The Moonlight Assassin

A Bright Day

It was 7:00am, the alarm clock rang, and a bright day had just started.

The brightness of the morning sun was so unfamiliar to Alexander, now in Miguel's body. He never felt any pain or burning in his body, just the sunlight caressing his skin like a gentle touch. He quickly washed himself, and then went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Being a manananggal, Alexander never knew how normal people eat; all he knew what can be eaten was mutilated flesh and blood. 

Fortunately, he has Miguel's smartphone. He just wanted to know how humans eat breakfast. Because it had a face unlock feature, it will be unlocked through Miguel's face. To his surprise, as he faced Miguel's phone, it did unlock. As he navigated Miguel's phone, Alexander saw a barrage of chat messages from Miguel's girlfriend Tabby. 

"Hey, baby, are you coming to work today?"

"Mikey, are you hungry? I got you some bread and butter in the fridge!"

"Cutie pie, let's have lunch later!"

"Hey baby, don't forget your gym session at 8:00 a.m.! See you there!"

"Mike, I miss you so much! Mwah!"

Alexander was so dumbfounded. He never knew how Tabitha has been so kind to Miguel. Then he opened the fridge to see the bread and butter. Strangely enough, not knowing how to eat them, he gobbled up the entire loaf of bread and chewed the stick of butter all by himself. While it was messy, he laughed at himself how stupid he was, and realized Miguel is indeed a nice guy.

However, Alexander was still determined to steal Tabby and her family from Miguel.

He changed up to Miguel's workout clothes and headed to the gym at the DF Towers.

There he met Miguel's old friend Sam Garrido.

"Mike my friend! You're here!", said Sam, unaware he was talking to Alexander, "Hey, how's your little date with Miss Alice?"

"It was nothing," said Alexander, "Just pure business talk over vodka."

"That's great," said Sam, "well, did Tabby knew about it?"

"Nah. I don't know about that," Alexander shrugged, "Anyway, let's head to the weights, shall we?"

Sam was surprised. He knew Miguel didn't talk the way he used to and was surprised he wasn't talking too much about Tabby.

Alexander practiced some weights, did some reps, and after a few minutes, he progressed with even heavier ones. More reps, more intensity, he thought. Then he proceeded with a larger barbell. More reps, more intensity, he thought. 

Then, he told his trainer, "Why don't I try a snatch, and a clean and jerk?" His trainer raised his eyebrows. As he was able to snatch and jerk a 100-kilogram barbell, everyone noticed he was good at it. 

"Miguel, are you mad? You are making good progress," said Sam. 

Alexander replied, "I don't know, I am doing well apparently."

Then, Tabitha arrived from her pilates session.

"Wow, babe," said Tabby, "are you that good? I never knew you're good at weightlifting!"

"Well, when I was young," Alexander said, pretending to be Miguel, "someone teased me that I was this skinny little twat, you know? While I looked lean in photos, I thought, why not build up some muscle? Just for you." 

Tabby giggled, "Awww... you're so cutie patootie, Mikey! With that, I'll let you know that we'll have lunch together later, ok? See you in a bit!" She kissed Miguel, who was actually Alexander, on the cheek. 

Then, Alexander's face blushed. He never felt like that before.

Soon enough, Alexander went to Miguel's office for work.