Author's pov :

Taehyung turned around and faced the one and only boy he always wished he'd never have to see again.

"What are you doing here?" Taehyung said as his body started to tremble with fear.

"Is that how you welcome your brother whom you haven't seen in years?" The black haired boy said with a smirk as he raised an eyebrow.

"Just answer my question."

The boy took a few steps closer, which made Taehyung take a few steps backwards.

"Are you afraid of me? Why don't you come and give your big bro a hug." The boy said with a low voice as he opened his arms, the smirk still on his face.

Taehyung would be lying if he said he wasn't scared.

Suddenly, all the memories Taehyung didn't want to think of and tried so hard to forget and to avoid, came back to haunt him.

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"Hey psycho!." They yelled as soon as I walked out of the school building.

I tried my best to ignore them and quickly walked back home, almost running.

They followed me until I arrived at the dark alley I have to walk down every single day to get home. There was no other way than that one.

With a fast beating heart, I walked down the dark alley. The sound of footsteps grew closer until two pair of hands pulled me harshly by the waist.

I couldn't even blink an eye before I felt my back hit the brick wall. I gasped in pain and fell on the ground.

"You weren't fast enough, idiot." A boy said as he took a few steps closer to me followed by four other boys.

I stood up to escape, but a long, muscular boy blocked my way.

"There's no escape you freak. Now give us what we wanted." Another boy said.

"I-I don't h-have it.."

The boy who threw me against the wall raised an eyebrow.

My heart was beating at an insanely fast pace, all I wanted was to go home.

But I knew I wouldn't arrive home without at least one bruise.

"You never do what we tell you to do." The boy said through gritted teeth.

Tears were beginning to blur my vision, my bottom lip trembled and my knees felt like jelly.

I lowered my head to avoid eye contact and bit my bottom lip to stop it from trembling.

He suddenly grabbed me by the back of my hair and harshly pulled against it so I was facing him.

Without saying a word, he kicked me in the shin. I hit the ground and got the wind knocked out of me by a blunt kick from the taller boy that blocked my way earlier.

The other two boys gathered around me as well. The three of them started to kick me simultaneously in the torso, sending shocks of pain through my body.

I instinctively covered my face with my arms as the three boys continued to kick me.

I peeked through the small opening between my two arms and saw him laughing as he watched me getting beaten up, not stopping them at all.

"P-please s-stop!." I pleaded as tears started racing down my cheeks.

They didn't listen and just continued kicking and cursing.

"Stop." He suddenly said.

The three boys stopped and backed off.

He smirked and took a few steps closer to me, crouching beside my shaking figure.

"Why didn't you help me?.." I asked quietly as I looked into his eyes.

"Just because my father decided to marry your fucked up mother and you becoming my step brother, doesn't mean I like you. And if I don't like you, that means I won't help you no matter what happens."

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Taehyung shook his head. He couldn't take it anymore, he felt so miserable and scared, all he wanted to do at that moment was to disappear.

Just when Taehyung wanted to ask V to help him, the door opened, revealing a worried Jungkook.

Jungkook noticed the scared look on Taehyung's face and the smirk on the boy's face so he quickly ran towards Taehyung. "Are you okay? What happened?"

"Interesting." Taehyung's step brother suddenly said, the smirk still on his face. "So you have friends now, huh?"

"Who's that?" Jungkook asked as he looked at Taehyung's step brother.

Taehyung didn't know what to do at that moment. He didn't want anything to happen to Jungkook and he couldn't help but feel scared about the fact that his step brother now knows who's close to him.

"My name is Mingyu, I'm his step brother."

Jungkook was caught off guard, he didn't except him to be Taehyung's step brother.

But he knew just by looking at Taehyung's expressions that his step brother, isn't the step brother everyone would want to have.

Mingyu took a few steps closer to Jungkook to shake hands.

"Stay away from him." Taehyung hissed, now standing in front of Jungkook.

Mingyu laughed out loud and started caressing Taehyung's cheeks.

"Don't fucking dare to touch me once again, you fucking rat." The brunette hissed as he grabbed Mingyu's wrist, twisting it painfully.

"Let go of my hand!." The pain caused Mingyu to yell out.

Jungkook wasn't surprised at all, he knew who showed up.

"Do you understand what I just told you?" V said through gritted teeth as his grip on the boy's wrist tightened.

"Yes, yes I do." The black haired boy tried to yank his hand out of V's grip, but V was way stronger.

The brunette let go and pushed Mingyu hard in the chest, making him stumble backwards.

He turned around and put his hands on Jungkook's shoulders. "Did he do something to you?" V whispered as he looked into the younger's eyes.

Jungkook shook his head. "No he didn't, let's just go back inside."

As Jungkook walked towards the door, V approached Mingyu and leaned closer, his mouth next to the boy's ear. "Stay away from me and Jungkook. Just know that if you choose not to listen to the warning I'm giving you right now, things won't end up well for both of us."

V glared into Mingyu's eyes with a smirk on his face. "Look who's scared now." V thought as he watched the terrified boy in front of him.

Jungkook opened the door and waited for V before they both entered the school building.

"I knew he looked familiar." V said as he and Jungkook walked through the long hallway.

"What do you mean?" Jungkook asked.

"That day when I beat up that boy who called me a psycho faggot after the picture of us was spread through the whole school, I noticed a boy with a cap on filming the scene before walking out of the school building. I followed him and it turned out to be Hoseok."

Jungkook frowned. "So, Hoseok was the one who send the picture?"

"He did send it, but not willingly. He told me someone forced him to do it. When I entered the school building together with Hoseok that day, I noticed Taehyung's step brother walking around and Hoseok started to act weird since he also sa-.." V stopped talking and walking. He widen his eyes, realising something.

Jungkook stopped walking as well and looked at V worriedly. "What's wrong?"

"I'm sure he did it, that asshole forced Hoseok to send and spread the picture through the whole school and to film me beating up that boy to get me into trouble."

Jungkook widen his eyes as well. He didn't know if things were finally starting to make sense or if things were only starting to be more confusing.

"I'm going to fucking kill him with my own bare hands." V said in anger as he turned around, wanting to go back to Mingyu.

Just before V started walking, Jungkook held his hand. "Don't go, you'll only get yourself into trouble. He isn't worth it."

V looked into Jungkook's eyes and suddenly his anger faded away. "What the fuck are you doing to me, Jungkook?" V thought as he got lost in Jungkook's beautiful, sparkling brown eyes.

V hesitated for a while before pulling his own hand out of Jungkook's grip. "You're right." He sighed as turned around again and walked further.

"He listened to me again." Jungkook thought as a slow smile worked its way across his face before he approached V to walk beside him.

"What happened earlier though? What did he tell Taehyung?." V suddenly asked, wanting to know everything that happened when he wasn't taking control of Taehyung's body.

"So, the other personalities don't know what happens when one personality takes control?" Jungkook had been so deep in thought, he forgot to answer V.

"I've asked a question." V said.

Jungkook shook his head and looked at the older. "I was sitting outside with Taehyung and then he noticed that boy. After we walked inside, Taehyung told me he'd go to the library but I knew he was lying so I followed him but when I arrived it seemed like they already had a conversation so I don't know what his step brother told him."

V just nodded in response.

Jungkook bit his bottom lip. "Should I ask him one of the many questions that bother me or not?" The younger thought as he stole a glance at V.

Jungkook hesitated a bit before he decided to ask.

"The first day I saw you, I followed you to the bathroom, you probably still remember that. I heard you talking to Taehyung and I've always wanted to ask how is that even possible? I've never heard Taehyung talking to any of the other personalities besides you."

V's face dropped and he was slightly annoyed. "I don't like to talk to others about myself or about the other personalities."

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked." Jungkook said quietly as he lowered his head, mentally scolding himself for asking such a personal question.

V stole a glance at Jungkook and sighed.

There was a short moment of silence before V started speaking. "You probably already know that Taehyung has a disorder called multiple personality disorder, I'm not going to tell you how he got it because that's something about his own personal life and I think he should tell you about that instead."

Jungkook was taken aback."Is V really going to answer my question?"

"The awareness of one personality to the others is called co-consciousness and exists in varying degrees. All of the personalities Taehyung created in the past, are totally aware of each other but they don't have any interaction with each other. For example, I know that Gucci is a personality, but I've never interacted with him. Only one personality can interact with Taehyung, and that personality is me."

Jungkook nodded, he finally got the answer to one of his many questions.

"But me being able to interact with Taehyung doesn't mean I know what happens when he takes control of his own body. When one personality takes control of the body, the other personalities are out and don't perceive or influence what is going on. When I asked you what happened between Mingyu and Taehyung, I noticed the confused look on your face. So here's another answer to your question you didn't ask."

"Thank you for telling me. I've been confused about it for a long time now." Jungkook said as he smiled shyly.

"You're so dumb." V suddenly said, making Jungkook lift his eyebrows.

"What do you mean?"

"Boy, the internet exists, why didn't you just search it up instead of being confused about it?"

Jungkook widen his eyes and facepalmed himself

"I totally forgot about the existence of the internet." Jungkook chuckled. "But I still won't search it up, I want Taehyung, you or the other personalities to tell me about it, not the internet."

V lowered his head and smiled. "He's so cute."

As Jungkook and V  continued walking through the hallway, Jungkook noticed Jimin.

The orange haired boy walked towards Jungkook and stood in front of him. "Can we talk, please?"

V looked confusingly at Jungkook and Jimin and noticed something was going on between the two. "What do you want from him pumpkin head?"

Jimin frowned and looked at V. "Why is he acting as if he forgot about what happened earlier today?" The orange haired boy thought.

Jungkook noticed the confused look on Jimin's face and sighed. "I'm not in the mood to talk."

V now knew for sure something happened between the two boys and looked at Jungkook "Did this asshole hurt you?"

"You hurt him just as much as I did." Jimin hissed as he glared at V.

There was a moment of silence between the three boys. "These stupid personalities again. I bet one of them hurt Jungkook and did something which caused Jungkook and Jimin to fight." V thought.

V wanted to ask Jungkook about what happened, but he knew Jimin would get even more confused and would ask questions he doesn't want to answer.

"Let's talk then." Jungkook suddenly said, wanting to avoid fights that may or may not break out between Jimin and V.

Jungkook looked at V and gave him a faint smile. "Go to our dorm, I'll be there right after Jimin and I are done talking."

V nodded in response and walked in the direction of the dorm hallway.

"I don't have much time so make it quick." Jungkook said coldly.

"Let's sit down and talk." Jimin pointed at the cafeteria.

Jungkook hesitated a bit before he walked with Jimin towards the cafeteria.

As soon as they arrived, they sat on the two seats against the window.

Jimin coughed before he started talking. "You probably think of me as a fake friend now. I know, I shouldn't have done that.. He probably told you that he was the one who started it, but I'm not going to put the blame on him because it was my fault as well. He shouldn't have started it and I shouldn't have continued it."

Jungkook sat there in silence, not knowing if he should forgive Jimin after this.

"I want to apologize for hurting you and for breaking your trust. I don't think you will forgive me because what I did was a huge mistake. But I want you to know that I'm so disappointed in myself and I still don't know what got into me to do what I did. I swear if I could go back in time to avoid the situation, I would without any hesitation."

Jimin sighed and lowered his head, trying to hold in his tears.

"I'm just really fucking sorry that you have to deal with Hoseok and me, the two people you thought of as your best friends, ended up disappointing and hurting you. I can't explain the shit I feel right now and I know that you feel even worse and that makes me feel even more fucked up. I just.. I feel so stupid, disgusted and-.." Jimin burst into tears and hid his face in his hands.

Seeing Jimin crying broke Jungkook's heart in millions of pieces, this was the first time he saw Jimin crying.

He wiped his tears away with his sleeve and looked at Jungkook. "I'm sorry Jungkook, I really am. I really don't want to lose you.." He could barely utter his words as the tears streamed down his face.

Jungkook sighed and looked out of the window. "Should I forgive him or not?"

"Please don't cry from now on." Jungkook said, still looking out of the window. "I believe every single word you said, I believe that you regret what you did and that you're sorry. But I can't forgive you, yet."

Jimin nodded as more tears raced down his cheeks. "I understand.."

Jungkook sighed once again before he looked at Jimin. "Go to your dorm and rest."

Jimin nodded and stood up. "Good night, Jungkook." He said quietly. He looked at Jungkook one more time before he slowly walked out of the cafeteria.

Jungkook let out a heavy sigh and looked out of the window, it was dark outside so the only thing he saw was his reflection. "I did forgive Taehyung's Gucci personality, but I didn't forgive Jimin who was crying his eyes out in front of me." He thought as he started to feel bad.

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Update schedule : I'll update one chapter each week. I have a lot of projects going on and upcoming exams that I have to study for so I at least need one week to write and upload the chapter.

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