Meeting Brother and Dad

While Dr. Lordan is busy checking up on Antonio's mental, emotional, and physical health inside the room …

Alden arrives in a hurried manner with a loud bang when he opens the door, making the both of them turn their heads toward the door.

The moment Antonio's eyes landed on his older brother, he can't help but feel different kinds of emotions.

But two of them are the most evident in his eyes.

One of them is happiness … he is very happy to see the grown up version of his older brother, which he never had a chance in his past life.

The other emotion is longing … the absence of his older brother in his past life for more than a decade made him really miss him and their parents so much even as he's already in his twenties.

"… yo."

That's why he can't help but have mixed emotions about his older brother being alive and all grown-up in this world.

"Yoyo!"

Alden's worried voice made Antonio jolt and pay attention to the present, putting his past life matters behind his mind.

"Ah, Brother."

He shakily whispered and then flinched as Alden touched his face and wiped it gently with a concerned expression on his handsome face.

It is only now that he noticed that tears have been flowing nonstop down his face since a while ago.

He let Alden continue holding his face and wiping his tears but for some reason, his tears won't stop, making his sight blurry.

Alden can't help but panic and be anxious inside as he hugs his younger brother inside his arms.

"What's wrong Yoyo? Are you feeling pain anywhere?"

He asked with a tense voice as he gently pulled his body backwards to take a clear look on his brother's face.

"I m-miss you B-brother."

Antonio responded with a sorrowful tone and a tear-stricken face.

"I-I miss you so m-much Brother."

He cried as he encircled his thin arms around Alden's waist and continued to cry on his chest.

Alden caressed his back to calm him down, but tears are also welling up in his eyes.

"I miss you too, Yoyo … shhhh … please stop crying."

He softly whispers as he continues to caress his younger brother's back.

Dr. Lordan who keeps his mouth shut to give a moment for the two brothers can't help but feel like his heart is being squeezed.

To him, Antonio currently resembles a child who has just seen his favorite brother whom he misses every day after a very long time.

Well, he's not wrong on that.

* * *

Several minutes passed and Antonio already calmed down.

At the same time he calmed down, embarrassment filled him.

'Damn, I never expected to have wailed like a child with this teenager body of mine.'

He pulled away from Alden with his face reddening from embarrassment.

"I'm sorry Brother Al … your clothes are a mess because of me."

He apologized while looking at his older brother's clothes filled with his tears, snot, and saliva.

"Don't worry about it."

Alden immediately replied and grabbed the clean towel handed to him by Dr. Lordan who has been silent ever since he arrived.

He then uses that towel to wipe Antonio's face.

Just as he did that, he can't help but stare at his younger brother's beautiful face.

Regardless of his paleness from being comatose for months, his visuals are still crystal clear.

'Once he fully recovers, it is very obvious that not only girls will surround him.'

Alden thought before pinching Antonio's cheeks as he finished cleaning his face.

Deep inside his mind … he is already devising plans on how to protect his brother from pests that will try to approach him in the future.

Suddenly, they heard a knock on the slightly open door before a tall man that seems to be in his late thirties entered the room.

Outside the room, their family butler is standing together with a few tall men who look like bodyguards.

There are also a few maids stationed in case their master or young masters need their assistance.

The maids are actually already there for a whole time now since Dr. Lordan asked them to standby in case he needs them to assist him in his check-up with Antonio.

The family butler, who looks to be in his late twenties, was informed that the master is coming home, so despite him wanting to stay near Antonio, he knows that he needs to welcome the master of the house.

That's why he only just arrived here together with his master and the bodyguards.

Dr. Lordan who has been silent for the whole time now, cleared his throat and greeted his boss.

"Good morning, Mr. Legaspi."

Christopher Legaspi, the CEO of L Corporation and owns a variety of businesses across the country, as well as abroad, nodded his head at the doctor.

He signaled the butler to close the door, which the latter obediently obliged.

As soon as the door closed, he immediately took strides toward where his sons were.

"Y-Yoyo …"

His voice slightly shaky, he reached out his hand and gently caressed Antonio's cheek before hugging him tightly.

Antonio, even though he was embarrassed after crying non stop earlier for a couple of minutes with Alden …

He can't help but add another embarrassment for himself right now.

He really just can't help it.

His eyes are welling up with tears despite how he told them to stop in his mind.

'Ah … it's been a long time … since I was hugged by my father like this.'

His mind strayed to his past life…when he was still a child and always being showered with hugs and kisses by everyone in the family.

"D-dad. *sniff*"

Christopher backed away for a bit and was shocked to see his ever-smiling son crying right now.

For the record, the Antonio of this world was last seen by his family crying on the death of his mother seven years ago.

After that, he continued living his life with positive energy wherever he went, always smiling and forgiving to everyone, which actually made Alden and Christopher worried about him a lot.

He was also the one who brightened up the life of Christopher after his wife died, and made him function again as a family head using his positive energy and bright smile.

"I'm sorry Yoyo, are you hurt because of my hug?"

He nervously asked after seeing his son cry while he was hugging him.

He thought that because Antonio just woke up after being in a coma for a long period, maybe his physical state has been weakened.

Well, he's not entirely wrong on that but it was not that serious to the point that Antonio can't be hugged.

"N-no ... just … I just m-miss Dad so much."

Antonio replied as he tried to suppress his tears.

Luckily, his crying stopped sooner as he calmed himself with the thought that his two family members are alive in this life.

Seeing that he stopped crying and is trying to wipe his tears, Christopher took out his handkerchief from his pants pocket and tenderly wiped Antonio's face with it.

After he did that, he planted a kiss on Antonio's cheeks before whispering in a loving manner.

"Daddy missed Yoyo too … very much!"

He then stood up properly and patted Antonio's head while smiling warmly before turning toward Alden.

"How about your meeting?"

His voice was firm as he asked that but Alden didn't even flinch and just answered sincerely.

"I apologize Dad … but I cancelled it … Yoyo is the most important right now."

Christopher just nodded his head like it doesn't matter and patted Alden's shoulder before speaking.

"I see … you did a good job."

He said proudly as he smiled toward his older son, who just ditched his meeting with an important business partner just to see his younger brother.

"Dr. Lordan."

He then faces the doctor who has been silent the entire time as he's busy scribbling something on a notebook.

Dr. Lordan smiled professionally.

He already knows the reason why Christopher called his attention.

He opened his mouth to speak.

"Young Master Yoyo is stable mentally and emotionally."

He glanced at Antonio before looking down on his notes about his observations.

"There is no problem with his memory when I asked him a few questions earlier and his emotions, as you can see, are very … lively."

He teasingly smiled at Antonio, which made the latter embarrassed after recollecting his child-like crying for two times.

"He is also fine physically … but as you already know …"

He slightly paused as if contemplating something before he continued.

"Young Master Yoyo has been in a coma for eleven months, making his muscles numb, so he is weaker than a normal person."

He explained thoughtfully.

Alden and Christopher nodded their heads as a sign of understanding.

"I advise that Young Master Yoyo should exercise daily so that you will gradually gain strength and a healthy body."

He then immediately looked at his last note before smiling softly at everyone in the room.

"Lastly, for the time being, he isn't allowed to eat hard foods as his digestive system will have a hard time … don't worry, I will provide a list of foods he is allowed to eat for this month."

Christopher nodded and replied.

"Thanks Dr. Lordan. Please send the list of foods he is allowed to eat to my study and please create a schedule for his daily exercise routine as well."

"Of course sir!"

The doctor happily chimed before turning around and leaving the room to do what he is supposed to do for Antonio's recovery.