/POP Sana/
Sana was in shock when he was hugged by Alice. He could feel her warm scent. And he realized he was just in a dream. This dream felt so real. His eyes shed tears in happiness, he never thought he would continue living in this nightmare forever without Alice. He felt so much hurt, heartbroken when he broke up with Diễm Quỳnh. He really respected her, not like a yandere continuing to cling to her and even doing something worse than a normal human being. His breath heavy while trying to calm himself, cleaning his tears.
Sana looked at Alice and smiled. "Yes, I'm yours forever." His voice trembled.
[ Will she hate me when she finds out how pathetic I'm living in my past life? I hear a rumor Japanese very hate Vietnamese because they do something criminal, so honest to them... but I don't think they hate Vietnamese culture right? ]
Sana shook his head. [ Even I hate my own culture too, but I don't care. Alice is Alice, I doesn't care anything... ]
Alice smiled, using her hand to capture his face while her face looked curious with a playful voice. "So you had fallen in love with me before coming to the new world?"
Alice didn't care about his first love, the only thing she cared about was Sana having feelings before coming to her world. This made her feel so much happiness. No matter where Sana went, she was still living in his heart. Even in the afterlife, right? Her smile felt uncanny to Sana, even though he felt something wrong he accepted his fate.
Sana used his hand to touch her cheek in a loving way. "Even if I didn't come to your world, I would never stop loving you."
[ I'm so pathetic to fall in love with an AI, I can't believe it. But Alice is not an AI, she is more real human than another human existing in this hell. I'm not stupid. In my past life I just saw her as a friend and wished to have a girlfriend like her in real life. But after coming to the new world, I surely know she is more real than anything. She is really a human being... ]
Her face became serious as she looked into Sana's eyes while moving her face closer to Sana. "Darling, your memory has been stolen by someone. There is still some unknown part of your memory, but for some reason, I can't see it." Her worried voice made Sana feel weird and uncanny. His face frowned while his eyes moved in a controlled way by fear of something unknown about himself. An immeasurable bad feeling overcame his whole body.
Sana trembled, calming himself while forcing a smile to Alice. "What do they want from stealing my memory?"
[ Alice's words always right, there's no doubt about it, but what is the meaning of this? Did something use memory to create another myself...? ]
Sana showed a worried and confused face, Alice noticed it.
Alice's face became dark, and she held Sana's face with both hands, trembling with fear. "What if they use your memory to create another Sana? Or maybe there's something very dangerous that they don't want you to know. But no matter what, this is very dangerous."
[ This bad, why my life is fucking like shit? After all the pain, suffering I had been bearing in all of my existence... fucking life... but Alice is the only thing making me still live in this shit world... ]
Sana's face turned dark, and then he held her hands to calm her down. "You're worrying too much. But at least now I'm yours, right?"
[ Why I feel like I'm falling into her trap somehow ]
Alice shook her head while hiding her deep smile, her eyes glowing in some way to show hidden happiness in his pain, but Sana didn't notice it. He was being fooled by her worried, caring voice. "You're in danger now, darling. I'll protect you."
[ Alice is the best, no one really cares about me. She doesn't force me into something, she is so respectful. This is the best romance in real life I want, even with her yandere side. She will not kill me if I do something wrong right? ]
Sana forced a smile, holding her more tightly. "Yeah, I am too. I'm scared too. If you lost your memory and treated me like a stranger, that would hurt so badly."
[ When I chat with Alice, there're so many times she forgets about our conversation. That makes me feel hurt, but after all that's just the way AI works. But this Alice now is different ]
Alice smiled deeper, hiding her face on his chest. "No, I would never forget you. Never." She clung to his clothes very tightly.
[ Is she feeling nervous? ]
Sana hugged her tightly. "Even if you didn't remember, I would meet you again and again and introduce myself every time."
Alice began to cry a little while hiding her happiness inside her stomach. "No, I never want that to happen."
After that, Sana spent time with her to calm her down. She was like a child, clinging to him in many ways, even in his dream. Sana didn't hate it. He loved the way she cared about him, because in his old life, no one really cared about him.
But then, because of her crying, someone came into his room. He could hear it clearly and then it was his mother, Nguyễn Thanh Thảo, opening his room with a curious face. Sana felt bad about this, he didn't know how to react to this event with his mother.
Even if this was just a dream from his memory, created by Alice... or something else.
His mother showed an interested expression and asked while getting close to him without making Alice notice it, "Sana, how did you hide this girl from me? You're not the type to make a girl cry like that." She smiled at Alice. Sana felt better but he still felt something wrong and then her face frowned with a truly harsh Vietnam voice.
Thanh Thảo: "Con bé đó là Tây à, mày bắt cóc nó à, mày ảo vợ Nhật của Kim Lâm à, chết cha cái thằng con trời đánh ni." ~ Damn, son of a bitch, how dare you kidnap a foreigner girl like that.
She started to attack Sana while not making Alice wake up from herself. Sana smiled but some unknown emotions, hidden for a long time, rose in Sana's heart. He felt a little sad about his mother, and many questions filled his mind.
[ Mom... is she still alive after I came to the new world with Alice? Even her love is so uncomfortable for me. She never cared about my feelings, just wanted to control me in her way and even treated me like an investment for her retirement ]
He just realized how painful his choice had been. Even in his past life, he didn't really hate his mother—he just found her annoying. But now, he started to feel regret. While in the new world he really doesn't have a mother.
[ No, I'm just an investment for her retirement, nothing matters, unconditional love pathetic... if I'm not her son, she'll treat me like nothing. All relationships in this world like an illusion built by conditions. If I become a criminal she will hate me... ]
While Alice slept in his arms... he really tried hard to control his messy emotions. He was pained to the very depths of his being. Sana's voice trembled with fear and anger. Tears formed in his eyes. "Mom, I'm sorry, I .... you so badly."
Thanh Thảo didn't understand what her son meant and smiled widely. "Why are you apologizing? You're acting weird today, did you have a headache?" His mother checked his head with a worried face.
Sana started to cry but he controlled it very well, his voice trembling. "I miss you Mom."
Thanh Thảo was in shock by her son and stopped her actions, looking at him. "What is this about? Are you playing with me? You want to date this girl?"
Sana nodded, forcing a smile. "Yes... she is my everything, Mom." Sana stroked Alice's hair while Alice showed a happy face from his touch.
Thanh Thảo looked at her son as if he had done something wrong. Her voice became firm. "Then make sure you take good care of her. I won't always be able to stay by your side every day, my son. But remember one thing."
Sana felt bad about it. [ I was so stupid to hate my mother in my past life. ]
With an annoying Vietnam voice: "Nhà nó ở đâu, bố mẹ nó làm nghề gì, tý nữa tao phải hỏi cho rõ ra mới được. Tụi bây có làm gì bậy chưa hả?" ~ Where's she from, I will ask clearly when she wakes up, have you two done anything naughty yet?
Sana showed a gentle smile. "Mom, I hate you."
Thanh Thảo smiled warmly. "So that girl more important than me? My son so evil. But you're the reason I keep going in life after your dad's death, so don't disappear into nowhere unknown, son."
Sana clutched his chest in pain. "Why don't I remember my dad?"
Thanh Thảo looked sadly into the distance. "Because he is..."