Chapter 103: Ch 103: Awkward Mont- Part 1
Soone was moving not too far away from , and that mont woke
up as well.
I rubbed my eyes, only to see Theo trying to sneak away from my bed.
"Where are you going? Stay still."
I told the alpha before my brain could catch up with my body and remind
why this was a bad idea.
Theo seed to agree as well because he gave
a nervous look while he tried to shuffle his hands around.
"K-Kyle, I don’t think that’s such a good idea right now. I-I an, I need to go to the bathroom, so please let
go."
Theo told , but my brain felt like it was filled with cotton at the mont, and I tightened my grip on him even more.
"No, don’t go. You can hold it in for a while, right?"
I asked, now slowly coming back to myself and realizing what I just said made
blush as well. Theo was even more red-faced than before (if possible), and his eyes looked down toward his bottom.
My eyes naturally followed before facing the problem, and I let go of the alpha almost as if I were burned by him.
"I-I need to go now. I will see you later."
Theo told
as he shuffled his feet to hide the evidence of what he was going through. Not that it mattered anymore because I had seen it all clearly.
My face remained flushed, and my eyes had a glassy look to them as I tried to co to terms with what just happened.
But Theo’s flushed face and his... circumstances kept flashing in front of my eyes.
"Kyle—! Are you awake now? Co have breakfast."
Thankfully, Emma was here to remind
that I could not live my life thinking about that one mont forever, and I managed to push myself to move around and head down.
Theo was not here yet, but both Emma and Ben were sitting at the table and had started to eat.
"Emma, what’s for breakfast?"
I asked in the casual way I usually did, but Emma’s expression had a tightness to it that made
pause. She looked... almost scared of .
No, that was not the right word.
Emma was not scared of , but she was not very forthcoming either. She was rather reserved with how she acted around
ever since she found out the truth.
It felt... bad to be subjected to this behavior from her. But I did not want to bring this topic up either.
Even Ben noticed the odd atmosphere, but he also decided not to speak up and simply eat his food. It was quiet around us after that, and I kept looking at the pair once in a while.
I only froze for a few seconds when Theo walked into the room and sat beside . He piled up his food, and for the first ti, Emma spoke.
"Is the food alright? I tried to make sothing new today and copied the recipe from online. I am afraid it might not be as good as usual."
Emma asked nervously, and I had a feeling that the question was as much for
as it was for Theo.
Theo noticed the weird air in the room as well. But unlike us all, he chose not to ignore it.
"Hmm, it’s delicious. What about you, Kyle? Do you like the food as well?"
Theo asked and turned toward . It caused the other two to look at
as well as I took another bite of the food.
"It’s good. Emma, you did a good job."
I told the older female, and she flushed at my praise. She opened her mouth, likely to say sothing to , but then closed it in fear and went quiet.
"Ah... is that so? I am glad that the food is to your taste. Do let
know if you need anything else."
She told
with a stiffness in her voice that was not there before she knew of my identity.
And just like that, I regretted speaking up about my identity to her. I felt like it would have been better had I kept quiet about myself.
The air was thick with tension, and there was no ignoring the weird atmosphere that had been created because of what happened.
So there was only one thing I could propose in such a condition.
"Do you want
to... make you forget about all of this? If you feel awkward, I can make you forget all about
being Ace, and we can go back to how we used to be."
I told Emma and Ben, giving them a way out of this situation.
However, my words made Emma look angry for so reason. Her eyes looked at mine with a fire I had not seen in her before.
"Don’t you dare do that—! I know I am not in a position to say anything to you, and I also know that I am not the best person to tell your secrets to. But I do care about you, and I want to help you out. So don’t you dare make
forget—"
Emma suddenly caught herself in her outburst, and her face went red. She seed to be struggling with what she needed to say, and I tried to reach for her.
But Ben was faster as he clutched her shoulder and helped her stabilize.
"You need to calm down, Emma. Otherwise, you will give yourself a headache. Kyle, don’t think too much about what Emma said. She’s a little stressed right now, but both she and I care about you. We just need so ti to co to terms with what we learned."
Ben told , and I understood his reasoning... no, rather than that, I was willing to believe that these two had a reason to act that way.
And if ti was all they needed, then I was willing to give that to them. After all, ti was sothing I had in spades right now.
"This all reminds ... when are we returning to the PC Cafe? Don’t we need to resu the business? And also check up on the place?"
Theo asked, and everyone paused their eating.
We had all forgotten about the PC Cafe—the very place we worked at.
Emma sighed as she gathered herself to speak.
"I had a call from the Hunter’s Association earlier telling us that we can return and resu our business normally from tomorrow. Ben and I would go and check the cafe tomorrow and then resu from the day after if everything is alright."
Emma’s words lightened a burden in my mind I did not even know I had. But just to be sure, I needed to ask her sothing.
"Regarding that... I am a part of your staff, right, Emma? You are not thinking of firing
or sothing, right?"
I asked, and Emma blinked at
with a shocked expression on her face.
"Fire... you? Why would I fire you? Kyle, do you want to be fired?"
She asked, and I imdiately replied.
"Of course not. But I just thought... please treat
as you regularly do and do not hesitate to work
to the bone."
Reviews
All reviews (0)