18- Unspoken

"What am I to you?" Red asked, out of blue.

"..." Erich remained silent, not knowing what to say.

"What am I to you, Erich?" She asked again, voice hopeless.

"A need." He barely managed to speak, pulling his hands away from her and looking down in devastation.

"I can see a fierce fire in you." He knows he couldn't shut Red like he did with April who said the exact same words.

"It's my torture."

"Losing even after having me?" She asked.

"You can say." He smiled emptily.

"What do you gain by doing all this?"

The meaning of my life, he replied in his heart, "You."

And the word of his lip and heart meant the same.

"For how long have you known me?" She asked seriously.

"It doesn't matter now." He answered,shaking his head.

"No. I want to know a person I know literally nothing about has all my information- imagine my life was never private." She snapped, vexed, infuriated.

"It is not like this Red. I swear." Erich's voice became desperate.

"I am not like those girls who will be swayed