SOULMATE AU

[findsrisks]

[So you know what makes the world a rad place to live in?

Superpowers.

Superpowers errywhere.

Well, not EVERYWHERE, since you need your soulmate to do said powers, but it is common enough that there are plenty of superhero duos and villain duos and magic everywhere. By modern day, it is something that the world has had for centuries, and everyone is used to it by now.

The funny thing is, finding your soulmate and gaining your powers is seen as a milestone in becoming an adult. Which is a little weird for people in Nanaki's situation, where they meet their soulmate when they are only 16.

Nanaki isn't from Texas, but she is there for a short time, as part of a summer exchange program. Basically, she gets to see America, but since it is over summer break she is there more as a tourist than as a student. But since it is still an exchange program, she is there by herself, with a host family, and on this day she is traveling the city by herself!

She still has trouble remembering exactly which city it is, though. She remembers that it starts with an A. Maybe.

But yes, suffice to say, she does not expect to meet her soulmate in a foreign country while she is minding her own business and looking to go to some touristy place. Which is absolutely the most perfect time for her to meet her special someone, right?]

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[cawcawmthrfckrs]

[Dave is just trying to meet up with some of his friends and troll around in the arcade or something. He's actually very early, since he wanted to avoid an impromptu sword fight on the rooftop with Bro and consequently make him late for the meet-up. He really doesn't want to show his face to them after an ass-kicking.

Naturally, they set the meeting point to one of the touristy areas of Austin. Why not? Okay, he has a million reasons why not that immediately come to mind, but whatever. Dave does what he wants, etc etc.

He kind of regrets this decision, but not even remotely enough to ask a douchebag time traveler to go back and change how everything happened. Well, maybe change it so that he meets his soulmate when he's a little older, but whatever. It's fine. Maybe.

Dave is walking near Nanaki. He doesn't think much of her, other than a passing thought of, 'She's cute.'

That is, until he's suddenly got black crow wings sprouting from his back.]

What the actual fuck?!

[He gives no fucks about the disapproving looks he's getting for the expletive. He's more worried about the sudden weight of the goddamn wings and accidentally hitting someone with them. Dave is also pretty sure he's going to be extremely annoyed if he's just ruined his shirt.

...good thing he's about an hour early for that meet-up.]

[findsrisks]

[It is hard to miss that sudden appearance of huge fucking wings, though, and Nanaki can't help but stare. Even if she doesn't fully understand what Dave said (she is a good girl, 'fuck' isn't in her limited English vocabulary), she can guess by how he is acting that he wasn't expecting to suddenly sprout wings like that. He must've found his soulmate.

Nanaki can't help but chuckle a little. She is pretty sure she is not his soulmate, since she hasn't suddenly caught on fire or anything. Back home, the polite thing to do would be to step aside, so that the new power-havers could locate each other. A quick glance around tells Nanaki that nobody else seems to have suddenly developed any powers, though. Did this guy's soulmate just suddenly run off? That would be rude.

But the day is hot, and the sun is high, so reflections are catching in a lot of surfaces. In this case, it's Dave's glasses that cause it: the sun is reflecting off of them at just the right angle, and Nanaki is just close enough that she can just barely see her own reflection in those sunglasses. Which, apparently, is enough to trigger her powers, which are about to draw a lot more attention to the pair of them.

For a few seconds, Nanaki freezes in place. She looks mostly normal, but her eyes have slid out of focus, like she is staring into oblivion. Then she falls to her knees and clutches her head as she starts screaming.

Definitely not the best way for soulmates to meet each other.]

[cawcawmthrfckrs]

[Maybe one day Nanaki and Dave will look back on this and laugh. Or cringe and never talk about it again, telling their friends that it was a private thing.

The screaming distracts Dave from his feathery problem. He looks over at the cute girl, and he knows that it's his fault she's having this fit. Not that Dave has time to feel guilt when he's rushing towards her, big ass wings making people get out of his way in a hurry or risk getting smacked by them.

Hopefully he's not making things worse.

He kneels in front of her, not sure if he should touch her or what, but he knows he needs to remain calm and not fly off the handle with her.]

Hey! [Fuck, what does he even say in this situation? Fuck fuck fuck] You're gonna be okay, alright? Oh my god, please breathe and not scream yourself to death that would suck for the both of us.

[findsrisks]

[Surprisingly, hearing a voice (even if she can't quite piece together what he's saying, it's hard for her to English when she is panicking) helps pull her out of the horrible nightmare-vision she was having. As she leaves the last bits of the vision behind, she feels like she is going to fall over, and she reaches out to grab onto whatever she can- an arm, a shoulder, whatever.

She is breathing rapidly, and she looks like she's just seen some shit, but she's alive and not screaming anymore. And after a few seconds, she finally looks to Dave, as if she is just now realizing that he is there.

Then she remembers that they are in a crowded space, and they sure did just explode in powers right there. Nanaki at least has the presence of mind to look embarrassed, even if she is still out of breath from nearly screaming herself hoarse.]

...Sorry.