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"so tell me about the other alters juju," soobin asked as he watched the other color happily.

"well you know yeonjunnie, he's the host of our system." juju said happily as he colored in the clothes of the super hero he drew.

"then there's daniel hyung, he's like our superhero. he protects us from getting hurt and remembering bad people. he doesn't really like people now that i think about it."

soobin chuckled as he wrote down everything juju was saying, "he seems like a meany, no?"

juju shook his head, "no he's like a protective big brother to us! he just wants us to be safe and make happy memories."

the older took note of that as he pressed on, "what about the others?"

juju thought for a moment, "there's eve, she's like my mommy! she's also a protector like daniel. she is very kind and soft and she gives the best hugs. her and jay are always fighting though."

"jay?" soobin asked with a confused look.

"jay is a per-...per-...persecutor! they aren't very nice to yeonjun hyung," juju says with a sad look, "they hurt him sometimes, on purpose. the make everyone mad and hurt our system."

soobin stopped for a moment before looking at the younger, "what do you mean by hurt?"

The boy stopped for a moment before looking at the taller, "sometimes...they make us hurt ourselves."

with those words the boy slowly lifted his shirt to reveal scratch marks and scars littering his stomach. soobin felt his heart shatter in that moment and he felt tears well up in his eyes.

"i made sure yeonjunnie gave me permission to show you hyung," juju said slowly with a tear falling down his cheek, "please take care of us soobinnie."

soobin brought his hand to the boy's cheek and wiped the tear with his thumb, "i promise i will always be here to help you and your system juju."

juju smiled before grabbing his drawing and handing it to soobin, "this is what you look like to me hyung."

a strong looking man with a baby blue shirt and sunflower yellow shorts stood on the page wearing a turquoise cape. four other people were drawn beside him, each one distinctly different from one another. each character labeled with names, all of the system's alters, and the man in the middle labeled 'soobinnie'.

a warm smile spread across the taller's face as he hugged the smaller tightly, "you're one of a kind juju, you all are."

yeonjun sat in front of the mirror in his room, a sad look on his face. he didn't understand what had been happening to him for a few weeks now and no one seemed to know either. there were times when he would 'blackout' and not remember what he did when he was out of it. he asked his friends if they noticed and none of them said they did. he even asked juju about it and he said that there was nothing going on and that he shouldn't worry about it. he sighed deeply before getting up and heading into the kitchen to grab a snack

as he walked into the kitchen he noticed a plate of food sitting on the counter with a note in front of it,

~yeonjun hyung,

i hope this will be enough for you!

also if this is juju, please don't be picky okay love?

i'll be out for a little while but i'll be back tonight. if you're asleep before i get back then rest well please!

see you soon,

soobinnie~

yeonjun smiled to himself and happily took the plate to the table to eat. as he was chowing down, taehyun walked in.

"hyung do you know where soobin hyung is?" he asked as he opened the fridge to grab a water bottle.

"he went out somewhere," yeonjun responded with a mouth full of noodles, "why? do you need something?"

taehyun visibly froze before turning to look at his friend, "uh—no! i just needed to talk to him."

yeonjun eyed the boy as he could see him fidget with an awkward smile, "okay then."

taehyun speed walks out of the kitchen into his room and yeonjun just shrugs off whatever weirdness he was feeling.