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"hey samu?"

"yes, love?"

"do you believe in soulmates?"

keiji shifts his body so that he& #39;s facing osamu, head resting against his arm.
osamu merely looks at him in playful exasperation, already used to keiji& #39;s random thoughts and questions that seemingly come out of nowhere.

"i don& #39;t know. but i& #39;d like to think they exist." osamu leaves a chaste peck on the other& #39;s forehead. "what made you ask?"
keiji& #39;s eyes are still closed when he replies, "i don& #39;t know. i read a book about them the other day and i guess it just got me thinking."

he runs his fingers through keiji& #39;s soft hair and hums to acknowledge that he& #39;s still listening. "and what of it?"
outside, the sun moves to set on the horizon, casting various shades of orange and gold to caress keiji& #39;s face. osamu thinks he& #39;s most beautiful like this.

"people used to say he was my soulmate."

osamu doesn& #39;t ask who keiji& #39;s referring to, just continues to play with his hair.
"do you agree?"

as soon as osamu asks that, keiji disentangles himself from their position to sit up, legs drawn up to his chest. understanding that the conversation is about to take a more serious turn, osamu soon follows.

he sees keiji take a deep breath before answering,
"i don& #39;t remember a time in my life where i didn& #39;t know him. we are best friends, have always been best friends."

osamu is not gonna lie and say that that didn& #39;t cause a sting to his chest. but he reasons out in his head that it shouldn& #39;t matter because keiji is here now.
"but i think he was always meant to be a different kind of soulmate. the platonic kind."

osamu feels familiar fingers cup his face, coercing him to look up. he sees nothing but gunmetal blue, full of adoration. full of honesty.
"but you know what? i don& #39;t really care whether soulmates are real or not. or whether you are my soulmate or not. that shouldn& #39;t matter because osamu, i choose you. i& #39;m not going to let fate or the universe take that choice away from me."
osamu& #39;s heart soars. he& #39;s never been more in love than he did in that moment.

"i choose you, too. soulmate or not."

the distance between them closes once more, a promise of continuing to choose each other today and in the future sealed in a kiss.
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