"What about you? How would you react if somebody threatened me?" I asked him. The silence that followed my question was long. The silence was not just long but loud. His silence spoke more than I have ever spoken in my entire life. His eyes were staring at me, promising me a million things. But what? I had no idea. I never have.
My fingers started shivering when he kept staring at me wordlessly, as if he was testing my limits. I didn't like it when people answered me with silence. What can you make out of it? What possible explanation can one have for silence? Was he promising me the death of the person who would dare to hurt me? Or was he staring at me with a dumb expression as to why would he care about me? It's not like we spent our childhoods together. We were basically strangers, wh
