Third person POV
Meanwhile, at the same time, in his parents' home in Minato City, Laurel was in his bedroom staring at the ceiling. He was thinking about Roxas. Why? Because he knows him from his previous life as Ezekiel.
In this new life, he was reincarnated as Laurel Sakiyama, who had dark grey hair and cat-like birthmarks on his face. Like Roxas, he is half-Filipino and half-Japanese, but unlike Roxas, he is a freshman in college and was a younger friend of Hatori Sohma. He is also a Japanese citizen. He had an ability known as Collective Past, which is an ability that enables a user to look into the past life of a reincarnated person, and Roxas was the best example of a reincarnated person. He then looked at the framed photo of him and Hatori.
The goddess of reincarnation gave him that ability, new identity, and memories of this new life like him being a friend of Hatori from childhood. He remembers how Hatori protected him from bullies at elementary and middle schools because of the cat-like birthmarks on his face and light magenta eyes. Another memory in this life is being in South Korea with his parents and younger sister, Veronica, for a vacation.
"Hatori-san…" he thought as he stared at the picture on his nightstand.
He was worried that Hatori might erase Roxas' memories of Kyo, Yuki, and Shigure.
So, he will do anything to protect Roxas.