Glow

Surge

'There's this new phenomenon we are seeing pop up globally.' The doctor explained. 'It's currently rated as obscure and rare, but it seems to becoming more common.'

I tried to wait patiently while he explained what he knew. I am sure I even looked calm. Inside however I was a mess. Why did nothing seem to never come to a complete answer when a question was raised?

'So we all have this phenomenon?' Seokjin asked. The manager standing behind him kept a close ear on what was happening with their tight schedule. They still had another concert in less than 18 hours in another city, but this needed to be dealt with first.

'Yes... conditionally.' The doctor responded. 'When you saw her for the first time it activated a genome in your dna coding. It was probably airborne material that started it, but the reaction is systematically changing you.'

'So you're saying I infected them with something?' I ask horrified. 

Noticing I am on the verge of crying the doctor rushes to respond. 'No! Not in the least. It's not an infection. It can't be medicated. Think of it more as an evolution in your system.'

'We're not playing Pokémon here doc.' Yoongi responds sarcastically. 'What exactly should we expect from this?'

Turning to Yoongi the doctor lays out what he knows. 'It starts with recognition. From there it becomes a tactile response.' He pauses, glancing quickly to me before continuing. 'It sounds like you've already met that level. Next is dependency.'

With the most English-speaking people in the room frowning upon hearing that the doctor clarifies. 'Not like a drug... not exactly. It uses the natural chemicals in your system to make it so that being separated is intolerable.'

'How.' demands Namjoon.

'It's not always the same for everyone. But it's usually pain, depression, and...' he looks discomfited.

'How.' Namjoon demands again.

'...and sexual desire.' Unsure of how to continue the doctor clams up at that, while Yoongi translates for the few people who couldn't quite follow.

'So how easy is it to get back to normal life?' I ask. 'I know they have a schedule to keep, and I have work in the morning.' I look at my phone for the time. 1am... great another late night. Wait, my phone is at 100% now? Could this be a part of this issue? 'Today, actually, I have to work. In less than 10 hours. I still ache from the concert two nights ago. I need to get home, take some aspirin, get some sleep, and get ready to go to work tomorrow.'

The doctor looks at me, almost frantic. 'You can't. Or rather, you shouldn't. It's not that leaving them to go your own way is impossible, but the results of the side effects is a lot more drastic than I can explain.'

'Can it be electrical as well?' I ask. Nobody seems to expect that, so they all look at me. 'My phone's battery has gone up each time I've had contact with any of them.' 

They all just blink at that. 'I haven't heard of that before, but I suppose its possible. I mean we're all just electrically charged bags of water...' the doctor responds faintly.

We're all sitting around the table that Seokjin and Taehyung set earlier. Yoongi raises an eyebrow at my question, so I put my phone down and shoot it across the table to him. He taps the screen, noticing the power level, and his eyebrows go even higher. He slides it back. 

While they continue talking I get distracted by incoming texts, a seeming deluge of them... and all from sis. 

Opening up the app I quickly read them and then text back to try to reassure her. I also send the selfies of Namjoon and Jungkook as well. She seems to calm down after that.