THE BAD BOY OF MANHATTAN
Chapter 75. Awkward Moments (2).

"Wow! Was welcoming a new family member apparently." James said as he stepped closer to the four people who were pausing dinner because of his presence. The man pulls up the chair next to Nathan and faces Elric and Emma.

"Why so tense? Did I interrupt your dinner?" James threw alternating glances at Nathan, Alya, Elric and Emma.

"Owh, not at all. You want to come eat? Take your plate, James." Alya made a sound breaking the ice in the dining room.

"Thank you, Alya. I haven't eaten since morning. I don't know, lately my appetite's gone" James chuckled. But his words sounded like insinuating someone. "Ah, I have to congratulate this new couple, right? Look at you guys, that's so sweet" he said, which is of course just a pleasantries.

Emma lowered her head and Elric rotated both of her eyeballs. While Nathan just grimaced while stroking his nape. What an awkward atmosphere it is. For Nathan, he did not expect, the person who seized the lover of his best friend was Elric, his own son.

But for Elric, he did not feel guilty at all for taking Emma from James. Now proudly he mounts the body to defend what he

it has become his.

"How did you work with Skylab, El?" ask James in between the pieces.

Elric smiled cynically. "It's fine."

"It's been very busy now? Your career's uphill easy, isn't it?" James pulled the corner of his lips.

Elric who was about to put a piece of meat in his mouth, did not do it. He looked at James full of questions. Looking at the smile full of trickery the man had, he was able to deduce something.

"You did it, didn't you (you did it, didn't you?" Elric put the knife and fork roughly onto his plate. Both Nathan, Alya and Emma were shocked to look towards Elric.

"Did what (do what)?" James had a confused look on his face. He spread his gaze toward the other three people one by one.

"You smooth our way, don't you? You did it to take revenge on me." Elric stood pointing at James's face opposite him.

"Woow, whoa, Elric .. easy, Boy (take it easy, son)." Nathan who had just listened while enjoying his dinner now stood up and spoke up.

"Shut up, Nathan! It's nothing to do with you (silence, Nathan. It has nothing to do with you!" hardik Elric's. This time he pointed to his father. And the man raised his hand a sign that he would not interfere.

"What are you talking about, El? I don't understand what you mean." James defended himself. He stared at Emma who was sitting speechless.

"You're so pathetic. Whatever your goal, I can't accept this!" Elric broke through the table which was still filled with dinner dishes until several glasses filled with spilled juice.

"Elric, stop!" Alya rushed towards Elric and tried to calm his son who was being overwhelmed by anger.

"Sorry, Mom," said Elric in a trembling voice. "Come on, Em!" He grabbed Emma's hand and took the girl away from the room.

Nathan, James, and Alya throw one another's eyes. For a moment they kept quiet to each other.

"What's really going on, James?" nathan asked breaking the silence between the three.

James shrugged his shoulders. "Where do I know?" the answer.

"There's no way Elric's that angry if there's nothing." Alya looked at James suspiciously. "You know something, honey?" The woman now turned her eyes to her husband.

"Elric once asked me, there was someone who deliberately helped him smooth the path of his band through Skylab. He accused me" Nathan explained.

James grieves. "Shouldn't Elric be happy and grateful to the person who helped him? Can he process it himself? You idiot!"

"Just whatever!" James shook his hand. "Thank you for dinner, Alya," he told Alya and turned his body out of the room.

Alya looked towards Nathan. "You're so," he said. The supposed fun dinner turned into a disaster.

"Lupita! Can you clear the table?!" nathan called his house assistant.

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Emma was standing in the balcony doorway waiting for Elric who was talking on the phone with someone. It seems he is having a heated debate. The debate that seems endless, until it must be ended with a swearing from Elric's mouth.

"F uck!" as if Elric was kicking the balcony wall hard. He didn't realize Emma was in the doorway watching him.

As Elric turned around, he was surprised to see Emma standing around looking at him. "Sorry, Em ...." He approached his girlfriend and opened both hands asking the girl to come into his arms.

"You okay, El?" Emma raised her face to face Elric who was also facing her.

"I'm doing fine. It's just .. hmm .. I'm so pissed." He put his forehead to Emma's forehead. "For me this is a shame" he lamented.

"You sure James did it? I mean, even though he did it, didn't he intend to help you?"

Elric looked up at his face and exhaled his coarse breath. "Omong empty, Em. He knows I don't like that kind of thing. He did it on purpose to get back at me."

Emma buried her head in Elric's chest. Both of his hands flanked the young man's back tightly.

"I have to talk to the manager and my friends about this."

"What's your plan, El?"

"If this contract can't be canceled, I'll quit the band, or I'll get them to fire me."

Emma let go of her embrace. He took a distance from the young man. "Seriously that?"

"It's a principle, Em. Anyway, this isn't help. More to, humiliation," said Elric growled.

Emma took her breath. Elric is firm. At least this young man amazed him. He was still eighteen years old, but his way of thinking was not weak.

He then took Elric into the apartment and stepped into their room. There, Emma sat on the edge of the bed, while Elric knelt in front of her. The two of them stared at each other for a while.

Cupped both cheeks Elric with the palm of his hand. Then he brought his face closer to the lips of his lover. Elric greeted him with pleasure. For a while, the two channeled each other's good energy through the touch of the lips.

From lingering kiss to leveling up to being prolonged kiss, both of them enjoyed it so much. Not satisfied just to get there, without one giving the signal, both of them had passed the clothes that wrapped their bodies. Now their kiss has reached the level of a burning french kiss.

Forget for a moment of confusion, accompanied by the sound of sirens of police patrol cars roaring out there, he said, the two lovebirds who are no longer awkward to touch each other physically vaporize chemical compounds, resulting in a great feeling of comfort.

Fireworks.

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