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• dance while you cry (you've never felt so alive) by arsonbbyisdead

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  21 Aug 2025

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  • Original Non-Binary Character
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Original Cat Character(s)
  • Soulmates
  • Soulmate-Identifying Marks
  • Queer Themes
  • Aromantic Asexual Character
  • Queerplatonic Relationships
  • Fluff
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Cats
  • the cats are important
  • Self-Esteem Issues
  • Self-Discovery
  • anti romantic vibes
  • Friendship
  • whats the point of having friends if you're not a little in love with them
  • Some Plot
  • like there is a plot but i'm not good at plots
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived
  • Platonic Relationships
  • Developing Relationship
  • is it romantic is it platonic
  • who knows not me
  • coming of age vibes
  • except they're 21 so
  • Autistic Characters
  • can't believe i almost forgot that one i love my autism
  • Not Beta Read
  • Lowercase
  • Panic Attacks
  • Non-Sexual Intimacy
  • anti-soulmate sentiments
  • Build A Bear
  • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
  • Referenced Eating disorder
  • those two should've been added at the start honestly that's my bad
  • the plot meanders
  • pottery
  • the author knows fuck all about pottery btw
  • unrealistic employment and housing situations
  • because this is fiction and therefore they don't need to worry about the economy
  • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
  • silence is not consent
  • consent is a clear yes and nothing else
  • Self-Harm
  • Drinking
  • Drinking to Cope
  • Eating Disorders
  • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
  • Dissociation
  • Drowning
  • Hair Washing
  • author has zero experience with close personal relationships btw
  • shades of pink come up more often than you would expect
  • Kpop references
  • how to dance to mcr 101
  • Healing
  • the importance of music to a really autistic bitch
  • girls can be boyfriends
  • that got nothing to do with the plot its just worth saying
  • Closure
  • is this closure? i think it is
  • a new cat enters the arena
  • Tattoos
  • getting piercings as an alternative to self harm
  • because if it works it works
  • Hair Dyeing
  • friendship is magic motherfuckers
  • Happy Ending
  • Personal Growth

  Summary

  Six had always hated the idea of soulmates, to be honest. at seven they were shunned for not wanting one. at thirteen they went through hell. at twenty one they're finally happy.

  and then Six met Toby.

  (a rewrite of my old work)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  55,000

  Chapters:

  16/16

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  6

  Bookmarks:

  2

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