The Love Blanket Mr. President
You Still Love Him

Since his encounter with Dante, Angel's attitude has changed. He was often pensive and silent. His eyes are sometimes empty. One thing that looks very striking is, he is no longer sitting on the beach when night falls.

Although Sid invites him, Angel still refuses. Even when they were in the restaurant, Angel did not want to go out. She chooses to help Sarah cook as well as wash the dishes and leaves Sid overwhelmed up front.

"You sick, son? Since coming home from the City, your face is pale and you look lethargic. Did Sid make you tired yesterday?" ask Sarah. The woman's face looked worried.

Angel hugged Sarah. "I just don't want to meet people, Mom,"

"Look, I asked Neil's mom for help, of course I'll pay for it. Let him replace you until you recover. I'll have Sid drive you home now," said Sarah softly. "Rest, son, and don't think about anything bad. You'll be tormented yourself later,"

Sarah could feel that Angel was crying, because suddenly her shoulder was warm. The girl was crying in Sarah's arms.

A few minutes later, Angel was a little relieved. He sobbed and rubbed his eyes. "Thank you, Mom,"

"Hurry home! I'll also close sooner today" Sarah said. His eyeballs ran to the left and to the right looking for the whereabouts of his eldest son. "Say! Sid! Take your sister home and please call Mrs West for me!"

Sid rushes to the back of the small restaurant and releases his apron. "Carmen why, Mom? She sick? You sick?"

One punch landed on Sid's back and his voice was tight enough that the young man grimaced holding his back. "Why was I beaten?"

"You're the one who took Carmen to the city late at night! Already, take him home and let him sleep! Take care of him, Sid, and don't play while I'm not home. You gotit?" tell Sarah while looking intently at her son.

After nodding and saying goodbye, Sid invites Carmen back home. Sid knew once that Carmen wasn't sick, the girl was afraid to meet Dante Morgan.

Along the way, Sid clasped his sister's hand. Angel feels calm and safe with Sid. "Sid, I'm sorry. I'm so weird, Dad? I should have been able to act ordinary. But, Dante affected my life until I was scared like this,"

"Ehem! Forget it," said Sid. "Today, you need to rest and calm your mind. Don't think about that fucking Morgan, Old Frank, or anybody else. Okay?"

Angel nodded. With Sid, he wishes he could get through this, like before. However, Dante's shadow as well as the man's smile always appeared every time he closed his eyes.

The fear slowly creeps in Angel and tries to master it. He's afraid Dante resurfaces, he's afraid he's lost Sid and Sarah, he's afraid the life he's left behind should he face again, and what scares him the most is, Evelyn.

Behind all his fears, there is a very big longing that Angel is craving for Dante. However, their relationship is not finished and Angel should, there is no need to demand a settlement. He just has to focus on his life now and he'll be fine. It should have been like that, but in fact, Angel was shaken only because of his less than 3-minute meeting with Dante. Sid is Angel's only hope to help her forget Dante.

Upon arrival at home, Sid and Angel are faced with a pretty awkward situation. They were in Angel's room alone.

"Ehem! B-, can I open the door?" sid asked with a flushed face.

Angel who had changed clothes by wearing a T-shirt and shorts nodded. "Please, Sid. Are you hot? Your face is so red,"

"No! Nah! Hey, I told you to lie down instead of sitting and pensive in front of a window like that! Quick, lie down!" let Sid try to look calm and act ordinary.

With a throbbing mouth, Angel walked up to her bed, and sat on the edge of the bed. "Sit by my side, Sid. Keep an eye on me,"

Sid hesitates, but then, he complies with her lover's wishes and sits beside Angel. "S-, already! Now, you have to go to bed or I'll tell you about it, mom,"

Angel looked at Sid's chocolate bead deeply and clasped his hand. The hangay feeling quickly spread throughout Angel's body. "Sid, if I falter, will you keep me? Or I insist on leaving, will you arrest me?"

"Why do you want to go? You said you wanted to stay here because of this kind of life you dreamed of" Sid said.

Angel's breathing sounds heavy. Crystal-like clear granules slid from his eye patch. For some reason, lately he has become very crybaby and very easy to shed tears. "I don't want to go. But, if I had to go, that would mean I have something to do and I wouldn't want you to get involved. Right now, I'm so scared, Sid,"

Sid wiped Angel's tears and kissed the two pretty eyes. Both of his hands held Angel's cheeks. "Easy on, don't go and stay with me,"

The two men greeted each other. Gradually, I don't know who started it, not only their eyes greeted each other, but also their lips met each other.

"Sid, you can touch me" whispered Angel in Sid's ear.

Sid shook his head. "No. I can't start it first because I'm afraid to open up your trauma,"

"You're too good, Sid," said Angel, and she bit her lover's ear.

Sid gasped and moaned. Hearing Sid's sigh, Angel gets excited. This time, he put his kiss into the recess of his stepbrother's neck and sipped it so that a red mark was printed there.

"Well, C-, Carmen! Don't continue!" sid holds Angel's body. "Later we're a mess, could be a danger,"

Angel's face looked disappointed. The spirit that was just burning like a burning fire, instantly extinguished. "But, I want to,"

Angel's fingers couldn't stop carving into Sid's chest and let him run until he found something that made him grin wide. "But your sister said something else, Sid,"

"H-, stop it, Carmen, you're making my head woozy! Ooh, stop! I'll be on guard outside" said Sid, shaking Angel's hand off something he had down there. Suppose he could protest, it would certainly nag and berate Sid.

However, Angel pulled him and continued to tease him. Unable to bear it, Sid raised the little body of his lover like lifting a sack of rice and tickling the waist of the girl, until Angel giggled amusedly and laughed.

While they were joking, the sound of their doorbell rang. Sid takes Angel down and tidies up his sister's clothes as well as his own. Not to forget he asked Angel to go back to the room. "That's mom, lie down!"

Angel said she went back to her room and Sid opened the door for the guest she thought was Sarah. "Shortly, Mom! Carmen just got caught-up, ... Dur ...."

Sid was stuck because two people he hated stood at the door of his house while carrying a food box.

"Hi, Sid," said one of them.

"Frank, what do you want to come here?" sid asked with a cold voice.

Frank hands the food box over to Sid. "We had lunch at your restaurant and your mother left this for your sister who said she wasn't feeling well. Your mother said Carmen loved this seafood paste,"

Roughly, Sid takes the food box out of Frank's hand. "Thank you! Sorry troublesome!

Sid went inside and closed the door. However, Frank's feet held the door. "My friend wants to talk to your sister. You know, she's Carmen's boyfriend. He's Dante Morgan,"

"Can?" ask Dante.

"No! My sister is sleeping and ak-, ...."

Angel's voice makes Sid mcelos. He closed his eyes for a moment and kept trying to close the door. "the SID? Is that mom?"

"Carmen, stop! Get in your room and don't come out until I ask you to come out!" edith Sid.

Before Angel turned around and stepped up, Dante's voice stopped her steps. "Angel, it's me! I want to talk to you! I miss you, Angel. Please, talk to me,"

Angel was staring, he was still motionless. His eyes met Sid's bead. The man shook his head. "No, Carmen! Don't meet him! You're the one who asked me to arrest you, please, don't go,"

"Sid, but, ...."

"If you keep going, I assume you still love her!" said Sid sharply.

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