Chapter 7

You walk around your dreamscape, realizing that your soulmate was nowhere to be found. An exhale left your lips before you decided to sit down under the wisteria tree. You hugged your legs, with your chin resting on top of them. Your soulmate wasn't in your dream again. It has been a week since you last saw your soulmate and you didn't know why. It would be impossible for them to not sleep for a week unless they're some kind of superhuman.

A few moments later, your soulmate appeared by the bushes in front of you in his child-form. A smile quickly appeared on your lips as you raised your hands to give him a wave. He notices you and gave you a lopsided grin, also waving back as he walks towards you. He sat down, the grin not moving from his lips.

"Hello soulmate," you said, a bright smile on your face, and for a second, you saw warmth in his eyes as he looks at you.

"Hello to you too, soulmate," he said, repeating the name you called him.

You giggled. "So, you finally managed to show yourself today," you said slightly upset with him.

He gave you an apologetic look. "I apologize, I don't need to sleep every night and I live somewhere far" he explained vaguely.

Your eyebrows knitted together in confusion. "What do you mean you don't need to sleep every night? Are you some kind of superhuman?" you asked to which he chuckled.

"Something like that" he answered again in a confusing way which, to be honest, irritated you a lot. But he seemed uncomfortable with sharing his personal information with you and you have no idea why because you are his soulmate. Shouldn't he be comfortable with you?

You sighed loudly. "Ok then, you're not going to answer my questions" your voice held a small amount of annoyance that didn't go unnoticed, however, your soulmate chose to ignore it as he didn't want to argue with you.

"Tell me about yourself then. Just small details about you" you said.

Your soulmate took a deep breath. "Um, I love the color emerald green. I enjoy dressing up even on simple occasions. I do not really have a favorite food. As long as it's good and doesn't have poison in them, I will gladly eat it. I recently found out that I am actually adopted so that was indeed quite a surprise and then I had a disagreement with my adoptive family and then something went wrong so I'm being supervised right now" he said.

You blinked a few times. His story sounds so familiar to you but you couldn't grasp where you heard it from. You shrugged the thought and looked at him. "So we both lived quite a tough life huh?" you said and he gave you a small laugh.

"Makes us quite a pair, doesn't it?" he said.

"This is so weird," you said.

"What?" he asked.

"Makes me feel like I'm flirting with a child. I know you're not but, do you really have to use that form?" you asked.

"Not necessarily," he said and stopped for a second. Slowly, his form started to change to someone very familiar to you.

"Thor?! Really? Him? Are you a fan?" you teased and he rolled his eyes in return.

"Hardly, do you not like this either?" he asked and you shook your head.

"He's like a brother to me. It would feel awkward since I see him every day" you said. His eyes widened and you didn't know why he seemed so surprised.

"You are familiar with him? And why do you see him every day?" he asked which made you confused since he saw your memories the last time you two met.

"Didn't you see my memories?" you asked, confused.

"I only saw your childhood. It would take a toll on you if I were to see all of your memories. I didn't want to harm you in any way so I only saw what you told me" he explained which made you remember what you felt when he was looking into your memories. So that feeling was him trying his best not to harm me.

You smiled unconsciously before looking at Thor's stupid face. You laughed. "This is ridiculous, please change back to your child self. I don't want to look at Thor's face right now" you said which somehow amused your soulmate. He smirked before changing back to his child form.

"Mind telling me why you see my b- Thor every day?" he asked, almost slipping with his words.

"I live with the Avengers" you replied. He raised his eyebrows.

"You are one of them?" he asked which made you laugh a little.

"No, no, I'm not. I wish I was though" you said and stopped for a moment before continuing "Cap- Steve Rogers and Tony Stark found me in a forest somewhere and I fainted after having a panic attack and they brought me to the Avengers Tower and I've been living there for a week now" you explained.

He looked a bit concerned when he heard that you fainted but chose to ask a different thing. "Why were you in a forest?" he asked.

"Would you believe me if I were to tell you I am originally from a parallel universe where superheroes don't exist?" you asked. Your soulmate thinks for a few seconds.

"That is possible. Is that why I have never seen you in my dreams before?" he asked.

You nodded. "yup, and I also thought I didn't have a soulmate you know. But turns out you're just in another universe which is a bit unfair if you ask me. I mean, how could we possibly see each other? But here we are, I guess" you said and your soulmate chuckled.

Both of you went silent for a few seconds before he asked again. "What is your universe like?"

"It's not really that great compared to this. No superheroes, no exciting events happening. Oh but aliens who want to invade your earth is not really that exciting but hey, still better than my universe" you notice your soulmate swallow when you said the thing about aliens wanting to invade earth but chose to ignore it and continued with your story.

"Anyway, in my universe, the Avengers are a thing, but they are fictional. They have comics or movies about them so I still kinda have an idea of what's happening in here. Although in my universe, it is the year 2017, so I kinda went back to the past but that's okay" you took a deep breath again before continuing.

"So my friend and I went to the theater to watch the latest movie about the avengers and my favorite character dies which I cried about, actually everyone in the theater cried since he was loved by the fans and then I went home and then I fell asleep and then I woke up in some forest in this universe, the end," you said.

Your soulmate blinked a few times. He didn't know what a movie or a comic was but refused to ask as it could reveal that he might not be from the earth which is something he is avoiding. He decided to ask something about your favorite character.

"And who is this favorite character of yours?" he said.

"It's Loki" you replied shortly and your soulmate raised an eyebrow at your unexpected answer.

"Loki? Really?" he asked which greatly pleased him, knowing you cried about his death rather than focusing on the part that he died.

"Why is everyone so surprised when I say I like him? How could you not? He's just....so...perfect. And I know he's done a lot of bad things but most of them are just fueled by his emotions which was caused by the things that happened to him. I mean, it's not even that bad, everyone has planned world domination in their mind sometimes. He's just one of the few ones who somehow successfully did it. He deserves to be forgiven but people are just not giving him a chance! And I hate that! And I hate how he just died! Like what kind of life was that! It's not fair! He didn't even experience love or like, have friends who are there for you whenever you have...." you didn't get to finish your sentence as you feel your heartbeat quicken. You grasped your chest, trying to breathe as you curse the gods. Why the fuck were you having a panic attack when you are dreaming. It wasn't even real life! You're not supposed to feel things in your dreams or have panic attacks! What the fuck are the gods thinking! (or in this case, the author lmao)

Loki immediately acted. He grabbed both of your shoulders, trying to calm you down. He wipes your tears as he shushes you. "Hey, follow my breathing," he said, putting his hand on your cheek, making you look into his forest eyes as you did what he said, follow his breathing. "That's right, don't panic. It will only get worse" he calmly said, his voice suddenly changing from a child's to something unrecognizable. It was a man's voice, contrary to what he uses when he usually talks to you and you didn't know how he knew but it calmed you instantly.

"Thank you," you said, finally calming down as your pulse return to its normal state. You gave a tired smile to your soulmate and he smiled back.

"You are most welcome," he said.

"Does this happen often?" he added with a concerned tone.

"Not really often, mostly once or twice a week when I was still in my original universe, although, it's been getting a lot worse ever since I came here," you said.

"Is that what a panic attack is?" he asked which made you confused. How could he know nothing about mental illnesses even if he lives far away? You ignored the thought and answered his question.

"Yes," you said.

He stopped for a second, seeming to be deep in thought before asking again. "What is the cause of your sickness?" he said.

You silently laughed. The way he spoke was weird and unusual but you thought it was quite charming. "I think you know what the cause is," you said.

He thinks for a few moments until he realized something. "Is it those people? From that temple?" he asked and you nodded without any words, simply listening to him talk. You like the way he talked, no matter how strange it was. There is just something about his accent that makes you feel like you knew him from somewhere.

"Are they still breathing?" he asked.

"I don't know. Probably not. I mean, they were quite old when I left that place" you said.

"Pity" he whispered and you didn't get what he said.

"What was that?" you asked.

"Nothing," he said and he glanced at your hands which he noticed to be fading away, a sign that your time is up. He looks at you regretfully.

"It is time for you to wake up," he said, making you look at your hands.

You smiled. "It seems so," you said.

"When will we meet each other again?" you asked.

Your soulmate gave you a sad smile. "I am not sure. But maybe next time you won't see me in your dreams" he said which made you wonder.

"What does that mean? Are you coming to see me in real life?" you asked and before he could answer, you woke up.