Lunch Together

After the talk with Dr. Lordan earlier, he was given permission to leave that patient room reserved only for a family member that needs serious medical treatment.

Right now, he only needs routine exercise and a healthy diet to fully recover his body.

He is currently inside a huge luxurious room with its walls being painted in a metallic blue and white colors.

A while ago, when he entered the room, he didn't hesitate to immediately go to the bathroom and take a shower to freshen both his body and mind.

This time, he is lying on top of the light blue king size bed in a starfish position.

With only a white bathrobe covering his body and his hair still wet, he can't help but feel sleepy after taking a bath.

He then sleepily gaze at the ceiling as if thinking about something important.

'I wonder what will they let me eat later for lunch.'

He thought deeply as he felt his stomach starting to grumble in hunger before he let out a yawn and finally closed his eyes.

* * *

"Ted, if you were going to let go of something, which one would you choose? ..."

The sixteen-year-old Antonio started talking to his driver as he kept his eyes on the dark gray clouds outside the car window.

He opened his mouth and continued what he was planning to ask.

"Will you let go of your family? Or the trust of the people who treated you like a family since you were a child?"

His tone of voice is that of someone just asking a normal question.

The driver, whose name is Ted, opens his mouth to answer but when he takes a glance at the rear view mirror …

He instantly closed his mouth as he saw his young master staring at him intently with an unreadable expression on his face.

For some reason, Ted was unable to answer the question.

Silence engulfed the car for a few minutes with no one saying anything.

Antonio just silently gazes outside the window for the whole time until the traffic light signals a red light, halting their car to a stop.

He then saw a truck coming towards their direction from the window of the car beside where he was sitting.

No … it is coming straightly right towards his direction in a very quick manner.

At that moment, he decided to break the silence between him and his driver.

He opened his mouth to say something related to his question earlier.

"It's okay Ted no matter which of the options you will choose to let go …"

He took away his gaze from the truck rushing towards their car and made eye contact with his driver in the rear view mirror.

Guilt is evidence in Ted's eyes.

"The most important thing is that you know which of them is more valuable to you …"

He then smiled warmly at his driver, making Ted gulped as conscience filled him.

"… and that you will not regret letting go of the other."

Just as Antonio finished speaking, Ted quickly adjusted his seat and taking off his seat belt, he reached toward his young master with horror in his eyes.

But before he could even reach the sixteen-year-old Antonio …

And as if in slow motion …

The car shook as the truck crashed into them with great impact, ridding them both of their consciousness.

* * *

Antonio woke up from his nap because of that sudden dream …

A memory from the original owner of the body.

A fragment of memory that made Antonio realize something.

The original Antonio of this world encountered a car accident on March 3, 3023 on his way home which led him to be comatose for eleven months.

It was not a normal accident.

Moreover …

The sixteen-year-old Antonio in the memory seems to have already known beforehand that he will encounter an accident on that day.

He then remembered the odd feeling he sensed a while ago when the memories flashed on his mind for the first time like water flowing from a dam.

Back when he was still in the patient room…when he was being flooded by memories for the first time along with a severe headache.

After his headache subsided back then, he felt something strange on the way those memories were handed to him.

'There's no signs of the original owner of the body coming back.'

That's what his hunch is telling him.

Those memories were like being forcibly handed to him as if something wants him to continue on living in this what seems to be a parallel world.

He committed suicide on March 3, 2030.

The Antonio of this world died in an accident on March 3, 3023.

"Sigh … what an eerie coincidence to experience an unfortunate event in the same month and day."

He muttered before patting his chest softly as if to comfort himself.

'Well, this life is a chance to live with two of my family members again so who am I to not want it?'

He smiled as he thought about how in this world, his father and brother are still alive.

Then, he rose up from his lying position and looked at the clock on top of his clean study table.

11:45 A.M.

Sooner or later, he will be called for lunch together with his family.

As he was waiting for someone to call him, he observed the room carefully.

It seems like the Antonio of this world is a perfect replica of his personality.

Aside from their family situation, almost everything about them is exactly the same.

They are both clean freak and very studious.

His room is very clean and organized with book shelves of varied subjects lining up on one side of his room.

Looks like while he was receiving medical treatment in the patient room for several months, the people of the mansion didn't lose hope that he'll wake up one day, so they continued keeping the room clean for their young master.

At that moment, he heard a knock coming from the door.

"Come in."

He said in a gentle tone as he stood up from his bed.

The door opened and a man in a butler uniform entered and bowed to him.

"Hello Young Master Yoyo, your father is calling you because it is already lunch time."

The butler politely informed him while smiling at him warmly.

This is their family butler, Carlson, who was outside the patient room earlier this morning together with some maids and bodyguards.

He is already thirty years old and has been their family butler since five years ago, when Carlson's father, the Legaspi's late family butler, perished.

Antonio returned his smile and stood up from his bed, walking toward Butler Carlson.

As soon as he was only a meter away from the butler, he realized that Carlson stiffened up before looking away from him with a flushed face.

'Huh?'

Antonio frowned before asking.

"What's the matter, Carl?"

The butler, still not looking at him, replied in a low voice.

"Please change into proper clothing, Young Master."

Carlson stepped back outside and closed the door as he meekly said.

"I'll be waiting here outside, Young Master Yoyo."

Antonio stared at the direction of the mirror and he felt like all his blood went to his face as soon as he saw his reflection.

His appearance right now is the epitome of seduction with his smooth chest and shoulder exposed from his bathrobe.

Add to that are his slightly wet black hair that reaches to his shoulders and his muscleless body.

And as if a finishing touch, his current 165 cm height that was stagnated for a year because of his coma, made him look feminine compared to other men in the same age as him.

'Gosh … how mortifying.'

Antonio thought as he went inside his walk-in closet to look for comfortable clothes to wear.

* * *

Currently, Alden and Christopher have been waiting for Antonio to have lunch together.

They are sitting in the living room staring at the staircase across from them, and just a few seconds later, they are able to hear Antonio's soft voice echoing from the second floor as he walks down the stairs.

With Butler Carlson assisting him so that he won't fall down, his brother and father decided to stand up and wait for him at the end of the staircase.

As soon as he stepped on the first floor.

"Here, Yoyo."

"Let's go, Yoyo!"

Both his father and older brother simultaneously offered their arms to him.

Antonio looked at the two different arms in front of him and also at the arm he is currently holding on … their family butler's arm.

He then watched how his father and older brother glared at each other coldly.

Butler Carlson who has seen this after a long time can't help but smile awkwardly at his master and older young master's antics.

'Gosh … only Young Master Yoyo can truly bring out the immature side of this duo.'

Antonio sweetly smiled at his father and brother before looking at their family butler and letting go of his arms.

"Thanks for helping me, Carl!"

He said in a grateful tone.

As his father and brother were still glaring at each other, he decided to grab his father's arm with his right hand.

At that moment, Christopher smiled at Antonio from ear to ear and patted his head with his other hand before glancing at his older son with a grin of victory.

'Wow … how childish.'

Carlson and Antonio thought at the same time while looking at Christopher.

On the other hand, Alden glared in a more intense manner toward his father before looking at his younger brother with a pout.

He was about to open his mouth to complain, but then …

Antonio reached his left hand toward Alden's arm and grabbed it.

That situation made Alden smile widely before proudly looking at his father as if declaring that he won this battle.

Christopher scoffed at his older son and commented.

"Tsk, how childish!"

Alden was about to say something but he closed his mouth when he heard something grumble.

Christopher, who was previously annoyed at his older son …

Alden, who was about to tease his father more … 

And Carlson, who was behind Antonio.

The three of them turned their gaze in the same direction at the same time.

Antonio, who has been hungry since he woke up in this body, smiled innocently at the three men that were watching him with funny expressions on their faces.

'Jeez … why do they look so shocked? Is it that shocking to hear a hungry stomach rumbling?'

Antonio wondered before dragging both Alden and Christopher to the dining area.

"Let's go and eat already Dad and Brother Al hehe."

With that, the four men walk together to the dining room, just next to their living room and before the kitchen.

As soon as they entered the area, the maids lining up from both sides of the room bowed to them.

A maid was about to pull a chair for Antonio but before she could, Christopher already beat her to it.

Once they were all sat, maids started serving them food and since Antonio can't eat hard foods for the time being, they served him a bowl of chicken porridge and a glass of milk.

Dr. Lordan hasn't finished Antonio's dietary plan for a month yet, so when Christopher asked him earlier on what Antonio will eat for lunch, he recommended these.

A fragrant chicken porridge and a delicious glass of milk.

'Huh?'

Antonio already took three spoons of porridge when his eyes happened to glance at his father's side.

A bowl of chicken porridge and a cup of tea.

He glances at his older brother who is also silently eating a chicken porridge.

"Is there something wrong, Yoyo?"

His father asked him when he noticed him glancing at them.

"Is the meal not to your liking?"

Alden also asked when he saw his younger brother looking at them.

Antonio instantly shook his head before he answered.

"No, it's delicious."

He paused for a few seconds as he noticed that there's no other dish on the table aside from chicken porridge.

He asked in a confused tone.

"But why are you eating the same thing as me?"

Christopher put his spoon down and wiped his mouth with a table napkin before he said.

"Well … I have been craving chicken porridge for quite a while now, so I just told the kitchen crew to serve me only this for my meal."

"Same goes for me, Little Bro!"

Alden added when he finished his bowl of porridge and wink at his younger brother.

Antonio raised one of his eyebrows before he chuckled softly at his father and brother's white lies.

"You don't need to do that … I am fine with eating soft foods by myself, so…"

He stopped talking for a while as he finished his last spoon of porridge before he continued speaking.

"Eat a proper meal, okay?"

He smiled at his brother and father who stared at him with a worried expression on their faces.

"'I'll be really mad if both of you fall sick because of not eating proper foods."

He added after not hearing a response from both of them.

"Yes, Young Master!"

Christopher and Alden responded in full sync, imitating how their household employees replied whenever Antonio asked for something.

"Wow, you actually look like brothers now rather than father and son."

He honestly commented after seeing both of them grinning at him while saying 'young master' repeatedly.

With that statement, Alden immediately closed his mouth shut while Christopher chuckled lightly.