that’s what you’re wondering. But I can feel them when it happens. Your soul gives your mind away, love.”
“My soul?” Y/n tilts her head. “The bond.” Romance clarifies. “The bond is connected to your soul, and ours. Well, what’s left of our souls….I felt you, I felt your memories.”
Y/n was surprised by his words. The bond was strong enough to let him know what she was dreaming of. But it wasn’t a pleasant dream…
“I think I dreamt of dying.” Y/n murmured. Romance’s smile fell. “Yes…I felt that as well.” He sighed. “What you saw was true. Your death was…” He trailed off.
Y/n saw the hurt in his face, and decided to lighten the subject. She scoots closer to him. "You were a prince? What was that like?" She asks curiously. Romance scoffed and shook his head. "Dull as dirt." He answered simply.
Y/n smiles lightly. "Surely it wasn't all bad?" Romance hummed. "Not all of it. Especially after meeting you." He looked to her. "You still look the same. Gods...you're still so gorgeous. I believed I died for a moment the first time I laid eyes on you. Even now, I feel my breath being stolen from my lungs."
Y/n looked away bashfully. "Oh uh...That's-" She cut her words short when she realized something. "Wait how did you get here without my mother noticing?"
Romance took her hand in his. "Relax, love. There is no one here but us right now. Which means..." He kissed the back of her palm. "I have you all to myself."
Y/n relaxed a little at that, only to tense up again at what Romance said next.
"You and Baby have a nice time last night?"
Y/n bit her lower lip as she feels her heartbeat pick up. "W-Well-"
Romance chuckled warmly. "He took the first step. Of course he did, little brat. I can feel the bond growing stronger...that's good." His thumb gently caresses the skin of her hand. "The sooner the better."
Y/n stares at him a moment. "You all...really feel this way about me?" She asked. "You all...love me?"
Romance's eyes met hers, not a trace of uncertainty in them as he spoke. "Love can't even begin to describe it. What we feel for you...it goes so much deeper than what you might understand as love. You are what makes our darkened hearts beat, the very air in our lungs, you are what keeps us going. If not for that...we would have perished long ago."
"But now that you're here...we can not live without you. Not a single moment. You are ours...you always have been. You always will be."
Y/n looks down at her lap. "I still don't fully understand all this. But..." Her gaze met Romance's again. "I want to."
Romance smiled warmly. "That's all I need to hear."
One moment, Y/n was in her bedroom with Romance. Then the next, he had her right in the center of a living. The entire space screamed "luxury". But any penthouse would be as much. But that wasn't what caught her attention.
What caught her attention, was the four men in the room.
Romance, from Y/n spoke. "She want's to give us a try." He says as he put his hands on her shoulders. The other four Saja's all took a sighed breath. But before any of them spoke, Mystery was already heading to Y/n.
When he got close enough, he fell to his knees and hugged her waist, burying his face in her stomach.
"W-What are you-!?"
"It's his way of apologizing." Abby explained. "He's not too good with words. But I think you already knew that."
Y/n looked down at him, he looked up at her. And though she could not see his eyes, which she was sure were pleading, she did note the pout on his lips. Y/n sighed as she placed her hand atop of his head.
"It's fine...I know you were only trying to fix...whatever exactly, this whole thing is between me and you guys." She looked to the others. "Romance is right. I do wanna try and understand. But I'm not going to lie. This...scares me a little." She went on.
"I had lives before this one. Memories. But I can't recall any of it. But these dreams I've been having...of seeing how I was before. With you...And then dying..." Her gaze fell back downward, Mystery was still looking at her. "It must have been painful...To have to watch it happen over and over again."
The five fell silent, and it was confirmation enough.
"I...I don't know if I can love you. N-Not yet, that is. I'm sorry but, you're all strangers to me. In this life, that is."
Jinu spoke next. "We're not going to force you to love us. But we are going to charm you to the best of our abilities. We want you to remember, but only if you're ready." His deep onyx eyes gazed into hers. "Are you ready?"
Y/n paused, then exhaled. "I am. Just...maybe not so much at once."
A simple request, one they were all more than willing to comply with. Anything, if it meant getting the one they loved back. The boys kept to their original plan, charming and courting Y/n one at a time.
Jinu would have his turn next. He was...the easiest out of all five. Calmer, more...human. Not that it was an insult towards the other four. But Y/n eventually learned from Jinu, as to why that might be.
He was technically the youngest out of the five, spent less years as demon, still had a connection with his human half. As distant as it might have grown over the most recent years.
He still felt a yearning to be whole again, to feel without guilt or shame. The others? Deep down, maybe. But they've all grown use to the numbness. It was a dread that could only be filled by her, their beloved.
Their soulmate.
They didn't need anyone else, nothing could fill their desires like she could.
But Jinu? A part of him wanted for more. Not to say he'd ever trade it for Y/n, no, never. If it came down to it, he would fully lose himself to his inner darkness, he'd allow himself to become a monster for her.
Yet, when he takes in this new world around him, and the humans that inhabited it...He felt a deep envy. He wanted to know the joys felt by human hearts.
But maybe, Y/n could help him feel that once again after all these years. As a matter of fact, he knew she could.
She was his everything, after all...
Short chapter sorry TwT
Just wanted you guys to know that I'm still working on this fic and intend to see it through (to the best of my abilities) to the end.
More to come soon!
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