—Jungkook's POV.—

Seokjin and I wait in his office for Taehyung to arrive for his appointment.

After telling him about how I saw him at the club, and after being scolded for staying out and not completing my schoolwork, he wanted to see the change in eye color for himself.

"Dr. Kim? Mr. Kim is here to see you."

    "Send him in." Seokjin responds before turning to me. "Remember what I said, don't mention anything about last night, even if it is Taehyung."

    "I'm not gonna say anything." I promise before the door opens.

    "Good afternoon, Dr. Kim." Taehyung bows as he closes the door behind himself. "I'm sorry if I'm a bit late, we're switchy this afternoon."

    "Oh, please. You're fine, Mr...?" Seokjin says standing from his desk and waiting for his name.

    "Oh, Hajoon is fine." He says holding his hand out to Seokjin.

I notice his green eyes for the first time and write down his eye color next to his name.

He's dressed in a dress shirt and a pale blue sweater vest that is matched with a pair of slacks.

He's also wearing glasses, different alters have different needs and capabilities Seokjin says.

    "Yes, it's nice to meet you, Hajoon." Seokjin says shaking his hand. "Please, have a seat."

Taehyung, sorry, Hajoon takes a seat in front of Seokjin's desk. "This is the med-student you told us about, Dr. Kim?"

    "Yes. Taehyung was made aware of his presence during his treatment and he was fine with it." Seokjin says. "If his presence ever makes you uncomfortable or there's ever anything you don't want to talk about in front of him I can always as him to step out."

    "Yes, I'm aware. There is a confidentiality agreement, correct?" Hajoon asks.

    "Yes, of course." Seokjin nods. "Even with the agreement, if you're ever uncomfortable let me know."

    "Yes. Thank you." Hajoon smiles. "I want to introduce myself while I have the chance. Like I said we're a little switchy today and I don't know when or if I'll start to dissociate."

    "Please, go ahead." Seokjin nods.

I prepare to write down as much as I can about Hajoon before he starts talking.

    "Well, I'm Hajoon. I'm 32 indefinitely, I don't age or age slide. I'm the primary observer and nurturer. The difference between me and a protector is that I mostly work from the inside unless there's a serious issue that needs taking care of. I care for the children." Hajoon explains. "There are three children but I think Chaehyeon is the only one that's fronted so far."

He falls silent making me look up from what I'm writing.

    "Sorry..." he says as he stares off into space. "I'm um...I don't physically protect the body. I keep us in a stable mental state and I try to get things done as far as hygiene and making sure the body is fed and hydrated..."

I can tell he's dissociating as he speaks, his gaze unclear and his words trailing off.

    "I'm sorry. I'm dissociating." Hajoon chuckles softly, his eyes still distant.

    "Take your time." Seokjin says watching him carefully.

    "We get switchy when the body's under a lot of stress, please forgive me." He says with a smile. "As I was saying, I mostly front when things need to get done or if the body has been hurt and needs to be taken care of. I'm a trauma holder. Our trauma holders besides me are V, Chaehyeon, and Minseok."

    "By trauma holder do you mean they've lived through the trauma or they just hold the memories?" Seokjin asks.

    "They've lived through it. I have access to those memories because in order for me to do my part for the body I need to know those things." Hajoon says. "I'm not allowed to share those memories but I have access to them."

    "Why aren't you allowed to share them?" I ask out of curiosity.

    "Jungkook." Seokjin says, his tone scolding.

    "No its fine." Hajoon reassures him. "V doesn't like for me to share those memories because he feels I have no right to and I respect that. He is co-host of the body and~"

    "I'm sorry, co-host?" Seokjin cuts in.

    "Yes he and Taehyung are co-hosts. Taehyung was host but he's becoming weaker and V is getting stronger. There's no way to control which alter fronts but if V is close to the front then the body will dissociate and cause a switch. Same with Taehyung, who's close now." Hajoon chuckles. "We aren't co-conscious now but that happens sometimes."

    "Do you have the ability to let Taehyung front?" Seokjin asks.

    "It doesn't always work but I can try to step back if you'd like" Hajoon nods.

    "Please?" Seokjin nods. 

    "Okay. It was nice meeting both of you I'm sure we'll meet again." Hajoon smiles. "Thank you for listening."

    "Of course. We'll see each other again soon, Hajoon." Seokjin says back.

Hajoon chuckles again before his smile fades and his eyes become distant.

After studying this disorder for months it still amazes me that one person could become another in the mater of seconds.

A pained sound leaves his lips and a hand shoots to his temple, his eyes fall shut before opening again.

And instead of the brown eyes that we're both expecting we're met with black eyes.

It's V.

    "Oh, what a fucking surprise." He curses looking between the two of us.

    "V?" Seokjin asks cautiously.

    "Fuck." He curses again looking down at his clothes. "I should've known Hajoon would be the one to come back here."

    "I just want to talk, V. You don't have to answer any questions that you don't want to." Seokjin offers.

V scoffs as he snatches Hajoon's glasses from his face, standing from the chair and leaning on Seokjin's desk. "I don't fuck with doctors, Seokjin. I thought I made that clear."

    "I'm not your enemy, V. I only want to help you." Seokjin says, not crumbling at all under V's harsh glare.

    "You want to help me? The only thing you could possibly do to help is stay away." V says, clenching his jaw in anger. "I won't tell you again, Seokjin. Next time I find out we've been here something really bad is going to happen to you and to your dog."

I resist the urge to say something to him about his threats, it wasn't our fault Hajoon came to the meeting.

    "If you keep trying to get rid of me I'll get rid of all of us, Taehyung included. Way quicker and easier than you ever could, Dr. Kim." V spits, pushing himself from the desk. "I mean it."

He glares at both of us, it's almost hard to take his harsh eyes seriously while he's dressed in a sweater vest and slacks.

He leaves the room, slamming the door behind himself.

    "This isn't good, Jungkook." Seokjin says turning to me.

    "What?" I ask in confusion.

    "If V is co-host that means if he gets any stronger he'll completely take over as host." He explains. "The host is the one that fronts the most and if V gets that position there's a possibility that Taehyung could become a dormant alter."

    "He'd be gone." I say in realization.

    "Exactly." Seokjin says, his features becoming stressed. "We need to get started on treatment right away."

    "What do you need me to do?" I ask.

    "For now I need you in contact with Park Jimin. I need a list of positive triggers for each alter." He responds as he starts to busy himself with something else.

    "I'm on it." I say, immediately going to contact Jimin.

If Taehyung became nothing more than another alter it'd be easy for V to prevent him from fronting, ultimately causing him to become dormant.

Taehyung could disappear forever.

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