Until I Found Him (Book 1) || SHERLIAM || Reincarnation AU || BXB

Chapter 6: The Long awaited encounter

"Ladies and gentlemen! I hope you are having a spectacular time here at our annual science fair. As for this yeah, we have managed to invite a very special guest" The Host announced, earning cheers from the crowd.

"Alright so on our agenda this year, the point of meeting the guest judge is for him to share his experience of what he did to get to where he is today, yes everyone, it's a him!"

Helena cheered as she yelled, "it's gonna be him! I knew it!!"

"Alright, without any further ado, let us welcome our special guest, please welcome..." The host paused as the spotlight redirected to a man who has stepped onto the stage.

"Ladies and gentleman, please welcome the world most famous detective as well as a private consultant detective, Mr Sherlock Holmes!" The crowed went wild as Sherlock stood in the middle of the stage, making William's mind go blank.

It is him, it is his detective. After 23 years of his life, he had finally found him. William gasped as he felt his eyes began welling, he hopes no one noticed it.

William smiled as he watched his detective talk to the audience on the stage. He looked as breathtaking as ever, his gorgeous sapphire orbs, perfect muscular build, his husky voice, his long dark hair and his hands. God his hands, William swore he could go crazy over his detective's hands.

William can't help but notice that Sherlock seemed to be 5 centimeters taller than him in this life which made Sherlock around 190 centimeters and William still 185 centimeters.

"Now, I heard that you have amazing observation so can you please pick a random person from the crowd to guess their occupation?" Sherlock smirked as he replied. "Why not choose for me?"
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"He got it right again!" It is the 8th person now that Sherlock had corrected guess the occupation. "Alright, let's choose 2 more people so we can make it to the ten goal... how about you young lady?" the host pointed to Helena as she stepped forward and got up the stage.

"Hmm.. you're in your 2nd year of studying to become an investigator" Helena looked at Sherlock bewildered as she nodded enthusiastically and squealed. "How did you know!"

"Elementary, miss" He started as he went on to explain the reason behind his answer.

"And that's the reason" by the time he finished his explanation, Helena jaw was agape. Then she smiled. "You are even better than the Sherlock Holmes in the book! Seriously! I took up criminology and forensic science because of you, you're my biggest inspiration!" Sherlock smiled as he thanked her.

"Alright so for our final person, why don't you choose miss?" Sherlock suggested as she immediately pointed at William. "That man, I would like to see if you can guess his profession!" Sherlock followed to the direction of where she is pointing before his heart dropped.

It is him. His William James Moriaty. Their eyes locked, sapphire orbs staring into the ruby orbs.

He observed as William stepped onto the stage, not missing every little movement.

"Now do tell, what is his profession?" The host asked.

Suddenly an idea popped up in Sherlock's head. If I recall the memories of our first meeting and he reciprocates, then he did remember. It might sound crazy as we are not on the Noahtic and there is no curved staircase but I need to know.

Sherlock smirked as he stared at William, the latter also doing the same. "Yeah, I got it" Sherlock then brush his hair back as he stepped a step closer to his beloved Moriarty.

"He's a mathematician" it was now his students turn to screamed in shock. They knew that their professor does not give off the vibe as a professor especially in math, and so when the detective guessed correctly, they were shocked.

"Now you have got to tell us the reason!" The host urged as Sherlock hummed.

"Man, would 'cha look at this spiral staircase. Ain't it a sight? I can understand why you were staring at it so hard. A beauty ain't it? I was right, wasn't I? Mr mathematician?" Sherlock recalled his words as William looked confused.

There's no spiral staircase—Oh. The realization hits William as he widened his eyes which went noticed by Sherlock, making him smiled.

Sherly did remembered.. and he remembered our first meeting too. William smiled back at him before recalling his own response.

"How did you know that I am a mathematician?"

"I could tell you were a noblemen right away!" Sherlock then recalled everything single word from their first meeting, no word went missing.

"—That being.. the golden ratio" Sherlock finished as he smiled. "And there you have it"

William smiled as he responded. "While your argument was a trifled force, I am indeed a math professor in the university nearby" despite not understanding the reasoning behind it, the crowd still cheered and now Sherlock waits. He has to wait and see if William will play his part or walk off the stage.

"Now then, permit me to try the same with you now" William began and Sherlock's lit up. William swore this man just became brighter in colour.

"Let's see now.. it appears that you can play the violin. Nonetheless, you are not a musician. Additionally you adept in fighting and other physical abilities and obviously you have an interest in scientific experiments and..."

William paused as he copied his actions by walking closer to Sherlock and sniffed him.
"Do I detect the slightest hint of chemical dependency?"

Sherlock softened his gaze and his voice as his Liam took a few steps back.

"Well?" "How'd you ever know?" Sherlock mimicked his lines in a gentle tone.

"I didn't, everything I said was a fact" William replied, his voice cracking so little as he felt his eyes slightly wet, Sherlock was the same as well.

The crowd however, felt like they had just witnessed the most romantic first meeting of the century.

"Alright everyone! Since the last person is done, let us enjoy the fair!" The host announced, signaling that Sherlock can go as he quickly dragged William to the back of the stage.