I felt the slight tug of the yarn on my finger. Apparently no one can see it, but I can feel it. The soft string is on my pinky finger and it tugs me lightly in a certain direction. I don't always follow it because people drag me away from it.

They say only rare cases someone has a soulmate string with a disability. 

I stumble at the tug this time. It was strong, having it able to lurch me away from a conversation.

"Oh dear, Y/n!" My friend Aranea exclaims. She grabs my arm so I don't fall once more. "Please do 8e careful a8out where you are going. Now, as I was saying about the need for gun control--"

"Ara, my string made me move!"

"Wh8t?"

"My string. The soulmate string, remember?"

She heaved a heavy sigh and I could feel her hand rub mine. 

"Should we follow it today? I guess I don't have a 8ig su8ject to talk a8out today." 

I nod my head, my hair brushing against my cheeks and my mouth forming a grin. I felt the tug once more and I follow it. I haven't had time and neither have my friends have had the patience. Terezi and Aranea have different schedules and I respect them for that, but I also want to know who this person is. 

Aranea kept talking about her subject, not that it wasn't interesting, but I want to meet my soulmate!! She already has hers. Now I finally get to find mine.

The tugging made me cross over a grassy area, making me trip from bumpy terrain. I heard Aranea say something about wearing white heels was the wrong thing to do today. I ignore it. The only times she helped me with this is making sure I don't run into poles, people, or trees. I'm guessing we're in a park now. 

I swerve as the yarn makes me turn sharply. I squeal and I heard someone's foot tapping. I stand near something, I don't know exactly what. I heard feet tap. 

"WHAT DO YOU WANT, Y/N?" I felt my face blush in recognition. Karkat Vantas. I tug my hand and the string tightens. He grunts. Surprised? Disgusted? Scared?

"I felt my string pull me over here, where ever here is."

"WE'RE IN THE PARK BY MY HIVE."

"Well, it brought me here." I smile at where I think he is. I felt his soft hand on my arm. Aranea was apparently far behind from where I had walked/ran. The string that was always on my pinky finger drops and I go onto the ground to find it. Karkat snorts and I felt the string on his hand. It was untied like mine, an indent to how tight it was on his finger. I wrap the string between my fingers, I know my face was stretched in a smile. I squeeze the string and stuff it in my pocket. Karkat takes my hand and helps me up. I hug him tightly. 

"Wow, I knew you and never followed the fucking string."

"I HAVE TO SAY, I WAS SCARED WHEN I SAW IT WAS YOU. I DIDN'T THINK YOU LIKED ME."

"Well, we have all the time in the world to love each other."

"Y/n!" 

"I have to go back with Aranea, but talk to me okay? I kinda want to have a first date, you know?"

He agrees and hugs me goodbye. I wave in his general direction and go away smiling with Aranea. Who knew that a small tug can do so much?