" Remove all photos of pete present in his room and this whole house! Every single trace of him! Make it look like he never existed in this house. Do not talk about him, do not utter even a single word infront of anyone about him. " Korn said as he ordered everyone to remove every evidence of pete being present in Teerpanyakul house.

While vegas was still unconscious, no one protested against his decision except two people.

" You can't do that! Pete has been loyal to this house since a long time! You can't just overlook everything and erase every trace of him from this house! It's not fair!! " Porsche said not being able to believe the order that korn had given.

" If erasing his existence from this house is what can end my son's misery then I am more than willing to do it. " Korn said with determination in his voice.

" But phaw!- " Tankhun joined in to help Porsche in persuading his father but was cut-off mid sentence.

" Enough! I will not listen to any argument over this anymore. My orders are absolute and no one can make me change them! " Korn said strictly, shutting down both Porsche and Tankhun.

Feeling angry over the one-sided decision taken by him, Porsche and Tankhun stormed out of the room feeling helpless.
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A few hours later, Vegas finally gained consciousness and extended his hand towards the nightstand to bring Pete's photo but jumped onto his feet on not being able to find it.
He rummaged through the drawers and his wardrobe for his photo but there weren't any traces left of him, in his room. Not even the photos that they had clicked together.

He immediately ran out of his room and into Pete's room to find out what was going on but a huge shock was awaiting him in Pete's room.
The whole room was empty, it had been thoroughly cleaned out, as if nobody had ever occupied that room!

He searched nearly the whole house, every nook and cranny that he could, in hope of finding atleast a single item ever possessed by pete but there was not even a single trace of him anywhere, as if Pete was just a person out of his own imagination who had simply never existed in reality, in his house.

" Where is everything?! " Vegas asked anxiously as he grabbed Chan's collar.

" Please calm down Khun Vegas, I have no idea what you are talking about. " Chan said with a straight face.

" Don't you dare play dumb with me!! Where are the things that belonged to pete?!! " Vegas screamed as he started vigorously shaking him back and forth by the collar.

" Khun Vegas I have no idea what you are talking about. I think you need more rest, please calm down and let me escort you to your room. " Chan said as he tried to calm him down.

" Don't f*ck with me!! " Vegas screamed as he pushed him away by his collar.

" Ohh now I get it. " Vegas said with madness visible in his eyes by now.

" HA-HAHAA-HAA-AHHHHAAAA why couldn't I see it earlier?! " Vegas said as he started laughing hysterically.

" Phaw ordered you all to do this didn't he?! What do you all think huh?! You can make me forget pete just by hiding his things from me?! I WILL SCOOP MY OWN EYES OUT IF THAT'S WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR PHAW TO BRING BACK EVERYTHING RELATED TO HIM! I WILL DO ANYTHING IT TAKES TO SEE HIM AGAIN! ANYTHING! " Vegas said with an expression so serious and filled with madness that it made everyone believe that he won't cower away from doing even the most absurd sounding things to get Korn to take back his orders regarding Pete.

Vegas stormed out of the place and entering his room slammed the door close behind him. He kneeled on the floor feeling helpless as his heart started throbbing painfully again wanting to see pete for one more time.

" Pete...pete...I can't live without you anymore...please come back...everyday feels like hell...pete please...it's better to die than to live without you...I can't do this anymore...pete...I can't- " Vegas' voice cracked towards the end as tears started streaming down his face again.

He went towards the nightstand and picking something up went directly into the washroom. He closed the door and darkness immediately consumed the whole washroom. Apart from a little sunlight seeping into the room, there was no other source of light.

Vegas turned on the water allowing it to fill the bathtub and gently sat down. The water started to fill the tub, slowly submerging his body under it.
He brought out a small blade that he had picked up from the nightstand and rested his head against the edge of the bathtub.

A small smile appeared on his face as he started reminiscing about the memories that he and Pete had created together.
Gently opening his eyes, he placed the blade against his bare skin and closed his eyes again.

" Pete...I love you, with all my heart, soul and every inch of my body. " He said as a peaceful expression spread across his face.

" For my lost lover..." He said in a whisper and using all the strength he had left in his body pushed the blade into his skin and in one swift move slashed his wrist ending his life once and for all.

His blood mixed with the water colouring it red as it drowned his lifeless body under it finally letting him go back to his pete...
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Vegas' POV:

My eyes twitched making me open them and the moment I did, I sat up with a jolt feeling rage consuming me whole.

" Chan! Chan! " I screamed his name calling him into my room.

" Did you call me Khun Vegas? " Chan asked appearing in my room.

" How dare you?! Why?!! Why did you save me?!! " I screamed with anxiousness, bitterness and desperation visible on my face.

" I don't think I understand what you are saying Khun Vegas. " Chan said in a confused tone.

I nearly lost it seeing how he still was acting all clueless but suddenly my eyes fell on my wrist and shock along with confusion enveloped me.

There were no scars on my wrist! No signs of slitting! No blood, no bandage, nothing!

Immediately dismissing Chan, I rummaged through my room and to my surprise all the photos of pete along with everything I had subconsciously collected that had once belonged to him were all present in their own places.

" Was it all just a nightmare? " I asked myself, confused about what was reality and what was dream.

For a moment I thought whatever I had seen was all part of a long, horrible nightmare but instantly remembered the pain I had experienced before dying.
How terribly long and painstaking the week after I discovered Pete's body had been.

" The pain I felt after Pete's death, the pain I felt while killing myself and the solace I felt as my life slowly kept slipping out of my body were too real for everything to be a mere nightmare. " I said to myself and that's when an absurd concept that I had only read about in books came to my mind.

" Regression! " I thought as I battled with myself, trying to figure out the true reality.

Suddenly Chan knocked on my door.

" Khun Vegas, Khun Korn is calling for you. " Chan informed me.

" He must've informed phaw about my unusual behaviour already. " I thought to myself knowing how loyal Chan was to phaw.

I followed him into phaw's study where he had been waiting for me.
Upon reaching, chan was dismissed leaving only us two alone.

" Chan said you were behaving a little differently after waking up? That you screamed at him asking him why did he save you? " Phaw asked.

But instead of answering, I remained silent not knowing what to say since the regression theory was too absurd in itself to speak about.

You wouldn't believe me anyway.
I thought to myself.
However, I was proved wrong in an instant.

" You regressed, didn't you? " Phaw said from his side shocking me completely.

" How-how did you know?!! " I asked, not being able to believe my ears.

" I never revealed this to you all, simply because I thought it wasn't important, but to think someone would discover about it on their own..." Phaw said before looking up at me.

" Your grandmother...my mother was a shaman, she used to say that our bloodline was blessed but never said what the blessing was, I never understood it either. After her, none of us inherited the powers, well we did inherit it in little quantities but they were negligible which is why I thought that it wasn't required for you to know about the history since you wouldn't be able to use the power anyway, but after hearing from chan today about you, I finally understood, what the blessing she was always talking about, was. " Phaw said smiling as he thought about his mae.

He averted his gaze towards her photo frame kept in the room and continued.

" The blessing of regression! I won't ask what happened in the future that you saw until you are ready to speak about it from your side, but you regressed, this means only one thing - your life was in danger or perhaps you already had lost it, that's why you were returned back to probably the point which led to your such condition as a last chance to change the future! As a last chance to prevent your death! Or maybe save someone! Go now, do what you need to do, but remember this may be your second change, but this also is your last chance. Beyond this, there will just be indefinite darkness with no more chances to spare! ". Phaw said getting up and leaving the room, leaving me all alone.

I immediately took out my phone to see the date and time and it showed " 25th May, 3 minutes after midnight. " - the same night when pete had killed himself...

Without loosing a second more, I ran out of the house and started driving as fast as I could, like a maniac, like my life depended on it, which undoubtedly did.

" According to the reports, it was somewhere around midnight when Pete had committed suicide. Please let me save you this time! Please wait for me pete...please...I hope I won't be late...not this time atleast. Please...wait for me...my love...". I whispered to myself as I kept continuously praying for his safety...

( Writer's note: Tbh I am not sure how the second pete misunderstanding rose in the last chapter, but there is only one pete of course in this story, no one can replace our sunshine
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