Art : by me

Title : Markless

3rd POV

"Hey loser! Found your soulmate yet? O wait, you don't have one" The biggest bully of school said as he yelled at Woolfster.
"Get lost Mike. It's not his fault he doesn't have a mark" Tbvg said as he tried to tell Mike off.
"Just like it's not your fault you're going to double slap your soulmate?" Mike taunted.
That took Tbvg back. The palms of both of his hands were black, but they weren't like the ones who gave their soulmate a handshake, so there really wasn't any other things it could be for. His friend has proposed that he could simply high-five his soulmate, but he had pointed out that then only one of his hand palms would have had the mark.

"Mike, let them" Chris, Mike's soulmate, said and dragged him away from Woolf and Tbvg.
"Thanks for standing up for me" Woolf said as he looked up to look Tbvg in the eyes.
"Hey, no problem. It's what any of us would do"
Tbvg and Woolf were getting lost in a conversation, but Blaza was about to put an end to that.

"Good morning guys! How are you doing today?!" Blaza unexpectedly yelled as he wrapped his arms around the shoulders of both Woolf and Tbvg.
"No touch!" Tbvg hissed as he took a step back so he was out of Blaza's reach.
"O, sorry bro. Momentarily forgot you don't like being touched" Blaza apologised as he let go of Woolf too.
"Eh. It's alright I guess... It's not that I can stay mad at any of my friends anyway" Tbvg said as he took his books out of his locker and put them in his bag.

"So, are you two still on for game night this Friday?" Blaza asked the two as Woolf was getting his books too.
"Of course dude! Wouldn't want to miss it" Tbvg answered.
"Especially if I can irritate Dino" Woolf said, now with a much happier facial expression than a minute ago.
"Why do you like it so much to irritate him anyway?" Blaza asked, tilting his head ever so slightly.

"That's just how our friendship is. We've been like that ever since we know each other"
"Just as much as your friendship with Socks is kinda gay" Woolf said, sticking his tongue out at Blaza.
"Really gay you mean" Meme said as he suddenly joined his friends' conversation.
"But that's just how he is. He just acts gayly most of the time" Blaza said, not denying what was said about him and Socks.

"But mainly with the two of you though" Tbvg said.
"But we both know that's it's all just a joke anyway, so what's the harm?"
"There is no harm. I never said there was-" Woolf started before he got interrupted by the rest of their friends' arrival.
They immediately lost the conversation they had going on, and just kinda looked at each other for someone to do something.

"Hey guys. How was your weekend?" Tbh asked as he strook up a conversation with the friends he had not seen yet today, as the others were going on about whatever.
"Not that eventful" Woolf answered.
"Played some games, irritated Dino, slept for quite some time" Woolf continued.
"Did you make your homework?" Tbvg asked.

"Math took quite some time for me to fully understand it" Tbvg continued.
"And then you still have to make all the assignments" Blaza added.
Woolf stayed silent.
"You didn't make it, did you?"
"I only made what I was capable of during the lesson. I forgot to do more once I was home" Woolf admitted.

"I'll help you during break, okay?" Tbvg offered.
"Daww, am I not allowed to just copy your homework?"
"No, you have to learn how to do it. If I let you copy all of my homework, you'll fail the tests we get about them!"
"He has a point you know" Tbh said, agreeing with what Tbvg had said.

"But that's boring" Woolf complained.
"It may be boring, but at least I'm willing to help you. I can also just let you figure it out on your own"
"Alright, alright, I'll take your help please"
Meanwhile, Blaza had walked over to the other group of their friends. And was about to greet Socks, when the bell rang. But that was not going to stop him.

"You're looking good today, Socks. Hot even. No homo though" Blaza said as he walked away to go to his class, but had to pass behind Socks to do so.
"Sike!" Blaza yelled as he slapped Sock's ass.
But instead of laughing it off like they normally would in such a moment, Socks turned as red as someone possibly can.
"Socks? Are you alright?" Blaza asked once he noticed something was wrong with Socks.

"How did we never touch before?" Socks murmured.
"I'm sorry, what?" Blaza asked as he was not able to hear Sock the first time.
"That that was the first time we ever touched" Socks said, loud enough for Blaza to hear this time.
"So wha- Ooh. O my" Blaza said as he was speechless.

Meanwhile, all of their friend were laughing their asses off.
"Good luck with the rest of your day, I have to go to class" Tbh said once he had enough air again to say something.
"Blaza, come. We have to get to class too" Joocie said as he took Blaza's wrist and dragged him away to their class.
"But, but..." Blaza said as he made grabby hands to Socks.
"You'll get to see him during lunch break. Now come, before we get detention and you won't be able to see Sock after school either"
"Alright, alright, I'm coming" Blaza said as he turned around to walk the right way to class.

~Time skip to lunch break~

"Hey guys, have you heard about the dance that's coming on?" Oompa asked the gang as he sat down at one of the corners of the table.
"Yeah! I'm going with Muffin" Nadwe proudly said as he side-hugged Muffin with one arm.
"How so?" Dino asked before he took another bite of his lunch.
"He wants me to dress well 'for once'. So he's going to give me a makeover before the dance" Muffin said as he struggled to break free from Nadwe's grip.

Joocie and Oof were trying to get Nadwe to let Muffin go, while Socks was laughing so hard, he fell backwards from his seat.
Socks was speechless for a moment as he stared at Meme and Blaza, who sat beside him, before all three burst out in laughter.
"Come on, get up" Blaza said as he held out a hand for Socks to take.

Socks took the hand, and almost fell forward because of the force Blaza used when pulling him upright.
"Careful" Meme said.
"Don't want you to get hurt right before your first dance with your soulmate, do we?" Meme teased Socks.

~Later that day, just before the dance at the place they are all at~

"Hey Tbvg? Could you please help me out?" Woolf asked as he walked into the room with a hairbrush.
"Sure, what do you need help with?" Tbvg asked the other boy.
"I want my hair braided for now, so that it's flowy once it has dried. But I've never really braided it myself, so I was hoping you knew how to"
"O, yeah. I'll help you. Come sit down in front of me" Tbvg said as he took the footstool that stood a few feet away from him so Woolf could sit on it.

Woolf did as told, and sat down in front of Tbvg and closed his eyes, as that worked better if someone was brushing his hair for him.
And so Tbvg brushed Woolf's hair so it would sit good, and divided Woolf's hair into three locks of hair before he starting to braid it together.
But he was not able to finish the braid. At least not at that immediate moment.

"Hey um... Woolf?" Tbvg asked as he looked at his hands.
"Yeah?" Woolf asked without moving or opening his eyes.
"You remember the conversation about marks from this morning?"
"Yeah? Why?"
"I think I have found your mark"

"Oh?! Where is it? Is it coloured?!" Woolf asked as he now moved around to Tbvg.
"It is now..." Tbvg said as he had his, now coloured, hands in front of him.
"What? But, how?" Woolf asked in disbelief.
"You didn't have a mark on your body, because your black hair, was the mark"

Woolf stood up and hurried towards the mirror that was hanging in the hallway.
And indeed, while the top of his hair was still black, the bottom half was coloured like the rainbow.
"A mark stays coloured for how long again?" Woolf asked Tbvg the moment he caught up with Woolf again.
"About a day or so?" He responded.
"It's not extremely long that it stays coloured, but I think it will stay this way till at least the end of the dance"

"Then they all will finally see that I was not born without a mark! And I do have a soulmate" Woolf said with courage.
"A pretty awesome one at that" He said as he gave his soulmate a big hug.
And for once, Tbvg did not hiss 'no touch', nor did he even budge. No, this time, he hugged back.

"Nah. I think I have the better one"
"You wanna bet?" Woolf asked as he bent backwards, not really letting go of the hug yet.
"5 Bucks that you're better than me" Tbvg said.
"Deal. Now give me the 5 bucks" Woolf said as he started to laugh.

"Woolf! Tbvg! Where are you guys?! We want to leave!" Tbh yelled through the house.
"We're in my room! Come take a look!" Tbvg yelled back.
"What's taking you so long..." Tbh started, but got silent once he saw the two.
And with the two, it was mainly Woolf's hair, and Tbvg's hand palms that he was looking at.

"You're?"
"We are" Woolf said with a giggle.
"But I think we're ready to go" Tbvg said as he looked down at Woolfster.
"Yeah, let's go" Woolf responded as he took Tbvg's hand and dragged him out of the room.

When they came down, all of their friends were exited for them, and that they both had found their soulmate.
But the best moment was still about to come. The moment he could show all the haters that he did have a soulmate.
And to top it all off, Woolf and Tbvg shared an amazing slow dance, where everyone could see that they belonged together.