"Hey... sorry, I forgot to ask your name," I ask, a bit ashamed that it took me this long.
"You can call me Alex," he says with a bright smile.
Wow, I think, totally fascinated by the way he speaks. His looks and his name are just a perfect match. Well, he looks exactly like my type anyway, so yeah.
"And you?" he asks, waking me up from my daydream.
"Oh... Billy. My name is Billy," I say quickly, making sure he won't think my name is "Ohbilly" like the jokes in movies.
"Cool. Love that name," Alex replies with a smile and a nod. I stay silent, feeling like my heart is going to burst.
"Hey, Alex, what do you think about men and women, males and females? Is it true that everything is created in pairs like that?" This is the one thing I really, really need to know. "I know you can answer whatever you like, I just want to know if you have a different perspective on this," I add.
"As far as I know in my existence, yes, everything is paired that way," he answers clearly.
Boom. Instantly, my fantasies of being with Alex shatter. I really hope he can't read my mind right now.
"Angels like you, too?" I ask, curious.
"Well, that's a secret. You don't have to know everything, right?" he replies while raising his eyebrows.
"Okay, sorry," I say, nodding in understanding.
"Hey, I've got something for you," Alex says, making me curious. "Oh,... maybe this can also answer that question you've just asked"
"Here it is... Keep it" He hands me the wax duck toy that I didn't dare to buy earlier. "You want that, don't you?"
I am surprised. This is so sweet. God is really playing with my feelings right now. "Whoa, thank you so much. How did you know?" I start to suspect again that he can read my mind.
"Well, I saw you were going to buy it earlier, but then you turned around, so yeah" he explains.
"Wait, you actually bought this, right? You didn't steal it?" I ask, and he just chuckles.
I hold the string of the wax duck toy he gives to me and start to stare at the toy in awe. A pair of tiny white ducks float peacefully inside the clear, pink water. It's really beautiful. Suddenly an old memory flashes in my mind of how bratty I used to be, crying to my parents just to get one of these. I smile, feeling a little sorry for being such a difficult kid back then.
"You said this could answer my question too? How?" I ask, intrigued.
Alex smiles. "You know... water is everywhere and it's always connected, even all the way up to Heaven," he explains. "Water has seen many things and can tell you what it knows, if only you knew how to ask it."
I stare at him in awe now.
"I've just whispered to the water inside your wax duck to respond to your request," Alex continues. "Now, point it at anyone in this park, and it will show you their true soulmate."
"You're kidding, right?" I ask in disbelief.
"Just try it," he replies casually.
"How am I supposed to talk to it?" I ask again.
"Just follow your gut," he says.
"Hi water, hello..." I say, looking closely at the wax duck and even waving my other hand. "Can you show me the soulmate of..." My eyes search through the people walking around the park. "That man?" I pick someone at random to point at.
"Is that right?" I ask Alex, checking if I am doing it correctly.
"Perfect," he replies with one thumb up.
"Now, do you see that? Two large bubbles have appeared in the water. Look closely, what do you see?" Alex points out.
I begin to stare at the bubbles. Inside, I see the faint shapes of human profiles, though they aren't quite clear to me.
"They are all that man's soulmates later in Heaven," Alex explains.
"Wow, really?" I ask in awe.
"You might not be able to see their features clearly, but you can see that they are all women, right?" he adds.
"I guess so," I reply unenthusiastically. "But why does he have two? If everyone is created in pairs, shouldn't there be only one soulmate?"
"Well, 'paired' means a man and a woman, it's not about the number," Alex explains. "Every human is created with their respective partners in Heaven. Some are truly a single pair, while others have more than that. Perhaps it depends on their personal needs, who knows."
While I already suspect that the concept of pairs is exactly like this, Alex's confirmation that everything will always be paired as man and woman somehow hits me a little hard.
"If you were to have a soulmate, how many would you want? One or more?" Alex suddenly asks.
"Just one, I think," I answer after some thought.
"Then it's likely that you'll have only one soulmate in Heaven," he replies confidently.
"I see," I nod in understanding. "But what if that man already has a wife here, in this world? Is his wife included as one of his soulmates?" I probe further.
"I don't think so," he answers. "Only humans are sent down to Earth, while their respective soulmates remain in Heaven. They will only meet again later in the afterlife."
"Though, in very rare cases, some are sent down together and actually find each other on Earth," Alex adds. "If you ever see a couple who get along perfectly and never argue, they might be the ones."
"Wow, how lucky they are," I reply in awe.
"So... Can I still test this on other people ?" I ask, gesturing to my wax duck.
"Be my guest," he answers.
"Can I point it to a picture?" I ask again.
"Nope. It only works on real people," he explains.
"Can I point it to you?" I ask him with a grin.
"It won't work, I told it to not show anything about me" answer Alex with a snarky look.
I do it anyway, but nothing comes up. "I guess it really doesn't. I will test it on someone else then" I said to myself.
"You better be," said Alex with sharp eyes.
One by one, I point my wax duck at whoever passes by my bench. The result is always the same. For every man, his soulmate is a woman, and for every woman, her soulmate is a man, no matter the number. I furrow my brow.
"You're behind all this, aren't you?" I start to be suspicious.
"It's up to you to believe it or not," he answers.
"Yeah." There is nothing I can do but accept it.
"Hey, Alex, do you think my soulmate will be a woman too? But why can I only think about men?" I ask with a sigh.
"Why don't you try it on yourself?" Alex suggests.
I take a deep breath and ask the water to show me my own soulmate. Suddenly, the pink water turns ink-black. No bubbles, no faces. Just darkness.
"Wait, what's happening? Why is it turning black?" I ask, panicked.
But shortly after, the dark color disappears and turns into pink again.
"Try it again," Alex suggests, he seems confused as well. But still, the water turns black every time I ask about my soulmate, only to return to normal a few moments later.
"Well, that's new. It's not supposed to happen like that," Alex said, surprised.
"Does this mean... I really don't have any future at all?" I ask, my voice trembling with sadness.
Updated 06/09/2026
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