(Y/N) POV:

It was just another day of school for me. So far everything was normal. And I didn't think anything weird was going to happen.

But i was wrong. I was was completely wrong.

Today is going to be the one day that most people dream of since they first learned about it. 

You see, we have this weird thing that everyone calls, "soulmates". You might be thinking that I'm talking about the red string.

But, no. Basically, there's nothing like that at all.  Instead, when the world realizes that in 24 hours you'll be meeting your soulmate, a timer starts.

On your writing arm. It'll start at 24 hours and will slowly count down as the time where you'll be meeting your soulmate comes.

All of my friends talk about it almost everyday. They're all just so excited for that special moment of their life.

But, I'm not like that. I personally think it's just stupid that I don't get to chose who this special person is.

That's why, I never really cared about it. And I always made sure to not get too close to any boys.

Someone who's all over the news apparently thought she had fallen in love with this boy. And really thought he was her soulmate. For awhile they dated and everything was fine.

But, when her timer started and she found her real soulmate, she didn't love him. She couldn't love him. She didn't have time to. But, obviously if she had gotten to know him she would've.

But, she didn't get to know him at all. She didn't even learn his name. Why? Because the moment she knew he was her real soulmate she killed him.

Just so she could be with her "real soulmate". And then, when the poor boy's timer started and found his soulmate, he left her.

He did what he was supposed to do. He loved his soulmate. But, that one girl who had killed hers, ended up killing his soulmate.

She was found guilty and is now in jail. I mean, seriously if that doesn't scream Yandere to you, I don't know what does.

Me of course would never do such things. But, you can never know for boys. That's why I never get to close to many people.

"Good morning (Y/N)-chan. How are you doing?"

I felt someone's arm wrap around my shoulders and to no surprise it was Rio. She used to be in the A-class with me, but dropped down to the end class.

But even so, I'm still best friends with her. And she understands how I feel with the stupid timer and soulmate thing.

Even though, she herself somehow without knowing it, talks about it a lot. She's actually kinda obsessed with it.

"Fine I guess."

I used my one hand and pulled off Rio's arm from around me. But, as I did so, she quickly grabbed my wrist. Looking down at it.

"H-hey. What are you doing?"

She looked at me with big bug eyes and a creepy smile was soon plastered onto her face.

"Why didn't you tell me??!?!?"

She then let go of my arm and quickly hugged me.

"What are you taking about?"

She stepped away from me and grabbed my wrist once more. She pulled my sleeve up to reveal something on my arm that I wasn't expecting to be there. 

The timer...

It started?

It was showing only 6 hours left. And was counting down. But that just doesn't make sense.

I would've noticed it sooner. It's supposed to count down from 24 hours. Not 6. But, I'm not ready for this.

"Omg!!!!!!!!! (Y/N)!!! You're so lucky!!! And so young too!!!"

I sighed. Rio was definitely happy, but me on the other hand...wasn't.

She was right. I was never expecting to get this young. Most people get it when they're adults, unlike me.

Rio play punched me in the shoulder lightly and smiled at me.

"Oh lighten up. At least your not Okajima. The poor guy can't imagine the opposite sex having anything to do with him."

I rolled my eyes and looked away from her, crossing my arms. But, i felt her grab my arm her again and held it up.

"Hey everyone!!! (Y/N)'s timer has started!!! She's gonna meet her soulmate in less than 7 hours!!!"

I quickly yanked my hand away from her grip and pulled my sleeve down so no one could see it.

"Rio!! You can't just do that!! We're at school you know!!!"

She just smiled at me as a load of people started to crowd around me. Asking questions and congratulating me.

|~~~~~~~~~~~time skip~~~~~~~~~~~~|

I went over to where my seat was and sat down. Only to be quickly approached by tones of my classmates, completely over whelming me.

"Ok class, why don't we give (L/N) some space here. It's obvious she's not enjoying it."

And soon enough, everyone walked away and went to their separate little friend groups.

"Thanks Asano."

I smiled up at the strawberry blonde who caused everyone to leave me alone.

"So, I've heard your timer's started. May I see it?"

I didn't really want anyone to see it, but still, hesitantly grave him my arm. He pulled my sleeve up and examined it.

"Interesting. And so young too."

He slowly let go of my arm and when I looked at him, something seemed...off about him. His face showed signs of...gloominess.

But, I didn't think much of it and we continued to talk about stupid issues.

|~~~~~~~~~~~lunch time~~~~~~~~~|

As my final class that was right before lunch ended, I got up and walked to the eating area.

As I sat down alone, I pulled my sleeve back and looked at my arm. Like if I was wearing a watch.

In less than 2 hours I'll be meeting my soulmate. Great.

As I sat there eating, I felt like someone was watching me. I looked up and to my surprise there were actually several doing so.

I didn't think much of it, and just continued eating, but later realized that I didn't have a drink.

Great. That means imma have to walk up to the E-class building to the vending machine because the other ones are "out of order"

As I had finally made it up heart attack hill, I wondered around searching for the magical machine of liquids.

"Hey (Y/N)!!! Whatcha doin up here?"

I immediately popped a vein as I felt Rio's arm wrap around my shoulders yet again. This makes me question my life.

"I'm up here to get a liquid for my healthcare-"

"Ohhh!! The vending machine is over here! Come my child as I lead you to natures water source."

Rio than grabbed my hand and ran off, practically dragging me along with her.

"Thats much better."

I quickly opened the bottle of (whatever drink) and quickly gulped it down. Examining the other kids in her class.

They weren't very far from us, and were kinda just outside eating their food. Some were in the shade, while other were literally in a tree.

"So, have you heard the name Karma Akabane before?"

Rio words caught me off guard and it was enough to cause me to spit out the liquid in my month. Aw, I paid money for that.

I used the back of my hand to get rid of the left over liquid on my month.

"Well obviously. The whole school knows who he is. I've never personally talked to him though. Asano says that he'll only cause me trouble. He's always making sure I never interact with him. Why the sudden question though?"

She smirked and could swear I see devil horns growing out of her head.

"Are you sure about that? I overheard Karma talking about you with his friends."

Hm, I don't think I can possibly imagine this to be true. The fact that he might even know who I am in very slim.

"Oh really? Is that so?"

I looked down and started to play with the can/bottle of the drink I was holding.

"So, can use your arm again?"

She smirked at me and I rolled my eyes as I extended my arm out to her. She rolled my sleeve up again and beamed at it.

But, what she did next, wasn't something I did not want what-so-ever. She yet again held up my arm and yelled,

"HEY!! (Y/N)'s TIMER HAS STARTED!!!!!! ONLY 2 MORE HOURS!!!"

As fast as I could, I swiped my arm away. Of course, I should know better than to let her do this.

The other people, who I'm guessing are her classmates, came running up to me just like before.

The noice all around me was just filled with their stupid questions. But, luckily I somehow slipped away.

And that's when, I felt someone's eyes on me. I looked around and I met eyes with none other than Karma Akabane.

He was leaning against a tree, smirking at me. I've heard many weird things about the boy, like how violent and sadistic he could be.

But, what kinda weirded me out a bit was the fact that he had one of his sleeves rolled up and the other wasn't.

It was hard to understand why, but I could tell that his right arm sleeve was down, when the other was rolled up.

And, for some odd reason, I could feel my feet moving on their own. They were walking towards him.

But, I felt my feet suddenly stop as I watched him raise his right arm. The one with his sleeve down.

He pointed to it with his other hand. A gesture like I was late for something and he was pointing at his watch to signal the time.

His smirk grow wider as he slowly started to pull his sleeve up...

I watched in interest as I waited to see what was going on.

"(Y/N)!! There you are! I'm not sure if you noticed what time it is, but class is about to start."

Asano's voice interrupted my thoughts and vision of the red headed boy. Asano was standing right in front of my view from him. Like he was trying to make sure I didn't go within 5 feet of Akabane.

Well, I guess I should've known better. Asano does stuff like that all the time without me even knowing about it. But, this time I knew what he was doing.

"Oh, sorry about that. I guess I got distracted. I'll be on my way soon."

I leaned to the side and looked over his shoulder. Trying to sneak a look at the Sadistic boy. But, to my utter surprise he was no where to be seen.

Odd.

Asano suddenly grabbed my arm and dragged me away from the E-class building. Where I had uncounted a very odd feeling when looking at the red head.

"Asano, can I ask you something?"

He only hummed in response as we were now walking down the hill, heading towards the main campus.

"Why is it that you're always trying to keep me away from Akabane? He doesn't seem as bad as you claim he is."

My words caused the ginger to stop in his tracks and his once lose grip on my arm tightened till the point it kinda hurt.

"(Y/N). You can't trust people like Akabane. He's a play boy. Just stay away from him. As I said, he's trouble."

He turned around and looked at me. The way his eyes looked right into mine, made me feel somewhat uneasy.

Like his eyes were filled with rage and gloominess, yet...they looked exactly like a dolls eyes at the same time. Emotionless.

I shook off the uneasy feeling and opened my mouth to reply to what he had said.

"It's because you don't like him isn't it? It's pretty obvious you hate him. Also, aren't you somewhat of a playboy yourself?"

I smirked as the once confident look written on his face turned into a rather annoyed one.

"Ha, where on earth did you get that idea? I treat each and every person with equal value unlike Akabane."

I simply just rolled my eyes at him as we entered the classroom.

|~~~~~~~time skip~~~~~~~~~~~~|

School ended and when I looked down at my arm, the timer showed not even 30 minutes. I stood up, and walked out of the classroom.

My feet were taking me somewhere, without me thinking about, just like before when I had first encountered Karma Akabane.

My eyes were fixed on my arm and the counting down timer that only showed a few more minutes till it was time.

My feet suddenly stopped me right in front of a tree. As I looked up from my arm, someone walked from behind the tree.

He smirked at me and the confusion in my head didn't stop. Questions filled my mind as I tried to understand what was doing on.

This doesn't make sense.

"A-Asano. What are you doing here?"

I looked down at my arm, only 10 seconds remained. Asano couldn't be my soulmate. Your soulmate is supposed to be someone who you've never talked to before.

If it was Asano, than my timer would've started a long time ago. The first time I've ever talked to him was in elementary school.

"How much time is still on your timer?"

The smirk written on the ginger's face didn't vanish for one second. I slowly looked down at my arm once more, only to see 1 second.

I watched as that one second soon turned into none. I held my breath as I waited for something to happen.

As I slowly looked up, Asano wasn't there anymore. But, I heard the sound of someone falling out of the tree right behind me.

They wrapped both their arms around my neck from the back. And I could feel like they had their chin resting on the top of my head.

My arm then started to heat up and it warmed my entire body.

"Hello, I guess you're my wifuuuuu."

His voice sounded like one other than I've ever heard before. It sounded seductive though, like this dude really was a playboy.

"Akabane. What are you doing to my (Y/N)?"

Asano's voice sounded like it came from behind. My eyes widened as I heard that name.

"Your (Y/N)? Ha, you wish. Me and (Y/N) are soulmates."

His voice sounded childish compared to what he had said earlier. He than dug his head into my neck and I could feel him breathing on me.

It sent chills down my spine and a heavy blush to decorate my face. In the corner of my eye, I saw that their hair was a vibrant red.

"Akabane. Step away from her."

Asano's voice sounded mad, and before I could say something, the boy who was hugging me hissed at Asano.

"Why should I? You're the one who shouldn't be here. You're ruining my happy moment in life."

His grip on me suddenly tightened around me and his head dug even dipper into my neck. I soon felt him lick my neck causing me to squirm a bit.

"Akabane. It's obvious you're making her uncomfortable. Step away at once."

I heard him sigh as he soon enough got off me. I turned around to see Karma Akabane. Well, I guess it wasn't really a surprise, Asano said his name like 5 times.

"Hello there wifeee. I'm Karma Akabane. And your (Y/N)."

I felt the blush on my face redden even more. At a far, I couldn't really see what he looked like. But, now that his face was literally only 3 inches away from mine, I could really see how adorable the red head was.

He then pecked my nose really fast and when he leaned away I tried to cover my face from him seeing me like this.

"Aww, you don't have to hind your precious little face from your soulmate."

I slowly dropped my hands from my face only for the red headed boy to lean closer to my face yet again.

"Besides, you look pretty cute when you blush."

I then felt him bite my ear and I squealed from the sudden touch of it.

"Akabane. Stop this at once. Can't you see she doesn't like it?"

Karma rolled his eyes as he got off me and turned around to look at the other ginger.

"And if I don't?"

The look on Asano's face turned from annoyed to mad. He suddenly walked up to me and started to lean in.

My shut my eyes as I felt something hit my lips. When I opened them though, I was surprised and somewhat glad to see that Karma's hand had interfered.

I was instead kissing the palm of Karma's hand while Asano was kissing the back of his hand.

"Bit¢h you thought."

Karma smirked as Asano soon jolted away and started to wipe his mouth. While Karma was rubbing the back of his on the ground.

"Why on earth would you do that Akabane?!?"

Asano and Karma were now staring at each other, giving death glares.

"Yea, like f**k I would ever let you steal my soulmate's first kiss. That obviously belongs to me!"

I sweat dropped as they continued to yell at each other.

But, when they finally stopped and turned to look at me, their faces changed.

"Well?!? Who do you like better?!? Me or him."

They said this in unison as I just stood there confused. Geez, do they really have to do this to me? My weak heart cant take this.

"I-ehhh."

Asano suddenly walked up to me.

"Oh come on (Y/N). It's obvious you'd chose me. We've known each other for such a long time."

But, before I could even say anything back, Karma walked up to me.

"Geez (Y/N). Stop being nice and just tell him to go away. I mean, who would you chose? Your real soulmate or some melon head?!"

The pressure was completely overwhelming me as I tried to say this nicely.

"A-Asano. We've been friends since elementary school. And I don't want that to change. You know that if i chose you, the world would be off balance and-"

I saw Karma roll his eyes at me and he interrupted me by slamming his lips onto mine. My eyes widened as I didn't know what to do, or how to react to this.

He soon broke away from it and smirked down at my blushing face.

"See Asano, I've never seen you able to make (Y/N) blush like how I do."

Asano gave him a death glare as they just continued to argue.

K. A.

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Hi. So, if anyone is reading this, when I write one shots, they always come out differently from how I originally planned.

So, if any of you have any questions of writing one shots because you might want to start some of your own, just ask.

(Someone asked me how I wrote so...)

Date: Sunday, July 29th, 2018
Word count: 3217 words