Everythingoes

Chapter 8

"Deep breath....exhale slowly....very slowly...yes that's it." The doctor said. Jin opened his eyes which met the blue ones of the doctor. After sharing every inch of his thoughts, the dreams a.k.a nightmares he was having, his professional life, his personal life, his past, present and future the doctor had suggested a therapy to calm his senses. He had been through a lot of stress recently and it wasn't good for him to ponder over it everytime.

"How do you feel now?" The doctor asked in a concerned voice.

"Relaxed...a different kind of relaxed. The session was good. The music is still in my ears..." Said Jin. A small woman who seemed like an intern scribbled something on her writing pad beside the doctor.

"It's supposed to be" the doctor smiled.

"However..." The doctor continued, "You are prone to self harming quite easily, which isn't good. You never think twice of the future consequences of your actions. The questionnaire that you filled.... seems to conclude your personality and behaviour by approximately ninety nine point six percent. That's the most accurate test we use these days. However not every test is hundred percent accurate and we can't be sure of everything that provokes that kind of behaviour" the doctor explained.

"You are quite sensitive to the things around you...I have concluded so far" the doctor said after a pause. The intern was listening carefully to the doctor and meanwhile was observing Jin.

"Sensitive?" Jin chuckled. He didn't expect that kind of word to fit him. Out of everything, he thought he was good at hiding things from people, masking his emotions and bottling up his thoughts.

"By sensitive I mean that you are affected the most by the things that happen around you and to you. It's not about showing the world how tough you are at hiding your problems. These people are the most sensitive." The doctor said as if reading his mind. Jin felt being mocked.

"Ahh..." He was at a loss of words by what the doctor had said about him.

"That's what I have to say about you...as for the dreams you keep having..." Jin listened intently and so did the intern as that was what he had come for in the first place.

"They are the outcome of your stress I guess....I find them quite intriguing though." She stated.

"I....see" Jin said as he took that in and contemplated over it. The small woman of an intern standing beside the doctor looked at Jin. She had a composed expression all the time and looked serious about whatever she was doing. There was a brief pause after that.

"I was wondering what are your thoughts on the word- soulmates..." The doctor asked out of the blue taking Jin aback and leaving the intern with a confused face.

"Why the sudden conversation change though?" He asked raising his eyebrows.

"Think about it.... soulmates" the doctor said

The word triggered something inside of Jin and he was reminded of something from years back.

A few years ago when he was in his teens and Tae was eleven. They shared a bedroom and the younger had asked him something. "Hyung, what does soulmates mean?" "Huh?" Jin was confused. "Where did you learn that word from? That too with such a complicated meaning?" He asked the younger. "Just tell me" Tae persisted. Jin thought for a while. He didn't know how to explain the younger. "It's a....umm... how do I frame it....uhh.....you know people meant for each other? People who share same thoughts and interests. It's not always in romantic terms and irrespective of gender. People who share the same soul with different bodies...I don't know if I'm making any sense." He said as he confused himself further instead of guiding his younger brother. "I hope you get the general idea" he said. Tae nodded with a smile "Gukkie told me that I'm his soulmate...I was wondering what that meant so I asked you" the little kid smiled.