The Alters. (Purinz)

Thirteen

After having their first time, they took turns to take a bath; Chaewon went first and Yunjin went after her. Chaewon stayed there looking at her phone while the older one was in the bathroom. When she came out, she smiled at her girlfriend very happily. Yunjin left a kiss on her forehead and reminded her that she was very proud of her.

While the younger one was in the shower, Chaewon began to tidy up the room, putting the vaseline in her drawer and then taking the box with the remaining latex squares to Yunjin's dresser, the drawer was open.

She furrowed her brow upon seeing a notebook with ‹‹Huh Yunjin›› written on a label stuck to the cover.

‹‹Could this be her diary?›› she thought, feeling Michelle nearby.

‹‹A twenty-three-year-old woman with a diary? Sounds ridiculous››.

‹‹Shut up, it's my ridiculous thing››.

Curiosity got the better of her, and she peeked at the first page of that notebook, thinking it would be an agenda or something like that, but it seemed strange that she had never seen Yunjin use that notebook.

Her eyes widened in surprise, and her heart began to beat faster.

-Discovering Dissociative Identity Disorder... Project ‹‹Kim Chaewon››, she murmured, feeling her whole body starting to tremble. -Can one live with DID? That damn...-said Michelle, angry, "she's just like all the others."

Chaewon was confused, she wanted to find some other explanation, something that wasn't what she was thinking. "Did she use us for a damn project?" Chaewon wondered.

"Of course she did, what else?" Michelle said, angry.

She began to deny, tears filling her eyes.

She took the notebook and continued flipping through the pages.

-My name is Huh Yunjin, and I was assigned as a roommate to Kim Chaewon... Thanks to Mr. Kim for arranging our cohabitation... I-I am here to study the subject with Dissociative... -she sobbed, wiped her face, and continued-... Identity Disorder... And present my observations in the final year project... In front of the whole class...

She denied and wiped her tears, feeling her heart ache like never before.

-Did you use me for your assignment? -she asked out loud, although she wanted to talk to Michelle. -Was all of this... For that?

She needed more answers, so she continued flipping through page after page, saw that there were pictures of her, a drawing of a hand when Ssamu had hurt them a while back, and even a copy of the school's identity card with their personal information and more specific information, from their parents' address to their home, to their diagnosis, and the contact information of their psychologist and primary care physician.

-Mr. Kim insists on gaining Kim Chaewon's trust... An-and the others to be able to further investigate her DID...

‹‹She's not like the others, she's worse››, said Michelle.

She went to the end.

-Chaewon has revealed her past to me, and the reason for the existence of Ssamu... Chaechae, Pupu... M-Michelle and her...She had to close the notebook and cry to try to rid herself of that feeling in her chest, that broken heart.

She thought about how kind and attentive Yunjin had always been, how she had fallen in love with her, and her too good to be true attitude.

And she felt like a fool, like a complete idiot.

‹‹Who in their right mind would love you the way you think Yunjin loves you?›› Chaewon thought, she had been too naive.

‹‹Chaewon, you must leave››, said Michelle, feeling her body going dizzy, knowing that her protector was going to switch places, and was going to take control.