Soulmate Research Paper

In this universe, your soulmate’s first words they say to you show up on your wrist during your tenth birthday. A soulmate is a person who's matched with another. Of course, there is more than one soulmate per person. Usually, if you have two or more you have to choose, I’m lucky in my own way that I don’t have to choose.
My mom stated she had to decide between two people and that it was easier than people think. Dad would always say, “Destiny always knows what’s best, but who you belong with isn’t written in the stars. You write it with the choices you make.” Dad also told me there’s a way to know how many soulmates you have or if you have any at all. I did not understand what he meant until Mom wrote it down for me.
“You usually see a flash

of color when you
meet them, or you see a flash on your
10th birthday when you get your words.
Gold - 1 soulmate
Silver - 2 soulmates
Bronze - 3 soulmates
White - 0 soulmates
Purple - one of your 2 or 3 soulmates died
Black - When death takes your ONLY soulmate.”
Yet, Mom said you could have zero soulmates and be another's soulmate. I asked her, “Mom, isn’t it rare to have more than one?”
She answered with “No, it’s rarer to have one.” I didn’t understand why at first, but later I realized what she meant. If you have one soulmate, there’s only one person meant for you. That means you're special in your own way. I like the thought of that but the universe deciding our future is something I wish it didn’t have power over. I want to decide who I end up with. Though I don’t want to make the decision that could destroy my life and everything I worked for.