"You know, maybe I could take you somewhere? There's a great restaurant, I'll send you the address. I've been there before, and it's a nice place, nothing too fancy," Dick said on the phone.

"It could even be a date—if you're okay with that." He was walking nervously in his apartment, hoping his friend would say yes.

He glanced at his wrist, someone else's name was written on it. Dick had a story with his soulmate, Barbara Gordon, but the love between the two slowly faded away despite the fact that they were soulmates. Despite that, her name was written on his wrist.

Dick wasn't in love with her anymore. His heart was beating for someone else, someone who wasn't his soulmate. "I mean, I would totally get it if you didn't want to. I'm not your soulmate, and you're probably in love with whoever that is..."

He sighed on the phone. "It's just that I want to spend tonight with you. Go on a date with you." Being honest felt difficult, but he had to.

Dick didn't care that his soulmate was Barbara. His heart was beating for his friend who was listening to him on the phone, not for his assigned soulmate. He wouldn't let destiny build his life, his feelings were too strong for that.