Nikolai Xavier Verano

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## Biographical Information

### Birth

9 December 1997
Paris, France

### Also Known As

* Nik
* Xav (by the family and Yumi)
* Swiper (by Yumi)
* Daddy (by Batch Foxtrot 2018)
* Audi Boy (by Zander)
* *Mon frére* (my brother; by Yuliana)
* Boss (by Sage)
* *Mon amour* (my love; by Yumi)
* Papa (by his children)

## Affiliation

### Nationality

* Filipino
* French (by jus soli)

### Occupation

* Student pilot (former)
* Vice Chairman of the Verano Group of Companies (former)
* President of Malyari Air (former)
* CEO of Malyari Air
* Chairman of the Board of Directors of Malyari Air
* Chairman and CEO of the Verano Group of Companies
* President of Verano Development Corporation

### Residence

* Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines
* Carmona, Cavite, Philippines
* Makati, Philippines
* Paris, France

### Affiliation

* University of Santo Tomas (former)
* Wright Aviation Academy
	+ Batch Foxtrot 2018
* Verano Group of Companies
	+ Verano Development Corporation
	+ Malyari Air
* Verano family

## Relationships

### Sibling/s

* Dmitri Xerxes Verano
* Yuliana Ximena Verano

### Issue

* Viktor Alexander Verano (son)
* Vasilisa Alyona Verano (daughter)
* Valentin Alexei Verano (son)
* Unborn child (I)
* Veronika Alina Verano (daughter)
* Vladimir Andrei Verano (son)
* Valeriya Aelita Verano (daughter)
* Unborn child (II)
* Vladislav Arkadi Verano (son)
* Violetta Alisa Verano (daughter)

### Other Relative/s

* Julian Verano (paternal grandfather)
* Serafina Braganza (paternal grandmother)
* Juliette Romaine Chávez (paternal aunt)
* Josephine Ranae Cariño (paternal aunt)
* Jericho Russell Verano (paternal uncle)
* Richard Bonifacio (father-in-law)
* Carmen Cadaval (mother-in-law)
* Miguel Perseus Bonifacio (brother-in-law)
* Moises Percival Bonifacio (brother-in-law)
* Margaret Psyche Bonifacio (sister-in-law)
* Aelia Cyrille Alvarado (daughter-in-law)
* Adrien Josef Cabrera (son-in-law)
* Camille Soleil Vannier (daughter-in-law)
* Ricardo Inigo Presta (son-in-law)
* Serena Cordelia Garcia (daughter-in-law)
* Maximilian Hervé Walsh (son-in-law)
* Kaia van Stavaren (daughter-in-law)
* Reece Kian Domínguez (son-in-law)

*among others...*

### Significant Other/s

* Sophie Leonie Burgener (ex-girlfriend)
* Alyssa Kenia Villosillo (ex-girlfriend)
* Charmaine Borres (ex-girlfriend)
* Mayumi Phoebe Bonifacio (wife)

## Character Information

### Appeared on

* Flight Plan
* Flight Deck
* Flight Path
* Flight Line
* Flight Data
* Flight Time
* Flight Level

### Mentioned on

* Flight Code
* Flight Call

### Face claim

Matthew Bell

Captain **Nikolai Xavier Verano y Alcántara**, MEng (born 9 December 1997), much known as **Nikolai Verano**, is the deuteragonist of *Flight Plan*, the first book of the *FLIGHT* series. He is part of the wealthy and famous Verano clan, and the second son of the current Chairman of the Verano Group of Companies. However, due to the sudden death of his elder brother, he becomes the heir to their family business. He enters Wright Aviation Academy as part of Batch Foxtrot 2018 because of his interest with flying; wherein he meets and falls in love at first sight with one of his batchmates, Mayumi Phoebe Bonifacio, who later becomes his wife.

## Biography

### Background

Nikolai Xavier Verano is the second child and son of Engr. Julian Roel Verano, Chairman and CEO of the Verano Group of Companies, and Maria Anastasia Alcántara, a former flight attendant. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Xerxes Verano and the older brother of Yuliana Ximena Verano. Like his father and his father's siblings, he and his siblings are born in Paris, France; making them French citizens by *jus soli*. Being born part of the wealthy Verano clan, Nikolai grows in an affluent lifestyle but his upbringing had made him to still value money as a deserving reward for achievement and hard work.

Nikolai studies from prestigious schools such as The British School Manila for his pre-school years, International School Manila for his elementary years, and Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland for his high school years; though he didn't continue the senior years at the latter school since it isn't yet implemented in the Philippines and he intends to take university at once. He is a graduate of University of Santo Tomas with a bachelor's degree in BS Hotel, Restaurant and Management, something that he decides to take as he isn't meant to succeed their father for the conglomerate empire of their family and plans to handle the interior management of their hotels; at the same time, uses the opportunity to have a degree to take up flying.

### Flight training

#### Ground school training

Nikolai enrolls to Wright Aviation Academy as a student pilot due to his interest with flying and ambition to start his own airlines in the future, something that he wants to build on his own than be linked to his family's enterprise and had been inspired with his mother's stories as a former flight attendant. Due to his family's fortune and his father's interest to be part of the stockholders of WAA, Nikolai's parents, on the first day of their flight training, became the very important guests to meet with the Accountable Manager; very much more of honored guests compared to Christine Medel's parents, who are famous A-list stars. Despite being invited, Nikolai decides to stay outside the hall to stare at the sky and drink his ordered Starbucks Venti coffee; wherein, at that time, Christine first sees him with her parents on their way to meet with the Head of Training.

After the meeting, he heads on to WAA's Gymnasium, where the Welcoming Ceremony is to be held, with his parents. He takes the vacant seat where the girls of the batch, as well as Leo Garcia, Zander Agcaoili and Spencer Catindig are. While being in the middle of introducing one another, he also introduces himself to Yumi Bonifacio and the rest before taking a seat; and had been honest that he had been captivated with her at first sight. Even after their introductions, Nikolai introduces himself to Yumi's parents, something that he had only done towards them despite Yumi's insistence that it had been otherwise. Later on, in the classroom, he also ended up being seatmates with Yumi. As the rest of the day ended up to be purely of reminders and introductions of what they were to expect, their direct upper batch: Batch Echo 2018, invited them for tonight's informal briefing to be held at Dorm Hotel. He also shared side-comments with Yumi during the discussions concerning seniority, the prescribed and uniformed haircut, and also asked her if she knew one of their seniors that she had approached earlier on.

During the evening informal briefing with all their seniors who can attend the said affair, Nikolai came running late as a sophisticated and rich boy with a Starbucks Teavana, and dressed in a rather formal well-fitted white short-sleeved polo and matching dark jeans. With the introduction, he mentioned that he was an HRM graduate of University of Santo Tomas and a swimming varsity. By the end of the briefing, they were informed of a formal meet-and-greet tomorrow to be hosted by their direct upper batch.

The following day, for their formal meet-and-greet, he sat down right next to Yumi's friend and their direct upper batch, Azriel Cruz, before Yumi, Carina, Ange and Nikki sit along with them and a few other from Echo 2018. They are invited for a dinner meeting that night with them.

They've waited for two hours before their seniors had arrived, much to their dismay. All the while that they were waiting for their seniors to arrive, Nikolai was invited to smoke but he revealed that he was wearing nicotine patches to start his smoking withdrawal. At the dinner meeting with their direct upper batch, Nikolai sat next to Batch Echo 2018's batch president's other side, just across Yumi. When Yumi was offered a second shot by Tyrone Costales, he took the shot instead. Being the lower batch, they were handed the bill to handle it and he paid for it without asking the rest of the batch for it. By their arrival back to WAA, Nikolai offered to drive Christine back to where she was staying since she wasn't fit to drive on her own.

By the weekend, on the way home, Nikolai found Yumi be picked up by her brother, along with their cousin, at WAA. They conversed beforehand about regarding the necessary eight thousand pesos for their batch's informal-meet-and-greet to be too much to ask for by her, opposite to his reaction for having too little regard to money.

Nikolai's parentage and his skills in communication was hinted during their batch's informal meet-and-greet at Pigs and Pints; and acted as the host for everyone with how articulate he was. He managed to escape, somehow, and settled on the bar when he figured out that Yumi was alone after telling her not to remain close to the other girls. He then offered to treat her when she revealed that she was hungry, and the two of them escaped the rest of the informal meet and greet.

They spent dinner at a nearby food park wherein Yumi ordered a ramen and Nikolai a platter of sushi, sashimi and maki, which he all paid for. During their dinner, they conversed about their interests and the likes, only to be interrupted by a call he received from a contact named "Solynshka", whom Yumi noted to be his girlfriend. After the call, Yumi told him that he was part of the rich Verano clan and 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 head home while Nikolai and a few other remained.

The following morning, Nikolai was fast asleep on their classroom, along with Christine, Sage, Marcus, Zander and Rylie, for staying up until three o'clock that morning due to the informal meet and greet. Zander revealed that Nikolai shouldered the remaining expenses by using his black card, and he appeared to be listening with the conversation when he answered that it was a Citi Ultima black card.

By the weekend, Yumi insisted to take Nikolai's coat to be brought to the dry and clean; and in return, he took her blue ribbon as part of the installment. He was mentioned to be heading home to Bulacan for the weekend, but will be joining in carpooling with Sage, Yumi, Carina and Leo by the following weeks as he preferred staying in Manila. Upon Yumi's arrival, she had asked for Nikolai's coat to be sent to a dry-and-clean service, causing an inquiry among her family regarding their relationship. Later that evening, Nikolai messaged her upon finding her number through their batch's Viber group, and she ended stalking him through his social media accounts.

Yumi returned his newly dry-and-cleaned coat the following Monday and she noticed him working on some financial statement with Spencer's help concerning economics and stocks. He then asked her if she found anything interesting over the weekend and admitted that he knew that she stalked him, especially on his Instagram due to her recent likes. He reminded her of that afternoon's start of exercises. After the afternoon exercises, Nikolai was called by the girls and be asked to what he thinks of Yumi, who was not physically active and struggled with the exercise. Nikolai didn't answer them despite their insistence but by the time they reached WAA, he told her to start taking care of herself and called her "Ptichka".

That same evening, Nikolai messaged Yumi privately to send a congratulation message to her brother for passing and being the top-notcher of the year's aeronautical engineering board exam, and inquired her about her dinner.

The following night, Nikolai invited her and the others for a dinner at his condominium. On the way, Yumi rode along with Nikolai after being told to accompany him; and before separating ways with the others, they'll just be meeting one another at the lobby. The two of them converse, and she asked him regarding his nickname to her being "Ptichka", which means "little bird" in Russian. She countered that he'll be addressing him by his first name than his last name, which she had been doing all until that moment. They correct one another's pronunciation with Yumi towards "Ptichka" and Nikolai towards "Phoebe". In return, Nikolai gave her another nickname: "Golubka".

Yumi and Nikolai met the others at the lobby. Nikolai handed a key card to his condo to Yumi as she and a few others took the first elevator, and by the time they've arrived in Nikolai's penthouse condo, Zander remembered that Yumi played the piano that led the others to ask her for a sample. Nikolai gave her permission, and she played Beethoven's *Moonlight Sonata*, since it was the musical sheet that was on the piano's stand. While Nikolai, Rylie and Sage prepared their dinner, Zander and the others asked Yumi to teach them something basic with the piano. Yumi remembered the key card and handed to him but he said that she better keep it. After dinner, except for Marcus, Zander and Sage, who'll be staying the night at Nikolai's condo for a drinking session, Nikolai ushered them until the condo's lobby. While the others were smoking, he conversed with Yumi and talk about his security. He told her that he has an older brother, and even though he was the second son, he still needed to handle a portion of their family business.

The following morning, he arrived at WAA for their batch's 4 am jump-off to Quezon City in order to take their NTC exams. Nikolai sat side by side with Yumi on the van on their way, occupying the back seat with Rylie on the other end. During the drive, when everyone was asleep, Yumi told him that she couldn't sleep and listened to classical music, to which he asked her if it was fine to listen with her and they shared earphones. Nikolai offered his coat to her again, and he leaned on to her as he slept. The batch had a stopover for breakfast, and as they continued on their way, he started looking on to their family business's projects.

Upon arriving at NTC Office in Quezon City, Nikolai and his batchmates were met by his bodyguards and WAA's liaison, Joel Sullano. They were sent to their respective seats as it was alphabetized as per their test permits. After taking their exams, they headed back to Clark and on the way, he forced Yumi to have some rest by letting her lean her head against his shoulder. She hesitated at first, but finally relented and fell asleep.

Upon their arrival back to Clark, along with the rest of their batchmates, they were invited for the Pinning Ceremony of Batch Bravo 2018. By the weekend, Nikolai joined Sage, Yumi, Carina and Leo on their way back to Manila; however, Nikolai served as the driver due to his so-called contract with Sage.

For their last ECQ meeting, their batch headed to WAA's Clark hangar to visit the workings and overview upon flight training.The same afternoon, they finished their EQC exam and was dismissed much earlier than usual as it marked the end of their PPL Ground School.

To show their gratitude, the batch decided to prepare a dinner for their PPL Ground School instructors, and also have their first practice for their upcoming Christmas Party. During the dinner, Nikolai and Sage sat along with Yumi, Carina, Nikki and Ange. Nikki intrigued Nikolai about his social media accounts after she and the girls had been teasing Yumi that they look good being together. Nikki also asked him what was his type in women.

After the dinner, the batch had their separate celebration and decided to have a KTV session at Wishing Well. After seeing Yumi heading to the restroom alone, he ensured that she'll remain safe; not just because of his presence to follow her but as well as his bodyguards being around. Before they delved into the topic, Eli called for him to talk about something. Nikolai told the others about what he and Eli talked about by the time that their batchmates started to separate ways, and he informed them that Eli was actually forced to abdicate his position as the batch's vice president to make Charles take the position.

Over the weekend, Nikolai posted a recently finished painting of his that he titled as *Blue*, and it also features Yumi's familiar blue ribbon that he took from her as part of an investment. Due to this, the batch inquired who was the woman behind the painting's inspiration, and was added by a fuel by Ange, Carina and Nikki towards Yumi for them to have their own separate group titled as "#TEAMNIKUMI". The others also asked her about what was the real score between them, and she was inquired about what she planned to give her as a birthday gift present.

Their batch decided to adapt the mafia style, using *The Godfather* as an inspiration for WAA's Christmas Party with a theme of "A Night of Mischief". Due to that, everyone dressed on the uniformed black suit and tie, sunglasses, fedora hat, leather gloves and suitcase; except for Christine, who is meant to portray an additional cabaret singer, and Nikolai, who is to act out as the mafia's boss. During their preparations, Nikolai was on the phone, speaking with his father at the storage room behind the classroom and Yumi found her mid-conversation and instantly excused herself at once. They won the second place for the Christmas Party celebration, and also the "Most Mischievous Group of the Night" for their costume. Before the night ended, Nikolai and the others who spent dinner in his condo was invited by Capt. Francis Infante, Rylie's junior college schoolmate and their ground instructor for ECQ 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 him and she noted that he'd been listening not only to classical music but as well as Christian songs. She asked him for other songs, and he said that he also enjoyed ballad OPM like Ben&Ben songs, noting that his favorite song of theirs was *Bibingka* despite it being flirtatious to just fall in love after nine days just because of the *Ama Namin*. She revealed to him that during her third year high school, they were asked to perform a particular song from their assigned musical, which had been *Lés Miserables*, to which she was a director and had provided accompaniment for *On My Own*. They talked about the song being sad for it was about an unrequited love.

They 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 their reasons why they've chosen to be pilots. Nikolai revealed that it was because of his mother's passion for it as a flight attendant before marrying his father, his interest with flying, and it being a great opportunity to expand their family business. Later on, when Zander 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 didn't and joked that he'll surely be singing by the time he courted someone; he remarked that he took note of it. By two o'clock in the morning, Capt. Infante invited them for some porridge close to the mall before they all separated ways and the boys, along with Capt. Infante, decided to continue their drinking session in his condominium.

Whatever they've discussed in the condominium wasn't revealed, though Sage asked Yumi, on their way home by morning and while Carina and Leo were asleep, if there was something between her and Nikolai, and if there would be a chance if Nikolai courted her. She didn't answer and change the subject. Nikolai didn't ride along with them as he has a flight heading to Paris from Clark that same day.

The following day, Yumi greeted Nikolai a happy birthday but found out that due to the different time zones, it was yet to be his birthday as he has a stopover in Dubai. Later on, he received another greeting from her at the same time that he arrived in Paris.

At the start of their CPL Ground School after New Year of 2019, Nikolai and the batch continued with their room learnings. Timely, they were bound to welcome the arrival of a new batch, Batch Alpha 2019, the following week. He brought nougats for the batch as souvenirs from France, though he gave Yumi a box of macarons upon knowing that she hated chocolates with almonds and nuts.

The rest of their CPL Ground School mirrored that of their PPL ones, though it became a much in-depth lesson and an additional subjects. They also kept their routine of having dinner at his condo, now with an assigned schedule of who cooks and washes the dishes every day. One time, Nikolai introduced to them his turtle pet whom he had named as "Poe". Despite the others connecting the dots that it was because of Yumi, whom they knew Nikolai called as "Phoe", he explained that it was from "Edgar Allan Poe".

When the newest batch arrived, making them their direct upper, Nikolai and the rest of the batch dealt with the matters very much the same way that they've experienced though much more lenient and compassionate. In meetings, they remained punctual, and the honorific of practicing courtesy was dismissed when it was just them. They've also hosted a dinner with the newest batch at Anchor's Bay and even split the bill compared to what they've encountered from Batch Echo 2018. During the drinking sessions, him and Leo was drawn to a conversation much more with Ria Cuevas, one of the four girls of the newest batch.

After dinner, as customary, they headed on to the porridge stall Capt. Infante had introduced to them, and Yumi rode along with him as usual. During the ride, she asked him about the newest batch, but was diverted to the topic concerning the macarons he had given her and promised that he'll also be giving her macarons every day possible. In the end, before they headed out to the stall, Nikolai said that he'll always be there for her and something in Russian that was an earlier declaration of his love to her.

Nikolai, once again, lent his jacket for Yumi; this time, he didn't ask her to have it washed and dried. Just as he had promised, some macarons were made for Yumi every dinner. For the weekend, he served as the driver of Sage's car with Yumi, Carina and Leo carpooling and by Paso de Blas, Nikolai received a call from his father regarding his older brother's, Dmitri's, sudden return to the Philippines and if he was aware of it beforehand, to which he replied, he was unaware.

As usual, Sage dropped them off close to his house and they all took a UV to their next destinations. On the way, Nikolai received a call from Lucas, his bodyguard assigned whenever he was in Manila. He answered the call as if it was a call from a college friend, being their own jargon not to reveal too much. Lucas informed him of the details and everything and after the call, he remembered that the jacket he was wearing was the same jacket he had let Yumi borrowed for it to smell like the traditional lily flowers.

By the time he arrived at UST, he met with Lucas and a few other bodyguards of his, wherein all of them were wearing the same clothes as him and has the same backpack in order to lure the media, if ever there were, to be free from his tail. Lucas informed him that they were still trying to contact Dmitri and even a team of bodyguards was dispatched to find him. That night, he didn't eat and cook dinner due to his worry and even if he tried to sleep, he wasn't able to in his own trial to reach his brother. His brother's arrival became a trending topic in Twitter after he was spotted in the airport earlier. Yumi, upon arriving home, texted him if he was doing fine but he didn't reply.

It was almost by midnight when Lucas called for him and told him that Efren Prieto, his mother's head bodyguard had called to say that they were on their way to St. Luke's due to his brother's involvement in a car accident. He hurriedly went with Dale, his driver, and Lucas. On the way, feeling unsettled, he insisted Lucas to tell him the truth. In the end, Lucas revealed to him that Dmitri was indeed involved in a car accident, and was proclaimed dead on arrival.

Nikolai arrived first than his mother and younger sister, Yuliana. He was followed by the head of their company's PR department in order to control the release of the news. He assigned Lucas to deal with all the necessary conversations, and being a relative, he was asked to identify the body. He was in question about what was to happen next, but despite his grief, he was much more affected and saddened seeing his mother and Yuliana crying.

The following day, news about Dmitri's car accident and death was revealed to the public, and anything related about the issue became a trending topic in social media; resulting then for the batch to send their condolences to him through their Viber group. Some of his batchmates visited the wake before they headed on back to WAA. He met with Yumi, Spencer, Christine, Philipp, Charles and Axel; and was expected Sage and Rylie to follow after. He told them just as what the media had revealed and when the others asked to have some cigarette, leaving him with Yumi, the latter urged him to rest. After two days of lacking sleep, he ended up falling asleep while leaning on her shoulder.

His batchmates filed a batch leave on Friday to attend Dmitri's funeral. Despite the wake, Nikolai continued attending their ground school even though he was allowed to take leave. During Monday's lunch, those who've frequent having dinner at his place, along with Ange and Nikki, decided to have lunch at his condo since a bunch of food had been delivered there. At that time, he revealed the truth behind his brother's death to them which was slightly altered for the media and others: 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; and his girlfriend committed suicide to escape the crime dubbed to be of "crime of passion".

By Friday, they attended the funeral, and he received a message from Yumi another condolence again. He didn't reply until it had been eleven in the evening, thanked her and asked if it was fine to call. During the call, he shared to her his doubts about his new position of being the heir to the Verano Group of Companies that was supposed to be his brother's. She assured him that everything will be alright in the future because God planned it that way, and that she would always be supporting him in all he was going to do.

Nikolai's life changed right after the incident, and it led for the public to be interested of him and also involved changes concerning his security even though he was with the batch. He continued with his flight training, despite the announcement during his father's birthday party that he was to be the next heir of the Verano Group of Companies. The announcement resulted it to be of the trending news, and Yumi confronted Nikolai about an article that mentioned ten trivia about him, to which he praised the writer for the last trivia about him having no girlfriend, which was the truth.

For the end of their CPL ground school, the batch decided to treat their ground instructors to some SnR pizzas and they celebrated at Frado's KTV the night after. At that time, Nikolai confronted Yumi about what happened during the last time that their circle of friends had a drinking session and he was absent to attend his father's birthday party. He was informed about Zander and Sage's bet about his relationship status. She then asked him about the reason why he had named his pet turtle as "Poe", and replied that it was truly because of Edgar Allan Poe, because of an English project wherein he needed to memorize one of Poe's poem, *Annabel Lee*, and he also earned ownership of Poe the turtle around the same time. Yumi changed the subject then about him being allowed to join them for such gathering, and he countered that it was acceptable since he was just the heir and not the head, though security surrounding him had been stricter not to have a repeat to what happened with his older brother. He mentioned that he never wanted the position and always assumed that Dmitri was the fitting choice; hence, he decided to study in the country than to continue with his studies abroad. He also told her that she has a pure heart, which she doubted. When they were about to pay the bills, Nikolai offered to pay as his treat to them; to which Yumi called him "Swiper", but he only countered by calling her "Squirtle". As the following day coincided with Valentine's Day, before leaving one another, Yumi gave a hug to everyone, and chased after him for he hated hugs. Later on, Nikolai gave her a hug instead and greeted her a "Happy Valentines" in French, before finally allowing her to embrace him back. Little did she knew that to greet one another in Valentine's Day, according to French tradition, was only shared between lovers.

They received word regarding an upcoming CAAP examinations to be held in WAA just right after their CPL ground school. And all the while that 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. Nikolai was in the same group as Rylie, Marcus, Zander, Kael, Sage and Dominic. One time, during Yumi's group's ALSIM schedule set for after lunch, he invited them for some brunch, waking her up. Aside from that, he ordered a Java Chip Frappuccino from Starbucks for her as his thanks for helping him study for the CAAP exams. When they met, he told her that she was known to be very good with aircraft handling based on the recent ALSIM schedules from what he'd heard from Carina and her other groupmates. Yumi accompanied him in his car, being driven by his bodyguard and driver, while Carina joined Ange on the way to Marquee Mall to where they'll be eating. On the way, he asked her about her interest with Chinese food and asked her if it was possible to take them to a Chinese restaurant in Clark after the CAAP exams.

The night before the third day of the CAAP exams, Nikolai messaged Yumi if she could accompany him with reviewing, since she had already finished the necessary ten subjects, and she agreed. To her surprise, Nikolai was accompanied by a bodyguard inside the classroom and she was presented with macarons and tea for them to share, a gift he prepared for her perfect score with the Navigation exam, the very subject that everyone had been saying to be the hardest to take.

Yumi helped him with studying his remaining CAAP subjects to take while they spent sometime eating macarons and drinking tea. On the last day of Yumi's ALSIM schedule, he invited them for breakfast but the others declined. In the end, only him and Yumi had the 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. It was later revealed that Nikolai asked the others not to greet her first, but to do so after he did.

While they were waiting for their deployment for their pre-solo training at Subic, they continued to do their radio duties in WAA's Clark base as a practice to speaking and reading back over the radio. Not so long, they received information about the details of their deployment and handed the responsibilities to their direct lower batch.

#### Pre-solo training

Their batch was deployed in Subic for their pre-solo training. 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 girl's villa for the night. Because of all the hassle of moving in and everything, they've decided to spend dinner outside and buy groceries for the duration of their stay. Yumi accompanied him in his car, an SUV Audi Q8 compared to the one he was using back then in Clark; and he introduced the car to be named "Corbeau" and added that the other car's name was "Rougir". He accompanied her during the grocery shopping where he limited the processed foods she was supposed to buy, and insisted that she must eat healthier foods. Also, he paid her grocery before she could.

After the grocery and when they headed back to their villa, Yumi was teased by the other girls in their group chat about a captured photo of them together earlier, and they teased her about the probability that there could be something else more between them.

Nikolai was found by Yumi the following morning all awake and was preparing coffee, and he offered to make her one that he personally blended. They took their coffee outside while the others continue sleeping and she commented that his brew tasted like that of Starbucks' Caramel Macchiato, which was her favorite. She went on saying her preferences to him, to which he agreed and noted at. Afterwards, as they prepared breakfast for the batch, they were then teased by calling them "Mommy" and "Daddy".

On that day, the boys evacuated the girls' villa and settled on their own, separated into two groups. It had been agreed that the group who've been eating in his condominium during ground school, with an addition to Nikki and Ange, will be eating still as a group, and it had been a rotation among them who was assigned for the cooking and the washing of dishes. Later that evening, they were briefed by their flight instructors at the girls' villa; since they've failed to report at the flight line due to the incident with the villas yesterday. At that time, they also met with their instructors, and received the list concerning their assigned flight instructors.

Nikolai and Yumi shared the same primary flight instructor, Capt. Byron Felix Corpuz. And for a secondary flight instructor, he was assigned to Capt. Delmar Tanyag, Vincent's primary and Cristofer's secondary, too.

For their observation flights, they decided to have a draw-lots for it, and Nikolai took number one, followed by Yumi. Due to that, the day after tomorrow, with an assigned flight schedule, he and the rest of the batch started having to observe their senior's flight before being given a schedule for the first part of their training.

Since Yumi had her first flight with Capt. Corpuz, their primary flight instructor, the evening from her first flight, he asked to be guided by her with how Capt. Corpuz was at flight. He was studying on his own the handflow outside the villa while having his IQOS, and she offered to help him. 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 on, they exchanged messages about it; and before ending their conversation, she bid him good luck with his flight with Capt. Corpuz the following day.

Like the rest of the batch, he continued with his schedules and slowly adapting to it; though they were backtrack by thunderstorms suspending most of their flights. One rainy night, Marcus blurted out that he missed macaroni soup, headed home upon finding him with no schedule the following day, and for them who've stayed in Subic decided to cook their own. Nikolai accompanied Yumi in buying the ingredients, as well as Leo. During the grocery shopping, Leo left them two, leaving him alone with Yumi. An elderly couple noticed them and commented that they were a good match with one another.

Once they returned back to the villa and cooked the soup, Carina and Rylie started teasing them by calling them as "Daddy" and "Mommy". The teasing continued until the entire batch had been calling them that. It ignited much more when they've watched *John Wick III* for Cristofer's birthday and the batch considered themselves as one huge family, placing him and Yumi as their parents. Later that evening, they've conversed about it, and he joined in by calling her "Mommy" as requested by the batch.

One time, when flights were canceled for the day, Nikolai offered Yumi a ride back to the villa. Beforehand, he offered her for lunch at Rali's Restaurant, saying that it was his treat. While they were waiting for their orders, they talked about the progress of their flight training, especially about their troubles concerning their impending first solo flights. During their meal, they received a messaged from their batch's Viber group regarding a Pre-Flight Solo Exam to be held that evening.

When they returned to their villa, they found the rest of the batch studying for the exams. Only a few managed to pass, including the two of them. Before Capt. Corpuz returned back to La Union, he informed them that he's going to fly with them another time in preparation for their first solos. Both of them have their corresponding weaknesses that Capt. Corpuz sent to them a list of things to improve and suggested for the two of them to discuss the things they needed to improve together over the prospect of a coffee date.

The night that Spencer successfully made his first solo, Nikolai found out that Yumi had a call from her brother's classmate and her elementary crush, Architect Cade Hernandez, who've asked her help to be recommended for his application to Verano Development Corporation upon finding out that she's friends with him. However, she was drunk and has a blank with her memory.

The following time that Capt. Corpuz has a flight with both him and Yumi, Capt. Benjamin Centino informed Capt. Corpuz that there were too many stories about them that will make their primary flight instructor proud oft hem as a fair. They were then told to have a coffee date to discuss their flaws and ask them to send a picture of them together as proof. They then agreed to have their coffee date the following day as recommended.

During the coffee date with Yumi, he asked her about what she requested him when she was drunk during the celebration of Spencer's first solo, and he told her that it was her request to hire Cade to Verano Development Corporation. Before embarrassing herself, Nikolai's father called to inform him that he was inviting him to play golf with a business partner at Subic. The following day, he accompanied his father and had been edgy with his father's business partner's daughter; resulting for his father to warn the said business partner that he wasn't part of the deal. Nikolai thanked his father, and teased him that he knew that he has someone in his life already and wanted to meet Yumi.

A day later, Nikolai informed the batch that his father wished to meet them for a dinner at the Subic Yacht Club, an invitation they weren't able to decline. After her flight, Yumi rode along with Nikolai to the dinner as the others headed right away to the location, since the two of them were part of the day's closing flight. During the dinner, Nikolai sat close with his father and Yumi and the rest of the girls. Due to that, they were the frequently asked by Nikolai's father, and the latter focused his attention with great interest at Yumi.

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## Personality

Nikolai, despite being courteous and friendly with people at first meeting, had shown that he is much more of an introvert. His business-like attitude is something that he had skilled as to be of help to his family, and had been hinted by those around him. However, he is actually much more withdrawn and secretive that he only opened up to those he trusts and loves him. He is also described to love unconditionally, selflessly and wholly, something that had been proven with his connection to Yumi.

## Physical description

Nikolai is described to be a tall and handsome young man with a lean figure but with taut muscles. He has thick and unruly dark brown hair that he often preferred to be combed down, but will often has it slicked back during training and business affairs. He is also noted to have broad shoulders of a swimmer, but has a rather pale complexion. His features are also mentioned to be sharpened with an angular jaw and a face fitted of a model or an actor, that described him one of the most sought bachelors. Even when he had aged, he is still considered to be a handsome and an elegant man who seems to age like fine wine.

## Skills and abilities

Nikolai, aside from his skills as a pilot, is a skilled traditional artist, especially when it comes to watercolor painting and charcoal sketching. He is also a skilled photographer, and also considers modeling as a hobby. He is also an athlete and plays a variety of sports; though he is more active in swimming, triathlon, equestrian, golf, archery and fencing. He is also a great cook and his cuisine is praised by the batch, especially by Yumi, who also praised his talent for coffee and tea preparation, and dessert making. He also enjoys trinkets, and finds peace with doing household chores, especially when he often finds himself stress or in pressure.

## Possessions

Nikolai, being part of the wealthy Verano clan, has his own net worth that placed him in a pedestal compared to others among his age. Ever since he was born, he has a stock hold share managed by his parents, and later turned over to him when he turned twenty-one years old. Aside from his personal wealth, he owned a lot of luxurious items in his possession that had been noted throughout the series.

At the beginning of the series, Nikolai was noted to own two Audi luxury cars: one was a Misano red pearl RS5 Coupe and a night black Q8, which he named as "Rougir" and "Corbeau", respectively. He also owns a three bedroom penthouse at Golf Ridge in Clark, Pamapnga, where he stayed during his flight training; and a two bedroom unit at Grand Residences 2 in España, Manila he owned along with his older brother, where he stayed during his College days and settled there whenever he headed to Manila instead of in Bulacan. He also owned fourteen percent of his father's company share and of their family's asset ever since he turned twenty-one years old; placing his individual net worth to be at 75.1 million US dollars as of March 2018.

At the death of his brother, with him being expected to inherit their father's position, Nikolai's share increased. He owned twenty-six percent of his father's company share, and twenty-two percent of their family's asset that risen his net worth to 138.6 million US dollars the following year.

By 2021, he purchased a three bedroom deluxe penthouse 58th-59th floor at Park Terraces in Makati, and a deep blue mica Lexus LC Convertible; and with the increased of the company's net worth, his net worth by that time escalated to 188.7 million US dollars.

By the second-half of 2022, his percent of his father's company share increased to twenty-nine at the creation of Malyari Air, and twenty-three percent of their family's asset. The following year, Nikolai bought an artic gray BMW X7. By June 2026, Nikolai's share escalated to forty-two percent of his father's company share as he succeeded him as Verano Group of Companies' Chairman and Verano Development Corporation's President; resulting for his 1.6 billion US dollars net worth.

Throughout the following years, Nikolai owned real estates in the Philippines and abroad, and listed as follows (All of the years were based as of March of that year):

* 1100sqm of land in London, England (2022); newly built house in 2024.
* 1579sqm of land in Forbes Park, Makati, Philippines (2025; given by his parents as a present for his marriage); newly built house in 2027.

Upon marriage, Nikolai shared fifty percent of his company share to Yumi's and countless other real estate as follows (All of the years were based as of March of that year):

* 2500sqm of land in Saint-Germain, Paris, France (2023); newly built house in 2025.
* 2000sqm newly built house in Carmona, Cavite, Philippines (2024)
* 199sqm of land in Tagaytay, Cavite, Philippines (2025); newly built cabin in 2026.
* 2322sqm of land in Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines (2026); newly built house in 2028.
* 71sqm of land in Busuanga, Palawan, Philippines (2027); newly built cabin in 2028.
* 1599sqm of land in Auckland, New Zealand (2027); newly built house in 2029.
* 465sqm of land in San Juan, La Union, Philippines (2029); newly built house in 2030.
* 1140sqm of land in Basco, Batanes, Philippines (2029); newly built cabin in 2030.
* 1500sqm of land in Montreal, Canada (2029); newly built house in 2030.
* 1500sqm of land in Singapore City, Singapore (2029); newly built house in 2031.
* 1250sqm of land in Baler, Aurora, Philippines (2030); newly built house in 2032.
* 120sqm of land in Siargao, Surigao del Norte, Philippines (2031); newly built cabin in 2032.

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* Nikolai's full name is **Nikolai Xavier Verano y Alcántara**.
	+ **Nikolai** is the alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Николай (Nikolay) that comes from the English name "Nicholas", from the Greek name Νικόλαος (*Nikolaos*) meaning "victory of the people", derived from Greek νίκη (*nike*) meaning "victory" and λαός (*laos*) meaning "people".
	+ **Xavier** is derived from the Basque place name *Etxeberria* meaning "the new house".
	+ **Alcántara** is a habitational name denoting someone originally from the municipality of Alcántara in Extremadura, Spain. The name is ultimately derived from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة‎ (*al-qanṭara*) meaning "the bridge".
	+ **Verano** means "summer" in Spanish.

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## References

1. ↑ *Flight Path* Flight 01 - Boarding
2. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 01 - Initial Call
3. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 02 - Foxtrot
4. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 03 - Wilco
5. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 04 - SARPs
6. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 05 - Holding
7. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 06 - Request
8. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 07 - Pan Pan
9. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 08 - Radio Check
10. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 09 - Standby
11. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 10 - Variation
12. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 11 - Deviation
13. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 12 - Anti-authority
14. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 13 - Autokinesis
15. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 14 - Confirm
16. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 15 - Triple Point
17. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 16 - Rhumb Line
18. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 17 - Zone Time
19. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 18 - Induced Drag
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 *Flight Plan* Flight 19 - Thunderstorms
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 *Flight Level* Flight 1.19.5 - Dewpoint
22. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 20 - Clear Air Turbulence
23. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 21 - Adverse Yaw
24. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 22 - Suzerainty
25. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 23 - Contact
26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 *Flight Plan* Flight 24 - Station
27. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 25 - NOTAMs
28. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 26 - Props Clear
29. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 27 - Taxiing
30. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 28 - Center of Gravity
31. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 29 - Downwind
32. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 30 - Traffic Pattern
33. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 31 - Crosswind
34. ↑ *Flight Level* Flight 1.31.5 - Crabbing
35. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 32 - Tachometer
36. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 33 - Airborne
37. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 34 - Active Runway
38. ↑ *Flight Plan* Flight 35 - Line Up and Wait
39. ↑ Behind the Name: Nikolai, Nikolay and Nicholas
40. ↑ Behind the Name: Xavier
41. ↑ Behind the Surname: Alcántara
42. ↑ Behind the Surname: Verano