[The Twilight Saga·Carlyle] Hidden God

If possible, the boy really hopes that time can stand still. —at least make that Black Friday a little later.

"Seriously, Alice! I just went to meet a female classmate, I don't need to dress myself up!" The boy who had just returned home was arguing with his sister, "I think my image is pretty good now! "

"No, Ed, it's not negotiable." Alice pouted and pushed the boy down on the chair, "The Karen family's rule is to keep 'glamour' at all times. ——especially when going out to meet the opposite sex."

"...Jasper! You persuade Alice!" Realizing that he couldn't make her change her mind, Edmund immediately turned to the handsome blond vampire for help.

But the latter only gave him a faint smile.

Well...he shouldn't have expected it. ——Jasper simply dotes on Liz too much.

"Oh! I really can't believe it! Edmund, you let your hair be messed up like this!" Alice held up the comb and gestured back and forth, "If I were you, I would never go out like this. ——Oh , By the way, the temperature is relatively high today, do you want to try wearing that beautiful sweater?"

"Cough, no need, I—"

"Jas, can you help Ed get the dress I'm talking about? It's on the second floor of the closet."

"Ok."

Edmund sighed. ——In terms of dressing, he will never be able to convince Alice.

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at dusk. ——The orange-red sunset has almost completely sunk under the distant mountain peaks, leaving only a few faint rays of light hanging in the western sky near the horizon.

Edmund stood beside a string of colorful neon lights, lowered his head and waited for the hour hand on his watch to point to "6". —Alice and Jasper insisted on driving him into town, so it was only a little past five forty when he arrived at Mrs. Morita's Gourmet Workshop.

He intended to wait until six o'clock sharp before entering.

"Hey, Edmund."

The boy looked up and looked at the big boy who suddenly appeared behind him at some point.

"Edward?—what are you doing here? Shopping? Alice and Jasper have just left."

"Let me check it out for you." Edward grinned, "Emmett wanted to come over, but Rosalie stopped her. She thought Emmett would only do bad things."

"check?"

"See how that girl is doing, and give you some advice." Edward shrugged with a smile. ——This action makes him look so much like a normal big human boy, it is really difficult to associate him with the word "vampire", "You know some girls these days are very complicated, you can't expect yourself You can understand it all, can't you?"

"...You're right. So you're going to sit with me?"

"No." Edward glanced at the interior decoration of "Mrs. Morita's Gourmet Workshop", "I will order a pot of tea and sit quietly in a corner, so I won't disturb you."

"Oh, then you have to be careful of the shop assistants inside. They may pounce on you and kiss you." Edmund looked at the female waiter who was standing at the bar and stared at them expectantly, and lowered his voice Said.

"Don't worry, I think my ability to deal with accidents is still okay.—Although not as good as Carlisle."

"Okay, so - shall we go in now?"

"Of course." Edward nodded, stepped on the steps of "Mrs. Morita's Gourmet Workshop", and pushed open the translucent glass door first.

The waiter lady who had been waiting for a long time came up immediately and took Edward to sit in a remote corner.

It was the peak time for dinner at this time, so there were not many vacant seats.So Edmund, who had no choice but to follow another waiter, sat at the small table by the window in the north. —almost across the store from Edward.

"Hello, boy. May I ask what you need?" The waitress handed the menu to Edmund with a slightly strange expression on her face.

But this is also normal. —Which kid would go alone to this kind of place where lovers go on a date?Although Edmund is 13 years old this year, he is a little kid who doesn't understand anything in the eyes of these tall and strong pure-blood Caucasians.

The boy muttered silently in his heart while flipping through the menu.

"Mrs. Morita's Gourmet Workshop" is the best western restaurant in town. ——This not only reflects its classification level, but also explains its unusual consumption level.

The food here is very expensive.

So, when the boy saw the price tag on it, his hands trembled uncontrollably in fright, and he almost threw the menu out.

But when he thought of Edward, who had been carrying a huge amount of money (?) all year round (?), sitting on the other side, the boy immediately relaxed, blinking his eyes and leisurely picking out his favorite things.

"One serving of baked butterfly noodles with Italian cheese, one fruit salad, four Chinese shrimp dumplings, and a cup of Ceylon black tea." Edmund returned the menu to the waiter with a blank expression. ——The latter looked shocked, and took the menu tremblingly after a while.

"Excuse me—have you brought enough money?" The waiter hesitated for a while, and finally bent down carefully and asked. ——In her opinion, such a cute child definitely doesn't have that much money to pay the bill.

Edmund thought for a while, then pointed to Edward who was sitting at the other end of the restaurant.

"See that man with the short bronze hair and pale cheeks?"

The waiter looked along the boy's arm, then nodded with a blushing face.

"That's my father, and he'll pay for me." (The vampire coughs loudly at this, but the boy doesn't hear it.)

And Edmund had his own plan in saying so. —If Edward was his father, the number of people rushing up to ask for a phone number would be cut in half.

Then he could justifiably ask Edward to pay for himself under the pretext of "saving you a lot of trouble".

The boy watched the waiter walk towards Edward happily, completely oblivious to another boy sitting across from him.

"Edmund."

The boy turned his head suspiciously——

"Alexander?"

"Ah."

"Oh, what a coincidence. I didn't expect you to come here to eat."

"I knew you wouldn't guess it. . . In fact—cough—I'm the one who wrote you."

Edmund stared at the boy who had been in his class for three months, as if he had just met him today.

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The hour "alone" with Alexander seemed to Edmund hell. ——Who would have thought that his friend would become a suitor in an instant?

This incident was indeed a bit unexpected. ——He thought that the person who wrote the love letter to him should be some girl in school that he didn't know or never paid attention to...

result--

He, Edmund Cullen, a 13-year-old boy. —was in love with another boy.

After realizing this, Edmund's brain "creaked" like a gear passing through the sand, so that when he sat in the passenger seat of the Volvo, he still maintained an expression of astonishment——

And right next to him, Edward also looked "suffering and hating". — Frowning, with a serious expression, he gritted his teeth.

Edmund believed that if this continued, the pitiful black steering wheel of the Volvo would be turned into screw powder by Edward.

"I want to turn around and tear off that idiot's head." After a long silence, the guarding vampire brother finally spoke, and the bloody content was no less than "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".

"...No, don't do that." The boy curled up on the seat and moaned [I knew the word would be harmonized], "Carlisle and the others still want to continue living in this town."

"...I'm so glad I'm here, otherwise God knows what that idiot will do next!" Edward gritted his teeth and said, "If he keeps looking for you, just ignore him! Or call me! I'll take care of it!"

"Well—Edward, it's not as serious as you make it out to be! He's just... just..."

"How dare he kiss you in that kind of public place!!!—Stupid behavior!!! I noticed that the eyes of the people around you are not looking right!!!" Edward growled loudly, like an irritated animal "Although our family has no special restrictions on the gender of our partners, how old are you!!! Huh?! You are only a little over 13 years old!!! And why don't you resist? You like him too?"

"...Edward! You know I don't like him at all! I didn't fight back because I was so scared!" The boy moaned again, looking in pain Crazy, "Can we just stop talking about this? Forget about it!"

Edward slammed on the brakes. — The Volvo made a screeching sound and pulled to the side of the road.

"No, Ed. Listen to me. That boy is not reliable at all." Edward looked inexplicably agitated, not knowing what he was afraid of, "He is just a temporary crush on you! It won't be long Months will fade away! If you don’t believe me, you can ask Alice, she will see.”

"You can read minds, Edward.—so you should know that I have no intention of relying on him," said Edmund.

"...No, Ed.—From just now until now, I can't hear what you're thinking...so I'm in a hurry."

"Can't hear again?" the boy muttered suspiciously. "Is your mind reading a bit old? Falling into disrepair? Like my radio?"

"Ed, don't deviate from the topic, we are talking about business now."

"...Don't worry, Edward. I really, really won't like him. I'm still a child now! I only know what dependence is! Love is really far away from me!" Edmund Said loudly, "Trust me! You see I'm only as tall as Carlisle's waist now!!!"

Edward closed his mouth and looked at his little brother's face, then smiled unkindly.

"Edward!" exclaimed the boy angrily.

"Cough...I didn't mean to laugh at you." The vampire brother finally calmed down, and a charming smile appeared on his face again, "But in fact—well, I'm serious. Your growth rate is really a bit slow. Slow down."

"..."

"I remember being over 5.3 feet when I was your age. (about 1.62 meters or so)"

"..." The blue-eyed boy narrowed his eyes, then looked away to look at the cedar outside the car window. ——He just had his height measured not long ago, about 4 feet 5 inches (about 1.35 meters)...

"I think you need to grow taller." Edward restarted the car while talking.

"You don't have to worry—" the boy said in a rage, "you won't marry me anyway."

"Hey! Don't get angry so easily."

"Keep my affairs a secret for me today, tell Carlisle that they are chasing me with a senior girl, and I rejected her.—Otherwise I will never forgive you for slandering my height."

Edward laughed out loud.

The author has something to say: This is today's update~~~

Basically every character I set up is useful. ——Look, Mr. Alexander, who has been playing soy sauce all the time, will come out to promote the plot this time? (Did anyone actually notice him?)

PS: I am very upset that school will start tomorrow! ——The update time after school starts is uncertain.But basically at night, around eight or nine o'clock. (Maybe it's ten o'clock?) There will definitely be more on weekends.

Thank you for your support~【Bow】(*￣3)(ε￣*)