"Thanks, Noah! See you tomorrow!"I smiled and waved at my classmates.We just had a meeting for the upcoming presentation on one of our minor subjects. We were in our second year in college, and yeah, life was a bit hard and busy, but we needed to survive and extend extra effort to pass.I waved goodbye to them after our mini-meeting outside our building, and everything in the presentation was agreed upon. They remained there chitchatting with their friends, going to the canteen, and others minded their businesses.Walking at the campus as I was heading to the gate, suddenly, a girl sitting on one of the benches around got my attention.I stopped walking for a while to stare at her, and I didn't know I was smiling while doing so. She was beautiful like the rest, but she had this effect on me that I couldn't understand why yet I already felt fond of her though it was even the first time I had a glance at her.She was not familiar to me, but obviously, she also studies at this universi
When I revisited places where Camila and I used to spend time together, I got carried away by an upsurge of nostalgia for the good times I had with her back in the days I lived my life being Noah.I walked around the school grounds and on the benches I could even hear our sweet soft-spoken voices together. They were vivid and it felt like it all happened just yesterday…"Noah, don't forget you have an assignment to pass on your Basic Statistics, okay?" she reminded me while we were sitting on a bench, and she was looking through my notes to make sure I wasn't forgetting anything like assignments to pass, projects to make, presentations to prepare for, and etc.I smiled as I nodded to her like a young boy. "Yes, mom!"She was really a wife material, and I would love to see her being around me even after we finished our studies, after we got to be on our professional jobs, after getting married and starting our own family.I could imagine myself living under the same roof with her, at w
(Camila's POV)"Noah? Trey? What seriously is going on?!" I asked very confused while shaking my head and looking at the two of them.Two men with the same faces were standing in front of me, and yet they were different from each other!"Camila, they lied to us! He deceived you and claimed to be me so that he could get you and your heart!" Noah explained to me in despair.Mad, confused, and frustrated, I turned to Trey. "What's the meaning of this, Trey? You lied to me? Is it true that you deceived me, and you claimed to be him when all along you knew you were not him?"Trey, almost teary-eyed, went to me. "Camila, I didn't know either. Yes, I lied to you but believe me, I was really planning to tell you, but I just couldn't find the courage to do so because I was so afraid I would lose you when you found out and you would get mad—""And you think I wouldn't get mad and you wouldn't lose me by continuing to make me believe and fall for your lies?!"He shook his head. "Three days befo
(Trey's POV)Noah followed Camila. My hands turned into fists.I looked at my family, my cousins, who all seemed to be keeping this thing and my own brother a secret from me!"You all knew this, didn't you? You knew I have a brother and after that incident in the afternoon we battled through the gigantic waves of the sea. We had our heads hit hard which made me lose my memories about him, and he remained unconscious, you didn't bother to tell me about him when I woke up and I was wondering what happened because I couldn't remember anything. You all hide it from me!""Trey, let me and your dad explain this to you and to Noah…" Mom, so saddened by this scandal, spoke to me.I wanted to get mad at my parents for hiding this, for depriving me of the thought that I have a brother and they kept him away from me and I was all this time actually clueless that the man that Camila used to love was my own sibling!I glared at my cousins."You knew this, Rain?"He looked away, obviously guilty.I
"As for you, Trey, you had your memories wiped out since the incident because it was the only condition that the Witch of Life and Death asked us for Noah to stay alive and wake up one day," Dad continued. "We never wanted to sacrifice anything, especially your knowledge, your memories with your own brother, but we couldn't do anything. It was the only key to have your brother saved. The Witch of Life and Death said it was already a hopeless case, and our eldest son was no longer breathing, and the only way to have him reverted to live was for our other son to be sacrificed, so we bargained your memories in exchange for your brother's life.""You bargained my memories!" I couldn't believe it! This is definitely unbelievable!Even Noah, who was quiet in his seat, had his jaw tightened upon hearing that."Trey, believe me and your father, we tried to ask the Witch of Life and Death if there could be other ways or if there were other alternatives that wouldn't compromise your memories, b
"Dad, who is he, and why are we looking alike?" I asked dad with full curiosity while we were watching from afar the kid that was just a few years, I guessed, older than me."He is Noah, Trey, and he is your brother."I looked at dad at what he revealed to me. I was only eight years old, and I thought all this time that I am an only child to my parents and that I have always been longing to have siblings.Yes, I have my cousins and we are always together, but still, I have been wanting to feel what it's like to have a sibling of my own."Brother? I have a brother, dad?" My voice raised in happiness upon hearing that.I have a brother! And it is such a good news!My sight was shifting from him to the boy we were watching from afar.Dad smiled and nodded. "Yes, Trey. You have one, and there he is." He gestured his hand to point at the boy.I couldn't believe it! I have a brother! And I feel so excited to talk to him!This explains why we share the same face. It's because we're siblings!
One time, it was so reckless of me to have found my feet directing to where exactly Camila was sitting.She was at one of the tables inside a restaurant in a mall, and she was waiting for Noah because, basically, they agreed to have a date that day.I also wanted to feel and experience what it would be like if I stood next to her if I ever talked to her, and she would speak to me. I just really wanted to be in my brother's shoes, even for a little while, especially regarding his relationship with his girlfriend.Soon as she saw me at the restaurant door, she called my name… Noah's name, to be exact, because she was waiting for him and she or they—both her and my brother—didn't even know my existence…"Noah!" She waved at me happily and excitedly.My heart jumped. It felt like my world had suddenly stopped, and I could only see the two of us. I wasn't even able to move my feet!She stood up, waved at me, and ran to me. I was taken aback, and my feet turned to jelly as she hugged me.D*
After that reckless move I made, I never dared to do it again anymore or do something like that. I backed myself off, especially from their relationship. I could not possibly do anything to ruin them and mess up the plan.I just continued to watch over my brother as per my seemed-to-be lifelong task and assignment to my family. I didn't dare anymore to get close or approach Camila again just like I did that day. And I learned to move on my own. I should respect their relationship given the fact that Noah is my brother and he is about to become the Alpha and ruler of the pack while Camila is to become his Luna and wife.I tried forgetting my feelings for my brother's girlfriend and though it was hard because my own heart seemed to betray me at all time, I still fought it and instilled in my mind that I should really leave them alone because it's obvious that the two of them are the ones meant for each other. I am just a guardian and witness of their love.I also taught myself that I sh