Mayumi Phoebe Bonifacio

Captain Mayumi Phoebe Verano (née Bonifacio y Cadaval; born 9 March 1998), prominently known as Yumi Bonifacio, is the main protagonist and narrator of Flight Plan, the first novel of the FLIGHT series. She is a fresh graduate of PATTS College of Aeronautics as a Magna cum laude with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Air Transportation by the time she became part of Wright Aviation Academy's Batch Foxtrot 2018 as one of its six female cadets. Upon starting flight school, she meets and falls in love with one of her batchmates, Nikolai Xavier Verano, who is part of the wealthy and famous Verano clan from the Philippines, and later becomes her husband. She is the mother of Viktor, Vasilisa, Valentin, Veronika, Vladimir, Valeriya, Vladislav and Violetta, who are featured on their own separate stories as part of the series and spin-offs.
== Biography ==
=== Background ===
Mayumi Phoebe Bonifacio was born on 9 March 1998 at Rosario, Cavite, Philippines, Philippines as the second child and oldest daughter of Richard Bonifacio, a civil engineer and project director of Ayala Land, and Carmen Cadaval, a former research journalist. She was the younger sister of Miguel Perseus Bonifacio, and the older sister of Moises Percival Bonifacio and Margaret Psyche Bonifacio;Flight Plan originally, she was supposed-to-be the third child as her mother miscarried early on her first pregnancy. Known as "Phoe" in the family, she grew up in her hometown, living with her paternal aunt at her paternal grandparents' house, as her paternal grandparents were living abroad with her paternal uncle's family; wherein she slept along with her younger sister. Later on, during her first year in high school, her family transferred to Kawit, Cavite, Philippines at the completion of their own residence. When her maternal grandfather suffered a mild stroke a year later, her maternal grandparents started living with them, too.Flight Level
She was known to be an academically intelligent student who aced her school record and was regarded for her leadership skills; one of the reasons for her to be an accelerated student and be the youngest among her class being a year ahead. By her senior year in high school, she was her school's student council president, and graduated as batch valedictorian.
At the same time, she entered in a relationship with Noah Cembrano, a schoolmate from her alma mater and a direct junior despite them being of the same age. Their relationship had been known by their school, though it had been their teachers' question how she fell in love with him. Though they've lasted three years, it had been a rocky relationship. She mentioned that Noah hadn't fully supported her intentions to be a pilot and had been quite dominating and demanding. Despite rejecting him finally, the breaking point of their relationship had been when she was almost molested and sexually assaulted by him; and be saved by Miguel before anything could happen to them after being tipped off by her college friends. She decided not to file a case as it was useless, knowing Noah's family's connection; and instead, focused on healing herself by attending therapy. It had been noted that the reason her younger sister, Margaret, would later be a psychiatrist was because of her experience and her treatment; and one of the reasons why her mother decided to retire and be a full-time housewife instead. She balanced the sessions and her studies, which seemed not to be affected at all, as she liked keeping herself busy and doing things to avoid stressing or overthinking matters as that. Additionally, her friends became a huge support system of hers in the process.
Nevertheless, Yumi graduated college from PATTS College of Aeronautics as Magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Air Transportation. At the same time, her older brother also finished at the same school with his second bachelor's degree with Aeronautical Engineering after graduating and being a licensed mechanical engineer. It had been noted that her siblings also remained on top of their own classes.
=== Flight training ===
==== PPL ground school ====
Yumi took some time after graduation before enrolling to Wright Aviation Academy, as she noted that she also tried looking for a flight training opportunity in the USA before deciding to settle in the Philippines. Along with her parents, she canvassed through different flight training before choosing WAA, which was considered to be the most expensive and high-class flight training school in the country due to its additional A320 type-rating training program. She began flight training with the rest of the new cadets as part of Batch Foxtrot 2018, all of them starting on 5 November 2018.
During the welcoming ceremony, Yumi sat with the rest of the girls of the batch: Christine Medel, Rylie Guinto, Nikki Macrohon, Ange Valdez and Carina Guevara, her dormmate; and the few other boys: Leo Garcia, Zander Agcaoili and Spencer Catindig. She started introducing herself among them to break the tension before the program started, just as Nikolai Verano arrived, introduces himself to her and the rest, and sat on their table. Ever since that time, Yumi became attached and wary of Nikolai that she even noted that after the program and she ate with her parents, Nikolai approached them and introduced himself to her parents as well before heading off along with the rest of the batch for them to proceed on with the rest of their first day's start of training. Upon arrival to their assigned classroom, Nikolai also ended up being Yumi's seatmate, as well as Eli Buenconsejo. The rest of the day ended to be purely of reminders and introductions to them on what to expect for the succeeding months as cadets and were also introduced to their direct upper batch: Batch Echo 2018, who've invited them for that night's informal briefing to be held at Dorm Juliet. She then approached a college friend of hers, Azriel Cruz, and asked him about the informal briefing. Afterwards, Nikolai asked her about their relation and bid her goodbye.
During the evening informal briefing at Dorm Juliet with all their seniors who could attend the said affair, Yumi arrived along with Carina to meet their batchmates who've arrived early. Beforehand, the two of them had dinner at a nearby fast food with those who've been staying in the dorms, and met one of their batchmates, Marcus Ladera there. They waited for Christine's arrival and that of Nikolai, being those who were running late. Yumi mentioned that they lined up by height with the girls in front of the boys and Nikolai arrived just in time, appearing the sophisticated and rich boy he was with a Starbucks Teavana, opposite to the Starbucks coffee he had during the welcoming ceremony. She revealed during the informal briefing that she was a graduate of PATTS College of Aeronautics of BS Air Transportation, and that she was from Cavite, and she knew how to play musical instruments. However, upon finding a guitar, she disregarded that she didn't know how to play it, knowing that she would be asked to perform a sample. Afterwards, they've been informed that they would be having a formal meet-and-greet tomorrow as hosted by their direct upper batch.
The following day, during the formal meet-and-greet, Yumi sat along with Carina, Ange and Nikki with Yumi's friend Azriel and the latter's other batchmates. Sitting along with them had been Nikolai himself, who, to Yumi, seemed to be ensuring that there was just friendship between her and Azriel. They were invited by their upper batch for a dinner meeting at A.D's Grill that night.
The batch decided to carpool on the way to A.D's Grill, and Yumi joined the other girls to ride along with Ange. Upon arriving, they waited at the dinner's meeting place for two hours before their seniors had arrived, much to the dismay of everyone else. All the while that they waited; the others offered a smoke while Yumi remained with the others who do not smoke. By the time that their senior arrived, Yumi had been seated in between Tyrone Costales and Cedrik Quema, while Tristan Clemente, the batch president, sat across her since the seating arrangement had been agreed to be an alternate between the two batches. It was during the dinner that their seniors started offering them alcoholic shots. By the second shot offered by Tyrone, Nikolai took Yumi's shot instead. Their direct upper batch let them handle the bill, and before anything else, Nikolai paid it.
For the first weekend, Yumi's older brother, Miguel, picked her up from WAA with their cousin Marvin Macaraig. Before leaving, she talked with Nikolai regarding the necessary eight thousand pesos for their batch's informal meet-and-greet. On the way, Miguel asked her regarding Nikolai upon seeing them talking and bidding farewell with one another. She said that there was nothing between them
At the time that their batch hosted their informal meet-and-greet at Pigs and Pints, Yumi arrived along with her batchmates who were also staying at WAA's dormitory. During the event, she and the others had been placed into question and answers and been invited for a shot by their upper batches. By the time she somehow managed to escape, she settled on to a bar for some water when she realized that the one seated next to her had been Nikolai. She was instantly questioned why she was alone despite him telling her to remain next to the girls. She said that things had led to another, and they've been separated, and she was actually hungry that Nikolai offered to treat her for dinner out, escaping the rest of the informal meet-and-greet.
The two spent dinner at a nearby food park wherein Yumi ordered a ramen and Nikolai a platter of sushi, sashimi and maki, wherein all had been paid by Nikolai. During their dinner, the two of them conversed about their interests and be interrupted by Nikolai answering a call from a contact named "Solynshka", whom Yumi noted to be Nikolai's girlfriend. After the call, Yumi told him that he was no doubt to be part of the rich Verano clan and even managed to guess his possible net worth. On their way back to meet with their batchmates, Nikolai handed his coat for her to wear. Upon their return, it had been agreed that she and the others headed home while Nikolai and a few others remained.
Yumi woke up still wearing Nikolai's coat and late the following morning but hadn't been tardy for classes. After all, no one from them had been but those who've remained for the informal meet-and-greet later than she and others did—Nikolai, Christine, Sage, Marcus, Zander and Rylie are all catching up with sleep. Sage and Zander arrived later than Yumi did, and the two caught her and Ange asking Marcus about what had happened afterwards and also how much the expenses had been. Zander mentioned that the remaining expenses had been shouldered by Nikolai with the use of his black card. Nikolai appeared to be listening to their conversation and said that it is a Citi Ultima black card.
Before heading home for the weekend, Yumi insisted to take Nikolai's coat to be brought to the dry-and-clean. In contrast to that, Nikolai took her ribbon as part of the installment. Yumi, along with Carina and Leo, rode with Sage on their way to Manila, Philippines. Sage informed them that Nikolai would be joining them next week, since he was heading home for Bulacan, Philippines this weekend. Yumi was picked up by her father on the way home and upon arriving, she asked her parents regarding a dry-and-clean service for Nikolai's coat causing an inquiry among her family regarding their actual relationship. Later that evening, Nikolai messaged her upon finding her number through their batch's Viber group. In return, she had dared stalking him through his social media accounts.
The following week, Yumi handed back Nikolai's newly dry-and-cleaned coat and noticed that he had been working on some financial statement with Spencer's help concerning economics and stocks. Nikolai then asked her if she found anything interesting over the weekend and he mentioned that he knew that she'd stalked his social media account, especially Instagram. He then later reminded her about that afternoon's start of exercises. During the afternoon exercise, Yumi was not physically active that it had been a struggle for her. On the way back, Arturo Pineda, WAA's chief ground school instructor, had suggested to her to ask the boys for help, if ever. But then, Carina said that there was a secret love going on that the other girls had inquired about. And for the matter, the girls called for Nikolai's attention to ask him of what he thought of Yumi. By the time they reach WAA, Nikolai told her to start taking care of herself and calls her "Ptichka".
That same night, Yumi spent dinner with Carina, Spencer and Leo, as customary, at her and Carina's dorm. During dinner, Yumi checked the list of the aeronautical engineering board passers and found her older brother being the topnotcher of the year's board. She immediately called him to congratulate him, adding that even the others with her at the time had sent their congratulations, and in return, Miguel told her to invite her batchmates for a celebration by month end that coincides with Moises's birthday. The rest of her batchmates also congratulated her brother after she posted a congratulatory note on her social media. Nikolai then messaged her privately and inquired about her dinner.
The next night's dinner, Nikolai invited them for dinner at his condo; to which Rylie and Sage assured that it would be fine since the two of them and Zander, Marcus and Kael had been spending dinner there prior. Yumi rode along with Nikolai after being told to accompany him in his car, and before separating ways with the others, they said that they would just be meeting one another at the lobby. Along the way, the two of them conversed, and Yumi confronted him regarding his nickname to her being "Ptichka" which meant "little bird" in Russian. Yumi countered him by calling him by his first name than his last name, which she had been doing until that very moment. They corrected each other's pronunciation though with Yumi towards "Ptichka" and Nikolai towards "Phoebe". In return, Nikolai gave her another nickname: "Golubka".
Yumi and Nikolai met with the others at the lobby, and by the time they've arrived at Nikolai's penthouse condo, Zander remembered that Yumi played the piano and the others asked her for a sample. Nikolai had given her permission to play and the one that Yumi played had been Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, upon realizing that it was the same musical sheet that had been on the piano's stand. Zander and the others then drew closer to her to teach them to play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, while Rylie, Sage and Nikolai prepared their dinner. Yumi remembered the keycard to Nikolai's condo that he had handed to her earlier, but Nikolai just said that she better keep it. After dinner, the rest headed back to their dorms, except for Marcus, Zander and Sage, who would be staying the night at Nikolai's condo for a drinking session as well; and Nikolai ushered them until the condo's lobby. All the while that the others have their smoke, Yumi was left with Nikolai, and they talk about his security. She then learned that Nikolai has an older brother, and even though he was the second son, he still managed a portion of their family business, too, as a helping hand.
The following morning, the rest had arrived at WAA at 4 am for their jump-off to Quezon City in order to take their NTC exams. Yumi and Nikolai sat side by side on the van on the way, occupying the back seat with Rylie on the other end. During the drive, when everyone had been sleeping, Yumi said that she couldn't sleep and listened on through classical music on the way, to which Nikolai had asked to listen along, causing them to share earphones. Nikolai also offered to her again his coat to use, and he leaned on to her as he slept. The batch had a stopover for breakfast, and as they continued on their way, Yumi noticed that Nikolai started looking on to their family business's projects.
Upon arriving at NTC Office in Quezon City, the batch was met by Nikolai's bodyguards and WAA's liaison, Joel Sullano. They were sent to their respective seats which was in alphabetized order. When Yumi received her test paper and questionnaire, she noticed that it had correct answers already, causing her to ask for the observer's attention. The observer only told her to not mind the answers even if they were the right answers. Yumi's conscience would not even allow her to accept that it was considered acceptable to answer the test with a questionnaire bearing correct answers. After they finished the exam, they headed back to Clark and on the way, Nikolai forced her to have some rest by leaning against his shoulder. She was hesitant at first but finally relented and fell asleep.
Yumi and her batchmates were invited for the pinning ceremony of Batch Bravo 2018, by the time they arrived back to Clark. During the ceremony, Yumi and Christine talked about their plans for their own pinning right after their first solo later on. By the weekend, Yumi, along with Carina and Leo, carpooled with Sage on the way back to Manila. This time, however, Nikolai was with them, serving as their driver of Sage's car due to the two's so-called contract. Yumi met with her father before they headed to the Mall of Asia where the rest of the family were waiting to celebrate Miguel's passing of the board exam.
For their last EQC meeting, Yumi and her batchmates headed to WAA's Clark hangar to visit the workings and overview upon flight training. At the time that her batchmates were eager to see the aircrafts, she remained by the hangar and had been asked by Capt. Francis Infante, their EQC ground school instructor, about why she didn't appear interested. She informed him that she had her on-the-job training at the airport as a ramp agent assistant; hence, she already had a fair share of aircrafts which were airliner planes. That afternoon, Yumi finished the EQC exam right away and they were dismissed much earlier than usual.
The batch had decided to prepare a dinner for their ground instructors as thanks after their afternoon exams that marked the end of their PPL ground school and their practice for the upcoming Christmas party. Yumi, Carina, Nikki and Ange were the first ones to arrive at the restaurant where they would be treating their ground instructors and had been assigned to order. Later on, they sat alongside one another, all the while Nikolai and Sage sat with them, too. Nikki intrigued Nikolai through his social media accounts after she and the girls had been teasing Yumi that the two were a good match. During that time, Nikki asked what Nikolai's type was, only igniting their teasing.
The batch had their separate celebration after the dinner where they've decided to spend the night in a KTV at Wishing Well. When Yumi decided to head to the restroom alone, she was surprised to find out that Nikolai ensured that she would be safe. She then said that it was surely hard to avoid the presence of his bodyguards. Before they delved into the topic, Eli called for Nikolai to talk about something. Before separating ways, Nikolai told them that the thing that he and Eli had talked about was regarding the latter's decision to abdicate from being the batch's vice president but was truly force by the others to make Charles take the position.
Miguel and Ella fetched Yumi from WAA, and throughout the drive home, she shared to the two about what is going on in their batch. Upon arrival back home, she saw the celebration for Moises's birthday and Miguel's topnotch passing of the aeronautical engineering board. She was eating with Ella by the time her phone vibrated, and she was surprised to see that Ange, Carina and Nikki had made a group chat with her, titled as "#TEAMNIKUMI". Aside from them linking the two prior for the group chat to be made, but it had been intrigued by Nikolai's post of a painting he recently finished titled as Blue. And in the photo, it also featured her familiar blue ribbon that she remembered Nikolai had taken as part of an investment. Ella then asked her for her to stalk him, and she told her that there was really something between Yumi and Nikolai. She wasn't only being teased by the girls and Ella about her relationship with Nikolai, for even the rest of their batch did to even ask her about what she thought of a birthday gift for him.
Yumi thought of some gift for Nikolai even though there was no need for such. Instead, they prepared for their presentation for WAA's Christmas party with a theme of "A Night of Mischief". Their batch decides to adapt the mafia style, using The Godfather as inspiration. Due to that, everyone dressed on the uniformed black suit and tie, sunglasses, fedora hat, leather gloves and suitcase; except for Christine, who was meant to portray an additional cabaret singer, and Nikolai, who was to act out as the mafia's boss. During their preparations, Yumi caught Nikolai in a phone call with his father, receiving countless remarks regarding their family business. For their Christmas party celebration, they won the second-place award and the "Most Mischievous Group of the Night" for their costume. Before the night ended, Yumi and the others who often spent dinner at Nikolai's condo invited Capt. Infante, Rylie's junior college schoolmate and their ground instructor for EQC and Communications, for a celebration at Anchor's Bay. It ultimately showed the division of their batch since the others weren't invited.
On the way, Yumi rode along with Nikolai, and she realized that he'd been listening not only to classical music but as well as Christian songs. When she asked him for other songs, he said that he also enjoyed ballad OPM, like Ben&Ben songs and said that his favorite had been Bibingka no matter how flirtatious it is to fall in love after nine days just because of the Ama Namin. She told him that during her third-year high school, they were asked to perform a particular song from their assigned musical, which had been Les Misérables, to which she was a director and had provided accompaniment for On My Own. The two then talked about the song being sad for it was about a one-sided love.
Yumi and the group spent the night drinking with Capt. Infante, who've asked them about their Christmas party performance from earlier, the splitting of their batch, and of the reason why they've chosen to be pilots. When Zander had requested for a song with Nikki singing the song to the audience live, Nikolai asked Yumi if she sings to which she replied that she doesn't. Yumi joked that he would surely be singing by the time he courted someone; and Nikolai remarked that he had already taken it down as a note. Afterwards, by two o'clock in the morning, Capt. Infante invited them to some porridge close to SM Clark before they all separated ways.
On the way home, by morning, Yumi, Carina and Leo rode with Sage on the way back to Manila, after the latter spending the rest of the time between their group separating ways until they left WAA drinking at Nikolai's condo. While Carina and Leo were asleep, Sage asked him if there was something between her and Nikolai, and if there would be a chance if Nikolai would court her. She didn't answer and change the topic instead.
The following day, Yumi greeted Nikolai a happy birthday but found out that due to different time zones, since he was heading to France for the holidays, it was yet to be his birthday. She then greeted him another time on the same time that he was expected to arrive in Paris, France.
==== CPL ground school ====
At the start of their CPL ground school, Yumi and the rest of her batchmates continued with the rest of their room learnings. Timely, they were bound to no longer be the lowest batch with the arrival of a new one, Batch Alpha 2019, the following week. Upon her arrival, she found out that Nikolai had brought souvenirs for all of them which were nougats. However, for Yumi, she received a box of macarons instead since Nikolai told her that he knew that she hated chocolates with almonds or nuts.
Nothing had changed with their scheduled routine as it replicated their PPL ground school. The only difference had been the added subjects and much in-depth lessons for others. They also kept up with the routine of having dinner at Nikolai's condo, now with an assigned schedule for each of them to cook and wash the dishes. One time, Nikolai introduced to them his turtle pet; he said that the name of the turtle was "Poe". At that, everyone turned at Yumi since everyone knew that Nikolai called Yumi as "Phoe". However, Nikolai explained that it is from "Edgar Allan Poe".
When the new batch had arrived, being their direct upper, Yumi and the rest of her batch dealt the matters very much the same that they've experienced from theirs. However, they've been much more lenient and compassionate to consider them as friends instead of being lower cadets. In meetings, they remained punctual, and the honorific of practicing courtesy had been dismissed when it had been just them present. Just as when they've asked for a dinner with their batch and the new one at Anchor's Bay that they've arrived on time and even split the bill compared to what they've encountered from Batch Echo 2018. During the drinking after dinner, Yumi and the girls, except for Christine and Rylie, had talked with the four girls of the newest batch. Adding to their list had been Leo and Nikolai, with the latter being much more in talks with Ria Cuevas. After the dinner as she and her batchmates headed on to the porridge store Capt. Infante had suggested to them, she rode along with Nikolai and inquired her college friends through chat about what she had just witnessed, to which they told her that she was being jealous. Yumi tried to perk a conversation with Nikolai concerning the Batch Alpha 2019 but had been directed then when he told her that Carina informed him about the macarons that he had given her and promised that he would be giving her macarons throughout the weekdays. In the end, before they headed out for porridge, Nikolai said that he would always be there for her and something in Russian that only troubled her much more if she was indeed falling in love with him already.
Yumi's college friends insisted that she should've questioned Nikolai already about the truth after finding out that Nikolai had lent her his jacket another time; the only difference was that he didn't ask her to have it washed and dried. Just as Nikolai had promised, some macarons had been given to her for every dinner that they have in his condo. For the weekend, Yumi, Carina and Leo rode along with Sage and have Nikolai as their driver. By Paso de Blas, during the usual Friday traffic, Nikolai received a call from his father. Based on the call and after what Nikolai had told them, it seemed like his older brother had returned to the Philippines without any prior arrangement. By the time Yumi arrived home, Nikolai's brother, Dmitri Verano, became a trending topic in Twitter for being sighted at the airport earlier. Apparently, most of the tweets had been because of his family standing and for being handsome, too. Yumi texted Nikolai to check if he was doing okay, but he didn't reply.Dewpoint
The following day, after Yumi and her family attend the Saturday's anticipated mass, Yumi received notification from their Viber group sending "condolences" to Nikolai. By the time she arrived home and watched the television, it had been reported that Nikolai's brother had died early morning due to a car accident. To add, even Nikolai's name had trended in social media. Yumi decided to come along with Spencer the following afternoon to visit the wake before they headed back to WAA. Nikolai met them by their arrival with Christine, Philipp, Charles and Axel. Sage and Rylie were expected to follow after them. Nikolai told them about what had happened and when the others had asked to have some cigarette, leaving Yumi alone with Nikolai, Yumi urged him to rest. In the end, he ended up falling asleep while leaning on her shoulder.
The batch came to an agreement to file a batch leave on Friday, for Nikolai's brother's funeral. They were surprised to find out that Nikolai had arrived for their ground school on that Monday morning even though he had been allowed to take leave. By lunch time, it had been decided for them who usually frequent Nikolai's condo for dinner, including Ange and Nikki this time, to have their lunch there upon finding out that food had been delivered there. While there, Nikolai revealed the truth behind his brother's death which was slightly altered for the media: that instead of dying in a car accident, his brother was already dying by the time he left his girlfriend's condo and drove the way home. Even his girlfriend had committed suicide to escape the crime.
The batch attended the funeral of Nikolai's brother and headed on their way home. Yumi sent a message to Nikolai another condolence message. Nikolai didn't answer until it had been eleven in the evening that he replied, thanking her and asking her if it was fine to call. During the call, Nikolai shared his doubts about his new and current position as the heir to the Verano Group of Companies that was supposed to be his brother's. Yumi assured him that everything would be alright in the future because God had planned it that way; and she would always be supporting him in all he was going to do.
It wasn't only Nikolai's life that had changed after the incident; everything around Yumi and her batch also changed. One time, when the others had been in a drinking session without Nikolai, who've attended his father's birthday, they discussed on the prospect that Nikolai's position as the new heir would also be mentioned. Later on, their conversation shifted regarding Nikolai's relationship status, and Yumi had been questioned about what she thought: if Nikolai already had a girlfriend or not. At that Sage and Zander bet whether Nikolai had a girlfriend, Sage betting that there wasn't and Zander saying that there was. However, the rest of the batch continued insisting that Yumi and Nikolai would certainly be the batch couple of Foxtrot 2018.
It was just as the batch had predicted: Nikolai had been also announced to be the next heir of the Verano Group of Companies that had led for him to be part of the trending news. Yumi and Nikolai then talked about one article about him, and the last trivia said that he had no girlfriend, which he said to be the truth.
For the end of their CPL ground school, the batch decided to order some S&R pizzas for their ground instructors and they celebrated at Frado's KTV just like when they've finished their PPL ground school. At that time, Nikolai confronted Yumi about what had happened when she and the others had a drinking session when Nikolai was absent for his father's birthday and figured about Zander and Sage's bet regarding his relationship status. Later on, she also asked him about the reason why he had named his turtle as "Poe", to which he replied to be because of an English project wherein he needed to memorize Annabel Lee, a poem made by Edgar Allan Poe, and it was also the same time that he brought "Poe the turtle" as a pet. Yumi shifted the discussion back to him that he had been allowed to join them for such a gathering as that, and he said that it was only acceptable that he was, since he was just the heir and not yet the head. And when asked about his opinion about that, he had never wished for it since he grew up agreeing that his older brother was the best fit. However, things happened and later on, Nikolai said that Yumi had a pure heart, in which she doubted to be true. When they were about to pay the bills, Nikolai offered to be the one to pay it as his treat to the batch; Yumi called him "Swiper" as if that would stop him, as a counter to when he called her "Squirtle". As the following day coincided with Valentine's Day, before leaving one another, Yumi gave a hug to everyone else, and even chased after Nikolai who hated hugs. Nikolai gave her a hug instead and greeted her a "Happy Valentines" in French, before finally allowing her to embrace him back as well.
After their CPL ground school, they received announcement regarding an upcoming CAAP examinations to be held in WAA. Also, all the while they were waiting for their deployment, they were to accomplish their ALSIM and their so-called radio duties in Clark to oversee their seniors during their flights. Yumi was in the same group as Carina, Nikki and Ange for their ALSIM schedule days before their CAAP examination, and such schedules vary from morning until midnight. One time, during their ALSIM schedule set for after lunch, Nikolai invited her and the others for some brunch, waking her up. Aside from that, Nikolai ordered a Java Chip Frappuccino from Starbucks for her as his thanks for helping him study for the CAAP exams. When they met, Nikolai mentioned that Yumi was known to be very good with aircraft handling based on the recent ALSIM sessions as what he'd heard from Carina and the others. On their way to Marquee Mall, where they would be eating with Carina and Ange before their ALSIM schedule, Nikolai, being drove by his bodyguard and driver this time, asked her about her interest with Chinese food, to which Yumi mentioned that she liked Japanese foods much more and her family wasn't interested with trying other foreign cuisines. Nikolai then told her that perhaps, he might ask after the CAAP exams for them to eat at a Chinese restaurant in Clark.
Yumi finished the ten subjects of CAAP exams on the second day, and when Nikolai messaged him if she could accompany him with reviewing, she agreed. She was surprised, however, by the time she arrived at the classroom to find Nikolai with his bodyguard, and a present of macarons and tea for Nikolai and her to share as a gift for being able to perfect the Navigation exam, the subject that everyone had been saying to be the hardest to take. The two spent some tea and macarons all the while Yumi helped Nikolai with reviewing for his remaining CAAP subjects to examine.
On the last day of their ALSIM schedule, Nikolai invited them for breakfast, but the others decline. In the end, only Yumi and Nikolai had breakfast at the Chinese restaurant Fortune. Upon returning to WAA, Nikolai handed a box of chocolate cake with macaron toppings as his birthday gift for her. Afterwards, she started receiving greetings from the rest of the batch through Viber and Messenger, and the girls revealed to her that Nikolai asked them to let him greet her first than them.
During the time that they were waiting for their deployment for their pre-solo training at Subic, the batch had been assigned for their radio duty in WAA's Clark base as a practice to speaking and reading back over the radio. Afterwards, they received information about the details of their deployment and handed the responsibilities of the radio duty to their direct lower batch.
==== Pre-solo ====
For their pre-solo training, the Batch Foxtrot 2018 was sent to Subic. Due to some misunderstanding, the villa assigned for the boys wasn't prepared yet and the entire batch needed to deal with staying in the girls' villa for the night. Because of all the hassle of moving in and everything, they decided to spend dinner outside and to buy groceries for their stay. Yumi accompanied Nikolai in his car, a SUV Audi Q8 this time compared to the one he had been using back then in Clark; and he introduced her to his car named "Corbeau" and added that the other car's name is "Rougir". Nikolai accompanied her during the grocery shopping that limited the processed foods she was supposed to buy because he would not allow her to and insisted that she must eat healthier foods than such. Also, Nikolai paid the grocery before she could even pay.
After their grocery shopping and the entire batch headed back to their villa, Yumi received a message from the group chat with the girls who've sent her captured photos of her and Nikolai at the grocery. They continued teasing her about the probability that there could be something else more between them.
Yumi woke up earlier than expected the following day that led her to prepare coffee for herself but had been surprised to find out that Nikolai was also awake and had been preparing coffee for him as well. Nikolai offered to make her a coffee he personally blended and as Yumi waited for him, she realized that it seemed like Nikolai had been busy juggling his work in helping with his family conglomerate business at the same time with flight training. They decided to have their coffee outside the villa in order not to wake the others, and Yumi commented that Nikolai's brewed coffee tastes like Starbucks' Caramel Macchiato, which was her favorite. Yumi also mentioned that she was more of a tea drinker than a coffee drinker, to which Nikolai agreed, and she added that it was better to be matched with sweets, enumerating then her favorites. Afterwards, the two of them prepared breakfast for the batch, causing them to tease her and Nikolai by calling them "Mommy" and "Daddy", respectively.
The following day, the boys evacuated the girls' villa and settled on their owns, separated into two groups. It had been agreed that the group who've been eating in Nikolai's condominium during ground school, with an additional to Nikki, would be eating still as a group, and there had been a rotation to the one who was to prepare dinner for them all. Another thing, the batch gathered in the girls' villa to meet with their flight instructors for a briefing that evening; for they've failed to report at the flight line due to the incident with the villas yesterday. It was also such time that they met their instructors and received their flight instructor assignments.
Yumi was assigned to Capt. Byron Felix Corpuz as her primary flight instructor, the same as Nikolai's; and Capt. Kayden Manalang as her secondary flight instructor, Christine and Zander's primary and Carina's secondary. Not all flight instructors were present, including Capt. Corpuz; but Capt. Manalang had been present and the four of them introduce themselves to him after the briefing.
For their observation flights, the batch decided to have a draw-lots for it. Yumi picked up second, while Nikolai took the first. The day after tomorrow, flight schedule had been released and Yumi was assigned as an observation flight student to Cadet Ezra Capistrano's CPL lessons with Capt. Oliver Ponferrada. Before the flight, Capt. Ponferrada briefed Cadet Capistrano for the flight and allowed Yumi to join; to where she was asked about few things concerning basic knowledge of the C172, before proceeding to make a 360-inspection. Yumi managed to impress both Capt. Ponferrada and Cadet Capistrano upon answering the questions asked of her. After the flight, Yumi mentioned experiencing dizziness, and had received a flight schedule at once for tomorrow with Capt. Corpuz.
For the flight, Capt. Corpuz called for her, signed her prepared flight plan and ordered her to prepare their aircraft and flight, adding to take him to Morong and Bagac, Bataan and to expect doing turns and stalls for their first lesson. Under the tutelage of Capt. Corpuz for the first lesson, Yumi got a good grasp of the primary maneuvers necessary for flying. He taught her the traffic pattern and communications necessary for each frequency; and praised her good handling. Aside from that, Capt. Corpuz told her that students trained in Subic for their first solo were competent when it came to crosswind landings and sudden updrafts and downdrafts in airwork areas.
That evening, the rest had been asking those who've already managed to have their first flight about another round of hand flow with the starting of the engine. Yumi realized that Nikolai decided to study on his own than be with the others, and found him outside about to take his IQOS, and she offered to aid him with the hand flow and gave insight with how her flight with Capt. Corpuz had been. Nikolai agreed to be taught with the hand flow and due to the lack of resources, he offered to allow her to sit on his lap, which only made their interaction a little awkward. Later that evening, the two exchanged messages about it, finding the situation indeed awkward; before ending their conversation, Yumi bid him good luck for his flight with Capt. Corpuz the following day.
Yumi's second flight was with Capt. Kayden Manalang and had only been scheduled a week after. Slowly, she and the rest of the batch managed to adjust to their flight instructors and with their stay in Subic. Her third flight was with Capt. Manalang, and her fourth flight was with Capt. Elijah Parungao which had been scheduled on the same day, in successive hours and with different aircraft. She managed to pass both schedules. A few days later, an impending thunderstorm suspended most of their flights, resulting for them to think of filing a leave.
One night, Marcus just blurted out that he missed macaroni soup, especially that of his mother's cooking that resulted for him to decide in heading home upon finding out that he had no schedule for the following day. For the rest who've stayed in Subic, they decided to cook their own. The following day, Yumi decided to head out to buy the ingredients but had been accompanied by Nikolai to the grocery, along with Leo. During their grocery shopping, Leo left the two of them as he bought his own things and Nikolai remained next to her. At that time, an elderly couple noticed them and commented that they were a good match to one another. After buying the necessary items, the three of them returned to cook the soup. During dinner, Carina and Rylie teased them by calling them "Daddy" and "Mommy". The teasing continued, until it had been the entire batch who've been calling them that.
One time, during Cristofer's birthday celebration, the batch watched John Wick III, and at that time, a list of each batch members' role as a one huge family had been unveiled, placing both Yumi and Nikolai as their parents. Later that evening, the two of them conversed about it; surprisingly, Nikolai joined in and called her "Mommy".
As Yumi's lessons continued without any hitch just like the rest of the batch, Yumi slowly settled to finally having a good grasp of flying. One time, for her supposed to be lessons, she had been told to just return back home since the weather conditions weren't meant for PPL lessons. The flights had then been canceled due to weather, and Yumi rode along with Nikolai to head back to their villa. Nikolai then invited her for lunch at Rali's Restaurant, considering that it was his treat. While waiting for their orders, the two of them conversed about the progress of their flight training, especially concerning their troubles about their impending first solo flights. During their meal, they received a message from their batch's Viber group regarding a Pre-First Solo Exam to be held that evening.
When Nikolai and Yumi returned to their villa, they found the rest of the batch studying for their Pre-First Solo Exam. Only a few managed to pass, including Yumi and Nikolai. Before Capt. Corpuz returned back to La Union, Philippines, he informed them that he was going to fly with them another time; this time, in preparation for their first solos hence the traffic pattern lessons than airworks. Unfortunately, Yumi had a hard time succeeding in making an acceptable traffic pattern. Yumi filed a few days leave after that, and received a message concerning the things she needed to improve. Capt. Corpuz even suggested for her and Nikolai to discuss the things they needed to improve together over the prospect of a coffee date.
By the time Yumi returned, she learned that Spencer had successfully made his first solo, and had invited the entire batch for some drinking session as celebration. When Yumi returned to Subic for the celebration, she decided to drink to her heart's content and even rejected the offer of a chaser. Almost by midnight, Yumi received a call from her brother's classmate and her elementary crush, Architect Cade Hernandez. Cade asked her to give a recommendation for his application to Verano Development Corporation upon finding out that she was friends with the heir of the Verano Group of Companies. Yumi agreed to help him.
Yumi admitted that there was a blank on her memory about what happened after her conversation with Cade. The next time that she had a flight, Capt. Corpuz told her that he would be sending remarks to her and Nikolai for them to improve. Before dismissing them, Capt. Benjamin Centino informed Capt. Corpuz that there were too many stories about her and Nikolai that would make their primary flight instructor proud of them as a pair. Due to that, they were told to have a coffee date to discuss their flaws and even send a picture of them together. She and Nikolai agreed to have their coffee date the following day to discuss Capt. Corpuz's recommendations.
During the coffee date with Nikolai, he asked her about what she requested of him when she was drunk during the celebration of Spencer's first solo. She learned that due to her drunkenness, she asked him to hire Cade to Verano Development Corporation and accept his proposal. Yumi then remembered all that she told him during that time, and before she embarrassed herself much more, Nikolai's father called for him.Crabbing
A day later, Nikolai informed her and the rest of the batch that his father wished to meet with them for a dinner at the Subic Yacht Club. They weren't able to decline as Nikolai's father had been insistent in meeting them. After the flight, Yumi rode along with Nikolai to the dinner as the others had headed right away, since the two of them were part of the day's closing flight. During the dinner, Yumi sat next to Nikolai and the rest of the girls being the closest to be seated as well with Nikolai's father. Due to that, Yumi and the girls were those frequently asked by Nikolai's father, and had focused his attention on her, too, with great interest.
A few days later, Nikolai had his first solo and Yumi decided to use that moment to shoot creative videos for their batch's first solo compilation that would be used for their their pinning ceremony. Afterwards, Nikolai invited the entire batch for another dinner. This time, with the rest of the flight instructors as per invited by his parents and younger sister as a celebration for his first solo. During dinner, Yumi sat next to Nikolai's mother and sister, and she found out later on that it was his sister whom he called "Solynshka". At the end of the dinner, Nikolai told her that his family liked her.
Yumi's next flight had ended to be with Capt. Leroy Ancheta, and as the others have mentioned, she failed the lesson for the first time. Yumi was dismayed by what happened, and in order to cheer her up, Nikolai invited her for a horseback riding the following day. After, it coincided with Leo, Charles and Marcus's first solos that they decided to watch the event at the roadside where the end of the runway 07 was. Yumi admitted that she felt like she was failing after what happened, and Nikolai comforted her that it wasn't the case at all: saying that she was by far greater than she thought of herself to be.
It took a few more days before Yumi successfully managed to gain the confidence of her flight instructors to release her for her first solo. However, many of their batchmates, including Nikolai who've already finished theirs and their re-solos, were forced to head home, leaving only a handful of them present. On 15 July 2019, Yumi had her first solo after being released by Capt. Ponferrada. She was surprised to find out that Nikolai was present to witness her first solo, had been the one to carry her, and for her to be showered by her with flowers than anything else. For the celebration, she, Ange and Erick decided to celebrate with a bilao of pancit than the usual pizzas, and Kael and Nikolai helped them with the orders. Afterwards, Nikolai offered Yumi a ride back to their villa, and asked her if he could change clothes before leaving. They bid one another farewell to meet one another during their pinning ceremony.
During the pinning ceremony, Yumi, aside from her parents, and her aunt and cousin, she also invited two of her best friends: Roza and Cathryl, for the celebration. Before the actual event, she told her friends that she was planning to tell Nikolai her true feelings. She backed out at the last minute; however, during her ramblings from the restroom, during the event, she crossed paths with Nikolai, who've heard everything.
==== PPL build-time ====
Yumi admitted that she had been insecure ever since what happened during the pinning ceremony, and predicted things to be awkward by their batch's deployment at Iba, Zambales, Zambales, Philippines for their PPL build-time necessary for their PPL check ride. The first one who've noticed her and Nikolai's awkwardness to one another had been Rylie, her roommate this time. Rylie assured her that she had the entire batch if ever there was a rift between her and Nikolai. It had been evident that no matter how Nikolai tried to approach her, she kept pushing him away.
Yumi tried to avoid Nikolai, which had been an easy feat for her. Until one planned flight of hers to Vigan that Capt. Delmar Tanyag asked her to inquire Nikolai for a navigation log to Vigan. However, their discussion was only about the necessary flights and she found out that Nikolai is to remain overnight at Laoag. Despite having flights on the morning of the same day, neither from them had seen one another. After Yumi's flight, she was invited by the rest of the batch to head to Subic just to eat at Romantic Baboy, for Rylie had been craving some samgyeopsal. Nikolai remained at Laoag for the next three days after that before returning back to Iba, and as a celebration for those who've already completed their PPL lessons, the batch decided to head to the seashore with bottles of alcoholic drinks of their own. At that time, Nikolai asked her what had led for them astray with one another.
For her last lesson for PPL and before the check ride, Yumi flew with Capt. Tanyag from Iba to Subic for a remain overnight with Nikki and Carina and their flight instructors. The following morning, the three of them flew for a cross-country flight with their respective flight instructors before returning back to Subic at once due to the closure of the airport due to a typhoon. It had been the idea and the three of them, their flight instructors, as well as Philipp and his flight instructor who've been stuck at Subic, to travel back to Iba via a van before finally heading home that same day. By the time she reached home, she texted Nikolai, who also replied a "Good night", implying that they were once again communicating.
It so happened that before Yumi's completion of her PPL lessons, she and Nikolai had settled what happened and mended their relationship when the batch had been drinking beer by the seashore at Iba in celebration of their latest achievement. Their conversation ended in a compromise to start over again, this time being honest about liking one another. It was also hinted that it had been the start of Nikolai's courtship.
The batch then headed on to have an ATPL ground school, and at the end of their ATPL ground school, by December, they decided to take their jungle and water survival training at Peace Kamp that Yumi wasn't enthusiastic about. They were divided into three groups for the start of their jungle survival training that involves hiking. Nikolai was part of her group, and told her that if she ever needed help, he would be there to assist her. Later that evening, the two of them conversed about the future of their relationship, hinting that Nikolai was already courting her for quite some time.
For New Year's Eve, Yumi had a video call with Nikolai as the two of them greeted one another and showed a glimpse of how their families spent the event. In a flashback scene, it had been indirectly mentioned that they've been together since Nikolai asked her to be his girlfriend on his birthday, right after their batch's jungle and water survival training. By New Year, Nikolai posted a blurred picture of his painting that earned the batch asking who the lucky girl was.
==== CPL/IR build-time ====
For their CPL build-time, their batch had been grouped into three to be deployed to different stations. In order to not raise suspicions about their relationship, Yumi and Nikolai decided to be deployed to different stations; Yumi at Subic, Zambales, Philippines and Nikolai at San Fernando, La Union, Philippines. Before heading to their respective stations, the two met one another on their way. Nikolai gifted her a bouquet of roses and lilies, a box of macarons, and a turtle stuffed toy. They continued keeping their relationship from the others as they made excuses in order to keep in touch with one another.
Yumi was with a few others at Subic, namely: Nikki, Cristofer, Philipp, Charles, Marcus and Zander. Whenever she could evade the others, Yumi talked with Nikolai to discuss how they were doing for the past few days. During one conversation, the two of them talked about their planned leave due to family gatherings and events. As usual, the two assured one another that they were one another's soulmates.
With their leaves were approved, both Nikolai and Yumi agreed on spending a few days with both of their families. Yumi had been picked up by her older brother, Miguel, who've recently returned to the Philippines for the celebrations, and he was surprised to find out that their parents had favored Nikolai and even agreed for Yumi to spend a few days with the Verano family. Yumi informed him that it was Nikolai who've sought permission from their parents, and in return, due to their relationship, she invited him to stay with them after the celebration of their cousin, Madeline's, debut. During the drive, Miguel told her that he was going to "challenge" Nikolai and ensured that he was the perfect guy for her. When Nikolai attended Madeline's debut, Yumi was surprised to find out that he was already close with her younger siblings and her cousins, and had been under quite a scrutiny by Miguel.
Yumi's side of the family praised Nikolai for being too ordinary and humble, almost too good to be true. However, the following day that he spent a night with her immediate family, her father and brothers ensured to drag Nikolai for some grocery shopping. Surprisingly, when they returned, Yumi asking how it ended up to be spending hours with them, Nikolai joked that it would be better to have sons as their children than daughters: because if they have daughters, he doubted that he would allow them to marry; but if they would have sons, he would teach them how to be able to charm and have the girls they intended to marry. Later on, Yumi watched how Nikolai conversed with her father and Miguel another time. Yumi asked Nikolai what they talked about on their way to Nikolai's family, and he said that they've already accepted their relationship when they've gave him a childhood photo of hers. She then received a message from Miguel saying to take care and enjoy, and for her to remember that he loves her and he was happy that she was happy.
Yumi stayed with Nikolai's family and had been warmly welcomed by them. Nikolai's mother and sister invited her for shopping the morning of Nikolai's father's birthday celebration. Nikolai assured her that she would be fine and that his family truly supported their relationship, even by the rest of his relatives after introducing her to them during the event.Affirm
The two of them continued to hide their relationship from their batchmates. On their second monthsary, Nikolai posted another painting of his entitled Un amour qui était plus que de l'amour; and they were asked by the batch about it. However, they kept their mouths shut still. For Valentine's day, when both of them had been scheduled for a flight with Yumi and Capt. Manalang, and Nikolai and Capt. Corpuz, they agreed that if ever their flight instructors asked them about what the real deal between them was, they were to tell the truth; since they've decided to both head on to Vigan for that flight and stayed for a few hours there for lunch. As they agreed upon, they've informed their flight instructors about it. For lunch, they headed to a popular empanada restaurant, buying a takeaway for their batchmates at their stations, and spent the rest of the remaining hours at Calle Crisologo.
By the time they made it back to the airport, Capt. Corpuz and Capt. Manalang told them to stay put and wait for them before they all conduct a 360-inspection before heading out. Their flight instructors invited Nikolai for a smoke, but the latter declined by saying that he no longer smoked. When Yumi asked him about it, he said that he had decided to officially stop smoking, and even threw his IQOS and vape at a trash bin; for one of his reasons was because smoking was considered a taboo in Yumi's family. Before heading back with their flight, Nikolai hugged her and two of them exchanged greetings and kisses on one another's cheeks, which was a French custom. Before the day ended, they received a flood of notifications about the truth regarding their relationship since their flight instructors had posted a selfie, tagging Yumi and Nikolai, and of them becoming "third wheel" for their Vigan date.
Despite the inquiries, Yumi and Nikolai didn't say anything about them being in a relationship, at the same time that they didn't deny it. A few days later, Yumi and Philipp found Nikolai at Iba Airport. Yumi and Capt. Manalang encountered an engine vibration in flight and decided to land at Iba for the mechanics to check what could be the problem; Philipp and Capt. Estefan Gica were there for a stopover but ended up having to stay due to a dipstick falling in the fuel tank when the mechanic had been checking the remaining fuel quantity after parking; and Nikolai and Capt. Corpuz just landed to spend some hours. Their aircraft had been ready and fixed just in time that they were able to commence their scheduled and intended flights; however, Philipp told them that they were just avoiding causing more inquiries about their relationship when it had been evident already.
Yumi finished the necessary 150 hours before RNAV two days before her birthday. In celebration of her birthday, Nikolai surprised her with a three-day and two-night stay at The Eloriah at Subic; with a permission he had received from her parents, and one suggested by his parents, as the resort was a luxury wellness resort of Verano Development Corporation. They have a separate room just to maintain both of their parents' trust on them that they would be responsible. On Yumi's actual birthday, Nikolai brought her to St. Joseph Church to attend the morning mass before heading to San Antonio where they headed on to Capones Island, Anawangin Cove and Nagsasa Cove. By the time they returned to the hotel, Nikolai surprised her with a birthday cake he had made and some wine. At that, Nikolai admitted that he knew her greatest fears and what happened during her last relationship, since her father and brother had told him about it; he assured her that he was different, and he would forever try proving it to her. Yumi then replied that he would always be her greatest leap of faith.
Yumi woke up the following morning after spending their first night together and found Nikolai watching her. She suddenly remembered her discoveries from last night about Nikolai's scars. Due to that, Yumi remarked that she didn't know how his parents managed to deal with him as a child, to which Nikolai retorted that it was the reason he had been telling her that he preferred children who would be like her instead. Nikolai assured her that he would ask for her marriage in due time.Haze
Nikolai had another gift for Yumi's birthday. He gave to her his latest painting, Un amour qui était plus que de l'amour, a painting that she initially had seen halfway done before. During their ride back to Clark, Yumi and Nikolai agreed to drop the bomb already that they were in a relationship by Yumi posting the completed painting and Nikolai posting a quick sketch of Yumi that he had finished over breakfast with a caption "Good morning, zolottse". Due to that, the batch and everyone close to them had sent their congratulations and questions about when they've been together. The batch even had revealed that they have a bet among themselves about when the two had been in a relationship; however, when they announced that they've been together since December, no one had managed to guess it correctly.
Afterwards, they headed to his condo at Clark for their RNAV ALSIM training. They were expected to be joined with a few of their batchmates who would be staying with them for the duration of the ALSIM. Yumi was in the same group as Nikolai, Ange, Kael, Christine and Zander for their ALSIM schedule; while the others were group to two others. After their ALSIM schedule and RNAV training at La Union, the two attended Yumi's mother's birthday before heading to La Union to spend Christine's birthday at her house. The two of them stayed at Thunderbird Resort Poro Point, and during their way to the resort, they talked about their intentions of the future after their training as Nikolai proposed for them to discuss.
Yumi was caught off guard with Nikolai's suggestion about them discussing their future together, starting with marriage; and Yumi assured him that she planned to seek a career with the aviation industry first before all of that, since Nikolai was also planning to take a course abroad that would be helpful as a credential for him taking over their family business. The following morning, Yumi informed Nikolai that aside from the batch's plans to visit tourist spots in La Union, Christine announced her resignation as their batch's president and her leave from flying due to pregnancy. Aside from that, Yumi also received a sudden friend request from Kierra Cabrera, Cristofer's girlfriend, on Facebook; and she found out that she's also pregnant.
Yumi and Nikolai discussed the situation and decided to get back at Cristofer for what he did last January wherein the latter tried courting Yumi in the time that he and Kierra were in a cool-off phase. Nikolai was aware of it already, and the two of them decided since then to prove that they were happy and in love with one another.
When the batch had been deployed to Laoag for their instrument rating training, it had been evident that their relationship towards Cristofer became strained. Yumi stayed with Nikolai at the latter's family resthouse at Paoay for the week-long stay at Laoag. For the first and last days, the rest of their batchmates had invaded their privacy at the resthouse.
After the completion of their instrument rating, Yumi and the others wait for their CPL check ride and IR check ride before completing the remaining hours necessary for their two hundred flight hours. And afterwards, they decided in taking the rest of their Airbus A320 training.
==== A320 training ====
Yumi paired up with Nikolai for their A320 training, and she stayed with him at his condo. They started their training with the rest of the batch that begun with a Computer-Based Training (CBT). During one of their CBT sessions, Christine told them that she was returning back with training. Afterwards, they took the Airbus A320 ground school, have the CAAP Theoretical Knowledge Exam for the A320, before continuing to take the Integrated Procedure Trainer (IPT), Fixed-Based Simulator (FBS) and Full Flight Simulator (FFS).
After Yumi took her CAAP exam, Nikolai drove her home as they were set to celebrate Yumi's mother's birthday and he had been invited. The day coincided with Yumi's first solo's first anniversary that led Nikolai to give her a bouquet of her favorite red roses and white stargazer lilies. However, by the time they've arrived at the Bonifacio family's house, Yumi recognized that her ex-boyfriend, Noah Cembrano, was also there. Noah had been there to try courting her back, but Nikolai, provoked by his delusions, fought back; just on time for Yumi's parents to make it out of the house to usher her in and for Nikolai's bodyguards to intrude. A few minutes later, Nikolai addressed Yumi and her parents in her room, and the latter had given them privacy to talk. Nikolai told her that the police had already handled the situation, and he was willing to help her file a restraining order against Noah, leading for him to reveal to her that her parents had been keeping threatening letters by her ex-boyfriend addressed to her. Nikolai then comforted her that she truly loved her, and Yumi retorted that he would always be her "greatest leap of faith".
Nikolai offered her to make an appointment with a psychiatrist, which Yumi accepted since she wasn't new to it. She, with the help of Nikolai, found a psychiatrist at Clark for them to continue their training still. At the same time, the TRO had been finalized that seemed to ease them down. Nikolai then proposed for them to publicize their relationship; despite having its cons, it was a move that Nikolai and his family saw will at least protect Yumi from other backlashes. To add, Nikolai mentioned that why should they be bothered by others' words when they were truly in love with one another. Yumi then told him that he should tell her by the time that he started falling out of love with her; to which Nikolai countered that it would be impossible to happen since he would just fall in love deeper than to go back. He also told her that he was willing to wait for her until she was ready, but not too long since he wanted to have kids with her. Yumi assured her that it would not be that long, but he must wait for her until she managed to love aviation enough; to which, he also agreed that the sky was indeed lovable.
After the announcement of her relationship with Nikolai during Yuliana's debut and be introduced to Nikolai's family, there had been too many news article and gossips that surrounded her. However, Nikolai had ensured that his family's PR would handle the degrading rumors and fake news about Yumi, which she only found out when she saw an e-mail addressed to Nikolai one morning. Nikolai assured her that she would never be a weakness to him because everything has been better since meeting her. As their training continued, their close circle among the batch often had dinner at Nikolai's condo. One time, they discussed about the possibility of Nikolai's idea to start an airline on their own; to which, Nikolai answered that it was in the talks, and he was proposing it to be their batch's agenda after graduation.
Batch Foxtrot 2018 completed their training until Airbus A320 in September 2020, which concluded with a graduation ceremony after they have their A320 skill test. As planned, the batch were to celebrate their completion with a three-days trip to Boracay. Before that, Nikolai invited Yumi to join him for an overnight stay at Cebu, since he had some things to inspect beforehand.
=== After training ===
Yumi continued her long-distance relationship with Nikolai, and they kept each other updated. As Nikolai studied, Yumi sent applications to airlines. During Nikolai's 23rd birthday, Yumi surprised him by heading to London to celebrate. Yumi said that she received permission from her and his parents, and Yuliana asked her to arrange the Christmas tree. She also mentioned that she was expectant to see some snow. All the while, she received a message from an airline and informed her that she was invited for an interview. As Nikolai congratulated her for being accepted, the first snow of December fell and the two spent the night together.Prime Meridian
After a few days, before Christmas, Yumi and Nikolai returned back to Manila. Since Nikolai's family spendt the holidays in France, he was invited by Yumi's family to be with them for Christmas. For New Year's Eve, Nikolai invited Yumi to welcome the new year with a dinner at Alethea Makati. While waiting for New Year, the two of them watch Notting Hill, since it was Yumi's parents' favorite movie than Roman Holiday, and reminiscence what happened for the year. At the stroke of midnight, Nikolai proposed to her and revealed that he had asked her parents' permission for her hand five times, only receiving the approval last Christmas; she accepted his proposal. The following evening, they were to celebrate their engagement with their closest relatives as earlier planned by Nikolai's parents. As acceptance to the Verano family, Yumi received a sales stock of 5% from Verano Group of Companies.Morning Mist
Despite their busy schedules, the two worked together in maintaining their relationship. Yumi stayed at Nikolai's condo at Makati whenever he was in the Philippines during his school breaks. After Nikolai's third year, he officially announced the creation of Malyari Air, the airlines that their batch had decided to be part of the stockholders; and due to Yumi's contract with her employer, she remained in the airlines until then. During Nikolai's graduation, Yumi attended with his family, but headed home days ahead than Nikolai as he completed his pending documents.Orientate
Like the rest of the batch, they were invited to Christine and Jared Calunod's wedding. However, due to an error with Nikolai's flight schedules done by his secretary, they weren't able to arrive at the church the same time and caused her to sulk. During the reception, the two of them made amends and hinted that they were yet to reveal to their batchmates and friends, aside from their families, of their engagement since those years ago. Yumi also implied that she was turning her resignation to her company before the end of the year.
=== Later years ===
Yumi and Nikolai married on 23 January 2025 at Saint James the Great Church at Alabang and followed by a reception celebration at Alethea Alabang. Only family members and closest friends were invited; though a larger scaled banquet as attended by business partners was held a week before. The two then spent their two-week long honeymoon at The Eloriah Polynésie at French Polynesia. At marriage, Yumi became Malyari Air's President, though Nikolai remained the chairman of the board. They spent the first month of their marriage dealing with business trips and also spent Yumi's twenty-seventh birthday at Brazil, where the two attended the Rio Carnival, and South Africa, where they figured out that she was pregnant with their first child.
Their marriage bore ten children, two were miscarried: Viktor Alexander (2025), Vasilisa Alyona (2027), Valentin Alexei (2029), Miscarried (2030), Veronika Aleina (2031), Vladimir Andrei (2033), Valeriya Aksinia (2035), Miscarried (2036), Vladislav Arkadi (2037), and Violetta Amaliya (2039). All of the children were born on Paris, France, and christened at the Philippines on their return at about three months old. Growing up, the children had been interested in aviation and flying, and in a variety of interests parallel to that of their parents. She had been a supportive wife and mother, always checking and had been doting about them, and allowed them to explore their interests and hobbies. As of 2049, Yumi remained as an active member of Verano Group of Companies and of Malyari Air itself. She had straightforward reactions concerning her children's choice of future, especially for the older ones who were in relationships, and tried to support them despite her usual indifference.
== Personality ==
Yumi was a self-proclaimed introvert, had been insistent in making decisions based on logic than her emotions, and had been fixated with her goals that spontaneous activities usually stressed her out or made her anxious. Despite being obedient in following the traditions of the seniors in the aviation industry, she had shown sides of wanting for a change. She had also shown herself to be independent, brave, reckless, and rude for speaking her mind and being honest at all times; but had also shown weakness of doubting her capabilities. Yumi also had great leadership skills, wit and grit that had been evident during her flight training. For being one of the smartest among the batch, she appeared much more mature than most of them and had been "their brain".
In the presence of her family, she also showed a soft and caring spot for them that made her easily loved and understood by them. Nikolai also mentioned that she was completely different if one would get to know her than their first meeting where she appeared cold and distant, but was actually warm, bubbly and selfless. He also mentioned that she was too religious and family-oriented for always putting them first than herself; especially as a mother that she doted on her children, ever supportive, and always ensured that they were safe and happy.
== Physical description ==
Yumi considered herself plain-looking, 5'4" in height, and with a slim figure. She had dark brown hair that shined like gold in the sunlight, dark brown eyes, and fair skin. She often had her hair tied in a high and tight ponytail with a blue ribbon that served as a trademark of hers. She first noted that she preferred being natural with her style; but slowly adapted a feminine look when she and Nikolai started dating. According to Nikolai, she had countless moles spread over her body, especially on her arms, shoulders and back, as well as a few birthmarks that she considered imperfections but one he hinted that made her unique, perfect and beautiful. Apparently, many characters also described her to be a beautiful woman.
Even after some years, it had been noted that she remained youthful looking that had envied the public, and for her to appear almost like an older sister of her own children; though there had been a few marks of aging that made many to consider her "aging like fine wine". Contrary to the public's opinion, Yumi didn't undergo any procedures to keep herself looking young, saying that it was due to her genetics as it was obvious to be the same case to other members of her family.
== Skills and abilities ==
Yumi was not only academically intelligent and a skilled pilot, but also streetwise and an all-around talent, especially when it came to being musically inclined. She played the piano, violin, guitar, and flute, as mentioned, but she probably played more than that. Her creativity might not be a match with that of Nikolai's, but she liked designing that were usually considered aesthetically, and enjoyed writing letters. She had also shown that she wasn't athletic, evident during their jungle and water survival training that she easily ended up getting exhausted; however, she mentioned that she played badminton, baseball, basketball, softball, table tennis and tennis. She also revealed that she was trained in Muay Thai as insisted by her father to do so as some sort of a self-defense. Additionally, Yumi was a trilingual, having able to speak and understand English, Filipino and French fluently almost like a native; she only few a little of Russian and Japanese.
== Possessions ==
See: Mayumi Bonifacio's Possessions
== Ancestry ==
See: Cadaval family, Bonifacio family and Verano family
* Father: Ricard Bonifacio
* Mother: Carmen Bonifacio y Cadaval
* Sibling/s:
** Miguel Perseus Bonifacio y Cadaval (m. Mirella Alonzo)
** Moises Percival Bonifacio y Cadaval (m. X)
** Margaret Psyche Bonifacio y Cadaval (m. X Carandang)
* Spouse: Nikolai Xavier Verano y Alcántara
* Issue:
** Viktor Alexander Verano y Bonifacio
** Vasilisa Alyona Verano y Bonifacio
** Valentin Alexei Verano y Bonifacio 
** Unborn child (I) 
** Veronika Aleina Verano y Bonifacio 
** Vladimir Andrei Verano y Bonifacio 
** Valeriya Aksinia Verano y Bonifacio 
** Unborn child (II) 
** Vladislav Arkadi Verano y Bonifacio 
** Violetta Amaliya Verano y Bonifacio
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