Help Me Touch You || Vkook ff

Chapter 36

A/N:

Lovelies. It is ready in its unedited form. I have nothing more to say.

Enjoy Chapter 37!

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"Wh-what? What's going on here?" – Jungkook was stupefied.

Dr. Han looked quite speechless with his mouth agape. But he had to speak nevertheless. What to say?

"What are you doing here, Jungkook?" – questioned Dr. Han, buying himself a few more seconds to formulate a reason for what Jungkook was seeing.

"I-I forgot my phone. But can I please know why or just what? What is the meaning of this?"

Jungkook was tasting it. He was hit by an intense wave of confusion and betrayal. Why? Why was he seeing this? "This" being the image of Dr. Han Kim Taehyung sitting across one another, the doctor looking baffled as Taehyung looked unapologetically careless and unfazed by the whole situation.

Taehyung interjected before things got more complicated.

"Dr. Han has no obligations to give you an explanation Mr. Jeon. This is his practice and you are merely his intern. He is my doctor and I am his patient. I myself asked to see him separately. You see, I do not wish to see you anymore. I'd quite like it if we did not cross paths from now onwards. With that, I think I have made myself clear. Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to continue my session in private. I am not a free man."

Quiet. Silence emerged from nowhere and swallowed up the entire room.

"But... Why?" – Asked Jungkook, utterly perplexed and though he wouldn't like to admit to it, the hurt was there.

"I don't owe you an explanation. But I'll give you a brief one... It seems my alters have been out an about, fronting however they please, seizing my life and controlling it in their favor for way longer than they normally would have. That hasn't happened before... ever. Mind you, nothing has changed in my life to trigger this, this, this frenzy. The only thing that has changed is you. The trigger is you. I'll admit I was quite infatuated with you, which is how I knew you were the triggering factor in this complicated mess of mine. But my infatuation is not enough to throw the little grip I have on my life away. It has come to my attention that V himself is rather obsessed with you. I must say, you have made quite a shambles. And I want none of it. If you remain in my surroundings, you will trigger an alter to front. So, with all due respect, stay away."

Taehyung turned to look at his psychologist as the latter was looking at Jungkook, an obvious guilt biting at his heart. After all, Jungkook did put himself at risk by taking the responsibility of taking care of Taehyung and his safety onto himself when it was not his burden to bear. It was rather ungrateful of Taehyung to be treating Jungkook in such a manner.

Jungkook was gawking at Taehyung. He had frozen in his place, trying and failing to grasp the reality of things. He turned to find the doctor looking at him apologetically, said doctor mouthing an "I'm sorry, we'll talk later".

Jungkook only nodded, that's all he could do. He hung his head low and turned to leave when he remembered; his phone.

He voiced out once more.

"Oh, I came for my phone. I'll just grab it and leave."

Jungkook ran over, unaware of the couple of eyes sneakily following his back, the eyes that abruptly fell back onto the doctor when Jungkook turned back around to leave.

As Jungkook grabbed the doorknob and was about to was halfway out the door frame, he heard a few final words.

"Oh and Jungkook. Your clothes are washed and returned. Take the paper bag next to door with you. With that, we have no more business together."

Jungkook nodded to Taehyung and received a nod back. He headed out the door, grabbing the bag, the hurt inside nibbling at his heartstrings.

"You do realize that he was the one who took care of you, and very well I might add, the whole time you were one, right? He even let Taetae stay in his home." – protested Dr. Han.

"Yes, I understand. And I also understand he is the sole trigger behind the mess my life was left in."

"But he has no fault in that. It was your own obsession."

"V's, not mine."

"Irrelevant. That was not really my point."

"Yes, I know. I understand. But it is what it is. I'm sorry it has to be this way, but I can't let what happened repeat itself. It was hard enough putting everything back where it should be. My life is hard enough as it is. I can't let him add to it. I almost lost my job."

"My opinion as your doctor about the matter is as follows: Jungkook is a key factor in the secret of your recovery. In this short amount of time he has gathered new information, important information about you and your alters. Something we haven't been able to do in years. He was able to crack V in a matter of days. Keeping your routine safe is not helping you. All you're doing is hiding in your safe little bubble, running away from a possible solution you've been yearning for your whole life. Is that something you really want?"

Taehyung just gazed out the window, unable to answer Dr. Han. Dr. Han was right. But he couldn't just suddenly tear down a system he's worked hard to build; a system that has kept him going, a system he's accustomed to. Everything has been happening so fast. He's not too sure he's up for the challenge. This is what he's known his whole life. And delving into the unknown frightened him more than he had thought it would.

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Taehyung exited Dr. Han's clinic more lost and confused than he had ever been. He was deep in thought as he set forth, moving down the street, considering what has happened and what he has spoken about with his doctor when-

"Taehyung..."