16. Closet

"I hate you."

And to the world it appears so. I never speak to you. I never approach you. To the world we are enemies--or maybe just strangers that rubbed the wrong way.

What the world does not realize is this secret talent I have always had. People are easy to fool if they're not interested. And no one has realized that this is all an act.

I never speak to you because I'm too busy listening to the sound of your voice. I never approach you because if I did, my act would surely fail. I can only keep you away by making you think less of me--by making you uninterested.

That way, I can fool even you.

Because you're my closet love.