Antonio wakes up from his sleep after hearing the alarm ringing nonstop.
He refreshingly rose up from the bed and turned off his alarm.
Today is the second day of school for both him and Mikhall at their respective schools.
Since yesterday was only an orientation for the freshmen students of the academy, Antonio prepared himself for the official start of classes that will welcome him later today.
After taking a shower, he decided to wear comfortable clothes and started preparing for their breakfast.
When he was almost done cooking, Mikhall arrived in the kitchen with his hair still slightly wet from a morning shower.
Antonio smiled and greeted Mikhall.
"Good morning, Brother Mikey!"
"Good morning, Yoyo—are you almost done? I'll go set up the table now."
Mikhall said as he walked to Antonio's side and glanced at the foods being cooked.
Antonio smiled and nodded his head as he looked at Mikhall, who was now staring at him intently.
"Is there something on my face?"
Antonio asked curiously because of Mikhall's intense stare.
Mikhall shook his head immediately and said.
"No, I'll go now and set the table."
Then, after a few minutes, they began their breakfast while talking about a bunch of things.
They talked about how Antonio received an invitation to audition for a character from a famous scriptwriter.
And how Antonio will be meeting the scriptwriter later this afternoon.
Last night, after he sent his reply that he is willing to audition for the role, he quickly received another message about the meeting place and time.
The scriptwriter told him that he can make changes in the meeting place if he wants to but Antonio responded that the meeting place is favorable to him.
After their breakfast, Antonio and Mikhall prepared to go to their school.
They left the condo and went inside the elevator then pressed the ground floor button.
Ding.
The elevator door opened and the two of them went out of it.
Just then, they also heard the elevator across from them open and …
"Hello, Antonio."
Fuji greeted as he walked out from the elevator.
Mikhall raised his eyebrows upon seeing the face of the man.
He then heard Antonio said from beside him.
"Good morning, Fuji."
Mikhall doesn't know why but he felt annoyed at the man in front of them.
"Who is this, Yoyo?"
He asked with a casual tone, but deep inside him he wants the man to leave them as soon as possible.
"Ah, this is Fuji, Brother Mikey—I met him yesterday at the academy."
Antonio replied to him, making him feel more complicated deep inside him.
'They're schoolmates?'
He thought and looked at the man with jealousy.
Fuji also looked at him and said nonchalantly.
"I'm Fuji."
"Mikhall."
Both of them exchanged quite an unfriendly introduction with each other.
Antonio wondered why they were acting like this but decided to just brush it off and started walking to their school.
Mikhall and Fuji followed him and positioned themselves on each side of Antonio.
Once they reach the gates of the academy, Antonio faces Mikhall who seems to be in a bad mood since they left the condominium building.
"I'll see you later, Brother Mikey."
He said and hugged Mikhall for a moment.
Mikhall, who was down earlier, grinned when Antonio hugged him.
Antonio hugging Mikhall and Mikhall beaming after Antonio hugged him … that didn't escape Fuji's observation.
"See you later, Yoyo."
Mikhall dotingly said as he inhaled Antonio's baby-like scent.
With that, Mikhall separated from Antonio and Fuji, who entered the academy side by side.
. . .
"I think this is the room."
Antonio said while gazing at the double door in front of them.
"Yeah, this is it."
Fuji also responded while looking at the large entrance of a room in front of them.
He glanced at his watch and asked.
"Should we go in now?"
Antonio nodded at Fuji's question.
He watched as Fuji knocked at the door three times before pushing it open.
"Let's go in."
Fuji said and entered first.
He then holds the door for Antonio.
Antonio smiled at him and followed inside the room.
"Thanks, Fuji."
Antonio said at the gentlemanly gesture of Fuji.
Fuji smiled as well and looked around the room.
The acting coach hadn't arrived yet and there were twenty-three students already in the room.
With the two of them added, there are now a total of twenty-five students present in the room.
"Our number is small."
Antonio uttered from beside him which he immediately agreed.
Compared to the rooms they passed by on their way here, their room has really a small number of students.
Most of the rooms from the previous buildings they passed by have an estimated number of fifty to seventy students.
However, the building for the acting department, despite having so many rooms, only one of them is being used right now.
Moreover, because the room is designed to cater a total number of eighty people, the gaps where the students are sitting look so large and disheartening to see.
"Where do you want to sit, Antonio?"
Fuji asked as he observed that all the students inside the room were staring at their direction with varying expressions.
'They must be in awe to see Antonio's face.'
He thought and then heard Antonio speaking.
"Let's just take our seat here, Fuji."
Antonio said as he walked to the second row from the front and took a seat near the center aisle.
Fuji nodded his head and sat beside him.
It is a very good spot as they can focus on what their acting coach will be saying.
As they sat there and conversed while waiting for the arrival of the coach, a beautiful woman approached them.
"Hi! Is it okay if I sit beside you?"
The beautiful woman asked Antonio.
Antonio and Fuji observed the woman carefully but quickly.
Antonio, who concluded that the woman had no ill intent, smiled and nodded at her.
"Yes, please sit comfortably wherever you like."
Antonio said politely and the woman smiled immediately before taking a seat beside him.
Thus, Antonio's both sides are now occupied with Fuji sitting on his left and the beautiful woman sitting on the right.
Fuji looked at the woman and did his analysis.
When he entered the room, that woman was seated at the very back corner of the room with no one beside her.
He scanned the woman's face and internally sighed in relief after concluding that the woman seems to have no ulterior motive toward Antonio.
It seems like the woman just really approached Antonio because she was drawn at his good looks.
"I'm Heather Cole, eighteen years old."
The beautiful woman said and stretched her hand toward Antonio, asking for a shake hands.
Antonio clasped her hand and gently shook it as he said his name as well.
"I'm Antonio Christian Legaspi, seventeen years old."
Heather warmly smiled and opened her mouth but closed it after a second.
She was about to ask if Antonio is that kind of Legaspi that was treated as big shots.
But she stopped herself as she knows how it feels when someone asks about your background just because of your surname.
Beside Antonio, Fuji felt his eyebrows twitching but he controlled it to relax.
He was surprised to hear Heather's surname.
The Cole surname is rare but it is famous throughout the country because of a very wealthy family that carries that surname.
'Is she from that family?'
He pondered while remaining his usual nonchalant expression.
Just then, Heather looked at him and offered her hands to him.
As much as he doesn't want to make friends with anybody except for Antonio, he can't just ignore a woman with pure intentions.
So, he held her hand and shook it before letting it go quickly.
"Fuji Arata … seventeen."
Heather was again experiencing another shock.
'First was a Legaspi, and now an Arata?'
She thought as he observed the two good-looking young men.
Even if she doesn't ask anymore, it is very evident that the two were young masters from powerful families.
And even if she asks and the two will deny her assumptions, she is sure that she wouldn't believe them anyway.
Just their mannerism, even though slightly different from each other, is a very big proof that they grew up in a very wealthy household.
As they continued their conversation of getting to know each other, the acting coach arrived.
"Good morning everyone, I am Alexander Hughes, your acting coach until the end of the semester … you may shorten my name into Alex."
A very handsome man that looks to be in his late twenties announced, his voice loud enough for everyone in the room to hear.
He scanned the whole room and smiled upon seeing the faces of his students.
"Wow, aren't you a bunch of good-looking people? Though, some of you really stand out from everyone."
He said happily as his eyes landed on Antonio, Fuji, and Heather's direction.
'What's with their visuals? Their faces are superb … especially that beautiful creature in the middle."
He thought as he stared at Antonio's face.
It was his first time seeing a person with such an astonishing visual.
If he were to be honest with his evaluation, he would say that all his students in the room right now are good-looking.
But he can't appreciate them fully because three people in the room outshined the others' faces.
One of them is Heather, who, if he were to describe her, looks like a fairy with her delicate features.
She has the perfectly shaped doe eyes with pink colored irises, and a hair that is of a dark blonde color.
The second person is Fuji, who carries the aura of innocence and sexiness with him at the same time, is like a rebellious prince who enjoys going to brothels during night time.
And lastly, is the young man who made him think that the world is truly unfair—Antonio.
If he were to describe Antonio in one sentence, he would say that Antonio is like a celestial being that is being surrounded by ordinary humans.
Just the simple act of sitting and breathing air made Alexander want to bow down to Antonio.
But of course, those were just in his mind and he maintained his professional expression the whole time he was looking around the room.
He then opened his mouth to finally begin the class.
. . .
After the morning class, Antonio has no class to attend anymore for the day.
So, he went back to the condo and prepared himself to go to the place where his audition will take place.
He called the chauffeur who picked them up from the airport before, and asked him to drive him somewhere.
And because this chauffeur is their family employee, he received a positive response from the other.
After half an hour of preparation, he went out of the building and smiled when he saw their family chauffeur standing outside a black sedan and gestured for him to enter the car.
"Please get in, Young Master."
The chauffeur, whose name was Felipe, politely said to Antonio.
Antonio smiled and entered the car gracefully.
On his way to the destination, he opened his phone and reviewed the script for a while.
After ten minutes of driving, they finally arrive at a café called Paraiso café … this café is one of the main Paraiso café's branches across the country.
Antonio got out of the car and entered the café.
He headed to the second floor and with a waiter's assistance, he immediately met the scriptwriter.
However, it's not just the scriptwriter who was waiting for him there.
A man in his late-thirties is sitting beside the scriptwriter.
"Hello sirs! I'm Antonio Legaspi, the one you sent an email yesterday."
Antonio politely said to the two men at the table.