Vic, this is Taehyung.

I know my response to your letter is far overdue and I apologize. I just wanted to think about what I had to say before I tried to say it. I still don't know what to say so I apologize if I'm all over the place in this letter.

I know you know pretty much all about me and all about the system but I still feel the need to introduce myself. I'm Kim Taehyung and I'm the host of our system. I recently started age sliding but I'm not exactly sure what age I drop to when I slide.

I want to apologize for my ill feelings towards you when V and Minseok first integrated, I know it was completely out of your control and I shouldn't hold something that you can't control against you. Not only that, you saved V and Minseok from themselves and I'll always be eternally grateful to you for that.

V and Minseok had only just started to make sense to me in the last two or three years. I didn't udnerstand why V wanted to hurt me so badly and I didn't know why he existed if all he did was bring harm to the body as well but over the years I've come to realize how wrong I was.

I used to hate V. I wanted to 'get rid of him' or 'put him to sleep' as he would put it, and it was true. For years I thought life would be better off without him.

A few years ago I started to depend on him more, I'd let him call the shots because I felt like I had no other choice. I felt like I had to do what he said in order to preserve the body. I used to wonder how they could call him a protector when all he did was hurt me and everyone else.

But now I know he only hurt us so no one else would.

I related everything negative with V for so long and it seems like just when I was beginning to understand him I've lost him. I know he's apart of you but he's no longer a part of me and, even though it hurts, I know it's all apart of the healing process.

Minseok...we never really said much to each other. He was a protector but he wasn't as connected to me as the other alters and I felt like he blamed me for a lot but I never had the guts to ask. He loved Jimin. Jimin was his best friend just as much as he was mine and sometimes I'd wonder why he made more of an effort to communicate with Jimin than he did to communicate with me.

Even though I rarely reached out to him and even though I had no idea what trauma he held I was grateful for him. I wish I would've reached out to him, I know it probably wouldn't have made any difference but I just wish I would've asked if he was okay.

I know what happened had to happen in order for them to live, even if they both live through you now. I was reluctant to welcome you because the thought of starting all over scared me. The thought of having to learn you scared me. But I know that that's not the case for us.

You know me just as well as V and Minseok did and I know you. You may have a different name, you may look different in the inner world, you may not have V's edge or Minseok's timidness but you are just as much apart of me and the system and I'm so sorry for not welcoming you with open arms.

I was scared, Vic.

For so many years I would dream of a life where it was just me, myself and I. I'd wonder constantly why I had to be 'cursed' with this disorder. Why I wasn't the one my father chose to take from my mother instead of my brother. Why was I cursed to live a life as me, myself, and them?

For years I tried to ignore V and Chaehyeon's presence, I tried to be 'normal' but I was hurting myself far more than I was helping by not acknowledging them. If I would've known then to embrace V and Chaehyeon life wouldn't have been so tough. I can't lie, life is still tough. Extremely tough. But it's easier knowing that I have a system behind me every step of the way.

I'm so grateful for you, Vic, and not only for saving V and Minseok but for saving me. I'm grateful for you, Hajoon, Chaehyeon, Jongun, Chaesal, and even the other littles that rarely front. You guys are the reason I'm here today and I've grown to accept that more and more as time passes.

Even though times get tough and I may feel like life isn't worth living at times, I know that we can get through it together. So as long as we live, I'll forever be happy to live a life as 'me, myself, and them.'

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"'Me, myself, and them." Jimin chuckles as he rereads the last sentence.

"Yeah. Vic cried for like an hour straight." Jungkook chuckles. "It made him really happy."

Jimin nods, wiping away his own tears. "You don't know how much this letter means, Jungkook. Taehyung struggled so much to accept them."

Jungkook nods, smiling sadly. "I know it couldn't have been easy."

"Can we agree that when I enter a room you leave?" Chaesal says prancing into the kitchen. "It'd make everyone's life a little easier."

"Did you do what I asked?" Jungkook asks the teenager.

The brunette hums, looking around like he hadn't the slightest clue what Jungkook was talking about. "I think I've failed to comprehend anything you've said today."

"Chaesal~" Jungkook starts scoldingly.

"Ah, ah, ah." Chaesal says holding his hand up. "If you scold me anymore today I'm telling Taehyung."

"Taehyung defends him once and he thinks he on his side." Jungkook scoffs to Jimin.

"Taehyung is on my side. And I'd be careful if I were you, perv." The younger says narrowing his eyes. "One sour note about you on the log and you're in the doghouse, woof."

"Chaesal, go sweep the goddamn living room. Everyone has a responsibility but you and now you have one." Jungkook says snapping his fingers.

"No responsibility?" Chaesal scoffs. "If anyone needs a responsibility it's Jongun. Tell me, is he still trying to drink away his alcoholism?"

"Unlike you, Jongun is an adult and he's trying his best to do better." Jungkook says. "Now go sweep."

"Go hire a maid. Taehyung makes enough money doesn't he?" The younger says hopping up on the counter and looking at the log.

"He has a point." Jimin shrugs.

"Thanks, little guy." Chaesal smiles at Jimin who flips him off with a smile.

"Chaesal. Now." Jungkook says patiently waiting.

"You know what's sickening?" The younger asks as he fills his portion of the log. "These disgusting, lovey dovey ass messages Vic and Jongun leave each other at the end of the log. Isn't this space reserved for serious messages?"

"You left a message asking for a new phone yesterday." Jungkook says.

"Yeah. Because this one is trash." Chaesal says holding the phone up. "I didn't sign up to watch Vic and Jongun flirt. It's cringey as fuck."

"I think it's cute." Jimin shrugs.

"Of course you do." Chaesal says jumping down from the counter and grabbing the broom. "And don't think I don't know about you screwing your new roommate. Everyone knows."

Jimin's eyes widen and his eyes shoot to Jungkook. "Jungkook!"

Jungkook stands flabbergasted as Chaesal leaves the kitchen.

"You told the seventeen year old!?" The older exclaims.

"W~ No! Of course not. I told Taehyung that you guys started dating." The younger says. "A-And...I might've kinda sorta texted him as soon as you told me because I couldn't believe it and I was so happy for you~"

"You fucking idiot." Jimin says, his face flushing. "Everyone uses the damn phone!"

"He was at work! I'm sorry, okay? It's not like all I said was you were screwing I said you were in a committed relationship." Jungkook says, trying to hold back his laugh. "I didn't mean to expose you."

"You're a genius." The older sighs, rolling his eyes and pressing his palms to his face. "Now the entire system knows."

"Come on, Jimin. Chaesal's a dick, you know that. The rest of them seem genuinely happy for you. I swear." The younger says in all seriousness. "I'm sorry about telling everyone before you could."

"Don't worry about. I'm glad they know I guess." Jimin says shaking his head.

Chaesal returns to the kitchen with the broom and dustpan.

"No way your finished." Jungkook says to him.

"I don't know, hyung. I think I'm cleaning wrong, maybe you can get in there and show me how it's done." The younger says batting his eyes.

"Nice try. Don't forget to load the dishwasher for Hajoon." Jungkook says turning away.

Chaesal whined childishly. "I just want to go to sleep."

Jungkook ignores him, tsking and shaking his head as the boy stomps towards the washer.

"Brat."

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