You share a moment of silence as you keep stroking his cheek. He suddenly opens his eyes and you see one single tear running down from the corner of his eye. You wipe it away before you stand up from the bench, walking around the table before you can wrap your arms around his head, pressing it against your chest in comfort. He gasps in surprise, but he returns the embrace with the same affection as his arms wrap around your waist as you feel his breath on your cleavage. Normally, this would be the perfect height for him to start another round of teasing you in a sexual ways again, but he didn't. He just enjoys your closeness and takes in the consoling body contact eagerly. When he pulls away to look up to you, he finally wears his honest smile, the one that reaches his eyes. He looks to his left for a moment before he locked his eyes with yours again.

"Nina, would you like to dance with me?"

"What? Dance? With you? Uhm..... I don't know... I can't dance at all!" You tried to escape from this situation. You can't dance. Not even a bit.

"No excuses! Just hold on to me and I'll lead you. Trust me." He stands up and takes both of your hands to guide you to the dancefloor, followed by many jealous eyes from men and women alike. You gulp when Erwin takes one of your hands in his while he places his other one on your waist. You have no idea where to go with your free hand, so you just put it on Erwin's chest. Your whole body is suddenly shaken by a trembling-attack from excitement as you wrinkle Erwin's shirt when you claw your fingers in it in unease.

"Shhhh. Relax. Just follow my movements and try to match my pace. It's just like sex." he whispered in your ear and you flushed crimson instantly.

"Erwin!" you blurted at him, punching his shoulder playfully which causes him to laugh in pure delight. But he achieved his goal with his dirty joke. Your sudden stiffness almost vanished completely and your mind got clear again. When the music started, you gasp. The band was playing "Sleepsong" from "Secret Garden". You know that song very well! You always loved to listen to this song whenever you need a little time-out from everything and to find the way back to yourself. What a strange coincidence. Suddenly, this whole dancing-scenery feels a little less threatening and Erwin begins to lead the dance moves into a slow waltz. To your big surprise, he's a really good dancer and he has no problems to lead your moves without you stepping on his feet.

"See? It's not that difficult, is it?" He asked in his gentle voice. You close your eyes, focusing on the music as you closed the gap between your bodies a little more. It's almost like your moves are directed by a foreign power. Every step, every turn, and every spin happens as if it's rehearsed for numerous amount of times. It feels so magical. Erwin becomes more courageous in his movements and begins to turn circles with you all around the floor, gracefully, smoothly, fluently. At one point, he put a foot on you, causing you to fall back, but your trust in Erwin reached new heights when you surrendered to him, playing along. And he didn't let you down. He holds your body by your waist as he leans in to bend your upper body backward, performing a dainty and lithe bow. You hear gasps and cautious claps from several tables as they watch both of you perform on the almost empty dance floor.

When Erwin raises you again, he moves his hand from your waist up to your face, cupping your chin to tilt it up. You look straight into his blue sapphire-like orbs. It's very strange because it was even more easy to dance like this. And you find yourself drowning inside the deep, blue ocean he's hiding inside of them as you feel your body moving on its own more and more. Both of your eyes locked and it was almost as if the world around you disappeared, vanishing into an endless sea of emptiness until there was nothing left but the two of you. Not even your favorite found its way into your ears any more. It's like the environment around you is blurring into a mix of different shades of light and shadow. With his warm and gentle hand still on your cheek, he slowly leans down to you, closing the gap between your faces inch by inch with every passing second and you're not able to react properly. It feels like a far-off memory that's like a pleasant dream. And just the moment when you stop your dance, you feel a warm and soft pair of lips on yours as Erwin connected them in a sensual kiss. His other hand had moved to your face as well, cupping it gently while you grab his jacket. What is happening here? What are you doing right now? What the hell got into you? This is wrong! Very wrong! Your thoughts snap back into reality, where they belong and run wild immediately! When Erwin parted from you, he left you shuddering, not really knowing what just happened. When Erwin got aware of your state, it dawned to him what he had done.

"Nina.....I-I'm so sorry. I don't know what got into me." He tried to explain but you look down to the ground, totally confused. Your mind was like a carousel. Thousands of thoughts shot through it without making sense and without forming a clear picture.

"Nina? Are you alright? Please say something." He pleaded.

"Please....take me home..." Was all you could answer and he immediately guided you down from the dance floor. He paid the bill and took you to his car. Luckily, the tour back was way quicker, since the rush-hour disappeared hours ago. While you were driving home, the car was filled with the sound of silence. From the corner of your eye you saw that Erwin tried several times to start a conversation, but just the moment he opened his mouth, nothing came out. And not long after you left the hotel, Erwin hit the brakes on his car as he came to a halt in front of your building. Before you jump out, you turn to him one last time.

"Please don't tell Levi. I love him." You sounded desperate.

"Don't worry. I won't. I will lock that one special kiss away in my heart, together with the memories of this evening. Good night and....rest well, sweetie."

Without saying any further words, you hop out and watch after Erwin as he drives away with squealing tires. You enter the building and walk upstairs to your apartment as you allow your thoughts to wander back to the moment when your lips met Erwin's, but a sudden cough cut off your thinking. You drop your key ring as you look up to your door.
There is Levi standing! He is wearing a black suit from his job, together with a white button-up and a black necktie. He had terrible eye bags but who cares!? You feel a lump building up in your throat as you try to hold back your tears. What is he doing here? You weren't expecting him to be back until tomorrow evening and now he's here!

"Oi brat? Where were you? I was waiting here for almost 1 hour! And why are you wearing such a fancy dress-!!" You cut off his talking as you stumbled up to him, hugging him tightly and nuzzling your face in the crook of his neck. You could n't hold back your tears from flowing any longer as you sob in his jacket in a mix of joy, despair, and anxiety.

"Hey. Calm down. Did you miss me so much? It was just one week." He parts from you to look into your eyes. They're filled with such sadness that it even moved him. His relaxed stature tensed and his face was filled with worry.

"Tell me, what's wrong?" You're breathless from your crying and you're not capable of forming whole sentences. ".........missed you........." was all you could bring up it doesn't take long for Levi to catch on.

"Nina....."He says your name with little worry but you can still sense it. He wraps his arms around your frame and you rest your head on his shoulder as you exhale harshly through your nose. Levi starts to rub your back in comfort. He would never know how much this soothes you.

"Come on..." he says as he picks up your key to open the door and you follow him like a lost puppy in need for a caring owner. Your apartment was all dark as he closed the door behind him. And locked it. He leads you into your bedroom where he sits you down on the mattress. He walks to the chair in the corner of the room to place his jacket on it. As he came back, he sits down beside you, which causes the mattress to bounce a little at his weight. You feel his arms wrapping around your shoulder as he strokes your knee.

"Talk to me, sweetheart." He whispered in his deep, calming voice. Your tension relaxed a bit, but that didn't stop your tears from flowing. "Please, vent a little for me. I hate seeing you like this." He started to stroke your back while he holds your hand, rubbing his thumb over the palm. And then you started to cry again. Your shoulders shake violently and tears soak your lap.
"Shhhh. It's okay. I'm here." He tried to calm you down, but his words are just causing you more pain. Out of nowhere, you turn to him to hug him tightly, muffling your sobs into his shoulder, one hand grasping a fistful of his hair while the other one is holding on his shoulders. You missed him so much, yet, his unexpected presence feels like a knife in your heart according to the event that happened earlier. You want to forget about it so much. You feel so guilty, so filthy. You almost feel you're not worthy of his presence anymore.

Levi re-positioned you so that you're sitting in his lap. Your tears won't stop flowing down your cheeks and you hold on tightly to Levi, as though if you let go you may never see him ever again. He rubs you back in comfort, whispering calming words in your ears and soon you really calmed down. You don't move and stay in this position for a while. When you pull back from him a bit, he takes your face in his hands. He kisses your cheek and wipes the remaining tears with his thumb away. He caressed your face and body as if you're made of glass.

"It's okay to feel like this. Just let it out. It's not healthy to keep it in all the time." You nodded several times and a short pause occurred.

"Remember, Nina, I'm here for you, always. I love you and always keep in mind that I will never leave you."

Before he could talk any further, you kiss him roughly on the lips. "I love you, Levi!" You hold his face in both of your hands and continued kissing him as you forced him to fall back on the bed.

"What are you doing, Nina?" he asked.

You want him. Now! You love him so much and you know this is what you want. Only Levi will be able to banish the forbidden kiss Erwin stole from you from your mind.

"What does it look like?...All I want from you is to fuck me.....Hard! I want you to fuck me senseless until there is nothing left inside of me but you."

He looked so puzzled at this moment and he doesn't know what to say that it was almost cute. When he pulls himself together again, you see pure lust in his eyes and you can already feel his hard member in his pants.

He sits up with you again and attacks your neck immediately. "As you wish, my greedy brat."