Rudy woke up to feeling something heavy on his chest as if someone had put something on him.
His blurry vision cleared when he opened his eyes, and he saw the girl he loved the most— Angelica, sitting on top of him.
"..."
Rudy blinked a few times and glanced around, only to realize that he was sleeping on the bed of his room.
"Am I… back in the 2008 timeline?" he wondered.
"No, this is just your memory. Since you were missing me and this timeline so much, your brain showed you one of your wholesome memories," Angelica responded.
"If this is a memory, then how do you know what I am talking about?" Rudy asked curiously.
"Hmm~" Angelica pondered for a few seconds and said, "I don't really know how this phenomenon is occurring. Is it because your body is my host, or perhaps because we shared the same dream dimension when you were in the vampire world?"
"So you are saying that our dreams, or rather, our memories, have connected with each other?"
"Something like that."
Rudy touched Angelica's body and felt it.
"Are you the real Angelica?" he asked hesitantly.
"That depends on how you want to perceive me. This is no more than a mere memory, so you can assume I am fake, but if you do that, that would also mean you are fake too.
If you want me to think I am real, then I will be real. However, if you are talking about the 2008 timeline Angelica, then I am not her. She is in 2008 with the rest of your harem."
"This is messing with my brain…" Rudy muttered.
"That's because you are thinking about it. Just stop thinking for once and enjoy."
"You are right…"
Rudy hugged Angelica and cuddled with her without caring for anything else in the world.
"How do you feel now?"
"Good. I am at peace."
"I am happy to hear that."
Rudy couldn't hold his curiosity, so he asked, "So you are the Angelica from memory, but somehow you are self-conscious and aware that this is a memory, right?"
"Indeed."
"Do you know what the 2008 Angelica is currently doing?"
"I already said she is with your harem."
"Are you talking about live status?"
"Yes."
"Is she worried about me because I have been missing for a month?"
"No. They don't know anything."
"Wait… could it be that the time passes differently between the timelines?" Rudy asked curiously.
"No. The time in the 2008 timeline is passing normally as it should, but the time in this timeline is passing rapidly in comparison to the 2008 timeline. However, for you, it's normal because the flow of time is making up for the speed."
"It feels weird to hear these statements from you. Angelica could never know of such things," he chuckled wryly.
"That's because I am using your intelligence to speak."
"If I return to the 2008 timeline, would I still be in the cemetery with no loss of time?"
"Exactly."
"So it doesn't matter how much time I spend here. But… what if I never return until 2008?" Rudy wondered.
"Then the you from 2008 will be rewritten with the current you. You should find a way to return to the 2008 timeline before 2008 approaches. And as I said, I am using your intelligence, so you should be aware of everything," she asserted calmly.
"Yeah."
Angelica laid on top of Rudy and placed her head on his chest.
"..." Rudy patted her and muttered, "You love sleeping on top of me, don't you?"
"Yes. The sound of your heartbeats calms me down. I feel like I can listen to them all day and never get bored of them."
After talking and spending time with Angelica, Rudy fell asleep in the memory and woke up in reality.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Jessica sleeping on top of him with her head on his chest. However, she wasn't actually sleeping.
When she noticed Rudy was awake, she looked at him and said, "Even though you said you would take us on a picnic, you woke up late."
"What time is it?" Rudy asked calmly.
"It's ten!" She pouted.
"Then you should have woken me up."
"I was going to, but sis said I should let you sleep." Rudy glanced at Rebecca, who was making something in the kitchen.
Rebecca had woken up early because she wanted to be the first one to take a bath before Rudy, but she couldn't wake up early. However, when she saw Rudy was still sleeping, she found it weird that Rudy was always the first to wake up and prepare breakfast.
She was scared that something might have happened to Rudy, so she came near him and checked his heartbeat. But she didn't know how to check and couldn't feel his pulse. She thought Rudy had died, but she sighed in relief when she saw his stomach moving up and down.
She checked his breath and reassured herself that he was simply sleeping. She had no one else in her life other than Rudy, and she didn't want to lose him. She didn't want to be alone again.
After taking a bath, she woke Jessica up and asked her to check Rudy's heartbeat. And when she did, she couldn't stop listening to them.
"You are a liar!" Jessica puffed her cheeks even more. "Miss Elena says lying is bad!"
"I didn't lie. And… Well, it's not that late. We can easily go on a picnic and enjoy our day."
"Really?!" Jessica chirped.
"Yes. And Rebecca was aware of it." He pointed his gaze at Rebecca and said, "Look, she is making food to eat at a picnic."
"Yay! I cannot wait! Hurry up and get ready~!"
Rudy pulled Jessica's cheeks and said, "How can I get up if you don't get off me first?"
"Ehe!" Jessica placed her ear on Rudy's chest and said, "But I like listening to your heartbeats. It calms me down. It's so fast, strong, and loud! I feel like I can listen to them all day!"
Rudy smiled wryly and gently patted Jessica on the head.
"I know…" he mumbled.
Jessica… was the real identity of… Angelica.
