Red

"Just like a match..."

It came out of nowhere. Neither of us were really expecting it. But there we were, standing face to face and wondering why fate had to be so cruel. We both had a reputation - he was the boy that every girl ran for, and I was the one too scared to come out of the shadows. But he ran into the shadows, and I ran for him.

Before I could even blink, we were tied up in a world of intrigue and mystery. It was like nothing I had ever felt before, and it was like nothing else mattered. In that third space, it was just us and no one else. His eyes were sparkling like midsummer fireworks, and I was drawn to him like an arsonist.

Between moments, we carried on with our normal lives as though the other was merely a ghost in a cellar. But when two wrongs combined to make a right, the only way you could describe it was "magic." It's the only logical explanation, really. Besides, in what world would someone like him even bother to give someone like me a second glance?