three

a few weeks had passed by since the incident with yeonjun and soobin. true to his word, soobin never told yeonjun about his disassociation episode. now that doesn't mean the other boys didn't find out. it was by accident that they found out about yeonjun's alter.

"hyung have you seen my—," beomgyu walked into his friend's room to see yeonjun and soobin drawing on a giant paper on the floor. soobin looked at beomgyu in shock while yeonjun got up and ran to the closet, closing it and hiding.

"shit," soobin muttered, getting up and walking to the closed closet door, "juju please come out!"

beomgyu stared at the elder confused by his words.

who the hell is juju?

"no! he still here hyung!" juju yelped with tears flowing down his eyes, "he will make fun of me!"

soobin sighed as he looked over at beomgyu, "promise you won't judge him?"

beomgyu nodded hesitantly, still not understanding what was going on.

"juju, beomgyu hyung promises to not make fun of you," soobin said soothingly whilst looking at beomgyu, "isn't that right beommie?"

"yeah that's right," the latter says as he looks at the closed door. soon they see the door open slowly and a teary eyed yeonjun(juju) comes out.

"hey there little one," soobin reaches out his arms at the boy, "come meet beommie."

the boy ran into soobin's arms, clinging to the taller male. he looks at beomgyu and shyly smiles at him, "you're hyung's best friend."

soobin mouthed the word 'yeonjun' at the latter and smiled down at juju.

"ah i am. who are you sweetheart?" beomgyu said sweetly which surprised both himself and soobin. he's never interacted with anyone like this in an unironic way.

"my name is juju," juju said as he stepped closer to beomgyu, "i think the others like you."

with a small giggle, juju went back to his spot on the floor and continued drawing as if nothing had happened.

"so this is why you two have been spending a lot more time together?" beomgyu asked with arms crossed. soobin nodded with a small blush before grabbing the smaller's arm and dragging him out of the room. went into the living room where the other boys were watching a youtube video.

"he isn't the only one," soobin sighed as he ran his hand through his hair, "he is one of five and that includes yeonjun."

beomgyu nodded in understanding, "okay but why? how?" he still didn't understand why he has a completely different personality.

"i don't know how or why, but i think i might know what it is."

"what are you talking about hyung?" kai butted in as he was walking past them to the kitchen.

"yeonjun hyung has a little!" beomgyu said with a big smile, "his name is juju and he is quite adorable!"

soobin facepalmed, not wanting the boys to know yet since he didn't have permission to tell.

"a little?" taehyun asked as he joined the conversation.

"yeah! a little is when a person regresses to a mindset of a kid and—,"

"everyone on the couch! now!" soobin demanded, massaging his temples. the boys all made their way to the couch.

"okay let me explain what's happening since someone is forcing me to," soobin started with a glare at beomgyu, "i think yeonjun has dissociative identity disorder."

the boys looked at their leader confused and concerned, "uh what is that?"

"DID is basically someone with multiple alters, or personalities, to cope with past trauma."

taehyun nodded as he tried to comprehend what he was just told, "so juju is his little alter?"

soobin nodded, relieved that they understand at least a little bit.

"so he has alters and didn't tell us?" kai said with a huff, hurt that his closest friend didn't tell him.

"well he probably would've if he knew about it." soobin replied scratching the back of his neck.

"what do you mean? he doesn't know?" beomgyu pried, "and how do you know?"

soobin sighed heavily, "one of his other alters, daniel, came out and told me to make sure he didn't know about them until he is ready. he was very adamant on making sure he didn't find out about the others except juju."

the boys didn't understand why he couldn't find out but they decided to leave it alone and follow whatever daniel said.

"i'm going to go check on juju now. i think i've left him alone long enough."