1. How did you come up with the AU for this? Was it purely your idea or inspired by something else? question by YellowSniper64

I was scrolling through the internet when I saw a bunch of soulmate AU ideas. Then, I thought it'd be fun to write my own story. The AU that I created was actually something I came up with on my own (with the help of one of my friends) and so, here I am now with this story.

When we were scrolling through the AU prompts, some of the ideas stood out, but none of them were interesting enough to me. That was when my friend suggested, "What if you switch bodies with your soulmate?" I thought that was cool, so I ended up using that idea. However, I added the details of the AU myself (e.g. what do you call the 'switching body' experience? How long does it last? When do you have it? What are the possibilities? and other specific detail.)

2. To Roman separately: do you think there may be even a CHANCE that you and Virgil could AT LEAST be friends in the future, because tons of people ship you guys (as in pair you in a relationship) and I think it'd be hella cute and sometimes when you think you hate someone you're actually just in denial so just... think about it. question by doritosandicecream

Eh, I'm not entirely sure, dear friend. In truth, I do not like Virgil very much and it's apparent that he doesn't like me either. Do people think we could be a good pair? I certainly do not think so. Everything is messy, even when I try to fix it. Virgil is difficult to deal with. He's so dark and gloomy all the time and it looks as though he wanted to be rude. The most outrageous thing is, he's only rude to me! I'd like to think I deserve to be unhappy.

Sorry, I am rambling.

Anyways, I'm not sure about this Emo Nightmare. I can't believe he's my soulmate... And also, I am very sure that I am not in denial. But, we'll see how things go in the future.

3. Are Logan and Patton officially dating? question by doritosandicecream

Right now, no. [won't say anything else, cus' I don't wanna spoil anything]

4. Did they know they were gay before they found out who their soulmate was, or do they all have some pretty embarrassing coming out stories? question by fnaffreaksandgeeks

Damien Harvey:
Is actually bisexual. His first crush was a girl when he was nine. Her name was Olivia. He would gush about her to Patton a lot. Sometimes, a nine y/o Damien could be found in the park near his childhood home, daydreaming about the little girl. Patton thought it was hilarious. When she moved away, Damien had closed himself off for an entire week—except to Patton.

Then, when he was sixteen, he met a boy at school. His name was Pascal. He was actually a bully and would pick on Damien a lot. The things that Pascal did to Damien didn't actually cause harm, but more annoying instead. For some reason, he could never be angry at Pascal, even though he was tired of being made fun of. One day, Pascal was picking on him again and this time, Damien decided to retaliate. So, when he poke Damien's cheek, Damien decided to pin him onto the wall. Damien thought he always wanted to punch his bully, but no... Out of impulse he kissed the guy instead.

Later on, Pascal bashfully told him that he'd only picked on Damien to get his attention. That made Damien more annoyed. He did tell Pascal that he was forgiven. After that, Damien denied ever knowing Pascal.

Patton Harvey:
Is also bisexual (and no, he's not bisexual just because Damien is too). His first crush was a boy when he twelve. He was a year older than Patton was. He had cute freckles and shaved head. Patton thought he looked really cool. He was sporty, so his body was already pretty well-built despite only being thirteen at the time. One time, they had a combined class for PE and Patton went robotic every time the boy spoke to him. Patton wouldn't blink or even move. Damien made fun of him because of it.

The first time he ever liked a girl was when he was eighteen. Senior year of high school, Patton was struggling with his math class. So, he asked the teacher for help. The teacher told him to join the math club to help him improve. One of the girls in the club, Sasha was her name, always helped him when he was having difficulties. Some time later, they became closer and Patton finally noticed that he liked her (it took him a few days of denial).

Logan Sharp:
Didn't know or care about his sexuality until he met Patton.

Roman Cascales:
He didn't really care about his sexuality until he was in high school. He met a boy, Ezra, in theater club. Roman didn't pay attention to him at first, but when he saw Ezra act during one of their practice rehearsals, he was amazed. He remembered the way the bright lights shone against his skin and the brilliant smile he had at the end of the scene. Little Roman was captivated. After that, he had a massive crush on Ezra.

Remus Galanicheff:
When he was fourteen, Remy went to Kiev with his parents for a small vacation. They visited a little ice cream parlor where Remy's attention was captured by a boy a few years older than him. He was really cool. With a dark jacket and high-top sneakers, complete with a Russian beauty. His mom laughed when she noticed her son was having a small moment admiring the boy from across the parlor.

The older boy, fortunately—or unfortunately, if you asked Remy—noticed Remy's staring and threw a wink at him, making little Remy's heart melt and his face turned to a tomato. Overall, it was really cute. When his parents went to the counter and he was left alone at the table, the older boy walked across the room and sat next to a steaming Remy and initiated a conversation. Since Remy was a little shit, he flirted with the boy. When the Galanicheff family left Kiev that night, Remy couldn't get the boy out of his mind for the next two weeks.

Virgil Dudnickov:
When he was younger, Virgil didn't really care about gender roles or his own sexuality. In middle school, he was forced to join the creative writing club at school and he was surprised at himself when he actually enjoyed it. That's where his love of writing actually started. In the club, little Virgil was always the quietest in the room-and no one was surprised.

One day, a new student came to the school and joined the writing club. Virgil thought the little boy was really cute. Turns out, they were from the same grade. Virgil never actually talked to the boy, whose name was Jacob, but he often sneak a glance at him. Slowly, he felt protective of this boy, like he was responsible for this boy. When Jacob had a girlfriend, Virgil didn't understand why he was jealous. Later on, after he told his mom, he figured out his own feelings. After that, he tried not to think about it.

5. What's there to know about the different characters back stories? question from AO3

Damien and Patton Harvey:
They're twins, as you might know from the story. When they were children, people always see them as 'the twins,' but Patton was able to break out of that, so people would think of him as just Patton and not one half of a pair. He had lots of friends. Damien, however, was not very socially active. He didn't have any of his own friends (other than Patton's friends who were forced to accept him, because they were friends with his brother.)

Sometime later, Damien developed a habit of lying to make himself seem "better" than he actually was. He would still lie—even to himself—even if it was obvious that he was lying. He did this, because he didn't want people to see him as a loser who's no good in anything. He was nicknamed 'Slippery Snake' by his classmates up until the end of high school. Eventually, he grew out of that habit, but he still lied more often than the average person.

The twins then grew up that way; Patton having many friends and forming his own community, while Damien is always on the side, just observing whatever it was that's happening.

Logan Sharp:
When he was younger, Logan often get bored a lot. Nothing was really that interesting to him to pay attention to. He didn't have too many friends either, because people always see him as weird just because he didn't talk much. Since he didn't really have friends to hang out with, he only spend time with his parents. His father was a surgeon and his mother was a marketing manager. Logan developed a very formal speech since he was younger, because he was used to listening to his parents speak on the phone.

His parents were always busy, so Logan chose to focus on his school work to kill his boredom. Believe it or not, he wasn't a great student when he was in primary school. He often ignore the teachers because he wasn't interested. One day, when he was eight, his mother invited one of her colleagues to dinner in the Sharp residence. Her colleague brought her son with her. Roman Cascales. The two didn't like each other at first, but eventually they formed a very strong friendship. They didn't go to the same school, but that didn't damage their friendship at all.

Then, in sixth grade the science teacher told the class that they were going to start learning more specific sciences in middle school, like chemistry, biology and physics. Logan didn't care at first, but in eighth grade he learned about astrophysics. This was the first time he was interested in anything, so he started studying harder, not only in physics, but also in his other classes. Quickly, he rose to the top and became the school nerd. During these years up until the end of high school, Logan became one of the best students in his school. Once he graduated, he was accepted to the Sanders University, where Roman also studied.

Roman Cascales:
Roman was a very creative child. Actually, he was still creative up until his adulthood. He would imagine different things, from being able to fly to becoming a prince in his very own kingdom. His parents told him about soulmates when he was five years old and little Roman was obsessed with the idea of soulmates. He would imagine being in love—well, a child's idea of being in love—with his own soulmate and he didn't care if they will be a girl or a boy or somewhere in between.

However, his dreams and imaginations about soulmates didn't last long. When he was seven, something happened that turned his views on soulmates into an ugly one. [author will not tell you more, because that is a spoiler.] Afterwards, little Roman hated the idea of soulmates, because he thought it would fail eventually. If not now, then it will fail later in the future.

One day, his mom brought him to her friend's house for dinner. There, he met Logan. They didn't have the best relationship at first, because Logan told him that he's too loud. Roman didn't care and called Logan a nerd. Eventually they became great friends and act more like siblings than friends. Roman thought Logan was a little stiff, but he didn't mind.

Roman was a very popular boy in school. Especially in high school. Many girls and boys alike swoon at the sight of him, which Roman found hilarious. He had many admirers and Roman thrived with all the attention that he was given by the people around him. But, this also meant he had another problem. He never knew who were genuinely nice to him and who were trying to get on his good side.

Remus Galanicheff:
Growing up in Russia, Remy always thought his life was boring. There were a lot of cool stuff you could do in Saint Petersburg, the city where Remy was from. The history of the city is also very interesting. However, he never had any interest in that. School life was also pretty boring for Remy. He was always at the top of the class since he was in primary school. While school was boring, his friends were not. Remy was very good with people. His sassiness attracted many people.

At home, Remy had close relations with his family. Especially his father. His father never had enough money for the family to travel around Russia, let alone around the world. The only places Remy even went in Russia is Moscow and Kiev. Only the famous cities. Twelve year-old Remy loved Moscow. He loved the Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo, because of its weird shape and colorful features. The first time Remy went to Moscow was when he was ten. He and his father went to Moscow to pick his uncle up. He didn't know that his cousin was going to come. Virgil was very quiet, but Remy liked him. They didn't speak the same language at the time. In the two weeks that Virgil was there, Remy was able to learn English from his cousin. It wasn't good English, but it was decent enough for someone who learned it in two weeks.

At the end of freshman year of high school, his teachers told his parents that he should skip a grade, because he was way ahead of everyone else. So, the next year, Remy was in his junior year. He wasn't familiar with the older bunch, but he didn't mind at first. What he didn't realize was how different his friends and his new classmates were. The older bunch were a lot meaner. During this time, he met someone that will change his life[author will not say more, because it will be spoilers.] After Remy had his hour, he finally moved to the US and lived with Virgil.

Virgil Dudnickov:
Virgil was almost never satisfied with his life when he was younger. Thankfully, both of his parents were very supportive. In school he was bullied a lot, because he was the emo kid. He didn't really understand why he was never really happy, but he learned to deal with it, which sucked. There were times when little Virgil would try to make friends, but they would push him away. Like, literally push him away. Sometimes, if the bigger boys were bored, they'd come to Virgil and beat him up for fun. His parents knew about this, of course, but they couldn't do anything since the reports they've given to the school were disregarded or dismissed as "kids being kids."

Being half-Russian, Virgil was exposed to both American culture from his mom and Russian culture from his dad. However, Virgil was never really able to learn Russian from his dad, because he was always busy with his work. One time, his father had a business trip to Moscow, so he brought Virgil along. His father told his uncle to pick Virgil up so he could spend his time in Saint Petersburg instead of interrupting his dad's work in Moscow. There, he met Remy for the first time. Remy was really fun, though Virgil thought he talked too much. That's okay, though, because he didn't understand what Remy was saying.

For the next two weeks the two boys spend their time together and they got along surprisingly well. Remy became his first friend. During his time in Russia, Virgil was able to teach his cousin English and Remy was really good at understanding it. After the two weeks were over, he was sent back to Moscow and he then went back to the US with his dad.

Life become normal again. Well, as normal as Virgil was anyways. The bullying became worse once he got into high school. When he graduated, his mom told him that Remy would come to the US to study in the states. He was elated. His dad bought him an apartment near the university and a few months after the new came, Remy and Virgil lived together in the little apartment.

6. Are all soulmates romantic? question from AO3

Absolutely not! Most pairs are romantic, but everything in the relationship is decided by the two people in the relationship. Most pairs who aren't romantic still have a very strong bond and connection with each other even though it's purely platonic. It's like 'best friends forever,' but unlike those BFF stuff you say to your friends in middle school. This one, you're legit BFFs til' death.

7. Have there been cases of soulmates being forbidden due to family/religion/race/sexuality/etc.? question from AO3

Forbidden soulmates are possible. However, this only happened long ago when people were still traditional. In this AU, the world has never seen homophobia or racism. Everyone is pretty much treated equally. This is because your soulmate's decided for you, so you don't really have a choice in that regards. Forbidden soulmates usually only occur when there's an arranged marriage or something of the sort, where people weren't allowed to be with their match. This doesn't happen too often anymore. Another thing is family. There had been cases where rival families have children who were soulmates (the chance of this happening is very small) and if this happens on of two things will happen; the family mend their relationship or a Romeo and Juliet situation happens.

Religion, race and sexuality is never an issue in this world. Homophobia or racism simply doesn't exist in this world.

8. I'm just curious at this point: what are all the main 6's favorite drink in this story? question from AO3

Damien: double-shot espresso with vanilla, topped with whipped cream and caramel. Or chamomile tea when he doesn't feel like having coffee.
Patton: Hot chocolate with marshmallow
Logan: black coffee
Roman: Caramel macchiato
Remy: Russian coffee (black coffee with Vodka)
Virgil: classic cappuccino

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Next chapter will resume to the story. So, I decided to put the questions from AO3 here as well, so you guys can know more about the stories if you'd like.
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Собор Василия Блаженного
Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo
[St. Basil's Cathedral]