"Make your vision so clear that your fears become irrelevant."

[Clear]

"Can I kiss you?" he leaned forward, his heart beating so hard he was sure that the girl could actually hear every beat behind his ribcage. What was with him today, taking the soft hands than babbling on and now this?

He knew what was going on, of course, Hinata was the best. Just like he said before. He was so lucky that they were soulmates. She was so cute and brave, and. He stopped his blood freezing. She was so silent now.

Her eyes locked with his, those doe eyes wide in surprise, and her face. It was white as a sheet. The air he was inhaling felt dry against his lips. Where did this question even come from? He felt his stomach tremble anticipating and waiting for the answer. He watched her eyes flutter before her lips slowly parted almost choking.

"You…You can't."

Time stopped. Naruto felt it literally stop around him, rendering him to a mess on the sidewalk. His fingers twitched, flexing and unrolling again and again as he straightened up. His spine rigid just like when he first stepped on enemy ground, his heart was beating even faster than before. If that was even possible.

"Oh.." he coughed, making the girl jump a bit. "I am sorry…" his gaze searched for the left bags on the street.

"No, it's…" Hinata started, and Naruto felt his heart sink at the tone she spoke. "I am…" she fidgeted with the hem of the sleeve of her blouse. "Good night Naruto-kun." she finally spluttered before practically running for the gate.

Leaving him back alone on the street. He grabbed the bags and watched the gate close behind his soulmate. He stood there watching the gate for a long time before he decided to turn around and head back.

It was his fault. He was the one who asked that, without considering Hinata's feelings. Where did that question even come from? He blamed his dreams and his daydreams from the dance. It was too tempting the girl's lips, her cute little face. The way she tried her best to lighten his mood. She was so adorable he couldn't stand it.

He crouched just before the little wooden gate already tearing his hair in his confusion. But they were soulmates, and he liked her, even thought it was rude to ask something like this. Wouldn't the other party just smile or something, but that honest answer. 'You can't.' it was a critical hit.

Why can't he? Was that so bad? Was he so repulsive? So dumb? Did she not like him anymore? He stopped. No, Hinata loved him. Didn't she? She confessed, right? That happened, that actually happened right?

He felt his head spin, his veins pop. Was that anger? He literally kicked the weak wooden gate in, stomping over the front garden. He opened the door with too much force stirring the inmates.

"Naruto?!" Iruka padded forward from the kitchen his hands buried in a washcloth. "What are you doing?" he asked watching his adoptive son kick off his shoes.

Sakura was the next to show up, her brows knitted, as Naruto grumbled tossing the bag to the girl. She caught it with ease yet she was shocked by the fact that her friend was angry over seemingly nothing.

"What happened?" Iruka and she asked in sync both letting what they had in their hands fall.

The boy just glanced at them, showing an apologetic face before scurrying to the first floor to his room. Sakura gazed after him before turning to Iruka shrugging.

I

He lay awake on his bed while listening to the sounds of the night. Iruka-sensei even came before telling about dinner, which he refused. That night he tossed and turned before he had enough and got up in the middle of the night.

He stormed down the stairs opening the front gate soundlessly. He laced up his shoes in the garden before he rocket started down the road. His legs carried him fast, and he felt alive, his body finally occupied his mind started to calm down.

'You can't.'

His mind whirled, and before he knew it he was drenched. A heaving mess before the complex where Sakura and Ino lived. He huffed running up the stairs, taking two steps at once. He should have called. He knocked lightly at first.

When no one answered he knocked a bit harder his heart racing. Finally, he heard shuffling from inside and the lock clicked. A furious Ino stood in the doorway, her night robe hung from her shoulder and her hair was a mess.

"What do you want?" she snarled, opening the door just a crack, fumbling with something. "It's two in the morning."

"I know I need your help!" he explained hurriedly, softly pushing the door in so he could finally step inside the flat.

Ino let him in, stepping aside while the boy locked her door, kicking off his shoes. Both of them turned to the noise when Sakura finally showed up, a hunter knife in her hand as she padded forward a bit wonky.

"You open the door with that?" Naruto asked already stepping back.

"Only when someone bangs on my door at the middle of the night…" she yawned, putting the weapon down the coffee table. "What is it?" she slumped down to the couch as graceful as a rhino.

"I was just about to ask that too…" Ino pointed at their visitor before sauntering over to the kitchen and opening the fridge. "Juice or water?"

Her question was unanswered as Naruto couldn't hold it in anymore. "I asked Hinata if I could kiss her and she said I can't." he blurted in one line.

To that Sakura emerged from the shadow of the backrest, her eyes wide in shock. And Naruto could swear he heard something break in the kitchen. The silence was suffocating and he felt a cold run down his spine.

"You what?" Sakura found her voice, now fully awake she almost fell over the backrest as she tried to look at her friend.

"Wait, why?" Ino stopped Sakura before the pink haired girl would turn into a hurricane. The host asked, rounding the kitchen counter and walking over the couch, acting as a barrier between Sakura and Naruto.

"I…" Naruto scratched the back of his neck. "…she was just so cute…and"

"And?" Ino urged, disregarding the yelp that came from Sakura's direction.

"She is my soulmate and she confessed to me, and I though she was cu-"

"So what?" ino crossed her hands over her chest.

Naruto looked at the blonde flabbergasted, was he not clear enough. "She is my soulmate."

"So what?" Ino repeated, already holding out her arm stopping Sakura from saying anything.

Naruto felt puzzled. "I thought that, no I just felt like…" he stopped at the right moment because those cold steely blue eyes drilled into his.

"You actually believed, she would say yes, or it would be okay to kiss her because she loves you." she rearranged his words. "Because you are her soulmate."

Naruto wanted to nod, but he himself felt that something was off about what Ino just repeated.

Seeing the sheer shock in Naruto's eyes Ino leaned against the couch, burying her face into one of her hands. "You are an idiot." she whispered.

"Listen Naruto," Sakura waved him over because the guy was still standing in the foyer. " is this why you were angry?" she asked concerned over the fact that it was serious enough for the boy to run to them in the middle of the night.

The boy didn't say anything but trotted closer to the now sleep deprived girls.

"This is partly my fault too…" Ino sighed slouching down next to the couch, her face still buried in her hands.

Both Naruto and Sakura looked down at the girl now rocking back and forth on the floor. Listening to her grumble and sighing again and again before the boy finally decided to step in.

"What do you mean?" He crouched before the Yamanaka, exchanging confused glances with Sakura.

Ino finally looked up, rolling her head to her shoulder she clicked her tongue once before she started.

"Two days ago, after the party," she leaned back to the couch sparing a glance at Sakura "Hinata stood over."

To that, Sakura nodded and gestured to her best friend to continue.

"So when we got up, I had the chance to talk with her, and well," she ruffled her hair in agony. Trying her best to avoid Naruto's gaze. " so we talked about you." she spat out at last.

Naruto's face, if possible, became even more confused. "About me…" he pointed at himself.

"Naruto what do you know about soulmates?" Sakura cut in before her friend could continue.

"How is that relevant now?" He finally fell back to his bottom, sighing.

"Just tell…" Ino let out a breath, and the knot in the back of her throat seemed to loosen.

The guy, leaned back, using his elbows for the stability as he half lay on the floor. His gaze on the ceiling, which was painted over not so long ago when they were over and Kiba sprayed multiple soft drinks over it. He tried his best to compose what he actually knew about the world's most important thing to some.

His finger tapped on the wooden floor, and the girls waited patiently till he decided to speak up.

"Everyone has a soulmate. They say that their souls were once one and after their death, they were parted." the sounds of the night were blurred by the low buzzing in his ears.

"After that, the souls would search for the other, and when you find your one and only soulmate a final mark of your soul will appear." looking up, he just realized he never painted that one spot in the corner he promised before.

"Your soulmate will understand you without words, could feel your emotions, and even feel when you die." remembering the thing that Hinata told him.

Sakura snorted "Legends, that's all…"

"The marks will appear on greater events in our life's. Sometimes seemingly random. Other times after a love or after a trauma." Ino's voice was, as always when she spoke about soul marks, educational and clear. "Did you know Naruto that your first and last marks are the same as Hinata's?"

"I didn't!" Naruto sprung forward almost jumping to his feet. "That means…"

"Or that, that Sai-kun's and Kakashi-san's first are the same." she cut the boy off before he went overboard. "Naruto there are just that many symbols and marks one can have on them." she held up her hands.

"Seven values," she held up the fingers " fourteen actions," Sakura helped with the four. " twelve artifacts, seven disciplines." she let her legs fall to the ground and she put her hands in her lap "Then there are six symbols that are rare and could not be sorted into any of the above types." She finished, with a smile on her face.

"As much as we would like to believe that we are unique, which to some extent we are, we have the same fears, same grandiose dreams, same disappointments." as she went on she pushed off her night robe now sitting just in her oversized T-shirt between her friends. "Fundamentally we are the same, yet different and it's fascinating. But Naruto."

To his name Naruto's eyebrows jumped a bit and he was slowly getting to what the Yamanaka was talking about.

"Believing that there is just one who is like us, or believing that just because someone is our soulmate they need to love us and we have to love them back is foolish."

Sakura huffed, her upper body leaning over the backrest, hands dangling. "My parents were soulmates, but they had separate partners even after they found out." she smiled, "It took them a lot of time to fall in love."

"Having a soulmate is a really heavy bond." Ino smirked at the boy before her "It is true that experiments show that to some extent you are able to feel the others pain and feelings. Yet, the mortifying thing is that, no matter what you do, the other will understand." now she was playing with her fingers touching and releasing them, she knew that this was something she did when she was trying to connect with someone who was a block head.

"Doesn't mean they agree, but they understand."

"Hinata loves you." Sakura said shocking the others. "She confessed."

Naruto nodded remembering a light blush painting his cheeks.

"I am stepping over boundaries that are really fragile…" Ino started, fidgeting at the mere idea of what she was about to say. "…but you should really look into the legend of 'Moon and Sun'."

"Ino!" Sakura jumped from the couch landing softly next to her best friend, promptly shutting her up.

"I am the Sun…" Naruto mumbled to himself before his voice came back. "…but I don't understand."

The girls turned to his direction slowly, both of them confused.

Naruto pulled up his legs imitating Ino's stance from before. "She loves me, and she is my soulmate, and she is so adorable, so great." he glanced up at the girls. "Why did she refuse?" when Ino was about to pounce him, he held up a hand. "I know now that this soulmate business isn't all fairy tale or a romance roman…" he sighed "…but I really wanted to kiss her, because I think…" he stopped, his eyes widening.

"Because she is your soulmate?" Ino asked laughter in her voice.

"Because she loves you?" Sakura tipped her head to the side, a mischievous smile tugging at the corner of her lips.

"Because I love her…" he said almost shocked himself. Tossing back and hitting the wooden floor hard. "I loved her for a while now?"

"Good for you!" Ino clapped leaning over the boy, who was now hiding behind his hands.

"You figured out, huh?" Sakura laughed kicking his leg lightly.

"I have to go!" he jumped up, just to hit the floor with his chin winching.

Both girls jumped at him, Ino going for his shoulders while Sakura targeted his legs pulling him back down. He tried to crawl to the door, but with the girls pull he remained on the floor.

"It's three in the morning!" Ino screeched. "It is bad enough that you woke us up, don't you dare to go over there right now…" she stopped. "Ew! You are drenched."

I

Hinata washed her face languidly taking every movement seriously as she notoriously patted her cheeks with ice cold water. Her eyes looked bad and the bags under them felt heavy. She examined her expression, she looked bad and tired. It was given, she sighed, last night she couldn't sleep.

That night's happenings played in her head over and over again. Till the moment where she one-handedly shattered everything. Her head tipped forward in defeat, she was so dumb. She scrubbed her skin with the towel using a bit too much force before she nodded to her reflection. It has to be enough.

The brush danced in her hand as she tried her best to untangle the bed hair she accumulated at night. She still had time, for today the only thing she had was an early meeting with Kiba and Shino. The three of them decided earlier that week that they would walk Akamaru together just like back in Highschool when the dog was still a puppy.

She was out the gate before anyone could catch her, even Hanabi was still in deep slumber. She jogged down the street, stopping just for a brief minute before the kindergarten's broken little gate. She glanced up to the first floor where the window was open and she uttered a 'Good Morning' under her breath.

She was sure Naruto-kun would understand her, not just because he was her soulmate but because he was Naruto-kun. The boy she loved. She smiled halting at the intersection when her phone went off.

"Sakura-san?" she smiled into the device.

I

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto pleaded kneeling before the pink haired girl.

"Where is the brave boy from yesterday?" she asked her coffee mug snug in her hands as she leaned over the kitchen counter.

"But…" Naruto hesitated, his voice becoming smaller and smaller. "…what if she doesn't love me anymore?"

His face was so serious that Sakura felt guilty for ridiculing him before. "Naruto, listen…" she sighed "…why do you think that's what happened?"

"Be…because why else would she refuse the kiss?"

"I don't know, maybe because she thought that you didn't like her?" Sakura shrugged already fed up with this drama. She had to stay up with the hyperactive blonde all morning and now was the point where she had enough.

"No, no she knew I liked her, she had to, I sent good signals…I guess…" the end of his sentence was barely audible now as he flicked an invisible dirt from the counter.

"You guess…" the girl sighed again, she wished she could just be like Ino who became fed up way faster and went to her room hours earlier.

"I don't know…what if..."

"That's it!" she said storming over her own room and coming back phone in her hand already. "I'll just ask okay!?" her mind was so sluggish that she actually pushed call.

"Sakura-ch-" Naruto screamed silently.

"Sakura-san?" Hinata's voice filled the kitchen and both of them froze. "Good Morning!"

Sakura gulped "Ah, Good Morning, did I wake you?" she put the device down the counter, so both of them could hear the girl on the line.

"Um, no I am waiting for the others then we are going to walk Akamaru." her voice was tired and they could hear a not so well hid yawn.

"Sounds nice…" Sakura smiled, her elbow between Naruto's ribs when the guy tried to snatch the mobile.

"Did something happen?" they could hear her great someone before turning back to them. To Sakura to be exact.

"No, actually," she pushed Naruto back with one hand, the other shielding the phone on the flat surface. " yes, so Naruto called yesterday and said you refused to kiss him, or something."

There, done. She glared at Naruto who slouched down to the floor again, ducking his head under his crossed arms.

"Oh…" Hinata panted "yes. That's true."

"Why? I mean sorry for intruding, but as long as I can remember you loved him didn't you?" it didn't escape her how Naruto flinched by this seemingly new info.

"No that's not the case…" Hinata's voice carried a sad tone, and they heard her move, and maybe a car.

"Did you choose the other guy, Toneri or something?" to that Naruto literally jumped up.

This scenario didn't even occur to him. Toneri was a good a guy, he knew it. Even if he hated himself for realizing it, it was actually a pretty good reason. That guy was with her when she was in danger, he even sacrificed hims-

"NO!" Hinata gasped "No, I love Naruto-kun, still and maybe forever…" her voice was now wavering.

The face of Naruto was a scene by itself. Sakura giggled at the color that invaded the boy's features. Not to mention the silly smile playing on his lips.

"So then why?" the pinkett urged.

For minutes there was silence, and Sakura almost thought that she went too far when Hinata finally spoke up.

"Naruto-kun is kind." she pointed out. "He is really kind, we both know."

"Yeah, but-"

"He is the type that doesn't know the difference between liking someone unconditionally because of a bond or loving someone pure heartedly."

Hinata's voice was dancing on Naruto's nerves and his mouth felt dry, his heart strings tangled as he listened to a conversation that he wasn't supposed to hear.

"He is kind, maybe he just wanted to make me happy, because I'm his soulmate…" the Hyuga's voice was now lower than it normally sounded and Sakura knew this tone.

"Hinata…" she glanced at Naruto, who was staring at the device between them.

"But I decided to wait a bit, confess again." a smile tugged at her voice. "Give him time to realize if he likes me…and then I'll confess again." she chuckled at her own boldness. "I don't want to take advantage of his kindness." she stopped for a moment.

"Ah, Kiba is here, I'll meet you later?" she asked, and they could already hear the Inuzukas voice in the background.

"Of course!" Sakura chirped before saying bye and cutting the line.

"Now," she leaned on her elbow sprawled on the counter "aren't you loved?"

Naruto was blushing to his hairline now, his heart beating with such ferocity he was afraid it would break out. Or if he thought more about what he heard his head would just explode. The repainting would take a lot longer if that really happened. He looked up when Sakura started to usher him out, still grinning madly on the counter.

I

Hinata pushed the phone deep into her back pocket and greeted her friends. Both of them looked at her funny when they stopped.

"Were you speaking with Naruto?" Kiba poked her forehead.

Hinata nursed her red skin, where her friend flicked her head. Feigning hurt she puffed up her cheeks. "I did not!" she squeaked.

"Were you talking about Naruto?" Shino added, his smile wider than necessary.

To that Hinata ducked her head crouching down to Akamaru and showered him with love rather than actually answering the question. "Sakura-san called…" she said letting the dog nuzzle her jawline.

She squeaked when the wet and cold nose poked her hot skin.

The boys let it at that, hauling the girl up and walking down the streets while chatting. Their goal was the nearby forest where they used to play hide and seek when they were still young. Hinata chuckled when Akamaru darted after a cat not stopping even when his owner shouted at the top of his lungs.

"I am happy you find it funny…" Kiba glared the pair behind him.

Both shrugged, and watched their friend run after his free-spirited mutt.

"How is the house arrest?" Shino kicked a pebble from the way as they took the corner.

"Well, Father seems a bit calmer, but I still have to tell where I go, with whom I go there and when do I come back." she smiled. Hiding a yawn behind her hand.

"Sounds bad."

"Um-hm, " Hinata shook her head, her hands behind her back, she leaned a bit forward to look over their friend who just tackled his furry companion. "I understand it. I am the daughter of a politician after all." she patted her upper arm just like she was showing off her muscles. "I need to be strong!"

"Hinata you have changed a lot." Shino said, glancing back and stepping to the side a bit.

"How d-" her sentence was cut when someone grabbed her, almost tackling her off her feet.

She yelped as said someone pulled her flush his chest and carried her at a dangerous pace.

"I am taking her a bit!" Naruto hollered grinning madly with his hands full with Hinata as he skidded to the next turn, disappearing behind the high garden wall.

Hinata froze right away when she realized it was Naruto who kidnapped her. "Na…Naruto-kun?!" she stuttered her hands clenching into his Tshirt.

"Hinata put your arms around me!" Naruto shouted not slowing down as she ran down the narrow street.

Instinctively Hinata's hands shot up to circle her soulmate's neck, her face red from the surprise of the sound of Naruto's heart.

"Good," Naruto praised his smile widening a blush decorating his face too. "Now don't let go!" he jumped over the small stone wall separating the street and the playground where they met yesterday.

He remembered this place, it was the same he first met with Sasuke and the others. Literally knocking into a bunch of kids on his way to the kindergarten. He smiled, now that he thought about it, wasn't Hinata in that group?

He slowed his pace, fearing to glance down to the girl snuggled in his embrace. It was bad enough that her arms were draped over his bare neck. Naruto gulped turning around still jogging; if he remembered correctly it was around here.

They left the swings where just yesterday Hinata and Hanabi talked about the future. Hinata clenched her fingers together, careful not to hurt the boy. As she sneaked a peek up she could see the boy's neck and his sharp jawline.

Her mind decided to go on an adventure, and she had to remind herself where she was before she acted on any of her instincts.

"Here we are!" Naruto said crouching down, Hinata still in hand and he bowed forward so Hinata felt his skin touch her cheek.

The girl clenched her eyes together, all this stimulation was bad for her heart, which now took over Naruto's loud noise. Thumping happily in rhythm with the boy's. When she finally opened her eyes she found themselves inside a small patchwork of wooden boards and signs. She had to blink in the darkness to get out the silhouettes of old posters plastered over the tiny space.

"Welcome to the headquarters…" Naruto panted and his warm breath hit Hinata's ear.

She just realized she was still, or rather now sitting in Naruto's lap, her hands still circling her soulmate's neck. As she looked she found the boy gazing at her, and for a second her heart skipped a beat.

In the small space, it was nowhere to run, she couldn't even scamper out of the boy's cross-legged lap now. It was a miracle how the boy even got them into this tiny place. Almost like a box.

Her mind slowly let up, and she remembered this place from her childhood, this was one of the bungalows that the boys made back then. Hiding and closing the girls out. This must have been Naruto's, she smiled just by imagining small Naruto getting all the material over and making it into this.

"Hinata…" he started, his hands enveloping the girl loosely around her waist.

Hinata flinched in his lap and she was ready to let go of the boy, but she stopped when the hands around her tightened.

"Na…Naruto-kun, about yesterday…." she felt her throat clench and her fingers twitch. "I am…I just…"

She was stopped when the boy's forehead lightly butted her own, forcing her to look up. Her lips tightened when she spotted the seriousness in her soulmate's eyes. She felt rather than heard the boy take a deep breath before he clenched his eyes.

Not good. Hinata felt her blood freeze, this face, and those eyes not good. She let go of the boy squirming in his lap trying her best to escape.

"I am so sorry, Naruto-kun I know that y-"

"I love you."

Hinata stilled, her body stopping altogether. Her ears ringing from the words uttered so only she could hear it. The sensation that the boys soft voice sent down her skin made her tremble because of their closeness. She felt her ears heat up first before she dared a glance up.

Her breath hitched when she saw Naruto's helpless and flushed face bowed over her. Her eyes found the clear blue eyes which were now filled with anticipation and softness. For a long moment, they just stared at one another.

"I said, don't let go…" the blonde panted lightly, almost whispering.

For Hinata, on the other hand, it felt like he was shouting, every of his words sending trembles down her skin. And before she knew her hands were already back on the boy's neck, one hand lightly dragging over the delicate skin behind the boy's ears.

To which Naruto's chest rumbled, touching the girl's side. He shifted his arm around the girl, pulling her even closer.

"I love you Hinata…" he repeated, now looking into the girl's doe eyes.

"Mm." the girl nodded shyly her lips curved into a smile before she nuzzled her face into the boy's chest. "I love you Naruto-kun." she could hear Naruto's heart beating and it lulled her, calming her senses.

The boy hugged her back, before leaning back again and looking down his soulmate. Chuckling in happiness. She was so cute, so tiny, and so adorable. It was unbearable. His body felt light against the girl, and in a long time, he felt the need he felt in Iwa again. Now ridiculing himself over how dumb he was believing that it was caused by the bond between them.

In this tiny place, he had to crank his neck to see the girl's angelic face buried in his old Tshirt. Knowing full well that it was a bad idea he leaned forward again, tipping the Hyuga back. So now the girl was held in his hands just like when they danced.

Left to his devices, she looked up at him so timidly, so trusting and he just knew that he was about to wage all that for his own selfish reasons.

"Please kiss me." it left his lips before he could think about again, or how to formulate it better. Even in his daze, he felt, even more, blood rush to his face to his own boldness.

The girl in his hands looked up at him wide-eyed, her lips parting slightly as her face became a shade darker. Her eyes fluttered in embarrassment and for a second she even glanced to the side.

Just when Naruto was about to call it a prank or joke he felt tugging on the back of his neck. A shiver run down his spine as he obediently followed the motion leaning forward. Then in a tantalizingly slow motion, Hinata pulled herself closer to him, closing her eyes sheepishly.

That moment Naruto knew that he was cursed, sentenced for life beside this girl, and then he stopped.

At first, it was a hesitant peck on his lips, and it was beyond anything that he ever thought about kissing. The soft lips of Hinata pushed against his again, for longer this time and his arms tightened around the girl.

He could have already been suffocating the girl for all he knew. What was more important now was the fact that she kissed him. She kissed him, and he felt his skin prickle and melt at the same moment. Kissing back the girl awkwardly, one hand buried in the dark locks that descended on her back.

He didn't break the kiss when those soft lips moved slowly kissing the corner of his lips. Or when he leaned forward catching her rosy trembling lip again, hitting his head on the short ceiling over them. And she chuckled against his lips because of his clumsiness.

It was probing and like an expedition, slowly mapping the other. When he finally let the girl go and looked down at her his heart almost busted at the sight. Of course, he knew that the girl must have been flushed but the sight.

Her pale eyes glazed and even half closed as she looked up at him, even her forehead was flushed, and her chest that was still pressed against him lifted and fell in the same rhythm as his.

He gulped already kicking himself mentally.

"Again?" he leaned in almost pleading, his fingers tangling in the silky hair all over the girl's back.

"Um," Hinata nodded before leaning in again, putting a kiss on the boy's chin her lips slightly open.

"A…again?" Naruto pushed his luck, now smiling when Hinata chuckled in his arms.

Pulling the boy forward, leaving a peck on his smile "Again."

A.N.: Now I hope every one can forgive my last chapter. I just thought it would be in Hinata's character to over think this kind of things. And look in the twelth chapter we actually get to know something about the soulmates and soulmarks...grandiose.