If It Gets Worse
A Jun and @asy-yooneunhye drabble
It wasnât often Hana triggered during sessions. She was typically so quiet, refusing to say much that there had been no need. But lately, there was something off about the girl her doctor couldnât quite put her finger on. And it caused her to go from extreme to extreme. She was either severely tight lipped, animated to a level Eunhye wasnât sure existed in the girl, or traumatized enough to recede and let another take over.Â
And today it was Jun. And today, it was met with a bit of resentment. She wasnât able to hold back the small curse that left her lips the moment she realized Jun was sitting before her. He could only blink, already beginning to adjust Hanaâs hair and clothing to better suit him as he stood.
âWell, excuse me. I donât control when I appear. Guess youâd prefer your boyfriend to me but here I am. Sorry,â he half pouted, using his reflection in one of Eunhyeâs plaques on the way to fix his hair back, just so, leaving the right amount of hair framing the left side of his face.
âThatâs not it, Junhyung,â she began, ignoring the slight cringe and eye narrow she received at using his full name. âI was getting somewhere with Hana! Possibly getting her to try and confront more of the things sheâs trying to forget and she triggers. Iâm frustrated.â
âBut, I mean, why are you upset? I mean, arenât we like a failsafe? She gets past all the other locks on the security system and just when it opens out we pop like âbetter luck next time!â? Itâs not like you still canât finish the session.â
âThatâs not- Never mind,â the doctor sighed, setting her pen and pad down. âMight as well have triggered anyway. Iâm not prepared to actually hear some of things I suspect she is going to uncover in her memories and honestly it could just make things worse.â
âWhat the hell are you even talking about? Her talking about that stuff is supposed to make things better, right?â He had finally adjusted the t-shirt and jeans properly, unzipped the hoodie part way and plopped back into the chair, leaning back.
âFor her. It supposed to make things better for her. Iâm- Iâm not so sure about myself.â
âBut youâre a therapist. At a psych hospital. I doubt anything she says can shock you like that.â
âYou forgot why I was gone for so long. My testimony?â
His lips rounded into an rounded shaped. âOh yeah..... but what does that have to do with anything? Iâll be honest, I donât really know what all Hana has suppressed and I donât really know everything that happened with you. Just that itâs all bad but how can it hurt you?â
Eunhyeâs lips pursed as she tried to think of a way to explain without explaining anything finally settling with, âIt just affects my relationships with guys. Itâs hard to be around them is all.â
âYouâre around me,â Jun rebutted, holding out his hand. âAnd Koei. I donât see the problem.â
âI- I think itâs different cause you- youâre alters and even though I know youâre men, my mind doesnât necessarily connect you as such since Hana is usually in control. I know youâre men but my subconscious doesnât. Not truly. But my subconscious is going to catch up to my conscious sooner or later and Iâll finally see you guys as men completely and then..... I donât know.....â
Admittedly, Jun was confused. He didnât understand much of what she was saying but enough was grasped for him to be able to ask, âAnd so.... if you start seeing us as guys, things could get bad?â
âI might push you away, act scared of you suddenly, lose you as a friend completely. I might even do the same with Koei.â
âNo, you wonât.â
Eunhye blinked, head tilting. âHow do you know? Itâs a problem that Iâm trying to fix but itâs getting worse day by day. I could turn on you and Koei and then youâll both leave.â
âZinger told me once- Hey, donât roll your eyes. Iâm serious. Zinger once told me sometimes sheâs surprised that Hana doesnât just stay away from guys with her luck with them. And really I didnât get what she meant and all Athenais would say was that there werenât a lot of guys that were nice to her. Maybe itâs the same for you. Not a lot of guys were nice to you. And you know, to be honest, Hana is worse off than you. Okay, I mean, sheâs really fragile, I think-â
âJun, youâre starting to ramble again.....,â Eunhye interrupted, Jun scrambling to make his point.
âB-b-b-but, she doesnât shy away from guys cause some were really, really bad to her! Sheâs got Jiyong and Sungmin and Taekwoon and yeah it wasnât easy for her to warm up to them, Iâm sure. I wouldnât know cause I donât see what she sees but she did and she loves them and nothing gets in the way of their friendship. I even think she and an old boyfriend are reconnecting. I mean to say, weâre friends, man. No matter how bad you get, itâs not like Iâm going to up and leave you.â
âYeah, and when I cower in fear in front of you one day, youâll change your mind.â
âEun, I share a head space with a woman who had killed people for far less that accidentally bumping her on the sidewalk. I doubt you canât frighten or weird me out enough to go, âDone with this chickâ. Koei, either. Weâre not that shallow I donât think. I mean, considering the fact that we donât even really exist we have no reason to up and leave someone working through stuff, you know?â
Eunhye sighed. âWhen did this become my therapy session?â
âI donât know cause Iâm not good at this stuff. Youâre the head shrink lady person.â
âI canât have one serious conversation with you.â
âI thought this was serious!â













