in the middle
pairing: kim seungmin x seo changbin x f!reader
summary: in a world full of soulmates, you don’t have a mark and come to the conclusion that you’re one of the rare people who doesn’t have a soulmate. until one day you wake up in a body that is not yours and a secret in the form of a person wrapped around your waist.
warnings: soulmate au, body swapping, a little angsty
word count: 2.2k
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a/n: a new mini series inspired by some vtubers i watch who did a trope or nope stream for valentines and spoke about body swapping and then this fic idea was born. ty again to everyone who voted on the poll for the pairing! i hope you enjoy and tysm for reading!!
Growing up you always loved the idea of finding your soulmate, the person you’re meant to be with. You’ve asked your parents to retell their story to you more times than you could remember.
Both born with a date on their left wrist, the date they would first meet. They had met when they were in elementary school and were able to grow up together, their bond always strong. You thought their story was the most romantic thing you’ve ever heard of.
But you didn’t have a bond, at least not a physical one that you could see. It was rare to not have a soulmate bond that wasn’t visible. And it was even more rare to not have a bond at all.
You had hoped something would appear eventually, knowing some marks don’t show up until a specific age. And when your family had moved to a new city when you were twelve, you wanted to believe this would be a new opportunity to finally meet your soulmate.
Then you met the boy next door who was a year older than you. Seo Changbin. He was kind enough to show you around on your first day of school. You thought that would have been it, an obligatory request his mom had asked him to do.
But he stuck around and you had no complaints. He was sweet and made you laugh. And you weren't going to deny that you found him extremely cute.
Eventually the boy next door became one of your closest friends. It felt like you had known him your whole life, a strong bond quickly forming between the two of you.
It was hard to not form a crush on the older boy. He was the perfect gentleman, or at least the best one a thirteen year old boy could be.
With how close the two of you were, people assumed you were soulmates. Unfortunately you weren't. After a few months of being his friend, you had learned that Changbin saw the world without color. A visual bond that would be broken once he met his soulmate for the first time, someone who was not you.
Your heart tugged at the thought of him being meant for someone else. It was hard to explain, but it felt like the two of you were supposed to be bonded.
So you didn’t act on your crush. You knew once he found his soulmate you wouldn’t be the biggest priority in his life anymore.
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You were his biggest supporter when he mentioned wanting to pursue music. You saw how passionate he was about wanting to compose his own songs. And when he mentioned auditioning for an idol company, you were by his side every step of the way.
You weren’t much help when it came to music but Changbin insisted that your presence motivated him. So you spent time with him while he composed his audition song. Many late nights were spent together while you tried your best to encourage him.
“These two lines just don’t flow well together,” he huffed out, running a hand through his hair.
Your thoughts are pulled away from your homework by his words, looking up from your spot on his bed. “I think it sounds good, Bin,” trying to assure him.
“You just have to say that because you’re my friend,” he whines before crumpling a piece of paper and tossing it at you, hitting you on the top of the head.
“A true friend would tell you if it sounded like shit,” you point out. Picking up the paper and tossing it back at him, accidentally hitting him in the face. Letting out a giggle as he flinches from the impact. “And it definitely does not sound like shit.”
He mumbles out a quick thank you before turning back to the sheets of lyrics on his desk.
And when the day of the audition comes around, you’re there to hold his hand to calm down his nerves.
“They’d be fools to not accept you,” you point out.
“Y/nnie you can’t insult them,” he chides but you can see the way the corner of his mouth almost pulls up in a smile.
“Well it’s a good thing I’m not the one auditioning."
And when he gets his acceptance into the company, he admits that you’re the first person he thinks of to tell the good news. And your heart skips a beat at his words.
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Changbin raves to you about his two new trainee friends, Chan and Han, a lot. And it makes you happy that he’s found people who have the same producing interests as him.
He talks about the two boys so often that it feels like you personally know them, despite never having spoken to them. You’re not surprised when one day he tells you that they formed a group together, 3Racha, so they could release songs on SoundCloud.
You’re always their first listener when a new song is posted, becoming their biggest and number one supporter.
Eventually Changbin starts to get busy with his trainee practices and you start to see him less often. You see him in the halls at school, a friendly smile and wave passed between the two of you, but he no longer has the time to hangout once the final bell rings.
And when he excitedly tells you that Chan has chosen him to take part in a survival show, he becomes a ghost. His replies come days later, full of apologies and excuses, when they used to come in right away.
Yet you still support him, because he was about to start living his dream. So you watch the survival show and send as much encouragement as you can to the person who holds a special place in your heart.
The announcement of their debut doesn’t come as a shock to you. They were all talented and the company would have made a huge mistake to not debut them all together.
He starts showing up more often after that. And it feels like you have your Changbin back, even just for a little while. Because eventually he starts to get busy again, and when he gets busy he pulls away.
His absence makes you feel hollow and you realize that you’ve gone from being his best friend to just the girl next door.
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The two of you lose touch for a few years while he’s in his rookie stages of being an idol. Despite no longer being close, you still support him and the rest of his members silently. You would always be his biggest fan.
Then, years later, you see him for the first time in person since his debut. He’s pulling into his parents’ driveway as you’re grabbing the mail from the mailbox.
When your eyes meet, it feels like time stops as he gets out of the car. His young teenage features are gone. And you silently curse him for becoming even more good looking and handsome.
You're frozen in place when he lifts up a hand to wave at you, a polite smile on his face.
“Y/n! Long time no see,” he exclaims like he didn’t just ghost you for the past few years.
Your eyes widen at his words and before you can think, you're turning around quickly and walking back into your house, shutting the door loudly behind you.
Behind the safety of the front door, you let out a breath that you didn’t realize you were holding in. Oh my god. How could he just act so casual?
A sudden knock on the door causes you to jump in surprise. And before looking out the peep hole, you have an inkling on who could be on the other side of the door.
And you're right because on the other side of the door is Changbin who is rocking back and forth on his feet. When you don’t open the door he knocks again.
You can’t pretend no one is home when he just saw you walk inside just a couple of minutes ago. So you reluctantly open the door.
“Hi,” he smiles nervously at you.
“Did you need something Changbin?” It’s the first time you’ve said his name out loud in a while. It feels foreign on your tongue.
“I’m home for the weekend and wanted to know if you wanted to hang out?”
“I’m busy,” your reply quickly, throwing back the words he had told you multiple times. You're not sure if you should feel proud or sad at the way your words make him flinch slightly.
You go to close the door but he’s reaching out to stop it. You push a little harder but he’s stronger than you, the door doesn’t budge.
“Please Y/n,” he whispers. There's a slight pout on his face and he's looking at you with the big pleading eyes you always had trouble saying no to.
“Changbin. You can’t just ignore me for years and then come back like nothing happened,” you hiss out. And you’re glad that your parents aren’t home for once because you knew they would instantly invite him inside.
“I’m sorry. I fucked up I know. Please just give me one more chance,” he pleads.
You want to say no, to tell him to leave you alone. But the next thing you know, you’re walking side by side to the ice cream shop the two of you used to frequent often.
He doesn’t have a good explanation as to why he stopped talking to you but he sounds sincere in his apology. Your mind is telling you to not forgive him quite yet but something in your heart just wants your best friend back. To have him back in your life to fill the hole he had left all those years ago.
So you give in. And he promises this time he’s not going to let you go.
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You’re in your mid twenties now and Changbin keeps his word from that weekend in your early twenties. The two of you easily fall back into the friendship that you used to have.
He’s busy being a world famous idol but he finds time for you still. Your messages don’t go left unread and when he has the time to come home he makes sure he sees you.
The small crush on him during your childhood only grows bigger as the two of you grow older. But you know you’re not his soulmate and you know he hasn’t found them yet, stating he still saw the world in black and white.
So you don’t say a word about your feelings to him or to anyone else. Keeping it locked away in your heart.
Changbin at least has a bond that he’s aware of though, so he knows his soulmate will appear one day. After years of hoping for a bond to appear for yourself, you start to lose hope. Coming to the conclusion that you most likely do not have a soulmate.
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Waking up, your bleary eyes take in your surroundings and you quickly notice that you’re no longer in your bedroom. You’re in an unfamiliar room and a bed that is definitely not yours. A hotel room, you realize. And then panic starts to set it.
You’re about to get up when you feel a weight resting around your waist. Looking down you notice a head full of fluffy dark brown hair nuzzled into your side and an arm wrapped around your waist.
Where the hell are you? And who the fuck is this person wrapped around you?
Getting up quietly, trying your best to not disturb the mystery man as you untangle his limbs from yours, you find your way to the bathroom.
And when you look into the mirror you almost let out a scream. Because looking back at you is not yourself, but your best friend and neighbor Seo Changbin.
This must be a dream, you think to yourself. There’s no way this is happening.
Looking down at yourself, your hands frantically move to pat around your body, or Changbin’s body, to make sure you’re not dreaming. You reach up and pinch yourself on the arm, hissing in pain. Definitely not a dream.
You look into the mirror again as Changbin’s features stare back at you. His, yours?, cheeks are flushed pink from sleep.
Eyes widening in realization. Holy shit. Your soulmate bond.
Of course you had to have the most rare and inconvenient bond, body swapping. You must have done something in a past life to upset the universe if it took this long for it to come into play.
Then it hits you. This is real. And Seo Changbin is your soulmate and has been this whole time.
In your panicked state, you don’t piece together that you’re in Changbin’s body and he’s definitely not supposed to be seeing in color.
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