Anello-Bernardo's manga

## **Plot**

The story opens with Gian losing his golden ring and a lost child, who was found in Bernardo's film making company's studio, being brought to CR:5's headquarters. As the kid has no parents and is unable to speak, Bernardo and Gian decide to take him in, temporarily. Bernardo names the kid 'Gian Jr.' and fixes his hair to almost be the same as Gian's, believing that the kid resembled Gian. Afterwards, Bernardo and Gian began taking turns caring for Jr.

Bernardo prepares a sandwich for Jr. but Jr. refuses eating it when Gian offers it to him which pisses Gian off at his attitude, soon after Gian realizes Jr. has just wanted to sleep so he tells Bernardo to take him to bed while he finishes the necessary paperwork left.

After spending the whole night completing the papers, Gian falls asleep in his place. He, later, wakes up to find that Jr. has scribbled over all the work material he has finished. Bernardo scolds Jr. and demands him to apologize to Gian even if he can't speak. Bernardo keeps pressing on Jr. for an apology until Jr. gets on the verge of crying and dashes out of the room.

Gian remarks to Bernardo that he might have went a little too far. Bernardo reasons that kids must be reprimanded if they do wrong and reaches his hand to one of the ruined paperwork in order to do it from scratch but Gian snatches the paper away from him and states that he will redo everything himself again and that Bernardo should make up with Jr. who's probably crying himself in a corner about then. Bernardo goes to check on Jr. and apologizes for being harsh on him then reminds Jr. that he shouldn't scribble on important documents as well. After affirming that he wouldn't do such a thing anymore, Bernardo promises Jr. that he'll give him an even bigger candy than usual on the condition he doesn't tell Gian.

Scene changes, Gian has finished doing the paperwork which Bernardo thanks him for doing in his stead. Gian retorts that he will have Bernardo make it up for him later. Gian suggests they take Jr. to an amusement park at some point which Jr. overhears and immediately brings to Bernardo and Gian their coats showing that he wants to go to the amusement park right then.

At the theme park Jr. is brimming with joy. After trying various games, Bernardo and Gian buy Jr. a stuffed toy. On their way back, Jr. falls soundly asleep due to his tiredness.

Two hours away from Gian's trip to New York to attend a conference of the United East Coast families, Bernardo and Gian are changing in their room. Bernardo admits that Jr. reminded him of his original plan and suggests that they adopt Jr. and make him inherit their wealth, status, connections, and become the proof of their existence. Gian doesn't object to the idea but doesn't say anything further.

After Gian has already left for NY and as Bernardo is readying himself for his coming meeting, Jr. desperately clings onto Bernardo, trying to prevent him from leaving. Just as Bernardo starts to notice that something is wrong and crouches to Jr. who is trying to reach to hug him, Bernardo hears an explosion outside. The car Bernardo was going to board was bombed and would have gotten him killed had Jr. not stopped him. Realizing that, Bernardo looks away from the explosion to Jr. but finds him nowhere to be seen.

After Jr.'s sudden disappearance, no one except for Bernardo remembers him; neither his subordinates and Giovanni, who has spent time with Jr., nor Gian recalls Jr. being there at all. A while later, Gian's ring finds its way back to him. Bernardo shows to Gian the stuffed toy they bought for Jr. but Gian has no recollection of seeing it before and asks Bernardo why he has it, to which Bernardo jokes off. Pausing for a moment, Bernardo hugs Gian, coming to understand that it was Gian who saved his life all along.