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[braindeadskeletons]

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[raendown]

Hey guys remember when I actually paid attention to this collection?? @carnivorousgekkou I have no self control...

Pairing: TobiramaKagami Word count: 2365 Soulmate au:  The one where the first words your soulmate says to you are tattooed on your arm at birth

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Chapter 94 - Tobirama/Kagami

Sometimes coming from a rather large family was a good thing, like while he was going through school and there had been literally dozens of cousins happy to help him out whenever he was a little short on his bills. Other times having a family as big as his own was extremely annoying, like when one of them decided to bother him about his soul words and the rest of them picked up on the idea as well, nattering at him one by one until he felt as though he might throw his phone against the wall if he got one single more text from any of them.  

Kagami loved his family, he truly did, but the Uchiha as a whole were even nosier than a group of bored old ladies. If he had to fend off one more question about whether or not he had met his soulmate he was likely to go mad. And seeing as how most of his friends already thought he was mad for various reasons – usually his propensity for playing with fire – that wasn’t likely to endear him to his soulmate if he ever did manage to find them.

Blowing out a heavy sigh that spoke loudly of exasperation, Kagami turned off his cellphone and flopped down on the bed, dragging his laptop on to his belly and waking up the screen. His fingers skated over the flat mousepad, going for the messaging system by sheer muscle memory. If there was anything that was likely to cure his bad mood it would be talking to his best friend. Kagami just hoped he was online.

The day appeared immediately brighter at the sight of the little green dot next to his friend’s username.

Spitfire: Hey, remember how we were joking the other day about you taking a job as an assassin? Can I be your first client? I’d like you to kill my entire family please.

SeTo: As willing as I am to go to jail for your sake, I’m afraid I just took a job in another city so I’m a bit busy at the moment. Raincheck on the murder?

Spitfire: Ugh. Fine. Where’s the new job?

Already feeling the tension ease from his shoulders, Kagami settled farther down in to the pillows on his bed. He might not know much of anything personal about “SeTo”, not even the guy’s real name, but he felt more connected to him than anyone he had ever met in real life. They had met playing some online game that neither of them had really liked, only playing it at the behest of others, and Kagami had nearly pissed himself laughing reading the chat as his soon-to-be friend floundered just as hard as he was doing.

Nowadays all of their interactions were through a messaging app he had installed solely for speaking with this man. The only thing he knew about SeTo’s personal life was that he travelled a lot for his job as a stunt man. An honest to god stunt man. As if Kagami needed any more reasons to think this guy was cool.

SeTo: Back in my hometown, actually. I haven’t been back to Konoha in a while. Give it half a week and I’ll probably want to kill my family as much as you want to kill yours.

An unintelligible noise escaped Kagami’s throat as he sat bolt upright on the bed, sending his laptop flying and forcing him to scramble to catch it before any terrible accidents could happen. Then he stared at his screen in unadulterated shock. When he typed out a frantic reply his fingers were nearly shaking with excitement.

Spitfire: Are you fucking serious? Where in Konoha!?!

SeTo: The east end…why?

Spitfire: Fuck me sideways! I live in the east end of Konoha!!!

SeTo: Seriously? That’s…unexpected.

Spitfire: Please tell me you wouldn’t be creeped out by the idea of meeting up somewhere! We have to! It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity!

It seemed as though it took his friend ages to answer and Kagami held his breath the entire time. When another message finally came through he almost shoved his nose in to the screen in his eagerness to read it.

SeTo: I would like that.

Spitfire: YUSSS! I mean...uh…insert normal reaction here.

SeTo: I won’t be flying out for another couple of weeks. Filming won’t start until sometime in the new year but we do have to start training several months before the shoot.

Spitfire: This is so cool. So. Cool. I can’t believe I’m gonna get to see your dumb face.

SeTo: Yes, please do try not to go blind upon first sight. I shall endeavor to return the favor.

Spitfire: AND! You know you’re gonna have to tell me your actual name now, right? Should I be this stupidly excited? Who cares! I am anyway!

SeTo: If you don’t calm down you run the risk of getting me excited about this too.

Spitfire: Heaven forbid, you block of ice. ;P

Carefully setting his laptop down on the bed, Kagami leaped up in to the air and pumped both of his fists wildly, shouting wordlessly at the top of his lungs. He could hardly believe that in just a couple of weeks SeTo would be standing before him. He was actually going to meet the best friend he’d ever had in person for the very first time. It felt like Christmas and his birthday had both come early.

The two of them chatted late in to the night, just the same as they usually did, and it was hardly the first time that Kagami signed off with a stupid grin nearly cracking his face in half. What was new was the tiny little nugget of information that he whispered to himself over and over again, filling up the darkness of the room with it.

“Tobirama,” he whispered to the empty air. “His name is Tobirama.”

Bringing his arm up in front of his face, he traced the letters that he couldn’t see but knew the location of off by heart. Golden and written in an elegant, patient script, his soul words had bothered him for many years for one simple reason: the nagging feeling he had that he should have met them a long time ago. Despite how many friends he had, Kagami had always felt strangely alone. Somehow, however, with the knowledge that he would soon be meeting Tobirama, he didn’t feel so alone anymore.

Now he fingered the letters of ‘I could say the same of you’ and for once didn’t even bother to wonder what they could mean. All he could think was that waiting for a soulmate would be so much easier with Tobirama in his life, even if only for a few brief months.

For someone as excitable as him two weeks was a long time to wait and by the time the day finally rolled around that they had set for their meeting he felt as though the sheer anticipation was likely to give him a heart attack. He had exchanged cell numbers with Tobirama several days before, switching their endless conversations from the app on his computer to long strings of text messages, and even now he turned the device over and over in his hands, reading his friend’s last message obsessively.

His friend had actually landed in Konoha yesterday but of course he would want to see his family first. Evidently he had three brothers who lived barely twenty minutes from Kagami’s own apartment and his texts last night had been filled with piteous please for rescue from their overzealous hugs.

Now they were meeting at a coffee shop halfway between them and Kagami couldn’t stop squirming in his seat, filled with impatience. Every person who came through the door had him sitting up straighter in his chair only to slump back down with disappointment. In his excitement he had actually shown up more than a half hour before the time they had agreed upon and he had long since finished the coffee he’d ordered. Now all he had for entertainment was the screen of his phone, unlocked to show the text from Tobirama saying that he was on his way.

A jingling sound perked him up and Kagami whipped his head around to see who had just walked in the door. Suddenly he was glad he was finished his coffee for surely he would have choked on it upon first sight of the sculpted god that had just walked in the door.

Mr. Actual Adonis was looking around curiously and as he turned his head to the left Kagami ducked his own before he could be caught staring. He raised his phone and let his thumbs fly over the keys to send a text.

You better get here soon. I swear to god the hottest guy I’ve ever seen just walked through the door.

Pressing send, he peeked up at the god in the doorway again only to watch him frown lightly and reach for his own phone. He cocked his head, apparently reading a text, and then his eyebrows immediately shot upwards. A smile was blossoming on his face as he typed out a reply.

Less than a full second later Kagami’s phone buzzed and forced him to look away. When he checked the screen it appeared Tobirama had replied.

That would be me, Kagami.

Face aflame, his head shot up once more to see the man in the doorway making another sweep of the room. Only this time there was a delectable looking sly smirk raising the corners of his lips. Before Kagami had time to duck for cover again the man looked directly at him and paused, holding eye contact and slowly tilted his head to one side. Kagami’s face felt like it was about to melt off from the sheer heat of his blush.

Tobirama – because apparently the god in the doorway was actually Tobirama, proving once again how unfair the world was – walked towards him with steps that could only be described as a prowl. Dropping his phone on to the table, Kagami covered his face with both hands and sank down in to his seat. Of course he would embarrass himself literally the moment they met. Of course! He’d been hoping for his awkward dorkiness to wait at least through the first five minutes but apparently his bad luck was out in full force today. When light footsteps stopped right next to him Kagami shook his head and refused to uncover his face.

He nearly leaped out of his seat with shock as a deep voice rumbled right next to his ear in almost an intimate whisper.

“I could say the same of you,” Tobirama confessed to him quietly.

By themselves those words would have shocked him quite enough. What made Kagami go rigid, however, was the warm sensation rippling across the skin of his forearm and the silent ringing so deep inside him it could only be coming from his very soul. Shock made him drop his hands and gape up at Tobirama with wide eyes.

“You’ve been my soulmate this whole time!?” he demanded. Tobirama blinked down at him, blinked at his own arm, and then blinked at him again.

“I…oh.” For a moment they both sat there and stared at each other wordlessly. Then suddenly Tobirama began to laugh, the very sound of it sending shivers down Kagami’s spine. “I should have seen that coming. Of all the people I’ve ever known that phrase could be for no one but you.”

“Wow…wow…I can’t tell if I’m happy or embarrassed but it’s probably both so if I die from blushing too hard please do not resuscitate me.” Kagami snapped his jaws shut before he could really get on to a roll and babble the whole day away as he was wont to do. The heat in his cheeks didn’t seem to be even close to abating and neither was Tobirama’s smirk. He whimpered as the other man cleared his throat and lowered himself in to a seat adjacent to Kagami’s.

“Can’t say I was expecting this, although I also can’t say that I am disappointed in any way.” He leaned back in his chair casually, eyes running up and down Kagami’s form in an openly appreciative manner. “Maybe Anija was right; I really should have come home a long time ago.”

“How are you not running for the hills right now?” Kagami demanded. Tobirama chuckled.

“And what would I be running from, pray tell? My incredibly attractive soulmate? Who has the most adorable blush I’ve ever seen and also happens to already be my closest friend? Oh yes, that does sound scary.”

Kagami shifted in his seat, pressing both hands to his cheeks with a very real fear that they were glowing brightly enough to blind unsuspecting passersby. A tremble passed through his limbs when his companion reached out a hand to cover one of his own, gently pulling it away from his face. One simple touch and he could already feel his heartbeat rewriting its patterns, the entirety of his existence shifting. Quite suddenly nothing in this world mattered like the man sitting with him.

“If it’s alright with you,” Tobirama murmured, lowering their still connected hands to the table, “I think I’m rather happy right where I am now.”

“Wow,” Kagami breathed again, hardly able to believe his luck.

It probably wasn’t very often that one got to make friends with one’s soulmate before discovering the connection and he felt incredibly lucky to have done so. While there were still a hundred things he didn’t know about this man he already knew that they were perfect for each other just from the hundreds of pointless conversations they’d had over the years. And from the moment he had laid eyes on him a whole new world of possibilities had opened up, the kind of desire he’d only read about in terrible romances filling him to the brim.

As excited as he was to see where they would go, however, he had to agree with his soulmate. He was rather happy right where he was.