Remembering A Long-forgotten Friend

Antonio woke up with tears dripping out from his eyes.

He felt terrible because of his dream.

'That dream was a forgotten memory of the original owner of the body.'

He thought as he sat up on his bed and stared at the distance for a long time, his emotions were quite unstable as of the moment.

He then wiped his tears away from his face.

In his past world, his mother, together with his father and brother, died in a normal car accident.

But in this world, his mother was murdered by a woman she trusted so much.

"Sabrina."

Antonio mumbled the name of the woman that made his body feel extreme fury and made his blood boil.

'No wonder I felt nauseous earlier when I saw her face.'

He thought as he remembered how his body reacted upon seeing the woman named Sabrina earlier.

Before he fainted, he felt extremely familiar but wary with the woman.

At first he didn't understand why his body was feeling that way.

After all, in his past world, he never once encountered Sabrina or heard about her.

But now that he knew the reason for his mother's death in this world, he finally understood everything.

He felt pity for the other him who underwent great trauma and stress caused by Sabrina at the early age of seven.

He empathized with his seven years old other self, who decided to seal those traumatic memories away.

If he were to experience those horrible situations himself at such a young age, he knew that he would also choose to forget those memories for the sake of his mental health and the people around him.

Antonio mulled over for a moment.

Even though he didn't have a chance to spend time with his mother in this world, he knew based on his body's memories how good of a mother Antoinette was to him in this world.

That's why, he wants to avenge his mother's death.

He has a feeling that his father already had guessed about what happened on the day of his mother's death, but Christopher didn't make any move as there's no direct evidence to back his guesses yet.

On the day Sabrina killed Antoinette, they were in a hotel to celebrate Sabrina's success as a top model of the year.

The two women were inside one of the hotel rooms, and all CCTVs in the building were turned off by a third party.

That was a really thorough plan for the people who planned Antoinette's murder.

During the investigation, the investigation team cannot find any evidence pointing to a certain suspect, so all they could do is speculate that either Antonio or Sabrina killed Antoinette since they were the only individuals in that room when the murder happened.

Antonio's innocence was immediately proven as there's no single thing pointing to him as a suspect.

Unfortunately, Sabrina was also proven to be innocent since the public witnessed how good her relationship with Antoinette was and there's no direct evidence that pointed to her as the culprit.

Therefore, up to now, the public wasn't still aware of who really killed the late actress.

The situation is different with the Legaspi family though as they all know that Sabrina is the only possible killer of Antoinette.

"She's a top model before but what is she doing now? She still looks like a model—ah!"

Antonio mumbled then paused when he realized something very important.

'Maybe … I'll really step into the entertainment industry … in a not so far future at that.'

He thought while nodding his head.

If he wants to confront Sabrina directly, he needs to stand on the same ground as hers … the entertainment world's ground.

'You wait for your doom, Sabrina!'

He then smirked viciously, which is not quite suitable on his angelic face but his beauty still didn't diminish, rather it made him look like a seductive incubus.

Unbeknownst to Antonio, who is currently very absorbed about Sabrina, Mikhall woke up from his nap and stared at the supposedly fainted Antonio, who is now awake and sitting atop his bed with a bewitching smirk plastered on his face.

Few hours ago, after Dr. Lordan arrived inside Antonio's room, Lawrence came in and dragged Christopher outside as he needed to talk to his friend about something very important.

Before he left, he ordered Mikhall to guard the unconscious Antonio.

Of course, Mikhall quickly nodded his head and willingly stayed in Antonio's bedroom.

After several minutes, Dr. Lordan left the room when he ensured that everything about Antonio was fine now.

When Dr. Lordan left the room, he patted Mikhall's shoulder as he spoke.

"I'll be attending the meeting your uncle and father are holding, so please look for Antonio while we're discussing some things."

Mikhall nodded his head as he understood the situation right now.

The appearance of Sabrina inside the Legaspi residence is a very important matter to discuss.

If it were the old guards, they wouldn't even allow Sabrina to come fifty meters near the mansion.

But because the guards on duty right now are newbies, despite their loyalty to the Legaspi family, they encountered an unprecedented happening when they let the enemy enter the territory of the family they are serving.

It was because they weren't informed about Sabrina.

Christopher didn't expect that Sabrina would shamelessly walk in their den one day after everything she has done, so he didn't divulge any information to his new employees.

Only the chief personnel of the household and the people who had served the Legaspi family for a decade, knew that Sabrina shouldn't be allowed to enter the mansion.

Therefore right now, all personnel inside the mansion were called for a meeting about the people that should be banned in their mansion.

Aside from the household personnel, Lawrence needs to be there in case Christopher asks him for legal advice, additional security personnel, or for other matters related to security and safety of people.

That's because Lawrence is the CEO of the largest security agency in the world, GSA.

And since Mikhall isn't a Legaspi family personnel or someone needed in the meeting, they entrusted him with the role of guarding Antonio.

Apparently, after he was finished observing and admiring Antonio's bedroom, he just spent his entire time staring at Antonio's sleeping face that looks so divine.

After a long time of doing that, he felt sleepy and eventually dozed off while seated on the chair beside Antonio's large bed.

Time passed by and his eyes finally opened.

He was ready to stare again at Antonio's sleeping face but he soon froze.

What he is seeing right now is an awake Antonio.

Not only that, Antonio is currently smirking in a very sexy way that contrasts to his usual innocent smile.

Mikhall gawked at Antonio and couldn't help but feel hot even though the air-conditioner of the room was working just fine.

What can he do?

For him, Antonio looked so enticing right now to the point that his thoughts are going haywire.

Before he could do something he'll regret later on, he decided to pull all the source of his sanity and cleared his throat that felt so dry before calling the attention of the young man in front of him.

"Y-yoyo?"

Antonio, who heard someone calling his name, turned his head and saw a gorgeous Mikhall looking at him with flushed cheeks.

He was quite surprised as he didn't notice that Mikhall was in his room until just now, when the latter called him.

"Brother Mikey? Are you okay?"

Antonio immediately casts Sabrina out of his mind and stretches out his hand to touch Mikhall's forehead.

"You don't seem to be having a fever, are you okay?"

He asked, concern evident in his voice.

Mikhall quickly answered as he tried to compose himself.

"Yeah, I'm fine … how about you?"

Antonio stared at Mikhall's face for a while without being able to answer.

The more he stared at him, the more he could see it clearly.

The nine years old Mikhall's face overlaps with the current Mikhall's face.

The child Mikhall's face has chubby rosy cheeks and adorable round golden eyes.

'How cute!'

Antonio commented in his mind as the memory of their first encounter when they were still children began to play in his head.

'Oh, no wonder … it was the very day that the original owner of the body decided to forget.'

He thought when he realized that their first encounter in this world was the same day as when his mother died.

His body only remembered it now because the current Antonio is open to knowing the tiny bits of pieces about the body he was transmigrated to.

That openness of his led to the unsealing of the memories that the original Antonio of this world sealed.

"Yoyo?"

Antonio snapped out of his daze when he heard Mikhall calling him.

He then grinned before opening his mouth to speak.

"It's nothing Brother Mikey, I just remembered how adorable you were back then when we first met each other ten years ago."

He said that while recollecting the cuteness of the nine years old Mikhall in his mind, though that memory actually belonged to his parallel world self.

'But who cares? We're basically the same Antonio … albeit from different dimensions.'

He said in his mind as he smiled brightly toward Mikhall.

Mikhall, who heard Antonio calling him adorable, felt his face heating up as shyness overwhelmed him.

If it were other people who complimented him, it would have no effect on him.

But the thing is, the one who complimented him is none other than Antonio, hence, it is very normal for him right now to feel elated and shy.

"Y-you remember that day?"

Mikhall asked sheepishly while looking away from Antonio.

Antonio felt a little guilty as Mikhall seemed to have known him for a long time, yet here he is, only remembering the person now.

'It must have been very unfair for Brother Mikey.'

He mused and apologetically smiled at Mikhall then spoke.

"I'm sorry, Brother Mikey, I only remembered now because of Sabrina's sudden appearance earlier … that day was really traumatic for me so I—"

"It's fine, Yoyo, no need to apologize … I'm also there when that happened so I know how you feel."

Mikhall said with a reassuring tone as he held Antonio's soft hands.

He then smiled gently and continued.

"There's no need to feel guilty about it, Yoyo … anyway, thanks for remembering me."

Mikhall said and pinched Antonio's cheeks.

He can't help it since Antonio is looking at him with an incredibly apologetic look, his brown eyes staring at him pitifully and his lips are slightly pouting in a very cute way.

"Ow! What time is it by the way, Brother Mikey?"

Antonio said as he allowed Mikhall to continue pinching his cheeks, not minding that the latter's face is only a few inches away from his face, to the point that he can feel Mikhall's breath on his face.

If it were a woman that was pinching his cheeks, he will immediately swat their hands away, but since it is Mikhall, the friend that he has forgotten for a very long time, he can't help but want to let Mikhall do whatever he want as a compensation for the time he forgot about him.

Mikhall glanced at the bedside table and said.

"It's already 6:35 p.m."

Just as he finished saying that, the door of the bedroom opened.

Standing on the threshold are Christopher and Lawrence, who looked inside the room with shocked expressions.

On top of the bed, they can see Antonio sitting with his cheeks being pinched by Mikhall, who is sitting so closely to Antonio that the two of them looked like they were hugging.

But the thing that really shocked the two adults is the closeness of Antonio and Mikhall's face to one another.

For them, who had no idea what was happening inside the room before they arrived, their sons looked like they just finished kissing each other right now.

"W-what are you d-doing?"

Christopher asked the two young men inside the room.