Samir reeled from the kiss, growing even more flushed and hyper-aware of the wet cling of his clothes and this minute distance between them. Sucking in a breath, he found it stuttering on its way out. "Yeah? I don't understand it. But..." he paused, squeezing Emery's hand. "It's good, right? I want to grow up forever with you and learn all of what it means to be soulmates. We'll always be together, Em." It wasn't even a question although he waited for affirmation. He knew somewhere in his heart like he knew the red string that connected them, that they would always be together.