I got very little sleep that night so I woke up quite tired. But I wouldn't really say it affected me after I read the article yesterday I delved deeper into DID as a concept and what I discovered was enough to leave me deep in thoughts for a long time and trust me I was.
After hours of deliberation, research and videos I decided to talk to Jade about it because I felt he'd have more answers. Well DID needed a traumatic experience to happen to a person before they could have it. It's also called multiple personality disorder but I didn't know all this existed up until very early this morning.
I got ready for school deciding to dress very casually, ordered my ride, and soon enough I was in school very early. Yesterday Jena showed us around. So we decided to meet up every day at this Café that was on campus.
It was a very small café and was just the kind of place you'd come to for tea or coffee while reading a nice book or watching a movie.
When I got there I was so relieved they were open. I didn't think they'd be open because it was still quite early in the morning and a lot of stores or businesses wouldn't have resumed their activities.
I walked in picked a seat and began analyzing the interior. I had a pretty basic décor which had this cozy feel to it and I liked it very much. There was a LoFI track playing when I walked and I love LoFi, it was by far the most expressive type of music genre I'd ever come across.
Sitting down and enjoying the track I pulled out my phone and continued reading about this mental disorder slowly downing the tea I had ordered.
"Man this is perfect, I'll make sure to come here very regularly on my own. With the amount of free time I'll amass I could come here to do personal research and all because according to Jena students don't come here often and the ones that do either come here for dates or just want peace and quiet so they'd be very chill" I said to myself analyzing
"I should really get my mind of this thing. I'll just ask…" I stopped soliloquizing and looked at the person who walked in. It was as though the world had grown tired of my questioning and curiosity because the person I have been waiting to see just walked in.
Jade walked into the café took out his AirPods and scanned the area for an empty. When he saw me staring at him he didn't utter a word and just walked towards my table grabbed a seat looked at me dead in the eye. We stared at each other wordlessly and suddenly he leaned in like he was going to kiss me.
I reacted immediately and said "Whoa man what are you trying to do? This isn't some classic cliché moment where the girl suddenly feels exasperated and the guy smugly grins then backs up and gives a one-liner"
"Well then… you just missed out on having a cliché moment in real life. You could've played along, but no you just had to point it out and that's no fun" He replied laughing and pouting cutely.
"Are you kidding? Who'd want to have a moment like that with you" I said laughing as a smile slowly crept up my face.
But before I could lose myself in the conversation that was about to begin a statement came to my mind. "His personality has become a drastic opposite of the first Jade you met" and I proceeded to ask the stupidest question I could ever ask anyone.
"Jade are you possessed?" I said thoughtlessly
The smile on his face disappeared and his look suddenly became very serious. "If you didn't want to talk to me you could've simply told me and no… You're talking about the incident at class right, you're lucky I'm co-con with Kyle he just told me about it" Jade said calmly. His expression suddenly became neutral and I felt his chilling gaze on me.
"Sorry… I didn't mean it that way and yes it's the incident at class. I'm sorry if I'm prying into your personal business but I'm just very curious and I couldn't take my mind off it. It's DID, right? I did a bit of research and what happened in the class led me to my discovery of DID" I said calmly but I was watching his body to read any signs of me crossing boundaries.
"If I said yes would I become your guinea pig? You'd ask me a ton of questions and you'd need answers then you'll go back clarify and come back for more inquiries" Jade asked
"Nope, I simply want to satisfy my curiosity and clear my doubts. I come from a country where people are excessively spiritual so you can't blame me for being shocked when I see a situation like that. If I was your friend sure I'd be bothered and would like to know all the details and all but you aren't so… no" I replied plainly
I never really enjoyed holding back my thoughts, I simply let them out as they are and I believe he didn't have a problem with that because he suddenly started smiling and said
"Well then… Guess you're a feisty one. Well we're friends now and yes it's DID, I believe you will have questions and I'm sorry but Jade is a cocky, kind but smart ass brat, he'd throw a tantrum and all. So we can meet here every day where I front easily" Jade said smiling.
I was confused for a sec but I soon realized the situation at hand. I wasn't talking to Jade I was talking to one of his alters.
"What's your name and I'm guessing I'm Just friends with you and Kyle?" I asked calmly
"My name's Robin and it's time for me to leave, guess I'll see you tomorrow same time," he said as he got up and left the café