Hi guys! So... I may have lied. This isn't Marhinki. But I have a different idea for a multi chapter Marhinki story which I have begun... hehehehe... stay tuned for that! But for now, here's a little something! This is based on the 'Soulmate AU' post on tumblr, which isbasically an alternate universe where you are born with a clock on your wrist that counts down to when you meet your soulmate. This is my high school smosh games version!

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SOULMATE AU (Jovencorn, Ianthony)

Joshua straightened his glasses, ran his hands through his hair nervously and checked himself over in the mirror one last time before picking up his black backpack and heaving it onto his back. It was full of textbooks an exercise books for the last year of high school, and he was taking every math, science and IT class available. He was determined to cram every bit of knowledge into his head before he left school - but today, they were the least of his worries.

He glanced at the faint purply-red numbers etched on his wrist, and watched the numbers contort and change. Today, more than ever, they seemed to burn relentlessly.

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It was these numbers that dictated his future, and after a summer of dread, his time was nearly here. He was destined to meet his soulmate in school, and all he could do was hope for the best. His heart was beating irregularly, and grabbed a piece of toast before running out the door with his heart thumping in his chest.

He met with his friends Ian and Anthony at the bus stop. After enduring a summer of Joshua telling them every disaster he had imagined about meeting his soulmate, the two were rather relieved, albeit worried, for their friend.

"Dude, chill," said Ian, patting his shoulder. "They're meant to be your soulmate. You wouldn't be paired with someone you have nothing in common with."

Joshua started panicking. "But what if-"

"But what if you have nothing to worry about?" Anthony butted in, exasperated. "It's going to be FINE."

The bus pulled in at the side of the road, and the three squeezed onto the crowded vehicle, leaving Joshua to his own terrifying thoughts whilst being jostled against other students.

Joshua was in a daze all morning, nervously sipping a coffee before the bell rang for the first morning assembly. The seconds oozed by in the suffocatingly cramped hall obscenely slowly, and every word that the principal said merged into the next, creating an inaudible monotonous drone that echoed through Joshua's head. He scanned over the heads of the other students, glancing down at the clock on his wrist. Suddenly he locked gazes with someone across the room, and time froze. The icy blue eyes he saw across the room had a cold intensity to them that glued Joshua to his seat. He glanced down at his wrist then back up again, but they were no longer there. He stared back at his wrist intently. Did I just see… he thought for a moment before he realised for certain. The numbers were as before, but for a fraction of a second, he saw the numbers flicker to zero. He knew he had found his soulmate. His blood rushing, he looked back up. In the place where their eyes met was instead a head of bright orange hair. As the principal dismissed the students and they all stood up, the bright orange hair was swallowed by sea of people and Joshua's world became black and white as the bright image of the hair was imprinted into his brain.

At first break from across the 6th form common room, Anthony and Ian watched Joshua helplessly as their friend silently drank cold coffee to keep himself awake after many sleepless nights of worrying. Ian looked over at Anthony, who was picking sadly at a chocolate chip cookie. "Dude, you alright?" he asked comfortingly.

Anthony nodded emotionlessly. He nibbled a bit on his cookie before muttering angrily, "I can't help but be jealous of him though. At least he has a future."

Ian narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean, 'at least he has a future?'"

Anthony's eyes widened in panic. "Uh, nothing. Bye," he marched away before Ian could say anything.

Ian glared at Joshua and replied quietly to himself with a bitter tone. "I know exactly what you mean, Anthony."

Suddenly, he realised what he said and looked around him desperately for his lifelong friend. "Anthony!" he called.

But he was long gone, and the bell for class had rung. When he turned back around, Joshua had also gone, and he set off for English class alone, his hands in his pockets and deep in thought.

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Joshua arrived in IT with his hands burning so fiercely that he could barely type.

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His head was spinning and reeling and every heartbeat made him feeling like he was going to be sick. He was struggling to keep his emotions under control as he nervously logged on to the computer, tapping his hands impatiently on the desk. To calm down, he watched the loading icon of the mouse pointer spin round and round in circles until he felt sick. The computer was taking ages to load, and Joven could the seconds melting away until the moment.

10s

Suddenly his computer screen blacked out. "Uh, Sir," he raised his hand. "My computer…"

"The teacher peered down at Joshua. "Ah, Ovenshire, your computer! Let me see..."

The teacher scratched his bearded chin. Joshua felt his stomach lurching as he peered down at his wrist.

5s

The door of the classroom squeaked open behind him. He didn't look. His eyes were fixed on his wrist.

4s

"Moss! You're late!" bellowed the teacher.

3s

"Sorry sir…" mumbled a low, gruff voice.

2s

"As a punishment, you can help Ovenshire with his computer."

1s

"Um, hi."

TIME

Joshua looked up. He was met with a pair of piecing wide blue eyes and a mop of spiky orange hair. It was undoubtedly the pair of eyes from across the assembly hall. "I'm David Moss," he said, holding out his hand. Joshua shook it in a daze. Nothing was happening. Did he know? Was there a mistake? As David leaned closer to the computer to try to fix it, he whispered something inaudibly under his breath. "S-sorry, what did you say?" asked Joshua.

David winked at him and repeated his whisper. "Soulmate," he said with a smirk.

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Ian found Anthony alone on a bench outside, staring with empty eyes at the grass of the playing field. Ian took a few deep breaths before sitting next to him, snapping Anthony out of his daze. "Oh, hi," mumbled Anthony.

"Hey," replied Ian, hesitating before continuing. "So - you said something earlier that got me thinking."

Anthony knitted his eyebrows. "What are you talking about?"

"Thing about it for a second Anthony - we've been friends our entire lives - we were born in the same hospital, we were raised side by side - there has to be something."

Anthony became worried. "What are you saying?"

"There has to be a future."

Anthony clenched his fist. "Of course there isn't!" He burst. "I'm just a freak who's destined to die alone! It's just the way things work," he cried angrily, holding back tears.

"...What does it say on your wrist?"

Anthony at first recoiled from the invasive question, before lowering his defensive front, hanging his head in shame and shakily holding his wrist out to Ian, displaying the digits on his wrist:

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"It's always been like that," Anthony sniffled quietly. "I just guess there's something wrong with me."

Ian took Anthony's wrist in his hand, and held his own next to Anthony's. "That's what I'm trying to say. You're not the only one, and maybe -"

Ian compared his own wrist next to Anthony's, exposing the same blank digits as Anthony.

"- maybe we already found each other."

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