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Soulmates were rare to find, if you had found yours, you made it in life. Most people never found them so dating others without matching symbols ( although taboo at one time ) was now more acceptable than ever. Many spent their time searching for just the right person, even Kylo Ren. He often wondered what it would be like to be with the person best fit for him. Would they truly be compatible as everyone said soulmates were?
It didn’t matter because he knew he didn’t have one. His marking was too rare, too unique. Most had a heart or infinity symbol or even flowers but his was a blue butterfly right on his neck. He’s never seen anyone with such an intricate symbol. It’s why he remained hopeless at times, he’d continue searching for them.
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‘Cover them up, slut!’ Is what she had posted on Kylo Rens TikTok. It had been harmless, they were mutuals and she had felt like they could joke around. What she hadn’t expected was Kylo replying to her comment that had 56.7k likes. It was a video; his face and large pecs in frame, his smirk ever so present. His chain had shined in the video causing a slight glare. She bit her lip, turned off her phone and blushed.
She FaceTimed Rose, it didn’t take long for her to answer.
“Hey girl!” Rose said, her hair up in two space buns, her makeup flawless as always. “Did you see Kylo replied to your comment!” She laughed. “It was fucking hilarious not to mention not a bad view!”
“I just saw it. It’s not that big of a deal.” She shoves it away. “Me and Kylo are just mutuals..no matter how badly I’m attracted to that tall man.” She says frustrated. “Plus I’m sure he’s got a girlfriend. That’s the closest we will ever get to me shooting my shot.”
“No way! Finn's boyfriend is good friends with him! I know you’ve had a massive crush on him! You kept watching his streams last week!”
“They were entertaining!” She defended herself, keeping her crush on him a secret, she didn’t need Rose involving herself in her love life. Not that there was a group of guys and girls flinging themselves at her. “Anyways, I have to go. Starting a stream in about 15 minutes.”
“Oh! What are you gonna play this time? Maybe I’ll stop in and watch!”
“Just some Valorant, nothing new. Not a lot of new games coming out lately..” Rey sighed, gaming had been her passion since she was a little kid. It wasn’t what people had expected her to go into, claiming it was hard to make it in the influencer world but she had climbed the ranks and was known for her soft pastel aesthetic and gaming streams.
She sat down on her pink chair and turned on the lights and monitor before doing a check on her microphone before starting the stream.
“Hey guys, how’s it going today?” She asked her chat, smiling as she drank some boba tea.
Some of the responses were the same but she read most of them off.
‘Boring!’
‘Had a great day!’
‘It’s my birthday today, so pretty good!’
‘Better now that you’re streaming!’
“Well happy birthday to you, Nabbooian67,” Rey smiles to the camera. “Everyone wish them a happy birthday in chat!”
Rey watches as the chat floods with positivity. She tries to keep it all chill and positive, wanting this to be a safe haven for those who might not physically have one.
She hops on Valorant, loses her first match after scoring the highest in her team and then ques up for another. She noticed Kylo was on and she wasn’t sure if he was streaming or not but she had gotten into his lobby. The name popped up on her screen, ‘KyloRen’ had locked in his main character and his deep sultry voice spoke in the chat.
“How’s everyone doing tonight? Rey I see you’re in my lobby. How’s your night going?” He asks
The others in the game reply, along with a girl who was queued up with him, she assumes his girlfriend.
She gulps, blushes, and tries not to show everyone watching that she was crushing hard on this man. “I’m good! Streaming right now. Thank god you’re on our team we absolutely are gonna win.” She chuckles, she hears him chuckle back and she tries to focus on just playing the game. It’s about an hour before the game ends in victory. She tells Kylo goodnight before leaving the lobby.
“It’s a short stream today, but I’ll make it up to you guys tomorrow. I've got some stuff I need to do.” She says and ends the stream before scrolling through her twitter mentions and noticing that Kylo had shouted her out of twitter, saying he had so much fun playing with her. 11k likes. She was shocked and she noticed an influx of people following her and liking her tweets.
Rey smiles and quote retweets his tweet saying, ‘Had a blast with you and your mates! Hope we can do it again!’
She closes her eyes as she lays down and looks at her nails, she’s got to get Jannah to do her nails again. She pulls her phone close to her chest and smiles. Playing with Kylo had been a dream and she hopes to do it again.
She takes a long nap, waking up to find that Kylo had messaged her on Twitter and had started following her on Instagram. He even liked one of her recent pictures.
Rey unlocked her phone and smiled when she opened his DM.
‘Hey, Rey! Had a fun time playing with you today. I was wondering if you wanted to join me and my friends for a game of jackbox tomorrow at around 3?’
She blushed a bright pink and quickly started typing away a response.
‘Hell yeah! That sounds like a lot of bloody fun! Can't wait!’
She considered sending a heart emoji but was plagued by the idea of it being too much, plus he had a girlfriend ( she thinks ). She clutches her phone close to her heart and brings her knees to her chest, smiling like a dork.
She tweets a ‘goodnight twitter! Streaming tomorrow, I hope to see you all there!’. Immediately Kylo replies with a ‘goodnight to twitter and not to me? Smh. see u tmrw, sweetheart’. Shes fast asleep before she can even check.
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Kylo hadn’t expected Rey to be in his lobby earlier that day. It was a dream come true. He had been crushing on her since her early streaming days. Back when he went by Ben Solo. He tried to play another game with her after the first one but she’d already logged off and ended the stream.
“You know- you can just follow her on Instagram? Maybe message her there? Invite her for JackBox tomorrow! It’ll be fun!” Stephanie said
“I will, I'm just..what if she’s not the one that I want her to be?” He asks sadly.
“You said you felt the pull to her…the one that people claim to feel when they interact with their soulmate. Maybe it’s her. It won’t hurt to find out!” She exclaims throwing her hands up in the air.
“Listen, I gotta head home for the night but just message her! You’ve been crushing on her and staring from afar long enough!” Steph said as she grabbed her purse and patted his back before leaving his house.
Kylo sighed and looked down at his phone, leaving a message for Rey, asking her to play JackBox with them tomorrow. He hopes she says yes because he doesn’t know if he’ll even stream if she doesn’t.
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When Rey woke up from her nap she had seen the reply that Kylo left. He had called her sweetheart..she felt her heart beating fast and she decided to reply.
‘Hmm idk if you deserved a goodnight! We’ll find out today when we play JackBox. See you at 3! 💕’
She sent the reply and set her phone down. She heard a knocking at her door and sighed. It was probably Unkar, her landlord. She never really had any guests over. Her social anxiety ( believe it or not ) was out of control when it went to in person meetings. She looked at the clock, it was 11 am only a few more hours until she’d play and stream with Kylo and his friends.
“What do you want, Unkar?” She sighs and rolls her eyes.
“Don’t roll your eyes at me, Rey. Just wanted to let you know that rents going up!”
“Again? That’s the 2nd time this year!”
“Well things are gettin’ more and more expensive. Inflation and all. I’m sure you’ll be fine.”
“How much are you raising it?”
“$500 dollars more.”
“Unkar..please you know I cannot afford that. I’m a barista part time and a streamer the other half of the time…”
“I can knock it down to $450 but that’s the best I can do. Times are hard…”
“Yeah when you’re mooching off of bloody poor people! You have the nicest apartment here and you raise these prices cause you just want more money!” She says angrily.
“Like I said, your temper tantrums no longer have an effect on me. $500 or $450 it’s your choice.” He says as his eyes roll.
Rey stands there at the entrance of her home and sighs. “I’ll take the $450– just expect a lot of people to move out when you tell everyone else about this.”
“Don’t worry about me, girl. I’ll be fine. Maybe you should get a real job instead of playing your video games..go to college or something!”
“I would’ve gone to college had you let me, Unkar.” She hisses, reminding him that he had been her foster father at some point. He was a cruel man but not the worst that she’d been with.
“Yeah yeah..I wasn’t gonna pay for that shit. Listen I’ve got poker goin on downstairs. I’ll see you when rents due.” He walks away and Rey is left alone to figure out how to make more money. She could quit streaming but she has such a passion for it that she doesn’t think she can give it up. Maybe she’ll try to ask her boss for a raise.
She walks to her bedroom and sits on the gaming chair before she loads up her discord, she braces herself for this to all be a prank, maybe Kylo was just messing with her. She knew he did post a lot of thirst traps on tik tok but she didn’t know if he was a player. A lot of people nowadays were since it wasn’t common to find your soulmate or dyad ( which were even more rare ).
She joins the discord voice chat and opens her mouth to speak. “Hi everyone!” She says in a cheery voice.
Everyone in the chat greets her and it seems that Kylo is silent which makes her nervous. It seems she’s in for a fun time.
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Stephanie nudged Kylo’s arm and muted herself in discord. “You idiot say something to her!” She says as she starts up her stream.
“I-I’m nervous! I want this to go perfect!”
“Well she’s probably thinking you’re ignoring her!”
“You’re right..I don’t want her to ever feel ignored by me.” He says and sighs. He unmutes himself.
“Hi Rey. I’m glad you’re here.” He says and smiles softly to the camera.
“Oh..hi Kylo! It’s nice to talk to you again! Shall we start the game?”
“Why yes we shall start, sweetheart.”
Reys eyes widen when he hears him call her sweetheart. She feels goosebumps all over her legs and arms and she’s for once grateful that the camera is only in frame with her head.
The game goes off without a hitch, there’s phallic jokes being made, everyone is laughing and enjoying themselves and once they finish, Rey and Kylo find themselves in the discord chat all alone, streams ended. It’s just them two.
“Thanks for inviting me to play..” She smiles at the camera, watching as he pulls his hood over his head, unzipping his sweater to reveal his massive pecks.
“It’s no problem, Rey..I’ve actually been watching your streams for a year now. Always wanted to reach out but never could get the courage.” He smiles weakly.
“Well..I’m glad you did. I’ve always been a big fan of yours..”
“Tell me more about yourself? If you don’t mind.” Kylo looks at her like she’s the only person in the world.
She blushes and shakes her head. “My life is pretty boring. I’m a barista at Maz’s Brewery, streaming is my hobby..that I occasionally get money from.” She chuckles. “If you ever want to stop by the brewery we have some damn good coffee. I’m not even a coffee girl but it’s nice. I’m sorry I’m rambling.” She gets flustered and sways her hands playfully.
“No..listening to you talk is..amazing. It’s really great. I love your accent..”
“Oh thank you! I like yours as well..” She smiles, her eyes gazing at his plump pink lips.
“Me? An accent? You’re the one with the accent!” He laughs.
“Bloody hell! You Americans think you don’t have an accent when you obviously do!”
“Fine alright I have an American accent!” He surrenders his hands and smiles at her.
“Do you want to play again…maybe just us next time?”
Rey asks, her heart beating in fear of rejection.
“Yeah sure! How about tomorrow we play some phasmaphobia?”
“Oh a scary game! I’ve never played it but sure! Just text me on Instagram.”
“I was actually wondering if I could have your number.” Kylo mumbles.
“Yeah-yeah for sure.” She says nervously as she types in her number in discord.
“Great..I’ll text you later..I’m gonna take a walk and then head to the gym. Bye, sweetheart.”
“Bye, Kylo.”
Rey ends the call and lets out a big sigh of relief before smiling happily. This would be the start of something great.