April sighed from her side, knowing how unfavourable this is but she has no other choice, "You have to do it."
"Please, I will do whatever you say but not this. Please." What are they talking about? Red was so confused why Erich is extremely desperate.
"You have to break Red's heart." April said sternly.
"Why is it necessary to do it in front of everyone? I can't do this." His voice broke in between. "Then threw her out of your car. Do any one of them or else the next day, your relationship wouldn't last."
"What? Threw? April it's raining outside, how can I?" Erich spoke in a shaky voice but she cut the call before he could speak further.
But she cut the Erich, leaving Erich more apprehensive than before, a mind lost in the darkness of the abyss, lost of a clear path of liberation to a destination of agony.
Erich let out a deep exhale and leaned on the wall. Red couldn't understand what happened when Erich called him, "Erich." He gasped in dread, "Red! What are you doing?! You scared me." He said in an angered tone.
"Um. I am here to call you for dinner." She said innocently. He sighed and shook his head. "Okay, let's go."
"Erich, are you sure, you are okay?" She asked. "Why are you asking this?" He asked. "Just feels like you are not." She mused. "It's your imagination." He muttered as they had their dinner.
Erich and Red were coming back from dinner. His heart was pounding out of his chest, extreme stress surging in his body as his mind was intoxicated by the loathe he had to spread but didn't have enough to do.
It was raining heavily, Red looked outside and sighed deeply, "It's raining so hard, It will take us a while to reach home. Why couldn't we stay back at home?" She asked. It's okay, you can do this. Erich mentally prepared himself.
"Why!? Do you have a problem by being alone with me!?" Erich exasperatedly asked, taking Red by a moment of startle to comprehend, "What happened, Erich? I was just saying." Red said but he glared at her,
"Nothing happened to me. It was you who resented me!" He hissed. Red couldn't get what happened to him but the wrath glistening in his eyes clearly embed a fright in her heart,
"Yeah. Because it freaks me out to think you know me." Red reasoned in a low voice, looking timidly at him. "Then who told you to enter my life!?"
"Y-You said it-"
"Don't I have emotions!?" He yelled at her. Red gasped, holding the hem of her dress as a tear pricked in her eye, making an almost crying face.
"Why are you making this face? Can't handle a few words?" He mocked, rolling his eyes, terrifying her. "What happened to you?" Red asked, wiping the tears, "What I said that you are getting so riled up!?"
"Out." He said, deadpanned. "What?"
"Out. Now."
"Erich, it's raining outside. Where will I go?" Red said. "I don't care. Get out." Erich said coldly, giving her the same look she gives him.
Red's lips were quivering and a tear rolled down her cheek. She sniffed and wiped her eyes, "Fuck you!" She shouted at him and got out, leaving him all alone in unfathomable misery.
After she left, Erich turned and saw April's car which eventually disappeared into the air he began to cry out loud,
"FUCK! WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME!?" He cried loudly, slamming his hand on the steering wheel, breaking into thundering sobs of agony. Tears streamed down his face, showing his hopelessness where he couldn't prevent breaking Red's heart.
With uncontrollable tears flowing from his eyes, he walked out, searching for Red.
I am sorry, I am so sorry.
Erich was looking badly for Red and saw her crying as well in the rain while crossing the road.
She tried to cross the road by failing to notice a car coming in her direction. Red stumbled and was about to fall down but a hand pulled her back, taking her back in the arms of a familiar scent. Her shaky form looked up only to meet a pair of emerald orbs, crying desperately, breathlessly, hopelessly.
I am sorry that you have me in your life. He thought, wanting to beg for forgiveness for his previous actions. Erich stared intensely at her, saving her at the last moment, holding her with no intentions of letting her go, crying.
Red growled when she saw him and pushed him away,
"Why are you here asshole!? You threw me out. I should have known you would get tired of me!" She yelled at him and began to cry out loud, "I was a fool to think you could actually evoke love in my heart!"
She sniffed, shaking her head, "What did I told you that you get so-" Before she could speak further, Erich came closer and cupped her cheeks, boring his eyes in hers, losing in the incomprehensible allure, losing his breath he moved dangerously close to her face, tangled his breaths with hers and whispered huskily,
"That's what I always desire... the honour to call you mine." Before Red could ask further, Erich kissed her.
He pressed his lips upon hers, kissing her as a show of his cherished caprice. Wanting to reside in the shades of her night, as his stone was melted by her with the need to merge with her. Hoping she will realize what her worth is in his eyes, how his breaths live in hers.
He moved his lips upon hers, Red's grip on his shirt tightened, unable to move. She just stared at him while he, with his eyes closed, kissed her. Red shivered when he wrapped his arms around her neck and pulled her close.
Erich espied the moment, he never thought he would which acted as an eternal source of salvation as he gradually pulled away, speaking breathlessly,
"I am sorry for what I said, Red... but.. I beg you for a chance..."